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Colorado Association of Certified Veterinary Technicians Supporting Quality Veterinary Care Techniques October 2011 Issue Mission Statement Celebrate National Veterinary Technician Week (NVTW) The mission of the Colorado Association of Certified Vet- October 9 – 15, 2011 erinary Technicians (CACVT) is to advocate for, govern, and NVTW has been an annual tradi- certify veterinary technicians; tion since June 1993, when a NAVTA promote professionalism & resolution was passed declaring the third career advancement through week in October as NVTW. Activities to educational opportunities; and celebrate this week have been a focus of collaborate with the veterinary community and allied groups. the celebratory efforts. The activities serve these fundamental goals: Editor: Jenny Sullivan, CVT Publisher: Denise Mikita, CVT From the NAVTA web site: www.navta.net. • Educate the public about veterinary technicians and what we do NVTW Theme • Reinforce the value and professional- ism of veterinary technicians The theme of this year's National Veteri- • Provide an opportunity for veterinary nary Technician Week (NVTW) is "Pets & technicians to encourage one another Vets need Techs." Celebrating for one to create an excellent work ethic and week every year solidifies the yearly com- build effective teams Cecilia Garza, Peggy Bower & Susan Brauer at the CVMA mitment every veterinary technician gives • Acknowledge our quality relationship Convention, Keystone, CO to the profession of veterinary technology, with veterinarians and other veterinary veterinary assisting, and veterinary medi- professionals Inside this issue: cine. Monthly Calendar & Info 2 Visit www.navta.net/files/NVTW% Hill's Pet Nutrition is proudly sponsor- 20Media%20Kit%202011.pdf for the President's Message 3 ing the 2011 National Veterinary Techni- NVTW 2011 Media Kit that includes a AVTE opportunity sample press release, PSA, and celebration cian Week (NVTW) as a part of their com- AVMA 4 mitment to pet health and nutrition. ideas. Licensure - still CACVT membership and 5 The National Association of Veterinary CACVT Celebration CE changes Technicians in America (NAVTA) is proud CVMA Convention Sum- 6 to represent veterinary technicians and sup- CACVT is celebrating by kicking off the mary port our members, state associations, spe- week with the Spotlight Conference (see Team Awards, CO Animal 7 cialties and student chapters during the page 9 for details). CACVT will also be at Heroes, NAVTA Conf. 2011 NVTW. the Bel-Rea open house on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 pm. Finally, the Colo- Spotlight & Focus Conf. 8 Hill's y/d Thank you for your participation and rado State Board of Veterinary Medicine enthusiasm! has a meeting on Thursday. Please contact Continuing Education 9 the office for details. Job Listings / Resume 10 Monument Pharmacy Page 2 Techniques - October 2011 Contacts October 2011 Visit www.cacvt.com/calendar for Administrator and Interim Executive Director updates and details on events. Cecilia Garza, CVT, RVT firstname.lastname@example.com or Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat email@example.com Office: 303-318-0652 or 866-318-0652 Fax: 303-318-0651 www.cacvt.com 1 National Veterinary Technician Week Oct. 9-15, 2011 Executive Board Michele Laughlin, AAS, CVT, President 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 firstname.lastname@example.com Juliebeth Pelletier, AAS, CVT, Pres-elect email@example.com Roxane Rocks, AAS, CVT, Past President 9 Spotlight 10 11 12 Bel-Rea 13 SBVM 14 15 firstname.lastname@example.com Conference Open House meeting Dawn Oliver, AAS, CVT, VP-elect email@example.com 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Tammy Rothe, AAS, CVT, Secretary 720-277-6159 Patti Christie, AAS, CVT, Sec-elect 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 CVMA BIG email@example.com Ideas Forum Peggy Bower, MS, CVT, LAT, Treasurer 303-364-5868 Joe Keefe, AAS, CVT, Treas-elect 30 31 firstname.lastname@example.com Next newsletter (October) deadline is Dec. 14, 2011 Committee Chairs: Susan Brauer, AAS, CVT, Certification 303-750-2541 Meeting Updates and General Information Krisha Hanson, AAS, CVT, Conference firstname.lastname@example.com Past Meetings Planning your Calendar: Nancy Sheffield, EdM, CVT Ethics A synopsis of meeting minutes for Unsure of all the acronyms? 970-947-8244 members in good standing is avail- Visit www.cacvt.com/acronym for a complete list. email@example.com Stacy Mugge, AAS, CVT, Membership able at www.cacvt.com, under the Other events in the community, such as through hu- email@example.com "members-only" area, "Association mane shelters and other partners, are posted on the Roxane Rocks, AAS, CVT, PR Meetings," or by contacting the calendar (www.cacvt.com/calendar) as the infor- firstname.lastname@example.com CACVT office. Thank you. mation is made available to the office. CE events Sub Committee Chairs: are posted at www.cacvt.com/otherprograms. Leslie Boyd, AAS, CVT, Emerg Prep Scheduled Meetings Sara Sharp, AAS, CVT, VTS (dent) Career Please visit the Web site calen- Oct 9: CACVT Spotlight Conference. See page 9 for Advancement details. dar for an up-to-date listing of Rebecca Rose, AAS, CVT, Legislative Inves- Oct 12: Join CACVT at Bel-Rea's open house from tigations meetings. 6-8 pm. Visit www.bel-rea.com for details. Ad- Nicole Dukups, AAS, CVT, NAVTA Rep email@example.com CACVT members can contact dress = 1681 S. Dayton St, Denver, CO 80247 Web Master: For any problems with the Web the Committee Chair or the of- Oct 13: CO State Board of Veterinary Medicine: site, contact the CACVT office. fice for an agenda. Learn about governance. From 8:30am to around noon. You may now obtain up to 4 technical cred- Chapters Rather than having set dates Grand Mesa Chapter its for attending this meeting. Maura Niehues, AAS, CVT, 970-858-3199 for many of our committee meet- Information: www.cacvt.com/governance. It includes Southern Chapter ings, we try to adjust the dates directions, parking information, code of conduct, Christina Lemay, AAS, CVT, for people's personal schedules. agenda, etc. Thus, if you're interested in one Oct 29: CVMA BIG Ideas Forum. Each conference of the committees, it's best to has a dedicated focus where we tackle important Articles in this newsletter may not be the direct opinion of CACVT. CACVT assumes contact either the Chair or the subjects that span all practice types and look at no responsibility for, and does not directly office. Thank you. emerging issues that affect the veterinary profes- endorse, any service, product, or information sion. This time it is in Colorado Springs. Contact in this newsletter unless so stated. Mya in the CVMA office (303-318-0447 or Occasionally, the CACVT mailing list is sold to appropriate partners. If you do not email@example.com) for details if you are wish to receive information from outside interested. sources, please contact the CACVT office to Nov 18-20: NAVTA Annual Conference (see page 7 opt out. for details) CACVT will provide certification status to any inquiring party. This will be limited to - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - date joined, current status, and number of CE ← picture from Keystone, CO during the CVMA Conven- hours obtained. Personal information will not tion. See page 6 for details. Photo by Cecilia Garza. be given out. Techniques - October 2011 Page 3 President's Point feel any of the adjustments. We are in the process of Michele Laughlin, AAS, CVT searching for a new Executive Director, which will be done in several stages of the interview process. In the meantime, Cecilia Garza (Administrator) will take on the role of In- Change….We all go through it. The sea- terim Executive Director. sons change (just look out your window), we change our minds, we change our clothes, Remember, change is inevitable. It is how we respond to we change our hairstyle, and sometimes we change jobs. these changes that count. We are looking forward to this new chapter and we hope you are too! The CACVT isn't immune to change. Volunteers come and go; the Executive Board changes yearly, even our staff Should you have any questions or concerns, please con- changes. This year is no exception. tact the office at 303-318-0652 or you can email email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com. We have seen several changes at the CACVT in the past few months. The biggest change has been in the resigna- Here's to change! tion of our Executive Director, Denise Mikita. Denise served the CACVT well for over 10 years. She saw her Sincerely, fair share of changes and instigated many positive changes for our profession. While we will miss her and all of her hard work and efforts, we are excited for her as she takes on the fresh challenges in her new position as hospital co- Michele Laughlin, AAS, CVT ordinator at the Denver Zoo. While Denise's departure brings some challenges to the CACVT, please know that you, our members, shouldn't First and unique opportunity Partnering with the technician programs and AVTE Why should CACVT work with the schools and AVTE? It seems obvious considering that CACVT is here to sup- The Executive Board has just approved an amazing op- port certified veterinary technicians. It is part of the portunity to be involved with a National association. For CACVT mission statement to collaborate with the veteri- the first time, AVTE will host it's symposium in Denver! nary community and allied groups. Also, at the last strate- gic planning