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Tungsten E2 -- HotSync stuck at Datebook.
All previous hot sync sessions were without problem. HotSync completed this time but showed Date Book synchronization was aborted. All Date Book data on desktop was lost. I tried to sync it again. It then got stuck at Date Book and would not continue. So had to abort it. Have not been able to recover it yet. Would anybody help solve this problem?
I use bluetooth to HotSync.
My handheld is Tungsten E2.
I am using Windows 7 Home Premium on my PC,
Palm desktop Access 6.2.2,
HotSync Manager 7.0.2
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Re: Tungsten E2 -- HotSync stuck at Datebook.
There may be database corruption causing the issue. Click on the following link for the program called DbFixiT. This program has a trial version that you can download and install on your Palm OS device. The trial version will scan for database corruption and then report the corruption. You can then find the records causing the problem and fix them yourself or you can purchase the program and have it automatically fix the records.
To install the program, set all conduits to "do nothing" except quick install or install if using Palm desktop 6.2.
After you install the program on the handheld, run the scan and also scan for Blobs in the calendar.
After you clean-up the database on the handheld, set the conduits in hotsync to handheld overwrites desktop and perform a hotsync.
If you are using Win7 64 bit, you can download and install 64bit USB drivers for that version.
Here is the link to the forum post with the link to the drivers.
The best way to preserve your data is to export the data in each category in Palm Desktop to a separate folder on your PC.
Create a new folder on your PC somewhere that is convenient. Name it something like Palm Desktop Data. Click on the link below and follow the instructions on that page for the export procedure.
Make sure you select all for the range in the export window.
With the data saved in the folder you created, make a copy of that folder and save to a flash drive, cd-rw or external hard drive.
Anytime you make a change in Palm Desktop, export the data that was changed to that folder and save again to the external media.
With this process you can always import the data back into Palm Desktop anytime you have a problem with the data in Palm Desktop or if your computer/hard drive/device crashes.
Another option to backup is to use NVBackup and backup to an SD card on your E2. Google search for NVBackup for PalmOS and if you have a 1 GB SD card, you can backup to the card for disaster recovery.
Here is a link to a forum post regarding nvbackup.
For reference purposes, click on the following link for the support page for your device on the kb.hpwebos.com webpage.
There are links on the page to the user guide, troubleshooting, how to's, downloads, etc.
Re: Tungsten E2 -- HotSync stuck at Datebook.
[Dang, cygnusX1 beat me to it!]
If the data on your E2 is intact, try setting the Datebook Hotsync Conduit on your desktop, to Handheld Overwrites Desktop, then Hotsync again.
If that doesn't do it, you may have corrupt data in the calendar on the handheld. A free utility called DbFixIt from www.pimlicosoftware.com will identify it, allow you to delete it, and for a modest purchase price, repair it. If you cannot Hotsync the application to your device, you'll have to copy the .prc file onto a SD card using a card reader. Copy the file into the /palm/launcher folder on the card. If you already use a card in the E2, the folder should already exist. If not, you should get one (regular SD, not SDHC, and 1 GB or smaller in size). Insert, run Card Info app, and Format the card.
Let us know if that's confusing, and how it works out.
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Re: Tungsten E2 -- HotSync stuck at Datebook.
Thank you both for the advice! I have downloaded the DbFixiT program and it identified 2 problems which I have deleted the two calendar entries on my E2 and finally it sychronized smoothly! I didn't even have to purchase the program and saved me $20!!
Re: Tungsten E2 -- HotSync stuck at Datebook.
Glad to have helped resolve your issue.
I would strongly suggest you use the backup process I provided in my post for disaster recovery.
Re: Tungsten E2 -- HotSync Problem Again
I have encountered likely the same problem again. My PC was unexpectedly shut down. After restart, all data in Calendar and Contact in the desktop disappeared. Hotsync from handheld was aborted once it gets to Date book.
The Dbfixit and Dbfixit2 programs are still in handheld (downloaded from last hotsync problem, 4/9/12). No errors were found when I ran the two programs. I am at sea now to how to proceed to fix this problem. Would anybody please help me out here? Do I need to purchase the latest version to fix it?
Re: Tungsten E2 -- HotSync Problem Again
If all your data is on the E2, try to set the hotsync conduits to handheld overwrites desktop and sync.
Re: Tungsten E2 -- HotSync Problem Again
That did the trick. Thanks a lot. You made my day.
But I still don't understand why the data could be wiped out. Anyway, thanks again and have a great day.
Re: Tungsten E2 -- HotSync Problem Again
Glad to assist.
If you are using Palm desktop version 6.2.2, that version has had reports of losing data. When the PC does an update with PD open or you shut down the PC with PD open.
You can revert back to an eariler version of PD or use the backup procedure I had provided in the posts for loss of data. With the backup saved, you can import the data back into PD in case your device or PC fails. This is used for disaster recovery.
Another option is to use a 1-GB SD card and the NVbackup program. You can find NVbackup on the internet for free as a download. With that program you can make an image of your device and reload it if there is a problem. I would suggest both methods, exporting your data and the NVbackup for disaster recovery.
I say this because I have tried to assist many different people that are not backing up their data and are frantic because they have no copy of the data anywhere else.
If you want to revert back to an eariler version of PD other than 6.2.2 then you will need to backup your data, "clean" uninstall PD, install PD and sync your HH.


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First, before we start our regularly scheduled program, a few updates.
One, I am semi-retiring from the message boards. Given certain recent events, it is clear that my new diet falls under the 'fad diet' category, and is not allowed on the general message board forums.
First, I'd like to show you an example of my 'fad diet' meal.
