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So my hdmi on my Xbox was working fine, up until today. Hdmi doesn't show. I've tried multiple hdmi cables and y+rt reset. I have a Samsung 40' LCD tv. It works fine with composite cables. Can anyone help?
Edit: 40'' not 40'.
Make sure your TV is set to display the right input. My TV can toggle between HDMI1, HDMI2, AVI1, etc. It's such a simple thing but I forget about it all the time and end up wasting half an hour instead of just pushing two buttons on the remote.
Sounds like you might have to send it in for repair. Good luck with that shit.
What's it running through? Home theater, straight to TV, or this "Dish receiver" of which you speak (I know literally nothing about cable/satellite TV)?
Try hooking it up through component and changing the output to 480, 720, and 1080 in turn, switching over to HDMI-out after every switch.
Have you tried throwing it out a window? But in all seriousness, it does seem like the hdmi port on the xbox is fuuuuucked. Did you try a different TV? Also you have a 40 foot television?!
Testing this stuff to ID a problem can be a real pain in the ass. There are a lot of issues with HDMI, so do these things: 1) Prepare your body for the journey ahead 2) Make sure your TV is set to HDMI1 or whatever. Test your Cable receiver IN THAT PORT. Sometimes a TV HDMI port will die on you. This is why you have 4-8 of them I guess. 3) Did it work? Okay, port is cool. Take the HDMI cable from your cable receiver and connect your Xbox directly to the live port. Turn off everything. Power on Xbox then TV. If you're currently connecting through an AV receiver, that can screw it up. 4) Not working? Looks like your HDMI port fried in the box. At this point, you can send it in for repair or buy a new box. Unless you have a huge TV, there will be no difference really in doing a component connection. Not as good for surround speakers, if that is an isse for you. Have a nice fucking weekend. Maybe play some SMB or DKS. Really madochistic shit. Make it rain.
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If H-P Can Do It, So Can Your Company
Something shocking occurred this week. Not only did a certain technology company announce that it's not tanking because of the economy, but -- gasp! -- its sales had actually grown.
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) won't officially announce its fiscal fourth-quarter results until Monday, but it wanted to get the good news out early: a revenue increase of 19% over the same period last year. And a better-than-expected outlook.
At a time when tech companies from Intel (INTC) to Apple (AAPL) are suffering from the effects of the economic slowdown, that's an impressive revenue number. And the good news is that you don't have to be in the tech biz to emulate some of H-P's strategies for success.
First, a note of caution. Dig into the small print behind that 19% increase, and you'll find that sales gains weren't quite so dramatic. If you adjust for the effects of the weak dollar overseas, revenue rose 16%. Take away the effect that came from H-P's acquisition of EDS over the summer, and revenue grew 5% from last year, or 2% when adjusted for currency effects.Still, any gain counts as good news this year. In fact, positive results from H-P were enough to lift the whole stock market. How did the company do it? In a statement, CEO Mark Hurd credited "global reach, a diverse customer base, broad portfolio and numerous cost initiatives. Our ability to execute in a challenging marketplace differentiates H-P, enabling it to increase share, expand earnings and emerge from the current economic environment as a stronger force."
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I have returned from a family jaunt to Hawaii with Mr Geniaus (BobBob), our daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren. We had a wonderful time sharing experiences and creating many special memories with the youngsters. Hopefully as they grow older they will have fond memories of their first swim at Waikiki, travelling in the back seat of a number of Dodge Caravans around the Hawaiian Islands, cruising on the Pride of America, watching volcanic lava flowing into the sea from our balcony, seeing swordfish chase our ship, BobBob combing their hair at every opportunity, numerous bargain hunting jaunts to Ala Moana, Macys, Nordstrom Rack and Ross Stores, posing for many photos for Gummy(me), fine dining at American icons The Cheesecake Factory, Bubba Gumps, Benihana and The California Pizza Kitchen and spending hours on the waterslides at The Hilton Hawaiian Village.
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Simulation of a NASA rocket launch.The rocket sound is a gas burner on my stove ...http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=71023 ... Improved version here ... http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=94571
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Really well done! Using it for a school project!
Thank you! Works well with the rocket-launch in my film for university.
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Beyond Teachers' Sight Lines: Using Video Modeling to Examine Peer Discourse
Donna Kotsopoulos
February 2008, Volume 101, Issue 6, Page 468
The author describes her work in mathematics education discourse between student and peer and student and teacher. This article introduces readers to various examples of discourse analysis in mathematics education. Highlighted is interactional sociolinguistics, used in a present study to investigate peer discourse in a middle-school setting. Key findings from this study include the benefits of video modeling as a mechanism for fostering inclusive peer group work and the usefulness of video modeling as a tool for assessing peer communication. Implications for low performing students are discussed.
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A city of Charlotte wish list of $248.7 million in new projects was criticized Wednesday by City Council members, who said it was too vague.
Mayor Dan Clodfelter, who was sworn in earlier Wednesday, said the list "wasn't ready for prime time."
Last year, the council approved an $816 million capital spending program to build roads, bridges, sidewalks, police stations and affordable housing throughout the city. That is funded with a 7.25 percent property tax increase.
City Manager Ron Carlee said Wednesday the new list was preliminary and he wasn't recommending they be paid for.
