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This course is offered via through Adobe Connect on four Wednesdays from May through June. Each session will cover a particular aspect of radiology. After you confirm attendance in the course on the CDE website, you will receive a separate email message with details on how to access the Adobe Connect sessions. Paralleling Tech. Part 1, May 23, 2012 @ 11:00 EST [2 hrs.] Paralleling Tech. Part 2, May 30, 2012 @ 11:00 EST [2 hrs.] The first and second sessions of this course are designed to offer both untrained and experienced dental assistants an opportunity to learn, update and improve their paralleling technique to increase the diagnostic value of radiographs. During these sessions participants will explore paralleling technique; terminology, film and positioning indicator device [PID] placement, trouble shoot and correct errors. Participants can expect pre-course communication and assignments. Bitewing Technique June 13, 2012 @ 11:00 EST [2 hrs.] The third session is designed to offer both untrained and experienced dental assistants an opportunity to learn, update and improve their technique so bitewings will have diagnostic value. During this session participants will explore bitewing techniques; terminology, criteria for premolar and molar bitewings, head position, use of tabs and film holder, film placement, open contacts. Participants can expect pre-course communication and assignments. Radiological Protection - June 27, 2012 @ 11:00 EST [2 hrs.] The last session of the course is Radiological Protection and is designed to offer both untrained and experienced dental assistants an opportunity to learn and update their radiological protection knowledge and skills in the clinic. During this session participants will examine their radiological protection practices for staff and patients: compliance with radiology certification, terminology, proper use of lead protective devices, effective use of barriers and distance, dosimeter, report adjustments or repairs of x-ray machines. Participants can expect pre-course communication and assignments.
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Most voters who register as a member of a party in Colorado do so because they wish to vote in the primary election where the party candidates are chosen. Unaffiliated voters cannot vote in primaries. A voter may declare a party affiliation at the polls on primary election day but are then registered as a member of that party. To change party affiliation or to declare unaffiliated they must fill out a form online or go to the courthouse and do so.
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Fire brigades can be run in better - and cheaper - ways
by John Blundell
Firemen are heroes. They wear bright uniforms; they drive big red vehicles with sparkling silver Klaxons; and they exhibit great courage, as on September 11 when 356 of them died at the World Trade Centre. The whole world felt for them and their families. We still do. We always will.
So, why do we harbour doubts about yielding to the 40 per cent pay demands of their trade union? And are there alternatives to how we currently supply and pay for fire suppression?
The Roman Emperor Diocletian struggled to pay his firemen until he allowed them to negotiate their fees on arrival at a conflagration. It was quickly noted that the incidence of fires at the homes of the wealthy rose. Caveat emptor.
William the Conqueror was so exasperated by his fire-prone Saxon vassals that he insisted all fires had to be extinguished by 6pm. It was a couvrefeu, hence curfew, and easy to enforce, as smoke is hard to hide.
Fire fighting evolved after the Great Fire of London as insurance or assurance companies found it useful to have their own brigades. You can still see surviving plaques on buildings bearing company names. The great caricature is that of the firemen of insurance company
A waiting, doing nothing, until the team from company B arrives too late to save the property. The reality was a very subtle process by which the first team to get there was rewarded regardless and there was an agreed salvage system.
In 1861, an enormous fire in Tooley Street in London caused £2 million of damage. The Fire Brigades Act of 1865 was the result. But it was not until 1938 that fire brigades were made mandatory in local authority areas, and this was more as a defence issue than out of admiration for the mixed qualities of municipal fire services. So they were not so much nationalised as municipalised.
Why our doubts? Being a fireman has its moments but they are few and far between and the daily demands are no towering infernos. If not sleeping, playing cards, eating or polishing their gear, those out on duty are mostly rescuing cats or flushing out blocked drains. And about half of them are never out, but rather in, filling in the paperwork.
No formal qualification is needed to join the force and whenever jobs are advertised, anything from 40 to 200 people apply per opening. One might normally expect to see their relative wages falling not rising! They enjoy restrictive practices and dismal performance redolent of the old "Spanish customs" of the print unions. To say they are hostile to change is a huge understatement.
For 50 years, Whitehall has regarded the fire service as second only to the prison service as ripe for reform but political will is frozen by the combination of an aggressive union and a vision that, although they are rascals, they can be flash heroes.
All but one per cent are white and all but one per cent are men. So, while it is not uncommon to see black firemen in America, it is very rare here. There is a subtle but very effective "freemasonry" at work.
What are the alternatives? Most fire protection (as opposed to fire suppression) is totally private. It is all about building design and maintenance coupled with alarms and sprinklers. Provision of "free" fire suppression services can be very easily shown to lead to overinvestment in fire brigades and underinvestment in fire prevention.
All the alternatives to municipal tax-funded provision, such as volunteers, subscription services, contracting out and user fees, are without exception less costly and give just as good service. A majority of American communities do not have municipal provision, though a majority of the population is so covered.
Of America's 24,500 fire departments, 87 per cent are manned by volunteers and in most of the remainder volunteers supplement the efforts of the professionals. Overall, 91 per cent of America's 2.2 million firemen are volunteers and the state of New York has only 62 paid departments compared with more than 1,800 volunteer ones.
It is a mark of great prestige to serve as a volunteer in the tradition of Ben Franklin, who started the first such force in Philadelphia in 1736, and to this day there are waiting lists for entry.
As much as 90 per cent of a typical fire department's budget is salary, so if you can staff with volunteers the savings are enormous. The RNLI provides a happy domestic model. Its frontline personnel are skilled volunteers. They are all very brave. They have a high esprit de corps. They save many lives.
Private, for-profit firefighting firms can be found in Arizona, large parts of Tennessee, Georgia and Oregon and many other states, as well as in European countries such as Denmark. The entrepreneurs who start such companies tend to be former public sector firemen frustrated by their inability to innovate and improve.
In Denmark, where private provision covers half the population, the cost is only a third of that of the public service. Private firms either contract directly with a city or provide a subscription service directly to property owners.
Finally, user fees create great incentives to invest in fire prevention measures. The better you are at upgrading your prevention capabilities the lower your fee and the lower your insurance premium.
All known studies of private fire suppression show a similar if not better service is provided at significantly lower cost for several reasons. Private fire brigades use a mix of full-timers and reservists and face a much lower salary bill. They also cross-train firemen as security guards and paramedics and give multiple service provision. They innovate and are more pro-active in fire prevention.
Finally, they achieve efficiency through economies of scale by servicing several communities, thus spreading high fixed costs across many more people. Underlying all of this is competition and a culture far, far removed from that of Britain's fire stations.
Public or private, firefighting is like defence: you pay to have it; you hope you will never need it; and it stands idle most of the time. But the key difference is that in the private sector such idle time is either minimised or put to good use.
Tony Blair continues to surprise. Perhaps he will not fudge tackling the heirs of Arthur Scargill.
John Blundell is General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs
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From the moment I first saw it as a child, the 1946 Powell and Pressburger film A Matter of Life and Death (or Stairway to Heaven as it was called in America) instilled in me a strange fascination with death. Not in the morbid sense, but with the logistics that would inevitably be a part of any agency burdened with the organization of life after death. In A Matter of Life and Death, a WWII pilot whose plane goes down is lost in the fog and the agents of heaven miss picking him up when he should have died, so he goes on living for a little while. In that time he meets an American woman and they fall in love, when the heavenly agents come to claim him he argues that now two lives will be ruined which would otherwise never have intersected. The issue is deemed complex enough to warrant a trial, one adjudicated and witnessed by the massed ranks of the dead residing in heaven. The sheer enormity of the bureaucracy involved in this one lost death is only hinted at, but the scope of it is quite fascinating.
When I read Si Spurrier and PJ Holden's Numbercruncher I knew that I'd finally found someone just as enthralled by the administration and inhuman efficiency set forth in A Matter of Life and Death. Numbercruncher presents a story about a man so in love that he is willing to sell his soul in order to get another chance at life with his beloved. As is so often the case in these situations it doesn't quite work out that simply. However, in a radical and refreshing departure from the norm this story is not presented from the point of view of our lovestruck young man, but instead from the perspective of the beleaguered administrative "angel" who is assigned to his case. This miserably reluctant employee of the afterlife is descriptively named "Bastard Zane" (which tells you nearly everything you need to know about this frustrated thug). Continue Reading »
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Elderly couple killed in fire are identified
Published: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 10:38 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 10:38 a.m.
PUNTA GORDA - An elderly couple has been identified, after they were killed by an apparent accidental fire in their home, which did not have working smoke alarms, according to the Punta Gorda Police Department.
On Thursday, just after 11 a.m., the police and fire departments responded to the home at 310 Sorrento Court for a report of a fire.
In the master bedroom and master bathroom, they found the bodies of John Fitzmaruice Jr., 85, and Carole Fitzmaruice, 79.
