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The hackers group Anonymous has hacked and defaced the website of the American Third Position Party, a Neo-Nazi organization attempting to foment a "white revolution". Anonymous says emails reveal that Ron Paul regularly holds conference calls with A3P's board of directors, and that members hold key posts in Ron Paul's campaign. Is this a smear job based on guilt by association, or outright lies? Or an ugly side of Ron Paul revealed? The International Business Times reports:
Members of the nationalist American Third Position Party (A3P), whose website was defaced by Anonymous, organised Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's meetings and campaigns, according emails hacked by the collective. Chairman of the British National Party (BNP) Nick Griffin also took part in meetings with Paul and other representatives of A3P.
"According to these messages, Ron Paul has regularly met with many A3P members, even engaging in conference calls with their board of directors," read a statement from Anonymous.
Paul's connections with racist supporters have been highlighted by the media in America. Bill White, a former member of the neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Movement, became disillusioned with Paul after a spokesman for the Republican candidate called white supremacy "a small ideology".
Following the incident, he wrote on a popular white supremacist website: "Both Congressman Paul and his aides regularly meet with members of the Stormfront set, American Renaissance, the Institute for Historic Review, and others at the Tara Thai restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, usually on Wednesdays," he said. "I have attended these dinners, seen Paul and his aides there, and been invited to his offices in Washington to discuss policy."
"Paul is a white nationalist of the Stormfront type who has always kept his racial views and his views about world Judaism quiet because of his political position," he added.


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Spartans Hit Stride in Win at Florida SouthernOctober 20, 2012
LAKELAND, Fla. – The University of Tampa (9-4-1, 6-2 SSC) men's soccer team turned in a breakout performance with a season-high goal output as it topped Florida Southern College (2-11-1, 1-6 SSC) in a Sunshine State Conference match.
"I am so proud of these guys," says head coach Adrian Bush. "It's been a fantastic turnaround from a 3-10-2 season a year ago. Credit goes to these players for believing in each other and putting in the hard work."
Tyler Blackwood served as the offensive hero for the Spartans, connecting on his second hat trick of the season. After scoring first on an own goal, UT then took a 2-0 lead on an Alex Knaggs score before Blackwood recorded the next three Tampa goals.
Trent Roy and Matt Noble each added an assists for the Spartans, who outshot the Mocs 22-7. UT also had an 11-3 differential in shots on goal.
David Niepel played 84 minutes in goal for Tampa, before giving way to senior Alberto Orozco. After earning a spot on the team in the spring, Orozco played the final 5:15, allowing no goals.
"To finish number-two in the SSC is good, as it is the toughest conference in the country," states Bush. "But being number-two is not our goal or expectations of this athletic department. We have an important two weeks in front of us."
Tampa will return home to face Sunshine State Conference opponent Saint Leo University on Thursday at 7 p.m. The match will also serve as senior day for five Spartans.
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Facebook and Skype are marrying their services in an online mashup that will allow users to video chat directly from their Facebook account.
That's good news for troops downrange or just down the street who need all the help they can get staying connected with far-flung friends and family.
"We think this is awesome because we're using the best technology that's out there for doing video chat with the best social infrastructure that's out there to create some really cool new scenarios," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gushed July 6 to a conference room full of reporters at the company's California headquarters.
The two social media darlings started dating in October, when Skype began allowing its users to tap their Facebook contacts for its video, voice and text services. But this latest partnership vows to be far more intimate, seamlessly integrating Skype into the Facebook experience, with one-on-one video chat one click away.
However, in a symbolic if not actual sign of the growing pains in any new relationship, Facebook's live webcast announcing the new merger quickly became choppy even on high-speed Internet providers.
With web-connected conversations left to the mercy of digital bottlenecks and often overloaded networks, it's an experience troops especially those downrange are used to, with Skype's video feeds often no better than a clunky slideshow of awkward webcam stills. While it remains to be seen whether its new relationship will help improve that, Skype has been focused on refining its services for those stuck in the social media slow lane.
Last year, Skype created a stand-alone program for low-bandwidth disaster zone aid groups that was widely tested in Iraq and Afghanistan. In February, it rolled out a new mobile app for smartphones running on more sluggish service providers. If nothing else, troops can take heart in a shout-out from Skype CEO Tony Bates, who singled them out as the mission-critical core of Skype's user base.
Alongside Zuckerberg consummating their new union, Bates said "it's the person who may be away in a remote place perhaps in the armed forces, trying to get back to their loved ones that's what Skype is all about."
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Well, Sodastream has a lot of the patents required for a home soda maker, so Green Mountain/Coke will probably have to pay them royalties. Also, this means that Pepsi will now be forced to partner with Sodastream, and they could buy the whole company for less than the price that Coke paid for 10% of Green Mountain. Notwithstanding the initial knee-jerk reaction from investors, I would expect Sodastream's stock to be up significantly once people digest the implications of this news.
The patents are not US patents. Sodastream is an Israeli company. There won't be patent suit nor royalties. And there is always more than one way to skin a cat or make homemade soda.
It would be better if they just cut the caramel color and went back to real sugar. Honestly, on a visit to the UK had a 'real' Coke and it was so good.
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The suspect still on the run in the Boston bomings case appears to have used Twitter, under the account @J_tsar. On Wednesday, a couple days after he allegedly murdered innocent Americans, the suspect appears to have tweeted, "I'm a stress free kind of guy."
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She started training, like most first-time marathon runners, with modest goals. She raised expectations when it became clear that her background as a collegiate athlete would make her more than an average runner.
But Lauren Woodring never envisioned this.
A year after coming within seconds of finishing in the top 10 of the women's division, Woodring returns to the Pittsburgh Marathon with the designation as an elite runner. The Bethel Park resident will be among the local runners to watch Sunday when an estimated 30,000 people take part in the marathon and half marathon.
Woodring, 25, will compete in just her third career marathon, though her brief resume shows why she is an up-and-comer.
Woodring finished 11th in the women's division last year and followed that debut by winning the Columbus Marathon.
Given the success in her first two 26.2-mile races, it is hard to believe that when Woodring started training for the Pittsburgh Marathon in 2012, she hoped to run it in the four-hour range.
She came in at 2:56:27 and should at least crack the top 10 after missing it by two seconds last year.
"I have a race plan, and I'm hoping for a good day," said Woodring, who works in finance for PNC. "All I can control is my effort."
Jed Christiansen, like Woodring, declines to make predictions about how he will finish in the marathon.
That is not all the Thiel College assistant track and field coach has in common with Woodring.
Christiansen also is something of a novice to marathon running, though one who has flashed immense promised in his five career races. Christiansen finished first among Americans in the Pittsburgh half marathon last year, fifth overall, and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials after finishing 14th in the 2011 Chicago Marathon.
