text:
A 2011 video inspection of a storm sewer under Highway 174 did not suggest it was in danger of imminent collapse, but raised enough concern that a visual and physical inspection was warranted, the city heard today.

B.M. Ross and Associates were tasked with providing a review of the Sept. 4 storm sewer pipe collapse that caused a large sinkhole on Highway 174 to form and swallow a car.

Juan Pedro Unger's car fell into the sinkhole shortly after it formed during the afternoon of Sept. 4. (Photo courtesy of Ottawa Fire Services)

The engineering consultants said a CCTV video inspection of the section conducted a year before the pipe collapsed showed it was in need of replacement, but said the video did not imply there was imminent danger.

However, they said the video showed enough to warrant further assessment.

"In our opinion, the appropriate immediate response would have been a visual inspection with the goal of better understanding the condition of the pipe, followed by whatever response the visual inspection determined was warranted," they wrote in their report presented to the city Friday.

"The immediate need for a more robust assessment of the pipe was not understood, identified or communicated," the report said.

City's records incomplete, inaccurate

The engineers found the pipe had greater than normal risks because of its age, size, location and material.

Part of the problem was that city records on the storm drain were incomplete. While the city thought the entirety of the storm sewer pipe in question was galvanized steel. As it turned out, the section that failed was non-galvanized "tunnel liner plate" dating back to about 1975.

The report also shed more light on events that occurred on the day the sinkhole formed.

Contractor work likely influenced sinkhole timing

From Aug 31 to Sept. 4 a contractor was inside the pipes installing lights and removing debris and rocks using a mini-excavator and skid-steer loader. When rain began to fall on the day of Sept. 4, work stopped as the depth of the water flowing in the pipe began to rise.

Shortly after, the sinkhole formed and Juan Unger drove his car into the hole as he was travelling east on his commute home from work. Unger managed to climb out with the help of two witnesses.

The engineers said while it's possible the debris removal was a coincidence, the more likely scenario is that "vibrations from the excavator and loader, or even changes in the flow path of the water, as a result of debris removal, influenced the timing of the collapse."

The group made five recommendations:

  • Expand the definition of a "high-risk storm sewer" to include consideration of the probability of failure as well as consequences of failure.
  • Examine all high-risk pipes as soon as possible and have these examinations reviewed by qualified personnel.
  • Assess the quality of the city's storm sewer inventory and improve data accordingly.
  • Where feasible, physical inspections should be used to supplement CCTV inspections.
  • Revise procedures for scoping capital projects to always include a discussion on the consequences of not proceeding quickly.

The city said it agrees with — and is following up on — all of the recommendations.

BMR Final Report Sinkhole


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Type: response

text:
Show Highlight

  • The Debaters Logo B

    Upcoming Live Tapings

    by The Debaters

    The Debaters records all their shows in front of live audiences across Canada. Without the audience to vote, how would we know who wins? Find out if they're coming to your neck of the woods.

    Posted: Jan 06, 2015 4:09 PM
    Last Updated: May 22, 2015 1:37 PM
    read comments

Listen Latest

  • Wednesday May 27, 2015

    16 Year Olds Voting & Cat Videos

    Should 16 year olds get to vote? Graham Chittenden thinks so but Chris Locke figures it would be a disaster. Then Mike Paterson tries to convince Aisha Alfa that cat videos are the very best thing on the internet.

    Posted: May 27, 2015 12:00 AM
    Last Updated: May 24, 2015 5:37 AM

Past Episodes

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2015-22
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for May 2015
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


text:
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. (AP) One by one, the Milwaukee Bucks met with their coach one last time before packing up their belongings.

With new ownership on the horizon, it is uncertain just how many of these guys will be back after a dreary 67-loss season.

More change could be coming to Milwaukee.

''There (are) definitely pieces here that we can build around, young talent,'' guard Brandon Knight said Wednesday at the team training facility just outside the city. ''But like I said, the decisions that are made are out of our hands. We have little to no control over what is said in those rooms up here.''

Knight gestured toward the bank of windows overlooking the practice court, where coach Larry Drew and general manager John Hammond conducted player exit interviews. They will be evaluated, too, by incoming owners Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens - assuming the NBA approves their $550 million purchase of the team from Herb Kohl, a former U.S. senator.

For now, the current regime can only hope the process goes quickly and smoothly so they, in turn, can figure out whether they will be part of the new era with the Bucks.

''We don't know what the situation is, but as of right now, we have to carry on,'' Drew said. ''We still have to approach the next day, approach the next line of business. The next line of business for us is the draft.''

Perhaps the only perk for finishing with the NBA's worst record is the best shot at landing the No. 1 pick in this year's draft lottery. And this year's draft is rich in talent, led by one-and-done freshmen Jabari Parker of Duke and Andrew Wiggins of Kansas.

The Bucks often were labeled as a team that sought to ''tank'' in order to get a better shot at the top pick. Kohl and Hammond vowed repeatedly that was not the case, and pointed to a series of offseason moves that reshaped the roster with solid veterans and character guys.

But injuries hampered the team all season long.

Carlos Delfino, who signed with Milwaukee in the offseason, never played because of a right foot injury. Gary Neal also dealt with a foot injury, and was eventually traded to Charlotte. Knight got off to an ominous start when he hurt his hamstring barely 30 seconds into the season opener Oct. 30 at New York, an injury that forced him to miss much of the next month.

Perhaps no two players exemplified the franchise's plight more than guard O.J. Mayo and center Larry Sanders.

Mayo signed a $24 million, three-year deal in the offseason. Mayo (11.7 points) got off to a decent enough start, but only came off the bench after Dec. 14.

He was sidelined by illness in January and never appeared to get back into adequate shape. A sprained right ankle sidelined Mayo at season's end.

Sanders (7.7 points) signed a $44 million, four-year contract extension in the offseason but played just 23 games. A right thumb injury from a nightclub fight the first weekend of the season in November knocked him out of the lineup for nearly two months.

A fractured right orbital bone sidelined him for the year in early February. He also ended up getting suspended for the final five games of the season for violating the league's anti-drug program; Sanders has said he was penalized for using marijuana.

''Hopefully, he will have learned his lessons away from the floor ... because nobody wants to have those things to keep happening year after year,'' Drew said.

The Bucks likely will look to Knight (17.9 points, 4.9 assists) and 19-year-old rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo (6.8 points) as part of the core of the future, and hope Sanders can bounce back and justify his big payday.

Drew, an even-keeled presence and former NBA guard, seems to have connected well with Knight. He's hoping to get an opportunity soon to speak with the new owners.

''I would love to come back. I love the city. I believe in the organization,'' he said. ''I've been a part of rebuilding, and I'd like to be a part of it'' in Milwaukee.

Follow Genaro Armas at


text:
 'Deliver Us From Evil' Exposes Ugliness of Sin - US - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com

'Deliver Us From Evil' Exposes Ugliness of Sin

Ad Feedback

The summer blockbuster movie season is here, and among the films that hit theaters this week is "Deliver Us From Evil."

This is the latest horror flick from film writer and director Scott Derrickson, who is known for the movies "Sinister" and "The Exorcism of Emily Rose."

In a recent interview with CBN News, the Christian film writer and director said it is his faith that draws to this genre of movies.

"I believe that is one of the reasons I was interested in the genre in the first place. It's place where my beliefs and faith and things that I am philosophically interested in," Derrickson said.

"This genre invites investigation and thought in those areas. But I think this particular kind of film, when you are dealing with the demonic, possession, and exorcism, that's a real thing that happens in the real world," he said. "It's not like zombies or vampires or things that aren't real."

Why should believers see the film? Eric Bana talks with CBN News about the theme of justice influencing his character role.

The thriller is based on the real life of retired New York City Police Officer Sgt. Ralph Sarchie.

In his book, "Beware the Night," Sarchie writes about his experiences with the ugliness of sin and evil during his time on the force.

"I feel like every cop fights evil on some level. I just happened to take it one step further. There is nothing special about me," he told CBN News. "There are a lot of people out here doing this work, believe it or not."

Both Sarchie and Derrickson told CBN News they rely upon Scripture for their exploration and understanding of the demonic world.

What sets the movie apart from other horror flicks? Director Scott Derrickson and writer Ralph Sarcho how scripture informed the writing process.

"Scripture informs a lot of the way that I think," Derrickson said.

"I have studied the Bible and have a degree in biblical theology and I think the stories of exorcism that are in the New Testament and the Gospels are compelling stories that are there for a reason," he added. "And I think it is important to reckon with things that are fearful."

"It is in scripture that Jesus did actually perform exorcisms," Sarchie added. "And the way I look at it is, if it is good enough for Jesus, it is good enough for me."

What does the film do to address the paranormal? Olivia Munn, who plays Jenn Sarchie, speaks with CBN News about the exorcism scene.

"Deliver Us From Evil" is rated "R" for some of its language and content. It hit theaters July 2.

Log in or create an account to post a comment.

Are you seeking answers in life? Are you hurting? Are you facing a difficult situation?

Find peace with God, discover more about God or send us your prayer request.

Call The 700 Club Prayer Center at 1 (800) 823-6053, 24 hours a day.

A caring friend will be there to pray with you in your time of need.

