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Spokesmen for God
The Lord did not commission His prophets to act as missionaries, going to those who had never heard God's Word, nor were they to be innovators inaugurating a radically different religion. Their primary duty was to administer spiritual first …Read More
The Prophets and the West
Reading the prophets can be an unsettling experience. Here we see God's utter, absolute fury against sin. The graphic accounts of what God is going to do to His own faithless, immoral, complacent people constitute some of the scariest words …Read More
At Many Times; In Many Ways
It is probably not an exaggeration to say that most Christians have little difficulty reading the Five Books of Moses and the Historical Books of the Old Testament. Sure, we may scratch our heads in puzzlement while reading certain sections …Read More
The Reluctant Prophet
Anyone who has ever attended a Sunday school class knows that Jonah was the man who was eaten alive by a fish and then vomited out three days later. But that's about the extent of most people's understanding of this …Read More
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The Prophets
Ezekiel and Daniel experienced exile. The words slip over the tongue with such ease. We are glad to know this "brute fact" about these two prophets. Next time we get involved in a Bible trivia quiz, we will be sure …Read More
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We do ourselves no favors by calling the first part of our Bibles the "Old Testament." Why, the very title suggests something bygone! Of course, we are too far down the road to discard this description, but we need …Read More
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Adam Lyons is the CEO of Insurance Zebra, a highly innovative insurance comparison engine designed to make the process of shopping for insurance easier. Differentiating his company through a unique user experience that minimizes the need for lengthy forms and maximizes the speed to quote and bind online, Lyons, a business executive turned entrepreneur, has landed the support from exceptionally notable investors such as Mark Cuban, Floodgate, Silverton Partners and Birchmere Labs.
Over his career in the insurance field, he helped grow All Risks Insurance into one of the largest independent insurance wholesalers in the United States. He also went on to launch Meltwater Press; a media relations software company which helps businesses drive growth and build brands. Meltwater went on to win a 2010 Red Herring Global 100 Award.
A proven executive, entrepreneur and insurance guru, Adam took the time to talk with the Rackspace Startup Program about his unique startup, which originated on the south side of Pittsburgh in 2012 and has officially launched in the Lone Star state. What follows are Adam's thoughts on establishing transparency, coupled with an unconventional genius in creating online features that distinguish his company from any other existing solutions:
What lessons were learned building Insurance Zebra?
The most important part of building a great company is surrounding ourselves with a great team and keeps our goal to add value for consumers.
What challenges did you run into?
It's very difficult to break into a market that is so competitive. We realized very early on we have to have a data driven business that thrives on ingenuity and a new experience for consumers.
What business wins did Insurance Zebra achieve?
We've developed a great experience that consumers love and they tell their friends. Our biggest win has been the technology created.
What best practices did you incorporate into your startup?
We love using the KISS method (keep it simple, stupid) when it comes to realizing our goals. At the end of the day, everything we do must come back to our overall goal of providing a high quality consumer experience that speaks to consumers.
What were the 'What to Do' and 'What not to Do' while building Insurance Zebra?
Do build the technology that you need to create your business if it hasn't been created or is a key aspect of what you do. Do NOT build technology that you can find "on the shelf." One way that you can seriously slow down growth is trying to re-invent the wheel.
What kind of support would be most helpful in the early days of startup?
We have had a tremendous investor syndicate that has been willing to help with technology questions as well as connect us with key partnerships.
What were any stumbling blocks or pivots while establishing Insurance Zebra?
Breaking into a very competitive industry is by far the most difficult process, as well as establishing the technology to support our venture. We have not needed to pivot but we have had to approach building the technology we need from a couple different perspectives.
What straight up business advice would give to a startup?
Be ready to work! Business is not simply built on innovation – we've had a great idea in a great industry that's required quite a bit of "perspiration" and late nights to achieve. Never stop innovating.
The Rackspace Startup Program thanks our favorite insurance broker, Adam Lyons, for taking the time out of his busy schedule to enlighten us on how Insurance Zebra created great technology to differentiate itself though a unique user experience. For more insight on hosting your startup on the Rackspace Cloud platform backed by Fanatical Support™, contact the Space Cowboys today.


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Obama to Propose Even More Tax Cuts. GOP Still Not Happy.
We're still a day away from the unveiling of stimulus 2.0, and Obama's critics are already out there confusing their supporters. As usual, the President's proposal will again be chock full of tax cuts, but you'd never know that by listening to the Republican leadership.
Perry-- Maybe Not the Greatest Debater
Looks like we have something to watch out for during the September 7th (or whenever it will be) Republican debate. The Governor didn't agree to any general-election debates when he ran for reelection last year, and has a reputation of being a weak debater.
In a Field this large, There's Room for Huntsman
I don't get people who say that Jon Huntsman's strategy won't work-- as if other GOP candidates have found a clear path to the nomination. Reasonable Republicans are still out there, and we want someone to say out loud what we've been privately thinking for years. Millions of us voted for Obama and still support him. Millions more held our noses and voted for McCain, despite his running mate.
The "Hard-Working" Rich
For those who are so quick to loudly defend the wealthy, preferring to call them "the successful" while not even offering a whisper for the plight of the poor:
All wealth in America comes from two sources: Lifetime earnings and savings, and inheritance. Larry Summers and Laurence Kotlikoff analyzed these two sources of wealth and figured out the percentages that came from each.
Obama Will Win By Defending the Safety Net
There's a rumor going around that Obama wants to face Rick Perry in the general election. At first this seems counter-intuitive-- the Governor is agressive, has a somewhat-positive record on jobs, and has already been christened as the candidate who can get the support of various wings of the Republican Party.
Conservative Backlash Against Perry?
That was quick. Support for anti-cancer vaccines for young girls, toll roads, and a pan-American currency are all conservative complaints being leveled at the candidate of the hour.
I'll Vote for Rick Perry
Although Bachmann will probably win Iowa, and Romney will likely win New Hampshire, there's no doubt that Rick Perry will be a strong candidate throughout the primaries. Sure, the man has created a ton of government jobs in Texas and is responsible for a $27 billion budget shortfall, but our party's fringe will never be swayed by such minor details.
ALEC, Koch & the USA
November. 2, 2010 saw a radical group of Republicans swept into office in states across the country, and in Washington DC. When legislative sessions began in January, many were stunned by the tenacity of this new breed of the Grand Old Party as it began the process of breaking public employee unions, dismantling state governments and privatizing civic services.
Obama Offered Entitlement Reform & Revenue Increases
And John Boehner walked away.
Here's an excerpt from the depressing, humiliating and completely unavoidable press release put out by Standard & Poor's just moments ago:
McConnell: "Perfect is not Achievable"
Mitch McConnell is just realizing this now, a week from disaster. All this time, all he and his fellow Dr. Frankensteins have been doing is stoking the flames and getting Tea Partiers' hopes up. Now that reality is approaching, the Tea Party is upset! (Not that I care.


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Where a claim is to be filed with the City, the Incident Report Form found below is to be completed. The form should be submitted to the Risk Management Department as soon as possible following the incident. Upon receipt, the Risk Management Department may forward the form to its insurance adjuster for an investigation.
Citizens are advised to contact their own insurance company at the time of an incident. If the insurer believes the City is liable they will seek compensation on your behalf.
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Taste of Tyler Sure to Satisfy Your Taste Buds
The 29th annual "Taste of Tyler" will be held Tuesday (March 5) at the Harvey Convention Center in Tyler.