"I'm training to get more marathons under my belt and figure out how to do this better," said Christiansen, a graduate of Greenville High School in Mercer County.
Christiansen took a more conventional route to marathon running than Woodring, who played soccer at Grove City College.
Christiansen was a four-time All-American in cross-country at Calvin College, a Division III school in Michigan, and he trains the distance runners at Thiel.
Despite their different backgrounds, Christiansen and Woodring are the kind of runners the Pittsburgh Marathon wants in its field, race director Patrice Matamoros said. Each were invited to take part in the marathon.
"We want to be the running ambassador in the Western Pa. region, so it's important for us to help develop those athletes in terms of giving them an opportunity to compete against other national or international elite runners," Matamoros said. "We do go after those runners and do have a relationship with our runners that are Western Pa. athletes."
Woodring will have plenty of support considering her local roots and the fact that several of her relatives are flying in to cheer her on.
"I'm humbled to be a part of it," Woodring said, "and happy to do it in the city where I live."
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Back in August, before I left on a long and blessed vacation that I won't bore you with, I wrote about a coming debate on the subject of whether God exists.
In the column, I speculated on what the arguments might be on both sides. And I wondered how a Presbyterian elder (me) would feel being the moderator.
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Pam Redden, director of clinical operations development at MD Anderson, is the recipient of the 2012 Julie and Ben Rogers Award for Excellence in Administration.
Redden led activation planning for MD Anderson's Lowry and Peggy Mays Clinic and Dan L. Duncan Building. She's since applied her expertise to numerous expansion and renovation projects. She says her 15 years as an ICU nurse and later as an outpatient nurse inform her daily interactions with clinical and business counterparts.
"This focus on working together, accomplishing goals and creating positive outcomes for patients, staff, care providers and the health care community has been at the core of my success," she says. "It's a huge honor to receive this award and represent the administrative efforts of my colleagues to support MD Anderson's mission areas. To be recognized by this prestigious award is less about me personally, and more about validating administration as a foundation of MD Anderson."
The $10,000 award rotates annually among the areas of patient care, research, education, prevention and administration. Regina Rogers, a senior member of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, established it in 1987 to honor her parents, the late Julie and Ben Rogers of Beaumont, Texas, and show appreciation for the treatment her brother and her mother received at the institution.
Ben Rogers served on the Board of Visitors from 1978 until his death in 1994, when his daughter and wife established the Julie & Ben Rogers Breast Diagnostic Clinic in his memory. Julie Rogers died in 1998.
Regina Rogers' relationship with MD Anderson dates to 1960, when her brother, Arvey Rogers, M.D., was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at age 25.
"After a lengthy and successful surgery, performed by Dr. Edgar C. White and Dr. R. Lee Clark, he was able to continue leading a normal life," says Rogers. "Then, in 1987, our mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thanks to the surgical expertise of Dr. Richard Martin and Dr. Fred Ames, her recovery was good and served to reinforce our family's commitment to MD Anderson. I'm grateful for the opportunity to continue this award in honor of my parents and to recognize excellence at an institution that's played such an important role in eliminating cancer as a major health threat."
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Joseph LaRocca, a retail security expert, says large retailers in urban areas typically have closed-circuit TV cameras that pan and tilt to capture activities outside the stores. ...


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Our research is focused around the general theme of near-wall optical measurements of micro- and nano-scale fluid phenomena with colloids and aerosols. Our lab uses several different optical diagnostic techniques including TIRFM (total internal refelction flourescence microscopy), LIF (Laser induced flourescence) and digital holography to investigate fluid, thermal and mass transport near fluid-solid interfaces. Current active projects include the behavior of moving contact lines, evaporation of microscale droplets and the motion of bacteria using flagellar propulsion.
Droplet Deposition and Contact Line Dynamics
One are area in which the continuum descriptions of fluid mechanics break down is near the contact line between a liquid-solid-vapor interface. We are studying several aspects of this flow, including the flow fields behind a contact line (with nanometer resolution), the mechanics of drop deposition on a smooth surface and the evaporation of droplets on smooth surfaces.
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Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanocrystals (2-20nm diameter), which, unlike typical fluorescent dyes, are resistant to photo-bleaching and have emission wavelengths tunable with the particle diameter. QDs also exhibit a predictable intensity change in fluorescence emission with temperature. Small tracer particles, like QDs, are desirable in micro- and nano-fluidics to probe fluid motion and properties close to solid boundaries. However, the small particle size results in large diffusivity or Brownian motion, which makes particle identification difficult. Additionally, QDs exhibit fluorescence intermittency or "blinking" that further complicates particle tracking.
We use an imaging technique called total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM), which allows for high signal-to-noise-ratio visualization of QDs within less than 200 nm of a fluid-solid interface. We have also developed a tracking technique to compensate for large diffusivities, blinking and high particle concentration called statistical particle tracking velocimetry (SPTV). By measuring tracer particle displacements and intensities, we can simultaneously measure the fluid velocity, temperature and viscosity within 200 nm of the micro-channel wall. QDs have also been applied to aerosol imaging and tracking.
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Total internal reflection velocimetry TIRV (using TIRFM) has been widely used to measure fluid velocities in the very near-wall regions of micro-channels for several applications including slip flows and electrokinetic flows. Our lab employs a 3D version of this technique for an array of applications including measurement of hindered diffusion and quantification of near-wall velocity measurement error in PIV and PTV.
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Taylor cones are generated when a conducting fluid is placed in an electric field and the free surface of the liquid forms a conical shape. An instability of the cone apex gives rise to a high-speed (10 m/s) jet which eventually breaks up into micron-sized droplets. We are using digital in-line holography with high magnification for 3D imaging of these droplets. 3D intensity fields are reconstructed numerically from a single 2D holographic image to characterize the droplets and break-up patterns.


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The Schenectady County Legislature passed its $280.9 million budget Thursday, Oct. 25, during a special meeting by a margin of 9-to-5, with one member absent.
Republicans voted against the budget because it increased property taxes and all four members of the caucus thought more cuts could be made Democrat Anthony Jasenski, who is running for re-election in District 4, joined the minority in voting against the budget.
The budget calls for the reduction of 66 county positions at every level, including an assistant county manager position, deputy county attorney, the director of youth services, a librarian and legal secretary.
This is the most painful part of government, head of the Ways and Means Committee Legislator Philip Fields, D-Schenectady, said.
Fields said most of the positions were cut by eliminating vacancies, consolidating functions and through attrition.
The adopted budget calls for a $60.6 million tax levy, which is down $3 million from the $63.6 million proposed budget from County Manager Kathleen Rooney, whose budget would have raised the tax levy by 9.7 percent. The adopted budget raises the tax levy by 4.5 percent.
This year was a particularly difficult budget year due to an overestimated amount of revenues from county sales tax in last year's budget, a slowing Upstate economy, and increasing state mandates.