This is mixed green, kale, cucumber, bell pepper, guacamole, and blue cheese salad with grilled london broil strips. Handful of grapes and pineapple. Manhattan clam chowder.
Please compare this with the new USDA Food plate:
What am I missing here? Oh no, I forgot the bread. And my clam chowder is supposed to be a glass of skim milk.
This is about 465 calories. We went for a walk on the beach after lunch, and this is good quality fuel. If I followed the guidelines, I'd cut my vegetable portion down in order to make room for the bread. I'd be adding another 120 calories from the bread. I estimate I'd be at 545 calories if I removed a quarter of my veggies, and added a 1 oz slice of bread. So I'd be cutting my nutrients down, and getting more calories.
An additional 1/4 plate of veggies is way more nutrient packed than a slice of bread. And fewer calories. I tell people on the message boards that if they need to reduce calories and hunger, they should skip the bread and pasta. This causes outrage, and labels me a fad dieter.
I got this from the Whole Foods salad bar. When I went to pay, the checkout girl remarked at how incredibly healthy and delicious my lunch looked. She had no idea I was a low carber. Does it matter?
Anyway, I am moving my food log over to LiveStrong. I like their food tracker better. I am also moving my community involvement to Mark's Daily Apple. I think they can help me with my transition to my new diet. I am Vhalkyrie in both places, if you are also members.
I'm afraid that I have moved away from Spark's dietary message, and they are making it clear that differing ideas are not welcome. I didn't know when signing up it was their way or no way. They are the host, though, so I will oblige.
I am going to continue blogging on Spark. If you like my blogs, please make sure to add me as a Spark friend, as I may soon be changing it to private status. I will also remain active on my Spark teams.
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I have never been vegetarian, but I have skirted the edges several times. I heard about this book first from reading Dr. Mike Eades blog. His book "Protein Power" is referenced several times in "The Vegetarian Myth". He never consulted with the author when she was writing this, so he was flattered and surprised to be mentioned.
It sounded interesting, but I decided to read it on the recommendation of Spark friend ANDREA409. If you haven't already, go to her blog and read her personal story reading this book.
I don't intend for this blog to be a book review, so much as commentary. I took notes while reading, so I may be coming back with a more review type blog later.
The background you need to know going into this is the author, Lierre Keith, was a 20 year strict vegan. She writes about her philosophy as a vegan, feminist, environmentalist, philanthropist, and animal rights activist.
She then eviscerates every argument for vegetarianism and veganism. I mean, it is brutal. It is total annihilation that can only come from a fallen angel. It is her painful account, in both body and soul, that human beings were meant to eat other animals. There is no other way. Not if you want to be alive.
I have skirted near vegetarianism, but I lacked the conviction to truly take the plunge long term. I found keeping track of my macronutrients to be too difficult, as well as all the supplements. The supplements bothered me. If we have to take that many supplements, is it truly a healthy diet?
I never considered veganism because of the pesky B12 problem. B12 is an essential vitamin. And I do mean essential. If we do not get B12, we risk severe brain and nervous system damage. This damage is irreversible. It was enough to scare me away from even dabbling with veganism. B12 is produced by a bacteria. Animal protein like cows, sheep, lamb, chicken, eggs, and fish contain these bacterias that produce B12. We eat these animals, and we get the B12. There is no other way. Even if you take a B12 vitamin supplement, it is still cultured from this bacteria. A non plant source.
Then there is the problem that I, personally, have never known anyone who was a truly healthy vegetarian or vegan. I do not mean that disparagingly. But in my personal circle, the vegetarians and vegans I know are seriously ill. My vegan friend is morbidly obese, and anemic. No doubt vegans will say she is doing it wrong, and I can agree with that.
The times I have skirted near vegetarianism is during times of despair. Despair that I would never lose this stupid weight. The diet isn't working, maybe vegetarian is the answer. So I skirt close, then fall off. I lack the conviction.
I have never felt particularly guilty about eating meat. I take a native American approach. Thank the animal for its life. It is prey, and I am built with the digestive system of a predator. Prey is life, and it deserves respect. I long ago reconciled there is an order. A balance.
My western astrological sign is libra. My Asian astrological sign is a tiger. I am a libra-tiger. As a scientifically minded person, logically, astrology seems like mythology. However, I very strikingly fit the descriptions for both.
Libra: A very strong sense of justice, order and balance.
Tiger: Empathetic. Loyal. Independent and strong willed. Live by a personal code of honor and moral compass.
More scientifically, my personality profile on the Meyer's-Brigg scale is INFJ. Introverted-Intuitive-Feeling-Judge. This is the rarest personality profile - only 1% of the population. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gandhi, and Carl Jung were all INFJ.
So what is an INFJ? They are called counselor idealists. Highly empathetic and loyal. Very strong sense of justice, order, and balance. Independent and strong willed. Live by a personal code of honor and moral compass.
Coincidence? Uncanny and weird, and I can't even make sense of it. But there it is.
Taking up the cause of animal rights would seem a natural fit. So why was I never really vegetarian?
Maybe because I am a tiger, and I have an instinct that I could not deviate from. Every time I strayed, I got yanked back.
Factory farming is a horrific practice that needs to ends. But undergoing protein starvation is not the way to do it. I want animals to be raised in humane conditions. My grandma grew up on a farm that had its own self sustaining ecosystem. Cows and chickens. Milk and eggs. Dogs to chase foxes away. Cats to eat mice. A vegetable patch. They traded many items for others that they needed.
As factory farming is inhumane and unnatural, so is industrial agriculture. Land that is stripped of grass and trees, and planted with corn and soy destroys the soil. The soil is fertilized with nitrogen made from fossil fuels. This land is barren without the chemical fertilizers.