"I want you to have a full list of the competing needs," he said.
The list includes: $8 million for a rental assistance program to help families and veterans; $37.5 million for transportation projects; $36 million to improve the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center; $38 million for police and fire stations, and new tree plantings, among other projects; $65 million for technology improvements; and $54 million to renovate Bojangles' Coliseum and Time Warner Cable Arena.
The proposed renovations to the Government Center concerned council members, who said they are worried the public wouldn't approve.
"I don't see how we can justify $800,000 for blinds," said council member Greg Phipps.
Budget Director Randy Harrington said the building has a lot of windows. He added it's 26 years old and needs work.
Carlee and Harrington haven't proposed how the city would pay for some or all of the projects. Carlee has previously said he doesn't envision asking council members for a property tax increase.
Time Warner Cable Arena is less than 9 years old, but the city's lease with the Charlotte Bobcats calls for the arena to be updated to be kept in line with other NBA facilities. The city is negotiating with the team about what renovations are required by the agreement.
The list of new projects isn't part of the coming fiscal year 2015 budget.
Carlee said new revenue projections for the sales tax and property tax are growing, meaning Carlee said he won't recommend a property tax rate increase for the coming year.
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|William Kentridge
| 28 April 1955
|University of the Witwatersrand and Johannesburg Art Foundation
|Known for
|Printmaking, drawings, and animated films
|William Kentridge
| 28 April 1955
|University of the Witwatersrand and Johannesburg Art Foundation
|Known for
|Printmaking, drawings, and animated films
William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. These are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a quarter of a second to two seconds' screen time. A single drawing will be altered and filmed this way until the end of a scene. These palimpsest-like drawings are later displayed along with the films as finished pieces of art.[1]
Kentridge was born in Johannesburg to Sydney Kentridge and his wife Felicia Geffen. Both were attorneys who represented people marginalized by the apartheid system.[2] He was educated at King Edward VII School in Houghton, Johannesburg. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and African Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand and then a diploma in Fine Arts from the Johannesburg Art Foundation. In the early 1980s, he studied mime and theatre at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He originally hoped to become an actor, but he reflected later: "I was fortunate to discover at a theatre school that I was so bad an actor [... that] I was reduced to an artist, and I made my peace with it.".[3] Between 1975 and 1991, he was acting and directing in Johannesburg's Junction Avenue Theatre Company. In the 1980s, he worked on television films and series as art director.
As someone who is ethnic European in South Africa, he has a unique position as a third-party observer. His parents were lawyers, famous for their defence of victims of the apartheid. Kentridge developed an ability to remove himself somewhat from the atrocities committed under the later regimes. The basics of South Africa's socio-political condition and history must be known to grasp his work fully, much the same as in the cases of such artists as Francisco Goya and Käthe Kollwitz.[4]
Kentridge is of expressionist lineage: form often alludes to content and vice versa. The feeling that is manipulated by the use of palette, composition and media, among others, often plays an equally vital role in the overall meaning as the subject and narrative of a given work. One must use one's gut reactions as well as one's interpretive skills to find meaning in Kentridge's work, much of which reveals very little actual content. Due to the sparse, rough and expressive qualities of Kentridge's handwriting, however, the viewer sees a sombre picture upon first glance, an impression that is perpetuated as the image illustrates a vulnerable and uncomfortable situation.[5]
Aspects of social injustice that have transpired over the years in South Africa have often become fodder for Kentridge's pieces. Casspirs Full of Love, viewable at the Metropolitan Museum, appears to be nothing more than heads in boxes to the average American viewer, but South Africans know that a casspir is a vehicle used to put down riots, a kind of a crowd-control tank.
The title, Casspirs Full of Love, written along the side of the print, is suggestive of the narrative and is oxymoronic. A casspir full of love is much like a bomb that bursts with happiness - it is an intangible improbability. The purpose of a machine such as this is to instil "peace" by force, but Kentridge points to the fact that it was used as a tool to keep lower-class natives from taking colonial power and money.[6]
By the mid-1970s, Kentridge was making prints and drawings. In 1979, he created 20 to 30 monotypes, which soon became known as the "Pit" series. In 1980, he executed about 50 small-format etchings which he called the "Domestic Scenes". These two extraordinary groups of prints served to establish Kentridge's artistic identity, an identity he has continued to develop in various media. Despite his ongoing exploration of non-traditional media, the foundation of his art has always been drawing and printmaking.
In 1987, he began a group of charcoal and pastel drawings based, very tenuously, on Watteau's Embarkation for Cythera. These extremely important works, the best of which reflect a blasted, dystopic urban landscape, demonstrate the artist's growing consciousness of the flexibility of space and movement.
