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To the Woman and Child Who Sat at Table 9
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New Hope Raises The Bar For Autistic People In The Work Place
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Report Says Mother Warned Queens School to Watch Autistic Boy
The mother of a teenager with autism who disappeared from his school in Queens last fall and whose remains were found in January had warned a teacher that he needed to be watched at all times because he "likes to run" and would leave the building. Read More
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Autism Now Affects 1 In 68 Children; 1 In 42 Boys
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the newest autism prevalence statistics. For children born in 2002, the prevalence of autism was 1 in 68; 1 in 42 boys. Almost 60,000 US 12 year-olds likely have autism. Thirty years ago, autism affected 1 in 2,500 children; there has been a 37-fold increase. Read More
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Direct Evidence That Autism Starts During Prenatal Development
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How Harold Ramis Helped Boy with Autism Laugh for First Time
The Denver Post's Laura Keeney wrote a touching blog about her step-brother Billy who has autism and her memory of hearing him laugh for the first time. Keeney credits recently-deceased Actor/Director/Writer Harold Ramis for this "miracle" as she puts it. Read More
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8 Questions Every Parent Should Ask Their Autism Service Provider
In the process of choosing a resource, regardless of type, there are a number of criteria you should consider to determine if this resource will meet your needs and is the right match for your child or family. Read More
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Ernie Els, Els Center Of Excellence: School For Children With Autism Breaks Ground In Jupiter
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CDC Study Flags High Rate Of Obesity Among Teens With Autism
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Autism Dad, Ron Suskind tells of how he learned to communicate with his autistic son using dialogue from Disney movies. Read More
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bread (brɛd) | |
—n | |
1. | a food made from a dough of flour or meal mixed with water or milk, usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked |
2. | necessary food; nourishment: give us our daily bread |
3. | a slang word for money |
4. | Christianity a small loaf, piece of bread, or wafer of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist |
5. | bread and circuses something offered as a means of distracting attention from a problem or grievance |
6. | break bread See break |
7. | cast one's bread upon the waters to do good without expectation of advantage or return |
8. | to know which side one's bread is buttered to know what to do in order to keep one's advantages |
9. | take the bread out of someone's mouth to deprive someone of a livelihood |
—vb | |
10. | (tr) to cover with breadcrumbs before cooking: breaded veal |
[Old English brēad; related to Old Norse braud, Old Frisian brād, Old High German brōt] |
among the Jews was generally made of wheat (Ex. 29:2; Judg. 6:19), though also sometimes of other grains (Gen. 14:18; Judg. 7:13). Parched grain was sometimes used for food without any other preparation (Ruth 2:14). Bread was prepared by kneading in wooden bowls or "kneading troughs" (Gen. 18:6; Ex. 12:34; Jer. 7:18). The dough was mixed with leaven and made into thin cakes, round or oval, and then baked. The bread eaten at the Passover was always unleavened (Ex. 12:15-20; Deut. 16:3). In the towns there were public ovens, which were much made use of for baking bread; there were also bakers by trade (Hos. 7:4; Jer. 37:21). Their ovens were not unlike those of modern times. But sometimes the bread was baked by being placed on the ground that had been heated by a fire, and by covering it with the embers (1 Kings 19:6). This was probably the mode in which Sarah prepared bread on the occasion referred to in Gen. 18:6. In Lev. 2 there is an account of the different kinds of bread and cakes used by the Jews. (See BAKE.) The shew-bread (q.v.) consisted of twelve loaves of unleavened bread prepared and presented hot on the golden table every Sabbath. They were square or oblong, and represented the twelve tribes of Israel. The old loaves were removed every Sabbath, and were to be eaten only by the priests in the court of the sanctuary (Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:8; 1 Sam. 21:1-6; Matt. 12:4). The word bread is used figuratively in such expressions as "bread of sorrows" (Ps. 127:2), "bread of tears" (80:5), i.e., sorrow and tears are like one's daily bread, they form so great a part in life. The bread of "wickedness" (Prov. 4:17) and "of deceit" (20:17) denote in like manner that wickedness and deceit are a part of the daily life.

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Federal appeals court tosses state ban on carrying concealed weapons
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SPRINGFIELD — In a huge win for gun-rights groups, a divided federal appeals court in Chicago Tuesday tossed the state's ban on carrying concealed weapons and gave Illinois' Legislature 180 days to craft a law legalizing concealed carry.
"The debate is over. We won. And there will be a statewide carry law in 2013," said Todd Vandermyde, a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association.
A move to legalize concealed weapons could surface as soon as the January lame-duck session but is more likely to drag into the spring with a debate now no longer centering on whether to permit concealed carry but where — or where not — to permit it, such as college campuses, bars, sports arenas and movie theaters.
The timing hinges on Attorney General Lisa Madigan's plans. She still hasn't said whether she intends to appeal Tuesday's dramatic ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a split opinion, the three-member 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed lower court rulings in two cases downstate that upheld the state's longstanding prohibition against carrying concealed weapons.
Illinois is the only state with an outright prohibition on concealed carry.
"We are disinclined to engage in another round of historical analysis to determine whether eighteenth-century America understood the Second Amendment to include a right to bear guns outside the home," Judge Richard Posner wrote in the court's majority opinion.
"The Supreme Court has decided that the amendment confers a right to bear arms for self-defense, which is as important outside the home as inside. The theoretical and empirical evidence (which overall is inconclusive) is consistent with concluding that a right to carry firearms in public may promote self-defense," he continued.
"Illinois had to provide us with more than merely a rational basis for believing that its uniquely sweeping ban is justified by an increase in public safety. It has failed to meet this burden," Posner wrote.
"The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Second Amendment therefore compels us to reverse the decisions in the two cases before us and remand them to their respective district courts for the entry of declarations of unconstitutionality and permanent injunctions," he continued.
"Nevertheless we order our mandate stayed for 180 days to allow the Illinois legislature to craft a new gun law that will impose reasonable limitations, consistent with the public safety and the Second Amendment as interpreted in this opinion, on the carrying of guns in public," Posner said.
In a minority opinion, Judge Ann Williams wrote that Illinois is within its rights to ban weapons in "sensitive places" like government buildings, churches and universities in the name of safety.
"The Illinois legislature reasonably concluded that if people are allowed to carry guns in public, the number of guns carried in public will increase, and the risk of firearms-related injury or death in public will increase as well," Williams said. "And it is also common sense that the danger is a great one; firearms are lethal."
The attorney general, who was defending the state's prohibition of concealed carry, remained silent on whether her office would appeal Tuesday's ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"The court gave 180 days before its decision will be returned to the lower court to be implemented. That time period allows our office to review what legal steps can be taken and enables the Legislature to consider whether it wants to take action," Madigan spokeswoman Maura Possley said.
In May 2011, gun-rights advocates lost a bid in the Illinois House to legalize concealed carry by a 65-32 vote. Seventy-one votes were necessary for passage of the legislation, House Bill 148, which was lobbied against by Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The measure, sponsored by state Rep. Brandon Phelps (D-Harrisburg), would have enabled Illinoisans to carry concealed weapons if they had a firearm owner's identification card and underwent a firearms education course.
Under the failed bill, permit holders could not have been a patient in a mental institution in the previous five years nor have any felony, violent misdemeanor or drug convictions in the previous 10 years.
