Turn Up the Heat: Unlock the Fat-Burning Power of Your Metabolism

Turn Up the Heat: Unlock the Fat-Burning Power of Your Metabolism
Philip L. Goglia | 2003-05-27 00:00:00 | Plume | 384 | Diets
Discover the program that has worked for hundreds of thousands of people, including countless celebrities and athletes, helping them to achieve permanent weight loss and healthier lives.

Turn Up the Heat provides a thoroughly documented food management system personalized to each individual's metabolic type-fat-and-protein efficient, carbohydrate efficient, or dually efficient. The system is comprised of three components: eating the right kinds and amounts of foods in the correct sequence; following a specific exercise program based on the individual's metabolic type; and drinking the appropriate amount of water daily. Including easy-to-use questionnaires to determine your metabolic type, weekly food plans, and a 2-week Quickstart plan, Turn Up the Heat will forever break the apathy and frustration of dieters who just never seem to get to their ideal weight.
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Whenever you see a new diet program - especially one that promises to be tailored just for you - you get all excited. However, after perusing this book, I can tell this is the "same old, same old" - basically eat more protein and cut out carbs.



Dr. Goglia tries to convince the reader that there are "3 TYPES OF METABOLISM" in the population. It's very confusing according to his criteria to determine which type you are. However, he says that 74% of the population are the "Fat-and-Protein-Efficient Types." All this means is that, for most people, we eat too many carbs and not enough protein. So, you need to add more protein in the form of fish, chicken, eggs and nuts to your diet and cut down on sugars, even fruit, but especially yeast breads. This is no great surprise. I think most Americans know we eat too many carbs and that we're actually addicted to them.



This is the basic plan for most people:



Meal 1: Grain (like oatmeal) & Fruit & Meat

Meal 2: Fruit & Nuts

Meal 3: Grain & Meat & Veggie

Meal 4: Fruit & Nuts

Meal 5: Grain & Meat & Veggie

Meal 6: Grain & Fruit (You eventually eliminate this fruit/meal.)



Plus, you are suppose to drink an oz. of water for every pound you weigh. If you weigh 160, that would be 160 oz. or 20 glasses of 8 oz. a day. Even when I purposefully try to drink more water, I can't hit this level (I'd be in the ladies' room all the time if I did).



I'll save you the cost of the book: eat more protein (easy on fatty cuts of beef), cut down on carbs (even fruit) as much as possible, and drink more water. It's a cardinal sin to eat breads that have yeast in them.



Here's the easy version of this diet: Try to eat some protein with each meal (6 times a day) in the form of nuts, cheese, eggs, etc. This will slow down the metabolism of carbs and be more satiating, and you won't crave sugar as much. Eat a limited amount of fruit for your sugar (but not cakes and other refined carbs).



On a side note, the quality of this book is poor. There were a lot of typos.
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Love this, makes sense and I am seeing changes in my body in only a week and a half!
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As a weightlifter/powerlifter, I've been preaching all of the same things Phil says for several years. The book is spot-on and a fairly easy read. Follow the diet and exercise plan, weight/inches come off and muscles grow.

For the begginer that wants to "get in shape" - lose weight and build some muscle - this book is a great guide.
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This book was an interesting read.Not only are there ways to change

eatiing habits but also excersize options. The reader has to determine whether or not they are willing to invest the time and

energy to see this diet thru till it starts to work.
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The book wasn't easy to locate, but I had no trouble at Amazon. I had seen an interview with the author, and wanted more information. The book contains lots of information, some more helpful that others, but I am disappointed that the bulk of the book is meal plans and charts.

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Computer Networking Illuminated (Jones and Bartlett Illuminated)

Computer Networking Illuminated (Jones and Bartlett Illuminated)
| 2005-04-25 00:00:00 | | 0 | Networks


Computer Networking Illuminated provides a practical, hands-on introduction to the fundamental concepts, technologies, and applications of networks. Combining many years of professional and academic expertise, the authors have written an easy-to-understand text covering the basics of data communication, network topologies, protocols, security, routing and switching, naming and addressing, troubleshooting, and much more. Key concepts are reinforced by numerous Challenge Exercises, which allow students to gain hands-on experience with networking tools and utilities, and Challenge Scenarios, which help them pull together everything they?ve learned and apply their knowledge to real-world situations they?ll encounter in the workplace. With strong pedagogy throughout -- including many illustrations, step-by-step examples, and screen shots to convey important concepts -- the book is ideal for undergraduate networking courses or as a self-study guide.