session, the leadership committed to working Every two years, the Association of Veterinary Techni- more with students since they are the future of our profes- cian Educators (AVTE) holds a symposium where indi- sion. Finally, the educators in Colorado are also CAVCT viduals who work in veterinary technology schools come members! together for continuing education and networking opportu- nities. In addition, Colorado is paving a new path that other states may be able to emulate in the future. In July when the Traditionally, one school program has stepped forward announcement was made in Cincinnati, Ohio that several and offered to host the symposium, often requiring large Colorado programs would be working together, it opened amounts of time and resources. While this has been done up the doors for smaller programs to collaborate as well. honorably, the AVTE symposiums are attracting more Alone, the smaller schools wouldn't have the resources, but people and overwhelming the abilities of individual by working together, they will be able to host future sym- schools to host this event. In July 2013, AVTE will come posiums, thus providing a larger selection of cities for to Denver where the hosting entity is composed of many AVTE. of the Colorado school programs and CACVT. This is the first time a group has assisted with this event, and the first A coalition has been organized to begin planning for the time an association has been involved. symposium. It's very exciting to be able to organize and bring something like this to the Denver area. Look for more details in the upcoming year. Page 4 Techniques - October 2011 AVMA-- Why Should I Care? The American Veteri- While the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association nary Medical Association (CVMA) has invited technicians to sit on their board of (AVMA) has representa- directors, committees, and task forces for a number of tives across the nation. Colorado, which is in region 8, has years, this has not been the case at the national level. Now been very fortunate to be represented by Dr. Ted Cohn over it is and technicians should appreciate this opening. the past 6 years. Dr. Cohn, in addition to doing his due dili- gence for the veterinarians, has always watched out for the While Colorado has been fortunate to have Dr. Cohn as veterinary technicians as well. Last year, he received the the regional representative, his term is coming to an end. It Advocate award from CACVT for all his work. is important to the veterinary technician profession to have the next representative be sensitive to the technicians' side So why should CACVT care about what happens at the of issues as well. Thus, technicians should encourage their AVMA? For one, what affects our veterinarians, directly or veterinarians (AVMA members) to vote for the appropriate indirectly, affects us. We don't work in a bubble and issues representative to continue the great work that Dr. Cohn has are veterinary related, not veterinarian related. done for the profession. Recently, AVMA has opened up a seat for a technician When AVMA has great leaders, the entire veterinary on a couple of their committees. Thus, technicians can be- profession grows. And this does affect technicians, there- come actively involved in what the veterinarians are doing fore, they should care about what happens and consider at a national level. This is a wonderful opportunity to be- being engaged at the national level. come more engaged with the issues that are facing our pro- fession as a whole. Licensure — the saga continues When at first you don't succeed… This is not about deciding if CACVT should or shouldn't pursue Unfortunately, in August, our speaker had a last minute licensure. It is merely to make sure conflict that couldn't be avoided. So we are rescheduling that our members understand this for November 8, 2011, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the CACVT process in order to make an informed decision. office. Again, 1 1/2 supportive CE hours will be offered. If you would like more information Why are we offering this class? It's encouraged for you to read the survey results. Not According to the survey results from back in April only are the survey answers tabulated, but there are com- (www.cacvt.com/2011LicensureSurvey), only 11% of the ments from the CACVT Legislative Investigation Task respondents felt they understood the licensure process Force which address many of the issues—too many to be very well and 58% requested more information on the sub- printed here in the newsletter. ject. Thus CACVT is bringing in Mo Miskell, the director of the State Board of Veterinary Medicine to discuss licen- Unfortunately, many of the answers are "it depends on sure and how it works in general. how the practice act is written." There are many variables when going through the legislative process. It's just not While there is no cost to attend, there is limited seating what the technicians in Colorado want, it's about a big pic- so your RSVP to the office (firstname.lastname@example.com or on Face- ture which incorporates many groups. Ultimately, licensure book) is appreciated. is about public protection. Everything else is secondary at best. This will all be addressed in the class on November 8, Who should attend? 2011. Anyone interested in understanding the basics of licen- After reading the survey, please contact the CACVT sure. Mo oversees three boards so he is knowledgeable on Legislative Investigation Task Force with any questions or how licensure works in general, especially in Colorado. comments. Thank you for your interest. Techniques - October 2011 Page 5 Looking ahead – CACVT membership! What does CACVT do on a regular basis? moves forward due to their efforts. There are numerous programs designed by the Executive Board and the Committees that Because of the various programs and the direction that are supported by members and conference CACVT wishes to pursue, the Executive Board has decided to registrations. In addition, CACVT supports two full-time increase the fees for the next certification period. This deci- staff members who assist in moving everything along. sion was not made lightly and was done in order to maintain the high standards and quality of professionalism that has be- Here is the "short" list of what the staff does on a routine come the norm of CACVT. basis: ♦ Calling the office and talking to a real person Budgeting ♦ Having email returned in a reasonable amount of time While $128 in one chunk may be a lot, by saving a little at a ♦ Putting on fantastic conferences time, it won't be so bad. Starting in October, if $14.22 is set ♦ Providing information when requested to both the volun- aside every month, on July 1, 2012, there will be enough teers and members money to cover the fees. Many employers cover the fees be- ♦ Assisting with transfers both in and out of the state cause they realize the importance of certification in their tech- ♦ Timely communications via Facebook, the Web site, Tech- nical staff. Ask your employer to participate in this valuable niques, and E-nformation benefit! ♦ Communicating with all school programs ♦ Talking to the public about CVTs The staff recognizes that sometimes people can't pay all at ♦ Attending meetings with allied groups in order to be in- once. Therefore, the office is willing to work with anyone for volved with the community a payment plan. However, there will be a modest administra- ♦ Keeping up on issues which affect the technician profes- tive fee for this service. Details to be included with the regis- sion tration forms. While every member may not utilize all of these programs, CACVT is truly one of the leading associations in the na- it's good to know that the staff is constantly working on be- tion and only by your continued support can we remain in this half of its members and the profession every day. In addition, position. So thank you for your contribution to CACVT and CACVT does support its volunteers as this association still the profession in general. CE-- It Keeps on Giving! Veterinary Technician's Oath Beginning on July 1, 2012, the mini- I solemnly dedicate myself to aiding animals and society by mum number of continuing education providing excellent care and services for animals, by allevi- hours required to maintain certification ating animal suffering, and by promoting public health. in Colorado will become 20 every two years. The number of technical hours will stay at 8 while the I accept my obligations to practice my profession conscien- remaining 12 hours can be either technical or supportive tiously and with sensitivity, adhering to the profession's (following past guidelines). Code of Ethics, and furthering my knowledge and compe- tence through a commitment to lifelong learning. For the 2008 to 2010 certification period, over 565 people recorded 20 or more CE hours. Thus, many Colorado techni- CACVT has supported the concept that attending a pro- cians have already shown that more CE is attainable and even gram in veterinary technology provides the necessary base- preferred. line for a dynamic career. Then, once in the field, by attend- ing continuing education classes, a CVT can stay current Being a Certified Veterinary Technician is more than just with medical advances. going to work every day, it's about providing excellent care and practicing the profession conscientiously. Continuing edu- Because CACVT believes strongly that continuing educa- cation only elevates individuals and the profession as a whole. tion is critical in maintaining the