Concealed weapons also wouldn't have been allowed under the plan at government buildings, courthouses, schools, sports arenas and stadiums, amusement parks, libraries or college campuses.
At the time of the vote, the Illinois State Police estimated that 325,000 people would have taken advantage of a concealed-carry program, which was projected to raise $32 million annually for the state through license fees.
Phelps would not rule out possibly trying to move concealed carry legislation during the upcoming lame-duck legislative session, which runs from Jan. 2 through mid-day on Jan. 9. But he stopped short of saying how closely a new bill would mimic HB148.
"In that bill, there were a lot of limitations, a lot of safety guidelines, background checks. But pretty much, this court today didn't really specify where you can carry, where you can't. It just sent a mandate that Illinois has to have a concealed carry law in 180 days," he said. "I think we can come to an agreement. I think we can pass sensible legislation."
Whatever form the legislation takes, Phelps said he thinks it will have a noticeable impact on Chicago's crime epidemic.
"There are a lot of people in the city of Chicago who are scared to say if they are for concealed carry. I had numerous people email and call me from Chicago and Cook County who said they wanted this day to happen — people who couldn't say something, but maybe worked for the city or county," Phelps said.
"I think you'll see a reduction in violence because right now, the criminals know there's no one legally who can defend themselves. If I'm a gang member and I now know there's concealed carry, if I try to steal that person's bag, I'll be careful what I do because that person might have a gun."
But Emanuel appeared to consider Tuesday's concealed carry ruling a major setback to his effort to combat gang-related violence on Chicago streets that has triggered a 20 percent spike in Chicago homicides and an even bigger increase in shootings.
"We are disappointed with the court's decision," the mayor's office said in a statement issued after the ruling.
"The city is reviewing [Tuesday's] opinion and will coordinate our efforts with the state to best protect the residents of Chicago and still meet constitutional restrictions. As the mayor has said all along, the city of Chicago is committed to maintaining the fullest degree of lawful handgun restrictions possible while still respecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, because maintaining common-sense restrictions is an issue of public safety."
Ald. Howard Brookins (21st), chairman of the City Council's Black Caucus, though, welcomed the ruling, citing the "unequal treatment" of people caught with weapons in Cook County.
"If you're stopped in Chicago, it's been a felony. If you're stopped in one of these suburban towns, the state's attorney has been charging you with a misdemeanor," Brookins said.
Brookins said he's not at all concerned that concealed carry would turn inner-city neighborhoods already reeling from gang violence into shooting galleries.
"Those people have a gun now. They've just been made criminals because they can't legally have it. And the gang-bangers and thugs are gonna have a gun regardless," he said.
The governor's office, meanwhile, played its cards close to the vest after Tuesday's ruling but noted Quinn's opposition to the earlier Phelps legislation.
"His opposition then stands for itself," Quinn spokeswoman Brooke Anderson said, referring to her boss. "But we're reviewing the opinion now to determine our next step."
A spokesman for House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) said he had not conferred with the top House Democrat on a possible course of action following the ruling, but an aide to Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) hinted at a lengthy legislative response time that could well go beyond the first two weeks of January.
"We're going to take the time the court has given us to carefully review the ruling and to consult with the attorney general's office before we determine what legislative action we take on concealed carry," Cullerton spokeswoman Rikeesha Phelon said.
The head of the state's primary gun-control group disagreed with the appeals court ruling and urged Illinois lawmakers to write "the most restrictive requirements" possible, akin to tight concealed-carry laws in New York and California, which control who can and can't get a permit to carry a weapon.
"Today's decision is disappointing, but not surprising," said Colleen Daley, executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, in a prepared statement. "The strategy of the NRA and the gun-rights organizations has been to litigate where they can't legislate."
But Vandermyde, the NRA lobbyist, cautioned that gun-rights advocates won't allow the legislative process to drag on indefinitely, and certainly not past the 180-day window established by the appeals court.
"I can tell you right now, we'll look very dimly about people dragging their feet to sit here and say we're going to let the governor play his little game ... to drag it out for another year. If that happens, there's the probability we'll be back in court, seeking an injunction immediately. There's a cliff to this thing," Vandermyde said.
"You know what? We waited 20 years for this. We're tired of waiting."


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Restaurants in Paris
Dine in luxurious surroundings at Les Ambassadeurs on place de la Concorde square. Try garlicky snails off the Champs Elysées at La Fermette Marbeuf. Traditional and contemporary Basque cuisine is served at Le Troquet and Chez L'Ami Jean near the Eiffel Tower. Rue St-Anne in the Opéra district is the place to eat Japanese noodle soups. Le Restaurant in Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Bateaux Parisiens dinner cruises are perfect for romantic tête-à-têtes. Restaurants usually serve 12pm-2.30pm and 7pm-10.30pm - 10% service is normally included.
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon
Concept dining
Famous chef Joel Robuchon's minimalist restaurant in
Saint-Germain-des-Prés has revolutionised Parisian dining.
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon's vast open kitchen is surrounded by a circular
bar which seats just 36 clients, who choose dishes from the Michelin-starred
tapas menu according to their taste and appetite. The waiters are happy to
recommend wine.
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Daily 11.30am-3.30pm & 6.30pm-12am
5, rue de Montalembert, Paris 75007
+33 (0) 1 42 22 56 56
Les Ombres
Eiffel Tower views
On the Branly Museum's roof, near the Eiffel Tower, the trendy Les Ombres
restaurant offers breathtaking views onto Gustave Eiffel's edifice. Choose
the terrace or opt for a table inside where the décor imitates the shadows
(ombres) the Eiffel Tower casts over the restaurant. Seasonal menus may
include candied terrine of lamb and Nutella-fondue.
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Opening Hours
Daily 12pm-2.30pm & 7pm-10.30pm (until 11pm Fri & Sat)
27, quai Branly, Paris 75007
+33 (0) 1 47 53 68 00
Le Restaurant
Romantic rococo dining
Set inside a hotel called L'Hôtel, near Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Le
Restaurant's intimate, rococo dining room, designed by Jacques Garcia, is
stylish, hip and oozes romance. Bring a special person along to enjoy chef
Philippe Bélissante's unusual take on French cuisine (the house speciality
is crab-meat with argan oil and hot bisque) and sample some lip-smacking
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Opening Hours
Tue-Sat 12pm-2.30pm & 7.30pm-10.30pm
13, rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris 75006
+33 (0) 1 44 41 99 00
Bateaux Parisiens
Gourmet cruise
Bateaux Parisiens lunch and dinner cruises, which depart Port de la
Bourdonnais, are a memorable way to combine fine dining with sightseeing.
Visitors drift along the Seine, taking in panoramas, listening to
atmospheric French music, drinking wine and savouring excellent gourmet
French cuisine which includes foie-gras, succulent salmon with Puy lentils
and pastries.
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Opening Hours
Daily 12.15pm & 7.30pm
Port de la Bourdonnais, Paris 75007
+33 (0) 1 76 64 14 45
Les Ambassadeurs
Michelin-star cuisine
Exquisitely furnished with marble, gilded cherubs, sky-high mirrors and
Baccarat chandeliers, the Hotel Crillon's Les Ambassadeurs restaurant,
overlooking place de la Concorde square, is a spectacular setting for chef
Jean-François Piége's acclaimed cuisine. Try the hand-fished scallops with
sweet pumpkin crackle and white truffles. The award-winning sommelier will
help you choose your wine. Book in advance.