One of my favorite sci-fi books is "Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson. It is an alternate history story about what if the black plague wiped out the populations of Europe, and the dominate religions of the world were Buddhism and Islam?
There is one part in particular that stuck out at me. There is a passage in the Koran that is often misunderstood, and is used by radical Islam to promote misogyny and oppression of women. Mohammad said, "Treat your women as you would the soil beneath your feet."
As Westerners, this sounds horrific, right? Barbaric!
No. He was speaking to a group of farmers. He was telling them that soil that is healthy and rich with life, will grow life in which to feed ourselves. Soil that is mistreated, abused, and untended will not grow life. It will not prosper.
He was telling the men that women grow life, just as soil grows life. All life depends on the foundation. For plants, it is good soil. For humans, it is healthy and happy women.
This has been perverted by radicals, because we have lost the meaning of where life comes from. This statement has the wrong meaning for them because their land is already dead.
Soil is the bedrock of life. Modern agriculture strips the soil of life, and it subsists on life support with industrial chemicals. This is unsustainable. The age of fossil fuels is ending, and it will happen in our lifetimes. 2050, and crude oil is exhausted. Nuclear energy cannot power tractors. It cannot create the chemical nitrogen that our corn fields currently limp along.
Promoting agriculture as the savior of animals is noble, but horribly misguided. The fertile crescent where agriculture began is roughly in modern Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Turkey and Iran. It is now desert, due to stripping the land of its fertility, and not putting back into the land what was taken. It is barren.
There is a way to do crops and livestock sustainably, for us to get back in harmony with nature, but I'll save that for another blog topic. Also, the author goes into this in excruciating detail.
The message of the book is if we love animals, and are environmentalists, then we should be fighting for sustainable farms using crop rotation instead of chemicals. We should be encouraging livestock raised in free range. We cannot change our biology, as much as we wish we could.
One thing that I wonder if my vegan friends have considered is, what if they succeeded? What if we were all vegan?
They are not saving the lives of cows, chickens and pigs. Cows, chickens and pigs would no longer serve any purpose, and would stop being raised. These domesticated animals have become dependent on us. Most of them could not survive on their own anymore. They are available in numbers because we need them for food. And they need us. Otherwise, they would serve no purpose, and they would be extinct.
Don't believe me? Did you know that the clydesdale horse is at risk of becoming an endangered species? They did not have much purpose after the rise of the automobiles.
Cows and chickens that were not raised for food would cease to exist at all. Who would tend them? Who would care for them? Why would you?
Great book. Highly recommended.
I read Spark's article on the new USDA "MyPlate", and just sighed. Of all the articles I've read lately about it, Spark seems to be the only one with a generally favorable opinion.
Compare the Spark and LiveStrong articles regarding "MyPlate"
I agree with LiveStrong that "MyPlate" is not really different than the old pyramid, it is just packaged different. It is the same old advice that made many of us fat. Protein represents a horrifically minuscule portion of the plate. Grains still take up too much, especially if we are supposed to eat it 3 times per day.
This thing really cost $2 million dollars?
You have to realize what a really huge paradigm shift I have gone through. Just 2 months ago, I was an ardent believer in this. I believed that a low fat diet was the healthiest diet. I believed that I wasn't losing weight because I just wasn't following it strictly enough. It wasn't working, so I decided to go more flexitarian. I eliminated most animal proteins from breakfast and lunch. I only ate animal protein at dinner.
This made me protein deficient.
And now, I am a dietary apostate.
I finally got my weight and appetite under control. I feel more balanced. Being a libra, this is pretty important!
I eliminated the grain group entirely. Protein takes up about 1/4 -1/2 of the plate. Veggies take up the rest. Fruit and dairy are eaten once per day.
According to the government MyPlate, my diet wouldn't be balanced. Grains are not an essential food group. Are we really supposed to drink a cup of milk with each meal? The ADA and AHA fail to mention for kids servings, a chocolate milk in school lunch contains almost 30g of sugar from high fructose corn syrup. A regular glass of milk contains 11g sugar from lactose. They say this is ok because it is more important for the kids to drink milk.
No. This much sugar is making our kids obese and heading down the path to Type 2 diabetes as young as 13.
While Spark and the government emphasize that this is a good diet for "most" people, it doesn't say who this wouldn't work for.
I'd say this dietary advice might work for most people, who are not overweight, and do not have insulin related issues. That excludes most of America that is overweight.
I am clearly not "most" people. I had to go out and search for the proper diet for me. After years and years of following this advice and not getting anywhere, I abandoned ship.
As a society, we have a tendency to apostatize people who go their own way. Most of us recognize that diets like HCG are sketchy, but people still do it. Why?
I am not so cynical. I do not think these people are stupid. I do not think they weren't trying hard enough. I think they tried the approved low fat diets we are all supposed to follow. They were left uncontrollably hungry, and did not lose weight. They blamed themselves and their lack of willpower.
HCG is doctor supervised, btw. Not saying that means it is good. I would not do it myself. I think it shows that people honestly want to follow doctor's advice, even if this one seems a bit tenuous.
Why are low carb diets still shunned by the medical community?
Low carb diets still carry a stigma. My diet of protein and a half plate of vegetables is only unhealthy if you buy into fat in foods makes us fat. It does not.
When I first started my diet, my fiance was extremely concerned. I posted a picture of my progress on my Facebook recently, and friends immediately wanted to know "my secret". When I told them, they seemed shocked. It was not the answer they were expecting. More protein and veggies. No grains, starches, or sugars. What about fat? I eat plenty of fat. About 40-50%.
Let me show you a representation of what I eat.
Smoked salmon salad with avocado
Roast chicken breast (with skin) and broccoli and snap peas with real butter
Roast chicken salad with avocado and cheese.
