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Reading in 1st Grade - some inspirational methods

2:34 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I always enjoy hearing about different ways of making reading meaningful to our young learners. I also enjoy hearing about how different technologies are used in school.  So today was a double bonus day for me! First of all I came across this YouTube video showing how a Finish Grade 1 teacher uses <i>smart phones</i> to teach reading. </span><br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?index=4&list=PLEE385BC5A0125995&hl=en_GB" width="420"></iframe><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then, I came across the insights and experiences of a teacher, who is exploring the use and benefits of Ipads for reading in First Grade. This teacher was the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) of the year in 2009, Richard Colosi, a first grade teacher in Canandaigua, is trying to set an example about the benefits of using the newest technology in the classroom. He's hoping to share his success stories with other teachers from across the country. The quote on his website is probably true of him. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” -<i>Alan Kay</i> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to him reporting on what he is doing.  </span><br /><br /></div><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">       <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vHJIiTzjtJU" width="420"></iframe> </h3><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">    </h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHJIiTzjtJU&feature=player_embedded"></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">This video of Richard in the classroom and how he explains his interest in tablets</span><br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="guid=qWms5YDg&isDynamicSeeking=true" height="266" overstretch="true" seamlesstabbing="true" src="http://s0.videopress.com/player.swf?v=1.03" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" wmode="direct"></embed>  </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Here he demonstrates how his class uses echo reading with the iPad.</span><br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?index=9&list=UU72fyJ5FjnuLtDM7AixVZPw&hl=en_US" width="420"></iframe><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visit </span><span style="font-size: small;">Richard Colosi's</span><span style="font-size: small;"> YouTube site <a href="http://www.youtube.com/richardcolosimedia">http://www.youtube.com/richardcolosimedia</a></span></div></div>

Submitted by Fiona Beal I always enjoy hearing about different ways of making reading meaningful to our young learners. I also enjoy heari...

really resto?

7:53 AM Anonymous 0

I used to be a fan of Restoration Hardware. For a long time, I had a hookup to 'Resto' and enjoyed a healthy discount. And believe me, I used it. I've gotten a number of things from them over the years - from the paint color in my living room to my old dining room table.<br /><br />But just like your senile aunt, I think <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1860366&categoryId=cat1760086" target="_blank">Restoration Hardware</a> has finally lost their marbles.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyifJzf9LVQh5R_DAHJI7gWA5EXXdVtFU1ypg8JhTMKjV8kwj2xWIYwLldaxf-EjNhlysRW7Kl6SOo8mlj3uaScwmTg4hPDSLOp6GRwnZ2pJfDfI987Pii8ymUX43oMzatA3eCCFqmahXh/s1600/product.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyifJzf9LVQh5R_DAHJI7gWA5EXXdVtFU1ypg8JhTMKjV8kwj2xWIYwLldaxf-EjNhlysRW7Kl6SOo8mlj3uaScwmTg4hPDSLOp6GRwnZ2pJfDfI987Pii8ymUX43oMzatA3eCCFqmahXh/s640/product.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It was crazy enough when Resto started making all of their furniture to fit the Jolly Green Giant, but now we have this.<br /><br />Are you kidding me?<br /><br />Not only is the 'deconstructed' part rough to the touch but I felt that fabric in the store people and it is nothing but muslin. You know, the fabric they use on Project Runway as their template...before they sew on the real fabric.<br /><br />I think this came from a dare at Restoration Hardware headquarters. At happy hour one night and they started playing the 'would people buy it' game. Crazy Herb from accounting said, "just take our existing chairs and pull the fabric off." Oh Herb!<br /><br />Save yourself $1600. If you are interested in a chair like this, I'll be happy to pull something off the side of the road for you and just rip the upholstery off.<br /><br />What do you think? Are you picking up what Restoration is throwing down? And don't let my subtle opinion influence you in any way. :)

really resto?

I used to be a fan of Restoration Hardware. For a long time, I had a hookup to 'Resto' and enjoyed a healthy discount. And believe m...