The Six Drawing Lessons, delivered as part of The Norton Lectures series at Harvard University in 2012, consider the work in the studio and the studio as a place of making meaning developed. A series of large drawings of trees in Indian ink on found encyclopedia pages, torn up and reassembled, analyzes the form of different trees indigenous to southern Africa. Drawn across multiple pages from books, each drawing is put together as a puzzle – the single pages first painted, then the whole pieced together.[7]
"My drawings don't start with a 'beautiful mark'," writes Kentridge, thinking about the activity of printmaking as being about getting the hand to lead the brain, rather than letting the brain lead the hand. "It has to be a mark of something out there in the world. It doesn't have to be an accurate drawing, but it has to stand for an observation, not something that is abstract, like an emotion."[citation needed]
Between 1989 and 2003 Kentridge made a series of nine short films that he eventually gathered under the title 9 Drawings for Projection.[8] In 1989, he began the first of those animated movies, Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris. The series runs through Monument (1990), Mine (1991), Sobriety, Obesity & Growing Old (1991), Felix in Exile (1994), History of the Main Complaint (1996), Weighing and Wanting (1998), and Stereoscope (1999), up to Tide Table (2003) and Other Faces, 2011.[9]
For the series, he used a technique that would become a feature of his work - successive charcoal drawings, always on the same sheet of paper, contrary to the traditional animation technique in which each movement is drawn on a separate sheet. In this way, Kentridge's videos and films came to keep the traces of the previous drawings. His animations deal with political and social themes from a personal and, at times, autobiographical point of view, since the author includes his self-portrait in many of his works.
The political content and unique techniques of Kentridge's work have propelled him into the realm of South Africa's top artists. Working with what is in essence a very restrictive media, using only charcoal and a touch of blue or red pastel, he has created animations of astounding depth. A theme running through all of his work is his peculiar way of representing his birthplace. While he does not portray it as the militant or oppressive place that it was for black people, he does not emphasize the picturesque state of living that white people enjoyed during apartheid either; he presents instead a city in which the duality of man is exposed. In a series of nine short films, he introduces two characters - Soho Eckstein and Felix Teitlebaum. These characters depict an emotional and political struggle that ultimately reflects the lives of many South Africans in the pre-democracy era.
In an introductory note to Felix In Exile, Kentridge writes, "In the same way that there is a human act of dismembering the past there is a natural process in the terrain through erosion, growth, dilapidation that also seeks to blot out events. In South Africa this process has other dimensions. The very term 'new South Africa' has within it the idea of a painting over the old, the natural process of dismembering, the naturalization of things new."
Not only in Felix In Exile but in all of his animated works do the concepts of time and change comprise a major theme. He conveys it through his erasure technique, which contrasts with conventional cel-shaded animation, whose seamlessness de-emphasizes the fact that it is actually a succession of hand-drawn images. This he implements by drawing a key frame, erasing certain areas of it, re-drawing them and thus creating the next frame. He is able in this way to create as many frames as he wants based on the original key frame simply by erasing small sections. Traces of what has been erased are still visible to the viewer; as the films unfold, a sense of fading memory or the passing of time and the traces it leaves behind are portrayed. Kentridge's technique grapples with what is not said, what remains suppressed or forgotten but can easily be felt.
In the nine films that follow Soho Eckstein's life, an increasing vehemence is placed on the health of the individual and contemporary South African society. Conflicts between anarchic and bourgeois individualistic beliefs, again a reference to the duality of man, indicate the idea of social revolution by poetically disfiguring surrounding buildings and landscapes. Kentridge states that, although his work does not focus on apartheid in a direct and overt manner, but rather on the contemporary state of Johannesburg, his drawings and films are certainly spawned by, and feed off of, the brutalised society that it left in its wake. As for more direct political issues, Kentridge says his art presents ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted movements and uncertain endings,[10] all of which seem like insignificant subtleties but can be attributed to most of the calamity presented in his work. In a mixed-media triptych entitled "The Boating Party" (1985), based on Renoir's painting of a similar name, the havoc caused by a seemingly-uninterested aristocracy is perhaps his most severe comment on the state of South Africa during apartheid. The languid diners sit at ease while the surrounding area is ravaged, torn and burned, a contrast that is reflected in his style and choice of colours.
In 1988, Kentridge co-founded Free Film-makers Co-Operative in Johannesburg. In 1999, he was appointed a film-maker by Stereoscope. "Purely in the context of my own work," he wrote in a published playscript of his celebrated Ubu and the Truth Commission, "I would repeat my trust in the contingent, the inauthentic, the whim, the practical, as strategies for finding meaning. I would repeat my mistrust in the worth of Good Ideas. And state a belief that somewhere between relying on pure chance on the one hand, and the execution of a programme on the other, lies the most uncertain but the most fertile ground for the work we do [...]. I think I have shown that it is not the clear light or reason or even aesthetic sensibility which determines how one works, but a constellation of factors only some of which we can change at will."[11] In 2001, Creative Time aired his film Shadow Procession on the NBC Astrovision Panasonic screen in Times Square.[12]
He has been invited to create stage design and act as a theatre director in opera. His political perspective is expressed in his opera directions, which involves different layers: stage direction, animation movies, influences of the puppet world. He has staged Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Monteverdi), Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) and The Nose (Shostakovich). Following that, he collaborated with the French composer François Sarhan on a short show called Telegrams from the Nose, for which he made the stage and set design for the performance.[13] In 2015 his production of Berg's Lulu will première at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, A co-production with the English National Opera, the Dutch National Opera and the Canadian Opera Company.[14]
Kentridge's protean artistic investigation continues in his series of tapestries begun in 2001. The tapestries stem from a series of drawings in which he conjured shadowy figures from ripped construction paper and collaged them onto the web-like background of nineteenth-century atlas maps. To reincarnate these figures into tapestry, Kentridge worked in close collaboration with the Johannesburg-based Stephens Tapestry Studio, mapping out cartoons from enlarged photographs of the drawings and hand-picking dyes to colour the locally spun mohair (goat hair).[15]
In 2009, Kentridge, in partnership with Gerhard Marx, created a 10m-tall sculpture for his home city of Johannesburg entitled Fire Walker. In 2012 his sculpture, Il cavaliere di Toledo, was unveiled in Naples.[16] Rebus (2013), referring in title to the allusional device using pictures to represent words or parts of words, is a series of bronze sculptures that form two distinct images when turned to a certain angle; when paired in correspondence, for example, a final image – a nude – is created from two original forms – a stamp and a telephone.[17]
An article about Kentridge by Calvin Tomkins appears in 18 January 2010 issue of The New Yorker.
