It says I should take it 30 mins before meal. How did that work for you? How did it effect your fasting rate? Was it easy to control? What type of drop off did you see in your spikes? Any bad side effects? What did you do about them and how long did that last?
Whatever you know will be helpful.
Mike
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Canadian fitness expert Brendan Brazier, author of Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimum Performance in Sports and Life, strives to fill his diet with foods for optimum fitness. Here, he fills us in on good carbohydrates that will boost your … Read more
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Strange things afoot with Freddie stock? :
Freddie and Fannie Bulls Are Back – By Dan Freed – … “When you have something that’s trading all of a sudden up to 34 million shares, as (Freddie Mac) did last Friday, that’s four or five times normal volume – sounds like something might be going on,” Najarian says … – TheStreet.com
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Optimistic Traders Add New In-the-Money Calls on Freddie Mac – Nick Perry – Call volume has ramped up to 16 times the norm today on Freddie Mac (FRE), after a Bloomberg report suggested that the mortgage lender’s regulator, … Roughly 5,231 call contracts have crossed the tape so far, and speculators are setting their sights on the stock’s in-the-money December 1 call. So far, a total of 2,535 contracts have traded on FRE’s December 1 call, with 99% changing hands at the ask price. With only 1,326 contracts in open interest at this strike, it seems safe to say that traders are adding new bullish bets at the December 1 call today. … Schaefer’s Investment Research
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Strange things afoot at Citi? :
CITI’s Out of TARP!! – Not…. – Submitted by Bruce Krasting – … The dollar value of the “remaining equity stake” is $25 billion. There is no certainty that this amount can be paid back in the “6-12” months indicated in the prospectus. Citi is not out of TARP. Those headlines were wrong. … – Zero Hedge
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Why? – U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup’s bailout repayment – By Binyamin Appelbaum – DEAL MADE TO RECOVER BAILOUT – Firms exempted from rule when U.S. sells its stake – Citigroup says it has built up $38 billion in losses. With the tax exemption, it will be able to shelter up to $38 billion in future profits. – The federal government quietly agreed to forgo billions of dollars in potential tax payments from Citigroup as part of the deal announced this week to wean the company from the massive taxpayer bailout that helped it survive the financial crisis. – Washington Post
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U.S. forfeiting billions in future taxes to let Citi repay TARP – by Edward Harrison – good commentary – Credit Writedowns
Banning flowers from hospital rooms has come up from time to time, for a variety of reasons. Some people don’t like them because of the strong scents that some flowers have; others don’t like the extra work of watering them or not having enough room to put down their work tools. 
Already, they are banned from many places like intensive care units, where space is at a premium. On the other hand, studies have been done that have promoted the value of plants and flowers for people who are in a hospital or rehabilitation facility. So – who is right?
On the Nay side:
A couple of generations ago, flowers were removed from the patients’ bedsides every night because it was believed that the oxygen used by the plants would deprive the patients of much needed oxygen. Other earlier studies (in the 70s) claimed that bacteria in the vase water could be harmful. And then, there are bans just because someone decided to ban flowers or plants. There were no official reasons given, just a blanket ban.
On the Yea side:
According to a study published in the October 2008 issue of HortTechnology, confirmed “the beneficial effects of plants and flowers for patients recovering from abdominal surgery.”
the majority of patients who had plants in their rooms reported that the plants were the most positive qualities of their rooms (93%), whereas patients without plants in their rooms said that watching television was the most favorable aspect of their rooms (91%).
For sure, too many flowers can be difficult to manage. Nurses and other healthcare staff who are allergic to flowers may find it difficult to care for patients who have flowers in their room. For those patients who share rooms, the flowers may cause a problem for their fellow patient. As well, there is such a thing as too many flowers. Some rooms are just overwhelmed with them, making it difficult to move around.
This week’s issue of BMJ.com addresses the issue: Wards of the roses. So what do you think? Do flowers and plants have a place in hospitals? Or should they be left for when the patients go home?
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You’ve heard the announcement, and you’ve seen the debut trailer for the reboot version of Medal of Honor. Now get this, it’s not just gonna be another “reboot”. It’s gonna be bigger, better, and more mature.
Nov 14th A1C=8.4
Fasting Glucose=133
December 11th A1C=6.7
Fasting Glucose=95
I have been following a low carb diet and testing my blood sugars. I have also lost about 5 lbs :).
I am so proud of myself.
Do you think it is starch food my body is having problems processsing ?