Based on the physical evidence at the home, investigators determined that the fire started in the living room, was accidental and most likely caused by faulty electrical wiring. The fire department said Wednesday that the home did not have working smoke alarms.
The official ruling related to the cause of death will be made by the Charlotte County Medical Examiner's Office, but investigators believe the deaths are accidental.
Punta Gorda Police Detectives are also investigating the deaths in cooperation with the state Fire Marshal's Office.
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The Benton Police Department is requesting the help of the public to locate a 15-year-old boy that allegedly ran away from home 10 days ago.
Payton Stone is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, 110 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. He was last seen at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 21 leaving his home on foot.
Payton was last noticed wearing a white Holister "So Cal" shirt, kakhi shorts, purple and black color shoes, and a Black Sox baseball cap. Officers believe that Payton is traveling on foot.
Anyone with information on Payton's whereabouts is encouraged to call the Benton Police Department at 778-1171 or 315-TIPS (8477). Individuals also may send an anonymous tip by texting CRIMES (274637) with the keyword BNPD in the body of the text.
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payton was found today. Juvenile Officer Myka Sample tracked him down near JJ's truckstop, to a home where he had been staying for the last week. She took him into custody around 6 pm today. He was reunited with his mother. She is very greatful for the work Mrs. Sample put into finding her son.
I was dispatched by the Saline county sheriff, to aid in the recovery...
Thank you Deputy Teague in the recovery! Glad he is home safe and sound with his mother. There sure has been a lot of runaways lately....just don't know what these kids are thinking!
So very glad he was found safe and sound!!
Couldn't agree more Evan.
That's great news, thanks for the update!
Great work and great news!
A potentially bad situation with a good ending; way to go Myka, deputyteague and others that helped in locating this young man and returning him to his home.
Sorry, I don't quiet have this site figured out yet. I see Deputy Teague already posted he was found. :)


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Under our law, [in the absence of unusual circumstances,] if the defendant had control over the premises, (he/she/it) is permitted to wait until the end of a storm and is given a reasonable time thereafter to remove ice and snow from
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It's a milestone for Minnesota Valley Television as they work to fill their new offices, in a building of their own, on Hwy. 212 just west of Granite Falls where American Family Insurance and Ron's Barber Shop were once located. "The future looks good here," says MVTV President Dan Richter standing outside the non-profit, member-owned, corporation's new offices and hinting at future milestones to come. "It's good for everybody; having everyone (customer service and network support) together... We made this move with expansion in mind." MVTV's offices had previously resided in the Danielowski Accounting offices in downtown Granite Falls. There their customer service center was also based, while network technicians worked mostly from MVTV's tower, two miles west of Granite Falls on Hwy. 67. MVTV Plant Manager, Luke Richter explains the decision to move into now office space, saying "We took a look at where we were five years ago and the amount of changes and growth we've seen. Then we looked at where we want to be at 10 years. We knew we needed more space and we knew we wanted to bring the customer service side and the network side together. So far it's gone great. Having everyone together really increases communication and efficiency. Everything just moves quicker." As MVTV was discussing their expansion they began talking with Kyle Weber of Weber Construction who owns the building MVTV recently moved into. Weber had plans to renovate the building after the departure of American Family Insurance and Ron's Barbershop. "The building wasn't necessarily remodeled just for MVTV," says Luke Richter. "I think the question was; how do we remodel these offices to attract a company like MVTV? And we helped Kyle along with that. So, the building was kind of updated with MVTV in mind." Another factor in mind, at least for MVTV that pushed the move, is their plan to roll out a new digital television service sometime early this fall. "The equipment just arrived a week ago," said Luke Richter. "We're beginning our training with it now and hope to begin marketing it in early September." Though now MVTV is best known for their rural broadband internet service, their roots are based in television and most recently, in 2012, the entire TV service was upgraded to digital. Now in 2013 MVTV will offer a digital television service that is the first of it's kind. Members will have access to an encrypted service offering up to 40 channels, providing cable and satellite programming. "We will be capable of offering up to 60 channels, but it is our intent to provide services at the lowest possible cost to our members," stated Operations Manager Tim Johnson in an earlier interview with the Advocate Tribune. No decision has been made as to the number of channels or which channels will be offered when the TV service is ready to transmit. "What we do know now is that we'll be using a new set-top box. It is the first of its kind," shared Johnson. A big advantage of the new set-top box is that it can be self-installed if a member currently has a UHF antenna. "We fully researched and developed this. It is unique and one of a kind, but I'm sure we're creating a situation that will be duplicated," said Dan Richter. As far as internet service, MVTV is growing there too. "We're serving over 5,000 members now," shared Johnson. He stated that there are 54 sites today, providing Wi-Max service. The internet service area covers over 20,000 square miles of southwestern Minnesota. "We'll be adding another dozen or so sites in 2013," said Johnson. With the expansion Luke Richter also said MVTV plans to add several positions and increase their workforce. As for the employees already at MVTV? "All our employees have voiced their opinion that it's much better to be together rather than apart. It's going to be really great out here."
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Most of the time I go in there the staff are clueless about preventing cross contamination. They ask me if I want a tortilla after telling them I'm gluten free and they get snippy if I ask them to change their gloves after I see them out their hands down on a troika. I've tried to give them the benefit of the doubt by I've had reaction the past three times I've eaten there and will never eat there again.
Eaten here a few times, and the first two times I felt okay but the last time my stomach hurt so bad I couldn't do anything but lay down for 2 hours. This is with them changing there gloves.
Every time i go in its a hassle. They don't want to get new gloves, wash their hands, use new spoons. Cross contamination is way too easy. I get sick almost every time with an exception of a gentlemen getting fresh everything for me without me asking him to, all I ask was for him to wash his hands and put new gloves on and he asked me what I'm allergic to and i said i have celiac disease. He is a rare exception only ONCE did this happen.
Chipotle is one of the best fast-food chains when it comes to GF dining. It would be nice if they could make/order large corn tortillas so GF burritos/quesadillas.
An absolute staple. Safe & satisfying convenience food is worth its weight in gold with a gluten and dairy free lifestyle.
2504 Highway 6, Grand Junction, CO 81505
At first the staff seemed to not understand what I meant by celiac and gluten free. However the more I come to this location the more employees are aware of their process. Washing hands, changing gloves and I request that they change the spoons of the first 3 rice, beans and meat. In Denver they used to change every spoon but I find the first 3 seems sufficient, but if you are extra sensitive you may request more. Staff is always understanding and kind.
1153 Freeport Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
I have been to some hit or miss chipolte's and this location is the best by far. One of the managers has a severe gluten allergy, so all staff seem to be well trained and happy to help. Not only do they change gloves but they also wash and sanitize their hands. They also change out all of the spoons and get the lettuce and cheese from the back.
97 N. Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, FL 34243
Most chipotles will change all the serving utensils this one didn't, but the same person did the entire order. Lets see how it goes?
323 Yonge St., Toronto, ON M5B 1R7
Have been to this location many times and the staff have been great about changing gloves with no fuss and a smile and properly handling gf food. The large size of its counter allows for safer handling of gf food as it goes down the line avoiding cross contamination. I can't say the same for several smaller locations I have visited in the U.S. where I would not take a chance with the food. This location is really well run (overall and pertaining to gf) and the food is fresh and tasty.
13127 State Line Rd., Kansas City, MO 64145
I'm extremely sensitive. I had a wonderful experience at this Chipotle! The staff was amazing. They not only washed their hands and changed their gloves but they got out all new cold ingredients just for my bowl! I haven't even had a slight reaction! My only complaint is that there wasn't a changing table or counter in the bathroom.
6100 Long Prairie Road, Flower Mound, TX 75028
Great experience, I went in a few minutes before they closed & the girl who made my bowl was very understanding- she washed her hands quite thoroughly & put on new gloves! I was wary of the chips but ate them & feel fine- very thankful one of my favorite restaurants is so GF friendly! :-)
112 Commerce Way, Woburn, MA 01801
They always stop to wash there hands and change gloves, it has good service and the workers are very friendly!
8599 W Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI 48116
Friendly, changed gloves & utensils---delicious food
853 Higuera - Space 6, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Great variety... corn tacos, salad box or burrito fillings in a bowl. Great flavours and they are very specific with using new gloves to prevent cross contamination.
2280 Lone Star Dr., Sugar Land, TX 77479
Not recommended for celiacs. Setup for cross contamination.
They do a great job at this location with gluten free! They change gloves & seem pretty careful. Every once in awhile I come across a newbie, but fabulous in general! They seriously have it down.
1800 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205
I eat here once a week and never have a problem. It is one of the few restaurants I don't have anxiety about eating at.
3475 Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89109
The best chipotle I have ever been to. They were so understand of my allergy and I didn't get sick from it at all. I highly recommend going!