It's Good to be a Geek

4:33 AM Tukiyooo 0

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TRS-80_Model_4P_Crop_Delsener.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="English: Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="268" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/TRS-80_Model_4P_Crop_Delsener.jpg/300px-TRS-80_Model_4P_Crop_Delsener.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 300px;">English: Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TRS-80_Model_4P_Crop_Delsener.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>) This computer was my love, although slightly different in model from the one we had (our first computer was hooked to a cassette player.)</td></tr></tbody></table><i>I drafted this for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Pride_Day">Geek Pride Day</a> on May 25,  but alas, I was helping students graduate and fighting with a hi def film that just wouldn't render. Little did I know that I was making film in higher quality than the original first <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Star-Wars-Episode-IV-A-New-Hope/60010932" rel="netflix" target="_blank" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a> film released on May 25, 1977 that this day was established to commemorate. I wanted to share this post anyway.</i><br /><br /><h3> My love affair with computers started when I was 7 in the 70's.</h3>In the 1970's when Star Wars was being released, my Dad had me using his <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="TRS-80">Radio Shack TRS-80</a> and I fell in love with computers. By the time the computer revolution began and people started using the word "nerd" I was already one. In my tiny town of 4,000 or so, at first it bothered me, but then, I realized it was my future. Little did I know how true this would be.<br /><br />I went to Georgia Tech in the 80's because of their role in computing and fully embraced being called a "nerd" which soon turned into the word "geek." First I was in the mobile phone business in the early 90's and my geekiness meant money in my slim wallet. But now, I'm moved into one of the greatest professions on the planet: teaching. My geekiness can literally improve lives.<br /><br />Through teaching <a href="http://westwood.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">wikis</a>, I met <a href="http://123elearning.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Julie Lindsay</a> in Bangladesh through the K12 Online conference in 2006, and we became the best of friends co-creating the <a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/" target="_blank">Flat Classroom projects</a>. Before we even met, we had won the ISTE Online Learning Award for the best collaborative educational project in the world. Geekiness had again improved my life and the children I teach.<br /><br /><h3> Today</h3>Now, Julie and I both teach full time but have created networks of teachers who help students connect with each other from Kindergarten, college, and beyond - thousands of kids each semester turn to each other to learn about culture. <b>Students are the greatest textbook every written for each other. </b>Geekiness has opened the book for powerful online learning experiences between students on whom we will depend upon for the future success  of our world. Their ability to work together online with integrity, discipline, and respect is a hinge upon which our future will swing.<br /><br />We've coordinated and held conferences in Doha, Qatar, Mumbai, India and Beijing China and in the next 12 months will host a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://vflatclassroom.ideationnation.net/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Flat Classroom conference">Flat Classroom conference</a> in Germany and Japan. Geekiness has helped us knit together a functioning organization with people from every continent.<br /><br />Now in my own life, I get to be a full time teacher and have published my first book  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0132610353/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwbrighc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0132610353" id="static_txt_preview" style="background-color: white; color: #996633; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds</a> . Because I'm a geek, I've figured out how to schedule my social media interactions on the weekend or wee hours of the morning so that during the day I can focus on my students.<br /><br />I spent time shunning the term "geek" but now I realize that my life and the life of others is being improved as we speak because I'm a geek.<br /><br />If geek means I can help students no longer stereotype each other - then bring it on.<br />If being a geek means that students can graduate from high school able to collaborate -- then let it be.<br />If being a geek also means that my family can pay off our debts and I can pay for college for my children - then it is a great blessing.<br /><br />I celebrate being a geek because being one has improved the world, the world of my students and children, and my own life.<br /><br />In today's world being a geek is an advantage and should no longer be a byword or insult. <br /><br /><h2> Geek Poetry</h2><br />I'm a geek and I don't care<br />Geeking has gotten me everywhere<br />We can't be afraid of tomorrow's skills<br />geeking today keeps you current & pays bills<br /><br />Don't let insults from those who don't understand<br />keep you from fulfilling your own life's plan.<br />I'm a geek and I do care<br />about you, your classroom, and kids everywhere.<br /><br />Geek used to be a byword for a very smart nerd<br />and I heard those taunts and heard those slurs<br />but now I know that my future echoed in my ears<br />and the blessings today are worth the past's tears.<br /><br />I'm a geek but my friends are too<br />to be successful you'll need a little geek in you<br />so, let's move past the word and up ahead<br />where being smart is OK and "geek" gives you cred.<br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; 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It's Good to be a Geek

English: Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) This computer was my love, although slightly different in model from t...