William Kentridge is married to Anne Stanwix, an immunologist, and they have three children. A third-generation South African of Lithuanian-Jewish heritage,[18] he is the son of the prominent South African lawyer Sydney Kentridge.
Kentridge's films were shown at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[19]
In parallel with the Five Themes exhibition at the Jeu de Paume in Paris (2010), the artist was featured at the Louvre. The Louvre show, Carnets d'Egypte, included drawings of the artist, presented next to works from the museum collections, and videos shown in Louis XIVth's bed.
Kentridge's Five Themes exhibit was included in the 2009 Time 100, an annual list of the one hundred top people and events in the world.[25] That same year, the exhibition was awarded First Place in the 2009 AICA (International Association of Art Critics Awards) Best Monographic Museum Show Nationally category.
In 2012, Kentridge was in residence at Harvard University invited to deliver the distinguished Charles Eliot Norton lectures in early 2012. [17]
Kentridge's artworks are among the most sought-after and expensive works in South Africa: "a major charcoal drawing by world-renowned South African artist William Kentridge could set you back some R250 000".[26] Kentridge is represented by Marian Goodman Gallery in New York.
The South African record for Kentridge is R2.2 million ($250,000), set at Stephan Welz in Cape Town in 2010. One of his works reached $600,000 at Sotheby's New York in 2011.[27]


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"A Shot In the Dark--Solving the Gun Conundrum"
Stephen King brings his prodigious intelligence to a difficult task--addressing the growing gun violence in this country. He comes from a place in the middle of a mind-boggling controversy and presents a well thought out solution to this conundrum. It is a must read for anyone who agonizes over protecting our second amendment rights while controlling the proliferation of death-dealing firearms.
"Too biased..."
Stephen King is imaginative but he babbled on about gun control in an illogical manner.
I think Christian Rummel was set up for failure having to narrate this dribble. Mr. Rummel added fiery disdain that was enjoyable but the 'script' doomed his performance. I would read something else he narrated.
No. The narration was good...Mr. Rummel could read a gothic novel or thriller and be amazing. I think Mr. King should have had his "editorial" reviewed prior to publishing. It was not organized and fluid and more of a soap box forum that a critic of gun control and legislation.
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"Available on the internet for free"
I buy a ton of books on Audible, but this one can be read in five minutes on the internet. Don't waste your money :(
"Starts with logic, ends with diatribe"
While he started with some wonderfully logical points, the writer broke down and relied only upon some misinformation, miscategorizations, and inaccuracies at the end. Had he stayed the course he could have made a compelling argument for his viewpoints.
The descent into typical talking points and arguments against the 2nd amendment instead of the same analysis he brought to the first few paragraphs.
In the beginning there was a coherent and emotionless argument analysed. In the end, an emotional rant without any supporting facts, all opinion.
Not applicable.
The Author should differentiate between facts and fictions and opinions. "Assault Rifle" is a term coined by the media, not an actual description of the weapons used in recent shootings. Also, no "Automatic" weapons were used, nor are any weapons used in these actually military weapons- rather they are simply hunting caliber semi automatic weapons that are modified to LOOK like a military weapon.
If proponents of gun control would simply admit this portion of the debate ahead of time and stop using inflammatory and pejorative sentences and words designed to frighten readers/listeners genuinely honest debate can ensue about reasonable measures being taken to better equip society in limiting access by the mentally ill to weapons that can be used to harm multiple people in short time frames- which would include chemicals, explosives, and arson tools as well I would imagine, if the debate is to be genuine.
"Excellent Essay"
Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, and I immensely enjoyed this essay. His candor throughout was refreshing, and the narrator did a wonderful job of conveying King's signature delivery. Overall, it's a worthwhile listen on a very important subject. But only open-minded people need apply.
Say something about yourself!
"Entertaining Personal Politics"
It is good to hear an opinion expressed this clearly on suck a pivotal issue.
When he talks about pulling the novel Rage. I also enjoyed the rant about everyone just waiting to speak- not listening- priceless.
How uncompromising we Americans really are.
"A pointed and accurate essay, actually quite good!"
At first I thought I was going to be annoyed, however King came out blazing with both guns so to speak! (no pun intended) He spoke of the ridiculousness of the left and the right. He spoke with undeniable truth, that people on both sides of the issue will deny as they normally do. However it is still truth!