CBN News
Efrem Graham

Efrem Graham

News Anchor & Reporter

Efrem Graham is an award-winning journalist, who comes to CBN News from the ABC owned and operated station in Toledo, Ohio.  He received his master's degree from the Columbia University Journalism School. He also holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.  Follow Efrem on Twitter @EfremGraham and "like" him at Facebook.com/EfremGrahamCBN.


text:
The Christian Broadcasting Network

Spiritual Life

Right Now: myCBN App - Christian Growth | Steps to Peace with God

Dr. J. Rodman Williams
More from Dr. J. Rodman Williams on the Spiritual Life Channel

Prophecy by The Book: Chapter 8

By Dr. J. Rodman Williams

Index | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Chapter Eight

The End Times & The Antichrist

The Bible (the Book) discloses that toward the end of history an increasing struggle between the forces of good and evil will occur. Indeed, there will be an intensification of both of these before Christ comes back. Here we may turn to Matthew 13, and first to Jesus' parable of the wheat and weeds (or tares) that grow until the final harvest (v. 30). In Jesus' own interpretation of the parable (vv. 36-43), He says that wheat represents "the sons of the kingdom," His true disciples, and the weeds "sons of the evil one" (v. 38). There is continuing growth of both until the harvest at the end of the age (look back to v. 30), when the weeds will be burned (recall Armageddon!) and the wheat gathered.

Basically, this signifies both the growth of Christian faith and its opposition until the return of Christ, and doubtless the climactic growth of both at the very end. What do we see today?

1. The extraordinary growth of the kingdom of God. Jesus, following His parable about the wheat and weeds and before His interpretation, refers in two additional parables to mustard seed and leaven. In the first case, although the mustard seed is "the smallest of all seeds...when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree" (v. 32); and in the second case, the leaven is "hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened" (v. 33). These parables depict a steady increase of the kingdom of God, the spiritual kingdom; and today we are surely seeing that. There is an unmistakable evangelical resurgence in our own land, an increasing openness to the gospel in many other countries of the world, and in this last decade of the twentieth century a vastly heightened effort to get the message of the gospel to all the peoples of the earth. Missionary agencies are everywhere speaking of this as the decade of world evangelization, and many are setting a goal by the year 2000 of having a gospel witness in every part of the world. All of this is prophetically important, especially in light of Jesus' words in Matthew 24:14"This gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, as a testimony [or "witness" kjv] to all nations; and then the end will come." The surest sign of the end being near at hand is the completing of the gospel proclamation. Incidentally, this does not mean all the nations or peoples turning to Christ, but all having an opportunity to hear and repent and believe. Total witness does not mean total conversion. Still, we may expect to see a tremendous increase in harvest. It is happening already. For example, recent witness in Central America and South America has resulted in millions turning to Jesus; and this is happening in many other places in the world. Such a deluge may just be ahead that we will hardly know how to deal with the multitude of new converts streaming in! The final aspect of all this will be (as earlier discussed) the turning of Israel to the Lord. This will occur after "the full number of the Gentiles come in"the climax of the gospel to the whole world!

What is particularly significant about this late outburst of gospel witness is the increasing way it is being fired by the Holy Spirit. When Jesus first declared the gospel mission, according to Acts 1:8, He said: "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end ["uttermost part" kjv] of the earth." Today we are realizing more and more the need for this Holy Spirit power to carry forward the final taskand this is especially where the Holy Spirit (or "charismatic") renewal comes in. It is only by the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit that hard barriers can be broken down, that the gospel proclamation can overthrow forces of evil arrayed against it, that miracles of healing and deliverance can occur, and that people may both see and believe. Holy Spirit empowered missionmore and more people are recognizingis essential to this final thrust of the gospel. As long as there is a call for the gospel to go forth, and until the task is completed, the Holy Spirit alone can provide the power and wisdom of Almighty God.

2. A parallel increase of evil in the world. Recall again the wheat and the weeds: the weeds grow apace with the wheat. So throughout history, but particularly toward the end, will evil become more and more manifest. Read Paul's words in 2 Timothy 3:1-5, which begin: "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal...treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Godhaving a form of godliness but denying its power" (niv). In a certain sense these words could characterize any earlier period in history, but today there seems to be a marked intensification of all this. "Terrible times" describes it well. On the American scene alone, there is an ever growing and ever encroaching growth of immorality that seems to be sweeping over our nation. Lovers of money ("anything for a buck"), lovers of pleasure ("do it if it feels good"), lovers of self ("my self fulfillment"). Thus homosexuality ("my sexual preference") and abortion on demand ("my rights not that of one yet unborn") are becoming rampant.

Especially is there a pernicious and growing attack on Christian values, biblical morality, even to the removal of God and His name from the public arenaand a reviling of all things sacred. Christ, the only holy One, is depicted in some quarters as perverse (a foul mouthed bigot), a heroin-shooting drug addict, and even His cross dipped in a vat of urine. Christian bashing is now popular in our increasingly secular land.

Along with this, there is a growing departure in much of the church from its own basic faith. "A form of godliness" may be there but no power"denying its power." Thus departure from the Lord ever increases. Jesus prophesied it would happen. Matthew 24:12 reads: "Because wickedness is multiplied, most men's love will grow cold." This is primarily love of the Lord but also love for one another. It is also departure from the truth of Christian faith. In many places there is erosion of belief in Christ as the Son of God, His substitutionary death and bodily resurrection, and His coming again. Paul speaks in 2 Thessalonians of a future day when "the apostasy" (2:3 nasb)a total "falling away" (kjv) will occur. In many ways we seem to be close to this: our major denominations often appear cold in their lack of love, and have largely fallen in with the ways of the world. The most obvious cases in point relate to abortion and homosexuality with no strong stand from many mainline churches against either; but also there is little concern for the salvation of the lost and for holiness of life. This is the lukewarm church that Christ declares in Revelation He despises: "Because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth" (3:16). A tepid church Christ will not have.

The Antichrist

At this point I add a few words about the Antichrist. Much is being said these days about the possible appearance of the Antichrist, even to the naming of persons. Let me offer one suggestion: stay close to the Book again. Who, what, is the Antichrist? Reference is made by name to the Antichrist in only one portion of the New Testament, the first and second letters of John. According to 2 John 7: "Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist" (nasb). Also in 1 John 2:22 we read: "Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son." Who then is the Antichrist? From these verses the Antichrist is not so much a particular person as anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the fact that "the Word became flesh" (John 1:14): the central truth of the Christian faith. John also says, "Many antichrists have come" (1 John 2:18), and also that "the spirit of in the world already" (4:3). And the "last hour" is the hour of multiplication of antichrists"many antichrists have come; therefore we know it is the last hour" (2:18).

The Antichrist, accordingly, is one who denies the Incarnation and in so doing shuts off people from the fruit of that Incarnation, namely salvation and eternal life. The Antichrist is not one who commits such sins as murder, adultery, and theft even to a maximal degree, nor is he one who tortures and kills Christians in some gruesome manner. He is far worse than any of this: he deceives people about Jesus Christ and shuts the door to eternal life. He is "Anti," opposed to, "Christ": this is the ultimate evil and the ultimate deception. For there is no greater tragedy in the world than that of turning people aside from Christ, the Son of God, who has wrought mankind's salvation.

Where then is the Antichrist, or at least "the spirit of antichrist" today? Surely, it is seen in the defamations of Christ already mentioned, in a religion such as one that specifically denies the divinity of Christ (there is no stronger barrier or more bitter opposition to the message of Christ than the Moslem faith), and in the New Age movement that reduces Christ to one of the manifestations of deity and proclaims another Christ is about to appear (the "Maitreya"). But also the Antichrist is represented in liberal forces of Christianity that view the Incarnation as a myth and hold that Jesus at most was a highly inspired man; thus they shut off people from salvation. The spirit of antichrist is all around us with false christs also multiplying. Remember: "Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son." The Antichrist is verily hereand exists everywhere that through deception Christ the Son of God, the Christ, is opposed, defamed, and shunted aside.

3. The final victory of Jesus Christ

I have spoken of both an extraordinary growth of the kingdom of God and a parallel increase of evil in the worldthe growth of wheat and weeds, gospel success and gospel attacks, unprecedented harvest and unprecedented persecution. It is a poor reading of prophecy by the Book to expect nothing but a glowing future for the church with all people finally coming to salvation and evil reduced to small proportions. Indeed, we may be very grateful for the doors of opportunity now open throughout the world for a great harvest of souls to be brought in. However, there will beand even now isan increase of evil resistance. One place in the Book of Revelation speaks of the devil coming down "in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!" (12:12). Thus he will increasingly inspire nations, false religions, and the lukewarm church to attack Christ and His people. And for a time he may seem successful (see Rev. 13 for the beasts, the devil's henchmen, that conquer the saints)hence there is unparalleled vilification and persecution ahead. However—and here is the final truthwhen evil has reached its peak of intensity, Christ suddenly will return to destroy every vestige of it: the weeds will be "burned" and the wheat gathered into His "barn" (Matt. 13:30). At the close of His explanation of the parable about the wheat and weeds, Jesus adds: "Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father" (Matt. 13:43 nasb).

With such a glorious consummation ahead, we should, on the one hand, be all the more challenged to proclaim the gospel that the harvest may be great and, on the other, encouraged to stand fast in the midst of the worst that evil can bring against us, knowing that the Lord will ultimately triumph and we shall be with Him forever.

