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Show HILLTOP TIMES 10 TIMES Smart shopping makes sense at commissaryDLA-Warner Robins shop January 3, 2008 By: Karen Fauber, MA, RD, LD W hen trying to lose weight, lower cholesterol, manage diabetes, manage blood pressure, or just make healthy choices, shopping for food can be a real challenge. Pick up almost any food in the commissary, read the label and you are likely to see one or more symbols on the label promoting health benefits related to the food. Each symbol indicates that the food may be a healthful choice, yet each symbol has different nutrient requirements. Information overload on food packages can make it tough for shoppers to decide what to buy and eat, with up to 70 percent of them making quick choices as they cruise the aisles. The American Heart Association heart-check mark is one reliable symbol that shoppers can look for on foods. The association has two certifications available. One is a whole grains certification available for bread, breakfast foods, pasta and grains and another is the standard certification available for other foods. Foods that have the heart-check mark have to meet food criteria for saturated fat and cholesterol for healthy people over age 2. There are also nutrition levels for sodium of no more than 480 milligrams per serving. To qualify for the grains certification, foods can have no more than one-half gram trans fat per serving, and must contain whole grains, along with fiber. The heart-check mark is promoted as helping to save time when shopping while identifying heart healthy foods that are available in the commissary. You may create and print your own shopping list of certified heart healthy foods on the American Heart Association Web site to help with shopping. While in the commissary, you will also find many other foods that do not have the heart-check mark that can be part of a balanced diet. Don't forget to add some of these other foods to your list. Planning what to eat and making a list helps to lessen some of the information overload and confusion that can occur while shopping. Sticking to a grocery list can also help your budget, along with the significant savings you get of up to 30 percent by shopping at your commissary. For more tips and information on healthy eating or other nutrition topics, visit the DeCA Dietitian. hums along after transition BY AMY CLEMENT Defense Supply Center Richmond Public Affairs R OBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — At a glance, you can't differentiate between Defense Logistics Agency employees and Air Force civilians in the F-15 Eagle wing shop here. Yet work continues to run smoothly following the midOctober activation of DLA-Warner Robins here in which DLA gained 240 employees from the Air Force. The new aviation supply chain detachment is part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure supply and storage mandate. New DLA employees provide supply, storage and distribution support to the maintenance activities for Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. DLA-Warner Robins employees are located throughout the air logistics center in areas of .^ support for aircraft flight, electronics product support, commodities product support and depot product support. The BRAC 2005 decision called for the Department of Defense to reconfigure its supply, storage and distribution infrastructure into one integrated provider — DLA. The activation of DLA-Warner Robins marks Air Force Materiel Command's first air logistics center to implement the BRAC mandate, with Air Force positions in the 702nd Maintenance Support Squadron transferring in place to DLA. DLA-Warner Robins is the first of 13 such supply, storage and distribution activations scheduled to take place over the next several years at Air Force air logistics centers and aviation depots of other services. Similar transitions will take place in February 2008 at Tinker AFB, Okla., and in April at HillAFB. The F-15 wing shop has eight cells set up where DLA and Air Force employees work jointly. The wings are brought into the shop on trailers to the cells where robotic machinery removes the screws so the skin of the panels can be opened. Once the panels are opened, an Air Force maintainer removes the old foam and does a shakedown, which includes examining the wing to see what needs to be replaced, and compiles a shakedown parts list, said Mike Abbott, director of the materiel control unit and newly transferred DLA employee. "The Air Force portion is located on the bottom floor where orders are placed. DLA's portion of the materiel inventory center, or MIC, is located upstairs," Abbott said. "DLA works with its contractor, Lockheed, to keep stock bins with DLA consumables in the production area full with items requested." Once the wing panel is open, it goes out to be steam cleaned. This gives DLA employees a short time period, or build-up phase, in which they can get the items into the bins before repair work begins. The shakedown list gives DLA lead time to get the part ordered from Richmond, Va., or New Cumberland, Pa., if it's not in stock in the materiel inventory center. Universal Pictures Forensics examiner Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner) chases her quarry in a timely thriller that tracks a powder-keg criminal investigation shared by two cultures chasing a deadly enemy ready to strike again: "The Kingdom." ^ KINGDOM From page 9 including the always cool Chris Cooper, the intense Jennifer Gamer and the goofy Jason Bateman, are respectful of their host country's laws and customs, despite being hampered by the red tape. This is when the film is at its best, as we see many good people trying to do the right thing and learning to appreciate one another's dilemma. The exchanges between Foxx and Ashraf Barhom (the colonel) are engaging and enlightening. But then the proverbial you-knowwhat hits the fan. The FBI agents are provoked by a heinous, unforgivable act, giving them a moral license to go BLOOD From page 9 his dwindling pack of henchmen are so determined to kill this baby and its mother, but he doesn't have time to stop and ask them because they're firing a barrage of bullets in his general direction. Hertz is equally confused by the sudden appearance of this mystery man and the misunderstanding continues with a mounting body count (mostly bad guys) that goes from one unlikely scenario to the next. Yet it somehow all makes sense — in a sick and twisted sort of way. Eventually, Smith ends up with the baby and even tries to wash his hands of the whole affair by leaving the poor child crying on one of those playground puke machines — you know, the spinning ones that the evil big kids used to get going so fast that the little dumb kids either flew off of or projectiled that morning's corn flakes into patterns resembling Grateful Dead T-shirts. off on the Saudis. All of that smoldering hatred and distrust is released in a hail of gunfire that seems aimed more at easing America's frustration to accomplish something — anything — over there. By creating this tragic self-defense scenario, the film satisfies a blood lust — nuke 'em all and start over. That may be oversimplified, but just imagine if Arabs told that same story over here and started shooting their way out of Kaysville in the name of justice because they felt cornered. I can appreciate the frustration and I share it, but turning this initially thoughtful film into a "Halo"-like video game demeans its intent. At the very least, it bails it out of the responsibility to look for answers beyond bullets. Amazingly, Smith manages to save the day again, but realizes he'll need help. Not in taking out the bad guys — he's got that down — but in taking care of the baby, who's now quite hungry. He'll get assistance from a sad-eyed hooker (Monica Bellucci) with a special gift — let's just says she's called DQ (and that's not for "disqualified") — and off they go as a cute little trio trying to stay ahead of this evil genius who's never far behind. What's so special about this baby? You'll discover the devious plan, which makes Smith even more upset (read: more creeps die). And hopefully you'll have as much fun as I did watching him come up with clever ways to destroy this army of would-be baby killers. Giamatti makes his villainous character heinous and hilarious. And crazy Clive finds a reason to live again. It's a dime-store romance set in a blood-soaked ballet, and I thoroughly enjoyed it and cringed my way through — from the what-the-heck beginning to the I-can't-believe-he-did-that ending. What do you expect from a movie called "Shoot 'Em Up?" the perfect home takes ime. Sometimes up to Jive minutes There's no faster, smarter or u se r - f r i end I y way to search for a home than with www utahhomefinder.com. Quickly find what you're looking (or in | u s t a few simple clicks. Or, make your home search portable with Saturday's Classifieds section in The Standard-Examiner. HQMEFINDER .COUPV |