This year's event titled "Puttin' on the Ritz" features dozens of restaurants from the Tyler area and is sure to satisfy the taste palate of people who attend the event.
The Taste of Tyler is sponsored in part by the East Texas Restaurant Association and the Rotary Club of Tyler Sunrise, and proceeds help fund numerous projects including East Texas high school culinary programs and continuing education along with scholarships.
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Disgraced former presidential candidate John Edwards has resurfaced, but don't ask him about his paramour and that baby that just might be his.
In an interview with the Washington Post, the former North Carolina senator discussed how hard he fights for the poor, how much he wants to help people and his lonely days in his 28,000-square-foot mansion outside of Chapel Hill. Strangely, Edwards' alleged affair with Rielle Hunter, her baby's paternity and a federal investigation into whether he used campaign funds to buy her off were off-limits.
Edwards seems to believe the country needs him more than ever.
"What happens now? If you were to ask people during the campaign who's talking most about [poverty], it was me," Edwards told the Post. "There's a desperate need in the world for a voice of leadership on this issue... The president's got a lot to do, he's got a lot of people to be responsible for, so I'm not critical of him, but there does need to be an aggressive voice beside the president."
Nearly a year ago, Edwards finally 'fessed up to cheating on his terminally-ill wife with a campaign associate back in 2006, taking pains to point out that at the time, her cancer was in remission.
Shortly afterward, he pretty much dropped out of sight. In October, he mourned the death of pal financial supporter Fred Baron, the rich lawyer who paid to move Hunter and her baby to Santa Barbara. In December, he helped deliver food and medication to Haiti.
Last month, his wife Elizabeth went on a media tour for her new memoir. She told Oprah Winfrey that she had "no idea" if her husband was the father of Hunter's baby girl, despite his earlier avowal that it was not. Asked if she still loved her husband, Elizabeth Edwards said, "It's complicated."
While his wife was promoting her book and opening a furniture store, Edwards was in El Salvador, helping a group called Homes from the Heart with its work building houses and clinics and distributing sewing machines. The group's director, Michael Bonderer, was surprised when Edwards accepted his invitation.
"Obviously, he's got some problems, but he's a nice guy," Bonderer said. "I kind of didn't know that. I thought, 'What in God's name am I going to have when he gets here?' But he's a pretty down to earth guy."
Edwards was funny, Bonderer told the Post. "He jokes about how it's obvious that the American people don't want him to be president."
For his part, Edwards isn't ruling out a return to politics, but says that's not what he's focusing on now.
"The two things I'm on the planet for now are to take care of the people I love and to take care of people who cannot take care of themselves," Edwards said in the interview.
Edwards, who is worth $30 million and made a seven-figure salary working for a hedge fund after his failed bid for vice president in 2004, said he may have been hurt by his own main issue.
"There's a reason why it's been many years since a politician made this issue central to him -- and, I might add, I didn't get elected," he said. "There aren't many votes in helping poor people. "


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[The right foods can satisfy your cravings and be good for your baby.]
Maybe the pickles and ice cream craving is just a myth, but unusual longings for certain foods during pregnancy are more the rule than the exception. "Probably because of fluctuating hormone levels, pregnant women develop nearly insatiable desires for specific foods, which seem to change with the wind," says Harvard nutritionist Elizabeth Ward, M.S., R.D., author of Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy (Chronimed Publishing, 1998). Research reveals that approximately 85 percent of pregnant women experience cravings during their time in waiting.
While sweets, dairy products and salty snacks are among the most commonly craved foods, must-have foods run the gamut. For example, Alla Kirsch, 37, a family-practice physician in a Cleveland suburb, craved whole lemons and anchovy paste by the spoonful during her five pregnancies. Giving in to an occasional craving is OK, according to nutrition professor Keith Ayoob, Ed.D., R.D., of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, as long as you keep the cravings — and yourself — under control. "The trouble is, pregnancy cravings drive even restrained eaters over the edge," he says. When they're not pregnant, many women do a great job of balancing their appetite for treats with healthy eating practices. "Some women consider pregnancy a permission to overeat, not realizing they only need 300 extra calories per day in their second and third trimesters [100 extra calories or less in the first]." This can lead to undesirable consequences. Women who gain more than the recommended 25–35 pounds tend to have larger-than-normal babies, which increases the risk of Cesarean delivery. But there are other concerns as well. "Research also shows that women who gain too much during pregnancy have a harder time losing all the weight after pregnancy," Ward says. In one survey from the National Center for Health Statistics and the University of California at Berkeley, pregnant women who gained more than 35 pounds held on to at least 20 of those pounds for a minimum of two years. And research from the University of Washington in Seattle found that laboratory animals that gained excessively during pregnancy had lingering consequences into the third generation, with problem pregnancies and small offspring. "I advise women to use the 80–20 rule to control cravings," says Ward. "Eighty percent of the time, eat the healthy foods you and your baby need. Give in to your cravings just 20 percent of the time." Also, don't be caught off-guard when cravings strike. Rather, plan for them by having smaller portions and healthier versions on hand. If you must have chocolate, for example, pass up candy bars for the Totally Decadent Banana–Chocolate Chip Muffins on page 116. Instead of 10 cookies, plan on eating one or two with a tall glass of nonfat milk. "You'll generally satisfy the craving within the first couple of bites," says Ward. These strategies leave you plenty of calories to spend on healthful foods bursting with the nutrients you and baby need. "Getting all the recommended nutrients gives your baby the brightest possible beginning," says Ayoob. Right from the moment of conception, babies require the highest caliber of building materials — and good nutrition helps ensure high-quality construction. According to traditional research, women who practice good nutrition are 12 times more likely to deliver a healthy baby than women who don't eat well. It also appears that babies who are born to women who eat wisely are more likely to be healthy adults. "Research now shows that a mother's diet during her pregnancy may affect many aspects of her offspring's adult health," says Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., author of Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy (Henry Holt, 1995).
"Low protein intake during pregnancy can put the baby at risk for high blood pressure as an adult, lack of vitamin B6 and iron can affect cognition, and poor general nutrition in pregnancy may predispose a person to diabetes or heart disease." While an expectant mom should eat wisely to harvest plenty of the 13 vitamins and 20 minerals essential to the health of herself and her baby, she should pay particular attention to the following key nutrients: Iron Forming a baby is an incredibly demanding construction project, as it causes blood volume to increase 50 percent during pregnancy. In addition to preventing anemia, iron helps baby gain sufficient weight and prevents premature delivery. Requirement: 30 milligrams. Best ways to get it: lean red meat, fish, dried beans and peas, whole-grains and green leafy vegetables. Other blood-building nutrients include vitamin C (70 milligrams) from citrus fruits, broccoli and peppers; vitamin B12 (2.2 milligrams) from meat, dairy foods and eggs; riboflavin (1.6 milligrams); and copper (1.5–2 milligrams) from dried beans and peas, whole- grains, seafood, nuts and seeds. Calcium Critically important throughout a woman's life, calcium is even more important during pregnancy, since it helps determine the strength of mom's and baby's bones. Requirement: 1,000 milligrams. (See sidebar below for new requirements of other bone-building nutrients.) Best ways to get it: milk, cheese, dark green leafy vegetables, dried beans and peas, and canned fish with bones. Zinc This mineral plays a key role throughout pregnancy and especially in the very earliest days of pregnancy, when cells divide rapidly to form the tiny but recognizable shape of a baby. Zinc also helps guard against premature delivery. Requirement: 15 milligrams. Best ways to get it: meat, seafood, whole grains, dried beans and peas. Vitamin B6 A key nutrient in providing the vital blueprint for cell division, B6 also helps in the process of breaking down and using the extra protein needed during pregnancy. Requirement: 2.2 milligrams. Best ways to get it: meat, eggs, whole-grains, nuts, bananas and avocados. Folic Acid Like zinc and vitamin B6, folic acid is especially critical as cells are dividing rapidly — as they do in the earliest days of pregnancy. It carries protein fragments to areas under construction, including the spinal column and hard palate. "Because the needs are so critical during the first days of pregnancy, when many women don't know they are pregnant, the U.S. government advises all women of childbearing age to get at least 400 micrograms of folate daily," says Ward. The demand for folic acid remains high right through the last days of pregnancy, when it helps prevent premature birth. In one study, conducted at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Camden, N.J., women who got less than 240 micrograms of folic acid during pregnancy doubled their risk of premature delivery. Requirement: 400 micrograms. Best ways to get it: dark green leafy vegetables, oranges, dried beans and peas.