Rooney's original budget proposal cut $5.1 million through cost-containment strategies, including eliminating 51 county positions.
The Legislature's majority introduced a variety of amendments during the special meeting, which cut an additional 15 positions, cut benefits and management salaries, and cut back on contracts, which saved an additional $2.5 million.
The majority also plans to save money by consolidating the Schenectady Job Training Agency into the Department of Social Services.
The majority's amendments also increased revenues by $1.2 million through the sale of county property. The Legislature announced the $1 million sale of county property at the airport to global nutrient premix manufacturer Fortitech, which plans to build a distribution center and research and development center at the site.
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|BPSU confers Kagitingan Awards to 10 TV shows
The first ever BPSU Kagitingan Awards for television was held at Plaza Mayor de Balanga, April 8, 2013 recognizing ten TV programs that depicted sense of "kagitingan" (valor) in their respective shows.
The ten (10) TV programs awarded were Be Careful with my Heart , Eat Bulaga, i Witness, Kapuso mo, Jessica Soho, Matanglawin, Reel Time, Reporter's Notebook, Wish ko lang, Showtime and TV Patrol. Representatives from the said programs received the awards during the ceremony.
The program was initiated by the Office of the Arts and Cultural Affairs. University officials and Balanga City Mayor Joet Garcia also graced the occasion.
The BPSU Kagitingan Awards for Television is a recognition given to ten (10) Heroic television programs contained in each Academic Year of BPSU. These 10 programs may be from any kind or genre (news, entertainment, documentary, drama series etc.).
The recognition is based on the importance or values of heroism in its different faces. The overall indicator of the concept of "Kagitingan" is based on the standards of group of students that comprise the Electoral College.
Unlike the most award-giving bodies, BPSU Kagitingan Awards will only choose (10) heroic television programs in every award season or academic year. This is to give more recognition and highlight the value of Valor instead of the programs' technical aspect. It aims to inculcate among the youth the values of valor, bravery, and heroism in the form of television shows.
The awarding will be held every Celebration of the Day of Valor, which is a declared National Holiday that will help to capture the interest of the public.


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Bring home a pub favorite with this recipe! When working with onions with a pungent smell, soak slices in ice water for 10 to 15 minutes before cooking. This will pull out a lot of the overpowering aroma.
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- 1/2 cup low-fat milk
- 1-1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 large yellow onion
- 1/4 cup egg substitute
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
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- Preheat oven to 400°. Whisk together milk and lemon juice and set aside.
- Cut onion into 1/4-inch slices and separate into rings. Remove the largest rings and place in a large bowl of ice water. Let stand for 10 minutes. Drain and pat dry. Reserve remaining onions for another use.
- Whisk together milk mixture and egg white in a small bowl until combined. Pour mixture into a shallow dish.
- Combine flour and black and red peppers in another shallow dish. Toss onion rings in flour mixture. Remove, tapping to shake off excess flour. Dip rings into milk mixture, coating well. Coat with flour.
- Heat 1/4 of the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add 1/4 of the onion rings in a layer and cook 1 minute per side or until golden brown. Remove and place on paper towels to drain. Repeat procedure 3 more times with remaining onion rings and oil, wiping out frying pan between each use.
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Samsung's Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II smartphones may be getting an extra bit of sales push from retail attendants in the United Kingdom. This according to a survey by Informa Telecoms and Media, which found that the two Samsung handsets were the most recommended smartphones among eight of Britain's leading electronics retailers. The two Samsung phones were recommended more often than any other devices, including Apple's iPhone 5, even though much of their competition is newer to the market.
Informa looked at sales attendant recommendations at John Lewis, O2, Everything Everywhere, 3, Maplins, PC World, Carphone Warehouse, and Phones 4U. They found, according to The Telegraph, that Samsung's handsets were recommended far and away more often than competing phones from Apple, Nokia, HTC, Motorola, and others.
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During a recent Heat Transfer Simulations webinar we demonstrated some good examples using "everyday life" type scenarios. Heat transfer occurs in many situations indeed: potatoes cooking in the microwave, hot coffee in a cup, and on the beach, with solar radiation. And most of us have at some point boiled water to make pasta for dinner. Heat transfer is at work then too.
Let's consider this pot of boiling water for a moment. This turns out to be a very good example of "boiling flow". When modeling this we see a liquid-to-gas phase transition that begins when the temperature of the liquid is raised above its saturation temperature. In this case we apply an external heat flux (the flame) to a solid surface (the pot), which is in contact with the liquid (the water).
Modeling a boiling flow problem in COMSOL Multiphysics
The boiling process as a result of a heated surface can be described by three different regimes: nucleate, transition, and film. It is strictly correlated to the excess temperature (i.e., the difference between the solid surface and the saturation temperature of the liquid) and the magnitude of the heat flux applied to the surface. Here's an animated model of boiling water as well.
This was just one of many examples discussed in the Heat Transfer Simulations webinar, and I encourage you to take a look at the archived webinar for an overview of how you can apply COMSOL to solve heat transfer problems. You can view all of our past webinars, and register for upcoming online events here.
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Q: When should I pick my vegetables?
A: Many gardeners tend their vegetables all season, and then wonder when they can actually harvest them. Here are a few tips on when its the right time:
Beans: Start harvesting green beans when they are 4 inches long because thats when they are the most tender. Harvest diligently, sometimes every few days, to maintain production for a couple of weeks.
Corn: The silk should be dried out, and when you feel the ear it should feel solid and have full kernels. If you absolutely must, you can slightly peel back the husk to poke a fingernail in the kernels. If the liquid is watery, its under ripe. Wait until its slightly translucent.
Onions: You can use onions throughout the summer, although the longer you leave them in the ground the bigger theyll grow. Theyre done for the season once the tops start to fall over. Some people expedite the process at the end of the season by bending over the tops to encourage the onions to cure. When you dig them, cut off the tops and allow them to cure in a single layer in a place with good air circulation for at least a week before you store them for the winter.
Peppers: Do yourself a favor and pick sweet bell peppers when they are no longer green. Youll be astounded by amazing difference in taste. Hot peppers arent quite as standard. Jalapenos are usually ripe when theyre about 3 inches long and still green. Take a look at your seed package or plant tag to determine how your other hot peppers should look when theyre mature.
Potatoes: These can stay in the ground until fall, but you can also reach under any plant at this time of the season to pull out potatoes for supper. Once the plant dies, the potatoes are mature and can be dug anytime.
Summer squash: Keep them small whenever possible. Pick zucchini when theyre around 6 inches long, and Patty Pan (or any of the others that resembles a flying saucer) when theyre less than 4 inches in diameter. They are great to cook on the grill at this size.