619 Gervais St, Columbia, SC 29201
Amazing. Washed hands when I said I was celiac and offered to change the utensils. wonderful service
1415 Boston-Providence Turnpike, Norwood, MA 02062
Told them I had a food allergy, they changed their gloves, took the bowl from the bottom of the pile just to be safe, wiped down the entire counter. Would definitely return to this location
4861 McKnight Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15237
I've never gotten sick here. However, the only meals I eat have no tortilla, merely the 'burrito bowl'. Plus, I love me some Chipotle food!
338 E. Rand Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
My favorite gfree option.
1813 Village West Pkwy Q101, Kansas City, KS 66111
Love the food. Great service but get busy during soccer games.
7638 W. 150th St., Apple Valley, MN 55124
Great option for two celiac daughters. They are typically accommodating. Very long lines!!! Never had an issue. Looking forward to the one in Rosemount to open!
1 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701
As soon as we told staff we were gluten free 1 wiped down area while another washed his hands and put on new gloves. The manager brought clean spoons and fresh lettuce and made sure his staff were doing all this. All with a smile.
103 Central Expressway North, Allen, TX 75013
They are always happy to wash their hands, change their gloves and make my whole bowl from start to finish. I eat plain white rice and even the guy behind the grill washed his hands, changed his gloves before he added the rice to the bowl. I was so impressed, probably the best location I've been to!
This specific location did an amazing job of being aware of cross contamination. The young lady who worked there changed her gloves immediately when she knew my daughter had celiac, washed her hands prior to new gloves, heated up her corn tortillas on tin foil and then took her order all the way down the line so no one else touched it.
Had a great experience at this location. As soon as I said I had I gluten allergy the guy making my meal changed his gloves and all the utensils. He was very pleasant and understanding. I will be back.
2600 Connecticut Ave., Washington, DC 20008
Not one of the best Chipotles I've been to... Had to ask for the kids meals as they aren't on the menu. The server wasn't too thrilled that I asked questions about the kids' quesadillas (8pm on a Saturday night and we were holding up the line). Asked if she could change her gloves, she did, but then helped her coworker by putting the flour tortillas on the griddle. Had to ask her to change her gloves a second time. The cashier was the only helpful person - he went to check that the kids meal chips were made with the corn tortillas (they are). He was very nice and helpful.
2901 Heritage Trace Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX 76177
Love having a healthier place to stop when onthe go! Lots of gf and vegan options with the bowl, salad, or crispy tacos. *Both workers were happy to change their gloves for me when asked. Will definitely be back!
7644 Lyndale Ave. S, #200, Richfield, MN 55423
The communication was really challenging at this Chipotle, and everything was very dirty. The glass in front of the food was filthy, as we're all the tables and seats. The forks were out of stock, and it was just way below the level of cleanliness and service we are used to from Chipotle!
4204 Highway 75 N, Sherman, TX 75090
Staff seemed to want to help but didn't seem to know what to do (changed gloves, didn't change spoons, had to get them to get fresh lettuce and cheese). They also didn't seem comfortable asking their manager (one started then stopped). When we asked about the lettuce and cheese, the worker asked the manager and he was rude and insisted that the lettuce had just been put out and was reluctant to help her get fresh cheese. So 5 stars for the workers and 0 for the manager.
5642 Allen Way, Castle Rock, CO 80108
Told them I was celiac and they whipped off the gloves, cleaned their hands, and used tinfoil to separate everything and were very helpful
200 Consumer Square, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Once I mentioned my children both had celiac, the server immediately removed his gloves without me asking and then asked if they were going to want cheese and lettuce. I said yes, so he requested a fresh cheese and lettuce container )since other workers are touching flour tortillas and then the lettuce and cheese). We were very pleased and felt confident that it was safe to eat.
10320 Federal Blvd., Federal Heights, CO 80260
Do not eat here. I got so sick and glutened.
5001 South Cooper Street, Suite 125, Arlington, TX 76017
Love this place. Never had an issue with any of their food! (Obviously don't eat flour tortillas) Burrito bowls are great!!
322 South Ave., Bloomington, MN 55425
Good food helpful and used clean gloves. Not sure if they actually knew if salsa and toppings were gluten free but we're good about corn taco info.
300 Needham Street, Space 107.2, Newton, MA 02459
This Chipotle's wasa huge disappointment. The crew we had to deal with yesterday had no clue how to handle us gluten free people at all! Furthermore, should you eat there you will get glutened! Unfortunately, after what happened to us and as my daughter watched the white rice getting contaminated when the server took rice back from an order back into the container With all her allergies and having very little trust in how the industry takes care of her issues, she may not be eating out ever again! Thanks!!
13300 Rittenhouse Dr., Midlothian, VA 23112
They have been excellent when I have been going there sometimes several times a a week/day! They have never caused any issues for my husband and me!
969 Bald Hill Rd., Warwick, RI 02886
Very impressed with the caution they used with cross contamination. Have always loved their food, but now being GF I am always so happy to find favorite restaurants that I can still enjoy!
969 Bald Hill Rd., Warwick, RI 02886
Very impressed with the caution they used with cross contamination. Have always loved their food, but now being GF I am always so happy to find favorite restaurants that I can still enjoy!
1255 New Jersey 17, Ramsey, NJ 07446
I eat at many different chipotle restaurants all the time the food is always good and gluten free. The Ramsey location is very close to my house I no longer go there because the constantly run out of things forks, ice tea, lettuce, grilled vegetables, carnitas and hard shell tacos on Multiple locations. No other chipotle is ever out of anything.
230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606
Good GF options, server changed gloves upon request. Tasty tacos.
2241 N. Maize Rd., Wichita, KS 67205
This store sets the standard high. I've been to a few other Chipotles and this is the only one that not only enthusiastically changed gloves and spoons, but also had a separate bowl of cheese and lettuce to serve from. Excellent.
535 S. Rock Road, Wichita, KS 67207
I had a mixed experience here last night. The male employee at the front of the line was very aware and sensitive of my celiac needs. He immediately changed gloves and serving utensils and politely instructed the employee at the second half of the line to change gloves. She, however, did not change utensils, started to reach for cheese from the common bowl until I asked her to serve from a separate container, and said they did not have a separate container for lettuce. Both I and my non-celiac husband didn't feel well after the meal.
4625 E. 96th St., Indianapolis, IN 46240
The staff here was SO RUDE!!! My husband and I decided to stop in for lunch. I have celiac disease so sensitive that if my husband eats gluten and then kisses me, I'll get sick. He informed the worker that I have celiac disease and both our bowels would need to be gluten free. She VERY rudely said, "like that's an allergy?" And rolled her eyes. We explained no, it's an autoimmune disease. She changed her gloves but didn't wipe the countertop or change serving utensils. Then another worker asked what I wanted after running her hands along the prep area. I asked her to change her gloves and she refused. Instead she took orders for the people behind me. Behind her, two other workers kept looking at me and giggling. I finally spoke up and explained the seriousness of my AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE to which they responded with eye rolls. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. I live in Ohio and the chipotle workers there are fantastic!!!! All I have to do is say I have celiac disease and everyone stops what they're doing, washes hands, wipes the prep area, uses fresh utensils, and changes gloves without me even having to ask or feel bad. The workers at this store have serious "better than thou" attitudes and obviously couldn't be bothered to actually DO THEIR JOB. I will NEVER eat here again.
306 S. 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Employees changed their gloves and put clean serving utensils in every item I wanted. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable.
3890 Medina Rd., Akron, OH 44333
Most options are gluten free including sauces. Chips are made from corn. Can get corn tortilla instead of flour. Food is fresh and tasty.
3354 E. Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
My fiancé has celiac's so it is hard to find food on a moment's notice. Chipotle is always an easy go to because everything at Chipotle is gluten free (with the exception of the flour tortillas.) If you make them aware of the allergy they will change gloves to prevent cross contamination.
435 South Duff Avenue #102, Ames, IA 50010
Great experience here. As a celiac I ask them to wash hands, change gloves and make my bowl from fresh ingredients in the back. Very nice and accommodating and I did not get sick.
306 S. 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
What a great place to eat! They changed their gloves, took out the tongs in meats, and gave me cheese and lettuce from a separate container. I had some bloating/gas that night but I think it was just from the natural reaction of Chipotle. :)
1600 Miller Trunk Hwy, Duluth, MN 55811
Everything is naturally GF besides the flour tortillas. They'll change their gloves if you tell them it's GF.
3324 Promenade Ave., Suite 107, Eagan, MN 55121
It depends on who is working that day. Some are ok, others will be annoyed by the request to change gloves and use extra caution. Don't get cheese on your meal. Even if the person preparing your meal had clean gloves on, all others have stuck their hands into the cheese after handling a flour tortilla. no one ever offered to get cheese or other topping from a fresh container for me. I won't go back.