Being a Plus Size Bride - Part 2

3:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

I have to be really honest here. <br /><br />When it comes to weight loss, I am not a person who is motivated by pressure, at all.  I've always admired those people who can have total self control when it comes to reaching a goal by a certain period of time - whether that be for a class reunion, wedding, birthday, whatever.  They can decline offers of alcoholic beverages, desserts, appetizers - you name it - all without blinking an eye it seems.  "I'm sorry, I can't have that - I'm watching my weight for 'X'."  My problem? I cannot say that two letter word: <b>no</b>.  <br /><br />I can remember being in various friends' weddings over the years and vowing to lose x-number of pounds by their wedding and I failed...every. single. time.  Of course, I've done this to myself many times over the years, not just with weddings.  Surely someone can relate to this madness!<br /><br />Now, I'm not here to make excuses for my failures, I'm just trying/learning to recognize what works/doesn't work for me on this weight loss journey.  Case in point - my own wedding!  You would think that your own wedding would be enough motivation to "once and for all" remove the weight.  Sadly, no.  <i>Very</i> sadly, no.<br /><br />I tend to have a self sabotage approach when things aren't going my way in terms of weight loss.  It is almost as though I don't want to let myself be successful.  I will completely lose all eating inhibitions and just do what I want when the pressure is on, instead of really cutting back and being extra picky about what I put into my mouth.  In some ways, it's an all or nothing mentality.  If I cannot do it right 100% of the time,why do it at all.   "It" here is staying within my DPT and WPA.  While pressure motivates others to focus on their goal and have total self control, pressure for me causes me to unwind and act like I don't care.  Anyone else feel this way?  <br /><br />I remember before we got engaged, I told Joel that I'd hoped to be at or near goal before he popped the question so that I wouldn't have to deal with the pressure of losing weight during an engagement.  I knew this would happen!  Last year around this time I was getting into the zone with weight loss, and feeling good about taking a "slow and steady" approach to it.  Slow and steady = no pressure.  I was starting to realize that I didn't need to compare my journey to everyone else's - i.e. running races, lifting weights, doing whatever "everyone else" seemed to be doing.  No!   This is my journey and I was going to proceed how I wanted to, not how "everyone else" was doing it. Repeating a rendition of that mantra over and over really helped me stay focused.  <br /><br />Do I want to be 233 when I'm 30 years old? No.  But I have PLENTY of time to meet goal between now and then.  Honestly, while I'm not wishing the wedding away, I'll be happy to get back to a sense of normalcy where I won't feel so much pressure about fitting into a wedding dress as well as how I might <i>look </i>in my dress.  You could argue that once the "guilt pressure" goes away, I might lose all inhibitions and regain the 30 lbs I lost.  I don't believe this will happen though.  I'm proud that I've managed to maintain that 30 lbs loss, but I still have a long road ahead of me!  Right now my goal is simple and small - to lose another 30 lbs by March 4 of next year.  That means I only need to lose 3.3 lbs per month between now and then.  Definitely doable as long as I remain focused.<br /><br />I cannot wait to marry Joel this Saturday, plus size bride or not. <br /> I'm just looking forward to getting back to the "slow and steady" mentality.

wedding Being a Plus Size Bride - Part 2

I have to be really honest here. When it comes to weight loss, I am not a person who is motivated by pressure, at all. I've always adm...