> Gossip: the World Bank has just increased the recent green bonds issue by $50 million, because the Dec 4 release sold so quickly.
> Very strong statement put out this week in Copenhagen by "Action by Business on Climate", coalition of WWF, Cambridge Leaders Group, CERES, Climate Group etc, representing 1,000 big businesses. The statement denies that big business would prefer caution and the status quo – and instead advocating a strong Copenhagen deal; and asking if businesses can do it, then why can't world leaders? They want a legally binding deal that reduces carbon pollution and accelerates clean energy innovation. They want a clear signal that allows businesses to make long term investment decisions in low carbon technologies; Provides incentives to invest heavily in low carbon R&D, and; Protects economies from dramatic impacts of climate change.
Timely contribution. Tell your friends!
> Coral prediction by Stockholm Environment Institute: they're Ok at present, with a 1°C temp rise. At 2° seaweed dominates corals (no good for snorkelling any more, apart from all the ecosystem problems). At 3° temp increases corals die.
> COP15 Trivia (thanks to RePower America)
– Countries represented: 192
– Heads of state that have announced they will attend next week: 110
– Accredited attendees: 23,000 before they stopped accepting people
– Size of Brazilian Govt delegation: 600 (what are they all doing?)
– Fraction of food served at COP15 that is organic: 66%
> "If we don't deal with climate change decisively, "what we're talking about then is extended world war." – Sir Nicholas Stern.
> The UK defence think tank the Royal United Services Institute recently reported that climate change threatens to spark conflicts of a similar magnitude of both World Wars – only this time they will be waged for centuries.
> 36% of people in CPH commute to work on a bicycle – in all weathers. And we're talking about some cold weather. A friend reminiscences about when Shanghai was bike-filled. Maybe when they become as rich as the Danish are they'll get back to bicycling?
Thanks for reading. Access to the conference has now been cut; I'm outta here, back to London!
Sean
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Dillon Forbes, a 6′ 1″ 233 lbs. linebacker with Harper College’s football team has signed a letter of intent with North Dakota State University.
“Dillon is a great kid,” says Harper’s Head Coach Eric Waldstein, “he is a very fast linebacker with great instincts. We will have some big shoes to fill next year at his position. Dillon has the opportunity to be very successful at NDSU and we wish him the best of luck.”
Dillon, from Homestead High School in Wisconsin, was Second Team N4C, Second team All-Region and Honorable Mention Midwest Football Conference for the 2009 season.
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We’ve discussed in the past how the class action lawsuit process if often abused mercilessly. While the concept of a class action lawsuit can make a lot of sense, as you look at the details of many of the lawsuits, they do little to nothing to benefit the “class,” but plenty to make the lawyers involved quite wealthy. Eric Turkewitz, a personal injury lawyer who actually does tend to like class action lawsuits, finds himself on the other end of one such class action lawsuit — involving charges of click fraud being allowed by Yahoo! — and is now objecting the settlement which pays the lawyers a ton, but offers absolutely nothing to many former Yahoo advertisers, like Turkewitz. In looking over the details of the settlement, he realized that the only companies that would be getting paid (and by getting “paid” it meant $20) were companies no longer in business (which, he notes, also means they’re not likely to file). Once again, we’re seeing a “class action settlement” where the lawyers all make out, but the “class” seems to get shafted.
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EA DICE’s upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company installment, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, has entered public beta last month exclusively for PS3 owners. With barely a week left until the beta closes, EA has decided to reveal some fun
Retail sales are negative – … Further, adjusted for inflation (now deflation), “real” discretionary retail sales declined 7.86% since November 2008. … – Paper Economy Blog
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Aftermath of Financial Crises – Plan B Economics
Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard University) and Carmen Reinhart (University of Maryland) recently prepared a paper examining the aftermath of financial crises. They found three common characteristics:
1. Asset market collapses are deep and prolonged
2. Banking crises are followed by big declines in output and employment.
3. Government debt explodes by an average of 86%. – has details – Plan B Economics
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Eurosclerosis Is U.S. Diagnosis After Dodging Japan Stagnation – By Rich Miller and Michael McKee – The U.S. … end up with a dose of eurosclerosis: chronically high unemployment in a growing economy. … Jan Hatzius, chief U.S. economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in New York, forecasts that the jobless rate will rise to 10.75 percent by the middle of 2011 from 10 percent now. … – Bloomberg
Nations May Need to Cut Deficits Before Recovery, Moody’s Says – By Matthew Brown – … “It is very likely that most governments will not have the luxury to wait until 2012 to start cleaning up public finances,” Moody’s strategists led by Pierre Cailleteau in London wrote in the company’s sovereign-risk outlook for 2010, released today. The year “2010 will probably see the inflection point in highly accommodative polices,” he wrote, without singling out any specific country. … – Bloomberg
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Video – WealthTrack: Niall Ferguson – Implications of America’s exploding debt – Posted by Prieur du Plessis – Investment Postcards from Cape Town
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Nations’ mounting debts worry global investors – By Anthony Faiola – … With big banks returning to health, the financial woes of entire nations have emerged as the biggest threat to the global economy. Though vows of swift action in Athens eased turbulent bond markets on Friday, analysts continued to warn of concerns even in pillar nations such as Britain. … – Washington Post
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Why It May Take Almost Seven Years for Unemployment to Reach Five Percent – By Mark Thoma – CBS Moneywatch
Understanding Financial Risk Modeling – written is simple language, shows pitfalls of Monte Carlo simulation, discusses financial crisis – Surly Trader
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Why Japanese Bonds Yielding 1.3% Offer Highest Return – By Wes Goodman – Nowhere are yields as low as in Japan’s debt market and nowhere are returns higher as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s government fails to stop deflation. The combination of the fastest drop in consumer prices in five decades and the yen trading at about a 14-year high has turned Japanese government bonds into the past month’s best performers … – Bloomberg
2s-10s – Yield Curve Risks ‘Short Term’ Narrowing: Technical Analysis – By Liz Capo McCormick – The difference, or spread, between yields on 2- and 10-year Treasuries will likely narrow after failing to break a key resistance level, according to a Citigroup Inc. report citing technical indicators. The yield curve steepened 2 basis points today to 272 basis points, after widening to as much as 276 basis points on Dec. 11, the most since June 5, when it touched a record 281 basis points. – Bloomberg
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Greenspan: Bernanke Is Out Of Bullets, Now Inflation Is The Big Risk – Joe Weisenthal – yuck … – Clusterstock at Business Insider
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Time Magazine – Person of the Year 2009 (Bernanke) – The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. Thank the man who runs the Federal Reserve, our mild-mannered economic overlord – TIME Magazine – the bloggers will go crazy over this (BC)
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read this good historical perspective – Bond price crash is the surest bet in town – Jeremy Warner – Past performance, all financial advisers are obliged to tell you when seeking to stuff your hard-earned nest egg into the latest investment fashion, is no guide to the future – Telegraph UK
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Interest Rates Are Low, but Banks Balk at Refinancing – By DAVID STREITFELD – Mortgage rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels since the 1940s, thanks to a trillion-dollar intervention by the federal government. Yet the banks that once handed out home loans freely are imposing such stringent requirements that many homeowners who might want to refinance are effectively locked out – NY Times
To add a couple extra factors to this, right now I am 350 miles from my home and tomorrow is my 36th birthday. *sigh*. Plus I can hope I get to my general practitioner tomorrow so the diagnosis can be confirmed and what actions are required.
So I need to plan out some "emergency" meals to get me through the night and tomorrow which will help me do more good than harm but I am pretty much limited to fast food options. Can anyone recommend some options?
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Filed under: Spy Photos, Crossover, Ford, Lincoln
Ford and Lincoln‘s crossover offerings are plentiful, but all attention is being paid nowadays to the boxy-yet-practical Flex and hit-by-the-ugly-stick MKT. What about the Edge and MKX? This duo was launched years before the automaker’s polarizing pair of three-row CUVs arrived.
Well, their due for redesigns. Or at least, according to these spy shots, refreshenings of their front and rear ends. In the Edge’s case, that means making the already handsome people mover look a bit more windswept, though it appears things will stay largely the same between the A- and D-pillars.
The changes look more substantial for the MKX, which launched before Lincoln debuted its increasingly ubiquitous doubled-winged grille design. That punum looks pretty okay on the MKS sedan and like a baleen whale on the oversized MKT. It looks just right on the MKX to us.
Ford and Lincoln may have other news about the Edge and MKX for us – powertrain and infotainment upgrades most likely – at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show in early January, which is when we expect to see these new looks formally trotted out on stage.
Gallery: Spy Shots: 2011 Lincoln MKX
Gallery: Spy Shots: 2011 Ford Edge
[Images: KGP Photography]
Spy Shots: Lincoln MKX and Ford Edge redesigns caught nearly naked originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