Tomatoes: We dont have to worry about excessive rain causing tomatoes to split or hornworms that devour them overnight, so you can pick tomatoes when they are the appropriate color (depending on the variety) and still fairly firm. Dont put tomatoes in the refrigerator. Keep them on the counter until you use them.
Winter squash: Although winter squash can usually stay in the garden until the first frost, if youre anxious to try it look for ones where the vine that attaches to the squash is tan in color and dry. The rind on the squash should be hard, and the squash itself should feel solid.
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Navajo Prep will play Rehoboth for a District 1-2A softball championship later next week.
The Lady Eagles moved to 4-0 in District 1-2A and 17-5 overall after sweeping Zuni in a doubleheader on Tuesday.
Navajo Prep defeated Zuni 13-6 and 15-1.
"We had a few mistakes but kept battling. Once we adjusted to the high winds and the sand in everyone's faces, we played well," said Prep head coach Darin Wright.
Jazmine Kinsel pitched the Lady Eagles to victory in both games.
Navajo Prep had 11 hits in the first game and 20 in the second.
In Game 1, Kiere Rocke was 3-for-5 at the plate. She was 4-for-3 in Game 2.
Sydni Ancira was 2-for-2 with a three-run triple in the first game.
Lynshellraye Begay was 3-for-3 in Game 1 and 3-for-4 in Game 2.
Leisha Yazzie and Brooke Becenti both went 3-for-4 in the second game.
Yazzie also made the game-ending defensive play in Game 2 when she made a catch on a line drive to record one out before firing the ball to first base to double off a Zuni runner.
Navajo Prep will play Santa Fe Indian School this weekend before the big showdown with Rehoboth next week.
"That is what the girls are focusing on right now. We got through these games and now we have to play SFIS first, but then we can get to the grind and get our stuff done to prepare for Rehoboth," Wright said.
Bloomfield 16, Thoreau 0
Bloomfield remained perfect in District 1-3A with a decisive win against Thoreau on Tuesday.
The Lady Bobcats (16-8, 6-0) defeated Thoreau 16-0 behind a one-hitter thrown by pitcher Thalia O'Neill.
Haili Bekes was 4-for-4 at the plate and Morgan Clark and Chelsey Runyon each went 2-for-3.
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Suboptimal health status (SHS) is characterized by ambiguous health complaints, general weakness, and lack of vitality, and it has become a new public health challenge in China [1,2]. SHS is believed to be a subclinical, reversible stage of chronic disease. As studies of intervention and prognosis for SHS are expected to become increasingly important, a reliable and valid instrument for its assessment is essential. A questionnaire for measuring SHS in urban Chinese was developed based on focus group discussions and a literature review [1]. Questionnaire validity and reliability were evaluated in a small pilot study and then in a cross-sectional study of 3000 individuals [2]. The analyses included tests for reliability and internal consistency, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and tests for discriminative ability and convergent validity. The final questionnaire incorporated 25 items on SHS (SHSQ-25), and encompassed 5 subscales: fatigue, cardiovascular system, digestive tract, immune system, and mental status [1,2]. The SHSQ-25 has proved to be a reliable and valid instrument for measuring sub-health status in urban Chinese [2]. The progress of a combined genomics and glycomics study for screening biomarkers and exploring SHS as a preventive tool for non-communicable disease control and management will be presented [3].
Yan YX, Liu YQ, Li M, Hu PF, Guo AM, Yang XH, Qiu JJ, Yang SS, Wang W: Development and evaluation of a questionnaire for measuring suboptimal health status in urban Chinese.
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Yan YX, Do J, Liu YQ, Yang XH, Li M, Xia G, Wang W: Association of suboptimal health status and cardiovascular risk factors in urban Chinese workers.
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Lu JP, Knezevic A, Wang YX, Rudan I, Campbell H, Zou ZK, Lan J, Lai QY, Wu JJ, He Y, Song MS, hang L, Lauc G, Wang W: Screening novel biomarkers for metabolic syndrome by profiling human plasma N-glycans in Chinese Han and Croatian populations.
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In the waning days of Governor Chet Culver's administration, an opportunity to address Iowans for the final time as the state's chief executive. Iowa's 41st governor will give way to its 42nd later this week, but not before an attempt to claim a legislative and gubernatorial legacy. From a joint session of the Iowa General Assembly at the State Capitol in Des Moines, this is the 2011 Condition of the State Address.
Dean Borg: Hello, I'm Dean Borg. This is the House of Representatives chamber at the Iowa Statehouse where members of the House and Senate are now convened in joint session to hear Governor Chet Culver deliver his final speech as Iowa's Chief Executive. The Condition of the State message is an annual event, you might say it is draped in ceremonial protocol, but 2011 marks an unusual year for Iowa government. Not since the 1960s has a sitting Iowa governor lost a bid for re-election. And rather than laying out a vision for this newly convened legislature, because he hasn't been re-elected, we expect that Governor Culver will review what he considers to be the achievements of the past four years from flood management to fiscal stewardship.
Dean Borg: And Governor Culver will likely defend some of the programs that republicans may attempt to dismantle. We are awaiting the Governor's arrival here, running just a bit behind schedule, and we just witnessed something that is worth commenting on. Members of the state government, that includes the university presidents and the Iowa Executive Council, we expect in just a few minutes that we'll see Mary Culver, the governor's wife and their two children, escorted into the chamber. But included in that delegation traditionally is the Iowa Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. Normally that is just tradition. They march in and people applaud. But this time, as the Iowa Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals was introduced, there was a sustained standing ovation for at least a minute and a half of applause as those justices took their seats, some of them smiling at that applause as they walked in.
Dean Borg: And that is indicative of the support of members of this joint general assembly here this morning and those were applauding, and it seemed to be that nearly everyone was. Of the state of the court right now, we're going to hear more about that tomorrow as Justice Mark Cady gives the State of the Judiciary, but as you may know, three members of the Supreme Court are no longer in office now because they were removed in the last election because the voters in an effort led by some very conservative members of Iowa and Bob Vander Plaats heading that campaign led a move to not retain the three justices who were up for retention and the court now, under what some might consider a state of siege, received a standing ovation, and as I said, that ninety seconds of sustained applause here this morning.
Dean Borg: I don't know if you'll hear Governor Culver refer to that this morning but you're going to see. What you're going to be seeing now is some of the things that normally take place before we take the air. And this is Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge now being escorted in.
Chair recognizes Sergeant at Arms.
Mr. President, the Governor has arrived in the House chamber and he is going to bring his family down.
Dean Borg: This is Governor Chet Culver, this is breaking with tradition. Normally the Governor's family is escorted in before the Governor arrives at the chamber. This time he is walking in with his wife Mary and their two children, John and Claire Culver.