This is the final word of prophecy (Rev. 22:20): "Surely, I am coming soon." And our reply is the last word of response: "Amen. come, Lord Jesus." Then John closes the bookthe last verse in the Biblewith these words: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen."

So concludes our study of prophecy by the Book.

Index | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Content Copyright 2003 by J. Rodman Williams, Ph.D.

Dr.Williams Home Theology Q's & A's Publications Ten Teachings

  • Translate
  • Print Page

Are you seeking answers in life? Are you hurting?
Are you facing a difficult situation?

A caring friend will be there to pray with you in your time of need.

Email iconSign up for E-mail Updates Full List

Do You Know Jesus
Grow In Your Faith

Need Prayer?

Call 1-800-823-6053
Email your prayer request


text:
The Christian Broadcasting Network

Browse Videos

Search Results

311 results for ' accident'. Showing results 73 - 90

Heaven Hears Our Cries for Help

Pat Boone and his daughter Lindy discuss the tragic accident that left Pat's grandson Ryan brain damaged.

News on The 700 Club: Oct. 3, 2013

As seen on "The 700 Club" Oct. 3: Blame game continues on day three of shutdown, Tearful witness: Church...

Tearful Witness: Church Bus Accident 'Very Bad'

Tearful Witness: Church Bus Accident 'Very Bad'

700 Club Interactive: The God of Snowboarding - Sept. 13, 2013

A snowboarding accident could have ruined Joel Parker's life. Instead, his injury lead to a major community outreach.

Standing Up to Receive a Miracle

A car accident left Jean paralyzed and in a wheelchair. Drew had never met Jean until the day he...

Eva Piper's Walk Through the Dark

Author Eva Piper shares what it was like when her husband Don experienced 90 minutes in Heaven after a...

The 700 Club - July 19, 2013

Bad relationship decisions cost Tomasa her identity and sense of self worth. Plus, a motorcycle accident leaves a worship...

The 700 Club - July 15, 2013

Suicide seems like the best end to a life of drugs and crime, until God speaks to Phil. Plus,...

Bring It On-Line: Negative, Depressed and Lonely Mother

I was in a car accident on Easter. I broke my right hip, right knee and fractured my back....

The 700 Club - July 12, 2013

Television news anchor Les Smith battles depression and alcoholism in secret for decades until he finally breaks. Plus, after...

The 700 Club - June 26, 2013

Greg was attracted to the easy money that came from dealing drugs, but he wasn't prepared when the consequences...

700 Club Interactive: The Power of a Family in Prayer - June 26, 2013

A late-night boating accident threatened to destroy a family and challenged one woman's faith.

Clinging to the Word for a Miracle

Cathy Ward clings to scriptures through her husband & son's boat accident and hospitalization.

Child's Miracle Healing Beats Outrageous Odds

A dive into the pool's shallow end left nine year-old Josiah with four broken vertebrae and a 1% chance...

An Accident - Then Blind!

Amit’s parents arrived home to discover their five-year-old son had injured his eye while they worked as poor day...

Nothing Short of a Miracle

Riding out a hurricane in a car became deadly for Morganne when a tree fell on the roof.

Surviving a Fall at 70 MPH

After falling out of a minivan traveling at 70 mph, Kenny was given little hope of survival. Family and...

George Jones Interview


text:
Control your computer with a smile

For people who cannot use their hands to control a computer, inventor Uday Parshionikar has a suggestion. Smile.

Parshionikar, founder and CEO of Perceptive Devices LLC, has invented a device that allows users to control their computer with a smile and a tilt of the head.

The device is attached to the side of his glasses. It detects the motion of his head and is programmed to click, like a mouse clicks, when he smiles.

He says it allows the user to "achieve almost pixel-level control using simple, gentle motions. And smiling."

Choosing a smile as the key control gesture was intentional. "We like to encourage people to smile because we all feel good when we smile. Our heart rate goes down. Our blood pressure goes down. Our endorphins get generated in our brains."

The inventor notes that the technology could benefit people in a number of different situations. "People with disabilities, carpal tunnel syndrome," could use it instead of typing, for example. "Also professionals, such as doctors and surgeons, who would like to control their computers when they are actively working on a patient. Or even car mechanics, technicians, engineers. And gamers as well."

Though Parshionikar is a mechanical engineer now working full time on face-control products for computers, he says he cannot take credit for the idea. "It started with my son's science fair project, when he was an eighth grader. He came up with the idea: 'You know Dad, how can you control a computer using your head?' And it felt like a great idea!"

The product is not yet in production, though the company plans to release an app for smartphones and tablets this year. The app will use the device's camera to track facial gestures and control the mouse -- giving you a reason to smile while you work.

Watch CBSN Live

Watch CBS News anytime, anywhere with the new 24/7 digital news network. Stream CBSN live or on demand for FREE on your TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Watch Now

New Android App

For your Android phone and tablet, download the FREE redesigned app, featuring CBSN, live 24/7 news.

The all new
CBS News App for Android® for iPad® for iPhone®
Fully redesigned. Featuring CBSN, 24/7 live news. Get the App


text:
Senate rejects payroll tax cut extension for now

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about extending the payroll tax cut, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday sidetracked rival plans to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut, in dueling votes that pave the way for negotiations on a compromise on a core component of President Barack Obama's jobs program.

First, Republicans defeated Obama's plan to extend the payroll tax cut through the end of next year while also making it more generous for workers.

Minutes later, in a vote that exposed rare divisions among Senate Republicans, more than two dozen of the GOP's 47 lawmakers also voted to kill an alternative plan backed by their powerful leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, to renew an existing 2 percentage point payroll tax cut.

Many Republicans and even some Democrats say the payroll tax cut hasn't worked to boost jobs and is too costly with the federal deficit requiring the government to borrow 36 cents of every dollar it spends.

The defeat of the competing plans came as House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said for the first time that renewing the payroll tax cut would boost the lagging economy, a view many in his party don't share. Boehner also promised compromise on a renewal of long-term jobless benefits through the end of 2012.

The payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits are at the center of a costly, politically-charged year-end agenda in which Democrats seem poised to prevail in renewing a tax cut that many Republicans back only reluctantly. But Republicans are insisting — in a switch from last year — that the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits be paid for by cutting spending.

Video: Obama pushes for payroll tax extension
Republicans unveil plan to extend payroll tax cut
White House readies for payroll tax cut fight

Both parties are seeking the political high ground as next year's elections loom, with Democrats accusing Republicans of siding with the rich, and Republicans countering that Democrats were taxing small business owners who create jobs.

The first payroll tax plan to fall was a Democratic measure that was the centerpiece of Obama's jobs package announced in September. It would cut the Social Security payroll tax from 6.2 percent to 3.1 percent next year and also extend the cut to employers, with its hefty $265 billion cost paid for by slapping a 3.25 percent surtax on income exceeding $1 million.

Republicans and a handful of Democrats combined to kill the measure on a 51-49 tally that fell well short of the 60 required under Senate rules. For the first time, a Republican, Susan Collins of Maine, voted to support the millionaires' surcharge.

The White House issued a statement by Obama that accused Republicans of voting to raise taxes on 160 million people because they "refused to ask a few hundred thousand millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share." The statement didn't mention the GOP alternative.

In a surprising result, Democrats and more than two dozen Republicans voted 78-20 to kill the $120 billion GOP alternative that would have simply extended the existing 2 percentage point payroll tax cut, financed by freezing federal workers' pay through 2015 and reducing the government bureaucracy.

"Wouldn't we be better off using the proceeds of these reductions in spending to reduce the debt and deficit," said Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Republican opponents "insist on helping the very wealthy while turning their back on the middle class," while another member of the leadership, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Republicans were in full-blown retreat just days after Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said on "Fox News Sunday" that "the payroll tax holiday has not stimulated job creation. We don't think that is a good way to do it."

On Thursday, however, Boehner disagreed.

"I don't think there's any question that the payroll tax relief, in fact, helps the economy," Boehner said. "You're allowing more Americans, frankly, every working American, to keep more of their money in their pocket. Frankly, that's a good thing."

Meanwhile, House Republicans readied legislation of their own that aides said likely would include the tax cut extension as well as renewed benefits for long-term victims of the worst recession in decades and a painfully slow recovery.

Boehner made clear that all costs must be paid for, and said higher taxes were a non-starter.

Thursday's votes indicated there was lots of reluctance among Republicans to renew the costly payroll tax cut, which even some Democrats said hasn't much helped the economy.

"I can't find many people who even know that they're getting it, okay?" said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who opposed both plans. "So with that being said, we're going to double down on something that we thought should have worked that didn't work."

With unemployment hovering around 9 percent nationally, Obama urged Congress in September to renew and expand the Social Security payroll tax cut for workers that he signed a year ago, and called as well for an extension of benefits that can cover up to 99 weeks for the long-term jobless.

State unemployment insurance programs guarantees coverage for six months, but as in previous downturns, Congress approved additional benefits in 2008. Expiration of those payments would mean an average loss of $296 in weekly income for 1.8 million households in January, and a total of 6 million throughout 2012.

On the tax cut extension, Republicans prefer a simple one-year continuation of the existing law, jettisoning Obama's call to deepen the cut to 3.1 percentage points on workers' first $106,800 in earnings, while expanding it to cut in half employers' Social Security contributions for their $5 million in payroll.