5 days of healthful (but decadent) eating
This eating plan will satisfy all types of cravings. We've planned something sweet into each day, disguised as a healthy version of what you might reach for if you didn't plan ahead. Each day supplies at least 100 percent of all key nutrients, with the exception of iron. Because it's so difficult to get the optimal amount of iron from food, experts recommend an iron supplement during the second and third trimesters. Our eating plan addresses your changing calorie needs during pregnancy. During the first trimester, you won't need extra calories — 2,000–2,100 total per day is a healthy amount for most women. To get the extra 300 calories your body needs each day in the second and third trimesters, add or substitute the foods in parentheses. Don't forget to space your meals out throughout the day, and to avoid heartburn, wait several hours after you've eaten to lie down. We've also included some easy recipes (marked with an asterisk *).
monday Breakfast Broccoli, mushroom and cheese omelet made with 1 egg, 1/2 cup chopped broccoli, 1/4 cup chopped mushrooms and 1 ounce sharp Cheddar cheese 1 slice whole-wheat toast with 2 teaspoons margarine (2 slices toast with 3 teaspoons margarine) 1 cup skim milk Snack 1/2 cup fresh strawberry slices with 1/2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt, sprinkled with 1/4 cup Grape Nuts cereal Lunch Tossed salad made with 6 cooked and cooled shrimp (8 shrimp), 1 cup chopped romaine lettuce, 1/2 cup chopped tomato, 1/4 cup chopped green onions, 1/4 cup grated carrots and 1 tablespoon poppy seed dressing 4 buttery round crackers 1 cup skim milk 1 peach Snack 1 Totally Decadent Banana–Chocolate Chip Muffin* 1/2 cup skim milk (1 cup) Dinner Pasta topped with chicken- vegetable stir-fry: 4 ounces chicken cut into strips, 1/2 cup chopped broccoli, 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper, 1/2 cup chopped sweet yellow pepper and 1/4 cup sliced water chestnuts 11/2 cups cooked rotini pasta 1 cup skim milk 1 dinner roll 2 teaspoons margarine Snack 2 graham crackers spread with 1 tablespoon low-fat cream cheese (3 crackers plus 2 tablespoons low-fat cream cheese) 1/2 cup skim milk (1 cup) Daily Analysis First trimester: 2,068 calories, 26 percent fat (60 grams), 51 percent carbohydrate, 23 percent protein, 1,945 milligrams calcium, 474 micrograms folic acid, 15 milligrams iron, 2.6 milligrams B6, 12.5 milligrams zinc, 23 grams fiber.
Second and third trimesters: 2,334 calories, 27 percent fat (69 grams), 50 percent carbohydrate, 23 percent protein, 2,291 milligrams calcium, 499 micrograms folic acid, 17 milligrams iron, 2.8 milligrams B6, 14 milligrams zinc, 25 grams fiber.
tuesday Breakfast 1 cup high-fiber cereal with 1 sliced banana and 1 tablespoon raisins 1 cup skim milk Snack 1/2 cup blueberries with 1/2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt, sprinkled with 2 tablespoons wheat germ Lunch Pita pocket turkey sandwich made with 1/2 whole-wheat pita stuffed with 1/2 cup chopped romaine lettuce, 1/2 cup chopped tomato, 3 ounces lean turkey breast, 1/2 ounce shredded Swiss cheese (1 whole pita and 1 ounce cheese) 1 cup skim milk 2 slices watermelon Snack 1/2 cup ice cream with sliced kiwi (1 cup ice cream) Dinner 1 serving Feta Cheese and Spinach Pizza* 1 cup skim milk Snack Strawberry shortcake made with 1 slice angel food cake, 1/2 cup sliced strawberries and 1 tablespoon light whipped topping Daily Analysis First trimester: 2,047 calories, 20 percent fat (46 grams), 60 percent carbohydrate, 20 percent protein, 1,857 milligrams calcium, 383 micrograms folic acid, 21 milligrams iron, 4.2 milligrams B6, 14.7 milligrams zinc, 49 grams fiber. Second and third trimesters: 2,328 calories, 23 percent fat (59 grams), 58 percent carbohydrate, 19 percent protein, 2,083 milligrams calcium, 398 micrograms folic acid, 23 milligrams iron, 4.3 milligrams B6, 16 milligrams zinc, 51 grams fiber.
wednesday Breakfast Whole-grain bagel with 1 tablespoon low-fat cream cheese (2 tablespoons) 1 cup skim milk 1 cantaloupe wedge Snack 2 fig bar cookies (3 cookies) 1 cup skim milk Lunch 11/2 cups Summer Vegetable Lentil Soup* topped with 1 tablespoon nonfat sour cream (2 tablespoons) Pita pocket salad made with 1 whole- wheat pita pocket stuffed with 1/2 cup romaine lettuce or other dark greens, 1/4 cup chopped green onions and 1/4 cup grated carrot, drizzled with 1 tablespoon salad dressing (2 tablespoons) 1 cup skim milk Snack 1 cup banana-mandarin orange gelatin: Mix 1 cup sliced bananas and 1 cup drained mandarin orange slices into gelatin mix and top with 1 tablespoon light whipped topping (2 tablespoons) Dinner 3 ounces grilled salmon 1/2 cup cilantro brown rice: Stir 1 tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro into 1/2 cup cooked brown rice just before serving 1 cup steamed zucchini 1/2 cup tomatoes
Snack 11/2 cups fresh fruit salad with cantaloupe, watermelon and kiwi 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese (1 cup) Daily Analysis First trimester: 2,013 calories, 17 percent fat (39 grams), 61 percent carbohydrate, 22 percent protein, 1,679 milligrams calcium, 564 micrograms folic acid, 17 milligrams iron, 3.1 milligrams B6, 12 milligrams zinc, 40 grams fiber. Second and third trimesters: 2,319 calories, 22 percent fat (57 grams), 56 percent carbohydrate, 22 percent protein, 789 milligrams calcium, 580 micrograms folic acid, 18 milligrams iron, 3.2 milligrams B6, 12 milligrams zinc, 41 grams fiber.