Veterinary Technician Oath, the Certification Committee and the Executive Board has supported the elevation of the hours for Colorado CVTs. Page 6 Techniques - October 2011 CVMA Annual Convention -- Keystone, CO CVMA Convention was held September 15 – 18, The CACVT booth also made an appearance along 2011, in Keystone, Colo- side many industry partners. CACVT appreciates rado. Several members of the CACVT Lead- their continued sponsorship support of CACVT. It ership were present: Michele Laughlin, AAS, was wonderful to have many members stop by and CVT; Tammy Rothe, AAS, CVT; Juliebeth say hello and veterinarians who visited the booth to Pelletier, BA, CVT; Peggy Bower, BS, CVT; mention how much they appreciate their CVTs. These Susan Brauer, AAS, CVT; and Dawn Oliver, Michele Laughlin and visits are always appreciated. AAS, CVT. Peggy Bower at the booth Once again, it was a positive and enlightening The leadership represented CACVT during the first com- weekend. The CVMA convention bined CVMA-CACVT Membership Luncheon and Award will be in Loveland next year and Ceremony. The team-oriented event gave the opportunity for CACVT hopes to see you there! the Colorado veterinary community to come together and cele- brate the achievements of Credit for all photos of the CVMA teams and individuals who convention go to Cecilia Garza, CVT, make our community ex- RVT, CACVT Administrator emplary in the nation. =========================== Congratulations to the CACVT opens doors for people! Jennifer Holmes, Amanda many winners of various Here is the write up from Amanda Mehring, & Jamantha Hogan awards. Pueblo Animal and Jennifer who attended the Services won the CACVT convention for the first time because of their volunteer efforts Team of the Year Award, through CACVT. while Rebecca Vera, AAS, CVT accepted the CVMA "We found this year's CVMA Conference to be very Pueblo Animal Services accepting the Technician of the Year Team of the Year award. See page 7. informative, useful, and helped expand our networks. award. Two people who There were many classes offered including have been huge supporters of CACVT also received equine medicine, complimentary medicine, awards: Rebecca Rose, AAS, CVT was the CVMA Indus- VMRC training, and anesthesia for techni- try Partner of the Year and Aubrey Lavizzo, DVM, be- cians. There were multiple ways veterinari- came the CVMA Veterinarian of the Year. ans, veterinary technicians, and others in the field could interact through the free lunch- Kim Spelts, BS, CVT, eons, refreshment breaks, and the famous VTS (Anesthesia), CCRP MWI steak fry. was the primary speaker for the technician track. Kim The CACVT and CVMA Membership Rebecca Vera accepts her showed her expertise in an- award from Dr. Parks Luncheons were held jointly for the first esthesia when she spoke time. As technicians, we got to see firsthand about anesthesia monitoring, an- what the CVMA does, how it runs, and met the veterinarians esthesia for the geriatric patient, who run it. On the other hand, the CVMA got to see how and perioperative acid-base and important technicians are to the Kim Spelts presents her infor- electrolyte balance. team. We also attended a State mation for the technician track. Board of Veterinary Medicine The CACVT panel discussion where they Emergency Preparedness sub-committee was presented case studies. It was also well represented. Jennifer Holmes, AAS, interesting because as it stands CVT, Amanda Mehring, AAS, CVT, and Bel- now, CVTs are no different Rea student Jamantha Hogan attended the Colo- than assistants in the eyes of rado Medical Reserve Core (COVMRC) train- the board. We are encouraged ing. The information they obtained will assist to attend an actual state board the rest of the sub committee in planning a pos- meeting in order to recognize sible CE class that will benefit the CACVT Dr. Lavizzo with his legal responsibilities." Rebecca Rose accepts her membership. wonderful award. award from Dr. Parks Techniques - October 2011 Page 7 Small Bites - News You Can Chew Team of the Year Award CO Animal Heroes NAVTA Annual Presented by CACVT Conference You are invited to the Teamwork can be defined as the coop- Colorado's Animal He- CACVT will once erative work done by a group of individu- roes awards program on Wednesday, Oc- again be sending als, brought together for a common pur- tober 5, 2011. The doors open at 6:30 pm leadership to repre- pose or goal, where each person on the at the Pepsi Center, The Ridgeline room, sent Colorado at the team puts aside his or her individual needs 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, CO 80204. NAVTA Annual to work towards the larger group objective. While tickets and parking are complimen- Conference. Anyone Team of the Year Award tary, seating is limited so please RSVP to can attend. CACVT wishes to acknowledge a vet- Brittney at BrittneyParent- erinary healthcare team which demon- email@example.com or 303-539-7638. Visit www.navta.net for details. strates this exceptional teamwork. Pueblo Animal Services, which services the Please join in celebration as the follow- Schedule of Events - a PDF of this Pueblo Animal Shelter, has a goal to pro- ing honorees are presented their awards at schedule with speaker details and a print- vide the best care possible for stray ani- the ceremony: able registration form is available for mals and do their best to reunite pets with download on the Web site. Here are a few their owners. Last year, they took care of Animal Awards of the highlights. approximately 10,000 animals. This is Hero: Zoe (Schmitt) canine done by each person taking large work- Human-Animal Bond: Jake (Blake) Friday, November 18 loads, yet still finishing their shifts on time. canine 2:00 pm - State Representative Leader- Service: Sherwood (Kunkel) canine ship Meeting In addition, there is a different type of 6:00-8:00 pm - Opening Reception and stress in this environment, where cruelty Human Awards Human Hero: Temple Grandin, PhD Dinner issues are standard. The staff makes sure to support each other and "venting" is some- Animal Welfare Volunteer: Heather Weir, DVM Saturday, November 19 times appropriate to make it through the Youth Animal Advocate: Allison Winn 8:45-9:00 am - Icebreaker Game for At- day. By covering each other's shifts, peo- Jim Crafts Volunteer of the Year: Robert tendees ple can also get the needed day off. Vonau, DVM, DACVS 9:00-11:30 am - Increasing Patient Visits In addition, they work with many other and Improving Patient Care—What groups associated with shelter medicine, Honoree Highlight You Need to Know and Do to Make it such as the customer service staff, the ken- Heroes come from all backgrounds; Happen nel staff, animal welfare officers, and vol- Allison Winn, a unique 9-year-old, took 11:30 am – 1:00 pm - Lunch & Featured unteers. They acknowledge that they her life's challenge and used it as motiva- Speaker - Let's Talk: Having Coura- couldn't do their great work without the tion to help her peers. geous Conversations support of these other dedicated individu- Allison was diagnosed with a brain 1:00-2:30 pm - Effective Exam Room als. tumor at the age of 6. After many chemo- Communications therapy treatments and stays at the Chil- 2:45 – 4:45 pm - So You Want to Get In a quote from Sam Smith, CVT, she dren's Hospital, she is a happy, healthy Published? Learn how to effectively thanked CACVT for this award as it is girl today. write and take photos for animal health such an honor to be able to present it to the Showing compassion beyond her years, publications team. They all work so hard everyday and Allison started a fundraiser called Stink 6:00 – 9:00 pm - Dinner and Night Tour it is wonderful to give them something that Bug, through which she sells dog treats to of Washington, DC reflects their achievements! Sam also stated, "As a Technician, I strive to teach raise money to purchase companion dogs for other children in need. The money Sunday, November 20 others what I know as well as learn from raised from Stink Bug is divided between 9:00 - 10:30 - Plated Farewell Breakfast them each day. I always want to learn and purchasing companion dogs for children and Keynote Address - Learn to lead grow in my profession and help others do diagnosed with cancer and pediatric can- any team to success and balance it all! - the same. The CACVT stands for this for cer research. Rick Grandinetti Veterinary Technicians in our state and I Allison is a wonderful example of an 11:00 am – Noon - Closing Speaker - am very grateful to them! Thank You!" unexpected hero. The Colorado Veteri- Discussion and demonstration by The CACVT is very grateful that we have nary Medical Foundation (CVMF) is Virginia Search and Rescue Dog Asso- wonderful technicians who help make proud to present Allison with the Youth ciation. great teams. Truly, this award is given to Animal Advocate Award at Colorado's an exceptional team and CACVT appreci- Animal Heroes awards program. ates their work and dedication. Page 8 Techniques - October 2011 CACVT Celebrates NVTW! National Veterinary Technician Week This year's focus is emergency medicine (NVTW) is from October 9 through October (speaker Stephanie Winters, CVT, VTS (ECC) 15, 20ll. and internal medicine (speaker Lori Fuehrer, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia, Neurology). Sunday, October 9, 2011 Six technical CE hours will be offered, plus an opportunity CACVT kicks off NVTW in style with the second to visit with specialty groups. Location: Arvada Center Spotlight Conference, a CE program focused on spe- for the