Cheese and onion omelet (whole egg) with avocado and tomato.
This food leaves me feeling nourished. I don't see anything unhealthy about it. When you count it up, it comes out to about 40-50% fat, though. The ADA and AHA say this is dangerous.
They say I should be getting fatter eating this much fat. But I am losing fat, gaining muscle.
They say my heart arteries should be ready to explode. My resting heart rate, a sign of fitness, has dropped. Lance Armstrong purportedly has a resting heart rate of 35bpm. Mine isn't that good. It has dropped from about 76 bpm to 60bpm. My heart is stronger, pumping more blood, more efficiently. A sign of lower blood pressure.
They say the weight I have lost on low carb is only water weight loss. Does this look like it is just water weight?
2 Months Ago:
2 Days Ago:
So water weight made me look fat? Not bodyfat? I lost about 8% of fatty water so far, then. And still going.
I keep hearing stories about people who are getting better on low carb diets. I hear a few stories every once in a while of people who said it didn't work for them. Overall, though, I am hearing people who say it does.
My fiance, the skeptic, is even coming around. He eats at Wendy's almost every day for lunch. His typical lunch was a small chicken side salad and a baked potato. This is a perfect match, according to the government "MyPlate". Vegetable, protein, and a starch.
He would come home from work, ravenously hungry, and literally start tearing our cupboards apart looking for snacks. This used to drive me insane, as I was usually cooking dinner.
I told him to skip the large starchy carbohydrates. He could have a large chicken salad, but skip the baked potato. He could have a double cheeseburger, but no french fries. Diet Coke only. He thought it was crazy and ridiculous, but he tried it.
Last night during dinner, he admitted to me that he isn't ravenously hungry when he gets home anymore. He said I was onto something. He is a lot more willing to hear my ideas and what I have learned.
That testimonial is a huge boost to keep me going. It makes being a dietary apostate worth it.
Note: As always, this refers to people who have no underlying health conditions. See your doctor if you are taking medications before making changes to your diet.
A long time ago, I didn't understand the whole low carb thing. I had an image of people eating gobs of bunless burgers, bacon, and no vegetables. I didn't think that could be good.
Now that I am a convert, I still don't think that is a good idea. Overeating anything is bad. And we need our veggies.
All of the things I have been reading lately really changed my mind about our species, and the way we are supposed to eat. Our digestive tract is short, more like a true carnivore - canines and felines. Herbivores have a very long digestive tract. The thing that makes us omnivores is we have lost the ability to synthesize our own vitamin C. Most other mammals can synthesize vitamin C in the liver. We have to get vitamin C from plants and fruit. However, there is an exception. Inuit eskimos are able to get vitamin C from eating raw seal meat.
I remember not so long ago being jealous of a friend who could seemingly eat anything. Whole milk in her coffee. Hamburgers. Hot dogs. Bacon. Cheese and sausage plates. Lots of stuff we deem to be "bad". That should have been my first clue. Maybe it should have donned on me, if she is eating all that "bad" food, staying trim and healthy, then maybe it isn't actually bad. Maybe my low-fat cottage cheese that always leaves me hungry is bad.
The muted appetite is still something of a surprise to me. After being nutritionally starved for over 10 years, I seem to be at a loss on what to do without ravenous hunger. I'm not hungry, should I still eat? How do I know when I should eat? On some days if I followed only my appetite, it would leave me very low calorie. Is this still ok? I don't know. I am at a loss. This is uncharted territory.
Overeating is a bit more straightforward. It is very hard for me to overeat now. I noticed something clicks off in my brain when I'm done eating. I have recently learned what that "something" is. It is called leptin. Leptin suppresses appetite. It does indeed flip a switch in the brain saying, "I'm done".
Insulin resistance and leptin resistance go hand in hand. If you are constantly hungry, overeat, and can't stop when you are overfull, your leptin responders aren't working properly. Constantly elevated insulin seems to mask leptin. This is an imbalance our body doesn't know how to handle. Insulin resistance comes from overeating sugars, and never before in our evolutionary past have we had such a vast amount of sugar available, in either table sugar or bread form. Especially not high fructose corn syrup.
For many people like myself with this situation, a low grain/low sugar diet comprised of mostly protein and vegetables might correct this situation. My insulin levels are lower. My leptin seems to be working again. Fixing my blood sugar balance fixed my leptin.
For others, it gets more tricky. Especially for post menopausal women.
I found this interesting passage on Wikipedia about this:
"In addition to white adipose tissue�the major source of leptin�it can also be produced by brown adipose tissue, placenta (syncytiotrophoblasts), ovaries, skeletal muscle, stomach (lower part of fundic glands), mammary epithelial cells, bone marrow, pituitary and liver.[6]
The absence of leptin (or its receptor) leads to uncontrolled food intake and resulting obesity. Several studies have shown that fasting or following a very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) lowers leptin levels.[8] It might be that on short-term leptin is an indicator of energy balance. This system is more sensitive to starvation than to overfeeding; leptin levels change more when food intake decreases than when it increases.[9] It might be that the dynamics of leptin due to an acute change in energy balance are related to appetite and eventually to food intake. Although this is a new hypothesis, there are already some data that support it.[10][11]
There is some controversy regarding the regulation of leptin by melatonin during the night. One research group suggested that increased levels of melatonin caused a downregulation of leptin.[12] However, in 2004, Brazilian researchers found that melatonin increases leptin levels in the presence of insulin, therefore causing a decrease in appetite during sleeping.[13]"
This seems to be how starvation diets and fasting wreck your metabolism. It lowers your leptin. Lower leptin compels you to eat more. This is the binge that plagues every anorexic. This is a survival mechanism. You're starving, so go find food. Low leptin plus elevated insulin levels prevents your body from accessing stored bodyfat. So you are forced to stuff yourself with any food you can find. How to correct this? I don't know. If it were me, I suppose I would keep calories high, and try pushing that insulin level down even further with very low carb temporarily. (My opinion, not medical advice. See your doctor first if you have any underlying conditions before making changes to your diet.)