7020 Amador Plaza Rd., Dublin, CA 94568
Very accommodating of celiac, just ask them to grab all ingredients from the back not the line and they will gladly help, even during peak hours. Can't say the same about the Chipotle on Persimmon Plaza.
13315 60th St. North, Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
This Chipotle has corn tortillas. If you request them, the people preparing the food ask if you have an allergy. If you say yes, they wash their hands before preparing your food.
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Tosh.O is one ofthose shows like Mystery Science Theater 3000 where you think, Geez, I couldhave come up with that idea. But you didn�t. So just enjoy the show. For thosewho are unfamiliar with the program, it�s basically a comedian, Daniel Tosh,showing internet videos and poking fun at them. There is more to it, of course.Episodes feature video breakdowns, web redemptions and viewer videos. Thisthree-disc set includes sixteen episodes, plus quite a bit of bonus material.
I like that DanielTosh is unafraid of poking fun at the very folks who make his show popular. Atthe beginning of the first episode he mentions how people voted online as towhat he should wear on the show. He then says, �And I want you to know yourvotes were wasted. They didn�t count. Your opinions are stupid.� Maybe I�m abad person, but I love that stuff. I also love the shot of the woman choking ona cupcake, particularly when the person trying to save her ends up smashing herhead against the table.
In the second episodehe shows a video of a black guy tossing his daughter toward a basketball hoopso she can make a basket. Tosh says, �This is what the WNBA needs � menthrowing women closer to the basket. The most impressive part of that clip isseeing a black father spend time with his child.� Daniel Tosh is best whenmaking those sorts of fearless observations.
About comedy he says(in the eighth episode), �The only reason I got into comedy was because I foundout when you have a real job you�re not allowed to talk openly about abortion.�Perfect. And in the ninth episode there is a video of a baby seated inside ahollowed-out watermelon. Tosh quips, �I can�t wait for Gallagher to smash this one.� (That episode also has the best �Web Redemption,�with a completely incompetent weatherman.)
Sometimes the showgets bogged down with a segment. In the third episode, there is a little toomuch time spent on the �What What In The Butt� bit, and so instead of laughing youhave time to reflect on the whole idea of the series. On the one hand, it�sgreat that anyone can be famous for doing a stupid video online. On the otherhand, it�s totally sad and depressing that our culture has degenerated to thispoint.
And of course DanielTosh is completely wrong about soccer (see the fifth episode). Soccer is agreat game � a much better game than American football.
Where he completelyloses me is when he rips into Shakespeare in the tenth episode. First Tosh saysthat all theatre is bad. Then: �And Shakespeare�s the worst of all. No oneunderstands what thou art talking about. Hamlet. More like Ham-shit.� I have toassume he�s joking. But it�s not funny. Ham-shit?Really? What makes me sad is the audience laughed. That means they�re all toostupid to understand Shakespeare themselves, and now feel somehow validated innot being about to understand it. So rather than try to improve themselves,they�ll feel better about their level of idiocy. And what�s to keep thesemorons from reproducing? Someone needs to stop them.
DVD Bonus Features
This three-disc setfeatures a lot of bonus material, all of it on the third disc. The first bonusfeature is the full 24-minute spoiler for The Human Centipede. I watched thisright after watching the film (as I hadn�t seen The Human Centipede before, anddidn�t want it actually spoiled), and it totally cracked me up. Because yes,there are some stupid things in the film. Why did the girls suddenly wander intothe woods? And how did the doctor get the human centipede upstairs each time?And yes, those drawings are done by a five-year-old. This bonus feature isfunnier than a lot of the material in the actual episodes. But he does mess upthe order of things a bit.
The bonus featuresalso include the extended bit on how Daniel Tosh would fare in fights withcelebrities, and an extended sequence on Things You Should Never Run Into ARoom And Yell.
But most of the bonusmaterial is extended interviews with the people appearing in the Web Redemptionsegments.
Tosh.O: Deep V�s wasreleased on DVD and Blu-ray on December 21, 2012.


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Jonathan Earl Wrenn was born December 13, 1976, in Ardmore. Shortly before his 36th birthday, on November 27, 2012, he quietly departed this life. A Celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 1, 2012, in Jehovah Baptist Church in the Milo Community with the Rev. Kirk Rushing officiating and Pastor Newhouse delivering the Eulogy. Interment will follow in Jehovah Cemetery.
A lifetime resident of Carter County, Jonathan was baptized at an early age at Macedonia Baptist Church and later united with Jehovah Baptist Church. He accepted his call into the ministry and the church issued a license during the tenure of Pastor W.J. Wallace. A graduate of Ardmore High School, Jonathan had a passion for football, wrestling and shot put. Additionally, he was noted for his cooking skills. He was known to cook practically any kind of food dish.
Jonathan leaves to forever cherish his life, his parents, Estoria and Charles McGee, and Edward Wrenn; a daughter, Keyana, and her mother, Lisa Franklin; a brother, Jerome Shannon; grandparents, Alma Shannon, Leola Hurte and Edgar Wrenn; two nieces and a nephew, Je`Tiva Shannon, Ja`Tivon Shannon and Tre`Von Lawson; and aunts and uncles, Josephine Lightsey, Virginia Wrenn, Rosa Wrenn, Ray Shannon and Anthony Smith.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Jess Shannon, March 18, 2010.
Pallbearers are T.J. Lightsey, Josh McGee, Jermaine Bennett, Delky Godwin, Ray Shannon, Christopher Shannon, Marcus Smith, DJavon Smith and Travis Lightsey. Flower bearers are JeTiva Shannon, Comesha Woods, Kisha Williams, Kelly Woods, Kenya McGee, Sheleatha McGee and Chae Jackson.
Viewal will begin at 10 today at Kirk Chapel. The family will receive friends at 6 this evening at the funeral home. Services are entrusted to the care of Kirk Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to email@example.com.
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SAN JOSE -- There may not be a combined 121 hits doled out again when the Sharks host the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday in Game 2 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series. But few expect the physical play to subside, either.
"I don't think it's going to change much," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said Friday. "It's two teams that compete hard."
Mike Brown, playing in his first playoff game in five seasons, had one of the first period's most memorable plays in a 6-3 victory.
With the Sharks leading 1-0, Brown drove hard to the net and put his shoulder into Kings defenseman Slava Voynov, who then fell on top of goalie Jonathan Quick. Both Kings players, and all of their teammates on the ice, took exception and a scrum ensued.
Offsetting double minor penalties were handed out, with Brown going to the box for goaltender interference.
Quick, known to have a short fuse, "was whacking me the whole game after that" with his stick, Brown said. "That's good. Let him focus all his attention on me."
Did Brown get into Quick's head?
"It's playoffs. The goal is to get them to take their mind off the game in whatever kind of way you can," Brown said. "To get the goalie, that's pretty much their No. 1 guy right there, to get him off the game, that's what we want."
The Sharks were ready to come out on to the ice when the power went out. Shortly after, McLellan began to wonder if the outage would sap the sellout crowd's enthusiasm.
"When you get out for warm-up and you have music going and the energy is building and building, all of a sudden is wasn't there," McLellan said. "I was concerned that it would play into L.A.'s favor. But we managed it well."
"Stoll's pretty good anyway, but I think I have to pick up my game so we can start with the puck a little more," Sheppard said. "It's things you can work on, and sometimes there are bounces here and there, but for the most part it's getting the timing down and getting used to that kind of motion."
McLellan noted Sheppard was not put in that position a lot until the last few weeks of the regular season, as he took just 233 draws and won 45.1 percent (105) of them. On occasion Thursday, Joe Pavelski stepped in for Sheppard to take the faceoff when the puck was in the Sharks defensive zone.
"On home ice with the last change we have that luxury ... to get certain people out there, but again if they're fatigued, he has to step up and win some of those," McLellan said. "It'll be maybe a greater concern maybe when we get on the road."
For more on the Sharks, see the Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow Curtis Pashelka on Twitter at twitter.com/CurtisPashelka.
First-round series;
best of seven
Game 1: Sharks 6, Kings 3
Sharks lead series, 1-0
Game 2: Sunday, at San Jose, 7 p.m. CSNCA, NBCSN
Game 3: Tuesday at L.A.,
7 p.m. CSNCA, NBCSN
Game 4: Thursday at L.A.,
7:30 p.m. CSNCA, NBCSN
Game 5*: April 26 at San Jose, time TBD, NBCSN
Game 6*: April 28 at L.A., time/TV TBD
Game 7*: April 30 at San Jose, time/TV TBD
* -- if necessary
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Odorous taints, although relatively common in the food and beverage industries, are extremely rare in the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare industries. Since 2009, multiple pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare companies have recalled products for a musty moldy odorous taint, imparted by 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA), and detected through customer complaints. These taints arise from an external source as opposed to off-odors or off-flavors, which can arise from internal changes to a product from microbial spoilage. The haloanisole taints, TBA and 2,4,6-tricholoroanisole (TCA), generated by the fungal biomethylation of 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TBP) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) respectively, have very low thresholds for detection by the human nose, at parts per trillion (ppt), and high volatility relative to other organohalogen taints.