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Tue-Sat 12pm-2pm & 7.30pm-10pm; Sun 12pm-3pm
Hotel Crillon, 10 place de la Concorde, Paris 75008
+33 (0) 1 44 71 16 16
Chez l'Ami Jean
Grandma's cooking
In the friendly Chez l'Ami Jean near Les Invalides, hams hang overhead,
wooden tables sit snugly side by side and fine wines wait to be opened
behind the bar. Whether you choose the pigeon terrine, the confit of
Pyrenean lamb with parmesan or the creamy rice-pudding, it will be as hearty
as it is delicious.
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Opening Hours
Tue-Sat 12pm-2pm & 7pm-12am
27, rue Malar, Paris 75007
+33 (0) 1 47 05 86 89
La Fermette Marbeuf
Art Nouveau dining room
Garlicky snails, foie-gras, tender steaks, veal shanks and fresh fish are
just some of the culinary delights La Fermette Marbeuf offers at its
restaurant near the Champs Elysées. Ask for a table beneath its breathtaking
Art Nouveau cupola, one of the best-preserved in Europe, or combine your
meal with a show at the theatre.
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Opening Hours
Daily 12pm-3pm & 7pm-11.30pm
5, rue Marbeuf, Paris 75008
+33 (0) 1 53 23 08 00
Willi's Wine Bar
Wine buff's dream
Decorated with wine-themed collectors' posters, Willi's Wine Bar in the
Opéra district is a must for wine buffs with over 250 wines on
offer and knowledgeable waiters. Dishes such as guinea-fowl with
confit of onions and bacon sit alongside ripe Bordeaux in this
intimate dining-area. Reservations are recommended.
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Mon-Sat 12pm-2.30pm & 7pm-11pm
13, rue des Petits Champs, Paris 75001
+33 (0) 1 42 61 05 09
Le Fumoir
Eating with the Literati
In an unrivalled location opposite the Louvre, the fashionable and cosy
Fumoir looks rather like a gentleman's smoking-club with dark wooden
pannelling and furniture. Head to the little library at the back, coveted by
trendy artists and intellectual types, and opt for a bar snack or
mouth-watering dishes like poached cod and Argentinian rib-eye steak.
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Daily 11am-2am
6, rue de l'amiral Coligny, Paris 75001
+33 (0) 1 42 92 00 24
Mini Palais
Museum dining
Inside the Grand Palais museum, near the Champs Elysées, Mini Palais chef
Gilles Choukroun produces inventive cuisine. Signature dishes include
foie-gras crème-brûlée for starters, roasted duck with orangey carrots and a
most unusual take on peach melba. Sit inside and enjoy the funky interior or
head out to the sunny terrace.
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Opening Hours
Daily 8.30am-1am (from 10.30am Sat & Sun)
Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris 75008
+33 (0) 1 42 56 42 42
Le Troquet
Locals' rustic favourite
Locals flock to the rustic Basque dining room, Le Troquet, in the residential
15th arrondisement, where Chef Christian Etchebest uses seasonal produce to
create daring dishes that always mélange unexpected flavours. Diners sitting
at Gingham-clad tables tuck into delights such as smoked eel with avacado
mousse, cheesy biscuits and apple.
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Tue-Sat 12pm-3pm & 7.30pm-11pm
21, rue François Bonvin, Paris 75015
+33 (0) 1 45 66 89 00
Métro Cambronne, Sèvres Lecourbe or Volontaires
Rose Bakery
Homemade organic food
Owned by a French-English couple, Rose Bakery, just below Montmartre, is a
wonderful organic delicatessen-cum-restaurant that sells mouth-watering
homemade food to queues of hungry locals. The menu includes soups, salads,
buttery quiches, mini-pizzas and scrumptious cakes, including traditional
English carrot cake. Come early for a table or join the throngs for a
take-out lunch.
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Tue-Sun 11.30am-3pm
46, rue des Martyrs, Paris 75009
+33 (0) 1 42 82 12 80
Métro Notre-Dame de Lorette or St Georges
La Fresque
Quintessential French bistro
A former fishmongers near Les Halles, once a market, La Fresque serves French
cuisine inside a cosy, fresco-clad dining-room with a small, bustling
terrace. Friendly waiters scurry between the kitchen and narrowly spaced
tables carrying dishes such as salmon terrine and lamb with Provencal
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Opening Hours
Mon-Sat 12pm-3pm; daily 7pm-12am
100, rue Rambuteau, Paris 75001
+33 (0) 1 42 33 17 56
Métro Les Halles or Etienne Marcel
Café Constant
Low-key bistro
Michelin-starred chef Christian Constant turned this tiny tabac near
the Eiffel Tower into a buzzing bistro selling uncompromisingly good fare at
low prices. Café Constant's menu includes recipes Christian's grandma handed
down to him, such as specialities like steak-tartare with hand-cut fries,
Spanish omelette, lentils with foie-gras and dreamy chocolate profiteroles.
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Tue-Sun 8.30am-10.30pm
139, rue St-Dominique, Paris 75007
+33 (0) 1 47 53 73 34
Cheap and hearty food
Chartier, near the Grands Boulevards, is a cheap eatery that has changed
little in a century. A former workers' canteen, it still serves lashings of
French dishes such as egg mayonnaise, snails, steak and fries and sausage
and potato purée to hungry crowds. It's a typical 19th-century dining-room
with large mirrors and tiled floors.
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Daily 11.30am-3pm & 6pm-10pm
7, rue du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris 75009
+33 (0) 1 47 70 86 29


text: The Port Huron Fighting Falcons blew a 3-1 lead on Saturday night and lost 4-3 in shootout at Janesville on Saturday night. The Jets took a marathon shootout 2-1 with the teams going 11 rounds and using 22 shooters. Vito Aluia, Matt Seidel, and Austin Romzek had the Port Huron goals. The Falcons lead in the North is now just two points over Michigan. Port Huron is home next Friday and Saturday to play Springfield.


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The Geneva Motor Show is one of the biggest events in the global automotive calander. Packed with major new production and concept car unveils, it gets the undivided attention of the world's car fans for a fortnight every March.
For those who fancy a trip to the Swiss capital, tickets are still available for the 2014 Geneva Motor Show which is open to the public from the 6th to the 16th of March. Press day was on March 3rd and Auto Express reported live from the show floor.
• Geneva Motor Show 2014: round-up
Held every year at the Geneva Palexpo, the Geneva Motor Show thrives on its proximity to Europe's biggest carmakers. With the likes of Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen, SEAT, Skoda, Peugeot, Citroen, Renault and Jaguar Land Rover treating it as the year's major motor show, there's plenty of competition for the attention of the press and public. The show halls are always packed with new cars and concepts displayed on massive show stands.
Not to be outdone, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Kia and Hyundai all make a splash at the Geneva show, too, while Ford and GM's European brands also have plenty to shout about when the Geneva show kicks off at the beginning of March each year.
This year saw world debuts of the Mercedes S-Class Coupe, Lamborghini Huracan and new Audi TT. For all the news on the 2014 Geneva Motor Show check-out our in-depth round-up here...