thursday Breakfast 3/4 cup low-fat granola cereal (1 cup) with 1/2 cup fresh or frozen raspberries 1 cup skim milk Snack 1 banana spread with 1 tablespoon peanut butter Lunch Vegetable-tuna pasta salad made with 1/2 cup cooked pasta shells, 1/2 cup water-packed tuna, 5 quartered cherry tomatoes, 1 cup chopped broccoli, 1 chopped yellow or red sweet pepper, and 2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise 1 cup blueberries 1 cup skim milk Snack 1/2 cup ice cream (1 cup) sprinkled with 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts and 2 tablespoons light whipped topping Dinner 1 Portobello Burger* 5 steamed asparagus spears sprinkled with fresh lemon juice 1 fresh peach 1 cup skim milk Snack 1 fig bar cookie (2 cookies) 1 cup skim milk Daily Analysis First trimester: 2,006 calories, 26 percent fat (57 grams), 53 percent carbohydrate, 21 percent protein, 1,545 milligrams calcium, 628 micrograms folic acid, 23 milligrams iron, 3.9 milligrams B6, 23 milligrams zinc, 31 grams fiber. Second and third trimesters: 2,303 calories, 26 percent fat (67 grams), 55 percent carbohydrate, 19 percent protein, 1,640 milligrams calcium, 717 micrograms folic acid, 27 milligrams iron, 4.4 milligrams B6, 26 milligrams zinc, 34 grams fiber.
friday Breakfast 1 poached egg 2 slices whole-wheat toast with 2 teaspoons margarine 1 medium orange 1 cup skim milk Snack 1/2 cup fresh raspberries 1/2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt Lunch Pita pocket ham sandwich made with 3 ounces sliced ham, 1 whole-wheat pita pocket and 1 tablespoon light mayonnaise (1 slice American cheese) 1 ounce bagel chips (2 ounces) 1 fresh apple, sliced, with cinnamon 1 cup skim milk Snack 1 cup cantaloupe (add 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese) Dinner 1 serving Rotini Chicken Salad* 1 cup skim milk Snack 2 chocolate chip cookies 1 cup skim milk
Daily Analysis First trimester: 1,963 calories, 24 percent fat (52 grams), 52 percent carbohydrate, 24 percent protein, 1,661 milligrams calcium, 287 micrograms folic acid, 11 milligrams iron, 2.1 milligrams B6, 12 milligrams zinc, 28 grams fiber. Second and third trimesters: 2,244 calories, 25 percent fat (62 grams), 50 percent carbohydrate, 25 percent protein, 1,863 milligrams calcium, 326 micrograms folic acid, 12 milligrams iron, 2.2 milligrams B6, 14 milligrams zinc, 30 grams fiber.
Recipes Totally Decadent Banana– Chocolate Chip Muffins Makes 18 muffins Don't feel guilty when you snack on one of these rich and chocolaty muffins — they're low in fat and high on nutrition.
3 very ripe bananas 3 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup applesauce 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt 2 eggs 1/3 cup wheat germ 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour 11/4 cups white flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 3 ounces miniature chocolate chips Vegetable oil spray
Preheat oven to 350º F. Place bananas, oil, applesauce and sugar in mixing bowl; mix on medium speed until bananas are puréed and ingredients are well-mixed. Add yogurt, eggs and wheat germ; mix until blended. In small bowl, mix flours, baking powder and baking soda. Add to wet ingredients and mix just until all ingredients are well-blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Spray 18 muffin cups with vegetable oil spray or line with paper liners. Divide batter between the 18 cups. Place in preheated oven and bake for 22–28 minutes, or until knife inserted into middle comes out clean.
Nutritional information per serving (1 muffin): 155 calories, 27 percent fat (4.6 grams), 65 percent carbohydrate, 8 percent protein, 23 milligrams calcium, 16 micrograms folic acid, .99 milligram iron, .17 milligram B6, .63 milligram zinc, 1.7 grams fiber.
Feta Cheese and Spinach Pizza Serves 3 Have a hankering for pizza? This version is piled high with satisfying vegetables and rich-tasting feta cheese.
Crust 1/2 cup warm water 1 teaspoon dry yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 11/3 cups all-purpose flour Vegetable oil spray Topping 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce 2 teaspoons dried oregano 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoons dried basil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 10-ounce package frozen spinach, thawed and drained 1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced 1 71/4-ounce jar roasted red peppers, drained and cut into 1-inch pieces 3 ounces shredded 50 percent reduced-fat mozzarella cheese 3 ounces crumbled feta cheese
To make crust, combine water, yeast and sugar in medium bowl, and mix well. Add olive oil and salt, and mix well. Stir in flour with wooden spoon until well-blended and then for an additional 20 strokes. Alternatively, combine all crust ingredients except flour in free-standing mixer; mix with beater attachment until blended. Add 1 cup of flour and mix until blended. Switch to dough hook; add remaining flour and beat for 2 minutes. Spray 9-inch pizza pan with vegetable oil spray. Place dough in center of pan; pat out over entire pan. Let rest for 10 minutes while you prepare the other ingredients. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425° F. Spread tomato sauce evenly over dough. Sprinkle spices evenly over sauce. Add vegetables in the order given on ingredient list. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly over vegetables, and top with feta. Bake for 18–22 minutes or until cheese is brown and crust is crisp.
Nutritional information per serving (1/3 of pizza): 493 calories, 29 percent fat (16 grams), 51 percent carbohydrate, 20 percent protein, 282 milligrams calcium, 167 micrograms folic acid, 6.7 milligrams iron, .51 milligram B6, 2.4 milligrams zinc, 7.4 grams fiber.
Summer Vegetable Lentil Soup Serves 5 Try this light, folate-rich recipe.
2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup chopped onion (about 2 small onions) 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes 1 cup uncooked lentils 1/4 cup uncooked black beans 2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules (or 2 cubes) 3 cups water 1/2 teaspoon chili powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, divided 1/4 cup lemon juice, divided 1/2 pound kale, chopped 1/2 pound yellow zucchini, sliced 1/2 pound green zucchini, sliced Garnish 2 medium tomatoes, chopped 5 tablespoons nonfat sour cream, divided
Heat olive oil over low heat in a large stockpot; add onion and garlic. Sauté 5–7 minutes. Add tomatoes, lentils, beans, bouillon, water, chili powder, cumin, black pepper, 2 tablespoons basil and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Simmer 45 minutes, covered. Stir in kale and zucchini; simmer 30 minutes. Add remaining basil and remaining lemon juice; simmer 10 minutes. Garnish and serve.
Nutritional information per serving (11/2 cups soup with 3 tablespoons chopped tomato and 1 tablespoon sour cream as garnishes): 357 calories, 18 percent fat (7 grams), 60 percent carbohydrate, 22 percent protein, 227 milligrams calcium, 286 micrograms folic acid, 8 milligrams iron, .8 milligram B6, 2.8 milligrams zinc, 20 grams fiber.
Portobello Burger Serves 2 Satisfy the craving for hearty beef with this fabulously interesting burger. It's so nutritionally complete that it's really a meal in a bun.
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil 1 clove garlic, crushed 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 teaspoons sugar 2 large portobello mushroom caps, washed and patted dry 6 ounces very lean ground sirloin Salt and pepper, to taste 2 whole-grain hamburger buns 4 teaspoons nonfat blue-cheese dressing 2 thick tomato slices 2 large romaine lettuce leaves
In shallow container, mix vinegar, olive oil, basil, garlic, black pepper and sugar. Place mushroom caps in mixture, top side down. Spoon marinade into bottoms of caps. Cover and marinate for an hour at room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator. Divide ground sirloin into 2 patties, adding salt and pepper as desired. Grill patties for 5 minutes on 1 side; flip. After flipping patties, add mushroom caps to grill (or broiler pan), top side up (discard marinade). Grill for 5 minutes or until mushrooms are slightly brown and patties are no longer pink in the middle. Build the portobello burgers: Place 1 teaspoon blue-cheese dressing on bottom of each bun; add sirloin patty on bottom of bun; add tomato slice and lettuce; add mushroom cap; place 1 teaspoon blue-cheese dressing on top of mushroom; add bun top.
