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If you?re in search of health and fitness in Chapel Hill, yoga is a great way to relax and strengthen your body at the same time.? From the beginner to the experienced yoga student, there are plenty of great places to practice.? Here are a few notable yoga spots to try.

Triangle Yoga- This beautiful yoga studio offers classes for kids, adults, pre-natal, and post-natal patrons.? With a vision to provide?a sanctuary to the community, you will always find peace and fitness here.? Check the?schedule of classesand come try one out.Franklin Street Yoga- A popular local yoga studio, the Franklin Street Yoga Studio makes it easy to try with newcomer specials and your first class free.??Check the descriptions to find?a class that fits your needs and skill level.? You can even plan a private yoga party.

Thousand Petals Yoga- For a place that provides local classes, workshops, and retreats, this is your venue.? Thousand Petals specializes in Anusara yoga.

Whichever yoga studio works best for you, you?ll improve your health and fitness in Chapel Hill, NC.? Come out today and relax your mind, strengthen and stretch you body, and improve your overall well-being.

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Discovery may lead to new tomato varieties with vintage flavor and quality

ScienceDaily (June 28, 2012) ? A new discovery could make more tomatoes taste like heirlooms, reports an international research team headed by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist.

The finding, which will be reported in the June 29 issue of the journal Science, has significant implications for the U.S. tomato industry, which annually harvests more than 15 million tons of the fruit for processing and fresh-market sales.

"This information about the gene responsible for the trait in wild and traditional varieties provides a strategy to recapture quality characteristics that had been unknowingly bred out of modern cultivated tomatoes," said Ann Powell, a biochemist in UC Davis' Department of Plant Sciences and one of the lead authors of the study.

"Now that we know that some of the qualities that people value in heirloom tomatoes can be made available in other types of tomatoes, farmers can have access to more varieties of tomatoes that produce well and also have desirable color and flavor traits," she said.

For decades, plant breeders in the tomato industry have selected varieties that are uniformly light green before they ripen, in order to produce tomatoes that can be harvested at the same time.

However, this characteristic is accompanied by an unintended reduction in sugars that compromises the flavor of the fresh fruit and its desirability for processing.

Powell's UC Davis research team began studying the genes influencing tomato fruit development and ripening after spending two summers screening tomato plants for transcription factors that might play a role in both fruit color and quality. Transcription factors are proteins that regulate genes, or turn them on and off. These factors themselves are manufactured or expressed by genes.

The UC Davis researchers were particularly interested in tomatoes they observed in the field that were unusually dark green before they ripened.

Partnering with researchers at Cornell University and in Spain, who were mapping regions of the tomato genome, the scientists discovered two transcription factors, called GLK1 and GLK2, that control the development of chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are the structures in the plant cells that enable plants to photosynthesize, converting the energy of sunlight into sugars and other compounds that influence flavor and color.

The researchers scoured a collection of mutant and wild species of tomatoes at UC Davis established at UC Davis by the late Professor Charles Rick beginning in the 1950s. They discovered that dark green tomatoes that naturally express GLK2 produced ripe fruit with increased levels of sugars or soluble solids, important for processing tomatoes, as well as higher levels of the health-promoting compound lycopene.

"Nature presents numerous important genes and their variants, like uniform ripening, that breeders employ to facilitate the needs of growers, processors and consumers," said Jim Giovannoni, a USDA plant molecular biologist with the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University. "Understanding the genes responsible for these characteristics facilitates the challenging process of breeding crops that meet the needs of all components of the food-supply chain."

Cuong Nguyen, a Cornell graduate student in Giovannoni's laboratory co-authored the paper with Powell. Other members of the research team included: Theresa Hill, KaLai Lam Cheng, Rosa Figueroa-Balderas, Hakan Aktas, Hamid Ashrafi, Ariel Vicente, Javier Lopez-Baltazar, Roger Chetelat, Allen Van Deynze and Alan Bennett, all of UC Davis; Yongsheng Liu and Cornelius Barry of Cornell University and the Boyce Thompson Institute of the USDA; Clara Pons and Antonio Granell, of the Universidad Polit?cnica de Valencia, Spain; Rafael Fern?ndez-Mu?oz of the Universidad de M?laga, Spain.