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Used it as a text for two years, found it lacking in depth
Several years ago, on very short notice I took over the teaching of the networking classes offered at the college where I teach. With no syllabus or any other guidance to give me a place to start, I had to select the textbook and try to develop the content as I went. Without a great deal of investigation, I selected this book as the text.

I used it for two years, growing increasingly dissatisfied with how it presented the principles of networking. In my opinion, to understand networking you must have a thorough understanding of the seven layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model and the structure of the primary protocols used to create messages between computers. In my class, I delve as deeply as possible into these topics. As I found myself writing longer and more detailed supplements, I decided that it made sense for me to complete the creation of what I wanted to use.

I also wanted to give students as much hands-on experience as possible, so I used Cisco Configmaker, which allowed them to create networks using simulations of the Cisco devices. Therefore, after the second year, I dropped this as a textbook, using my handouts instead. With almost no coverage of IPv6 and other technologies such as SOAP, XML, HTTP, UTF-8, XDR, SCTP and little explanation of the common ways networks are attacked, I will not be using this book again.



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see the sections on the Internet
Barrett offers you a nice coverage of the most common types of computer networks existing today. The book is written mostly for the electrical engineer or perhaps the computer scientist.


There is a nice, easy start with the basics of wave propagation. Nothing that a physicist would call deep, perhaps. But in EE or CS, and at the level of this book's intended audience, it's a good level of detail. Then, she rapidly goes into Asynchronous Transport Mode, SONET and [of course] TCP/IP. The latter being the Internet. Possibly for most of you, it is the Internet sections that will be of interest. The Internet version 4 is explained. Along with a brief synopsis on the 128 bit version 6.


Barrett also takes you into the higher levels. Of what it means to run a network. And how to defend it against malware attacks. These latter sections of the book are more about software issues. With a warning about social engineering as one attack vector against your users.

Contemporary French Philosophy: Modernity and the Persistence of the Subject (Continuum Collection)

Contemporary French Philosophy: Modernity and the Persistence of the Subject (Continuum Collection)
Caroline Williams | 2005-12-01 00:00:00 | Continuum | 272 | Philosophy
French philosophy and cultural theory continue to hold a prestigious and influential position in European thought. One of the central themes of contemporary French philosophy is its concern with the theoretical and political status of the subject, a question which has been broached by structuralists and poststructuralists through an analysis of the construction of the subject in and by language, discourse, power and ideology. Contemporary French Philosophy outlines the construction of the subject in modern philosophy, focusing in particular on the seminal work of Althusser, Lacan, Derrida and Foucault. The book interrogates some of the most influential perspectives on the question of the subject to contest those postmodern voices which announce its disappearance or death. It argues instead that the question of the subject persists, even in those perspectives which seek to abandon it altogether. Providing a broad introduction to the field and an original analysis of some of the most influential theorists of the 20th Century, the book will be of great interest to political and literary theorists, cultural historians, as well as to philosophers.
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An ambitious but successful project. This critical overview of contemporary french thought focuses on the continuing role of the subject and traces the overlap and the distance between the theories of Althusser, Lacan, Derrida, Foucault and situates them in relation to the thought of Spinoza, Hegel and brings in the works of many other contemporary figures. This study is great for bringing out key themes in an instructive and critical manner, especially for the student who is advanced in philosophy but lacks specialized knowledge in this area of thought. A great introduction into current debates on subjectivity, the unconscious, language and social structures, etc... and surely of interest to those with a deeper background as well.