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1. The wolf is the largest member of the Canidae family. The coyote evolved from the wolf over 500,000 years ago. The Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf are the two types of wolves living in North America.2. Wolves are social animals that live in packs. Packs can have as little as 2 members or as many as 30 members. The average pack size is 6 to 8. Pack Territories vary with location. In the Alaskan or Canadian Wilderness the territory for one pack ranges from 300 to 1,000 square miles while in the continental U.S. the territory is between 25 and 150 square miles.3. The North American Wolf can weigh between 40 to 175 pounds. Their length varies between 4'6" and 6'6" from muzzle to tip of tail. The height of an average Wolf is between 26 and 32 inches at the shoulder.4. Wolves have large feet, the average being 4 inches wide by 5 inches long. Wolves have 42 teeth and rounded ears. The wolf has extremely powerful jaws. Their fur color varies from pure white or pure black to tan or gray. The wolf has 2 types of hair, "Guards and "Undercoat". The hair of the wolf is shed in the spring and summer and sheds out in sheets unlike most dogs. The wolf's sense of smell is more than 100 times greater than a human.5. In the wild, wolves live on the average of 6 to 8 years. In captivity, wolves can live much longer. One wolf lived to be 16 years old.6. Wolves breed once a year and they have an average litter size is 4 to 6 cubs. The cubs weigh approximately one pound at birth and cannot see or hear. Mortality rates for wolf pups can be as high as 50%. All members of a wolf pack take part in caring for the young.7. The wolf primarily travels at a 5 mile per hour trot. A wolf can go as fast as 35 miles per hour for a short distance.8. Wolves are carnivores (meat-eater) that eat beaver, bison, elk, caribou, moose and deer. They also eat small rodents. The wolf does little chewing. They can eat twenty pounds of prey at a feeding. The wolf is an ultimate predator at the top of the food chain and is only threatened by people.9. Wolves can communicate in many ways. They leave scent marks, make a variety of sounds, facial and body postures and rituals. Wolves communicate with each other more by making sounds and nuzzling.10. Loss of habitat and being hunted by people are leading factors in the Wolves being on the "Endangered Species List".


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Field Report: Eventide Clockworks Legacy
Did you ever hear that expression, "What's old is new again?" Never has that expression been truer than with the latest Protools plug-ins from Eventide — the Clockworks Legacy package. The first question that may pop into your mind is: "What is the term Clockworks all about?" Well, that borrows from history, back when the Eventide company was called Eventide Clockworks and located on West 54
I first laid hands on an Eventide piece of equipment 25 years ago. It was called the Omnipressor. Sitting in the rack, with a big, bold, black face, the Omnipressor looked impressive. After tweaking it, it became clear that there was more to this box than good looks. It sounded impressive. Fast forward to today: the Omnipressor returns in virtual form as part of the Eventide Clockworks Legacy plug-in package. I was excited to hear that the Omnipressor would be part of the package and I couldn't wait to see if it sounded like my old friend that I first met 25 years before. It did. I'm always a little skeptical about emulators trying to pretend to be something that they can never be, but Eventide has done an outstanding job in bringing the Omnipressor back to life within the Protools environment. Eventide could have stopped there as far as I was concerned, but there's more.
The Clockworks Legacy package contains five plugs for your listening and tweaking pleasure: The Omnipressor, the Instant Phaser, the H910 Harmonizer, the Instant Flanger and the H949 Harmonizer. Each of these plug-ins is based on an Eventide original piece of audio processing gear, and each one lives up to the reputation that preceded it.
The Instant Phaser is the plug-in based on the first phasor: a single function analog processor that features a sweeping filter bank. The effect that it creates on vocals in a radio production is awesome. The H910 plug is the virtual recreation of the first Harmonizer effects processor. Any studio worth it's salt in the 70s and 80s had the original H910 box in a rack somewhere in the control room, and if you were a radio station lucky enough to have one, your production clearly stood out from the rest. The Instant Flanger is a cool tool, again based on the original that recreates that swishy, flanging sound. The plug-in gives you the capability to choose or combine modulation sources together including the LFO or input signal, or a manual sweep, which can be controlled by MIDI. Finally, the H949 plug takes pitch changing even further by recreating the unique random feature, which produces slight variations in delay resulting in a less mechanical sound. Oh, and lest I forget, each graphical user interface on these plugs actually looks like the original, so if your heart longs to see and not just hear your old Eventide favorites, you'll be quite satisfied.
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Eventide has plans to produce the Clockworks Legacy plugs for the Digidesign TDM (Mix and HD systems) exclusively. No other platforms are supported at this time. Further, they only run on Mac's running OS 9.2.2 or OSX 10.2.4 or better. If you have a Protools system running on a PC, you're out of luck. All five plug-ins support 48kHz and 96kHz sample rates, and the Instant Phaser, Instant Flanger and Omnipressor also support 192kHz sampling frequency. MIDI and plug-in automation are fully supported. The Eventide Clockworks Legacy plugs are piracy-protected with the new Ilok dongle from Pace. The package is sold with a single authorization card which uses a slightly smaller than postage stamp-sized authorization chip that inserts into your Ilok, thus depositing the asset or authorization permanently into your Ilok.
As with any new product, the best way to determine if it's right for you is to try it. Eventide makes it easy to do so by offering a seven-day demo that is available for download from its website. The seven-day authorization is directly deposited into your Ilok account and then you're ready to go.
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Yes, industrialization is damaging the environment more every year!
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We have a few book discussion threads, but they're dedicated to book groups. I really wanted to simply recommend a book to you guys that has really changed how I look at one of the biggest issues in the world today: Global Warming.
John Crichton's "State of Fear" is, as books go, so-so. What has me so enamored is the footnotes of every scientific source his characters cite. You could view the book as "Industry Propaganda against Global Warming" (though, admittedly, you would be playing into the book's talking points). The data is
incredibly interesting
, and the book is well worth a read for how well the data is presented by the characters. Also, the plot isn't
I guess the only thing I disliked about the story is how much of a
the main character was in the beginning of the book. And how none of the bad guys had awesome death scenes. I guess that's very realistic, and also somewhat expected from the author of Jurassic Park, Congo, and The Andromeda Strain.
Still, I promise the book will force you to review your notions about Global Warming and face the scientific evidence that can support or refute the notion of Global Warming.
I'm sort of ashamed, but I have to admit, I never actually
checked into it.
I was swept up in the romantic notion of "saving the planet," and looking back I realize that one of my favorite shows as a kid (Captain Planet) may well have been construed as a propaganda machine. And maybe it worked, because when Global Warming said we humans were destroying the Earth, well... I didn't even hesitate to accept it as fact.
Anyway. Well worth the read, incredibly thought provoking, and will undoubtedly give you a much stronger opinion one way or the other. I don't much care whether or not you support or refute Global Warming after you read the book, but being informed is definitely preferable to being uninformed. I've been checking on more current scientific data all day since I got back!
I'm putting up a poll about Global Warming, simply for curiosity's sake.
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Hmmm. I think global warming (note the lack of capitals) is a crock, mainly because it's unsupported, practically a religion, and being proven wrong more every year (hello, multiple feet of snow in
The ice caps are growing
, not shrinking, in the natural cycle of nature. AND they're not really calling it global warming anymore, not as much as they used to. Now it's 'climate change'.