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/05/2012

2:30 AM Tukiyooo 0

<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://holtthink.tumblr.com/post/24399836579/help-me-reach-my-first-100-signatures">Help me reach my first 100 signatures! - Holt Think: Ed, Creativity, Tech, Administration</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Tim Holt has started a petition asking movie and television producers to depict classrooms as using modern technology. I agree. Would you sign and share this further?</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-new-tech-high-school?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29">What Makes Project-Based Learning a Success? | Edutopia</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">As you review project based learning, efolios, and best practices, Edutopia has some great guides and this is one to read.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pbl">pbl</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/06/will-more-porminent-colleges-abandon-the-sat/">Will More Prominent Colleges Abandon the SAT?</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Ithaca college makes the SAT optional. Some are being allowed to submit a portfolio including math tests, science laboratory work, etc. Portfoliols of work are important additions to a student's achievement in high school. If all you do is teach a student to take a test, you're missing the point of what you should be doing. Expect to see more and more about student portfolios as this is a growing trend in many schools, particularly those with 1:1 programs, as well it should be.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sat">sat</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vicki-abeles/national-homework-guidelines_b_1568899.html?ref=education&ir=Education">Vicki Abeles: Why the National PTA Should Adopt National Homework Guidelines</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">An increasing push from the national PTA to adopt "homework guidelines" has been in the works. I think this article from Vicki Abeles at the Huffington Post is a balanced one, however, we need to realize that when a country or school or anyone is at the top - it is because they earn it. If the United States wants to be at the top of education in the world, our society will need to work for it. Parents, schools, students, will need to work together to create a supportive environment for learning. I don't see that happening. Also, I wonder on any studies with homework how many of them are measuring homework assigned and how many of the kids are actually doing homework. That is much harder to measure because sometimes kids don't do it, many of them copy and help each other on Facebook, and of course, there are parents who do it for their children. Homework is not as easily studied as one might think.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/homework">homework</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/06/widbook-collaborative-creation-of.html">Widbook - Collaborative Creation of Multimedia Books</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Widbook is a multimedia creation tool, ebook reader and social network. While the multimedia books you create can only be read on widbook, that could change. Expect even more dramatic, innovative things to happen over the immediate future as the publishing industry continues to evolve.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/california-state-university-renovations_n_1554483.html">California State Universities Spent HOW Much On Renovations?</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">In this new day of educational frugality, you can expect the kind of scrutiny that is happening to these presidents of major universities. While universities are scrapping for money, spending over a quarter of million on your kitchen and pool like Elliot Hirshman diid at San Diego State University.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/highered">highered</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ict-secondary-teaching-resources/">ICT resources, ICT revision, ICT games, ICT tests, TES Resources</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This indexed list of technology teaching ideas is organized by age and type of project. Each summer you should take time to review ideas and if you're using technology, this is a great website.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ict">ict</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pbl">pbl</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?parametrics=49440,51111,51132&event=23&mode=browse">Secondary: ICT: Post 16 ICT projects teaching resources - TES</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">During the summer, I like to look at projects in technology courses to get ideas and make improvements. This list of ICT (information computing & technology) projects by teachers is one that I'm reviewing.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ict">ict</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

