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Every news columnist secretly longs to shell out advice, just like with Dear Abby. I imagine some newly promoted produce director somewhere, afraid to make a mistake. They're fidgeting in their chair, sending an anonymous e-mail, asking for advice on, say, what five areas to focus on in the new job.
I'm here to help.
Dear Anonymous Produce Director: Congratulations on your new position. It is without a doubt the best job in the grocery executive ranks. Although I'm sure you're qualified (or you wouldn't have been hired) for the job, here's my list of what many consider trouble spots to watch out for.
Being first to market is not necessarily the wisest move. Even though some chains want bragging rights when something special comes on the market, consider that two areas (quality and price) are sensitive issues for your customers. If early season stone fruit is lacking in maturity, it's best to wait until something more pleasing to the palate comes along.
Also, if something like early-season cherries are available (perhaps even quite tasty), the early delivered prices are often high (the first-of-the-season gems usually are), and you have to set your retail at something like $12.99 a pound. So you're better off to wait for the f.o.b. prices to drop to an affordable level. If your customers see high prices or (worse) experience less-than-desirable quality, this always leaves a negative perception.
Be flexible in your specifications. Just because your chain "always" carries an 80-88 count apple doesn't mean you can't change. Every year shippers peak on sizes and grades that fluctuate. By being flexible and adjusting your specs to what is plentiful, you will be working with growers and allowing yourself to be much more competitive.
Make sense when pricing larger packs. You're obviously good in math, and so are your customers. It's always a good idea to see pricing through their eyes, especially with the larger packs versus the small ones. The larger packs should represent a better value and be priced accordingly.
Keep pricing standards consistent. Your pricing standards are typically known as a being in an "each" or "per-pound market. Some parts of the country are a little of both. What you don't want to do is price something per pound one week and per each the next. There are rare or seasonal exceptions to violating this rule, but you'll have happier customers if you stay consistent in your pricing philosophy.
If you sell berries (or any item) by the pint or half-pint, stop. Customers confuse dry-volume measures with liquid measures all the time. Always advertise and sign according to unit weight only.
That, my produce director friend, should help get you started. Now for week two ...
Armand Lobato works for the Idaho Potato Commission. His 30 years of experience in the produce business span a range of foodservice and retail positions.


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1. Happiness to the Global Ecosystem
2. Small male percussionist
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6. Oh holiday conifer
7. Ten plus two twenty-four hour periods of holiday festivity
8. Hey tiny city in Israel
9. In a remote location in a barn stall
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2. Little Drummer Boy
3. I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
4. Deck the Halls
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7. 12 Days of Christmas
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rrnate wrote:we all know (except I guess for kurt w) what a shitshow that's been...
You mean the Orpheum legal/financial shitshow, right? I think that was more of a contributor than its shoddiness.
Kurt_w, the theater side of Memorial Union is undergoing a massive renovation. I expect MU will be back in the lineup once that's done... which last I heard may not be in time for WFF 2014.
I was disappointed when the Fest stopped booking Majestic. Dunno if Majestic promoter contracts didn't allow it, or if the Fest didn't want to (or couldn't) cough up the cash required to reserve a popular venue. Either way, a big loss in my book.
I'm beyond disappointed they dropped the other downtown venues this year. Bartell was great (I'm with you, Zoti Bamba—Bartell was godawful in the early years, a deal-killer for me, but crossed over into scale-tipper after they fixed it up). MMoCA was pleasant enough, and I remember seeing at least one screening in the Capitol Theater in Overture, though that was a few years back. They used Monona Terrace for a couple/few years, I think, but that made less sense once Majestic was out of the picture.
I'm not boycotting Fest Lite, just doing what I can to concentrate the experience back to full strength. Going to Film Fest at Sundance is really just Seeing a Movie at Sundance. Nothing wrong with that—unless, like me, you care as much about the Fest as about the Film.