Arts (same place as 2 yrs ago). cialty groups. Details: www.cacvt.com/cacvtceprograms. Once again, Pfizer has graciously stepped up and sponsored Dr. Helen Power to come speak at our Focus Conference on January 28, 2011. ♦ Topic: Dermatology ♦ Time: 1-5 pm = 4 technical credits ♦ Location: Jefferson County Fairgrounds More information at www.cacvt.com/cacvtceprograms Techniques - October 2011 Page 9 Bel-Rea Institute. Cost: $110. Ten most com- Deadline=Oct. 10. Continuing Education mon poisonings in small animals and emerging October 26-29, 2011 Reminder: 1/2 of your credits must be tech- poisonings. Contact Lee Ann Henbest at Bel- Medical Massage for Animals: Canine Course. nical in nature (medically related, at an ad- Rea Institute. Last day to register=Oct 6 Fort Collins, CO. Instructor: Dr. Narda Robin- vanced level, and in person). October 9, 2011 son. A 30-hour interactive course More infor- For information on CE guidelines, submit- CACVT Spotlight Conference mation and to register: www.colovma.org or ting CE, or for more CE listings or details on Similar to 2 years ago, CACVT starts contact Bonnie at 303-539-7274 the ones posted here, please visit off NVTW in style with a CE pro- www.cacvt.com/ContinuingEducation. October 30, 2011 gram focused on specialty groups. Information CACVT accepts RACE credits. Additional Dr. Michael Lappin speaks at the Double Tree at www.cacvt.com/cacvtceprograms. classes are accepted than are listed on our Web Hotel, Durango, CO. sponsored by Pfizer. 7 CE site. These are just the ones currently known. October 10-14, 2011 hours (from 8am to 3pm), Complimentary. CACVT assumes no responsibility for, and Forensic Training Program: Bugs, Bones, and RSVP to 970-986-9208 or does not directly endorse, any service or infor- Botany in Ocala FL. visit http:// firstname.lastname@example.com mation listed unless directly stated. conferences.dce.ufl.edu/ssp/section.aspx? November 1, 2011 A posting of CE across the United States s=1400033911 for information Top 10 errors to avoid with your poisoned pa- can be found on the Veterinary Learning Sys- October 13, 2011 tients. Sponsored by Pet Poison Helpline and tem's Web site: www.cecenter.com. Colorado State Board of Veterinary Medicine VPI Pet Insurance. 1 hr free RACE CE from Please visit www.cacvt.com/guidelines for meeting. For details visit www.cacvt.com/ 12-1 pm CST. Visit www.cacvt.com/files/ CE acceptance policy. governance (under the "about CACVT" tab on VPI_PetPoisonHelpline_summer2011.pdf the left hand column) November 5, 2011 Additional details can be found at: October 13-14, 2011 First Aid for Animals: Basic with a Twist for www.cacvt.com/otherprograms Animal Welfare: It's Everybody's Business! the Vet Techs. 9am-3pm (5 CE technical hrs). A CE conference held in Blackhawk, CO Cyndi Rideout, BS, CVT. Cost: $135 Contact September 29-October 1, 2011 Hosted by CAACO. supportive CE. Contact Lee Ann Henbest at Bel-Rea Institute for de- NEAEP AAEVT Excellence Symposium. 303-679-2398 or firstname.lastname@example.com tails. Last day to register=Nov 3 Excellent equine-specific CE opportunity. Log onto www.aaevt.org for registration links. 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Location: Rocky Mountain Alley section.aspx?s=1400033911 for information Complete list available at: Cat Alliance, overview of the Trap Neuter Re- www.cacvt.com/relatedlinks turn process for feral cats. 3 support hrs. Maya November 19, 2011 Key at email@example.com or 303.202.3516. Exotic Animal Elective for Veterinary Techni- TIVA, Transfer VTNE score cians. 8am-noon (4 CE technical hrs) Dr. Kevin 877-698-8482 / www.AAVSB.org October 16, 2011 Fitzgerald, Ph.D.,DVM. Bel-Rea Institute. Cost: Natl Assn of Vet Technicians in America - Staff training: Practice Shouldn't Be Like Herd- $110. Learn basics of reptiles, ferrets, rabbits, NAVTA 703-740-8737 / www.navta.net ing Cats. Sponsored by DAVMS. Speaker: and other "pocket pets". Contact Lee Ann Hen- CO State Board of Veterinary Medicine Wendy S. Myers. Cost: $99/person (includes best. Last day to register=Nov 17 www.dora.state.co.us/veterinarians lunch). 9am-3pm (5 supportive ce). 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|Iron Chef America
|Also known as
|Iron Chef America: The Series
|Reality TV, Cooking
|Presented by
|Alton Brown
Kevin Brauch
Mark Dacascos
|Mario Batali
Bobby Flay
Wolfgang Puck (retired)
Masaharu Morimoto
Cat Cora
Michael Symon
Jose Garces
Marc Forgione
Geoffrey Zakarian
|Craig Marks
|Country of origin
|United States
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|176 (List of episodes)
|Executive producer(s)
|Stu Schreiberg
|John Bravakis
Steve Kroopnick
|Morgen Kassel
|Los Angeles, California
New York City
|Camera setup
|Running time
|46 minutes
|Original channel
|Food Network
|Original run
|January 2005– present
|Related shows
|Iron Chef
Iron Chef USA
|External links
Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in a one-hour cooking competition based on a theme ingredient.
The show is presented as a successor to the original Iron Chef, as opposed to being a remake. The Chairman is portrayed by martial artist Mark Dacascos, who is introduced as the nephew of the original Japanese chairman Takeshi Kaga. The commentary is provided solely by Alton Brown, and Kevin Brauch is the floor reporter. The music is written by composer Craig Marks, who released the soundtrack titled "Iron Chef America & The Next Iron Chef" by the end of 2010. In addition, regular ICA judge Ted Allen provided additional floor commentary for two special battles: Battle First Thanksgiving (Symon/Flay v. Cora/Morimoto) and Battle White House Produce (Batali/Lagasse v. Flay/Comerford).
Per the introduction fiction from the Battle of the Masters miniseries (and ignoring story elements from the 2002 Iron Chef Japan Cup Special), Chairman Kaga (the character) has ordered his nephew to continue the tradition of Kitchen Stadium, initially in Los Angeles, where the Battle of the Masters took place, before establishing a permanent Kitchen Stadium in New York's Chelsea Market. For the Battle of the Masters, the elder Chairman dispatched two Iron Chefs: Hiroyuki Sakai and Masaharu Morimoto.
Unlike the original Iron Chef or Iron Chef USA, Alton Brown, rather than the Chairman, is credited as the show's host.
On this version of Iron Chef, the Iron Chefs have either been previous Food Network personalities, are current personalities, were part of the original Iron Chef, or earned their position on The Next Iron Chef.[1]
The winning percentage for Iron Chefs participating on Iron Chef America is based on a weighted average methodology. A win is worth one (1) point, a draw is worth a half (0.5) point and a loss is worth zero (0) points. To calculate the winning percentage rate, the total number of points earned is summed up, and that sum is then divided by the number of battles the Iron Chef has fought. The win/loss data is based solely on the performance of the participant as an Iron Chef in Iron Chef America: The Series and the Battle of the Masters.
|Iron Chef
|Win %
|Mario Batali
|Cat Cora
|Bobby Flay
|Marc Forgione[a]
|Modern American
|Jose Garces[b]
|Latin Fusion
|Masaharu Morimoto[c]
|Wolfgang Puck[d]
|California Cuisine
|Michael Symon[e]
|Geoffrey Zakarian[f]
|Modern American
Wolfgang Puck was an Iron Chef for one battle, during the Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters mini-series; he defeated Iron Chef Morimoto. When the show was picked up as a regular series, Puck could not remain an Iron Chef, and was replaced by Morimoto. Emeril Lagasse was designated an Iron Chef for battle White House Produce. He wore a white Jacket with green trim, with Iron Chef Lagasse and the traditional Iron Chef insignia on it.[2]
Each Iron Chef wears a specially designed chef's jacket, a simplified version of the more stylized attire worn by the Japanese Iron Chefs, along with an apron and trousers of their choice for each battle. Through the Battle of the Masters and the show's first six seasons, the Iron Chefs wore contemporary denim chef's jackets with individualized solid-colored patches and trim: Batali's jacket trim was red, Cora's pink, Flay's blue, Morimoto's white, Puck's green and Symon's black. On the left shoulder of each jacket was a flag representing the Chef's country of origin.
During the show's sixth season, designer and Iron Chef America judge Marc Ecko designed new jackets for the Iron Chefs, which were first worn on the 2008 "Thanksgiving Showdown" episode. The jackets are individualized for each chef and include features such as short sleeves for Symon's jacket that make it resemble the black shirts he wears at his restaurant, Lola, or men's kimono styling and colors for Morimoto's jacket that suggest the costume he wore on the original Iron Chef. With the exception of Symon and Garces (whose long sleeves were shortened for his second season on ICA), the jackets have long, turn-back sleeves. Colors differ by chef: charcoal grey (Flay), black (Symon), light blue (Cora), silver with a red undershirt (Morimoto), white with light brown trim (Batali), white with green trim (Lagasse, for Battle White House produce), brown with wide red edging (Garces), grey with white trim (Forgione), and white with black trim (Zakarian). "Iron Chef" with the chef's last name underneath is embroidered in modern script on the left front side of the jacket, in the manner of a traditional chef's coat. The jackets also include a large embroidered Iron Chef patch on the right arm, also bearing the chef's name, and an American flag on the left sleeve.