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Liferay User Interface Development

Liferay User Interface Development
Jonas X. Yuan, Xinsheng Chen, Frank Yu | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 | | 1 | Programming
Develop Enterprise applications using reusable software components of Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0
Develop Enterprise Applications using the Enterprise Library Application Blocks.
Set up the initial infrastructure configuration of the Application Blocks using the configuration editor
A step-by-step tutorial to gradually configure each Application Block and implement its functions to develop the required Enterprise Application.
[b]In Detail[/b]
Microsoft Enterprise Library is a collection of reusable software components (also known as Application Blocks) that are designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Before using an Application block, you should have a good understanding of your application requirements and of the scenarios that the Application Block is designed to address.
This book covers the fundamental elements of each Application Block so that you get a good understanding of its concepts. This is followed by referencing the required and optional assemblies and the initial configuration of that block using the configuration editor. Finally, leverage Application Block features to achieve goals of the enterprise application development.
You will first get an overview of the different Application Blocks in Enterprise Library and their inter-dependencies. Then you will learn to install the Enterprise library and optionally the source code. Then you will learn about the individual functional Application Blocks: the Data Access Application Block, Logging Application Block, Exception Handling Application Block, Caching Application Block, Validation Application Block, Security Application Block, and Cryptography Application Block.
In the Caching Application Block chapter you will learn to reference the required assemblies, configure the initial settings, cache, retrieve, remove, and flush cached data. You will also learn to configure and leverage encryption providers to encrypt cached data.
In the Validation Application Block chapter you will be introduced to concepts such as Validators, ValidatorFactory, ValidationResults, and so on. You will learn to reference the required assemblies, set up the initial configuration, validate objects using attributes, validate values programmatically, validate using configuration, and also learn to integrate the Application block with Windows Forms and ASP.NET. Finally you will learn to implement a custom validator.
In the Security Application Block chapter you will be introduced to Authorization Providers and the Security Cache Provider. You will then learn about referencing required assemblies, configure security settings, and learn to set up and validate based on the authorization rules. You will also learn to leverage the Security cache provider to cache user Identity, Principal, and Profile. Finally you will learn to implement a custom Authorization Provider.
In the Cryptography Application Block chapter you will be introduced to Hashing and Cryptography providers; you will learn to reference required assemblies, set up the initial configuration, generate/compare hash values, and implement a custom hash provider. You will also learn to encrypt/decrypt data and also implement a custom symmetric cryptography provider.
A step by step tutorial that guides you through the process of building Enterprise applications using the Application Blocks in Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0.
What you will learn from this book
Implement a custom trace listener, log formatter, and log filter
Configure the Exception Handling block and wrap or replace exceptions using a Wrap Handler or a Replace Handler.
Log exception information using the Logging Handler.
Integrate the Validation Application Block with Windows Forms-based applications.
Integrate the Validation Application Block with ASP.NET web applications.
Configure the Security block and authorization rules to validate based on the configured rules.
Save user Identity/Principal/Profile in cache and obtain a temporary token
Retrieve cached user Identity/Principal/Profile using a token
Terminate a user session by expiring the cached identity
Configure the Cryptography block, generate a hash value for a given string, and compare a hash value with a string
Implement a custom Hash Provider and Symmetric Cryptography Provider
Perform database operations more efficiently by leveraging the rich features of Data Access Application Block
Retrieve records as objects using Parameter, Row and Result Set Mappers
Log messages to Event Log, flat file and learn to configure categories, trace listeners and logging filters
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Wolff's Headache and Other Head Pain

Wolff's Headache and Other Head Pain
Stephen D. Silberstein,Richard B. Lipton,Donald J. Dalessio | 2001-01-15 00:00:00 | Oxford University Press, USA | 625 | Internal Medicine
Thomas Jefferson Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Reference for headache specialists and primary care physicians. Includes new contributors and is international in scope. New chapters on migraine genetics and patient communication are included. Third author, Donald Dalessio was principle author of previous edition, c1993. DNLM: Headache.

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The Teen Survival Guide To Dating & Relating: Real-World Advice on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along

The Teen Survival Guide To Dating & Relating: Real-World Advice on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along
Annie Fox,Elizabeth Verdick | 1900-01-01 00:00:00 | Free Spirit Publishing | 244 | Social Issues
Answers letters received by Talk City's "The InSite" and provides advice about dealing with authority figures, handling problems with parents and siblings, making a relationship work, finding and keeping real friends, sex, and more topics important to teens.
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From author Annie Fox: This book was first published as Can You Relate? in 2000. In 2005 it was re-released as The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating. It went out of print in 2008. That's the way things go sometimes. Instead of letting all this truly great relationship information vanish forever, I decided to give it away for FREE. No strings attached. So here it is. Everything you need to know about getting along better with yourself and everyone else. This book is for you. It's a gift. Yours to read wherever you want. Hopefully you'll think about what you read. See how it applies to situations you've already been in. Remember the stuff that makes the most sense to you because you never know when you might need it. And if you've got friends who could use help sorting out their feelings, pass it on to them. That's what friends are for. [...]
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This book is full of useful information for teens, and presented in a manner that appeals to teens. The illustrations are helpful and specific to different situations common for teens. The advice is practical and

logical with consequences of choices clearly explained but not preachy.

