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...they trigger a very rapid rise in the levels of glucose in the blood. The pancreas releases a massive amount of insulin to mop up the excess. Soon enough, however, blood glucose levels plummet to the point where our brains may feel woozy, we become excessively hungry and are driven to eat again. Complex carbohydrates, on the other hand, particularly those rich in fiber, do not elicit the same kind of spike-and-crash response...
...indictment that still carries weight today, as an estimated 90% of Americans worship primarily with members of their race or ethnicity. Yet Sacramento's complex social tapestry challenges conventional notions that racial segregation in worship is a failure of America's national ideal of equality. Sometimes segregation is driven not by bigotry but by language barriers and cultural heritage...
Hewitt is the leading snit-distributor in men's tennis, a player whose take-no-prisoners attitude has produced two Grand Slam singles titles. This week he defends his U.S. Open crown, two months after conquering Wimbledon. It's the same attitude that has driven him to unseemly conflicts with fans, opponents, tour officials and umpires. At the French Open, he called the chair umpire "spastic," and he got into an ugly run-in with an umpire at last year's U.S. Open. More recently he rang up a $105,650 fine, now under appeal, for allegedly running afoul...
...Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system, which sets out standards that a building must meet to qualify as environmentally friendly. The council estimates that today at least 3% of new building starts each year have some Earth-friendly features. "The growth of green building is driven partly by energy efficiency and other cost savings," says council president and CEO Christine Ervin, "but also by the need of businesses to attract the best employees. These buildings can make very attractive workplaces...
...oversees the home front. There are, however, a few differences. Once they get home, female partners tend to do an equal share of the housework and cooking, unlike male partners in traditional households, who leave most of those tasks to their wives. And dads' management styles can appear testosterone driven. Building inspector Larry Picarello recalls moms in the neighborhood "freaking out" when they came over and found his two boys, Forest, 10, and Luke, 8, climbing ladders and scaffolding on the site where he was building a new house in Pomona, N.Y. Doug Ingram, a graphic artist in Decatur...