Nutritional information per serving (1 burger): 340 calories, 32 percent fat (12 grams), 43 percent carbohydrate, 25 percent protein, 76 milligrams calcium, 75 micrograms folic acid, 5 milligrams iron, .4 milligram B6, 4.3 milligrams zinc, 3.8 grams fiber. Rotini Chicken Salad With Oriental Peanut Sauce Serves 2 This pasta salad has a distinctly different flavor with its peanut butter-cilantro oriental-style sauce. The sauce is best served at room temperature.
6 ounces cooked chicken breast, cooled and cut into bite-size pieces 1/2 cup chopped green onion tops 11/2 cups cooked rotini (spiral pasta), at room temperature (after cooking, rinse well with cold water; drain) 2 cups chopped romaine lettuce Sauce 3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter 3 tablespoons light soy sauce 2 teaspoons granulated sugar 1/2 cup fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves
Garnish 1 large carrot, grated
In small mixing bowl, combine chicken, onion tops and cooked pasta; toss to mix. Divide lettuce between 2 dinner plates. Divide chicken-pasta mixture and place on top of lettuce (about 11/2 cups of mixture per serving). Combine sauce ingredients in small food processor or blender. Process until cilantro is in tiny pieces. Drizzle half of the mixture over each serving (about 1/4 cup per serving). Sprinkle half of the grated carrot over each serving (about 1/4 cup per serving).
Nutritional information per serving: 490 calories, 29 percent fat (16 grams fat), 39 percent carbohydrate, 32 percent protein, 84 milligrams calcium, 125 micrograms folic acid, 4. milligrams iron, .5 milligram B6, 2.4 milligrams zinc, 5.5 grams fiber.


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The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
Posted by Caitie F on October 20, 2010
Title: The Unidentified
Author: Rae Mariz
Hardback: 336 pages
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Rating: +++++
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Kid knows her school's corporate sponsors not-so-secretly monitor her friendships and activities for market research. It's all a part of the Game; the alternative education system designed to use the addictive kick from video games to encourage academic learning. Everyday, a captive audience of students ages 13-17 enter the nationwide chain store-like Game locations to play.
When a group calling themselves The Unidentified simulates a suicide to protest the power structure of their school, Kid's investigation into their pranks attracts unwanted attention from the sponsors. As Kid finds out she doesn't have rights to her ideas, her privacy, or identity, she and her friends look for a way to revolt in a place where all acts of rebellion are just spun into the next new ad campaign
After a few eh werewolf books, I have read a few excellent YA books, this one included. This is a case where you should not just toss this book away for its description because you think it might just be trying to be The Hunger Games like my husband did. It isn't that at all. The Game in this book isn't something set up to punish people, it is because the government can no longer fund schools, so corporations are now in charge. They use this power to monitor the students every move and use it for their own research and marketing. Kids can get branded, which means they get special privileges and free stuff – a whole new level of popularity.
They are not just monitoring what kids are wearing or what they are talking about, but also every conversation they have so they can try and control the kids that don't toe the line. They control every single kid in the country and have enough influence over the government that they make being part of the Game is the only way they can socialize (most stores that aren't controlling the "schools" won't let anyone under 17 in). And if anyone who works there shows any disagreement or tries to actually help students, they are automatically fired.
And there are people who want to privatize all schools.
The story is great and kept me interested, so much so that I couldn't put it down. The world that she built is fascinating, mostly because I could see it become reality. Kid never bought into the branding an popularity, she was just a level-headed teenager who appreciated the friends she had and didn't need to seek out anything more. Her take on being in the VIP group was really different and enlightening. In contrast her "best friend" wanted it all – the brand, the popularity, the power so much so that she lets her jealousy take over.
It also featured an interesting relationship with her mother. Kid's mother is very protective, so much so that she won't even let her Game Card be connected to the metro. At first it seems overbearing and annoying, but later in the book I started to understand that it was more about wanting her daughters life to be better than her own. I wish this relationship had been explored a little more, but I thought it was very realistic and believable.
If you want a story that ties up nicely in the end, this may not be the book for you, but it is a reason that I liked it so much. It isn't about whether Kid lives happily ever after because it is about more than that and it is fantastic
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October 20, 2010 at 1:24 pm
I like when books aren't happily-ever-after. It seems more realistic that way. Nice review. I might have to check this out now.
October 24, 2010 at 3:32 pm
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This is not being asked for any pragmatic need. I had the thought about people living off of planets.
Without getting into the issue of whether a burial can take place anywhere beside Earth, I wonder; is there is a minimum of soil needed to be a suitable grave?
Justification for the question, on Earth, seems difficult. An area composed only of solid stone or some other impregnable stratum, perhaps. If you think the question is only ask-able off the Earth, raising other issues, I welcome that assumption be challenged.


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Very tragic news. Actor Michael Clarke Duncan died this morning in Los Angeles, reports the Associated Press. The wire service has attributed the report to reality star Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, who was the late actor's fiancée. Duncan was only 54-years-old.
The Chicago-born, actor was best known for his breakout role in The Green Mile. Duncan portrayed John Coffey, the gentle giant with supernatural powers who was wrongly condemned to death row. Duncan's critically acclaimed role earned Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
The 6ft 5in, 300 pound star would eventually appear in dozens of films, including The Whole Nine Yards, Planet of the Apes, The Island and The Scorpion King, where he starred alongside his friend actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Duncan recently suffered a heart attack on July 13. Manigault-Stallworth reportedly saved his life at the time by performing CPR. Duncan reportedly was moved from intensive care in August but remained hospitalized, suggesting that the actor was having a difficult recovery. "Everyday GOD continues to smile upon my luv Michael Clarke Duncan on this arduous road to recovery," his girlfriend tweeted last month.
On a personal note, I've had the good fortune to personally meet Michael Clarke Duncan on two separate occasions. He was warm, engaging and exuded confidence and humor. Such a loss.
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NY Times wrote:The newest product made from goat's milk is not a tangy cheese, but a drug that could prevent fatal blood clots.
Ushering in a new era of both agricultural and pharmaceutical technology, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first pharmaceutical product made in the milk of genetically engineered animals.
The 200 goats, which are assiduously cared for at a secure farm in central Massachusetts, contain a human gene that causes them to produce a human blood protein in their milk. After the goats are milked, the protein can be extracted for sale as a drug.
Such "pharm animals" as they are sometimes called, could become a way of producing biotechnology drugs at lower cost or in greater quantities than the existing methods, which are to extract them from donated blood or to grow genetically engineered cells in steel tanks.
For instance, the protein being made in the goat milk, antithrombin, is now derived from donated blood plasma. But it is sometimes unavailable because of a shortage of plasma donations.
The production in the goat milk should end such shortages, said GTC Biotherapeutics, the company that developed the animals and the drug. A single goat can produce as much antithrombin in a year as can be derived from 90,000 blood donations. And if more drug is needed, the herd can be expanded.