Iron Chef America first aired as a special titled Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters. Unlike Iron Chef USA, Iron Chef America quickly earned legitimacy with the appearance of Iron Chefs Hiroyuki Sakai and Masaharu Morimoto. (Chen Kenichi was also originally slated to appear, but he was absent due to a scheduling conflict.) The first Battle of the Masters involved Sakai and Flay, with the theme of trout. There, Sakai had made two dishes of note: one was gift-wrapped to commemorate the opening of Kitchen Stadium America, while the other was trout ice cream, a dish that would be repeatedly recalled and referred to later on when anyone used the ice cream maker. Other battles in Battle of the Masters were Morimoto taking on Batali, Morimoto taking on Wolfgang Puck, and a tag team battle where Morimoto and Flay teamed up against Sakai and Batali. Battle of the Masters was largely successful and a regular series was commissioned.
The regular series is taped in New York, while Battle of the Masters took place in Los Angeles at Los Angeles Center Studios. Because of his other interests, Puck was forced to decline to appear in the regular series, and Morimoto took his place. Later that season, Cat Cora debuted as an Iron Chef during "Battle Potato", becoming the first female chef to hold the rank.
The second season of Iron Chef America began airing in July 2005. This season saw its first and second ties on the American show: the first aired on July 31, 2005, with both challenger and Iron Chef receiving 45 points. In this case, unlike Iron Chef, there is no overtime, although a rematch was suggested by Alton Brown. The third such tied result occurred in Season Three, when Susur Lee challenged Bobby Flay in Battle Bacon.
Starting November 2006, Australia's SBS, the domestic rights holder to the original Iron Chef program, started airing Iron Chef America: The Battle Of The Masters, replacing the original Japanese incarnation of the program. On December 9, Season 1 of Iron Chef America began airing. The show was scheduled to run until February 17, 2007, but due to viewer feedback, SBS ended broadcast of Iron Chef America three weeks early and resumed showing the original Iron Chef on February 3, 2007.
Starting in Season 8, Mario Batali was dropped from the show's opening sequence, though he continues to appear in on-air promos for the show. Despite his appearance during the special battle in which he was teamed up with Emeril Lagasse against Flay and White House Chef Cristeta Comerford, it is not clear whether or not he will return to compete in Iron Chef America on a regular basis. However, in a July 2010 interview with Slashfood's Allen Salkin, Batali explained that his absence from the series was due to travel conflicts with the show's summer shooting schedule and expressed a desire to appear in 2-3 battles for Season 9.[3]
In the first two seasons, after the challenger chef was introduced, the Chairman announced their Iron Chef opponent. Starting with Season 3, the show returned to the format of its predecessor and had the challenger chefs select the Iron Chef they will battle. In reality, the match-ups are determined well in advance in all three incarnations of the show, which is not to say that the challengers have no influence on the selection of their opponent. When the show started (this includes Battle of the Masters), then all Iron Chefs were introduced by Alton Brown. Beginning in Season 9, however, the sequence was dropped and Brown replaced that with, "In mere moments, one Iron Chef will be pitted against our challenger.....".
A theme ingredient (referred to as the "secret ingredient") is revealed, and the cooking begins. On occasion, the theme ingredient is actually a 'theme meal;' for example, eggs, bacon, potatoes, etc. are revealed and thus the "secret ingredient" is breakfast. Unlike Iron Chef, where chefs had roughly 5 minutes to discuss their strategy before the battle begins, the revelation of the theme ingredient occurs 45 minutes before the start of the battle. However, this segment is not shown on television, and it is a common assumption that the battle starts immediately after the secret ingredient is revealed. This practice was described on an episode of Unwrapped.
The Chairman announces the start of each battle with:
|"There's the Chairman's familiar "Allez Cuisine!" the French phrase that calls the Iron Chefs to culinary battle."
|—Alton Brown (Flay v. Tsai)
"Allez cuisine!" (loosely translated as "Go cook!" or "Start cooking!") is the phrase that started battles in the original Japanese series (hence the reference to his uncle, Chairman Kaga).
On Iron Chef America, both the challenger and the Iron Chef have 60 minutes to prepare a minimum of five dishes based on a theme ingredient. Just as with the original Iron Chef, the "secret" ingredient is not truly secret. Both the competitor and the Iron Chef are given a list of three to five ingredients before the battle, of which one will be the secret ingredient.[6]
After the first commercial break, Brown typically asks Kevin Brauch to introduce the judges. Generally, Kevin pays homage to the program's origins by adding, Konban Wa (Japanese for "Good evening") to his introduction. Unlike the original series, none of the judges participate in the running commentary, although Brown returns to them roughly mid-battle for their comments on the ongoing battle and the secret ingredient. Over the course of the cooking hour, Brown may also provide further information on the theme ingredient, using visual aids as required.
The dishes are tasted by a panel of three judges, two of whom are professional food critics (a contrast to the original Iron Chef, which typically had one professional food critic as a judge). Like the original Iron Chef, each chef can be awarded up to 20 points by each judge; consisting of 10 points for taste, 5 for plating (the appearance or presentation of the dishes), and 5 for originality. The chef with the higher score is declared the winner. If there is a tie, it remains as the final result, unlike Iron Chef, where an overtime battle was immediately called with a new theme ingredient; however, if the overtime battle also resulted in a tie, that would be the final result. (Also in contrast with the original, the final scores are subdivided by category, rather than by individual judge.)
Iron Chef America is not affiliated with any culinary institution, unlike Iron Chef, which was associated with Hattori Nutrition College. Chefs also bring in their own sous-chefs. Like Iron Chef, each chef is allowed two sous-chefs. In tag-team or two-on-one battles, both chefs on one side each bring one sous-chef. On the original Iron Chef, early episodes had two chefs without sous-chefs, while later episodes had two chefs and one sous-chef per side. The sous-chefs employed by the Iron Chefs are as follows:
All of the sous-chefs for both the Iron Chef and challenger are informally introduced at some point in the contest, unlike the original Iron Chef. Sous-chefs have occasionally entered into battle against Iron Chefs, including the Iron Chef under whom they worked.
The rules in Iron Chef America are thought to favor the Iron Chef less[citation needed] than the original program, however, some challengers have noted favoritism in the selection of theme ingredients.[7] On Iron Chef the Iron Chef's food was always tasted second, while on Iron Chef America, the chef whose food is tasted first is determined by toss of coin before the show.
As the tasting and judgment take upwards of 45 minutes to complete (although it is edited down to five to ten minutes per chef in post-production), the chef serving second is allowed to reheat his or her dishes, which was allowed on Iron Chef.
Several of the secrets to how the show is taped were revealed in an episode of Unwrapped entitled "Food Network Unwrapped 2." It was stated that the chefs find out what the secret ingredient is about 15 minutes before the battle begins because the opening sequence is recorded many times. It is only the final taping of this sequence where the words "Allez cuisine!" are said and the battle begins. Moreover, at the end of the one-hour battle, the chefs must still prepare 4 plates of each of their 5 dishes for the judges and the Chairman. This is done during a 45-minute period after the battle ends and before tasting begins. They consider this to be part of the competition, and it is timed, but it is not recorded or shown to the viewers. The plates which the audience sees prepared during the one-hour battle are the plates used to obtain close-up footage of the dish for use in the final episode. Usually, on taping days, two different battles will be taped, one beginning at about 10 a.m. and the second at about 4 p.m. A Food Network crew has about 90 minutes between each show to clean the set and prepare for the second show.
Chefs provide the producers with shopping lists for each of the possible secret ingredients. Consequently, they can surmise what the secret ingredient will be just before it is officially revealed, based on which of their items were purchased.[7]
ICA will occasionally stage special themed battles, generally during the holiday period. The first of these was held on November 12, 2006. A special 90-minute episode of Iron Chef America pitted two guest Food Network personalities, Giada De Laurentiis and Rachael Ray, the latter of whom does not consider herself a chef, against each other after they each received tips and training from Iron Chefs Bobby Flay and Mario Batali, respectively. While the early part of the episode made it appear as though it would be a head-to-head battle, the Chairman announced just prior to the secret ingredient reveal that it would in fact be a tag-team battle, with each of the women joined by the Iron Chef who trained her. The secret ingredient for the special was cranberries. The expanded timeframe allowed for longer cuts of the competition hour and the tasting segments to be presented, and the show as a whole had a more laid-back feel than regular ICA episodes. Plenty of joking and good-natured ribbing took place on both sides of the kitchen, such as Batali's effort to "bribe" the judges with cranberry bellini cocktails. The battle was won by Iron Chef Batali and guest chef Ray.