To pay for the measure, Senate Republicans proposed freezing federal workers' pay through 2015 — extending a two-year-freeze recommended by Obama — and reducing the bureaucracy by 200,000 jobs through attrition.

The Democratic plan would give a worker earning $50,000 a more than $1,500 tax cut; the GOP plan would provide a $1,000 tax cut for such an earner. A two-income family making $200,000 would reap a $6,000 tax cut under the Democratic plan and a $4,000 tax cut under the GOP version.

Watch CBSN Live

Watch CBS News anytime, anywhere with the new 24/7 digital news network. Stream CBSN live or on demand for FREE on your TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Watch Now

New Android App

For your Android phone and tablet, download the FREE redesigned app, featuring CBSN, live 24/7 news.

The all new
CBS News App for Android® for iPad® for iPhone®
Fully redesigned. Featuring CBSN, 24/7 live news. Get the App


text:
Seth Green and Claire Grant Tie the Knot

Seth Green and wife Clare Grant. AP

Funnyman Seth Green, 36, tied the knot on Saturday in California, People magazine reported Monday.

The actor, who is the voice of Chris Griffin on the animated series "Family Guy," married model/actress Clare Grant at a private vineyard in Northern California, according to the report.

Photos: Celebrity Weddings & Engagements

In addition to his role on "Family Guy," Green is the executive producer and co-creator of Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken" and has had roles in various movies including "Austin Powers" and "Rat Race."

Grant does voiceovers for "Robot Chicken" and stars in the MTV series "$5 Cover." Green and Grant were engaged on New Year's Eve 2009.

Watch CBSN Live

Watch CBS News anytime, anywhere with the new 24/7 digital news network. Stream CBSN live or on demand for FREE on your TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Watch Now

New Android App

For your Android phone and tablet, download the FREE redesigned app, featuring CBSN, live 24/7 news.

The all new
CBS News App for Android® for iPad® for iPhone®
Fully redesigned. Featuring CBSN, 24/7 live news. Get the App


WARC-Truncated: length

text:
Ohio State ex-star pleads not guilty in shooting

CBSSports.com wire reports

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Former Ohio State football star Jim Stillwagon has pleaded not guilty in the shooting of another driver during a road rage incident last year.

Prosecutors say the 63-year-old Stillwagon pleaded not guilty Monday to four felonious assault counts in Delaware County, near Columbus. A hearing to set a trial date is scheduled April 8.

Police say Stillwagon was on board his motorcycle when he got into a dispute with a pickup truck driver on Sept. 30. Investigators say the confrontation spanned 14 miles and ended in a parking lot where one bullet grazed the alleged victim's head.

Stillwagon was legally carrying the gun. A defense attorney said today he considers Stillwagon's actions "legally justified."

The college Hall of Fame lineman helped the Buckeyes to a national championship in 1968.

Copyright 2015 by STATS LLC and The Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and The Associated Press is strictly prohibited.

Biggest Stories

CBSSports Facebook Google Plus
Conversation powered by Livefyre

Most Popular

CBSSports.com Shop


text:
Blog Entry

Yankees would sign Washburn

Posted on: February 8, 2011 4:41 pm
Edited on: February 8, 2011 4:45 pm
WashburnThe Yankees sure are hoping the good old glory days come back to New York this season.

After importing such '90s and early '00 stars such as Andruw Jones, Mark Prior, Bartolo Colon and Eric Chavez comes word the Yankees spoke to Jarrod Washburn about coming in on a minor-league deal.

As the New York Post adds, talks did not bear fruit, as Washburn is likely looking for something a bit more guaranteed after taking 2010 off. Nothing's surfaced yet, but the Yankees would still be open to adding Washburn if the veteran lefty, who finished fourth in Cy Young Award balloting back in 2002, agrees to come in on a minor-league pact.

Washburn has previously been linked to the Yankees as early as the trade deadline of 2009, when the Mariners instead shipped the lefty to Detroit. The Yankees refused to give up Austin Jackson and another player for Washburn, and later dealt Jackson to Detroit in a package to get center fielder Curtis Granderson.

Kevin Millwood has also been connected to the Yankees, which would be yet another "good old days" star who has tailed off as of late. However, it appears the Indians are the furthest along in signing Millwood.

Maybe GM Brian Cashman can convince Andy Ashby to come to camp.

-- Evan Brunell

For more baseball news, rumors and analysis, follow @cbssportsmlb   on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed.

Since: Dec 19, 2010
Posted on: February 8, 2011 7:33 pm

Yankees would sign Washburn

Millwood was horrible in 2010, but at least he pitched last season.  Washburn is probably the better of the 2 pitchers IMO, but he missed all of 2010, and has to be considered even a bigger risk for the Yanks than Prior and Bartolo Colon.

The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of CBS Sports or


text:
Tag:bear's club
Posted on: February 23, 2012 11:32 am
Edited on: February 23, 2012 1:05 pm

McIlroy loaded for Bear this spring

Rory McIlroy hits a shot in his first round win at the Accenture. (Getty Images)

By Steve Elling

MARANA, Ariz. -- Like Jack Nicklaus' home haunt needs more star power.

With a high-end course in West Palm Beach, Fla., that already includes No. 1 Luke Donald and formerly top-ranked Ernie Els as members, the player anointed as a sure future No. 1 is going to be hanging around, too.

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, 22, has rented a home in the Jupiter area, through the Players Championship in May, and said he will be spending his time in the States working out of the Bear's Club, the place Nicklaus designed a few years back which serves as his Florida home base.

McIlroy said he will play three straight events starting this week at the Accenture Match play, followed by the Honda Classic and Doral, two events within a few miles of his new South Florida abode. He will take the next three weeks off before playing the Masters.

McIlroy is a member of the PGA Tour this year.

With Els and Donald, that's some serious firepower playing out of the increasingly famous Nicklaus club.

"We could do our own Tavistock [Cup]," Donald cracked earlier this week.

Based on a certain prescribed outcome, McIlroy could unseat Donald as No. 1 with a victory this week. After winning his opening match against George Coetzee, McIlroy faces Anders Hansen of Denmark on Thursday.

Dustin Johnson, Keegan Bradley and Camilo Villegas also play out of the Bear's Club. Not bad. Not at all.

For more golf news, rumors and analysis, follow Steve Elling and Eye On Golf on Twitter.

The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of CBS Sports or CBSSports.com


text:
• My Scores
  • MLB
  • NHL
  • NBA
AL East Division4th2nd1st2nd
American League 9th2nd2nd7th

Joba grabs seventh-inning role

The Sports Xchange
Notes, Quotes · Roster Report · Joba grabs seventh-inning role

Joba Chamberlain seemed to be a man without a role when the spring started, but the hard-throwing right-hander has become the first part of the Yankees' game-ending formula this season, claiming the seventh inning as his own.

Chamberlain pitched a perfect seventh inning Monday night, handing the ball off to Rafael Soriano and Mariano Rivera to close out the Yankees' 4-3 win over the Twins. After the game, manager Joe Girardi officially tabbed Chamberlain as the seventh-inning specialist, moving Chamberlain ahead of fellow right-hander David Robertson in the pecking order.

"We love the way he threw the ball in spring training," Girardi said. "(Pedro) Feliciano is not healthy for us, and there might be situations where you'd bring both of them into an inning, Feliciano to face the lefties and Joba to face the righties. But Joba has the ability to get lefties out as well as righties."

Chamberlain has thrown two perfect innings in his seventh-inning role, allowing his lone run of the young season Sunday in a game the Yankees were already losing. With his fastball back in the 95-96 mph range, Chamberlain is beginning to resemble the flame-throwing phenom that took New York by storm in late 2007, something that has the Yankees very excited.

"The thing I take away from today is that Joba threw the ball extremely well," third baseman Alex Rodriguez said. "He pitched with a lot of conviction, his velocity was up, and he was predominantly all fastballs today."

Copyright (C) 2011 The Sports Xchange. All Rights Reserved.

CBSSports Facebook Google Plus
Conversation powered by Livefyre
2015 Team Leaders
AVGJacoby Ellsbury , CF.324
HRMark Teixeira , 1B14
RBIMark Teixeira , 1B35
OBPJacoby Ellsbury , CF.412
SLGMark Teixeira , 1B.588
RBrett Gardner , LF29
SBJacoby Ellsbury , CF14
WMichael Pineda , SP5
ERAMichael Pineda , SP3.59
WHIPMichael Pineda , SP1.14
KMichael Pineda , SP59
SVAndrew Miller , RP13

Latest Yankees Video

Fantasy Games


text:
• My Scores
  • MLB
  • NHL
  • NBA
Baseball Insider

Phils need to take Papelbon up on offer, and find him a new team

Jonathan Papelbon would be a good catch for a contending team. (USATSI)
Jonathan Papelbon would be a good catch for a contending team. (USATSI)

More MLB: Power Rankings | Expert Picks | Latest news & notes | Fantasy news

MINNEAPOLIS -- Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon thinks he should be traded, and now that should make it unanimous.

Papelbon is said to be available, provided the Phillies don't pull a quick turnaround, which is the way it should be.

He won't fit the likely also-ran team, and he never fit that clubhouse.

So now it's time to go.