BackgroundWood pallets—an unexpected source. Almost all of the recalls cited in this report have been linked to TBA taints entering into Puerto Rico facilities from wood products that have been treated with TBP. Although TBP is registered as a wood preservative in South America, it is not registered in the United States. Thus, the risk of TBP entering the supply chain via wood pallets is higher for manufacturing sites based in Puerto Rico than in the continental United States. In addition, the warm, humid environment in Puerto Rico increases the probability that xerophilic fungi will grow on wood pallets converting TBP to TBA through biomethylation.
Prior to the series of TBA incidents in 2009, pallets were considered to have a very low risk within the supply chain, and as such, had limited quality oversight. A typical Quality Assurance (QA) manager, therefore, would have little or no knowledge about the standards or lifecycles of pallets. Some information on the pallet industry and types of pallets is included in the PDA Technical Report.
The initial investigations of musty, moldy odors by Johnson and Johnson McNeil Consumer Healthcare inconclusively focused on fungal growth on the tablets because of the complaints of a moldy odor (1). Subsequent analysis by gas chromatography (GC)/mass spectrometry (MS)/olfactometry indicated that the odor was due to the taint TBA. It was concluded that the most probable root cause of the odor from TBA was exposure of the product to packaging components that had been shipped to and stored at the pharmaceutical manufacturing site on wood pallets constructed from TBP-treated lumber that had entered the supply chain. It was observed that the odor persisted in the open containers after tablets had been removed, thereby suggesting that TBA resided in high density polyethylene (HDPE) containers and/or cap liners (1). In March 2010, FDA, in response to these recalls, developed a Level 2 GMP Building and Facility Q&A guidance to address the use of pallets to prevent risks from TBA taints (4).
These cases reinforce that pharmaceutical and consumer products are susceptible to contamination from haloanisole taints, such as TBA and TCA. Thus, the intent of the PDA Technical Report is to provide more guidance for the bio/pharmaceutical industry on how to identify and mitigate risks from TBA or TCA tainting.


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Discover Hobart in Summer
Hobart may not be a renowned summer destination, but summertime in Tasmanian hotspot is full of magnificent surprises.
As the country's southernmost capital, Hobart experiences more hours of daylight than any other Australian city, but without the sweltering heat associated with summer on the mainland.
While the days are long – extending up to 15 hours on the summer solstice – the city makes the most of the sunlit hours with a number of exciting festivals and events.
Cheer on the crews as they steer their boats into Derwent River, in Australia's most famous yacht race, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Starting in Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day and culminating in Hobart around 28–31 December, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an icon of Australia's sport – akin to events like the Melbourne Cup, Davis Cup and Australia vs. England test.
Join hundreds of thousands of foodies on Hobart's waterfront for the Taste Festival. A celebrated annual event, the festival highlights Tasmania's renowned fresh produce – namely seafood, cheese and berries – and wines and boutique beers. This year's event will run from 28 December 2012 to 3 January 2013, and entry is free.
Ring in the New Year at one of Australia's most anticipated music events, Falls Festival. Held an hour's drive east of Hobart, at Marion Bay, Falls Festival will see artists like Two Door Cinema Club, Hot Chip, Matt Corby and The Flaming Lips kick off 2013 with revelry and high spirits. The event runs from 29 December 2012 to 1 January 2013, and tickets are still available.
Summer is also a fantastic time to experience Hobart and its surrounds through a number of tours and activities.
Discover the city's long heritage with a visit to the Maritime Museum or Port Arthur. Uncover the area's acclaimed wilderness and flora and fauna with a trip to Mount Wellington, Mount Field National Park and Tasmania's World Heritage Area. Or experience the city's spectacular take on culture with a tour of MONO, an eating jaunt to Salamanca Place, or a shopping adventure in Sandy Bay.


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"Caldwell turned and as he turned his ankle received an arrow. The class burst into laughter."
– John Updike, The Centaur
This opening line of Updike's novel about a burnt-out school teacher in many ways typifies the essential roots of American public education. Like me, Updike uses Greek mythology as a metaphorical background to a contemporary novel. Aside from this structural correlation to my own work, however, there is little else in common between The Centaur and Lost Apple. Updike shows the problem of American education: people forced to live by the limitations set by others. In my novel I go about combating this not just American, but human condition.
Chiron the centaur is the archetype of the teacher in Western Civilization. He is noble and god-like (a half-god actually), and yet part beast and thus an outsider. Nevertheless he is indispensable to the fostering of heroes and every king in Greece sends him his kid to his school cave on Mount Pelion: Achilles, Peleus, Asclepius, Jason, etc. Ultimately, Chiron is accidently wounded by a mis-shot arrow of Heracles. It is a cursed wound, one that will not heal, and, being immortal, Chiron is doomed to suffer from it for eternity. Out of mercy, Zeus grants Chiron his request for death and places him among the stars as the constellation Sagittarius. And there he remains, eternal, inaccessible and yet always sought after.
So what is the connection? What do Americans want from education? We want all the prestige that comes with smarts. We want to say we studied in the centaur's cave. But we want it easy. We don't actually want to do the work of personal transformation that education entails. For us, education is a product to be bought and sold and that social mindset is an unhealing wound in the hooves of our teachers. And children, moreover, keenly perceive that their lives are not valued simply for what they are. They see that they too are a commodity being readied for the future of the adults' world. Fundamentally, this is why they disrupt classrooms.
So who shot the arrow that caused the wound? It certainly wasn't the kids. It would be easy to blame the dim-witted politicians and corporate interests who are trying to privatize public schools, but really we must blame ourselves. It was we who strung the bow the moment we decided that education is a means to an end and not the end of all means.
No, I cannot place Chiron among the stars of my readers. I cannot insist that the solution to America's education problems is to renew our seeking after the same paradigm: education as the ideal to be reached by those who can reach it. I believe in education for all, right now, as we are in our present lives. To make this fundamental shift requires a sharp break with what has always been. It requires Dionysus. Tim Schimmel, the eccentric billionaire and founder of Lost Apple Education Park says, "Dionysus has always been one of my favorite gods….That's really what it comes down to. It's funny, you might have expected I would pick Chiron, the wise centaur, teacher of heroes, but instead I chose Dionysus, the twice-born god. Somehow he fits better into the scheme of things around here."
Dionysus is a newcomer god in Greek myth and history, an outsider who comes in and stirs everyone up for better or worse. When this god and his train of revelers come dancing and singing into town, one had better be ready and willing to join in. The consequences for refusing the god are dire as most poignantly portrayed in The Bacchae of Euripides. Another character from Lost Apple, Blaine Starck, explains the Dionysus/Bacchus connection in the latter chapters of the novel, saying in part, "Bacchus, the god of wine and wine-related orgies, he's celebrated for bringing viniculture to man, but he in fact introduced all manner of cultivatable fruits, including the apple—quite interesting from the perspective of a teacher, I should think." I mention the apple here bring awareness to the untapped potential within teachers to not only revolutionize their own lives, but the lives of their students; the former happening simultaneously with the latter.
I then take a pot shot at teachers for their small-minded self-limiting tendencies; their institutionalized mentalities. Blaine continues, "Silenus, the fat old drunken satyr who was his teacher. He's the one you always see on the back of a donkey, too sloshed to walk. There's a kind of poetic justice in depicting a teacher as a drunk on the back of an ass." As harsh as this may sound, my intention is to draw attention to what we could be and to what we could show our students simply by a change of heart and expansion of vision. This, of course, is all done satirically in the book, but my message is very much present. Over a meal of roast rabbit in a remote hollow, Blaine explains the motives behind Tim Schimmel's creation of the education park: "Tim sees himself in the role of a Bacchus, a bringer of change, but he's smart enough to know it can't be done by himself, or even through himself. Rather, he understands that real change can only come from within individuals' hearts and minds."


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November 23, 2012
A new global survey commissioned by Pitney Bowes Software reveals that UK firms plan to spend almost half their marketing budgets (47%) on social media in 2013.
Yet the research also finds that only 26% of consumers globally use social networks to follow and interact with companies, and 65% would stop using a company if its social media activity annoyed them.
Marketers are at risk of inadvertently turning potential customers into "brand blockers", says the report.
The independent study, conducted by Vanson Bourne, has found that consumers tend to follow friends' recommendations of brands on social networking sites, while unsolicited marketing is viewed poorly.