People on both sides are already bashing him, but not me I commend him for his candor. I would recommend this to anyone on either side of the issue. A great listen with very good reasonable solutions. (and yes I too am a gun owner) (but king is right!) Facts are facts no matter how big of a temper tantrum someone throws! If you don't like what king has to say you are the exact person who needs to hear this!
"Common sense is too uncommon"
Thank you Stephen King for voicing a true "middle of the road" approach to the gun control argument. Too many people are willing to take an either/or approach, when simple common sense could prevail. I too have one foot (partially) placed in the Red where I was raised, and the other planted in the Blue. I think I shall remain Purple from now on.
Hoosier transplanted in Virginia Beach who is a fan of good books and travel.
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This 47 minute essay may not change minds, but does ask us to pause and consider. That is what writers do. They ask us to think.
The narrator did a convincing job of reading Stephen King's words, in fact, I did not previously realize that it was not read by the author himself.
Although his position on gun control was evident, and it was clearly written soon after Sandy Hook, his understanding of and empathy for gun owners is obvious. He is a gun owner himself. This is a thoughtful and thought provoking essay.
"Well written & thoughtful"
Yes. Interesting and well written.
Stephen King because of his excellent writing.
Excellent voice acting.
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Discouraged this morning :(
I keep gaining every morning :( On Saturday I was 258 when we decided our first UD would be Sunday, this morning 264 :(
My husband keeps losing and we are eating the same foods.
What's wrong with me??? :(
Ok for one :hugs: For two.. No one plan work equally for every one.. There is a special number of caloires that your body will need to lose.. so dont get frustrated.. There is nothing wrong with you.. What is your up day number.. ?
I provide my DH's food most of the time (exceptions are a business dinner or lunch approx. x1 a week for him). I eat a lot less than he does and he loses roughly x3.5 more body fat than I do (he's dropped 18 lbs of fat since the start of 2013). This is despite his business/social meals and that he eats a fair amount on his UDs, including chocolate bars (which he's kind enough not to eat in my presence).
He doesn't stall, he will hold a steady weight week on week if he's had 2x or 3x business meals that week.
It can be demotivating to live alongside someone who is doing so well when it seems that it's taking a while to work for you but I'm also very pleased that this WOE works so well for him.
Counting is needed for every thing that enters your mouth.. You must track everything and not assume what its value is.. keeping a journal of caloires for many is nessary! Take the guess work out when you need to tweek it.. Cant help if you really have a guesimate of howmany your eating.. If to few.. you will gain.. if to many you will gain.. There is a special number that is just yours that makes it work,, reguardless of the fodds.. Some girls likem y self must follow no wheat to get my body to lose.. and i also had to stop eye balling portion sizes.. More info is need here to other to help you find what will get that goin for you.. Plus... The scale WILL bounce.. Every other day you will see a gain. ( for many this happpnes) and after a DD you will it drop.. You must become comfortable with seeing this,, or you will stop working the plan out of fear.. So KNOW this is what will Happen.. once you start tracking it, you will see a pattern emerge out of those numbers...
When were were on induction we were lost 12 pounds in a week! I know that's a lot of water, but stil, we were losing. I just don't think I am supposed to ever lose weight.
ok.. your 29.. even at start weight of 258 pounds what is your height?
you UD number is to high.. need to know how tall you are to get your right number.. i putin guessing like 5'2 for a height and it says 2318 caloires. at say 5 feet 9 its only 2358.. So somewhere your number of caloires is off
Hi Kellysue-
I put your numbers in the JUDDD site and come up with 2390 up days and 478 down days based on-
Weight 263 lbs
Age 29 yrs
Height I guessimated at 5'10"
um just kidding it's supposed to be woman :/ whoops
but still it's 2324. I ate 2400ish both days. One a little below that and one above.
:hugs::hugs:we will get this figured out kelly sue! I have a felling that maybe some of the 12 pounds you lost on Atkins might have been water weight, maybe 5 or 6 pounds or so, so possibly you have gained the water back-but certainly it isn't fat, as that would not be mathematically possible!!
also, some men lose better than us women. My DS did JUDDD with me and lost 8-9 pounds the first week.
And lastly, your calories do seem a little high, but i don't know-my calories are just 1700 on an UD. If yours are 2500, and then your DD is 500, that equals 1500 a day, which may be too high. But the dalories may be fine, and it is just the water weight.:hugs::hugs:
Heres what i can figure.. Based on the limited info you have here.. your eating to many caloires on your UD.. If you bring that number down to about 2300 And get at close to that without goin over.. you may see it start to drop for you.. this is not a quick fix plan.. no matter how long your on it.. there were months when i was doing my rotations where i would lose for two weeks and then not for the next week to week and a half.. just bounce between the same numbers over and over agin,, then it will all of a sudden move agin downward.. so this is really a paticent kind of thing.. relax.. this will take time,, and dedication.. and weight loss does not happen in a straigt line.. a constant downward trend every thime we step on the scale.. The body need times to adjust to whats it lost and hang there for a how ever long it needs before its ready to give up more.. Relax,, this is not a race.. its a journey~ :heart:
Hun..your number is 2351... You need to make sure the lilttle spots checked say.. inches and lbs.. if you dont change those.. it give you the wrong number of caloires~
According to my tracker, yesterday was 2370, 482 on the day before. So even though I thought I was supposed to do 2500, I stayed on the plan. (in my defense ;) )
ok, now we got the calories straightened out ;) I say give it a little more time and please please don't be discouraged:hugs: I do believe that the 150 calories difference would not make you gain weight, but it might keep you from losing, and then you have not gained 6 pounds of fat in that short of time!! It is just water weight. Drink lots and lots of water today, and tomorrow(and every day):)
We are rooting for you girl!!!