A second special holiday episode premiered on Sunday, November 25, 2007. This special, titled Iron Chef America: All Star Holiday Dessert Battle, paired Iron Chef Cat Cora and popular Food Network personality Paula Deen against fellow Food Network chefs Tyler Florence and Robert Irvine, with sugar as the secret ingredient. While this special was the usual 60-minutes in length, the tone was similar to the previous ICA special, with lots of "smack talking" and teasing among the four chefs. Iron Chef Cora and guest chef Deen's team emerged victorious.
On October 26, 2008, a Halloween battle took place between Iron Chef Michael Symon and former Next Iron Chef competitor Chris Cosentino. The theme ingredient was offal (organ meats, pig trotters, coxcombs, etc.), an ingredient with which each of the chefs is known to cook routinely. Igor and the Monster from the Broadway production of Young Frankenstein also made a special appearance, assisting with the presentation of the secret ingredient. The victory went to Iron Chef Symon.
A 90-minute "Thanksgiving Showdown" premiered on November 16, 2008. The secret ingredients were foods that might have been used at the first Thanksgiving feast: duck, lobster, heritage turkey, venison, leeks and walnuts. This battle marked the first time in ICA history that the American Iron Chefs competed against each other, with the team of Bobby Flay and Michael Symon battling against Cat Cora and Masaharu Morimoto. There were two floor reporters for this special: regular floor reporter Kevin Brauch covered Flay and Symon while ICA judge Ted Allen covered Cora and Morimoto. In addition, Mark Ecko appeared early in the episode to present the new Iron Chef jackets and describe the design process. Iron Chefs Flay and Symon defeated Iron Chefs Cora and Morimoto by one point.
First Lady Michelle Obama's White House Kitchen Garden was featured in a new special episode on January 3, 2010. The episode, called "The Super Chef Battle", featured Iron Chef Mario Batali and Super Chef Emeril Lagasse against Iron Chef Bobby Flay and White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford in a battle that required the chefs to create an American meal, with the produce from the White House garden as the secret ingredient. First Lady Michelle Obama made a special appearance, welcoming the chefs to the White House, and announcing the secret ingredient.[8] This battle was also notable as the first for which the Chairman was not present in Kitchen Stadium. Although the Chairman appeared on video, and presented a supplemental range of sustainable foods to be used in the battle, it fell to announcer Alton Brown to start the battle with the traditional "Allez cuisine!" This battle was also the first that carried a prize: $25,000 was donated to City Meals, a New York charity similar to Meals on Wheels in the names of the winning team. Iron Chef Flay and Chef Comerford defeated Iron Chefs Batali and Lagasse.
On January 2, 2011, "Battle Deep Freeze" aired. The show featured Iron Chef Michael Symon and Chef Anne Burrell facing off against Iron Chef Cat Cora and Chef Robert Irvine. There was no formal secret ingredient, just the theme "deep freeze." The chefs had to prepare 5 dishes, each with a frozen component, on the following five themes: Fruits and Vegetables, Meat, Aromatics, Seafood, and Alcohol. The dishes were either served in or accented by ice carvings.
On November 16, 2008, the Food Network preceded its "Thanksgiving Showdown" ICA special with a half-hour retrospective of the 10 best ICA moments. In the program, the Chairman presents each moment, followed by a female voice-over narration describing the challenge the Iron Chefs face, including live fish, big ingredients, time, the ice cream machine and unorthodox cooking methods. The introduction is followed by a clip of each moment interspersed with comments by the Iron Chefs and ICA judges.
|It's Alive!
|Mario Batali v. Jamie Oliver
|Sous chef Gennaro Contaldo's distraction antics
|Sugar Smack
|Cat Cora/Paula Deen v. Tyler Florence/Robert Irvine
|Paula Deen's verbal warfare
|The Bird is the Word
|Mario Batali v. Chris Cosentino
|Chef Cosentino presents squab brains and talons.
|Better Dining Through Science
|Masaharu Morimoto v. Homaro Cantu
|In an upset, the molecular gastronomists take the battle.
|Trout in the Machine
|Bobby Flay v. Hiroyuki Sakai
|The infamous trout ice cream
|Edible Art
|Masaharu Morimoto v. Michael Symon
|Morimoto's "stained glass" sushi
|I Fought the Clock and the Clock Won
|Masaharu Morimoto v. Roberto Donna
|Donna fails to complete his five dishes.
|The Wheel's on Fire
|Parmigiano Reggiano
|Mario Batali v. Andrew Carmellini
|Batali's Parmesan bowl filled with flaming grappa
|Smokin' Hot
|Masaharu Morimoto v. Tim Love
|Morimoto struggles with an unfamiliar ingredient: a jalapeño chile.
|Size Matters
|Bobby Flay v. Kent and Kevin Rathbun
|The chefs battle each other and the largest secret ingredient ever.
Located at the Chelsea Market in New York City, Iron Chef America's version of Kitchen Stadium has a more modern appearance than the one from Iron Chef. Much of the equipment in the kitchen is top-of-the line; appliances include six burner stove tops, an infrared grill, blast chillers, convection ovens, deep fryers, cutting boards, a plethora of small electrical appliances like blenders and food processors, as well as pantry stations. Both kitchens in Kitchen Stadium are set up with the same appliances, and each pantry station has the same food items including expensive items like saffron. Challengers may also sometimes bring their own equipment to their sections; most notably, postmodern chef Homaro Cantu brought a Class 4 Laser, liquid nitrogen, and an inkjet printer with edible inks and paper for his signature dishes.[9] One of the most infamous appliances in the kitchen is the ice cream machine (dubbed by the commentators as the Ice Cream Machine of Doom), which is often used to create unusual and abstract flavors of ice cream when chefs attempt to make a dessert course with the theme ingredient.[10]
The commentator's station has Alton Brown standing in front of two large monitors providing several camera views of the action. The station is much closer to and on the same level as the cooking stations, allowing Alton Brown to converse with the competitors and ask brief questions. Alton Brown has made frequent comments about Kitchen Stadium being "an orbiting space station" or "an underwater facility." Brown has also called Kitchen Stadium "Kitchen Stadium Number One, Two, and so on until number seven as of Battle Eggs.
There is a small section in the back of the stadium reserved for the studio audience, which is mostly composed of guests of the chefs. During the first two seasons, the audience is almost never mentioned or shown on camera unless there is a special guest in the audience. Starting with season 3, the show again takes a cue from its predecessor and gives a little more attention to the audience, particularly when someone close to the challenger or special guests are present. The audience is also now sometimes heard applauding the chefs, although they are ignored by cameras.
Despite Kitchen Stadium America's state-of-the-art appearance, problems arose during the first season. In her battle against Mario Batali, Chef Anita Lo had trouble getting her burners hot enough to cook her food. At one point, one of Lo's assistants took a pot over to Mario Batali's side of the kitchen to use his stove, to which Batali happily agreed.[11] In several battles contestants have experienced technical problems with the ice cream machine. Though there have not been serious injuries in Kitchen Stadium America, several contestants have suffered minor cuts from knife slips.
In the Behind the Scenes: Iron Chef America special, Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai voices his distaste for the modern look of the American Kitchen Stadium. Sakai referred to the kitchen as "cold."
Morimoto speaks English with a thick Japanese accent, and he sometimes speaks in Japanese when describing his dishes. Consequently, his voice is at times dubbed by Joe Cipriano. Cipriano, a veteran TV announcer and Los Angeles radio personality, also provided the voice for Hiroyuki Sakai in Battle of the Masters. When his voice is not dubbed, subtitles may be provided to help viewers understand what Morimoto is saying. In the episode Battle Eggs, Takashi Yagihashi had subtitles when the screen showed whom he challenged (Michael Symon).
In 2007, a competition was held to determine who among eight chefs would become the next Iron Chef. The show ran for six episodes, and followed the contestants through a series of eight culinary challenges taking place in the United States, France, and Germany. Contestants were eliminated by a panel of judges at the end of each episode, until the final two chefs returned to the United States to compete in Kitchen Stadium. The final battle featured swordfish as the secret ingredient, and was judged by Iron Chefs Flay, Cora, and Morimoto. Chef Michael Symon was declared the winner of the competition and subsequently joined Iron Chef America.[12]
A second season of The Next Iron Chef pitted ten chefs against one another for the title of Iron Chef beginning in October 2009. This season ran for eight episodes, during which the contestants competed in culinary challenges held in the United States and Japan. Contestants were eliminated by a panel of judges at the end of each episode until the finale, in which chefs Jehangir Mehta and Jose Garces returned to the United States to compete in Kitchen Stadium. The final battle featured various racks and ribs (pork, buffalo, and beef) as the secret ingredient, and was judged by the panel along with Iron Chefs Flay, Morimoto, and Symon. Chef Jose Garces was declared the winner of the competition, and joined Iron Chef America as its newest Iron Chef. Garces made his debut as an Iron Chef on January 17, 2010 against Seattle chefs Rachel Yang and Seif Chichi in Battle Hawaiian Moi, with Iron Chef Garces emerging victorious.