"If you need more, you breed more," said Thomas Newberry, a spokesman for GTC, which is based in Framingham, Mass.
But turning animals into walking pharmaceutical factories does not sit well with some environmental advocates and animal rights advocates.
"It is a mechanistic use of animals that seems to perpetuate the notion of their being merely tools for human use rather than sentient creatures," the Humane Society of the United States said in a position paper on the practice.
There are also more concrete concerns — that the animals could be harmed, that animal germs might contaminate the drug and that the milk or meat from drug-producing animals might enter the food supply. Another concern is that the goats might escape and breed with other animals, spreading the gene.
The F.D.A. only last month issued final guidelines on how it would regulate genetically engineered animals. In addition to approving GTC's drug, it approved the goat on Friday, the first animal accepted under the new guidelines.
Other drugs produced in animals are under development. A company called Pharming plans to apply this year for approval of a drug, made in the milk of transgenic rabbits, to treat hereditary angioedema, a protein deficiency that can lead to dangerous swelling of tissues.
Another company, PharmAthene, working under a Defense Department contract, is developing a treatment for nerve gas poisoning in the milk of transgenic goats.
Milk is not the only animal product that might one day yield drugs. Companies have explored making drugs in the eggs of genetically modified chickens and even in the semen of gene-altered hogs.
Still, it is not clear to what extent the use of the animals will catch on. Established manufacturers might stick with the tried-and-true methods. "I think we have very good ways of making therapeutic proteins today," said Norbert Riedel, chief scientific officer at Baxter International, which makes proteins both from human plasma and in cell culture. One risk of using animals, is that drug production can be lost if a disease wipes out the herd.
Still, GTC and others hope Friday's approval will eliminate one barrier that stopped companies from producing drugs in animals — the uncertainty over whether the F.D.A. would approve such a drug.
"It really takes away one of the biggest issues that have always been on the table, which is how do regulatory agencies view this kind of technology," said Samir Singh, president of the American operations of Pharming, which is based in the Netherlands.
Indeed, showing that approval could be obtained is a major reason GTC developed its drug, called ATryn. Sales are expected to be modest. The drug was approved in Europe in 2006 and sales there have been small.
ATryn will be sold in the United States by Ovation Pharmaceuticals. It is not clear what the price will be and how that price will compare to that of the product from human plasma. The drug was approved for people born with a rare hereditary deficiency of antithrombin to prevent blood clots while they undergo surgery or childbirth.
People with the deficiency are vulnerable to blood clots. They can reduce that risk by taking blood thinners like warfarin. But during surgery or child delivery, blood thinners are usually not used because they increase the risk of excessive bleeding.
The F.D.A. determined ATryn was as effective as antithrombin derived from human plasma in preventing clots. But the protein derived from plasma lasts longer in the body than the one from goats, probably because the sugars coating the protein are different
So this is pretty fascinating to me, and honestly I've got no moral qualms about any of this. Do other people feel the same way?


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The public option: Craghead opens the books
How to measure success? For many artists, the acme is having their work selected for the Whitney Biennial or perhaps profiled in Art Forum. For Warren Craghead III, though, the pinnacle is making art as publicly available as possible. He often leaves post-it drawings on gas pumps and in grocery stores, and he offers do-it-yourself books at his website for people to print and staple themselves.
This month, Craghead brings together an international group of like-minded artists for the exhibition, "Leaf and Signal," at The Bridge. Consisting of original works and pages printed from computer files, the show's artwork comes from books self-published by three individual artists and three collectives, who practice what Craighead calls "lo-fi" publishing. A few of the pieces are framed, but most–- and there are hundreds–- are plastered to the walls using wheat paste to create the feeling of street art.
"I wanted to kind of overwhelm if I could," Craghead says.
The floor-to-ceiling mosaic of images on the gallery's south wall represent Southport, England-based Caf© Royal, a group helmed by former abstract painter, Craig Atkinson, whose own mixed-media works fill the southern end of the east wall. The overall aesthetic is often raw and cartoonish, but there are moments of refinement, such as the tie-wearing, faceless heads drawn by Daniel Mackintosh in a series that mocks gallery-goers with captions like, "At openings this month, I will behave in an aloof fashion and won't talk to anyone. I will stand out."
In contrast to Caf© Royal's organized chaos, Kelly Lynn Jones's San Francisco publishing group, Little Paper Planes, creates meticulous letterpress prints (on view in the main gallery) and complex color works (displayed in the Bridge's anteroom). Falling somewhere between Jones's and Atkinson's approaches is Andr© Lemos's Opuntia Books, based in Lisbon, Portugal. Lemos, who was last in town for the Craghead-curated SSG show, "Impera et Divide,"–- and who painted a mural on the Bridge's exterior–- publishes everything from children's monster drawings to complex collages in books that often feature unusual aspects like velum overlays or fold-out sculpture.
The individual artists included in "Leaf and Signal" each use books to respond to the physical world. England-based Oliver East creates watercolor and pen-and-ink impressions of his travels for his series "Trains are...Mint." Franklin Einspruch also paints personal experiences, often supplementing his watercolor images with haiku-like poems. Meanwhile visual poet Geof Huth plays with typography and also photographs environmental poems he composes.
For Craghead, artistic success is literally–- and literarily–- about public exposure.
The exhibition, "Leaf and Signal," curated by Warren Craghead III, is on view through October 30 at The Bridge. 209 Monticello Road (across from Spudnuts). 984-5669.


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Greene County must pay for substantial renovations to its court facilities
SNOW HILL � A local judge has expressed disgust with the lack of renovations in the Greene County courtroom and restrooms.
In a letter to Greene County Manager Don Davenport dated Sept. 6, Judge Paul Jones, senior resident judge of Lenoir and Greene counties, wrote about the conditions and his desire to see renovations take place in the older section of the Justice Center.
�Throughout the construction of the new jail facility,� he wrote, �it was my hope these areas would be improved and/or repaired, but I am no longer hopeful that any improvement will be done without my intervention.�
According to photos taken by Sheriff Lemmie Smith, plaster and wallpaper on the walls is peeling, the carpet is buckled, the lighting and restroom fixtures are old and some of the ceiling tiles and portions of the walls are damaged.
�The bathrooms are moldy, outdated and deplorable,� Jones wrote.
In a telephone interview, Jones said Greene�s courthouse is one of the few in the state that only has one courtroom. The original plans for the $10 million project included upgrading the courthouse floor level.
�The primary purpose of the courthouse is to house court,� Jones said, �and that�s the part that has been totally neglected.�
County commissioners emerged from closed session for attorney-client purposes Oct. 1. Davenport made a brief reference to Jones� letter and recommended the county approve a change order for the jail contractor Virtexco to perform the work to which Jones referred in his letter.
There was no public discussion among the board about the conditions, the cost of the project or from where the funds would be taken.
Davenport said discussion concerning the project and funds were discussed in closed session. Phone calls made to commissioners Denny Garner, Bennie Heath and Jerry Jones were not returned.
Will Brown of JLT Contracting, the company hired by the county to oversee its construction projects, said the cost of the project is estimated to be about $150,000. There is about $40,000 available from the total Judicial Center project, leaving about $110,000 for the county to pick up.
Jones said the public is using the restroom inside of the judges� chamber because it�s the only one on the second floor, while the jail has a new restroom facility. Lawyers use the judges� chambers for conferencing with clients, while the jail has a new conference room, he said.