Consumers are most interested in discount or money-saving vouchers, new products and services and upcoming sales and events, according to the research. Yet these are bottom of the list for marketers, mentioned by fewer than one in ten of those surveyed. Instead, marketers rate newsletters and customer satisfaction surveys – which were least interesting to consumers.
"This research is fascinating because it reveals a clear disconnect between the effort marketers are putting into social media and the desire among consumers to engage," says Kieran Kilmartin, marketing director, EMEA & India, Pitney Bowes Software.
"Even well-intentioned marketers that persist with old-school 'broadcast' marketing models risk inadvertently turning potential brand ambassadors off, or at worst, triggering them to disengage completely and ultimately become a brand blocker."
Despite these challenges, UK marketers are among the most confident globally when it comes to social media, with 80% saying their campaigns are effective and 62% claiming that they can establish an impact on profitability.


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RIPON - A Stanislaus County man was arrested Wednesday after investigators linked him to a burglary that occurred Tuesday morning at a business in Ripon, authorities said.
Tony Arreola, 34, of Ceres was arrested on suspicion of commercial burglary, the Ripon Police Department said. Investigators believe Arreola stole truck parts worth about $11,000 from Burns Truck and Trailer in the 1400 block of West Santos Avenue on Tuesday. The parts included aluminum rims, electronic control modules and engine parts, police said.
Authorities located Arreola on Wednesday and found about $8,000 worth of the stolen property in the bed of his truck, police said.
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Published: Monday, October 28, 2013 at 4:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 8:42 a.m.
The North Lafourche Levee Board elected officers Monday.
They are Corey Kief, president; George Broussard, vice president; and Kenney Matherne, treasurer-secretary.
Lonny Babin served as the board's president the past year.
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By Wondercide
Cancer isn't just for people. Pets can get cancer too, and one in three dogs are affected by cancer. It is the leading cause of death in dogs over the age of 10. Cancer in dogs is on the rise. But why?
From Race for the Cure to breaking news stories about cancer research, most of what we hear about cancer focuses on finding a cure for the disease. What about cancer prevention? What if we could determine what causes cancer in dogs, avoid these causes, and prevent cancer altogether?
Based on the rise of cancer in domesticated dogs, leading holistic veterinarians theorize that many of our modern conveniences and medicines are contributing to cancer in dogs. "In years past, many dogs died from common illnesses or were hit by a car. But now, we have vaccines and we keep our dogs indoors," says Elizabeth A. Martinez, DVM.
How can you prevent cancer in your dog?
Start by changing your dog's food intake.
Our beloved house pets evolved from wild cats and dogs who could forage for food and hunt highly diverse fish, reptiles, mammals, birds, and eggs. Cats and dogs are meant to live on a single-source protein diet that comes from animals, not plants. Grain-free, low-carbohydrate dog food is best, since filler grains like corn and wheat are hard for dogs to digest and most pet food companies use carbohydrates like potatoes as filler (to keep dog kibble cheap) and glue (to bind together other ingredients).
Because most dog food today is hard to digest, dogs aren't getting the nutrients they need, which further contributes to cancer in dogs. Dogs have much shorter intestines than humans, which means most of their digestion takes place in the stomach, whereas human digestion takes place in the intestine. Nutrients are only absorbed from food during digestion. Essentially, dogs need to quickly absorb their food's nutrients since they have short intestines, but the low quality of most modern dog kibble makes it too hard for a dog's stomach to digest.
After you've switched your dog to natural dog food, reduce your dog's chemical exposure.
These two actions both need to happen. Combining a high-quality raw food diet with high chemical exposure can be even worse for your dog than leaving him on a low-quality food!
For example, if a person is an unhealthy eater, they aren't as sensitive to bad chemicals around them. Once a person switches to an organic, all-natural diet, they become more aware of chemicals in their environment since their body's awareness isn't suppressed by unhealthy food. The same process happens to your dog—she will become more sensitive when on natural food.
Many of the chemicals your dog encounters in their home, outdoor areas, and at the vet can cause cancer in dogs, regardless of what type of food a dog eats. Most common pesticides contain chemicals that are carcinogens(cancer causing agents). If you treat your home or lawn with pesticides like Raid or Bug B Gon, you're exposing yourself and your pet to these chemicals, which have been known to cause skin issues, seizures, kidney failure and even premature death, in addition to cancer.
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Woohoo! 20 minutes running. OK, 20 minutes very very slow running but still. How much do I rock? How much do we all rock?
Geowolf, it's tough when you don't get the support in real life, but just keep on doing what you're doing, you'll get there. We're all here for you.
Mcmeggar, I always sort of resent it as well when I have to give myself extra rest days, and I know what you mean about giving yourself permission to repeat weeks, but I've found the extra days don't hurt the program too much.
Camaro - dads rock too!
And everyone I've missed - you're all fantastic. Keep with it, we can do this.
Geo - no week 9 for me. Week 8 Day 3 is a 35 minute run. Today I have to do two ten minute runs with a three minute walk in between. That's week 6 day 2. I'm sorry you're not getting more support at home. I assume your husband doesn't exercise. You need to do it for yourself and your son. My main motivation is to set a good example for my kids by taking care of myself. Let me know if you need someone to talk to off board.
Now that I'm in week 6 I need to start thinking about what I'm going to do when it's over. I need a plan to keep motivated.
Good morning everyone! Completed W6D2 this morning. It was supposed to be the 10R, 3W, 10R but I was feeling pretty good and went 20R 3W 5R instead. Might've helped that it was a beautiful 68F at 5:20am this morning. I even saw a number of other people out walking, so they must've agreed! Looking forward to W6D3 too, surprisingly. Keep it up everyone, we are doing great!
C25k completed 7/27/2012
1st 5k: Alert Road Race 6/15/2013 - 34 minutes
<---this pic, so appropriate for all of us
Geo: I understand your frustrations about others not always being as supportive as you like. I got a lecture the other day from my mother and brother about the "ill effects of running on knees" (which btw, is b.s., they just both have knee problems and thus, since they can't run, they think others shouldn't either). In the end, I try to remember that C25K is about challenging ourselves, not about other people. Anytime we want we could throw in the towel and quit...but those of us on here, we don't! We keep on truckin'! You are doing fantastic!
mcmegger: the "rest" days can be tricky, but you are doing the right thing by setting your own pace and not injuring yourself. C25K is just a "general" program, you can do it at your own pace, the most important thing is you are doing it!
I haven't posted much to the forum even though I started on June 1st. I did great until Week 4 Day 1 and I felt as if I had hit a wall. I couldn't complete the last 5 minute run and got discouraged. I felt the program was too "hard" for me and switched to another, easier program. After a few weeks I realized I wasn't making any progress at all because I wasn't challenging myself. So I'm back and committed to repeating Week 4 as many times as needed to get past it. This morning I was able to do 4 minutes on the last run, but it was killing me! But I did it!! And I had to remind myself that out of my 32 minute workout, I was running for 15 minutes - slowly, but I was running. I also have to remind myself that I am 62 years old and a lifelong couch potato. When I first started, it was a struggle to run for 1 minute at a time. I'm so grateful for this community. Even when I took time off, I was reading every post, every day. You are all my heroes!
Great job, Missouristar! In the long run (pun intended) it makes no difference if you get there in eight weeks or eighteen. Now that I am actually enjoying myself, I find the program is making me make better decisions as far as my diet as well. Just got back from lunch with a friend. Sure I would have liked a burger but I don't want to feel that sitting in my stomach when I run this afternoon so I went with the salad.
Medbill: Great work! Sometimes I wish I wasn't clocking distance. I always seem to have in the back of my mind how short I'm falling on that. I think it's a great idea not to look at that until at least toward the end.
Interesting how many different apps there are. I like the way yours progresses toward the end. So far C25K is seems to be the only one that seems to have to fast a push at week 5.
Mcmegger: You are doing great. It's so tempting to skip those days isn't it? I had the same thing you did with extra rest days and really wanting to catch up with where I was supposed to be. So, I thought about doing it too, but I decided not to. Glad I didn't. I really wanted to be done with C25K by the time I go to Florida to visit family and right now (assuming we go) it's going to be really close if I don't have to repeat days. If I do I'll be finishing down there. (of course that is going for time, I won't make the distance by then.) Did you check your pace and slow way down once you started to feel tired. You can run through some things (like tired legs or light muscle cramps) but true pain is a warning. My best advice is if you start feeling that walk and then if it works out try jogging again. My 1st C25k attempt I did all kinds of crazy things to try and get the jogs in. If I had to walk 5 minutes instead of 3 to be ready I'd just add the time to the end. (If I had to do it on day 1, I didn't sweat it. If it was day 3 then there was going to be a day 4 or 5 or… LOL) But there were a few days that I had to just say OK it's a bust, let's hope tomorrow is better. One day I remember just giving up on day 1 or 2 and going home less then ½ way thru. I thought this week is going to take forever. Then I nailed the next 2 days. Go figure. J
TisforTiara: You major rock! Great job. Must feel great to have that one behind you.