Funding for the study was provided by The University of California Discovery program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, the National Science Foundation, the Viet Nam Education Foundation, the Fundaci?n Genoma Espa?a, and the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnolog?a and the Instituto Tecn?logico de Costa Rica.

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HEALTH & FITNESS: Losing the Baby Weight ? Easy Exercise Tips ...

As mentioned earlier, this blog is more than just about me or my team?s experiences and more in sports, health and fitness. Its a blog for the people, BY the people. And I?m pleased to share with you this amazing article by one of our readers, Katie, on tips which would benefit our female readers and friends.

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After giving birth, you can begin to shed the pounds you gained during your pregnancy without ever?having to set foot in a gym. There are many ways that you can get exercise at home and around your?neighborhood, which will give you more time and flexibility to attend to your newborn. Taking care of a?baby is a full time job, so having the freedom to squeeze in a workout at any available time of day right in?the comfort and privacy of your living room is both convenient and easy.

Before you begin an exercise routine, be sure that you listen to your body signals so you don?t overwork?it. Right after you give birth, your body needs some time to adjust and recover from pregnancy and being?in labor. Your immediate goal should be to incorporate healthy habits into your lifestyle, rather than trying?to reach a certain goal on the scale. Even though many celebrities are able to shed the baby weight at?an incredibly fast rate doesn?t mean that this is ideal, so don?t worry about trying to match their standards.?Gradually you?ll be able to increase the duration and intensity of your workouts as you get stronger and?fitter, and the results will start to show in a healthy way.

For most women, light exercise can be incorporated into your post-pregnancy lifestyle within several?weeks of getting birth, and usually after six weeks or more for C-section births. Always consult with?your doctor and discuss your plans for exercise and weight loss after giving birth. Your doctor answered?all of your questions concerning labor and delivery and provided advice on options like cord blood and?immunizations, and your doctor can do the same for you concerning your lifestyle habits and different diet?and exercise options. Once you?ve gotten your doctor?s approval, it?s time to burn some calories!

MOVE AROUND

To start out, try moving more during your day by walking and doing light activities around the house, like?cooking, cleaning, and gardening. Taking walks around the neighborhood while pushing your baby in its?stroller is a nice way to spend time together while getting some good exercise. Eventually you can also?switch to a running or jogging routine several times a week. Wear a pedometer so you can keep track?of your steps each day. This will help motivate you to move more, and it helps you to see the progress?you?re making ?throughout the day. Set a reasonable daily goal, and try to meet it, or even surpass it if
you have extra energy.

SWIM

If you have a pool, try swimming laps or treading water to burn calories. Swimming and water aerobics?are great calorie burners because you have to engage so many different muscle groups to keep yourself?afloat and move through the water. You?ll work your core, legs, glutes, and arms, and it doesn?t take?much time to get a good calorie burn. Visit a local community center with a pool if you don?t have your?own.

AT HOME EXERCISES

At home, you can turn your living room into a mini home gym. Roll out a mat and do sets of push-ups,?crunches, squats, lunges, jumping jacks, punches, kicks, leg lifts, and some stretching. Try lifting light?weights or using a resistance band to add toning and sculpting moves to your workout, which will burn?calories and build muscle to help you burn more fat all day long. Yoga and Pilates are other great ways to?firm your body and lengthen your muscles, increasing flexibility and giving you a long, lean look. You can?either create your own routine, or follow along with a workout DVD. Some are even designed especially?for new mothers!

Overall, try to keep your workouts fun so that you?ll stay motivated. Listen to fun, upbeat music while you?exercise, or try a dance-based routine like Zumba or belly-dancing (great for toning up your midsection!).?Don?t worry if you don?t have time to do a long workout every day. Even making small changes, like going?up and down the stairs more often during the day, will help you to burn extra calories. Take advantage?of your baby?s naptime to squeeze in some exercise, and before you know it, the pounds will start to?melt away.

As long as you stay committed, you?ll get back to your pre-pregnancy weight again and you?ll?increase your levels of fitness and energy along the way; making you a happier, healthier mom!

This article was written by Katie Moore. Katie is an active writer within the blogging community who?discusses maternity, motherhood, prenatal health, childbirth and other topics within this niche. If you?have any questions or would like to connect with Katie please contact by visiting her blog, Moore From?Katie or her twitter @moorekm26.