First there was nuclear winter, then global warming, what next? It's just a scare tactic.
I've heard of that book, and though I have not yet read it, I do intend to. You're right, supported thinking is extremely important.
And then you'll all think like me. ^_~
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:00 pm
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I vote none of the above. The majority of climate change (and i can see its effects even within my lifetime - at home, we used to get regular falls of snow annually, which would regularly stay for days or weeks. We're now lucky to get one a year) is down to nature, but a significant proportion is down to us.
That's not the reason we need to quit abusing fossil fuels though. That's cos they're running out.
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There's too much politically motivated research out there masquerading as science for me to make any sort of study of the thing that would have an ounce of validity. Might be I pull ten studies and get a result that tells me global warming is going to kill thousands, might be I get ten that tell me it's all good and the natural cycle of the sun or something. The politicians have moved in and set up camp, hence the change from global warming to climate change, only people with the time to spend most of their waking hours on the problem know and I can't trust any of them to have the integrity to tell the truth. Not when taking global warming into your research proposal instantly nets you loads of money anyway.
That said I think it's pretty foolish to spend energy so wastefully anyway. We've got what? Ten, fifteen years of oil left, tops. Baring discovering loads of major fields of course. Which we won't do because no-one's really looking that hard, that's why the oil industry's been buying itself up, consolidating its reserves. Our current free use of electricity and motorised transport is an anomaly, the more you use it the quicker it's going to be gone. Most people aren't prepared for the sort of world that's going to exist once man goes 'back to nature' in a hurry me thinks.
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:32 pm
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Totally agree. The earth heats up and cools off in cycles, the political fabrication is just that.
Conservation is different from extremism, I agree that moderation in our use of resources would be the best thing. And I guess that's one good thing to come out of this, even if they are a misguided about how they do it.
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:08 pm
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It's not completely false though. It would be silly to say that every thing we do from fuel consuption to landfill has no impact on the planet whatsover. I wont call it
Global Warming
, but the welfare of our living enviroment should concern us all.
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Yeah, but that's polution -- completely different.
...In accordance with the prophesy.
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Hmm. Well, in 1988 the United Nations chartered a group called the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) to track this kind of issue. They were charged with reading and evaluating climatological research and summing it up for policy makers. In 2007, the IPCC issued its fourth assessment report, in which for the first time they concluded that "Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations." (
Full report - PDF
Summary for policy makers - PDF
New York Times write-up
) The judgment was based on an exhaustive review of the work of hundreds of climatologists. And it took the IPCC nearly 20 years to reach the conclusion that we're responsible. Given that they've devoted decades to studying this issue, and involved many scientists from all over the world, I'm inclined to accept their judgment.
Particularly when it's backed up by dozens of professional organizations of scientists. The Wikipedia entry
scientific opinion on climate change
makes for interesting reading, with a lots of links to original sources at the end.
Note that although scientists have concluded global warming exists and is a problem, they haven't reached a consensus on how bad it will be, or on how fast it will happen.
On a related topic, I find that blog Asa linked to highly suspect, for several reasons.
First, it's some random guy with blogspot blog. Anyone and their cat can get a blog on blogspot. It does not inspire confidence.
Second, the blog is overtly partisan. Note the wide range of politically based ads in the left column -- McCain T-shirts, several exposé-style "truth" sites, and so on. The fact that he still has a "Blogs for Bush '04" ad at the very bottom of the page on the left is deeply weird. I find it hard to take the blog seriously as a source of scientific information.
Third, the blog post's basic claim is that the ice caps are expanding. As evidence it offers a link to (and quote from) a
Financial Times blog post
, which was itself citing a
report by the CBC
. Somewhere along the line, portions of the CBC report got ignored. Take the first paragraph, for example, which says:
There's an upside to the extreme cold temperatures northern Canadians have endured in the last few weeks: scientists say it's been helping winter sea ice grow across the Arctic, where the ice shrank to record-low levels last year.
The two blogs citing the article have latched on to the "helping winter sea ice grow" part, and ignored the "ice shrank to record-low levels last year" part. The article also contains several cautions and provisos, like "it's too soon to say what impact this winter will have on the Arctic summer sea ice, which reached its lowest coverage ever recorded in the summer of 2007." But the blogs ignore those parts.
So in one corner we have a blog post by some guy, on an overtly partisan blog, which cherry-picks evidence. In the other corner, we have an exhaustive report prepared over a period of decades by professional scientists employed by the United Nations. Hmm. Tough choice ... but I think I'm going to go with the scientists on this one.
On a slightly conciliatory note, I'll happily admit that there are a lot of alarmists out there who spread all manner of grossly exaggerated and misleading reports about global warming which make it appear as the Impending Imminent Doom of Doomishness. Alarmists are irritating. I dislike them.
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I've pretty much heard all the same things as Tin, and will agree.
But my stance on global warming? I kinda think it's all moot. We've kinda got bigger problems going on, and solving enough of those problems looks like it will stop the pollution,
just as a side effect
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Tin about sums Squee's points on the blog article in question, except for the most important fact: One year of data does NOT refute or prove global warming. Cold and warm years are normal, but climate change is a trend over MANY years, and HAS been proven to be happening.
Squee's particularly sensitive to global warming topics, as Squee's father does consulting research for NASA, NIC, NCDC, NOAA, etc. Squee's father runs research through satellites on climate wind&ocean current tracking, storm tracking, as well as, notably, iceberg tracking. You can find a lot of the raw data at:
Though, you kinda need to know what you're looking at to have that do any good
Some pretty pictures for ya though.
Squee keeps up-to-date with global warming issues through Squee's father. And Squee can tell you it IS happening, and although evidence is sometimes hard to process, more and more is being found. While Squee's father is enough of a scientist not to speculate on whether humans cause the climate change or not--his research can't really be linked to such things--Squee again sides with the IPCC for the reasons Tin stated.
Back to the point about climate change occuring over years, with variations in-between. There are actually clips there you can view that are show ice extents over a number of years; these are what scientists use, not a single year. Just because there's a heat wave, doesn't mean it's global warming. And the reverse is equally true. What was it? Squee doesn't know exact numbers, but we only risen like 1 degree average since some year quite a while ago? That's how it works...very slowly and imperciptably, ignoring variation.
Now, the REAL problem is with politics. Those who claim it doesn't exist, and those who claim we should go hysterical about it. The reality is...regardless of whether humans caused it, it's highly unlikely anything we do now will make much difference, from some of the latest studies Squee has heard of. That doesn't mean conservation and energy solutions aren't a bad thing, just that people pushing that agenda religiously have alterior motives or are misinformed. And the same is true of the reverse...
Politics and science have an annoying history of not playing well with each other....
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Well all I would have said has already been pointed out by Tin and Squee. I am a marine scientist, or at least I'm studying to be, and the institute I study at have a specialist department on Arctic studies. Every scientist in that place (there are about 150) agrees that global climate change is happening. What to do about it, how bad it is, and what effects it'll have are all under debate, but this is the case everywhere.
The basic fact is, regardless of whether it is happening or not, we need to be less wasteful. Resources are running out and that is happening. For certain.