The last paragraph says if you aren't sleeping well, your leptin isn't working. It is a vicious can't-win-for-losing cycle. Can't sleep well, so you can't lose weight. Can't lose weight because you can't sleep well. And if you are post menopausal, your ovaries aren't helping to produce leptin anymore.
It is also circulates in proportion to bodyfat. The more bodyfat you have, the longer it will take for leptin resistance to correct itself. Again, vicious circle.
Also, exercise does not have statistically meaningful effect on leptin levels. Exercise increases insulin sensitivity, but it does not increase leptin sensitivity. Exercise can improve bodyfat loss, and the bodyfat loss is what helps leptin sensitivity. Overtraining exercise stimulates cortisol, which prevents fat loss. So exercise, but don't overtrain.
There is some debate on whether you can lose weight on diet alone, and if exercise is less important. Gary Taubes says exercise doesn't really matter for weight loss.
I say, it depends.
I agree that nutrition is the first place to start. If you want to change your body, you have to change what you eat. "You are what you eat" is absolutely true. What you eat makes up your mitochondria.
However, exercise is also a part of the equation. Here is why. I've been sharing my revelation that elevated insulin levels makes us fat. Insulin is NOT just important to diabetics. If you have weight to lose, you have to pay attention to your blood sugar.
For some people, all they have to do is modify their diet slightly, exercise more, and they are on their way.
Some of us have damaged our insulin receptors. What does that mean? It means when you eat a cookie, your blood sugar rises. Your pancreas releases insulin to make your cells absorb the sugar. Except if your insulin receptors are damaged, they don't respond properly. So the pancreas sends even more insulin to wake them up. You get Type 2 diabetes when your insulin receptors refuse to respond at all, your pancreas can't produce enough insulin to wake them up, causing blood sugar to spiral out of control.
What's the number one cause of insulin receptor damage? Sugar abuse. For me, it was 2 years straight of Big Gulps and chain restaurants. Those mere 2 years was enough to send me into obesity, and 8+ years trying to right this ship.
Changing to a low carb diet causes my insulin levels to drop. Less sugary foods (even from whole grains) means my pancreas gets a break. However, there's still the pesky problem of the sleepy insulin receptors. With slow insulin receptors, even minor levels of carbs could stall weight loss, or heaven forbid, cause weight gain.
You can repair insulin receptor damage with nutrition to some degree. Citrus peel is one supposed remedy. Good thing I drink water flavored with a lemon wedge every day, all day long. I drink it because I like it, but if it has a health benefit, even better.
However, exercise is the best remedy. Even if you don't change anything about your diet, exercise will improve insulin sensitivity. This is why some people are able to just start moving, and they will lose weight.
Some of us, unfortunately, require more intervention. In my case, even complex carbohydrates was enough to stall my progress. I have to limit carbs to vegetables and limited fruit. Grains and starches are off the plate at the moment. It all depends on the degree of damage.
Here is an article for reference on exercise improving insulin resistance. This study was for obese adolescents, but I'm certain it holds true for adults. We just don't bounce back as fast as the kids.


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As London riots, every civilized person on the planet is eager for an end to the mayhem and violence, but am I alone in thinking that the reaction from certain quarters is a tad overwrought?
Victor Davis Hanson, oblivious to majority opinion, thinks we've lost the capacity for upset. "Such urban violence was of course a constant in 19th and 20th century Europe and America," he writes, "but now it is deeply embedded within modern sociology and no longer seen quite as criminality." Says talk radio host Mark Levin: "We can see this society transforming in front of our eyes... the Western World is in decline." John Derbyshire goes even farther, arguing that Great Britain is irrevocably lost. "Why does the British government not do its duty? Because it is the government of a modern Western nation, sunk like the rest of us in trembling, whimpering guilt over class and race," he writes. "I treasure my faint, fading recollections of Britain when she was still, for a few years longer, a nation. Today Britain is merely a place, a bazaar. Let it burn!"
You've heard of hawks and doves. These are Chicken Little Conservatives. Every week, as headlines filter in from around the globe, they take the most disturbing as an occasion to strut around with ruffled feathers and cluck that the sky is falling. Writer Mark Steyn has established himself at the top of the pecking order. In 2002, he published a book of collected essays about the new war against Islamist terrorism. As Western Civilization made significant gains against that foe, Steyn was at work on America Alone, his 2008 tome that argued "America is the only hope against Islamic Terrorism." His thesis turned partly on demographics: Due to a lack of civilizational confidence, he argued, Europeans weren't having enough kids to keep their societies going.
Apparently, the lack of civilizational confidence was catching, because Steyn's latest book, published this month, is titled After America: Get Ready for Armageddon. In three years, he's given up on the West's "only hope" and now argues that "America's decline will be a wrenching affair marked by violence and possibly secession." Imagine that: The right's favorite columnist no longer believes in American exceptionalism! It's bedtime reading to kill the birth rate for good.
Steyn is hardly the only conservative suffering a crisis of civilizational confidence. Another strain is less concerned by demography than the notion that a tiny minority of Muslims are going to take over America and impose Sharia law on its people. Former federal prosecutor and National Review contributor Andy McCarthy insists that radical Muslims are even now allied with American leftists led by President Obama in their grand jihad against the U.S. (Fighting terrorism is part of the stealth plan!) Frank Gaffney, founder of the Center for Security Policy, has criticized figures including Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and Gen. David Petraeus as unduly submissive to Sharia. Gaffney also helped to inspire bills in multiple states to ban Sharia, despite the utter implausibility of any jurisdiction imposing it.
For talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, Sharia is at most a secondary concern: There's nothing to fear but President Obama himself. Back in 2009, he told Sean Hannity, "If Al Qaeda wants to demolish the America we know and love, they'd better hurry because Obama is beating them to it." It's a theme to which he returned on this week's program. "A lot of people don't want to think that the country has as a president somebody who so abhors the way the country was founded and so abhors capitalism that his objective is to destroy it," he said. "Let me ask you this. If somebody was really trying to destroy this economy, what would they do differently? Keep in mind now, if you're president, and your objective is to destroy the economy, you have to do it on the sly."
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November 10th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Wow, you guys are too spoilt! You can get all those Microsoft products for free, and you complain you have to download each one individually. Perhaps Microsoft should be packaging hem on a DVD and sending them postage free to you
November 10th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Mr. Anonymous – You're missing the point. We're not complaining that it's difficult for us to get software.
We're saying that Microsoft makes it too difficult for "civilians" – non-developers – to play with their software developer tools.
All of us got started with computers that shipped BASIC at the commandline. Turning on the computer and typing "10 PRINT "Hello World" was a pretty welcoming environment for us as budding young nerds who wanted to play with computers.
Fast-forward 25 years and things have regrettably gotten more difficult. If little Jimmy down the street wants to play with computers, he needs to (1) somehow know there's a Visual Studio Express product (2) figure out where to get it (3) download it over his slow internet connection (4) install it (5) if he's made it this far, play. That amount of friction is just plain silly.
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we took off spontaneously for Atlantic City and the beach. It's been years since I've been to the ocean and I had such a good time. I wasn't able to "swim" in the exercise sort of way, but it felt good to be in water again. It reminded me how much I enjoy it.
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with a swimming pool in our back yard. I was such a water baby. I remember spending so much time in the pool I'd get water logged and beyond wrinkled:) We moved from that house when I was 14 and it wasn't long before other interests took the place of my love of water. Now that I'm an adult, though…I feel like something is missing. I feel like I'm too heavy to go to a public pool, but I'd really like to find a way to start swimming again. I'd even be up to trying water aerobics or some other type of water exercise, as they say it's no impact and really tones all body parts.
I haven't figured out how to incorporate this into my world as of yet…but I'm looking for the right opportunity.
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Billy the Butcher's Movember Posters showcase intense, up-close images of the male mouth. The Brazilian artist produced them in association with the admirable month-long fundraiser, and his graphic design expertise merges multiple aspects of typography with powerful facial elements.
This advertisement series is largely focused on skin, pores and of course, facial hair. He has separated himself from more as he directs attention to the entire face from the eyes down as opposed to the mouth only.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- During his years as a Memphis assistant, Derek Kellogg had seen the Tigers' formula in many of their wins.Let the opponent hang around for a bit, then start throwing more players at them, run them until they wear down and pull away in the second half.Monday night, Kellogg -- in his first year as Massachusetts coach -- was on the receiving end of the tactic.Antonio Anderson had 15 points and a career-high 12 rebounds as Memphis (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) shook off a poor shooting performance to beat Massachusetts 80-58."I've seen it before on that bench numerous times," Kellogg said. "Their process is, 'We have more bodies than you. We have bigger, longer players than you, and we're going to wear you down.' At the end, they take advantage of it, and that formula worked again."Freshman Tyreke Evans had 19 points and Robert Dozier added 18 for the Tigers, who were limited to 39 percent shooting for the game, including 2-of-19 from outside 3-point range. It marked the second straight game where Evans, one of last season's prized recruits, led the Tigers (2-0) in scoring. Evans keyed a first-half rally that put the Tigers up for good."There were a lot of things that I didn't like," Memphis coach John Calipari said. "I'm going to go watch tape and probably pull my hair out."Ricky Harris led the Minutemen (1-2) with 17 points; Tony Gaffney scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds.Calipari became the winningest coach in Memphis history with 221 victories, surpassing Larry Finch, who led the program from 1986 to 1997.The game was a real family affair.Kellogg, in his first year as coach at UMass, played for Calipari from 1991 to 1995 during Calipari's tenure as coach of the Minutemen. Kellogg was an assistant under Calipari for eight years at Memphis before moving to his alma mater. The Memphis crowd gave Kellogg a standing ovation when he was introduced at the start of the game.And, if that isn't enough, Calipari's daughter, Erin, is a fourth-year student at UMass. Calipari's wife, Ellen, and his other daughter, Megan Rae, wore shirts representing both schools.Both coaches said afterward that they were just glad the game was over."Driving down, I thought: 'If Derek wins, this would be a huge game for him on [ESPN] for recruiting,' " Calipari said. "Then I said: 'Forget that.' "Memphis built the lead to double digits in the first half and extended it to 27 in the second.UMass was without 7-foot-1 senior center Luke Bonner, who injured his left knee in an 80-73 loss at Southern Illinois last week. In the second half Monday, the Minutemen lost 6-7 reserve forward Matt Hill to a left Achilles injury. But Gaffney's effort allowed UMass to outrebound the Tigers 49-48."Tony Gaffney's been absolutely phenomenal," Kellogg said. "If we had two more of him, we'd have a pretty good record. We're pretty thin, right now."While Memphis struggled from the field, UMass was even worse, shooting 30 percent. Add in 24 turnovers, and the Minutemen were unable to stay in the game in the second half.The Tigers led 33-25 after a first half filled with poor shot selection, sloppy ballhandling and plenty of misfires from both teams.Harris was 3-of-5 from three-point range to lead UMass with 12 points in the first half.Dozier had 12 points for Memphis and Evans had 11, seven coming during an 11-0 run that erased an early UMass lead and put Memphis up by double digits.Dozier got inside for a handful of baskets to keep the Tigers in the game early, but turnovers, shots that barely caught the rim and difficult unsuccessful layup attempts led to anemic shooting percentages.UMass shot 28 percent for the half; Memphis connected on 33 percent, but missed 11 of 12 3-pointers.Memphis rebuilt the lead to double digits when Shawn Taggart, who had seven points and 11 rebounds, converted a three-point play with 15:37 left in the game, and Massachusetts never got the deficit to less than 10 the rest of the way."Guys just didn't make shots," Anderson said of the Memphis shooting. "That's how it goes. ... When guys aren't making shots, we've got to figure out another way to earn the win. We did that by driving the ball and attacking the rim."