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IMPROVED METABOLIC RATES AND "STARVATION" ON THE HCG PROTOCOL

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One of the most important life sustaining reactions to under-fueling or starvation is a decline in energy demand. This decrease comes from a decrease in thyroid hormones (T4 and T3). With the discovery of leptin in 1994, we more fully understand why this metabolic decrease occurs. Hypothalamic leptin levels are an integral part of why the thyroid supresses, and metabolism decreases during starvation.<br /><br />The link between leptin and starvation has been discussed for well over a decade. Initially scientists viewed leptin as a hormone designed to prevent obesity, but many studies suggest that leptin also signals the switch from a fed to the starved state, which would reduce fat use for fuel. As leptin levels decline, so does the metabolic signal from the brain as well as a decline in fueling from fat. <br /><br />What we understand today is that as eating decreases and the demand for fuel isn't adequately met, leptin levels also decrease, signaling to the brain that the body isn't fueling adequately.  This decline in leptin in the brain suppresses Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). TRH is the neuropeptide that controls the release of Thyroid-stimulating Hormone (TSH), which in turn acts on receptors in the thryoid to promote the synthesis and release of T4 and T3. Ultimately, this response tells the body to conserve energy, which would reduce overall need for fuel in an attempt to balance the body's metabolic mechanisms when lacking food.<br /><br />In an attempt to solidify that this metabolic turn-down in response is regulated by leptin, researchers studied the thyroid reponse to starvation, with and without leptin administration. This means that scientists put mice into starvation and gave some mice leptin and others a placebo (water). The mice with leptin administraion didn't have the same starvation induced drop in thyroid hormones like the placebo group. This research indicates leptin as an important influence on the throid during starvation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jci.org/articles/view/9725">Here is a link to an easier to read article about this leptin/thyroid/starvation link.</a><br /><br />In searching for answers to why low dose hCG could possibly prevent symptoms of starvation during Dr. Simeons' 500 kcal protocol, I knew that prevention in the starvation response from the thyroid would have to be necessary.  As science would suggest, eating less than 500 kcal in food for over a month would most likely show significant changes in the thyoid that would indicate reduced leptin levels, then decreased TRH, TSH, and ultimatlye reduced T4 and T3. This would negatively impact overall metabolism. However, the data I've collected shows the opposite: metabolic rates significatly increase after the 500 kcal protocol with low dose hCG administration.<br /><br />The next important piece in sustaining life during starvation is maintaining energy balance through adjustments in fueling mechanisms. In other words, where does the body create it's fuel: muscle, fat, glycogen, or blood glucose? In order for symptoms of starvation to be prevented the body would most definitely have to create fuel out of body storage, but in order to prevent muscle loss, there would have to be adequate fuel supplied by stored body fat. Science has shown one of the most important regulators of fuel release from fat is leptin. Leptin regulates the most importand fat combusting ,  AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and more. Could this science explain why most people experience improved resting metabolic rates after eating less than 500 kcals for over a month? Does the body adapt at the mitochondrial level?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/101/7/2058.full">Here is a link to not easy to read science that describes how leptin (when in proper amounts) regulates fat use for fuel.</a><br /><br />If there was a way to keep leptin levels from falling as they do with starvation, could symptoms of starvation be prevented, not only in the brain but in the body? Could fat adequately fuel the body so that muscle and organ tissue could be preserved? That is a very important question, considering thousands and thousands of people are experimenting with starvation through the hCG protocol.<br /><br />One of the most important studies I've come accross describes how there could be a drug created that would prevent all metabolic symptoms of starvation. But, in my opinion, I don't think we need a drug when we have a simple hormone that could be used instead; HCG.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18356287">Here is a link to a minireview that literally describes experimentation with mice to show what our physiology is capable of.</a>  This study discusses the use of a fatty acid synthase ihibitor (similar to leptin). What if the control of leptin could be balanced by the stimulus of leptin through hCG, rather than a drug? Could the very low calorie protocol keep leptin controlled to prevent leptin-resistance?  This could make sense to explain why people aren't experiencing symptoms of starvation, and even better- improved metabolic rates.<br /><br />Until we have laboratory experimentation for why and if low dose hCG can prevent starvation, we are all left to just assume otherwise. For this reason, I have written a hypothesis that can be used to start a more intelligent and scientificially relevant discussion of why Dr. Simeons hCG protocol could work. Is it the hCG or is it hCG's link to leptin? Based on the science that is available to us today, my bet is on the relationships between hCG and leptin.<br /><br /><a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2012/01/scientific-hypothesis-why-low-dose-hcg.html">READ MY HYPOTHESIS</a> and make that decision for yourself.<br /><br /><span id="goog_352887281"></span><a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2012/01/hcg-protocol-is-eating-more-better.html">LINK TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF METABOLIC TESTING AFTER THE HCG PROTOCOL.<span id="goog_352887282"></span></a><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xiqs4MDFQ2w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

IMPROVED METABOLIC RATES AND "STARVATION" ON THE HCG PROTOCOL

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TURKEYS’ DOUBLE EDGED SWORD POLICIES, OR CALCULATED STRATEGY?