Food Network launched its third season of The Next Iron Chef in October 2010. Competition took place in Los Angeles, before moving to Las Vegas. The final battle took place in Kitchen Stadium between Chefs Marco Canora and Marc Forgione, with traditional Thanksgiving proteins, such as turkey, lobster and venison as the secret ingredient. Chef Marc Forgione was declared the winner of the third season of "The Next Iron Chef" on November 21, 2010. His first battle took place on November 28, 2010, against Washington, D.C.-based Chef RJ Cooper.
In October 2011, a fourth season of The Next Iron Chef premiered featuring super chefs like Alex Guarnaschelli, Anne Burrell, Robert Irvine, among others. The December 18 battle in Kitchen Stadium featured Geoffrey Zakarian and Elizabeth Falkner. Zakarian prevailed and was named the winner. His first battle aired on December 25th, during which he emerged victorious, being the second chef ever to receive a perfect overall score of 60 on Iron Chef America. Jose Garces received the first perfect score ever in Season 9 (see List of Episodes).
An Iron Chef America video game, titled Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine, was developed for the Wii and Nintendo DS by Black Lantern Studios and published by Destineer. Both versions were released on November 6, 2008, having been delayed from the original release date of September 23, 2008.
The game features "a series of fast-paced and intense culinary challenges" and includes the voice acting and likeness of The Chairman (Mark Dacascos), commentator Alton Brown and Iron Chefs Mario Batali, Masaharu Morimoto and Cat Cora, who players can either play or compete against.[13][14] The Wii version of the game has received mediocre to slightly unfavorable reviews, with an average score of 42% determined by critical score aggregator Metacritic.[15] The DS version of the game has received overall better scores, with median review score of 62%.[16]
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The restaurant is quite small so booking is essential but well worth it. Delicious traditional Greek food in central location.
The manager at Saint Andreas Resort recommended this place and it totally blew us away! The food was incredible, fresh, and creative and the wine list was amazing, especially because it was hand written! The owner made us feel like family and the staff went above and beyond to make the experience great. Definitely our favorite spot in Paros!
I absolutely loved the fried feta dish- it's a wonderfully flavorful dish with feta wrapped in phyllo dough, then cooked, followed up with a drizzle of greek honey and toasted sesame seeds. I do believe we almost considered ordering a second plate, if only we hadn't been so full from everything else we ordered (which was also equally delicious). Without...
The staff were so friendly. The food was delicious. The owner looks like a Greek god with his curly dark beard!
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During our seven days in Greece this was the best meal we had. We had pre course and main course and was so full that all appetite had gone, when the waiter asked for dessert. Partly due to the fact, that they kindly served a starter before these two courses.
The kitchen appeared to have some inspiration from the French...
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- Criminal Careers of Juvenile Sex and Nonsex Offenders: Evidence From a Prospective Longitudinal Study
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- Development of a new assessment scale for measuring interaction during staff-assisted transfer of residents in dementia special care units
- Law, Ethics, and Public Health in the Vaccination Debates: Politics of the Measles Outbreak
- The interplay of contextual elements in implementation: an ethnographic case study
- Music therapy to promote psychological and physiological relaxation in palliative care patients: protocol of a randomized controlled trial
- 'Engage me in taking care of my heart': a grounded theory study on patient–cardiologist relationship in the hospital management of heart failure
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By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
4/18/2013 (1 year ago)
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Salvaged from the depths of Alderney, third largest of the Channel Islands, there lies the wreck of an Elizabethan warship sunken in 1592. Many treasures were pulled form the depths there in the years after 2002. Amidst many ancient treasures, a rather inelegant object that "looks like a bar of soap and is just as opaque," is believed to be the mythical and magical "Sunstone," a navigational tool that helped the Vikings in their pillages and plunder.
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
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4/18/2013 (1 year ago)
Published in Europe
Keywords: Vikings, sunstone, naval navigation, archaeology, mythology
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic online) - Researchers believe that the item in its heyday was more like a gleaming crystal. Archaeologists now think that it may be an example of a fabled Viking navigational aid known as a sunstone, able to pinpoint the location of the sun even when cloud or fog made it invisible in the skies above.
The Alderney crystal could be the world's first known specimen is likely to cause almost as big a stir as might the capture of a leprechaun, or the discovery of King Arthur's sword.
As published in the scientific journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society, physicists at the University of Rennes in Brittany say that the Alderney crystal remains one of the great maritime mysteries: how to explain the nautical prowess of the Vikings in an age long before the invention of reliable magnetic compasses.
Vikings raped and pillaged their way from Scandinavia to reach not just British shores but also those of North America, where they are believed to have set up colonies in the 10th century. One of the great mysteries was as to how they were able to accurately navigate to foreign lands. Their vessels held up to 120 men and crashing through the waves at up to 15 knots - almost 20 miles per hour. An error of just a few degrees could take them rapidly off course
Essential to their navigation was there place in relation to the sun. Historians have long wondered how they navigated on the days when weather conditions or the time of the day meant that the sun was out of sight.
An Icelandic legend about the travels of the Norwegian king Olaf in the 11th century refers to sunstones.
One winter's day, Olaf met a farmer's son named Sigurour, who boasted that he could sense the position of the sun even in a snowy sky. According to legend, the assembled company looked out of the window but "could nowhere see a clear sky." After asking Sigurour to tell him where the sun was, the king ordered his minions to fetch "the solar stone" to test the young man's claims.
'He held it up and saw where light radiated from the stone and thus directly verified Sigurour's prediction.'
Sunstones are also found in the inventories of several churches and one monastery in 14th-century Iceland. No official sunstones have ever been found, until scientists began to investigate a crystal called Icelandic spar, which would have been quite common in the Vikings' homelands.
The crystal has a peculiar molecular structure, which means that light passing through it is split into two. Rotating the crystal eventually exposes the point where the two beams converge, and it is this angle that indicates the direction of the sun.
The jury is still out. Left languishing in a wooden box with only a purple velvet lining to dignify it as anything other than a nondescript piece of rock, the Alderney crystal may soon be retrieved from the storeroom and honored with its own display cabinet.
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French news magazine, French Match says that a cell phone video authentically shows the final seconds of the doomed Germanwings Flight 9525 that a distraught copilot slammed into the French Alps this week. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Regis Le Sommier, the ... continue reading
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The silent skeletons of 1,300 12th century men bear mute witness to Our Common Fate. How they got there under the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom remains a mystery, but what researchers have found sheds a light into life during the Middle Ages. ... continue reading
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Polish Schoolchildren, attending what they thought was a religious camp honoring Lent were screaming and in tears when 37-year-old priest Tomas Wieczorek carried out a mass exorcism. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The 1,000 young people, from schools in the ... continue reading
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Rejecting Pope Francis and consecrating bishops without the approval of the Vatican, the ultra-traditionalist movement "The Resistance" is planning to expand by consecrating again a new generation of bishops. According to one of the French bishops, Jean-Michel Faure, ... continue reading
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Excitement is in the air in Krakow, Poland. The metropolis is readying itself to host World Youth Day in 2016. As part of the renovations to host the over two million people who are expected to attend, the city has a new airport, improved road and rail links, a ... continue reading
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The willful destruction of himself - along with 149 other, innocent human beings, has the world scrambling for answers. Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who slammed his plane into mountainside earlier this week. Killing everyone onboard, remains a ... continue reading
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A terrible tragedy that left 150 people dead may have been the result of a frightened, insecure man hiding a medical condition. Investigators say that Germanwings copilot Andreas Lubitz was keeping an unspecified medical condition secret from others and had a ... continue reading
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Investigators have recovered key information from the French Alps wrecked Germanwings Airbus A320's black box and voice recorder. The co-pilot, 28-year-old German, Andreas Lubitz, intentionally locked the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately crashed into a ... continue reading
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- Town Talk: Baldwin Junction retail center, Big Springs rock quarry up for approval
- The Dividing Line: Was Friday's W against Olathe North the best in Free State history?
- Conference chatter: Is it time for a playoff in college football? The president-elect thinks so.
- Rolling along: Grappling with the aftermath of cyclist's death
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- Paul Davis makes it official: He's running for governor
- 11:48 a.m., September 17, 2013 Updated 7:39 p.m.
- House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, today officially launched his campaign for governor, vowing to build a moderate coalition to work on the state's problems. By Scott Rothschild
2:44 p.m.