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I think the most we can hope to do is soften the fall as far as resources go. Start setting up lower energy infrastructures like aqueducts and rail links between cities and farming centres etc, stuff that doesn't require too much wham behind it. Ten, fifteen years down the line - I'll be pleasantly surprised if most people still have computers let alone internet access. The knowledge and resources are there to manage the transition to a less intensive society easily, we'd even retain most of our standard of living, but will social order take it when the lights go out and the food stops coming to the supermarkets? I mean we've seen what happened in New Orleans and that's not nearly on the same scale, the hairless monkey is not a dreadfully rational species at times.
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We do definitely need to reduce our energy use, particularly as regards transportation. But I really hope you're wrong about the Internet going poof, Nem. I'm inclined to think that so many people have invested so much time and money in setting it up that they'll find ways to continue making it work.
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Internet's very energy expensive, data centres alone consumed a percent of the world's electricity in 2005, by 2020 their carbon footprint is predicted to be larger than that of airtravel
. The sources for that energy and the supporting economic infrastructure, primarily oil and coal, are running out, and no amount of money or effort to the contrary will change that. Unless we've managed to advance fuel cell technology to a practical point/repealed copyrights on the more interesting parts of it that were purchased by the oil industry back in the 80s/early 90s in order to prevent development, and the scientists have fixed their tomaks so we've got a much larger supply of electricity, people are going to be too busy killing each other over their lights going out and lorries not delivering food to notice their internet doesn't work anymore.
'course I really hope I'm wrong too, but nothing I've seen of humanity leads me to believe most people do anything other than complain about things they don't like and lash out with senseless violence when they don't get what they want.
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Nem wrote:
... nothing I've seen of humanity leads me to believe most people do anything other than complain about things they don't like and lash out with senseless violence when they don't get what they want.
Oh, Nem. You're so cute when you're all cynical and misanthropic like that! ^_^
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The Global Health Ethics Unit at the World Health Organization provides a focal point for the examination of the ethical issues raised by activities throughout the organization, including the regional and country offices, and to develop activities regarding a wide range of global bioethics topics, from organ and tissue transplantation to developments in genomics, and from research with human beings to fair access to health services.
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The other reviewer is right, this place is overpriced. But we find coupons for them all the time and it is one of my favorites. I go for the salad, as they have tons of fun toppings. Ask for the GF menu, it will be an email they print it with the GF options that month.
Gluten free options include: salad, frozen yogurt, and chili (if they have it). $12 for soup and dessert was not worth it for me.
1125 Ernest Barrett Pkwy., Kennesaw, GA 30144
It says they have a gluten free "menu". The only thing GF is salad. It was disappointing.
9846 Watson Road, Crestwood, MO 63126
Clearly marked items and a super fresh salad bar!
1850 University Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33071
Everything was poorly labeled, and the staff was very ignorant about it all. Hubby has celiac disease and started getting sick immediately after eating the salad!
801 S. University Drive, Plantation, FL 33324
no gluten free dressings or any chooses in the hot bar....don't waste your time
10017 Adamo Drive, Tampa, FL 33619
Lots of salad choices, homemade dressings, gluten free muffins! Would have given 5 stars if they had a GF soup
12561 S. Apopka-Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL 32836
well labeled . . .lots of GF options. did not get sick and will return again tomorrow!!!
7110 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, FL 33433
LOTS of GF options at this delicious salad bar, including GF soups, desserts, mixed deluxe salads (all dressings GF) and much more. signs clearly labeled GF to show the many options. wonderful place for Celiacs!!!
1625 Wells Rd., Orange Park, FL 32073
Big variety of veggies for salads, GF soups and a couple GF desserts.
13101 Seminole Blvd., Largo, CA 33778
I love Sweet Tomatoes, but as it is a buffet, you need to be careful. You can always get plenty of vegetables/salad, some type of bean or coleslaw salad, at least 1 soup is usually GF, plus baked and sweet potatoes. Occasionally they have GF muffins, but I am doubtful the staff changes gloves or uses dedicated equipment before handling, and I also don't trust the tongs that may have touched other muffins by other guests. Delicious and healthy offerings if you use caution.
508 US 227/441, Lady Lake, FL 32159
Great options and handy menus for you to carry around
4901 San Mateo Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
I don't care for this place. I had a question for the manager about the ingredients of something, and heard him making comments about how dumb I am to ask such stupid questions. He didn't realize I was in ear shot. If I want a mediocre salad I'll just make it at home.
375 North Stephanie St., Henderson, NV 89014
They occasionally have GF baked goods but the employee putting them out used same tongs for gluten containing items. Soups and prepared salads (potato salad etc) marked if GF but no salad dressings were labeled GF.
4901 San Mateo Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
I was really excited to come here but once we did I was very sadly disappointed. The salad dressings were not labeled whether they were gf or not and when I asked, no one knew. The soups were also not labeled and they didn't know when asked about them. I don't think I'll be coming back due to the lack of care..
12561 S. Apopka-Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL 32836
I got quite sick after eating here. If you are pretty sensitive, beware. This is a pretty messy buffet and cross contamination is highly likely. Not to mention there wasn't a big gf selection.
39370 Paseo Padre Pkwy., Fremont, CA 94538
They had no idea about cross contact. They had a list of prepared salads on the bar that were GF, sitting right next to non GF salads. Did not feel confident enough to eat there.
113 Bernal Road, San Jose, CA 95119
Your best gf options are salad, a couple of soups (often only the chili), and baked potatoes. Cross contamination is certainly a concern. They recently had gf muffins, which were tasty, but served in the same area as the gluten muffins, even using shared tongs. I do appreciate that Sweet Tomatoes is making an effort, and I love seeing them label more things as gf. I'd love to see more progress, though! I think most of the soups could be done gf if they really wanted to.
4678 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32803
Great for salad lovers but limited options otherwise.
14703 North Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33618
Huge salad bar and great options! Koans broccoli madness is awesome. The Deep kettle chilli is gf too. They now have gf coconut muffins. And who can forget the soft served frozen yogurt that is also gluten-free!!! Before you go, look up "sweet tomatoes gluten-free" and the month —you will find a list of gluten-free items for the month. Just make sure not to contaminate yourself and be cautious of gluten foods next to gluten-free foods.
12601 SE 2nd Circle, Vancouver, WA 98684
Love the salads here, great to get the grab-and-go salads (much cheaper than rating there). They have some soups and occasionally muffins that are gf.
1717 Lake Woodlands Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77380
They don't have a dedicated gf menu but every month they have a gluten free muffin that changes. Some of the options are obvious. They do have a baked potato bar that's a safe bet.
6202 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85711
I got disgustingly sick here, eating only the items listed on their blog as gluten free.
4928 S. Power Rd., Mesa, AZ 85212
Amazingest place were were kids wil actually eat healthy😃😃😃😃😍😍😍😍
4928 S. Power Rd., Mesa, AZ 85212
This place is always a go to spot for us, since it doesn't inconvenience our friends or family who don't follow our diet! Plus they offer great coupons if you join their mailing list, and are even offering a gluten free biscuit for the month of January!!! Hopefully they keep their gf options coming!
801 S. University Drive, Plantation, FL 33324
Mot as many GF choices as I had hoped. But giant salad bar. Coconut GF muffins were the best I've had!! Ice cream and GF toppings for dessert. Very knowledgable staff about GF issues. Very busy restaurant!