While he'll never be Mr. Popular among his Phillies teammates, things are apparently much better than last year, when the team was genuinely surprised not to be good and Papelbon was spreading his unhappiness. The mix was practically lethal, causing one person familiar with their situation to say at one point, "If they can find someone to take him, they'd chauffeur him to the airport."

Things have improved, as his 1 something ERA will have a way of making folks forgive faults. One person close to the Phillies, as a way to explain how things have grown acceptable between Papelbon and his teammates, observed, "He keeps to himself."

Even if he kept mostly to himself the past two years, he managed to annoy those around him, with proclamations about how wonderful things were with his old Boston teammates and other such negativities. That didn't go over well, and maybe he has learned to temper things a bit.

Though his latest comment at the very least seemed to question the thinking of Phillies icons Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins, who have suggested they aren't anxious to leave the only team they have known or played for. "Some guys want to stay on a losing team? That's mind-boggling to me," Papelbon told Phillies writers. "I think that's a no brainer (to want to go to a contender)."

The Phillies weren't put off by those words. "None of what he said offended me," GM Ruben Amaro said. (Of course, you have to have a thick skin to be in Philly.)

More important is his pitching performance, which may give the Phillies a chance to extricate themselves from some, or even most, of a contract that was inadvisable from day one. He is 2-1 with a 1.21 ERA and 33 strikeouts against just nine walks in 37 1/3 innings. (With those numbers, it's a wonder he didn't make the All-Star team.)

Amaro said in a phone interview here a couple days ago that he'll listen to anything, and he's open to almost anything. Well, this is the one thing he should be most open to is this.

He should try to do it as soon as he determines it's sell time. The market isn't exactly bereft of closing alternatives, not with proven ninth-inning man Huston Street of the Padres out there, and past closers Joaquin Benoit and Joakim Soria available, as well.

What's more, the market could potentially become flooded, if the Red Sox (Koji Uehara) and Yankees (David Robertson) fall out of it. It isn't likely those teams give up on contention before the July 31 trade deadline, but it's possible.

The real problem with Papelbon it at this point isn't supply and demand, according to rival GMs. It's his contract. It isn't necessarily the $6 million that remains this year, or even the $13 million for next year, but an option for 2016 that carries the potential to become thorny. It vests at another $13 million with 55 games finished in 2015 or 100 games finished in '14 and '15 (he has 30 so far this year). That could mean he has $32 million more coming to him, and not many teams want to pay a reliever that sort of scratch.

All in all, it's pretty ugly.

But if ever there's a time to get out from under it, it is now. Papelbon, while not the growling 98-mph thrower he was in Boston, is pitching effectively at 92-94 mph, as the 1.24 ERA attests. He is 22 for 24 in saves, and could help a contender.

"I wouldn't just give Papelbon away," one Phillies-connected person said.

Unfortunately, that may be the reality, or close to it. Counting the contract, it'll take some sort of magic to bring anything of significance back.

The Phillies aren't desperate to unload dollars, as their ownership is willing to spend to win. But unloading the Papelbon deal would allow them to do something more vital with the loot.

Besides, not everyone is suitably impressed. "We're just waiting for the other show to drop," one AL scout said.

Folks have mentioned the Angels, Tigers, Orioles and Giants as possibilities, but Detroit suggests it intends to stick with Joe Nathan, Baltimore can't be unhappy with Zach Britton and it seems doubtful the Giants have $13 million to spend on a closer when their overall bullpen is strong and Santiago Casilla is just getting started in that role. Beyond all that, the Orioles and Giants are actually said to be more focused on the rotation, which shouldn't surprise anyone.

The Pirates, Royals and other contenders are said to want to upgrade their pens. But it's hard to see someone leaping at Papelbon, not with that contract.

And not when there are more attractive alternatives. Huston Street comes with a pristine clubhouse rep and team-friendly contract that includes a $7 million salary for this year and a $7 million club option for next year.

The Angels would seem to be a possibility for Papelbon, but there's little doubt they'd prefer Street.

Whether it Los Angeles, Anaheim or somewhere else, it has to be somewhere.

The bullpen is already a Phillies strength, and hard-throwing youngsters Ken Giles and Jake Diekman could grow into the closing role. In any case, the Phillies don't really need an expensive closer at the moment, not the way they've been playing. That's a luxury for a contender.

And he has given them the opening to do what needs to be done, and that is to move him out of Philly.

CBSSports Facebook Google Plus
Conversation powered by Livefyre

mlb Video

May 28, 2015
Matt Adams injured (1:45)
May 27, 2015
MLB Power Rankings: 5/27
May 27, 2015
Gottlieb: A-Rod as Marlins manager?
May 27, 2015
Boomer & Carton: Mets defeat Phillies 5-4

Most Popular


text:
The Patriots are nearly a touchdown favorite over the Steelers in Week 1 of the 2015 NFL season.
The Eagles aren't quite as tied to Marcus Mariota as they have been in weeks past but we're bringing it back baby.
One of the best corners of his time has some high praise for one of the best receivers of his time.
After 12 seasons, all in Pittsburgh, Ike Taylor has retired. He made it official on Tuesday, four days after safety Troy Polamalu announced that he had played his last NFL game.
Troy Polamalu's retirement is the end of an era for the Steelers defense.
The Steelers may hope that safety Troy Polamalu retires this offseason, but the 33-year-old hasn't decided whether he'll suit up for a 13th season.
James Harrison will be 37 in May, but the linebacker who was signed off his couch last September by the Steelers now says he's want to play another season.
The last mock before the combine has a running back going to the Colts (Todd Gurley) in the first round, but fewer players with off-field issues.
Russell Wilson is a classic conflict for any defense. Vince Wilfork is a load, but so is the Seahawks' offensive line. Expect physicality.

Biggest Stories


text:
Training: Elder Law, Family Law, & Immigration Law

As part of our Moderate Means Program, Elder Law, Family Law, and Immigration Law services offer reduced fee representation to our community.

It is designed to fill the gap between those who qualify for pro-bono legal services, and those who can afford an attorney’s regular fee. Although the initial consultation is free, participating attorneys may require a retainer and charge a moderate hourly fee within program guidelines.

If you need additional experience to join our "Elder Law", “Family Law”, or “Immigration Law” panels in our Moderate Means program, we offer comprehensive training for both.

All classes are taught by highly respected Bay Area Attorneys and judges who specialize in this field. You’ll receive 16 hours of MCLE credit, including one hour of Legal Ethics credit.

Once you complete either training, you will then be qualified to sit on a panel.

Return to “Steps & Applications” in this section, download your panel application in step #3, and follow the steps to join.

back to top


text:
citycurrents banner

CCSF Commencement Ceremony

graduation photo

Date: May 25, 2013

Time: 10:00AM

Location: Ram Stadium, Ocean Campus

The annual Commencement Ceremony for City College of San Francisco takes place at the end of every spring semester in May. The ceremony is for all CCSF A.A. & A.S. Degree candidates who meet the graduation requirements at the main campus and all the centers. The ceremony usually hosts between 400-500 graduates that cross the stage in their cap & gown while approx. 3000 guests cheer them on!

Commencement is a  wonderful experience and we encourage all graduating students to register and participate in this annual ceremony. All participating graduates, and students graduating with honors, will be listed in the Commencement Program as well as the Student Speaker. The ceremony will honor and recognize students for their hard earned academic achievment and welcome them into the ranks of C.C.S.F. alumni. We promote a strong etiquette policy, and strive to bring all students a ceremony that is worthy of their success.

The achievement of higher education should never go unrecognized or unrewarded. So know that the Office of Student Affairs welcomes you to participate in your Commencement Ceremony and is here to help ensure your commencement day is a valued and cherished experience!

Asian Coalition Scholarship Dinner

Contributed by: Eva Cheng

Asian Pacific Heritage Month East Meets West

Contributed by: Suzanne Lo

Physics Department Open House

Contributed by: Diana Markham

You are cordiallyinvited to attend

City College of SanFrancisco

Physics DepartmentOpen House

Paul Doherty Presents

“Exploratorium Exhibits fromBirth to Death”

A presentationaccompanied by demonstrations and hands-on explorations

Thursday, April 25th,2013

The CCSF PhysicsDepartment is celebrating with a

Free Open House onthe First Floor of the Science Building

Ocean Campus, 3:00 pm– 5:00 pm

Free Lecture by Paul DohertySCIE 100, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

followed by a

Fundraising Dinner with Paul Doherty and

the CCSF Physics Department

6-8 pm in the PierreCoste Dining Room

All activities areopen to the public.

Free Open House 3:00pm - 5:00 pm

SCIE 100 Popular PhysicsDemonstrations, talk with physics faculty about their favorite demonstrations.Jill Johnsen, Roger King, Shruti Kumar, and Dack Lee.

Visit a physics lab class inoperation.

SCIE 179 Physics 4AL, Instructor LeilahMcCarthy, Static Equilibrium

SCIE 158 Physics 4BL, InstructorKarl Westerberg, RCL Circuits

SCIE 159 Physics 4CL, InstructorSteve Swingle, Diffraction

SCIE 191 Physics 4DL, Instructor FredCauthen, Zeeman Effect

SCIE 178 Physics 2AL, InstructorOurida Kaci, Archimedes’ Principle

Paul Doherty Lecture“Exploratorium Exhibits from Birth to Death”

SCIE 100, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Fundraising Dinner

Join us for a Fundraising Dinner Thursday April 25th,6-8 pm at the Pierre Coste Dining Room $100 per person, RSVP to Diana Markham,(415) 239-3467,

Come by the CCSF Physics Department office, SCIE 185 on theOcean Campus to pick up an event map. For more information contact the PhysicsDepartment Chair, Diana Markham, (415) 239-3467.