The courtroom and restrooms are so deplorable, he said, at least one judge told him he would not come back to hold court.
�It�s an embarrassment that this public space is totally ignored by the body of government which is supposed to keep it operational,� Jones said about the county commissioners.
He said it�s one of the few facilities that brings money into the county by way of court fines and fees.
Judge Charlie Gaylor of Goldsboro said the poor lighting in the courtroom makes it difficult to read the tiny print that is often found on court papers. The lighting in the judges� chamber �continually blinks off and on,� he said.
�My understanding is, at this time, there are plans to redo the courtroom,� Gaylor said. �I�m glad this is going to take place.�
Trey Taylor of JLT said the Register of Deeds and Clerk of Court offices were priorities in the project as they were running out of space. The courtroom project was dropped until it was determined whether there would be any remaining funding left over.
Plans are to repair the damaged plaster walls and mechanical equipment, paint, update the restrooms and replace the carpet, lights, ceiling tiles and ductwork. Work will also include refinishing the woodwork, including the benches which will be repositioned near where the old elevator was located.
A second smaller courtroom project reached substantial completion Friday.
The courtroom renovation project is expected to begin Oct. 22 and be completed by the end of the year. During that time, court will be held at the Greene County Community Center on West Harper Street in Snow Hill.
Superior and district court will be held at the Greene County Community Center, 814 W. Harper St., Snow Hill, beginning Oct. 22 through approximately the end of the year
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The interesting thing is that though Yash Chopra is known to be a romantic filmmaker, Jab Tak Hai Jaan is not a romantic movie. It is elegiac. It's about yearning for a past love; not for a specific affair, but a lament on the abstract concept of loss that arrives at the end of a relationship. It sees the termination of love as a kind of death.
In this sense, the movie is quantifiably more intense than Chopra's previous films. It is slow, sad, ruminative, thoughtful. Some of the plot devices, like the one about Samar (Shah Rukh Khan) and his 'retrograde amnesia' after his second accident that wipes out 10 years of his life, would be corny in any another film. But by the time of this event in Jab Tak Hai Jaan, the movie has set a tone for an elegy to love, and what we see is an accident foretold.
Both accidents are uncannily alike—Samar's head injury in exactly the same place, the two women observing it from the same positions and angles. It appears almost like wish fulfillment. Of all Yash Chopra films, this is the most personal. He slows down the narrative to establish a dialogue with the audience, he lingers on the visuals of his actors as if never wanting to let go.
Sometimes, during the middle of the film, the characters seem to go into a daydream while they speak, and, in truth, the director loses his audience here. The conversations between Meera (Katrina Kaif) and Akira (Anushka Sharma), as they intersect Samar's two lives in London and India, are quite meaningless in the context of the narrative. But they are poignant as discussions on the nature of love, loss and death.
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As the largest showcase in North America for commercial lighting products, LightFair always features dozens of innovative new lamps, lighting fixtures, ballasts and related products that produce better light, longer lamp life and energy savings.
An estimated 15,000-plus lighting professionals saw new products with these features at LightFair 2006, held May 28-June 1 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. But the architects, lighting designers, reps and distributors walking the aisles of the Las Vegas Convention Center's cavernous South Hall were also treated to a broad selection of digital lighting controls, including several systems from electrical manufacturers that had lacked a major presence at LightFair in the past.
Digital lighting controls that monitor the light levels and energy usage of a building's entire lighting system aren't new. Lighting manufacturers such as Lutron Electronics Co. Inc., Coopersburg, Pa., and Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc., Little Neck, N.Y., have been leaders in the field for many years. But advancements in digital control technology have opened the market to other manufacturers that can develop keypads to control local lighting loads, sensors to monitor light levels and PC-based centralized monitors to view system status and then figure out how to teach these products to talk to each other.
With its acquisition of Juno Lighting, Des Plaines, Ill., and years of expertise in control technology for building-management systems in the industrial market, Square D/Schneider Electric, Palatine, Ill., has taken dead aim on the lighting market. The company had a large booth at LightFair to exhibit its Powerlink lighting-control system. Another familiar name in the electrical market with a large presence at LightFair was Hubbell Inc. The company's Austin, Texas-based Hubbell Building Automation, marketed its Simplicity LX lighting-control system at the show.
Encillium Technologies Inc., Philadelphia, also exhibited its Energy Control System (ECS), which uses the company's proprietary "GreenBus" communication network to allow light fixtures, occupancy sensors, photo sensors and wall dimmers to be individually addressed as part of a complete lighting-control system, resulting in quantifiable energy savings of 55 percent to 70 percent.
An interesting debate is brewing in the lighting-control arena over the communications standards enabling these lighting products to talk with each other. While some manufacturers rely on proprietary systems, others rely on open standards. Exhibiting at LightFair this year was the ZigBee Alliance, Attleboro, Mass., a consortium of manufacturers that believe in open wireless networks.
ZigBee technology is being embedded in a wide range of products and applications across consumer, industrial and government markets worldwide, and Bob Heile, ZigBee's chairman, believes the lighting market will benefit from ZigBee technology's ability to provide lighting manufacturers with dependable remote monitoring and control.
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the tiny light sources with the extra-long life of up to 100,000 hours, continue to dazzle show attendees. At past LightFairs, LEDs' longevity and ability to paint applications with a fascinating palette of digitally created colors seemed to be the features that attracted most of the attention. At this year's show, LEDs made their mark in a whole host of new outdoor applications, such as lighting for pools and other architectural applications.
Another interesting development at the show was the increased presence of 20W ceramic metal-halide lamps. Joseph Knisley, senior editorial consultant for Electrical Construction & Maintenance (EC&M) magazine has been covering the lighting market for more than 40 years, and he said these tiny bulbs are replacing standard halogen PAR lamps in many commercial applications because of their long lamp life, space savings and high color quality.
In addition to the trade show, LightFair featured 76 courses and more than 240 hours of programming in its conference curriculum. Many of the courses were accredited by the various lighting associations.
There was also a lot of the buzz on the show floor about the low profile of Sylvania Inc., Danvers, Mass.; Philips Lighting Co., Somerset, N.J.; and Advance Transformer Co., Rosemont, Ill. Instead of the mega-booths these companies normally have at LightFair, they were buried in the aisles with the other smaller booths. These companies will reportedly be back at LightFair 2007 with larger booths. Next year's LightFair will be at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, May 6-10, 2007.
Top New Products at LightFair 2006
Sponsored by Architectural Lighting magazine and eLumit.com, LightFair's annual New Product Showcase and Awards presentation offers a glimpse of the most innovative lighting technology on the market. For more information about this year's winners, check out eLumit at http://nps.elumit.com.
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Parallels minimalist-design fluorescent lighting fixture — Peerless Lighting
Technical Innovation Award
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Nalu outdoor lighting fixture for halogen or LED lamps — Dreamscape Lighting
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20W ceramic metal-halide 20MR16 lamp offering 960 lumens 3,000 degree Kelvin color temperature and lamp life of 8,000 to 12,000 hours — GE Lighting
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Chandeliers, Pendants, Sconces, Task Lights & Decorative Luminaires
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Daylight Harvesting Control System offers PC-based control of light fixtures to save 50 percent to 70 percent of lighting energy costs — Encelium
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Ballasts & Transformers
Equos dimmable ballast with ZigBee-compatible wireless control — Philips Lighting Electronics
LEXEL is the first fully integrated LED-based light source offering 1,000 dimmable lumen color temperature control from 2,700 to 6,500 degrees Kelvin, 100 percent lumen maintenance in a clean 17 beam angle — TIR


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Why the Craigslist Killer matters
Last night, a bewildering number of people tweeted about and tuned in to Lifetime's Craigslist Killer movie, which tells the story of murderous med school student Philip Markoff and Megan McAllister, his unsuspecting fiancee. Why was this story so gripping?