7455 S. Union Park Ave., Midvale, UT 84047
This was a very good experience. Salads were amazing as was their chili and their yam soup. Many options to chose from and if you ask the staff they will bring you a list of ingredients for all of the food. Amazing buffet! My Husband has celiacs and I have a gluten sensitvity. neither of us got sick!
1225 N.W. Waterhouse Ave., Beaverton, OR 97006
Most of the food is not GF friendly and you have to dig through an allergy book to find something, even then, they don't know about cross contamination.
1125 Ernest Barrett Pkwy., Kennesaw, GA 30144
There are salad options but the dressings are pretty processed.
950 North Point Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30005
OK but not great. Limited choices. Salad bar is extensive. Chilli was tasty
15225 Montfort Dr., Dallas, TX 75248
we went here after we spoke to the rep at the gf expo...they told us mangers and staff were able to handle our needs...NOT!! They bake potates in the same oven with pizza and etc. The manger kept referring to sugar...what??? sugar is not the problem...gluten is!!!
4180 N. First St, San Jose, CA 95134
They have many gluten free salad options, but no menu, and very little options in soups.
2351 Willow Road, Glenview, IL 60025
Manager was very helpful in helping me determine what I could safely eat here. Really not enough to want to choose to go regularly, but good to know what's safe when with others who want to go there.
1902 No. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, FL 33607
I loved it before having celiac and still do - minus the mac 'n cheese and bread. They have a blog every month on thier website that tells you what is gluten free. Although not every monththey list thier GF dressings, there was alist in one of the months and most of them are. Thier chili is GF, though I've never had it. I just stick with my simple salad and baked potato.
12561 S. Apopka-Vineland Rd., Orlando, FL 32836
Not labled gf but they are happy to tell you what is. Love the salad bar & soups :)
4901 San Mateo Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
Salad bar of superior splendor, tasty baked potatoe/sweet potatoe station of superb topping variety, soup not labeled gf but they will gladly tell you if any of the many soups are that day. Bright atmosphere family friendly and swift sufficient table service, pricier than s.s. but you pay for variety and ambience. Plethora of drinks!
986 North Route 59, Aurora, IL 60504
As long as you pay attention to what you're grabbing you're fine. I am super sensitive to gluten and dairy and had zero reaction. No pre made salads, honey mustard is fine, and ask about the soups first.
10401 Olive Blvd., Creve Coeur, MO 63141
The salad bar is great but the selections are limited and not well marked. I asked what soups were gluten free and the young woman said all the soups were as I'm standing by the chicken noodle. She clearly was clueless. I later learned that the chili was.
4001 Matlock Rd., Arlington, TX 76015
This seems like it should be a great gluten free experience but the few times I had gone the staff seem like they are not knowledgeable about gluten free and they put out a monthly list that did not match what they actually had so I didn't know what was gluten free or not AND his last time the guy was especially rude about belong me get the list
4723 E. Ray Road, Phoenix, AZ 85044
If you are really desperate to eat out, then I would go here.
2820 Highland Ave., Lombard, IL 60148
Not really all that much that is gluten free, aside from salad bar. :(
10060 S. State St., Sandy, UT 84070
The staff here are very friendly! We eat here often & they always recognize us & say hello. Great salad selection but beware the soups as anything creamy will definitely have gluten in it.
4723 E. Ray Road, Phoenix, AZ 85044
Very good selection of salads. Occaisional soup options.
5200 Capital Blvd., Raliegh, NC 27616
Great salad bar. However, only the chili is gluten free among the soups
4678 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32803
OMG!!! I love this place so much! Delicious food! But from the soup, only the chili is gluten free. Staff is knowledgeable and kind as well. Oh! And the froyo is amazing :)
5407 University Pkwy, Bradenton, FL 34201
Pretty gluten unfriendly place -at least this local one is. Decent salad bar. Minus the fact that its so easy for customers to mix the Gluten contaminated selections in with non gf ones. If these were separated, there would be a minimal chance of exposure. It would be nice if they had some fruit since nothing else there was GF. ;( Decently clean place. Service could use improvement.
8775 Katy Fwy., Houston, TX 77024
not impressed. it's a salad bar. can't eat anything else in the place and couldn't find anyone to ask about the soups. finally got someone to show me the ingredients and sure enough, wheat gluten.
4501 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588
They could do better at marking signs with the common allergens. I come here to make myself a salad, baked potato, chili, and frozen yogurt. All which according to the website is GF. Just be mindful, there is a risk of cross contamination!
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By James D. Wolf Jr. Post-Tribune correspondent February 12, 2013 12:52PM
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Updated: March 14, 2013 6:30AM
VALPARAISO — A group of Wheeler-area residents who had been friends with defendant Dustin McCowan testified Tuesday, including a woman he was involved with after he broke up with the woman he is accused of killing.
Two men testified about McCowan showing off guns at his home, and Allison Bolde testified about spending much of Sept. 16, 2011, with McCowan — when the search for 19-year-old Amanda Bach began.
Bolde and McCowan spent much of the morning contacting people.
But Bolde had concerns about some things McCowan said, such as Bach leaving his home at 1:30 a.m. Bach was good about making her 1 a.m. curfew, Bolde said.
McCowan went outside to make one call and was picked up by his father off the street, leaving Bolde alone at their home for about five minutes and not talking to her or saying where they went when they returned.
She said he kept repeating that he and Bach hadn't fought the night before and said when he went to Indiana University later that Friday, "he was going to party in her honor," as if he already knew Bach was dead.
McCowan also continued to be obsessed about Bach's possible pregnancy, even after a store test was negative and Bach was "spotting."
Bolde said she was Bach's best friend, although they didn't talk as much when Bolde began a physical relationship with McCowan.
Tyler Crussen, who is two years younger than McCowan, said he used to attend parties at McCowan's home when Crussen was a freshman and they were close.
He said McCowan showed him where he dumped bottles and trash so McCowan's parents wouldn't know.
Crussen was in that area during the search for Bach and estimated he came within 10 yards of where the body was later found.
However, he didn't see her capri pants in the tree, the orange shirt near the tracks or Bach's flip-flops in the dirt, and his friends wanted to leave rather than search.
He didn't recall talking about the spot with Nick Prochno, the father of one of his friends and the man who found the body.
The defense has portrayed Prochno as a suspect since he testified last week.
Crussen also recalled McCowan showing off a gun.
Erik Schaffer said McCowan sometimes brought out a semi-automatic weapon when they were drinking.
McCowan once pulled out the gun during a party and was threatening to shoot people he didn't want at his home.
Schaffer, now a Marine, said he and McCowan drifted apart after graduating.
"I was looking at the Marine Corps and I didn't want to do drugs, and he was doing a lot of weed," Schaffer said.
During the morning, an FBI expert testified that the only DNA she could link conclusively to McCowan was on his cellphone.
DNA on some of the 19 items tested was inconclusive, FBI forensics examiner Heather LaSalle said.
A swab from Bach's steering wheel didn't yield DNA evidence from either McCowan or Bach, and none of the swabs from the car had enough DNA for a sample.
The DNA found on Bach's left breast didn't seem to be from a male because the small sample lacked a "Y" chromosome, but it was a small sample of only a few cells.
