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1-800-831-9242 between the hours of 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. CST, Monday through Friday. You may also place your order via email by sending your request to consumer.service AT Thermos.com and providing your name, mailing address, phone number and credit card number along with the expiration date. You may also mail a money order or check for your replacement part to:
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まとめるとこんなかんじ。
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電話：1-800-831-9242 （平日7:30~16:30; CST/中部標準時）
Eメール：consumer.service AT Thermos.com
郵便：Thermos LLC 「355 Thermos Rd, Batesville, MS 38606」
※まあアメリカのカードだったら万が一流出して不正使用されても、検出もサポートもしっかりしているらしいので、まあまあ安心だとは思いますが…。余談ですが、昨年ターゲットでクレジットカード情報が4000万件流出した時、日本で発行されたクレジットカードが不正利用された人は、被害証明なんかの手続きがアメリカ発行のものに比べてかなり大変だったと聞きました。アメリカのカードは不正利用に対して消費者が保護されるよう法律（Liability of holder of credit card）で定めてあり、その点安心です。不安な人はクレジットカードみたいに使えるプリペイドカード（Visa Prepaid Cardなど）を使ってもいいでしょうね。
61-year-old Doug Kurtis is aiming for his 200th sub-3:00 marathon this weekend: http://t.co/Y2diruTDTd
— Runner's World (@runnersworld) October 17, 2013
「While U.S. marathon broadcasts rarely creep above 1 percent ratings, in Japan a 10 percent rating for a major ekiden or marathon would be a disappointment; certain athletes and events can bring Super Bowl-like 40-plus percent ratings.」
The drawback is that even athletes lacking the physiology of Takaoka or Morishita drift toward overly ambitious mileage. Takaoka's coach Itoh points out, "A lot of teams are just doing the training without thinking why. They might point at 1,000 kilometers in a month, and the coach will give the athlete a congratulatory 'Otsukaresama deshita' (Well done!) comment, as if the point of the training is just to train." Morishita agrees. "Rather than do the appropriate training and then see what the mileage turns out to be, many coaches are pointing at some mileage figure first."
Officials reviewing Pittsburgh Marathon security‘‘We will be going into meetings between now and race day to discuss security and what else we can do to ensure runners’ safety,’’ race director Patrice Matamoros said.
Next month’s race is expected to draw about 28,000 runners and up to 50,000 spectators and it figured to be a topic of conversation at the city’s public safety chiefs’ regular monthly meeting on Tuesday even before the Boston bombings.
過去2年は2万人規模だったのが、2万8千人に増えたとは！
... and hired a crisis management team that created game plans to deal with everything from traffic jams and water shortages to bombings.
Race organizers spend about $160,000 to hire 350 on-duty police officers and 200 more security guards, Matamoros said. The race route is checked for suspicious devices and packages, bomb-sniffing dogs inspect people at the starting line, and bike-riding observers and surveillance cameras are used to keep an eye on things during the race.