Leading Educator in Physics

Paul Doherty is a Senior Staff Scientist and Director of theTeacher Institute at the Exploratorium where his main job is helping highschool science teachers make science relevant, interesting, correct and fun.The Exploratorium is an amazing place to learn physics. Paul built severalexhibits at the museum and has many stories of exhibit creation, operation anddestruction to share. At the Exploratorium Paul was a creator of the webcastseries “Iron Science Teacher” in which teachers are given a secret ingredientand challenged to create science lessons using it. Ingredients range from lightemitting diodes to fruitcakes and the lessons are often humorous. He hasauthored many books including the million selling Explorabook and Book ofMagnetic Magic by Klutz Press and the books Color of Nature and Traces of Timeby Chronicle Books. He also writes the science fact column for the Magazine ofFantasy and Science Fiction - which was Isaac Asimov’s old job. He publishes anaward winning website with hundreds of pages of science explorations.(

Paul is an expert on atmospheric optics and the discovererof the shape of the Martian carbon dioxide snowflake, they are cuboctahedrons.He also was the first to calculate and display the appearance of stars whenviewed from a relativistic spacecraft. This discovery led to his mention in thescience fiction book Starburst by Frederick Pohl.

Paul won the competition as best science museum demonstratorat the World Congress of Museums in Helsinkiby playing music on a “whirly”, a corrugated plastic hose. As he played, hedescribed the physics that made the hose sing. He has received the FaradayAward for Excellence in Science Teaching from the National Science TeachersAssociation. He accepted the invitation by the Dalai Lama to journeyed to Indiato teach science to Tibetan Monks. (The monks chose Paul Hewitt’s ConceptualPhysics book as their textbook.)

Paul is a rock climber who has led thousands of rock climbsand led the first ascent of Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas, a 20,000 footmountain in the Andes.  He has also climbed Mount Erebus in Antarctica to look into its boiling lava lake.

In the 1990s Paul Doherty was a physics professor at CityCollege of San Francisco and filled in when Paul Hewitt went on leave, teachingthe course “Physics at the Exploratorium” several times. That course followedFrank Oppenheimer’s philosophy that the best way to learn science was todirectly experience the phenomena of science. That is Paul’s philosophy as welland so he will have the audience do science activities during his presentation.

College for Kids - Are you ready?

Contributed by: Regina Pacheco, Office of Contract Education

Spring Flowers and Plant Sale in Full Bloom!

Contributed by: Katie Gelardi

CCSF Web Developers + Designers

Contributed by: Claudia da Silva

Job Fair at Mission Center

Instructions how to view the calendar.


text:
STDs in Men Who Have Sex with Men

This web page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being updated. Newer data is available on the STD Data and Statistics page.

Public Health Impact

Compared to women and men who have sex with women only, MSM are at increased risk for STDs.1–4 Because STDs and the behaviors associated with acquiring them increase the likelihood of acquiring and transmitting HIV infection,5 STDs among MSM may be associated with an increase in HIV diagnoses.6

Although a number of individual-level risk behaviors (e.g., higher numbers of lifetime sex partners, higher rates of partner change and partner acquisition rates, and unprotected sex) significantly contribute to the ongoing disparities in the sexual health of MSM, other interpersonal and societal-level factors have also been associated with higher rates of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV among MSM.7 MSM who have lower economic status are particularly vulnerable to poorer health outcomes, especially if they belong to racial and ethnic minority populations.8, 9 For example, studies show that for black MSM, factors such as emotional and social support can drive sexual risk-taking and, in addition, broader societal factors such as power, privilege, and position in society also play a significant role.10 Similarly, for Hispanic men, the relationship between individual experiences of oppression (e.g., social discrimination and financial hardship) and risk for sexually transmitted infections in the United States has been documented.11

With the exception of reported syphilis cases, most nationally notifiable STD surveillance data do not include information on sexual behaviors; therefore, trends in STDs among MSM in the United States are based on findings from sentinel surveillance systems. Furthermore, testing strategies are often suboptimal for detecting STDs in MSM. Testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia in MSM largely focuses on detecting urethral infections, which are more likely to be symptomatic than pharyngeal or rectal infections.12 Data from enhanced surveillance projects are presented in this section to provide information on STDs in MSM.

STD Surveillance Network (SSuN)— Monitoring Trends in Prevalence of STDs Among MSM Who Visit STD Clinics, 2012

In 2005, SSuN was established to improve the capacity of national, state, and local STD programs to detect, monitor, and respond rapidly to trends in STDs through enhanced collection, reporting, analysis, visualization, and interpretation of disease information.13 SSuN currently includes 12 collaborating local and state health departments. In 2012, a total of 42 STD clinics at these 12 sites collected enhanced behavioral and demographic information on patients who presented for care to these clinics.14 For data reported in this section, MSM were defined as men who either reported having a male sex partner or who self-reported as gay/homosexual or bisexual. MSW were defined as men who reported having sex with women only or who did not report the sex of their sex partner, but reported that they considered themselves straight/ heterosexual. More detailed information about SSuN methodology can be found in the STD Surveillance Network section of the Appendix, Interpreting STD Surveillance Data.

Gonorrhea and Chlamydial Infection

In 2012, the proportion of MSM who tested positive for gonorrhea and chlamydia at STD clinics varied by SSuN site (Figure T). A larger proportion of MSM who visited SSuN STD clinics tested positive for gonorrhea than tested positive for chlamydia in all cities except Seattle, Birmingham, and Hartford/ New Haven (where the proportion for chlamydia was higher).

Across the participating sites, about the same number of MSM were tested for gonorrhea (22,007) and chlamydia (21,767). The median site-specific gonorrhea prevalence was 16.4% (range by site: 9.84%–30.4%). The median site-specific chlamydia prevalence was 12.0% (range by site: 6.4%–22.2%). For this report, a person who tested positive for gonorrhea or chlamydia more than one time in a year was counted only once for each infection.

Co-infection of P&S Syphilis and HIV

In 2012, the proportion of MSM who presented to SSuN clinics with P&S syphilis infection who also were infected with HIV ranged from 18.5% in Los Angeles to 66.7% in Birmingham (Figure U). The median site-specific proportion co-infected with HIV was 44.8%. P&S syphilis was identified by provider diagnosis and HIV was identified by laboratory report, self-report, or provider diagnosis.

HIV status and STDs

When comparing the prevalence of STDs by HIV status in MSM visiting SSuN STD clinics, the prevalence was lower among HIV-negative MSM status than among HIV-positive MSM (Figure V). The prevalence of P&S syphilis was 2.5% among HIV negative MSM and 9.8% among HIV-positive MSM. Urethral gonorrhea positivity was 10.1% in MSM who were HIV-negative and 15.0% in HIV-positive MSM. Pharyngeal gonorrhea positivity was 7.4% in MSM who were HIV-negative and 10.0% in HIV-positive MSM; rectal gonorrhea positivity was 8.9% in MSM who were HIV-negative and 16.4% in HIV-positive MSM. Urethral chlamydia was 7.1% in MSM who were HIV-negative and 7.6% in HIV-positive MSM; rectal chlamydia positivity was 11.4% in MSM who were HIV-negative and 22.2% in HIV-positive MSM.

Nationally Notifiable Syphilis Surveillance Data

Primary and secondary syphilis among MSM has been increasing at least since 2000. 3, 15 In 33 areas reporting sex of partner data for P&S syphilis cases among MSM increased 15% during 2011 – 2012, a larger increase in previous years. In 2012, MSM accounted for 75% of all P&S syphilis cases in 49 states and the District of Columbia that provided information about sex of sex partners. MSM accounted for more cases than MSW or women in all racial and ethnic groups (Figure 40). More information about syphilis can be found in the Syphilis section of the National Profile.

Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project

GISP is a national sentinel surveillance system designed to monitor trends in antimicrobial susceptibilities of N. gonorrhoeae strains in the United States.16 GISP has demonstrated that gonococcal isolates from MSM are more likely to exhibit antimicrobial resistance than isolates from MSW.4 Overall, the proportion of isolates from MSM in selected STD clinics from GISP sentinel sites has increased steadily, from 4.6% in 1990 to 33.1% in 2012 (Figure W). The reason for this increase is unclear, but might reflect changes in the epidemiology of gonorrhea or in health care seeking behavior of men infected with gonorrhea. The proportion of isolates from MSM varies geographically, with the largest proportion reported from the West Coast (Figure X).

More information on GISP can be found in the Gonorrhea section of the National Profile.

1 Brewer TH, Schillinger J, Lewis FM, Blank S, Pathela P, Jordahl L, et al. Infectious syphilis among adolescent and young adult men: implications for human immunodeficiency virus transmission and public health interventions. Sex Transm Dis. 2011 May;38(5):367-71.

2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trends in HIV/AIDS diagnoses among men who have sex with men — 33 States, 2000– 2006. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008; 57:681–686.