Dean Borg: The Governor embracing and kissing the members of his family. And now he'll walk to the podium. Embracing Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge as he walks toward the rotunda. That is the General Assembly on their feet, Iowa Executive Council, applauding. The Governor now on the rostrum and he'll be introduced by the President of the Senate, Jack Kibbie of Emmetsburg. This will be Senator Kibbie that you hear next.
Senator Jack Kibbie: I want to thank the committee for performing their duties. It is my pleasure to introduce our Governor who has faced four years of economic stress, his work to pay for teachers, preschool for children, expanded healthcare access, development of alternative energy are major accomplishments. He leaves us with resources that will make our job this session easier than many other states. Governor, I want to personally thank you for your service. It is my pleasure to introduce current Governor Chet Culver for the Condition of the State message to the 2011 session of the 84th General Assembly. It's all yours, Governor.
Governor Chet Culver: Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you folks. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please have a seat. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause)
Members of the General Assembly, President Kibbie, Speaker Paulsen, Leaders Gronstal, Upmeyer, McCarthy and McKinley, thank you for the opportunity to address this joint session of the legislature. To my fellow statewide elected officials, members of the Iowa Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, thank you for being here this morning. I also want to welcome Congressman Loebsack and Congressman Braley who are with us. (Applause)
I want to start by congratulating the newly elected legislators and statewide elected officials including Governor-elect Branstad and Lieutenant Governor-elect Reynolds on your victory. I wish you God's speed and good luck in the future. To the members of the Board of Regents, including President Miles, Regent Campbell and our university Presidents Mason, Geoffroy and Allen, I want to say it has been a pleasure to work with you. It is fair to say that no state in the nation enjoys the leadership and recognition that our three outstanding public universities do. (Applause)
The same is true for our leadership at our community colleges and private colleges. As the Commander in Chief of the Iowa National Guard, I would like to acknowledge the outstanding leadership of Adjutant General Tim Orr and thank the men and women who wear the uniform. (Applause)
As you know, we are now in the midst of the largest single overseas deployment of Guard troops since World War II. 3100 of our brave fighting men and women are currently deployed in Afghanistan. Sadly, during the last decade 77 Iowans have given the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hundreds more have been injured. So, we honor their sacrifice today and I ask you to always keep our military families in your thoughts and your prayers. (Applause)
I am often inspired by the words of one of my heroes, President John F. Kennedy, who said, and I quote, "The greatest tribute is not to udder words, but to live by them." That is why I'm so proud that last year Iowa became the first state in America to pass the top ten recommendations from the U.S. Department of Defense to support our troops, their families and our veterans. (Applause)
One of the highlights of my term was having the opportunity to visit and spend time with our troops in Iraq, Kosovo and at Camp Ripley in Minnesota during pre-deployment training. Finally, what a tremendous honor it was for me to formally recognize Iowa's own Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta after he was awarded the Medal of Honor. (Applause)
So, we have kept our promise to our brave men and women in uniform and our state is stronger for it. I stand before you for the last time entrusted by the Constitution, with the duty of updating you about the condition of our state. As you can imagine, I do so today with a broad range of emotions. First of all, I am confident that our administration has left the state in a better position than we found it. In fact, last fall Iowa was acknowledged in a national publication as the third best run state in the nation. (Applause)
So, I'm happy to report the condition of our state is strong today and we are well positioned for growth, greatness and prosperity tomorrow. (Applause)
This is especially true when it comes to renewable energy, our children, new 21st century jobs and disaster recovery. Today, Iowa is number one in the nation in renewable energy. We now generate twenty percent of our power from renewable sources up from five percent just four years ago. (Applause)
And with the help of our private sector partners including MidAmerican and Alliant Energy, in the past four years we have built forty wind farms. We are one of only two states manufacturing wind towers, turbines and blades, the three component parts of a windmill and more than 200 small businesses in twenty-six Iowa counties are now employing thousands of people in the wind energy supply chain. (Applause)
Today we have more than 4,700 windmills operating across the state, enough to power more than one million homes and exciting new transmission plans are now in place to build out our electric grid. This will allow Iowa one day to sell excess power to cities like Chicago and Milwaukee. So, we have accomplished our goal of becoming the renewable energy capitol of the United States. (Applause)
One of the tools we have used to accomplish this goal is the Iowa Power Fund. It has allowed Iowa to become the Silicon Prairie of the Midwest. To date we have invested more than a quarter of a billion dollars in public and private funds in forty cutting-edge second and third generation renewable energy development projects. These breakthrough technologies and solutions will help Iowa secure its renewable energy future. So, to Chairman Fred Hubbell and the Iowa Power Fund Board members and to Roya Stanley, Director of the Office of Energy Independence, I salute you and thank you for your visionary work. (Applause)
We have also helped increase production of biofuels statewide by supporting and expanding tax credits for biodiesel, ethanol and E-85 at the federal and state level. And this year, as the Chairman of the National Biofuels Coalition, we successfully pushed for an E-15 waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency. This will allow Iowa to produce millions more gallons of ethanol annually and keep us on a pathway towards energy independence. (Applause)
And when it comes to investing in Iowa's children we have also made great progress. Today we are number one in the nation in children's health insurance. No state has done more to cover kids in the last four years. We have added 58,000 kids to the rolls and as a result ninety-nine percent of Iowa's children are now getting basic healthcare services. (Applause)
In addition, we are leading the nation in expanding access to preschool. During the last three years alone, 23,000 additional children have been enrolled in early childhood education programs. (Applause)
As a result, ninety-percent of four-year-olds now have the opportunity to attend a quality preschool program, up from just five percent a few years ago. We have also had a clear and consistent focus on creating new 21st century green collar jobs and information technology jobs. Our state is now home to more than 8,000 green collar jobs and eight new wind energy companies are now operating in Iowa. In addition, three international information technology companies, Google, Microsoft and IBM have created nearly 2,000 new IT jobs in the last three years. (Applause)
And thanks to the efforts of our economic development team and its board of directors we have now partnered successfully with 280 businesses who have agreed to create or retain a total of 28,000 good-paying Iowa jobs. In addition, our workforce development efforts have allowed for real progress in coordinating the needs of our employers with the skills of our workers. Community college enrollment is at an all-time high and our successful community college job training and worker re-training programs have allowed us to help more than 100,000 Iowans find a job. (Applause)
So, our job creation and workforce development efforts are now paying big dividends. In fact, our unemployment rate is now at 6.6% or 33% below the national average and the seventh lowest in the nation. (Applause)
We have also now regained more than a third of the jobs we lost during the recession and just last week it was reported that we are now on track to reach our pre-recession employment levels by the third quarter of 2012. (Applause)
So, our efforts have allowed Iowa to lead the country out of the recession. Thirteen of our nineteen largest companies in Iowa just reported double digit stock gains for 2010 and we are on the only state in the nation to post fourteen consecutive months of sustained economic growth. (Applause)
So, these positive signs coupled with our $950 million surplus clearly show the strength of Iowa's economy. You know, the last four years have been challenging times for all of us. Together we have faced unprecedented natural disasters, we have seen the destruction of tornados and floods that killed and injured so many in communities across Iowa in 2008 and again in 2010. The images from places like Cedar Rapids, New Hartford, Palo, Coralville, Waterloo, Parkersburg, Cedar Falls and Oakville told the story of the damage and devastation better than any words could ever. But I have never been more proud of Iowa. We showed the best of Iowa in the worst of times. Despite the tough times, we have come together to build the foundation for a better, stronger and more resilient state, one that is now well on its way to a full and complete recovery. (Applause)