MB it's amazing to me how quickly your plan jumps you up after seeming slow thru some of the middle weeks. Looking at the other plans that people in this thread are doing I'm thinking that I'm going to do the jogs from here on out to suit me. If I feel like I can add a little or cut a walk short I'm going to do it. Once I've caught my breath I feel like the walks are just giving me leg cramps. The 1st jog I will likely do as planned and then for the others I'll see how I feel. I just don't want to get to wrapped up in "this is the only way to meet my goal." Frankly on W5D3 I'd be just as happy if I ended up doing a longer total with a short walk in the middle as I would doing the 20 minutes. But that's because 20 minutes at that point scares me and I couldn't do it the 1st 2 times. LOL I also love the way your plan jumps up, but I don't want to push myself too much. If it turns out I'm in the phase and I can run a little further great, if not no sweat. Well OK lots of sweat, but not that kind.
Camaro: Awesome! And I am so jealous, 68 sounds like heaven.
Sassy: Thank you. As a matter of fact thank you everyone. I was going to wait for my update to say that, but I didn't want to skip giving you a heads up.
MissouriStar: Glad to see you joining in. I find it's most helpful to me to remember where I was instead of focusing on where I am. Like you said when you put it in context of how many minutes total you are running now well it feels a whole lot better than what you aren't doing. I'm really slow so it's hard for me to slow down even more, but sometimes I have to so I can finish a jog. If you run to fast trying to make the distance (or closer to it) you will hit those walls a lot harder. I hate to admit that I'm older and not as healthy as I'd like to be, so I have ration myself. There have been times that I've jogged so slowly that I'm sure I could have walked faster, but if that's what it takes I do it. So my best advice would be to slow down however much you need to, to meet the time. I am not ruling out repeating C25K again to increase my speed. Only this time the walks would be slow jogs and the runs would be faster ones. Or I might just accept that I'm slow and go with it. But for now when I feel myself getting tired I remind myself to slow down and to breath. Loosen my hands (clenched fists tire you out.) and pick a point up ahead that I can make it to before I quit. Maybe some of this can help you. You can do it! The wall will move eventually. If you are stuck at 4 minutes and 5 seems to hard just go for 4 ½ or even 4 ¼. We are here for you.
Now for my update: Man I was slow tonight. Ok so in my defense there were a bunch of frogs in the road and I kept slowing down to chase them to safety. (at least a dozen) My husband ran one over last week and I couldn't bear to see that kind of carnage again. I know sort of silly. I also passed 3 large dogs (2 were Dobermans, I think) that I've never seen before and they had me worried. I think I slowed a bit there. Then I decided that I didn't want to go back past them so I decided to see where the road took me and kept going straight. Well it took me to nowhere to run off the pavement (I have some short distances I can usually do that) and a couple of long gradual hills. I was losing time on those, but in all fairness there was more downhill than up and I'd guess the time I gained on that evened it out pretty well. I really enjoyed myself tonight. So who cares of my time wasn't great and my distance was one of the shortest I've had so far. I actually don't know what it was because I hit a button again and ended the app when I was supposed to be starting my cool down. But I'd guess since that was up hill and I was dragging by then that I'd be giving myself some extra if I added even .20 miles. Distance on the app was 1.62 miles with a 16:43 pace. But I'm so thrilled to be heading into week 5.
Get up and try again! I think I must be setting a record for how many times I've been sidelined in my quest to actually run an entire 5K. Back injury, bronchitis, knee injury, bad cold, broken toe, biopsy. I am determined to make it.
2013 - Gritty Goddess Mud Run (Run/Walk)
2013 - Firefly Run (Run/Walk)
2014 - ??
My 6 year old ran in the Gritty Kids Mud Run and I couldn't keep up. LOL
Hi everyone! I'm new to the boards, but I'm a June starter too. I'm on week 5 of C25K, and I have to admit I'm a little intimitated by the requirements for this week. I did day one with no problem, but I was unsure whether I could handle day 2, so I did day 1 again yesterday. I'm going to try day 2 tomorrow and day 3 on Sunday...but I need to psych myself up for it. Any advice? I really don't want to have to stop during the running portions.
Hi Sunni,
You can do it - just slow your pace down to where you feel comfortable. Also, repeating a day isn't a bad thing...it's all about what you can do!
I'm using the 5K Runner app on my iPhone and find it a much more gradual change. My W5D2 is 5R, 3W, 8R, 5W, 5R - with the warm up and cool down 5 min. That may work better for you - I'm having a lot of success and feel like I'm making progress each time I run. I don't hit the 20 min. run until W7. Of course, I'll have major catching up to do in W8, but I figure I'll be stronger and more comfortable with running by then.
Good luck! I'll be running Day 2 with you tomorrow - you can do it!
You guys are all so inspiring. I started my first run May 31st so I almost a June starter :) This morning I ran W7D1. 25 whole minutes of jogging...eek! But I did it!! No walking. I battled a side stitch a couple of times but just slowed down and concentrated on my breathing and got it to go away. I am so proud of myself. I am finally starting to feel like a runner!! It was a great feeling to be on the other side of the street from another runner, have them stop to walk and wave when I jogged on by. I am not the fastest runner (average pace is 12 to 13 minutes per mile) and probably look ridiculous doing it but I feel like a superstar when I am running and that's all that matter right. I have battled knee problems since I was in high school with chronic patella dislocations in both knees. Finally, I decided enough was enough and ended up getting open knee surgery on my right knee to tighten up my ligaments that were, according to the MD "stretched out like taffy" Since then, I have told myself, your knees are too bad to run, you can't do it. I am so glad to be proving myself and everybody else wrong. I am doing it. I am 7 weeks in and not stopping now!! I think about you guys on this board when I want to quit and just keep going and running longer. I look at the time and think, "alright, 10 minutes down, you only have 15 left...you only have 10 left....etc. Before I know it, my phone is telling me to cool down! What an amazing thing we are all doing! I am lucky to have a good support system at home. No matter when I want to run, my husband is willing to take care of our son so that I can get my run in. Excited to hear more updates from you guys!
Hi Sunni, Welcome to the board. After reading what the apps some of the others are using have in store for week 5 I'm a lot less stressed. If I feel like 20 minutes is too much for me I'm prepared to be OK with some short walks and adding running minutes at the end so my total running time is at least 20 m. Of course it would be awesome if I get out there and finish it but since C25K is the only plan I've seen that expects that so soon I'm not going to let it intimidate me or be the gauge by which I measure success or failure for that day. I ended up adding some extra days 3 times last week and I hated that. Hoping to stay on track for the most part from now on. Good luck and keep posting.
Get up and try again! I think I must be setting a record for how many times I've been sidelined in my quest to actually run an entire 5K. Back injury, bronchitis, knee injury, bad cold, broken toe, biopsy. I am determined to make it.
2013 - Gritty Goddess Mud Run (Run/Walk)
2013 - Firefly Run (Run/Walk)
2014 - ??
My 6 year old ran in the Gritty Kids Mud Run and I couldn't keep up. LOL
Hey everyone, TGIF! First off, wow geo, nice post! I really enjoyed reading it as I do everyone's posts. Keep them coming! Also welcome to all the new additions!
Well, I did W6D3 today and managed to do the whole 22 minutes without stopping! The first 1.5 miles was over by the 15 minute mark but then I started to slow down because I was getting tired. The funny thing is that I wasn't even sure if i'd be able to go because when I woke up I heard thunder. I checked the radar and saw that it was moving away so I went ahead. Being an atmospheric scientist, I know that if you can hear thunder, you still have risk of being struck by lightning, even if the sky is clear above you because the area of ionization can stretch beyond the storm, but I really was itching to go run! Still can't believe I'd ever hear myself utter those words! So anyway, it was a good run and I'm looking forward to the week full of 25s! Have a great weekend everyone!
Picture of the stormy sunrise I enjoyed seeing during my run this morning.
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C25k completed 7/27/2012
1st 5k: Alert Road Race 6/15/2013 - 34 minutes
Awesome picture!
Can't believe it but I finished my jog before sunset. So interesting running in daylight. Flowers, butterflies, birds. No suicidal frogs… It was very nice out only 75, although the 98% humidity was a bit tough. Streams of water running along the sides of the road to remind me of why it was so cool. No flooding thankfully. Pretty sure there is some about a ¼ mile the other direction though. I had to stay on the road because the ground was too mushy in my few off the road spots. Took the straight road and the slight hills again. Still slow as anything, I know that because a turtle passed me. OK so maybe not, but I could so see that happening. When it came time to cool down I was on a downhill run and I just couldn't stop. It felt so good and I wasn't feeling super winded, so I thought I'll toss in an extra minute and make day 2's run less intimidating. When I checked my time to see if I'd made it to a 4 minute cool down yet I was amazed to see 6 seconds left to 3 minutes. I jogged them off and walked an extra 2 to make up for it. I didn't back the timer so I can't say what my total distance was but official was 1.78 miles.