3 Su JR, Beltrami JF, Zaidi AA, Weinstock HS. Primary and secondary syphilis among black and Hispanic men who have sex with men: case report data from 27 States. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Aug 2;155(3):145-51.

4 Kirkcaldy RD, Zaidi A, Hook EW 3rd, Holmes KK, Soge O, del Rio C, et al. Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance among men who have sex with men and men who have sex exclusively with women: The Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project, 2005–2010. Ann Intern Med 2013;158(5 Pt 1):321–8.

5 Fleming DT, Wasserheit JN. From epidemiologic synergy to public health policy and practice: the contribution of other sexually transmitted diseases to sexual transmission of HIV infection. Sex Transm Infect. 1999;75:3-17.

6 Hall HI, Song R, Rhodes P, Prejean J, An Q, Lee LM, et al, for the HIV Incidence Surveillance Group. Estimation of HIV incidence in the United States. JAMA. 2008;6;300(5):520-9.

7 Koblin BA, Husnik MJ, Marla JB, Colfax GC, Huang Y, Madison ME, et al. Buchbinder, SC. Risk factors for HIV infection among men who have sex with men. AIDS. 2006;20(5):731-739.

8 Alvy LM , McKirnan D, Du Bois SN , Jones K, Ritchie N, Fingerhut D. Health Care Disparities and Behavioral Health Among Men Who Have Sex with Men. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services. 2011;23(4): 507-522.

9. McKirnan DJ, Du Bois SN, Alvy LM, Jones K. Health Care Access and Health Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: The Cost of Health Disparities. Health Educ Behav. 2013 Feb;40(1):32-41.

10 Mays VM, Cochran SD, Zamudio A. HIV prevention research: are we meeting the needs of African American men who have sex with men? J Black Psychol. 2004;30:78.

11 Díaz RM, Ayala G, Bein E. Sexual risk as an outcome of social oppression: data from a probability sample of Latino gay men in three U.S. cities. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2004;10(3):255-267.

12 Mahle KC, Helms DJ, Golden MR, Asbel LE, Cherneskie T, Gratzer B, et al. Missed gonorrhea infections by anatomic site among asymptomatic men who have sex with men (MSM) attending U.S. STD clinics, 2002–2006. In: Program and abstracts of the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference; 2008 March 10-13; Chicago, IL. Abstract No. A1d.

13 Rietmeijer K, Donnelly J, Bernstein K, Bissette J, Martins S, Pathela P, et al. Here comes the SSuN—early experiences with the STD Surveillance Network. Pub Health Rep. 2009;124(Suppl 2):72-77.

14 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2011. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2012.

15 Heffelfinger JD, Swint EB, Berman SM, Weinstock HS. Trends in primary and secondary syphilis among men who have sex with men in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jun;97(6):1076-83.

16 Schwarcz S, Zenilman J, Schnell D, Knapp JS, Hook EW III, Thompson S, et al. National surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. JAMA. 1990;264(11):1413-7.


text:
Manchester United to return for 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star Game

Red Devils to take on MLS' best in rematch of 2010 event

NEW YORK — Time for the rematch.

Major League Soccer announced on Monday that storied English club Manchester United will return to the United States this summer to again face the best of MLS in the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star Game.

The Red Devils took on the MLS All-Stars in 2010, coming away with a 5-2 win in front of more than 70,000 fans at sold-out Reliant Stadium in Houston.

WATCH: 2010 AT&T MLS All-Star Game Highlights

Get Microsoft Silverlight

This year’s match will take place at Red Bull Arena on Wednesday, July 27 (8:30 pm ET, ESPN2/Galavisión/TSN).

“We are pleased to host Manchester United again for our marquee summer event,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said in a statement. “Our All-Star Game has become a true celebration of soccer, and our best players look forward to the challenge of competing against one of the top clubs in the world.”

The MLS players, of course, hope not only to compete with, but also to return to winning ways in the All-Star Game. Last year’s loss was the first for the All-Stars in seven matches against foreign competition. (The 2009 match was decided in penalties, with Everton besting the All-Stars thanks to a world-class performance by US international goalkeeper Tim Howard.)

But longtime Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who will be present for a live media event at Red Bull Arena on Tuesday (12:30 pm ET, live stream on, seems already to be preparing for second consecutive win.

"We're delighted to have been invited to play the MLS All-Star Game for the second year running,” Ferguson said in a statement. “Last year's game was a special occasion in front of a noisy, passionate crowd. Obviously we'll be looking to repeat the performance and the scoreline."

Ferguson’s confidence is understandable. United, whose trove of superstars includes England international Wayne Rooney, Mexican striker Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, and Portuguese winger Nani, are arguably one of the most successful clubs ever. They have won the domestic league 18 times and have been crowned champions of Europe three times. In 2008, they lifted the trophy at FIFA Club World Cup.

The Red Devils currently sit atop the English Premier League table, five points ahead of Arsenal. United have also advanced to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, where they will face EPL rivals Chelsea, and to the FA Cup semifinals, where they will square up with crosstown rivals Manchester City.

Tickets for the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star Game will be available for purchase by Red Bulls season-ticket holders and plan holders on April 20 at 10 am ET. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on June 2 at 2 pm ET. For more information visit or call 877.RBSOCCER.


text:
Center for Biotechnology

Mission statement

The Center for Biotechnology – CeBiTec – is one of the largest and most prominent central academic institutions at Bielefeld University. The CeBiTec bundles activities and interests of research groups focusing on various aspects of biotechnology within the Faculties of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Technology. Its mission is to encourage and to support the development of innovative research crossing discipline boundaries.

Since its foundation in 1998 three institutes, the Institute for Bioinformatics (IfB), the Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology (IGS), and the Institute of Biochemistry and Bioengineering (BioChemTech) have been established under the roof of the CeBiTec. The availability of comprehensive technological infrastructure as being provided by CeBiTec’s Technology Platforms is crucial for a successful scientific work. Academic training of graduates is fostered by the Graduate Center offering high-level PhD programs.

The CeBiTec is headed by a Scientific Director and the Executive Committee composed by representatives of all status groups of the university. Eight high ranking scientists from industry and academia form the Scientific Advisory Board.

Since the summer of 2007 the CeBiTec resides in a new building on the campus of Bielefeld University. The building offers laboratories for different research groups, for the Technology Platform Genomics and for experimental student courses. Furthermore, the building provides offices for the CeBiTec administration and seminar rooms.


text:
The Dealer's Potential Advantage - Foundations
Construction Equipment Distribution magazine is published by the Associated Equipment Distributors, a nonprofit trade association founded in 1919, whose membership is primarily comprised of the leading equipment dealerships and rental companies in the U.S. and Canada. AED membership also includes equipment manufacturers and industry-service firms. CED magazine has been published continuously since 1920. Associated Equipment Distributors
Home         About Us         Media Kit         Subscribe         Previous Issues         Search Articles         Meet the Staff        AED Homepage

CED Menu

Arrow Home
Arrow About Us
Arrow Media Kit
Arrow Digital Subscription
Arrow Search Articles
Arrow Meet the Staff
Arrow Trade Press Info
Arrow AEDNews

Premium Sponsor:

SECTION: Foundations

Questions or feedback?
Contact Kim Phelan at (800) 388-0650 ext. 340.

The Dealer's Potential Advantage

Written By Matt Di Iorio

Article Date: 03-01-2005
Copyright (C) 2005 Associated Equipment Distributors. All Rights Reserved.

Dealers have a unique opportunity to develop great people and leverage that competence

It was 10:15 Sunday morning and I was frantic. I was scheduled to meet an old friend (and AED member) at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, but my computer contracted a nasty virus and I temporarily lost access to his home phone number. Luckily, I was able to get the number of his dealership from directory service, so I promptly called and left a message.

Before leaving the message, I jotted down the “emergency” number mentioned on the company voicemail. As I began dialing the emergency number, which was no more than a minute after leaving a message, my phone began to ring. To my surprise it was a follow-up phone call from an employee at the dealership, who provided me with the cell phone number of the dealer principle and I was able to follow through with our unfinished plans to get together at the airport.

Maybe I’m a cynic, but I must confess to thinking this performance was a fluke...not that it isn’t a well-run dealership, but 60 seconds to return a call on a Sunday morning??? I didn’t know a phone system could forward a call that fast...let alone that there were still people dedicated enough to follow-up with such urgency.

At a seminar I attended at AED’s Annual Meeting, Don Buttrey, Ron Slee and Dan Kaplan participated in a Q&A panel. One of the dealers in attendance was really pressing the panel for specifics regarding how family owned companies could successfully compete with larger, better-capitalized competitors. One by one the panelists responded and, although each spoke to their areas of expertise – sales, product support and rental, respectively – all three included “hard work” in their answer. They also mentioned that being local and part of the community is a real strength of the family owned dealership.

Kaplan took his remarks a bit further by suggesting dealers have a potential advantage when competing with regional and national competitors. He said dealers have a unique opportunity to develop great people and leverage their competence, experience and relationships over a much longer period than larger companies. The branch management position at a larger company is often viewed by “up and comers” as a stepping stone to other positions. However, he went on, branch managers in the dealer world are often key players at the top of the food chain. Many exercise a great deal of autonomy and entrepreneurial instinct responding to the needs of their people and local customers on the spot.