The teen reader is treated with respect for his or her growing independence. I highly recommend this book for parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, to give to their young family members, students, and friends.
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This really is a book for anyone, and given to me by a friend, I was suprised with just how much I learnt.

The book gives advice for all kinds of relationships, with real life examples from letters she has recieved and answered. Its not the cheesy "Dear Abby" (well "Dear Deidre" in Britain) that you read in the newspaper, nor does it tell you what you HAVE to do. Instead Annie helps you to listen to your inner voice and be respectful in each of your relationships, along with more common sense advice, that its perhaps easy to forget.

It has helped to highlight key areas in my current and past relationships that were problamatic, and whilst giving me the determination to improve on these, also helped confirm what I was getting right. In both ways the book has helped me with relating better to my friends and family...So thanks Annie!

Finally this is an invalueable source for you to find further help, either on the internet, by phone, or even writing to Terra herself. I hope the books a huge success, then perhaps we'll have more of Annie's insightful advice soon ?
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I LOVED this book! With the ease that the author "related" to the letters that she recieved from teens all around the world, I wouldn't be surprised if she was one herself. Every teen and every parent with a teen should read this book. The information in here is invaluable.

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Astrology (EYEWITNESS COMPANION GUIDES)

Astrology (EYEWITNESS COMPANION GUIDES)
Derek Parker,Julia Parker | 2007-09-03 00:00:00 | DK ADULT | 352 | Astrology
The ancient art of Astrology continues to fascinate and in this highly illustrated guide, bestselling authors Derek and Julia Parker bring the wisdom of the heavens to every aspect of your life. Using a unique visual style, this comprehensive guide explains "real" astrology and shows how to make the best use of it. Accessible for complete beginners, while still being informative enough for those with an established interest in the subject, learn to unlock incredible insights into your personality and help unleash your potential. Perfect for interested newcomers seeking a clear and accessible introduction to practical astrology, as well as a reference for enthusiastic astrology fans looking for a comprehensive guide in a portable format.

AUTHOR BIO: Derek and Julia Parker are leading figures in the world of astrology. Since writing their first book together in 1971, the ground-breaking Complete Astrologer, the Parkers have published well over 40 books together. Their best-selling guide Parker's Astrology, first published by DK in 1991 and substantially enlarged and updated in 2001, is generally regarded as the world's best introduction to astrology, selling nearly a million copies in the last five years alone.
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MANY OF THE K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Series), books are excellent. Some are not that good. But ALL of them have the tagline: "The Only _____(fill in ssubject) Book You'll Ever Need".



"The K.I.S.S. Guide To Astrology", by Julia & Derek Parker, DOES live up, (delightfully!), to the K.I.S.S. motto! (Or at least for beginners, like me!) Full of delightful, beautiful, and thoughtful illustrations and charts, this book is full of easy-to-understand text, large print, good paper, and a binding which could be a BIT stronger, but is perfectly adequate if you do not pile other books on top of it! The chapters begin by going into astrological data with which even beginners are familiar, (the 12 sign of the zodiac, their encompassing dates during the year, and the basic personality each sign encompasses), and then go on to far more complex, (but always easily explained and understood), material, such as the various signs "at work", and what it means when another sign of the zodiac enters your "house". The Appendix is filled with detailed, (and I do

mean DETAILED!) charts on such things as 'Planetary Tables', "Moon Tables", and "How To Find Your Midheaven". These charts are in necessairily(????) teeny-tiny print size, (no, NOT necessairily, I don't think, as an even slighly larger type size would be very welcome), but the charts are in clear type, which can be read through magnifying glasses if necessary....) This is followed by a few pages of 'More Resources', on selected Books, Schools, Bookstores, and Organizations, (in the USA, Canada, the UK, and Australia!), and give complete addresses, phone numbers, and websites, where available. Herein is also inluded a selection of selected websites, for information on General Astrology, Astrological Books and Magazines, Astrological Newsgroups, Astrological Schools On-Line, Astrological Theories and Techniques, Sports, Weather, Medical, Psychological and Financial Astrology, and also an intriguing site for Horary Astrology, which, the book explains, is the art of asking a question and getting the answer from a drawn-up astrological chart. There follows, (as in all of the K.I.S.S. books I have encountered), a full index, and a list of Acknowlegements.