- FSHS soccer slips past De Soto
- September 17, 2013
- The steady drizzle coming down throughout the Free State High boys soccer team's home opener Monday night made performing simple game tasks much trickier than usual. By Benton Smith
- Photo gallery: Free State soccer vs. De Soto
All stories
- City approves partial closure of Massachusetts Street for outdoor movie
- September 17, 2013
- Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday night unanimously agreed to shut down a portion of Massachusetts Street for about seven hours on Sept. 26 for a free outdoor showing of "The Goonies," a 1985 cult classic about a group of kids on a wild treasure hunt. By Chad Lawhorn
- City voices support for $725k loan to shelter but wants further discussion of terms
- September 17, 2013
- City commissioners voiced support Tuesday for a $725,000 loan for the Lawrence Community Shelter, after leaders with the homeless shelter expressed concern about the financial bind the organization would find itself in without the money. By Chad Lawhorn
- AT&T investing millions in mobile network on KU campus to improve data speeds
- September 17, 2013
- Life in the digital world could get easier for anyone who has been caught in the logjam of mobile users while trying to post pictures from Allen Fieldhouse, Memorial Stadium, or just about anywhere else on the Kansas University campus. A contract between KU and AT&T will allow the company to build a network of small antenna systems throughout campus, making it easier to upload and download data to cell phones. By Ben Unglesbee
- Media lawyer speaks at KU about press freedom in the age of WikiLeaks
- September 17, 2013
- Charles Tobin, a Washington D.C.-based media lawyer, has represented large and small media clients in courts across the country. He's also advised news organizations on how to respond to government subpoenas. On Monday he spoke at the KU law school about the meaning of press freedom, and the meaning of what it is to be in the press, in an age of hackers, leakers, tweeters and bloggers. By Ben Unglesbee
- State board says all teachers should be fingerprinted
- September 17, 2013
- The Kansas State Board of Education voted to draft a new regulation that would require teachers already licensed to be fingerprinted when they renew their licenses. The proposed change is aimed at identifying teachers charged or convicted with serious crimes. By Peter Hancock
- Lt. Gov. Colyer to testify to Congress that economy hurt by Affordable Care Act
- September 17, 2013
- Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer is blaming economic problems in Kansas and the nation on the Affordable Care Act. By Scott Rothschild
- Former VP candidate Ryan to appear in Kansas for Brownback fundraiser
- September 17, 2013
- Former Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan will headline two fundraisers next week for Gov. Sam Brownback's re-election campaign.
- KU defensive lineman Marquel Combs likely to red-shirt
- RB Taylor Cox also might take potential red shirt with nagging leg issues
- 01:21 p.m., September 17, 2013 Updated 12:18 a.m.
- It's been an interesting couple of weeks for Kansas University defensive lineman Marquel Combs, but KU coach Charlie Weis cleared things up quite a bit on Tuesday, when he said the former No. 1-rated juco player in the country likely would red-shirt the 2013 season. By Matt Tait
- 102 become citizens in Dole Institute ceremony
- 01:10 p.m., September 17, 2013 Updated 08:06 p.m.
- Right hands raised, 102 people from 40 countries stood and recited the oath to become American citizens this morning at the Dole Institute of Politics. For most candidates, the road to Monday's ceremony was long and challenging. By Nico Roesler
- Paul Davis makes it official: He's running for governor
- 11:48 a.m., September 17, 2013 Updated 07:39 p.m.
- House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, today officially launched his campaign for governor, vowing to build a moderate coalition to work on the state's problems. By Scott Rothschild
- Girls golf tournament postponed
- September 17, 2013
- Lawrence High's girls golf team postponed its annual home tournament Tuesday at Alvamar Golf course due to wet conditions.
- Kansas shifts plans on license renewals
- September 17, 2013
- TOPEKA — Kansas no longer plans to require people renewing driver's licenses to produce proof that they're living in the U.S. legally, Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan said Monday, confirming a policy shift with implications for the state's administration of a separate proof-of-citizenship requirement for new voters.
- FSHS soccer slips past De Soto
- September 17, 2013
- The steady drizzle coming down throughout the Free State High boys soccer team's home opener Monday night made performing simple game tasks much trickier than usual. By Benton Smith
- 40 years ago: Local tavern owner killed in car-train collision
- September 17, 2013
- It was the ninth traffic fatality reported so far in 1973 in Douglas County.
- Letter: Constitution Week
- September 17, 2013 in print edition on A10
- The tradition of celebrating Constitution Week was started in 1955 by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Constitution Week is commemorated every Sept. 17-23.
- Letter: Brush too broad
- September 17, 2013 in print edition on A10
- Craig Voorhees (Public Forum, Sept. 13) paints with too wide a brush. His upbringing may have been difficult, but not all fundamentalist Christians are bad, as all Muslims are not bad, as all Catholics are not bad, etc.
- Letter: Happy birthday!
- September 17, 2013 in print edition on A10
- Today marks the 159th birthday of Lawrence. Just nine years ago, our town celebrated our sesquicentennial and presented Sesquicentennial Point as a marker of our 150th birthday.
- Letter: Loyal local
- September 17, 2013 in print edition on A10
- I appreciated Sara Shepherd's Journal-World article about The Raven Book Store at 6 E. Seventh in downtown Lawrence. Many of us know Pat Kehde and Mary Lou Wright, the founders, and we are pleased that The Raven is celebrating its 25th year in business.
- Commission announces winners of this year's Phoenix Awards
- September 17, 2013
- The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission today is expected to announce the winners of this year's Phoenix Awards, bestowed annually to local artists and art supporters.
- 100 years ago: $2k in damages to be awarded to famiy of pedestrian in April accident
- September 17, 2013
- "The judgment is to be equally divided between the widow and the guardian of her six minor children."
- Douglas County jail volunteer inspires inmates
- September 17, 2013
- Kofi Boye-Doe wanted a better life for himself and his family. So at age 37, he did something radical. He left behind his country, his extended family and his job to start over, new, in America. On top of working three jobs, Boye-Doe volunteers at the Douglas County Correctional Facility so that inmates can have the same opportunity to start over, new, upon their release.
- Double Take: Parents involved in kids' lives whether they like it or not
- September 17, 2013
- Dear Dr. Wes & Kendra: Everyone needs to leave me alone about a job and school! It's my life. Why can't I live it the way I want to?
- Young mom learns 'anyone' can get cancer
- September 17, 2013
- Morgan Miller simply didn't know what to think after her cancer diagnosis. "I mean, at 24? Who gets cancer at 24?" The answer comes from a boy seated across the table, his face buried in a Kindle Fire. "Anyone," 9-year-old Trenton calmly tells his mother, drawing a nod from his twin brother, Derek.
- Editorial: Ranking rise
- It would be great if Kansas University's rise in a national ranking is the beginning of a long-term trend for the school.
- September 17, 2013 in print edition on A10
- Congratulations to Kansas University and especially the KU School of Business, for moving up in the recently released U.S. News and World Report ranking of the nation's best colleges.
- Opinion: Mexico, Brazil seek education reform
- September 17, 2013 in print edition on A10
- In simultaneous moves that went almost unnoticed in the rest of the world, Mexico and Brazil passed historic education reforms last week that, if carried out as planned, could help propel Latin America's biggest countries to the First World in coming decades.
- Will young, healthy people purchase insurance under the Affordable Care Act?
- September 17, 2013
- The Affordable Care Act has a goal of near-universal coverage in the U.S., but for that to happen many young, healthy Americans will have to buy insurance. Otherwise, experts say, costs may go up for everyone else, such as people with pre-existing conditions, who for the first time will be able to purchase insurance without restrictions. By Giles Bruce
- Horoscopes for Sept. 17
- September 17, 2013
- For Tuesday, Sept. 17 This year you often go back and forth when trying to make a decision, as you clearly see both sides of an issue. If you are single, you might not want to commit this year, even though you could meet someone spectacular. If you are attached, the two of you often debate who does what, as far as household chores go.
- 25 years ago: Local authors seek recipes, stories for 'Kansas Cookbook'
- September 17, 2013
- "Your German grandmother's recipe for Linzertorte or your brother-in-law's barbecued beef are exactly what we're looking for."
- Doctors' offices may not see a lot of changes from Obamacare
- September 17, 2013
- How the law often known as Obamacare affects medical practices remain to be seen, but many physicians and health care experts say they don't expect that doctors' offices will experience a lot of changes. And Robert Lee, professor of health care policy and management at the Kansas University School of Medicine, said doctors' offices should be able to implement the law without any major administrative headaches. By Giles Bruce
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