Maybe I shouldn’t have been so quick to judge the seemingly unbelievable response time to a phone call made to a dealership on a Sunday morning. Perhaps independent dealers are leveraging the strengths of their people and taking full advantage of their competitive advantages. However, as a former dealer, I am haunted by the words “potential” and “opportunity” because, in retrospect, I under-invested in the development of my people.

How much more effective might they have been had I provided them fundamental people, customer and financial management skills? What if I had exposed them to new ideas at events like AED University’s Managers Training Program at AED’s Annual Meeting?

Is answering the phone on a Sunday morning a learned response? While that may be debatable, the fact that a dealer’s competitive advantage is dependent upon our people’s desire and ability to think and act independently is not.

[ TOP ]

Article Categories:  Human Resources  »  Management  »  Association


text:
Kourtney Kardashian: Beverage & A Bump

Kourtney Kardashian: Beverage & A Bump

Kourtney Kardashian stopped off at her local Starbucks in Los Angeles on Wednesday (December 9). The 30-year-old reality star texted on her Blackberry as she walked to get her beverage.

The mom-to-be already has plans to shed the 26 lbs. or so she’s gained during her pregnancy. Kourtney’s mom, Kris Jenner, told Us that they both plan to go on the dietary supplement, QuickTrim. “I’m going to do it with Kourtney,” Kris said. “Kourtney is going to do it for after the baby. We are very excited.”

Kourtney, 30, and her boyrfriend Scott Disick, 26, are expecting their son on December 23.

View Slideshow »»

View All Photos »»

Filed under: Kourtney Kardashian

Photo credit: Pacific Coast News

  • Jessie

    Wow! Pregnancy really suites her. What a gorgeous bump.

  • Lexi

    It’s so annoying how the main priority for celebs after giving birth is losing the baby weight. Should their first priority be looking after their newborn baby? Lose all the weight you want, but it shouldn’t be the focus…just be grateful that you get a healthy baby.

  • Kathy

    Is she really excited about starting the QuickTrim with Kourtney or about the baby? Hard to tell. Bit of a weird comment. Anyway, is it just me or does it look like the baby has dropped? She seems to be carrying very low all of a sudden. Could be any day now.

  • Janie

    Blah, blah, blah! She is a dope and her boyfriend is a creep!

  • Anna

    Kathy, that was my reaction too! Who is excited about starting a diet? No one!

    She is probably excited about the money they will get for endorsing this product!

  • Lauren

    I bet US weekly asked her a ton of questions and they choose to focus on weight loss and dieting after the baby.

  • Jack

    Im wondering if “Quicktrim” is safe to take while your breast feeding? Im pretty sure its not as no diet pills are safe even if they are 100% natural.

  • Anonymous

    I could’ve cared less about dieting after my daughter’s birth. My first priority was caring for her and nursing her round-the-clock made it impossible to focus on anything else. It’s so sad that some women can’t just go with the flow, instead of obsessing over losing the weight as soon as the baby is born! Thinness should not trump everything else!!! Enjoy your baby for crying out loud, everything is temporary!


text:
Mel Gibson & Oksana Grigorieva Split

Mel Gibson & Oksana Grigorieva Split

Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva have split after over a year of dating, People reports.

“They just drifted apart,” says a close friend of the couple who are pictured above last month. “They’re both working hard on their careers and trying to raise a sweet baby together. They’re still friends and they’ll both raise Lucia together.”

The Lethal Weapon star and Oksana, a musician-singer, welcomed their daughter Lucia on October 30, 2009.

Gibson is busy in Mexico filming How I Spent My Summer Vacation, and Grigorieva is working on her music career. Next week, she will perform a charity concert in Russia to benefit Grant Life.

In addition to Lucia, Gibson, 54, has seven children (six sons and a daughter) with his estranged wife Robyn. Grigorieva also has a son, Alexander, with her former boyfriend, actor Timothy Dalton.

Filed under: Mel Gibson

Photo credit: Fame

  • Victoria

    Once again, I’m not believing anything until it comes straight from the horses mouth. All of these “sources” can’t be trusted.

  • What the….

  • Sherry

    What did you expect??….what goes around comes around, Ok.


text:
Joe Jonas to Guest Star on ‘90210’

By: / September 20, 2010

First the Kardashians invaded the famous zip code … and now it’s a Jonas Brothers‘ turn.

Middle brother Joe Jonas will play himself in a November episode of the hit CW show, as exclusively reported to Entertainment Weekly.

The JoBro will accompany Jessica Lowndes’ character to a magazine cover party and give the budding musician some advice. How sweet!

Will you tune in to watch Joe in action? Or should he stick to singing? Hit the comments and let us know what you think!


text:
Jump to content

Follow Us:   Twitter Facebook Celiac.com Forum RSS

Celiac.com Sponsor:

   Get email alerts  Subscribe to FREE Celiac.com email alerts

  arrowShare this page:
Celiac.com Sponsor:
- - - - -

  • Please log in to reply

2 replies to this topic

    Community Member

  • Advanced Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 72 posts

Posted 10 November 2012 - 08:00 PM

Are Jujyfruits gluten free?
  • 0

Celiac.com Sponsor:

    Community Member

  • Advanced Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 36 posts

Posted 11 November 2012 - 07:52 AM

According to this celiac website they are. This is as of 2011. It might have changed.

http://www.celiaccen...y List 2011.pdf

However, according to the manufacturer website they might might not be.

Allergen/Gluten List Policy

For product specific information regarding the Big 8 allergens and cross-contamination associated with these allergens, please contact Farleys & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. Consumer Relations at 1-888-247-9855 or complete our Feedback form to receive information. Due to changes that may occur in the manufacturing and packaging environments, Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. does not provide allergen or gluten free lists.

  • 0

    It needs to be about 20% cooler.

  • Advanced Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 3,449 posts

Posted 11 November 2012 - 08:32 AM

With a statement like that, simply refusing to give information, if they have anything at all with wheat in it, I would suspect CC. I expect the whole liability statement thing from companies and all that, and it has never bothered me, but the wording on this one just rubs me the wrong way. To me it reads as "Hi. You have celiac? We don't want you as a customer so have a great day and go away."
  • 0

"You don't look sick or anything"

"Well you don't look stupid, looks can be deceiving."

Celiac DX Dec 2012

CRPS DX March 2014

0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users

Celiac.com Sponsors:


text:
Jump to content

Follow Us:   Twitter Facebook Celiac.com Forum RSS

Celiac.com Sponsor:

   Get email alerts  Subscribe to FREE Celiac.com email alerts

  arrowShare this page:
Celiac.com Sponsor:

Member Since 29 Oct 2011
Offline Last Active May 29 2013 10:09 AM

Topics I've Started

Five Guys

28 May 2013 - 08:27 AM

Recently, I went to a Five Guys and Fries.  I let them know at the register of my "allergy".  I actually have Celiac Disease.  I watched, as I usually do, as they cooked and prepared the food.  There was one employee who, for whatever reasons, would not stay in her station.  She was all over the place.  She'd touch the buns and then use the same gloved hands to reach in the bag, pull out the fries and put them in the "dedicated" fryer.  I asked the employee to please change her gloves after touching the buns, which she did, but stopped doing after she thought I wasn't paying attention.  I chose not to eat my meal.

Yes, I called Five Guys 1-800 number and spoke with a person there.  I got an e-mail from the general manager (?) who seemed genuinely concerned BUT he's busy with 11 Five Guys and a couple of other entities.  He offered to "send me a gift OR refund the price of my meal if I still had the receipt."  Really?!?  Wow.  No, just train and educate your employees!

Here is the response I received from Five Guys on FaceBook:

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

Hi Julie,

Thanks for reaching out. I'm sorry to hear about your recent experience and I apologize on behalf of the staff at the Morehead City location. Though we wish we could prevent cross contamination, this is possible. When someone writes in to us, we are sure to highlight that our rolls, malt vinegar and fry sauce contain gluten and although we do our best to only toast the rolls on a separate grill, there is always a chance for cross contamination. Our fry sauce is only served in Utah. Our French fries are just potatoes that are soaked in water, then cooked in peanut oil. This fryer is dedicated and nothing else is fried in this oil.

Again, I'm sorry about your recent experience and hope you can give us another chance.

As it was pointed out in another thread, fast food restaurants are best left as off limits to those of us with Celiac Disease.  I thought that Five Guys was "different" with their dedicated fryers, but after my experience, I will not take a chance by eating there again.

Celiac.com Sponsors:


text:
CeNS Center for NanoScience LMU Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
CeNS HomepageLMU Homepage
Home  >  News  >  News

Wednesday, 01 January, 2014

PhD and Postdoc Positions in Nanoscience

International call for applications at CeNS

The Munich-based Center for NanoScience (CeNS) announces its 2014 call for applications for PhD and postdoc positions. Outstanding candidates in the fields of natural sciences and life sciences from all around the world are invited to submit their application. The PhD and postdoc positions will start between May and October 2014.

The 12 PhD and 4 postdoc positions offer excellent research conditions and multidisciplinary education within the stimulating scientific environment of the Center for NanoScience, the Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), and the Collaborative Research Centers SFB 863 and SFB1032

CeNS is looking for highly motivated applicants with excellent grades and a strong scientific interest who are enthusiastic about the multidisciplinary activities of CeNS.

Deadline for applications is February 10th, 2014.

Further information and details about the application process and the available research projects can be found on www.cens.de/careers/phd.