Some people say that astrology is really only a myth, because new planets, (namely Pluto and Neptune), have been discovered since ancient times, when astrology first began, and, anyway, the planets and stars have MOVED! Perhaps so -- but then, I think modern astrologers have changed their knowledge basis these new facts into consideration. All I know is that, whenever I read a basic description of my own Sun-Sign, it's so accurate, it almost looks like a psychological profile! However, I believe that one should not be "hemmed in" by the proclivities one is said to have, from one's astrological chart. An astrological sign or chart, to me, ONLY tells you what your habits, talents, and liabilities probably are; what you DO with these things is totally up to each individual! The authors of this book write with the same basic philosophy!



There is a great deal of information in this book's 429 pages. It may not get you an astrologist's certification -- but it can give you a basic, (and probably more than a basic), understanding of astrological ideas and protocols, if you truly apply yourself to this book, and read ALL the information in it. It can lead you to other sources, if you feel you need them. But there is SO much good, basic, and supra-basic information in this book that it reminds me of a (true!) story I once heard about a legal secretary.... This lady had been a legal secretary for about 20 years -- and now she wanted to become a lawyer. One cannot become a lawyer merely by graduating law school -- though that undoubtedly helps. No -- the crucial step in becoming a lawyer is, of course, to pass the bar exam. (J.F.K. Jr -- despite being brilliant and knowledgeable -- had to three times before he passed it.) But this lady -- with NO law school study at all, and her 20 years as a legal secretary as her ONLY legal knowedge -- passed the bar exam the very FIRST time. : ) I don't know if examinations are more crucial than a diploma, in astrological circles o not -- but if you read this book carefully and thoroughly, your astrological knowledge will certainly be far past the beginner's stage...and will make any further reading or training you desire, that much more easy to understand. Your knowlege, with this book, will increase astrologically -- er, I mean, astronomically! ** : )



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P.S.: I have looked on the website of the DK Company, and it seems they are now not now reprinting too many of their excellent K.I.S.S. books. I hope they will change their mind, soon, so that more people can be sure of getting this, and other excellent K.I.S.S. books!
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I have both Parker's Astrology and this book by the same author. Why buy this one if I already had the other? Well DK puts out good books for people who are left handed. ie right brain people. We tend to be able to grasp things faster with visual aids. In that respect this book was easyer to use than Parker's even though it essentially had about the same information. What makes me torn between the two? They didn't include the chart progression in this book and if they had I'd probably have given it a 5 instead of a 4.

If your interested in astrology and working your own chart by hand this book will help you do that much. It will also give you some information about what it all means. But unlike the first book Parker's Astrology it will not tell you how to progress the chart. if you just want to a copy of your natal chart though you can get it free at www.astro.com in minutes and the same results as doing it yourself. This a good book for all us right brained people who wanted to learn how to do it ourselves though.
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This is an excellent general knowledge book. Great if you don't know a lot about astrology and want to learn. Like all DK books this one is illustrated beautifully.
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This is a good book to buy if you want to know more than the sun signs, but aren't sure where to start.

If you are familiar with Parker's Astrology, this book is by the same authors and is similiar to it, but it is smaller and on a more basic level than the former, which is good for somebody brand new to astrology.

Personally I prefer Parker's; it's more comprehensive--I don't want two books on my shelf that are so similiar. But like I said, this may be a great choice if you don't want to spend a lot of money and aren't sure if you are ready for the more detailed aspects of astrology.
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I never understood my friends' fascination with Astrology until I was given this great book. This Kiss guide is so easy to read that I devoured the entire book in one weekend, and now I'm an Astrology fanatic!

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