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|30-77 (.390)
|3P Made-Attempted
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|2-19 (.105)
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12/06 BC 8:30pm
12/10 HC 7:00pm
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11/21 @HALL 7:00pm
11/23 XAV 7:30pm
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On Veterans Day -- and for several days leading up to and after Veterans Day -- we celebrate those women and men who have served their country in uniform. We're lucky at the Sierra Club to have a high percentage among our members and activists. Based on available demographic data, we estimate that 10 percent of the Club's overall 2.4 million members and supporters are veterans. By contrast, only 5 percent of all Americans have served in the Armed Forces. For me as a veteran, it's pretty special to be in a place where more than double the percentage of the general population chooses to continue serving their country.
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As the environmental community prepares for this weekend's release of the final piece of the 5th Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), many people will be focusing on the big international agreements needed to address our climate crisis. And while I could spend hours and hours digging into the importance of international agreements on climate change, I often find myself asking the questions of "What is happening in my own backyard? What can I do right here, right now to show my community is ready and willing to tackle this challenge?"Read more
UPDATE: On Oct. 6, the Maryland Air Quality Control Advisory Council approved new strong smog standards for coal plants. "By requiring that all of Maryland's poorly-controlled coal-fired power plants retrofit to include the best pollution control technology, repower or retire, these proposed new safeguards are poised to finally help all Marylanders breathe a little easier," said Josh Tulkin, director of the Maryland Sierra Club. "There are still steps to go to finalize these critical safeguards, and we believe they should be implemented much sooner than 2020, but this is a great leap forward."
More than 85 percent of Maryland's residents live in areas where the air is unsafe to breathe. That's a huge number! Maryland lags far behind other Eastern states in its use of state-of-the-art pollution controls for smog-forming pollutants from power plants, trailing even coal-heavy states like Alabama, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Believe it or not, the state is home to some of the worst air quality on the East Coast. The good news is that the state has proposed new protections for this deadly pollution, but we need help from people across the state to get these safeguards over the finish line.Read more


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Another highlight in the years when the game was played at night came when the stadiums lights were doused so fans could better see the flaming baton being twirled by the drum major.
Proceeds from the Queen City Classic went to the schools athletic departments, where there was so little money that Second Ward wore used, blue-and-white uniforms handed down from all-white Central High, while West Charlotte relied on gear from Harding (West Charlotte and Harding still have the same school colors of maroon and gold today).
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Part of why I gave up on teaching - when I was a kid and we were properly disciplined and our parents were allowed to discipline properly there was very little of this 'feral yoof' culture. The problem is lack of appropriate and proportionate discipline. The punishments just aren't enough of a deterrent. Parents don't care and don't discipline their children. When I was a trainee teacher I gave a disruptive class a whole-class detention and one of the little darlings turned up with a letter from her mum saying she wouldn't be attending my detention because her daughter said she wasn't involved. The point was to punish the whole class for getting out of hand and taking advantage of disruptive kids to derail the lesson. You can't win against the 'my kid is innocent' mentality. Parents should be allowed to spank their children. There is a huge difference between a spank and a beating.
AMLightfoot meant the 'bad' kids were being too disruptive and the 'good' kids were using that as an excuse to doss off. Realistically what should have been happening is the 'good' kids should have been telling the 'bad' kids to sit down and shut up. Peer pressure can be used in a positive way.
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Respect for teachers has plummeted, and it isn't helped by the government demonising them all the time. There are very few effective courses of action for misbehaviour now.
It would be interesting to see the behavioural past of the student, I wonder if the school had tried to exclude him in the past.
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As a parent, instead of gobbing off to the teacher about how innocent your child is, you should be educating your child that this behaviour by others is affecting their education and empowering them to do something about it.
If SOME of that class had completed the task I would have stated that only those with uncompleted tasks would be required at the detention. But since I asked them to show me their work on the way out the door and barely a single child had even bothered to start it, regardless of how innocent dear Sophia (pseudonym) was in chucking stuff about, she took advantage of the chaos to doss off. This was as much worthy of detention as anything else.
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Critics Consensus: Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass return to the propulsive action and visceral editing of the Bourne films -- but a cliched script and stock characters keep those methods from being as effective this time around.