We stood together shoulder to shoulder, united as one, committed to rebuilding our state from the worst natural disaster ever. And together we have helped ease the pain for those who have lost so much. To date, we have secured more than $5 billion dollars in state and federal funds for recovery, rebuilding and flood mitigation. I want to thank our congressional delegation, Senators Harkin and Grassley and our congressional members in the House for their efforts to help us secure $4.3 billion in federal funds. (Applause)
We have now secured a billion dollars of funding for Linn County alone. And I would like to thank retired Lieutenant General Ron Dardis and the entire Rebuild Iowa Office and staff for their tireless efforts working on flood recovery. (Applause)
As a result of our efforts we are rebuilding Iowa in a stronger, safer and more sustainable way. Together, with the help of legislators, from flood impacted communities we created the Iowa Jobs and Infrastructure Initiative or I-jobs. This has allowed us to provide funds totaling $330 million for nearly one hundred separate flood recovery projects in thirty-seven flood affected counties. These projects include new fire stations in Elkader and Charles City, a new public library and Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, replacing ten buildings at the University of Iowa including Hancher Auditorium and a new flood wall that will now protect two hundred small businesses along the Coralville strip. So, we have accomplished a great deal together and we have moved our state forward the last four years despite governing through some very challenging times. I am very proud of our record and I am deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to serve as the 40th Governor of Iowa. And I would like to thank the people of Iowa for giving me this enormous privilege. (Applause)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Looking back, one of the things I am most proud of is that we kept the promises we made to Iowans. We did what we said we were going to do. We raised the minimum wage, increased teacher pay, made our public places smoke free, lifted the ban on stem cell research ... (Applause) ... invested $100 million to improve water quality, protected civil rights at home, in the workplace and for students in schools. We balanced the budget four years in a row and we earned a AAA bond rating, the highest possible and only a handful of states can enjoy. In addition, we tackled racial disparity in sentencing and youth detention. We appointed a record number of women and minorities to boards and commissions. We passed the first-in-the-nation Minority Impact Law and we stood tall to protect the Constitutional rights for all Iowans regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation. (Applause)
Thank you. Thank you. (Applause) Thank you, folks, thank you. Finally, we reduced state spending, reformed and reorganized government, streamlined and consolidated operations, offered early retirement to 2200 state employees, reduced employee healthcare costs by $20 million, implemented strategic purchasing, reduced our vehicle fleet and eliminated redundant e-mail and information technology services. (Applause)
All of these important reform measures have helped us create a record $950 million surplus, save us more than $300 million annually and put us closer to the smaller, smarter and more efficient government the taxpayers of Iowa deserve. (Applause)
The reason our record of accomplishment was possible and the condition of our state is strong is because I had the privilege of working each day with extraordinary Iowans and the list of people I want to thank is long. First and foremost, I want to thank my wife, Mary, and my entire family including my parents, siblings and relatives for their constant and unwavering love and support. Thank you, dear. (Applause)
I am very proud of the fact that Mary has been one of our state's leading advocates for at-risk women and children. In fact, she was recently recognized as the 2010 Advocate of the Year by Children and Family Services of Iowa. So, Mary has been a great First Lady and an incredible mother to our two children. We are both very proud of John and Claire and I would ask all of you to welcome the Culver family to the chamber now. (Applause)
I also want to extend a huge thank you to Iowa's Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge. Patty has been the best partner a governor could ever have. She served as an important advisor on matters big and small and she has been an excellent oversight executive for our state's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agencies. The state of Iowa is a better place because of Patty Judge's more than twenty years of public service as a state senator from Albia, the first woman elected Secretary of Agriculture and Lieutenant Governor. Please join me in thanking Lieutenant Governor Judge. Thank you, Patty. (Applause)
Additionally, I want to thank my Chief of Staff Jim Larew, Deputy Chief of Staff Joni Klaassen and the directors of our state's thirty-eight departments and agencies. These individuals showed dedication to our cause and worked hard every day to move this state forward. I want to say thank you to each of you for your outstanding public service. Your expertise, advice and input has been invaluable. Thank you. (Applause)
I have also been blessed each day with the opportunity to work with a great team of individuals in the Governor's and Lieutenant Governor's office, along with thousands of exceptionally talented state employees across Iowa. They include state troopers who put their lives on the line every day to protect us, snowplow drivers who are working as we're here this morning to clear our highways after this dangerous winter storm, corrections officers who protect our communities from our most dangerous criminals, nurses at the University of Iowa Hospitals who take care of us and our loved ones, the cafeteria staff who will serve many of us lunch today and the custodians who come in every night to keep this Capitol Building one of the most beautiful in the nation. (Applause)
So, to every member of our state government team, I want to thank you for your professionalism. You make certain state government provides the kind of services that Iowans expect. Finally, to all members of the General Assembly and leadership on both sides of the aisle. I would like to say thanks to each of your for being important partners in our efforts to make Iowa an even better place. So, the condition of our state is strong. We have made the tough decisions and we have kept our promises to the people of Iowa. However, despite our progress, our work as a state is never done. For example, this week, the Department of Management is releasing our required bi-annual report detailing progress on our government reform and reorganization initiative. This report identifies even more steps that can be taken such as improved debt collection, further information technology consolidation and targeted strategic purchasing opportunities. These steps will help save an additional $84 million this fiscal year. So, I encourage you to continue these efforts and implement the report's recommendations. We have also provided the legislature and the new administration with a detailed summary addressing the historic egg recall last summer. This includes five proposed changes in Iowa law that will help improve food safety and employee training standards in the wake of the salmonella outbreak last summer. These are only two examples of ways in which your legislative action will be necessary. But I have no doubt that you will meet these challenges and many others head on. So, my fellow Iowans, we have been through a great deal together, from the worst natural disaster in our state's history to the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression, from the H1N1 flu pandemic and the largest troop deployment since World War II. I think it is fair to say that there has never been a dull moment. (Applause)
I also understand very well that these difficult times have taken their toll on the people of Iowa. But time and time again, together we have successfully overcome these challenges and I believe we are a better state and a better people for it. Our resilience is tied directly to our inherent optimism, a belief that things will get better and that our best days are still ahead of us. We are also a people of strong faith, strong character and we believe in our Iowa values of hard work, helping a neighbor in need, determination and common sense. We now stand at a critically important time for Iowa. Our state's direction and destination are now up to each and every one of us. So, I want to encourage you in the clearest possible terms to build on our strengths, especially in the area of renewable energy, investing in our children, creating the jobs of the future and completing disaster recovery efforts. The vision of Iowa we should all stand for and share is not a partisan vision, it is not a political vision, nor a self-serving vision. It is an Iowa vision, one that will help move the people of this state forward, one that will always put the people of Iowa first, embrace our dreams, unlock our potential and improve our quality of life. May God bless you and may God bless the people of the great state of Iowa. Thank you. (Applause) Thank you folks, thank you, thanks guys. Thank you all.