ETA: I have lost fairly consistently on this plan, but last and then this week, I have gained about 3-4, while doing rotations. Even though I know it is not fat, I am staying off the scale for a while, to keep from getting discouraged :)
no defense sweet pea~Once you find that sweet spot number the loss happens over time.. There will never be a steady loss after loss after loss even workign the plan with no screwups.. This is a fine tuned instrument we are working with here (the body) And it will let go of those pounds when its good and ready.. Never give up on JUDDD.. It works and there are tons of weight lost here in this forum and those girls will tell you how it seams to be goin along just great and then BAM nothing!! For weeks.. But if you keep workign the plan,, doign your rotations the body will let go of the excesive fat!! Love and respect to you :hugs: heart:
Hang in there kellysue! And just like Kimberly said count, count, count. And make sure to measure. Carly mentioned that to me. A Tablespoon out of the drawer is not the same a measuring tablespoon. I know it's not practical when eating out, but good advice for when you're home. They can add up quickly if you're not watching it.
And in defense of JUDDD, I found it to be a very slow plan for me but I stuck with it and I am at goal now. If you want fast try Stillman's. That is quick but I sure got tired of lowfat all protein quickly. What I like about JUDDD is there are no forbidden foods. Just count the calories and eat that amount. Now I am one that after induction did very low DD's of about 250 for many many months. That way I had some wiggle room for UD's in case I got near Bluebell ice cream. JUDDD worked for me. Low carb High fat did not but low carb lowfat also worked for me.
Kellysue-This is my second go around with JUDDD. I lost 31lbs the first time and gained 22 of them back. When I started the first time- I gained 9lbs the first 12 days of rotations-not a clue why, but then rapidly lost the 9 and worked my way into a 1 to 2 lbs a week loss. Im now re-learning JUDDD and what works for me. I really think this WOE can have a lot of trial and error to it. While it is discouraging to see the number go up instead of down I think it is important to give it some time.. :hugs:Hang in there!!
:hugs: :console: Its goin to be ok..:hugs:
KellySue, you've gotten some good feedback already. Just wanted to lend my support and encourage you to keep with it. I do think the 12 pounds you lost on Atkins Induction is "hiding" what's going on for you now with JUDDD. Please keep on doing what you're doing, keep to your calories, and give it some time.
Maybe just give up weighing for the time being. Give it a couple of weeks and then see what's happened?
Um, you couldn't be pregnant could you? I think you said you were trying or getting ready to?
And lastly, lots of :hugs:. You can do this!
JUDDD isn't fast, and there are scale bounces. The daily weight threads will attest to that. Additionally not every plan works for every body. Some people can roll with the bounces, some find it distressing...enough to bail :(
I personally am not a daily weigher for this reason. But my overall trend is downward so I'm pleased. I'm losing at a rate of about 1.2# per week. I'd say, based on reading about others journeys on this site, that's about average. Some lose faster, some slower. Because life & metabolism intervene. I don't recall reading 2.5#/week on the website - not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying I don't remember it - but I suspect that was some kind of super strict test group.
For the majority of people who stick to the plan, JUDDD works.
Im a newbie here first. Had my first DD yesterday and did Joe Cross's juicing for the day. Stayed under the 500 calories drank 70oz of fresh juice all day long. Went to bed half hour early as I was really tired (drained). Had to pee about every hour but Im 62 and thats not too unusual. So this morning Id lost 3.4#. Planning on still staying low carb, no starch except with eating my cashews, (theres starch in nuts) but really really good oils. I use my Vitamix blender ALOT! Makes excellent soups that I can add a few ounces of meat to. I can make a really good chocolate pudding with my cashews as well as a cheese sauce with the cashews. Im planning on using the culminations of all the diets Ive ever learned from in this. I wont juice EVERY DD, but this was a good kick off. I also walk 1/2 mile on the treadmill right now. Work full time, some grunt work walking. Had my Lapband removed 3 months ago after a 9 year run with that.
One question. What has worked best for you, 2DD with 1 day apart before another DD or do you spread it farther apart?
Good informative board here. Thanks!
Kelly: :console: You must be so frustrated!!! I'm so proud of you for hanging in there and sticking to the plan so well despite what the scale says.
I want to throw in my 2 cents worth. First, make sure you take your measurements. We had quite a discussion a while back about how fat has great volume (big and puffy like a sponge or marshmallow) but not a lot of weight or heaviness (like muscle which is more like a smaller but much heaver rock).
Sometimes we are losing fat but it takes the scale a while to catch up and show it because fat is so light it floats. (Ever open a can of soup and notice the fat floating on the top?) But fat is bulky.
Also, women tend to lose visceral fat (fat around the organs, on the inside) FIRST. That's a good thing because it gets rid of heart disease and gives relief to all organs, kidneys, liver... As we go along with our weight loss plan, and the visceral fat is burned off, then the subcutaneous fat (fat right under the skin) will start to go.