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<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrC-sPXQKNtl-Ee_32kI-ZHE8jeWOdD-FwDFQhwa7hBxlPwb18R0Rns3kfxOMSeu_Yin2XnS2CfArv4qLMQsYnnFfE7ql8giEGmgKp0WEpnD3biRvNit9YOlZVl2sTpbH59ptVMMEUoOP/s1600/fb6ad06148078430eccc03ce799d5ccc.jpeg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrC-sPXQKNtl-Ee_32kI-ZHE8jeWOdD-FwDFQhwa7hBxlPwb18R0Rns3kfxOMSeu_Yin2XnS2CfArv4qLMQsYnnFfE7ql8giEGmgKp0WEpnD3biRvNit9YOlZVl2sTpbH59ptVMMEUoOP/s400/fb6ad06148078430eccc03ce799d5ccc.jpeg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKEY DITCHES SYRIAN REBELS. WILL ISRAEL ATTACK HIZBALLAH'S SCUDS? </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/israel-iran-syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/israel-iran-syria.html</a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"> </div><br />Via DEBKA<i>file</i><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">HIZBALLAH SCUD MISSILE TRANSFER FROM SYRIA TO LEBANON IMMINENT?</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Two radical developments arising from the SYRIAN conflict are revealed by debkafile: In an astonishing about face, TURKEY has just turned away from its 14-month support for the anti-Assad revolt alongside the West and made common cause with RUSSIA, i.e. Bashar Assad.  Further exacerbating fears of a “proxy war” involving ISRAEL, IRAN and SYRIA, the LEBANESE Hizballah is getting ready to bring its Scud D missiles, which can reach any point in ISRAEL, and other advanced weapons, including anti-air missiles, out of secret storage in SYRIA and transfer them across the border to LEBANON. Two years ago, ISRAEL issued an ultimatum through Washington that the Scuds would be destroyed if they were moved over to Hizballah’s launching pads in LEBANON.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />The LEBANESE Shiite group has since kept its most advanced hardware stashed at the SYRIAN Al Hame and Al Zabadani military bases near Damascus.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Now that SYRIAN rebel attacks are closing in on SYRIAN military targets, Tehran and Hizballah leaders are working on plans to get them across into LEBANON without exposing them to ISRAELI attack.<br />One plan is to enlist the PALESTINIAN JIHAD ISLAMI in the Gaza Strip and exploit a clash over the Scuds’ transfer as a trigger for an all round military offensive against ISRAEL. It would be timed for the moment the WESTERN-ARAB intervention in SYRIA against President Assad crosses the line between covert and overt military action and begins an operation to establish safe zones as bases for rebel operation.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKEY HAS WITHDRAWN PERMISSION FOR THE SYRIAN REBELS TO LAUNCH OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ASSAD REGIME FROM TURKISH SOIL</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i78WwnPYKVLbL7JyIkJO6WEefYQTuY4ScrEOqOJT7zv_5rMZVqfScHWDpjxIbBYZJcxPbPZEcJQUAhV-y_LCYd_KWD8jxnKtQIJqvk0kJKTTheUUzfX4wPTZEIt3Ymwoieuc-4A55H57/s1600/0809-DU-SYRIA-TURKEY-Davutoglu-assad_full_600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4i78WwnPYKVLbL7JyIkJO6WEefYQTuY4ScrEOqOJT7zv_5rMZVqfScHWDpjxIbBYZJcxPbPZEcJQUAhV-y_LCYd_KWD8jxnKtQIJqvk0kJKTTheUUzfX4wPTZEIt3Ymwoieuc-4A55H57/s320/0809-DU-SYRIA-TURKEY-Davutoglu-assad_full_600.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Washington, London and Paris began rushing forward contingency plans for this eventuality upon discovering that Ankara had secretly notified leaders of the rebel Free Syrian Army Thursday, May 31 that it had withdrawn permission for them to launch operations against the Assad regime from TURKISH soil.<br />It was then realized that TURKISH Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had stabbed WESTERN-ARAB SYRIAN policy in the back and moved over to help prop Assad up at the very moment his regime was on the point of buckling under international after-shocks from the systematic massacres of his own people. <span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;"></span>That day, Erdogan’s betrayal was confirmed when Davutoglu announced over TURKISH NTV: “We have never advised either the SYRIAN National Council or the SYRIAN administration to conduct an armed fight, and we will never do so.” He added: “The SYRIAN people will be the driving force that eventually topples the SYRIAN regime. Assad will leave as a result of the people’s will.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKEY IS SUDDENLY CONCURRING WITH RUSSIA </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">This was precisely the view voiced this week by RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin, when he spoke out against violent rebellion, military intervention and sanctions to topple the SYRIAN ruler.<br />For the time being, the pro-Assad Moscow-Tehran front, bolstered now by Ankara, has got the better of WESTERN and ARAB policies for SYRIA.  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bashar Assad and Hassan Nasrallah have drawn encouragement for advancing to their next step: to confront the UNITED STATES and ISRAEL with another accomplished fact, the deployment of Scuds aimed at ISRAEL from LEBANON.<br />Failing to curtail their transfer across the SYRIAN-LEBANESE border in compliance with its 2010 ultimatum will seriously shake ISRAEL’S deterrent capabilities and undercut its military credibility against its enemies, including IRAN.<br />If on the other hand, the Obama administration again holds ISRAEL back from military action, this time to destroy the long-range Scuds, Bashar Assad, Hizballah and Tehran will be awarded a winning hand – and not only in SYRIA.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;">(It should be noted that Debkafile is a US based pro Israeli entity, thus interpretation of certain aspects concerning above topic should be viewed with an “open mind” in order to obtain an impartial view of ongoing events)  </span></span></span></i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

TURKEYS’ DOUBLE EDGED SWORD POLICIES, OR CALCULATED STRATEGY?

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