"I can't say with 100 percent certainty that it is female DNA," LaSalle said, and it could also have transferred from shared clothing.


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The future of religious freedom could depend on a free pulpit to communicate fundamental, biblical principles to congregations across America. Pastors, led by Jim Garlow of Skyline Church in San Diego, Calif., are being asked to join a growing movement to preach biblical truth about candidates and elections from their pulpits this Sunday.
The head of a large missionary organization told me that they are being sued by two of their members. These people had earlier dedicated their lives to missions.
Now they have various ailments. One man has ulcers. A woman, who lived in the tropics, has skin cancer. A "Christian" lawyer, hearing of their problems, advised them to sue the missionary organization. Their afflictions, he says, are "job related."
The mission director shook his head. "They were willing to give their lives—but I guess that didn't include stomach and skin." The missionaries and their lawyer have been infected with what Paul called "the spirit of the world" (1 Cor. 2:12).
Despite the classic Pentecostal definition, worldliness (the Greek word is kosmos) is far more than cosmetics. It is also more than R-rated movies or X-rated prostitutes. Worldliness is focusing on the things of time rather than things eternal.
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I'm writing this because I believe you are as concerned as I am about the way our nation is going. One of the most serious threats to our religious liberties and also an indication of the state of the moral decline of our culture is the fact that President Obama has come out in favor of same-sex marriage. I believe that if he is reelected he will take it as a mandate to push legislation to approve same-sex marriage.
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Yokohama Tire Canada, a major tire distributor was using manual processes to create and approve custom quotes, despite having several line-of-business systems deployed. Spot Solutions connected these systems via Microsoft SharePoint® 2010, improving visibility into business processes, cross-company collaboration, competitive advantage, and profitability.
Established in 1984, Yokohama Tire Canada sells and distributes 2,000 tire products across Canada through 3,800 dealers. Their parent company, Yokohama Rubber Company, has been a world leader in the development of outstanding tire designs and technology for over 90 years, since its establishment in 1917.
Yokohama Tire Canada selected Spot Solutions, a Business-Critical SharePoint partner to improve the quote development and approval process with the goal to drive the approval time down to 24 hours. Spot Solutions developed a SharePoint 2010 based solution with a highly integrated quote form and a sophisticated workflow. It connects SharePoint with a diverse array of systems, extracting and integrating data with workflows for processing and managing quotes. • Integration with JD Edwards helps retrieve operational information regarding customers, dealers, and products and pass real-time gross profit calculation information. • Integration with Cognos provides a couple of valuable benefits: 1. When filling in product code fields, product hierarchy information from Cognos enables SharePoint to guide users through a complex hierarchy to select the correct product from a list of thousands and 2. Pushes important data back the BI system so that managers have the information on special quote activities that they need in order to effectively manage the process. • Read/write access is available through the integration with Microsoft SQL Server® through Business Connectivity Services and Secure Store Services. • Connection with Microsoft Excel helps importing multi-line data from an Excel file directly into a quote form. The workflow starts with the initiation of a quote by completing a SharePoint 2010 web page. Integration with data from Cognos makes field selection easier and more accurate for the user. The quote form also pulls information from JD Edwards. Once a quote is initiated, it launches a sophisticated and critical business workflow. The previous process took 168 hours on average. With the new SharePoint solution, the initial goal was to drive approval time down to 48 hours and then further to 24 hours and a time-out parameter was set appropriately. Benefits More Efficient Business Processes The most significant benefit Yokohama realized from the deployment was an 89% reduction of the average process cycle time from 7 business days down to 48 hours in the first year and then further to only 18.5 hours so far in the next year. This was achieved partly through the reduction in manual effort but mostly through the SharePoint workflow with structured rules and alerts that prevented waiting time or latency. Better Visibility across the Company By implementing this solution, the organization also gained visibility into the process of approving and fulfilling special quotes. This in turn enabled them to better track down specific stalled quotes, eliminate bottlenecks, and ensure that quotes don't fall through cracks. The workflow tracks the process through to completion, audits changes, and allows customer service representatives to monitor orders. Non-IT staff can easily manage users via an easy-to-use SharePoint interface. Optimization and Automation The automated quote fulfillment workflow monitors consumption of each line item. It prevents overconsumption of any line item, saving tremendous amounts of time in processing by automating threshold management. With an automated refresh of the ERP data needed for quotes, the staff has better access to the information they need in a more timely manner. By enabling processes to work in parallel, the entire process is expedited. Automated alternate approvers ensure that quotes are not delayed. Connected Teams The SharePoint integration helped improve cross-company visibility, communication, and collaboration. For example, sales can now more closely work with customer service staff to move products more effectively and grow business in specific product lines. Additionally, data quality problems are being mitigated and communication with credit, customer service, and executive management is improving. Better Customer Service Customers' waiting time for approvals has been significantly reduced. Customer service representatives get advance notice when an approved and active quote is about to expire and a final order needs to be submitted. Accuracy of product and pricing information has improved due to dropdown functionality and access to the Cognos product hierarchy, reducing the number of complaints. Competitive Edge Yokohama Tire Canada is now able to more effectively deliver limited time price concession arrangements for customers to respond to seasonal or competition challenges. Furthermore, broader visibility into Cognos BI analytics gives business users the ability to create and deliver better BI reporting and identify trends. Cost Savings by Reducing Staff Hours Shortening approval time from 7 days to less than 1 day translates into significant savings in managing and processing approval and fulfillment. Quote import from Excel saves tremendous amounts of time for account managers processing the quotes. Faster and More Profitable Decisions The largest time savings is in the gross profit evaluation step which previously took an hour on average to research the impact of the price concessions on the profit margins. This research step was eliminated with SharePoint, saving Yokohama an hour per quote on average. Further, the BCSP solution virtually eliminated the errors or ambiguity associated with these quotes, saving the customer service reps an average of 20 minutes per quote. With profitability and inventory information at hand when making decisions, approvers are now able to reject less profitable transactions and only approve the more profitable ones. Improved ROI Based on 500 special pricing quotes Yokohama Tire Canada develops per year, ROI benefits can be summarized as follows: • Reduction of 665 hours of effort for gross profit evaluation and customer service activities (500 of these were re-allocated) • Elimination of quoting errors and associated re-work • 89% reduction in end to end cycle time from 7 days down to 18.5 hours • 25% increase number of quotes without any additional staffing • Ability to track metrics and insights on special pricing concessions which they had no way to do prior to BCSP As Kyle Butt, MIS Team Leader at Yokohama Canada summarizes it, "before this solution, our staff, across a variety of functions, were spending an inordinate amount of time for the special pricing concession process which accounts for only a small percentage of our business. We have been able to dramatically streamline this process by providing account managers the ability to enter orders very accurately on the front end and others downstream in the process to view the information they need without any manual effort. With the automation via SharePoint, the cycle time has been reduced from 7 days down to 18.5 hours. By eliminating the manual effort we are able to handle the business growth of 25% without any additional staffing. Further, we now have visibility into the process as well as the ability to track business intelligence on these deals so we can track win/loss data and their contribution to the top and bottom line." Business-Critical SharePoint (BCSP) is a Microsoft partner program that includes top solution and service providers who focus on line-of-business (LOB) integration with SharePoint.