Another point I want to stress is that one of the wondrous jobs of the SIRT1 gene flowing is to burn existing fat and prevent extra calories from being turned into fat.
It has been said many times in the past by JUDD legends (Pat comes to mind) that the Down Days are hugely important in the beginning to get the SIRT1 activated. Pat always pointed out that for some people, the sirtuins also have a lot of healing to do in some people before they can start dropping weight.
In other words, while internal inflamation is being healed and maybe other disorders like a messed up metabolism or insulin resistance, your body may be unwilling to release pounds that it perceives to be protective. Once you keep going with the DDs and really get the sirtuins flowing they will do their healing and then you will see a big whoosh downward all at once.
There have been some JUDDers who started feeling better, more energy, clear skin, shiny hair, healthier, and still they didn't drop any weight for a month or two. Frustrating? yes. But it is what it is.
One more thing. Someone posted an article about how at first, when the fat starts to burn off, our fat cells fill up with water. Apparently they want to keep there balloon type shape just in case you decide to give up the diet and fill them with fat again.
After a certain period of time, as you keep your rotations going, they will realize the fat is not coming back to fill them. They release the water, shrink, and again this is why people see the big whooshes we attribute to the "Whoosh Fairy".
I did not check your numbers but agree with Kimberly about making sure you change the calculator to "lbs" "inches" and "female" to be sure they are right.
Then, my biggest advice is to concentrate on keeping your down days to the 20% (little or no exercise option) or lower if you can manage it. Do that as long as you can. Don't stress about the UDs right now. Do your best. But your focus should be the DDs.
I really struggled with UUADs for a long time. But I was religious about my DDs.
You may need to be patient as your metabolism heals and maybe some inner inflamation (that can really stall weight loss).
Make sure you are getting lots of sleep at night. When you sleep, your body produces the hormone Leptin. That hormone tells your brain you are not starving and gives it permission to release stored fat. When you don't get enough sleep your body produces the hormone Grehlin (think "Gremlin") which tells your brain to send messages to your stomach that you need to eat more and to cells that you need to store every morsel you eat as fat.
OK!!!!! Sermon over!!! LOL! Sorry, I got carried away and have too much time on my hands today!
We love you and are here for you! We will help you get this figured out, OK?:hugs:
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The Israeli-Palestinian issue has long been a staple of the international news agenda, but the recent media concentration on the Arab Spring, together with the Palestinian trend towards non-violent forms of protest, has meant the conflict has largely fallen from the news agenda.
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This course focuses on the management of technology-based innovation. Topics include the impact of new technologies on industries, dominant designs, incremental and transformative innovations, and the life-cycle of products. The course will examine the organization of highly innovative firms, and the relationship of core competencies to both innovation and rigidity. Cases and field studies are used to address the relationship of innovation to management practices such as leadership, competitive strategic planning and teamwork. Students perform an innovation audit of an area firm.


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Facebook accounted for 17.5% of the $18 billion mobile ad market last year, up from 5.4% in 2012. This year, EMarketer expects the mobile ad market to soar to $31.45 billion with Facebook accounting for 21% of that total.
With a new mobile ad network on the way, Facebook is counting on mobile more than ever. 59% of Facebook's revenue came from mobile in the just reported first quarter. That is a leap of 29% from the 2013 first quarter. Overall, ad revenue soared 82% year-over-year. When you can report numbers like that, it makes Wall Street a lot less nervous about the company spending $19 billion on WhatsApp, as analysts come to the conclusion that "Zuckerberg's got a plan". And than plan is all about Facebook focusing on the mobile space, because that is where the people are going. The average American spent over 3 hours a day on a mobile device in Q1, up from two hours and twenty minutes a day in the first quarter of 2013.
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1. chocowii (Posts: 327; Member since: 30 Jan 2014)
Over 1 Billion people still prefer Recents over Top stories.
Facebook never learns!
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Can't stand Top Stories. Most could care less. We want to see whats recent, not whats from 2 days ago >_< Most of the time its a pointless post.
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Also, G+ is still better - anytime I add someone or something, I get alerts whenever they post - with Facebook, you have to add a friend as a CLOSE FRIEND, and any pages you LIKE, you will get an alert if you comment on it or go to the article in the news feed and choose the option to receive its notifications. G+ keeps it simple...
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4. Gently roll veal, starting at furthest edge and wrap meat around stuffing.
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6. Brown (braise) the stuffed veal rolls in a large sauce pan coated in oil.
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8. When outside is no longer pink, remove veal from pan while you make sauce.
9. Using same pan with juices from veal, add chopped onion, garlic and herbs, sauté until golden.
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GBN Systems attends EEN Europe Enterprise Network Mission for Growth event at Wallonia, Belgium
To help SME Small Medium Enterprises European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani is promoting the Europe 2020 Mission for Growth. A new program COSME has been started. A 2,3 billion EUR program for SMEs. It aims to address the main challenges SMEs are currently facing.
One major factor are several pan European networking events. Medical device specialist GBN Systems from Bavaria has a 25 years experience in performing mechatronics and is therefore open for future collaboration with European partners.