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Kathy Hochul, Bill Owens To Skip Democratic National Convention

The list of House Democrats skipping the Democratic National Convention this September is growing.

New York Democratic Reps. Bill Owens and Kathy Hochul said Wednesday they will not attend the convention in Charlotte, N.C., the Daily reports. The news comes on the heels of similar announcements this week from three West Virginia Democratic leaders and Rep. Mark Critz (D-Pa.).

Both Owens and Hochul, who represent parts of upstate New York and are up for reelection this year, blamed their absence on obligations within their state rather than reluctance to support President Barack Obama.

"I guarantee that my time will be better spent meeting the farmers, small business owners and other people who put me here," Hochul told the Daily. A spokesman for Owens said the congressman has a "packed schedule back home".

Hochul was recently attacked by her Republican opponent, Chris Collins, over her support for the president. Owens has yet to state his support for Obama.

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House GOP to Hold Hearings on Its Hearings on Muslim Radicals in the US

After spending the last year and a half holding hearings on "radicalization" within the American Muslim community, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.) is preparing to hold hearings on his hearings.

On Wednesday afternoon, King announced his latest meta-hearing, titled "The American Muslim Response to Hearings on Radicalization Within Their Community." It's scheduled for June 20. What's next? A hearing on the Muslim community's response to the hearing on the earlier hearings?

But how "radicalized" is the American Muslim community? Not very, according to a recent study from the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Last year, there were fewer than 20 indictments related to Islamic extremism, and not a single American was killed in the United States as a result of Islamic terrorism. The spike in homegrown terrorism in 2009 that thrust the issue to the center of American politics has continued to subside, dropping from nearly 50 cases to under 20. And the wave of violent radicalization that King has warned Americans about hasn't happened.

All signs point to Al Qaeda being on the defensive?especially in the United States. "The feds are getting better at uncovering plots and support for terrorism, and yet the number of arrests is still declining," explains Will McCants, a former counterterrorism adviser to the State Department. "That puts the exclamation mark on the [Triangle Center] study's findings that radicalization is not a large-scale problem in this country."

The few incidents that do occur, though, tend to draw a great deal of attention. Worldwide, only 17 American civilians died in terrorist attacks last year, prompting the Council on Foreign Relations' Micah Zenko to point out that Americans have about an equal chance of being crushed to death by their own furniture as they do of dying in a terrorist attack.

Aside from the small and declining number of domestic attacks, other findings in the Triangle Center study also bring King's priorities into question. King held a hearing on Islamic radicalization in prison, but fewer than a tenth of the suspects involved in domestic terror plots spent any time in prison.

Al-Shabaab, the Somali terror group that recently formally joined?Al Qaeda, saw its pool of American recruits dry up as federal agents dismantled its recruitment operation in Minnesota. Although Al Qaeda has sought to use the internet to convert American Muslims into lone-wolf terrorists, few have answered the call, and those that do lack the capacity to organize the kind of elaborate operations the group was once capable of.

"Al Qaeda's strategy is to hope people will read something and carry out an attack," says Clint Watts, a former executive officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point who writes at Selected Wisdom, a blog focused on counterterrorism issues. "That's hope, that's not a strategy."

The bottom line:?More than a decade after killing 3,000 Americans, the world's most dangerous terrorist group has been reduced to using the internet to beg strangers to fulfill its wishes.

King's latest hearing, however, is a reminder that even as homegrown terrorism is on the wane,?suspicion of Muslims endures. Civil liberties advocates and Arab and Muslim groups still complain that they're unfairly singled out for blanket surveillance by law enforcement. Federal guidelines held over from the Bush administration allow the FBI to consider race and religion in investigations, and many recent terrorism indictments have involved sting operations that some civil liberties groups consider legally problematic. The NYPD is being sued over its surveillance of Muslim communities in New Jersey. The conspiracy theory that American Muslims are plotting to replace the Constitution with Taliban-style Islamic law remains popular with conservatives.?

The Triangle Center study is a sign that "America works, that all our ethnic and religious communities are fitting into the fabric of American society," says James Zogby, founder of the Arab-American Institute. "[The study] calls into question the raison d'etre of the Peter King hearings."