President Jack Kibbie: Will the committee please come forward and escort Governor Culver from the House chamber.
Dean Borg: Governor Culver now in the area in front of the rostrum, called the well, shaking hands with members of the Iowa Executive Council. He shook hands as he passed members of the Supreme Court, each of them individually and several of the Court of Appeals, embraced his children and Mary Culver as he passed them. Now he is shaking hands along the aisle as he leaves this chamber after having delivered his final Condition of the State Address to this joint convention of the Iowa General Assembly. I notice that Governor Culver wiped that characteristic perspiration from his brow as he finished and the standing ovation was being given to him but I also noticed that he wiped a tear from his eye, very emotionally moved by the standing ovation and the applause that he is getting here.
Dean Borg: The other thing that I noticed, he said, he looked back where Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal was sitting beside the House Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer and he looked back at Mike Gronstal and said, thanks Mike. You may have missed that in the audio because it wasn't quite distinctive over all of the applause but he waved at Mike Gronstal and said, thanks Mike because Mike Gronstal has been very instrumental in moving the Governor's agenda through this Iowa legislative session during the four years of the Culver administration, particularly the past two years.
Dean Borg: The Governor said he is leaving the state in a better position than when he took office. We can assume he is speaking of furthering the state and not accessing the condition when he took over from fellow democrat Tom Vilsack. But perhaps the one condition that wasn't explicitly mentioned in the speech but was very visually apparent is that the state is deeply divided and that is over the issue of same-sex marriage. I mentioned earlier the standing sustained ovation, ninety seconds at least standing ovation for the Iowa Supreme Court, the four remaining members of the Iowa Supreme Court as they came in to hear this speech today and then during Governor Culver's address another standing ovation but that a split ovation as he mentioned, referring in his speech too that decision of the Iowa Supreme Court on same-sex marriage. And he said, we stood tall to protect the constitutional rights of all Iowans regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation and at that time it was a divided ovation, the democrats standing and applauding and the republicans not.
Dean Borg: I'm going to turn now to Linda Upmeyer of Garner who is the new republican majority leader in the Iowa House of Representatives. Representative Upmeyer, what was your assessment of the speech today?
Representative Linda Upmeyer: Well, first of all, I'd like to certainly wish Governor Culver well and thank him for his service to our state. I absolutely believe that Governor Culver cares very much about this state and has done what he thought was best. But under Governor Culver's leadership we've gotten the state into a rather bad habit of spending one-time dollars for ongoing expenses, we've seen $500 million of property tax increases, we have a $600 to $700 million gap in the budget as we move into preparing the 2012 budget and additionally we've seen the four largest budgets in the history of the state. So, as my caucus gets to work this year and we certainly hope to work with everyone but as we start our work we're going to be focusing on realigning the spending and the revenue a little more closely. And, in fact, we're going to work hard to spend less, save more and get folks back to work. As the Governor talked a bit about jobs, on January 1st of 2007 our unemployment rate was 6.6%. In November of this year it is 6.6% so that is a three percent increase.
Dean Borg: So, what you are saying is it was a bit rosier Condition of the State than you assess the condition to be?
Representative Linda Upmeyer: That is perhaps true. I think it's important for Iowans to understand realistically where we are and understand that we are committed to moving toward those goals of realigning the spending and the revenues and, of course, spending less, saving more.
Dean Borg: What could have made it a stronger speech?
Representative Linda Upmeyer: Well, I'm not sure what he might have done to make it stronger. I think he laid it out the way he saw it.
Dean Borg: Were you amazed by the standing, sustained ovation for members of the Iowa Supreme Court, particularly because as majority leader you are going to be asked to guide some legislation here that would impeach the remaining four justices on that court? Were you surprised by the ovation?
Representative Linda Upmeyer: Well, not exactly. I looked around to see who was in the Capitol this morning, who was in the galleries so I think the people that were here today to hear Governor Culver were perhaps more aligned with that philosophy. So, based on that I wasn't surprised at it. I'm always a little surprised when there is hooting and hollering and whistling because of the decorum in the House.
Dean Borg: Thank you, Representative Upmeyer. Thanks so much. Well, that concludes the 2011 Condition of the State Address. You can watch Governor Culver's final address online at our Web site, iptv.org and stay with Iowa Public Television for more political programming as the week rolls on. In fact, tomorrow morning, Wednesday at 10:00 the Iowa Supreme Court's Chief Justice Mark Cady delivers the State of the Judiciary message. We're carrying that live at 10:00 on our World .3 channel, rebroadcast at 9:30 Wednesday night on Iowa Public Television statewide. And then moving to Friday, Iowa's new Governor Terry Branstad taking the oath of office at 9:00 in the morning. Again, you'll see it as it happens on our World .3 channel, rebroadcast at 8:30 Friday night on statewide Iowa Public Television's main channel.
Dean Borg: It is one of our busiest weeks of the year. We hope that you'll be watching. That brings us to Iowa Press on Friday. We'll be questioning Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady, that follows Justice Cady's message to the Iowa General Assembly this week and you'll see Justice Cady at the usual Iowa Press times, 7:30 Friday night and 11:30 Sunday morning. From the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines, I'm Dean Borg. Thanks for joining us today.


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As a type-2 diabetic, keeping accurate track of my food really matters in glucose control and to lose weight. After watching Biggest Loser, I thought I would try their tip of weighing food, rather than using measuring cups or eyeballing portions. I began weighing the food I had just measured, and I was shocked to see how great a difference there was. When you're measuring something high in calories, such as walnuts, you can easily goof and unknowinly add 100 high-fat calories!
I bought a decent digital scale that measures in both kg and ounces.I weigh out all my foods for accurate accounting.
I keep measuring cups, measuring spoons, etc., in a bowl in on my countertop. This makes it easy for me to find the measurer I want, without digging through drawers or dish drainers for them. It makes meal and snack prep much faster for me. A food scale in a handy spot also helps!