I don't have time to catch up I have to shower and go get some dinner. We all rock!
Get up and try again! I think I must be setting a record for how many times I've been sidelined in my quest to actually run an entire 5K. Back injury, bronchitis, knee injury, bad cold, broken toe, biopsy. I am determined to make it.
2013 - Gritty Goddess Mud Run (Run/Walk)
2013 - Firefly Run (Run/Walk)
2014 - ??
My 6 year old ran in the Gritty Kids Mud Run and I couldn't keep up. LOL
The 5k App I'm using is similar to yours. Seems more gradual. Mine is called Run 5k and my 1st 20 minute run is W6D3.
Where is everyone? I missed my run last night but I'm hoping to go at dawn since I'm not sleeping. Mostly because I missed my run. LOL OK so it's really mostly because my son kicked me in the chest and I hurt so much I went to sleep. Then when I woke up I was having one of my spells and its not safe to run when I'm having one. When I have them everything looks a little odd and the world seems sort of dreamlike. I have had them get bad enough that the the world keeps fading and I pass out. So no running during one. I'm feeling better now and since I had stupid 4 hour nap (woke up at midnight) and I can't sleep i'm considering a dawn jog. I think it would be nice, if I'm not feeling too tired.
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I feeeeel GOOD! Like I knew I would... LOL OK so I was about .10 or .15 miles from home and the 2 mile mark when the time ran out, so I fixed my data to reflect my actual distance. I actually added 2 extra minutes to my 2nd jog so that it was 10 minutes instead of just 8. (only walked 4 minutes in the middle instead of 5 because I felt ready to run.) My pace not including the couple of extra minutes I needed to get home was 16:45 mm. Still doing really slow walks. I've never considered myself a slow walker so I don't understand why my pace is so slow with this. I think part of it is I warm up slow and then my legs are tired when I need to walk after that. Plus still dealing some with cramps on the walks. Not even close to as bad as they were, but annoying.
Looking forward to lots of updates! I'm not sure what to do about my next jog. Since I did this one in the morning it really threw my times off. Not likly to be up this early everyday. Although it would be nice. sigh. So now my delima is do I try week 5 day 3 about 8 hours early and go at midnight Tuesday night or hope for a cool day on Wed so I can go early and not have to feel like I'm loosing another day. (There is a 60% chance of rain both days and highs are only forcast for 89 right now.) I don't think I'd worry about going a little early if the next jog wasn't supposed to be the 20 minute one. Even though I'm taking an it's not a failing if I modify it some and don't make 20 minutes without a short walk. I really want to give it my best shot.
Get up and try again! I think I must be setting a record for how many times I've been sidelined in my quest to actually run an entire 5K. Back injury, bronchitis, knee injury, bad cold, broken toe, biopsy. I am determined to make it.
2013 - Gritty Goddess Mud Run (Run/Walk)
2013 - Firefly Run (Run/Walk)
2014 - ??
My 6 year old ran in the Gritty Kids Mud Run and I couldn't keep up. LOL
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SALEM, Ore. — Prison guards are an exception to a no-smoking rule that took effect Tuesday for Oregon state employees.
The order signed by Gov. John Kitzhaber says smokers have to go outside to a sidewalk or private property.
The Statesman Journal reports (http:stjr.nl/VkSs75) there's no convenient place for prison guards to smoke. The Department of Corrections, Oregon Youth Authority and Department of Parks and Recreation have until the end of next year to come up with a plan to comply with the smoking ban.
Kitzhaber signed the ban to save the state money. About 4 percent of Oregon's 50,000 state workers smoke and they cost the state more in health care costs and insurance.
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I've been using ps3 media server for a few months now and how excellent it is too. However I have a wireless network and was getting a few stutterings here and there, which required frequent trips upstairs to check what was going on and much tinkering. Anyway i decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my network to wireless n and wire up the ps3 to the router as ps3 only has wireless g capability. Last night I was streaming a wmv hd 1080p file flawlessly I could see it reachin 80Mbits without issue. Transcoding was stuttering but I think this was down to the cpu being hammered (I've got AMD dual core 2.9GHz on windows 7 RC) but not confirmed. It's cost me £60 for the new router and £18 for a new wifi card.
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Bonne Terre to 'Celebrate Seasons'
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:43 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:43 p.m.
The men and women of the Krewe de Bonne Terre are set to roll at 4 p.m. Tuesday with its "Celebrating the Seasons" theme.
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The men and women's krewe of more than 100 members will travel its traditional Montegut route with 10 throwing floats in addition to 10 trucks and the South Terrebonne High School marching band.
The Montegut krewe's tableau was Jan. 26 at the Montegut Recreation Center.
The krewe's king for 2013 is King Bonne Terre XLI Kirk Dardar, and Charlene Pitre will reign as Queen Bonne Terre XLI.
DJ Ryan Knight of 94.9 FM is the parade's grand marshal.
Shane Rodrigue is serving as captain of the tableau, and Dennis Ledet as captain of the parade.
Dukes for Bonne Terre include Brad Billiot, Matt Dardar, Joey Naquin, Forest Travirca, Alton Verdin, Seth Carreker, Raymond Dardar, Josh Solet, Adam Dardar and Rusty Dardar.
Serving as maids are Laci Dardar, Athena Pitre, Gretchen Naquin, Christine Travirca, Mary Verdin, Chelsie Dardar, Jamie Dupre, Autumn Pitre, Dianna Chaisson and Megan Roell.
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Rep Labrador: Debt Ceiling Vote Isn't a Win for Boehner or GOP
Rep. Raul Labrador (R., Idaho) said the House's passage of a clean debt limit bill isn't a victory for House Speaker John Boehner or the Republican Party but rather a "symptom of Congress's refusal to make tough decisions."
In an interview Wednesday night with NBC's "Meet the Press," Mr. Labrador said Congress's budget wars aren't over yet—"not by a long shot"—and said efforts to overhaul immigration laws this year are dead.
Mr. Labrador, one of the House's most conservative members, was among the first to propose that the House GOP pass a debt limit bill with no strings attached, forcing Democrats to muster the votes.
"There was no sense in fighting on the debt ceiling when a number of Republicans were unwilling to stand together and fight," he said. Tuesday's House vote to suspend the debt ceiling until March 2015 was 221 to 201, with 199 Republicans opposing the suspension. Only two Democrats voted against the bill.
Mr. Labrador said the GOP needs to have a bolder agenda. "We can't just be against President Obama's agenda," he said. "We must stand for something."
Many pundits have interpreted House Republicans' caving on the debt ceiling—Speaker Boehner (R., Ohio) had previously said he would only pass a debt limit increase with equivalent spending cuts—as indicative of the declining power of tea party conservatives in the party. Mr. Labrador challenged that claim. "The number of vocal conservatives is actually growing in the House," he said. "To paraphrase Mark Twain, 'Reports of the death of House conservatives have been greatly exaggerated.'"
Mr. Labrador blamed President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress for interfering in a "good faith bipartisan effort" to reach a deal in the House on new immigration laws. "Democratic leadership did not want a conservative immigration bill to come out of the House because they wanted the Senate immigration bill to be the only vehicle for immigration reform," he said. He added that the president's emphasis on executive action has led many Republicans to doubt that he would enforce elements of an immigration overhaul that he did not like.
But the congressman expressed optimism about passing new immigration laws in 2015—when "we'll be in a better position to negotiate and get real results for the American people." Republicans at this point in the election cycle appear confident they can attain a majority in the Senate and pick up more seats in the House.
Immigration has been a key issue for the GOP, in part because the party needs to appeal to minority voters. In 2012, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won a record number of white votes, but lost because he fared so poorly among minorities. But Mr. Labrador said immigration laws won't be the deciding factor in 2016.
"The most important issue for Hispanics—just like with all Americans—is the economy," said Mr. Labrador, who was born in Puerto Rico, speaks fluent Spanish, and represented undocumented immigrants as a lawyer before being elected to Congress. "If Republicans can do a better job of articulating positive, conservative policies to grow our economy, we will do better with Hispanics."
He added that Republicans have a good group of potential candidates for 2016, mentioning Sens. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) and Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
In light of the snowstorm that's sweeping the East Coast, "Meet the Press" host David Gregory asked Mr. Labrador whether he is concerned about climate change. "There has been evidence throughout history of cycles when the earth gets warmer and cycles when the earth gets colder," the congressman said. "But as a policymaker, I won't be guided by the global warming propaganda machine. Al Gore—we need you to return your Nobel Peace Prize!"