GBN Systems joined this matchmaking opportunity at La Louviére, Belgium. A total of 500 represantatives from over 35 countries have joined the event at the exhibition venue of LOUVEXPO. During bilateral sessions participants cought opportunities to share their knowledge and networks in the fields of aeronautics and space, mechanical industry, biotechnology and life science, transport and logistics as well as in the creative industry.
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Chrome Barrage Cargo Backpack
I prefer buying slightly more expensive, but quality products that will last a long time. Especially if these are the things I have to use all the time. Once I'm happy with quality of a brand, I tend to go back to them. So when I needed a backpack, I went back to look for a Chrome bag, and after a lot of research I settled on the Chrome Barrage Cargo.
I used to use cheap backpacks, which work great, until later when I find that for work a messenger bag works better, especially if you have to quickly take things in and out quickly while having two hands available. Especially important with kids. For overnight trips or when carrying heavier things though, a large messenger bag is just not comfortable to lug a lot of stuff around. So my current system is to have a small messenger, which can be packed into a backpack, or to have backpack used by itself as a daypack.
- Be able to carry everything for extended travel (2 weeks or longer) in a bag that can be taken aboard airplane as carry on luggage.
- Waterproof, and enough space to pack rain gear for getting off at rural/small airports in rain. Then be able to take motorbike taxi, cycle, hike or boat in rain.
- Carry all digital gear needed for work
- Carry enough clothes including work (smart casual) clothes, with enough change for continuous laundry cycle
- Carry walking shoe when wearing water shoes
- Modular so that things can be mix and matched depending on type of trip and work requirements.
- Fit medium size packing cube filled with clothes. You would fold the small one for day use when not needed
- Waterproof or water cover. Most hiking bags / urban commute bags have this feature.
- Wet/dry separation, so dirty laundry, wet shoes are in separate compartments. Most hiking bags have this feature
The Cargo Barrage is 22L with the rolltop folded all the way down and about 34L when it's extended. There are limitations when it's at 34L which I will touch later.
The front has the cargo netting, which is adjustable to carry a wide range of bulky things. Usually I use it for shoes, but I also used it to carry small boxes, and 5L drybag. The middle straps at the bottom are not that long, maybe about 25cm, so if want something to sit snug at the bottom of the net and not come out of the sides, it cannot be too deep, or it has to be tall to be strapped securely. Still it's a brilliant idea and a key feature of this bag, that allows you to carry far more than the small bag that it looks like. The bottom comes in other colors, black and red. I inititally wanted the black, but only white was available in stock at the retailer I ordered it from. On hindsight, this was not such a bad choice, the top strap that doubles as a reflector is very short and ineffective when the bag is filled up and the rolltop area is used up. The white bottom helps with visibility at night.
The Back
The back has nice molded foam that makes it very comfortable to wear. The straps felt a bit thin, but were not uncomfortable. There are no hip belts. There are two velco holder straps as usual for Chrome, but surprisingly they don't sell many accessories that could fit on it. There is a nice Chrome buckle for the chest strap.
The rolltop is a great feature. When you don't need the space, you roll it all the way down in similar way to dry bags. When fully extended you don't get the benefit of being waterproof, but you do get a lot more space. Note that the top strap just barely covers the top when fully extended. Don't expect to tie much more at the top when fully extended. I tend to put rolled up jacket or jumper to cover the top when it's filled up. It also means you lose the benefits of the reflective strap. You don't get that much more space if you intend to roll it at least once to seal it. It's less box like and more prism like. At the t op is also where the zipper to the front separated section is. The main comparment is like a waterproof bag. The front zippered section allows you access to the inside part of the bag, but outside of the waterproof compartment. Useful for putting things like bags of dirty laundry. It's not fully waterproof, and take note the entry is not that wide. I tend to put things like reusable shopping bags in this space.
Side Pockets
The side pockets are not that big and not covered. Small 500ml or 1L water bottles can fit in here, maybe a small U-Lock
Straps and Buckles
The main top strap that ties down the rolltop works really well. It has the better quality reflective strip you see on the Night versions of Chrome Bags which don't come out or get damaged by velcro. The main buckle and side buckles are plastic. I haven't had a problem with these breaking yet despite repeated use and they feel solid. The side straps for the cargo netting use similar easily adjustble straps and plastic buckles.
The spring loaded metal buckles for the shoulder compression straps though work really well. It is really easy to adjust one handed so that you get the perfect fit. Very useful when the bag is fully loaded and you're on the move, you don't need to stop and take of the back to easily adjust the length of the shoulder straps. Press, adjust and release.
What it can carry
This is one combination of things I carry that fits in this bag while still being able to seal rolltop. 13" Laptop, 2 small size Muji packing cubes of clothes, 2 nylon bags of cables and chargers, a pair of running shoes, headphones, packed lunch and small mirrorless camera.
Some gripes
I wish the bag would have been a little bit bigger. Wider or deeper (front to back). Just 10-15cm more Than it would be perfect. There is also no place to put anything like boarding passes, phone or passport for travel that is easily accesible.Chrome doesn't sell any accessories that fit into the velco strap either. Right now I think if you want to use this bag for travel, you would need the Shagg Bag M from Timbuk2 to attach the one of the velcro straps.
I got my mine from Always Riding UK, one of the few retailers that still ship to Malaysia.