Measuring really helps keep you accountable. A small kitchen scale and measuring cup does wonders!!306


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by Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY
Airlines have instituted flexible rebooking waivers and are preemptively canceling hundreds of flights ahead of a major winter storm. The storm has spawn blizzard warnings and is forecast to dump up to two feet of snow on parts of the Northeast Friday and Saturday.
"We're seeing the airlines start their pre-emptive storm related cancellations this afternoon," Mark Duell, Vice President-Operations at FlightAware, says in an Thursday (Feb. 7) e-mail to Today in the Sky.
Already, as of 2:45 p.m. ET on Thursday, more than 1,000 U.S. flights have been canceled for Friday, according to FlightAware. The bulk of that total comes at Northeast airports likely to see severe weather.
Among those is Newark Liberty, which tops the list with more than 490 of its Friday flights already canceled. United Airlines, which operates a major hub at Newark, has axed 365 mainline flights Friday as well as dozens of others operated by its regional affiliates, as of 3 p.m. ET.
"We expect all the majors to have announced a significant chunk by this evening," FlightAware's Duell adds.
Count JetBlue among those.
"We're keeping a close eye on the impending winter storm expected to impact the Northeast and New England regions tomorrow and are planning our operations accordingly," JetBlue spokesman Mateo Lleras says in a Thursday afternoon e-mail to Today in the Sky. "To date, we've proactively cancelled 640 flights in this area and will continue to monitor and adjust our operations as needed."
Other airports already seeing significant preemptive cancellation totals for Friday are Boston Logan (121), Chicago (O'Hare 116) and New York LaGuardia (89), according to FligthAware.
Friday's cancellations come on top of a more muted Thursday cancellation tally from the storm.
FlightAware.com reports 134 flights have been canceled at Chicago O'Hare through 3 p.m. ET Thursday. Nearly 50 have been canceled at Toronto's Pearson International.
Delays at O'Hare are averaging about 90 minutes, according to the Federal Aviation Administration's flight delay map. The agency lists "snow" and ice" as the cause.
Flexible rebooking rules
Most airlines' policies focused on Northeast cities, but two airlines - United and Southwest - also included a few Midwest airports, where wintry weather is forecast on Thursday before the storm moves East.
Still, the worst weather is expected in Northeast, where two feet of snow or more are forecast by Saturday evening in some areas of New England. Heavy snow and severe winds also are possible into Saturday for the New York City area and its delay-prone air hubs.
Delta was among the airlines to relax its rules, saying fliers scheduled to fly to nearly two dozen cities from Maine to Pennsylvania on Friday or Saturday would be permitted to make a one-time change to their travel schedules without the standard fee.
"Delta is closely monitoring conditions along the storm's forecast path and encourages customers to consider moving up, postponing or re-routing their travel to avoid possible inconvenience from expected flight delays," the airline said in announcing its winter-weather policy.
Delta's waived-fee policy mirrors that of the other big airlines. American, Delta, United, US Airways and most other big carriers charge $150 or more for changing tickets - a fee that comes in addition to any difference in fare that might result.
Low-cost carrier Southwest - which flies more domestic passengers than any other U.S. carrier - does not charge a change fee, but said Wednesday that customers at 12 airports would be able to make a change with no recalculation of their fares.
Southwest's policy covers certain passengers ticketed to fly to Albany, Boston, Chicago Midway, Hartford, Manchester (N.H.) and Providence, though that list could grow depending on the storm's path and ferocity. The policy at Southwest subsidiary AirTran also covers Portland, Maine.
JetBlue, one of the busiest airlines in the Northeast, is waiving fees at a dozen airports because of the storm. JetBlue operates its two biggest hubs at New York JFK and Boston, airports that are both in the storm's path.
Last updated 3 p.m. ET. Next update: By 6:30 p.m. ET
Copyright 2013 USATODAY.com


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When the cast of A Chorus Line sings, "God, I hope I get it…" it seems to apply to every hopeful high school actor and actress there is! Nowadays to be on Broadway or to work in the business not only does it take motivation and raw talent, it often requires the right training. Actors, directors and casting agents all have to start somewhere, so here we will discuss the many notable establishments that are known for educating the best of the best in theatre overall and what makes each program unique. We will randomly select schools to discuss and if there are any schools in particular that you want to hear about, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com and we will be more than willing to cover the school!
A University of Michigan production of Into the Woods.
Head over to the mid-west and you will find a university largely devoted to music, theatre and dance. Founded in 1880, the University of Michigan, or U-M, has an extremely unique musical theatre program. This school offers equal training in music, acting and dance. The thriving program is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and costs about 54,000 a year to attend as a resident student. Not only is this University ranked as one of the best schools in the country, but they also have high ranking performing arts programs.
The school also offers many theatre-based majors: BFA in Dance, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts Technology, Theatre Design and Production, and lastly, Theatre Performance in either Acting or Directing.
A performance of Brigadoon.
U-M's top-notch program features a particularly intricate audition process. After completing the Common Application, each applicant must submit a series of videos by Dec 1 including two contrasting 1.5 minute monologues, two 16-bar cut song selections with one song written before 1965 (they also specifically request live accompaniment!), and 1 or 2 videos featuring any level of dance the applicant may have (they ask for more if you are a strong, trained dancer). Lastly, DO NOT forget to include your best head shot and resume!
With talent and luck on their side, prospective students will be invited for a live audition in Ann Arbor or at the Chicago Unified auditions. Essentially, each performer will present the pieces they performed in their videos. At the live audition, the faculty will only ask for one monologue and at least one 16-bar cut of the student's choice. The dance portion is held in a class setting, emphasizing classical ballet technique and a combination from a musical.
A production of Gibson Fleck.
Once accepted into the program, students take 3/4 of their classes in their major and 1/4 of general education classes to fulfill their BFA degree. A student who is pursuing a BFA must take many levels of Musical Theatre classes, different styles of dance (tap, jazz ballet, etc.), music (including voice, piano, and theory), and other various theatre classes (history, acting, technical theatre, etc.). After the first year is completed, each student must go through a second-year evaluation to determine their continuation in the program. For specific information about the coursework and the second-year evaluation, you can go to their website: http://www.music.umich.edu/departments/mustheatre/programs.htmhttp://www.music.umich.edu/departments/mustheatre/programs.htm
Some of University of Michigan's notable alumni include Celia Keenan-Bolger, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Gavin Creel, Hunter Foster, Rachel Hoffman, Andrew Lippa, Taylor Louderman, Maddy Trumble, Shina Morris, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul. and many more! Aside from their impressive list of alumni, U-M prides itself in accepting diverse, committed, hard-working and intelligent students. U-M note these strong qualities on their website as must-haves for theatre majors at the university.
Overall, the performing arts programs at the University of Michigan are wonderful and should definitely be on every students list of schools to audition for!
Stay tuned for the next performing arts school: Hartt School at the University of Hartford!