Maybe it was the passing of an era. The Craigslist killings, even though they occurred in 2009, seem to be the last hurrah of a bygone epoch online.
In Web 1.0, to a large extent, everyone's life online was a secret life. You could hide behind screen names, chat anonymously, converse with strangers halfway across the globe who shared your interests from behind the secure mask of an impersonal handle. Part of the lure of the early Internet was the limitless possibilities it held out to become someone else. It's the lure of Hyde calling out to Jekyll.
Craigslist is squarely Web 1.0. It's anonymous, with a simple interface. It doesn't do dramatic and exciting real-time things or have a cute, bird-based logo.
But it bridges the gap. Unlike other anonymous web forums, it creates the expectation that the anonymous online contact will translate, at some point, into a personal encounter -- whether it be to buy a couch or to experience some sort of face-to-face contact with the Cute Blonde at Kingstowne Wal-Mart. Usually in Web 1.0, this does not happen. I assume that the people who run the JohnHeartPaul Beatles Fanfiction community are not expecting to meet up later and do whatever people who like to visualize the two essential Beatles taking possession of each other in an erotic manner do. (Ritually destroy pictures of Yoko Ono?) But maybe I'm wrong.
Everyone has at some point trolled Craigslist, looking for something. There's housing, sales, freebies, event gigs. So far, I haven't been able to find anything that matches the skills I have to offer, since this ad would probably run somewhere along the lines of, "Need a person who is not a good bartender or dancer to show up somewhere and stand there smiling vaguely, for money." There's the missed connections page, where you can hunt in vain for your general demographic description after spending hours gazing meaningfully at people on the Red Line.
And there's the oddly impersonal personals.
In some nooks and crannies, the old anonymous Web culture still thrives. But it's increasingly clashing with the demands of the Online Presence. And the idea that you'd be able to hide behind an online identity -- even one as transparent as Philip Markoff's -- is evaporating.
You can tell from the shift in values. Facebook? Fifty billion dollars. AOL, which used to be where everyone was? A scant $3 billion. The non-anonymous Internet is taking over.
AOL used to be where everyone was. And, true, some people had the personal e-mails from the get-go, but there was also the period where the Internet meant you could be anyone you wanted. You were WhoStoleMyDonut8, or JudasTheHammacherSchlemmerOfTheMaccabees9 (probably exceeding the character limit), or ClevelandMortThePirateHunter7. Now when I get an e-mail from someone with a handle like that, I just assume he's an itinerant flute player, or someone else without gainful employment. If you have a real job or are a real person, you have to put ParisTheMythAnswerer back in the drawer.
But something gets lost there. And Craigslist killer Philip Markoff embodied this transition. Online, he was one thing -- SexAddict5385, trolling for anonymous encounters. Offline, he was Philip Markoff, slightly awkward, nerdy med school student, engaged to be married to Megan McAllister. For some people, the ability to apparently disappear into the online world, take on another identity altogether, is merely intriguing. But Philip's was a textbook case of the double life. Dr. Jekyll, medical man, interested in saving lives, meet Hyde, the lurking killer. Oscar Wilde described the peculiar allure of a secret life as feasting with tigers. The danger is part of its appeal.
These were murders made possible by the Internet. For some people, like Philip Markoff, the online identity is the real one, fantasy hijacking reality with deadly consequences.
But what will happen to this sort of thing? Although this anonymous component remains firmly embedded in some niches of the online culture, the Internet is increasingly a place where friends connect with friends, rather than a place where masked strangers meet. Is it worth having a secret corner of your life, online-only content?
Social networking makes secret lives more difficult, if not impossible. Suddenly, your online identities merge. Your ill-advised college self has to apply to jobs. After learning that a wise and noteworthy professor is following you on Twitter, you begin to worry about your tendency to deluge followers with puns. What becomes of SexAddict5385?
For now, forget Hyde. With the rise of social media, only Jekyll can get a Facebook profile.
Alexandra Petri
| January 4, 2011; 11:55 AM ET
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Take that information and use the Craigguard search engine to find positive or negative reports about the seller from past sellers. (i.e. a seller could be known for writing bad checks or by always providing a prompt and valid payment)
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Posted by: feedback3 | January 4, 2011 2:05 PM | Report abuse
Beware of "feedback3" above. I answered her ad on Craiglist, and she invited me over for dinner. What do you think she served me? Spam! Yuck. I wish there was someplace I could report her.
If the Craigslist killer called himself SexAddict5385, that implies that there are at least 5384 other killers out there. Of course, they've all changed their handles to avoid detection.
I have a date with PetriAddict5385 tonight. Wish me luck!
Posted by: divtune | January 4, 2011 3:05 PM | Report abuse
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Suppose that we are given the alphabet ; a word of length : , is an ordered -tuple whose elements all came from . For example, a word of length in might be the tuple , which we will hereon denote as . For some natural number , how many words of length are there that contains exactly zeros?
Annoying Mclaurin Series
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- Report: More than 13.5 million girls under 18 marry each year across the world
- Expert: Poverty, gender inequality and social norms are big factors in early marriage
- Laws against early marriage exist in most countries but are often unenforced
Humaiya Akhter is 16 years old and already six of her friends are married. Some have children.
She is from the village of Tajpur in the Joypurat district of Bangladesh, a country where 66% of girls are married before 18 years of age, according to children's charity World Vision.
Her grandmother was married at the age of nine and her mother at the age of 16, and Humaiya is determined to break the cycle. She now campaigns locally against child marriage and has helped girls in her community to avoid early marriage.
"In our country, the girls are not allowed to give their opinion. When their marriage is fixed, their fathers don't let them know what will happen, they may be married after two or three days," she told CNN.
"Parents think that the girls are a burden and they can't contribute to the family income so they don't have right to say anything or give any opinion to the family."
The issue is not limited to Bangladesh. More than 13.5 million girls under 18 are married each year across the world -- and the figure is rising according to Erica Hall, Child Rights Policy Director at World Vision.
"There are a lot of different factors that impact early marriage. Poverty, gender inequality and social norms are big factors," Hall told CNN, adding that crises like war and displacement also have a big impact.
According to "Untying the Knot," a new report from World Vision, child marriage increases in times of conflict and disaster, when fear pushes parents to marry their daughters early in order to ensure their safety and security.
But this can actually have devastating effects on young girls' lives -- limiting their access to education and increasing their chances of poverty and health problems, including complications during child-birth.
Countries like Niger, Somalia and Bangladesh -- destabilized by drought and food shortages -- have some of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, according to the report, and Halls says climate change will only make matters worse.
Child marriage rates are also higher in refugee and IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps, where girls are encouraged to marry early to safeguard their virginity. In times of insecurity, the comfort of tradition outweighs legislation -- and while many countries have laws in place to prevent child marriage, Hall says enforcement is weak or non-existent.
"In Bangladesh, the legal age for marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys, so there's nothing wrong with the law, it's in the implementation," says Hall. "That's something that we are advocating for, to make sure that legislation is in place and that it is enforced. There is no reason that a girl that's born today should be forced to marry before the age of 18."
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