Clint Watts, echoing House Democrats' criticisms of the hearings, argues that the disproportionate focus on Islamic extremism in the United States is obscuring other threats. The most sophisticated explosive device in a recent homegrown terrorism plot, he notes, was not put together by a Muslim extremist. It was constructed by Kevin Hapham, the white supremacist who tried to bomb a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Washington, in 2010.?King and others have feared that "Al Qaeda operatives are going to come over here and use improvised explosive devices," Watts says. "Guess what: it didn't happen. Who did it? An American who lived in Washington."

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The Tiny Librarian: Eat, Drink, and Be GREEN!

It's Tiny's Tasty Thursday!

Today's post celebrates green...my favorite food and drink color!? I love salad greens, green veggies, green smoothies, greens in soups,?and?most importantly,?green tea!? For dinner, I made a delicious and hearty lentil soup, which is easy peasy to prepare!? I also have been making?a pitcher of green tea each week to ensure that?I am consuming a daily dose of?antioxidants?in a?healthy, refreshing beverage.?

Now, onto the lentil soup experience using a combination of lentil soup recipes.? This post is a little late because my mom and dad invited Sooper and I over for delicious shrimp salad (not for Sooper who is allergic to shrimp)?and lasagna last night, which is when I planned on preparing the soup.? So, today, I?made the lentil?soup and?decided to fed mom and dad. I am definitely their favorite daughter. :)? This time, I remembered to document the preparation of the soup along with the finished product.? However, I noticed a few interesting things with this soup along the way.

First, there must be a white onion shortage, because I?went to Whole Foods, and there were NO white onions.? Then, I went to a local grocery store, and they had a very limited selection of white onions, but I scooped up two onions.? Who knew I would have to stock up on white onions, my?usual onion choice?because of the mild flavor for Sooper who is particular about too much onion flavor!

Second, looking at the images, I realize that I always place a cutting board on top of the?free?standing?cutting board.? This seems a bit weird, but it may have something to do with my crazy cleanliness!

Also, while cutting the carrots, I must have mistaken my finger for a carrot, given the similar shape, and tried to slice it.? Yikes...that hurt a bit but other than some bloody carrots, everything turned out great!? :) Thank goodness for the boiling process to kill any germs (to all those who ate the soup, just kidding).

Lentil Soup Recipe

1 white onion, diced
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin
1 pound carrots, diced
1 stalk of celery, diced
1 pound green lentils (I used Whole Foods?green lentils bagged/purchased by the pound)
2 quarts vegetable stock or vegetable broth

Soak the lentils in hot water for 20-30 minutes.? While the lentils are soaking, saute the onions in?2 teaspoons of EVOO until they are translucent.? Add cumin and garlic and saute for another minute or two.? Add the carrots and celery and saute for 5 minutes.? Then, add the vegetable stock or broth and?drained lentils.? Bring the soup to a boil.? Lower the heat and summer partially covered for about 1 hour or until lentils are soft.? Add?salt and pepper to taste (In my?opinion, you will? not need to add salt, given the?amount of sodium in the stock or broth).?
Green Tea

I love the taste of green tea.? My favorite green tea is The Republic of Tea Daily Green Tea: The People's Green Tea.? I buy both the?caffinated and decaffinated?variation of The People's Green Tea, and Sooper seems to like when I?drink the decaf version, especially since I am already quite a bit active?without the caffine. :)? Usually, I make a pitcher and combine 10 decaf bags with 2-3 regular caffeinated bags...a WIN-WIN!

Green tea is the best source of? catechins, which are considered to be more powerful than vitamins C and E in halting oxidative damage to cells caused by free radials.? They also appear to have other disease-fighting properties. Studies have found an association between consuming green tea and a reduced risk for several cancers, including, skin, breast, lung, colon, esophageal, and bladder.??In addition, because green tea undergoes less processing than black, it contains twice the concentration of these catechins.?no matter what, it is good for you!

Source: WebMD, my favorite doctor! :)

Happy Tiny's Tasty Thursday!
The Tiny Librarian

I am linking up with a few blogs...
Miz Helen's Full Plate Thursday, a little nosh, Amy @ SS&GF for Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, and My Sweet & Savory for Meatless Mondays!

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