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United 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary expos� Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone. A onetime Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a provisional government on the grounds surrounding former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's opulent palace. The resulting governing body, according to critics, existed in a bubble so far-removed from the grim realities of the Iraq War that it failed to properly assess the needs of the people. In this fictional thriller set during the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad, director Greengrass and screenwriter Brian Helgeland use Chandrasekaran's journalistic account as the foundation for the story of an officer who joins forces with a senior CIA officer to unearth evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) is certain that Hussein has been stockpiling WMDs in the Iraqi desert, but in their race from one empty site to the next, they soon stumble across evidence of an elaborate cover up. As a result, Miller realizes that operatives on both sides of the conflict are attempting to spin the story in their favor. Now, as Miller searches for answers made ever more elusive by covert and faulty intelligence, the truth becomes the most valuable weapon of all. Will those answers prove pivotal in clearing a rogue regime, or escalate the war in a region that grows increasingly unstable with each passing day? Amy Ryan co-stars as the New York Times foreign correspondent who travels to Iraq investigating the U.S. government's allegations about weapons of mass destruction, with Greg Kinnear appearing in the role of an additional CIA officer, and Antoni Corone essaying the role of a colonel. Brendan Gleeson rounds out the main cast for this Universal Pictures production. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi … More
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Green Zone is the rare miss from frequent collaborators Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass.
It's one thing for the filmmakers to (sort of) fictionalize real people, but Green Zone wraps up with a wish-fulfillment fantasy that is about as believable as watching reinforcements riding in to save Custer.
Greengrass concocts a formula with a fighting chance of dispelling the Curse of the Hollywood Iraq Movie. If a picture as conventionally accessible as Green Zone tanks, that campaign is surely lost.
Reduces policies that caused the deaths of thousands to the equivalent of a first-person-shooter video game.
Green Zone hits hard and doesn't forgive. It plays out like fiction, and in some ways it is. But in too many ways, it's not.
When Mr. Greengrass made United 93, his 2006 reconstruction of one of the Sept. 11 hijackings, some people fretted that it was too soon. My own response to Green Zone is almost exactly the opposite: it's about time.
It takes a special kind of talent, the kind of talent that Paul Greengrass has, to make a movie as annoying as Green Zone.
"Green Zone" simply offers up a fun, entertaining ride that has you on the edge of your seat throughout most of the film. If you are into the politics though, you may just find it a little more interesting.
This is a frenetic and powerful action flick that brings the fight to you.
The story of the Iraq War is fascinating, but the checklist of talking points is not.
Greengrass' Green Zone is about half political thriller and half action thriller and unfortunately it's only successful at one of those halves. Doubly unfortunate, the half that does work isn't the part he's interested in.
An angry, critical movie, but in the name of accessibility it foregoes complexity and depth in a subject that requires it.
I'd likely be damning Green Zone for facile political messages if it weren't for the fact that more than a fair share of people out there are in desperate need of them.
...there's a lot to like in directorPaul Greengrass' fast-break freneticism and in the evocatively fictionalized Iraq war story told here. It's nothing we haven't heard before, but - for Hollywood, at least - it's nuanced and exciting storytelling.
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Green Zone says that not even Matt Damon in full fury can change much of anything.
Green Zone begins with Shock and Awe, and Paul Greengrass tries to maintain that tone for the rest of the movie.
Part political thriller and part actioner, 'The Green Zone' is a war movie that will appeal to thinking audiences and those who appreciate a rush of adrenaline.
A decent action film that tackles interesting subject material that deserves attention but many won't pay to see oversimplified finger-pointing even if it features some of our favorite actors.
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Paul Greengrass has evolved into a director who now does action when he really does drama much better. I think he was at his best when he directed Resurrected, I can't help but think he should have kept what made that film great in mind when making Green Zone but then I guess it didn't make as much money. Green Zone is good but we've seen it all before and it will become just another film of its kind. Sadly for me it is the evidence of a good director folding to the machine, the greedy producers and the spoon fed public.More
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Paul Greengrass has made some terrific films in his career as a director. When he collaborates with Matt Damon, he always manages to create something entertaining and worth seeing. Green Zone is a highly entertaining action thriller set during the Iraq War. This is a well acted film that has a very good plot that makes this a very entertaining film from start to finish. The film focuses on an Army officer who hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction, and comes out empty handed due to faulty intelligence reports. This is a tense film that is yet another strong directorial outing for Greengrass, who always knows how to create something memorable with his movies. Green Zone is a fine movie that has a strong cast that deliver some terrific performances. If you're looking for affine thriller, then give this one a shot, it definitely is an engaging picture that will grab your attention. Matt Damon is terrific in the role of Roy Miller, the army officer hunting for the WMD's. Paul Greengrass is a terrific filmmaker and he always picks some terrific ideas for movies. This is yet another well crafted film from a great director, and this is a must see for action fans. This is a tense ride from start to finish and it overcomes its flaws by delivering a well layered plot with great acting and tense, thrilling scenes that will keep you hooked till the final frame. Whenever Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon get together they make something special, and the result is displayed clearly in this well executed action thriller. I found that this film was a bit underrated and it deserves to be seen by film fans everywhere, and it ranks among the directors best works.More
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An explosive and strickly tense edge of your seat thriller. A sharp, crisp and well-crafted film that stands with some of Director, Paul Greengreass`s most impressive work. Director, Paul Greengrass and Star, Matt Damon do it again and deliver the goods. Matt Damon is terrific. Also packs some solid performanaces from Jason Isaacs. Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear and Brendan Gleeson. A pulse-pounding and razor-edged action-packed thrill-ride from start to finish. An intensely dramatic and political look as well as the harsh dreaded realism of the atmosphere. It`s a gritty, thrilling and riveting movie. It stands on par with the Bourne films in style but is its own beast.More
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- Your government wanted to hear the lie Mr. Miller... they wanted Saddam out and they did exactly what they had to do... this is why you are here...
- Roy Miller:
- Of course it matters! Reasons we go to war always matter!
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- Martin Brown:
- You cannot just hand this country over to an exile no one's ever heard of, and a bunch of interns from Washington.
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