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Equity markets suffered a tremor early Friday after House Republicans were unable to pass Speaker Boehner's "Plan B" proposal late Tuesday. This may well shape up as a "TARP moment" -- that is, a wake-up call to Congress, much as when the Troubled Asset Relief Program was forged in 2008. I still expect Congress to at least partially avert the "fiscal cliff" before New Year's.
By "partially" I mean legislation that would at least head off automatic tax-rate hikes and an alternative minimum tax (AMT) hit for 98% or more Americans, but perhaps not to avert the scheduled budget sequester. I broadly foresee or 2-in-3 odds on this -- yet I also continue to predict a 75% likelihood that any such result will be of very limited scope, and will thus disappoint the equity markets. To reiterate, this would result in a continued squabbling over spending in the next two months.
For these reasons, my partners and I have reprised our call for investor alert. We also believe we'll see a reprieve in dividend taxes, so this could serve as a life preserver for market players inclined to become defensive once again. After a day of meetings in Washington Thursday, we'd also note more bearishness on defense stocks and other industry groups at risk to the impending budget sequester.
Specifically, we see 40% odds of a negotiated deal. We still place 35% odds on going over the cliff, which we would define as a "nothing done" on taxes before year-end. We also see 25% odds of a modified last-minute fix. This could be fashioned around the earlier Senate-passed legislation that would extend current tax rates on salaries above $250,000, adjust the AMT and put a 23.8% top tax rate on both capital gains and dividends.
R.I.P., Plan B
"Plan B," or Boehner's weekend counter to the Obama offer, would have shielded taxpayers earning less than $1 million, while otherwise making the Bush-era tax cuts permanent. It would have also repealed the AMT and set the "death tax" at a 35% top rate, excluding estates of up to $5 million.
Politically, GOP leaders felt they might be able to regain bargaining advantage by rallying House Republicans to show unity and cornering Senate Democrats and the White House as time runs out. At a minimum, they also to be exonerated from blame should policymakers allow the economy go over the "cliff." It was a risky gambit, and I view it mostly as a reflection of Boehner's calculations about how best to garner a majority vote from his caucus. Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) assured his House counterparts that passage of "Plan B" would move the process forward. At that point, Boehner's strategy seemed solid enough.
More on 'Plan C'
Nevertheless, I was surprised that the Speaker also seemed ready to destroy the S. 3142, which had been passed by the Senate -- something that many had viewed as a last option to a cliff-dive. With that plan now jettisoned, I believe one last option could be the House allowing passage of a modified version of S. 3142 (with mostly Democratic votes). In essence, the continued existence of this safety-valve option could work, along with the leverage afforded Republicans by their ability to allow a debt-ceiling hike.
Continued Cautionary Note
We're unlikely to see the kind of fallout that the debt-ceiling debates produced in 2011. Still, investors are now absorbing Thursday's portent of disappointment after the markets have perhaps counterintuitively surged to their mid-September highs. As I noted recently on CNBC, the ultimate investor irony of 2012 could be this: The best strategy may have been buying amid fiscal-cliff nervousness, then selling upon the outcome, regardless of what it is.
At this point, due to Christmas and a late Senator Dan Inouye funeral in Hawaii, barely a week is left for a last-minute partial fix or compromise. Furthermore, thanks to Plan B's demise, Hill Democrats have gained perhaps yet more bargaining leverage.
So why do I still expect movement? Well, we could see a reboot after Congress reconvenes post-Christmas, and differences between the two sides have narrowed significantly. In fact, Politico reports that the White House may accept a tax-hike threshold as high as $700,000 to $800,000, according to the publication's sources. Meanwhile, Boehner has offered to allow a delay on Medicare-related decisions into 2013. This may mean that Obama's apparent acceptance of Social Security "diet COLA" (cost-of-living adjustment) may be enough of an up-front compromise to forge a deal.
Further, as mentioned earlier, the Republicans could deploy the S. 3142 parachute -- which the Senate Democrats have already passed, making it difficult for them to reject now -- and a few "leavening agents" (i.e., some give on extended unemployment benefits and/or estate tax rates) could also work to help Congress avoid the worst of the cliff.
Of course, gone is last weekend's optimism of an inevitable mini-grand bargain, and time is frighteningly short. Liberal Democrats are resisting Obama's give on the Social Security COLAs, and Boehner's Plan B failure has proven that any passage may have to rely on mostly Democratic votes. So, as much as the Speaker has proven that he truly wants a deal, his path toward the magic number of 217 votes seems highly precarious.
In short, failure is still possible. Indeed, an even more wrenching "TARP moment" could yet unfold. But, for reasons above, I'll remain sanguine regarding at least some late action, pending confirmation that Senate leaders will now indeed become engaged, and that the reported Boehner-Obama dialogue will continue.


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Last week i was in Kolkata – which i still think of as Calcutta – and am glad to report that it's much as it's always been. The old Howrah bridge is there, and the Victoria Memorial, and the Maidan with its vendors selling spicy jhaal moori flavoured with mustard oil, and puchkas – what north Indians called golgappas – flavoured with something you really don't want to know about. But what pleased me most was that the most Kolkatan thing about Kolkata – or indeed, all of Bengal – was not just in evidence but was obviously going from strength to strength: the institution of the adda.
Other communities pass the time in idle chatter and gossip. Not so the Bengali. There is nothing idle about his chatter or gossip, which goes by the local name of 'adda'. For the Bengali, adda is not mere time-pass; it is a timeless passion. It is a conversation devoutly to be wished, and the Bengali spends hours at it, convinced of the profound truth that adda is not a waste of time, but rather that time is a waste of adda. What is the topic of discussion at an adda? Anything and everything, from mountains to molehills, from the sublime genius of Manekda (Satyajit Ray to you) to the stepmotherly treatment meted out to Sourav Ganguly by the raskails (rascals) who run the IPL.
As Amartya Sen has noted, all Indians are argumentative. If we weren't, India wouldn't be the biggest and most vocal democracy in the world, because democracy is just another word for argument. And of all us argumentative Indians, we Bengalis (having spent most of my life in Calcutta i consider myself an honorary Bengali, or hon Bong) are the most argumentative.
Long ago we Bengalis realised that argument is the essence of adda, its life blood and its oxygen. If two, or more, people see the same thing from the same viewpoint, there's nothing more to say. But if two, or more, people see the same thing in two, or 200, different ways, there is twice, or 200 times, more to say. Twice, or 200 times, more adda, based on the scientific principle that every assertion must have an equal and opposite reassertion.
While i was there, the city witnessed two debates, one organised by a local newspaper and the other by the Saturday Club. The themes, respectively, were topical: Should politicians get out of government? And have scams kept up with inflation? The popularity of such events underscores the argumentative nature of Bengal, particularly of Kolkata. Given no other opportunity the Kolkatan will argue with himself. Shakespeare's Hamlet was a Kolkatan as his famous self-argument shows: To bhi or not to bhi,/ That eej thee kweschon/ Whethaar teej noblaar een thee mind/ To saafar thee sleengs and arrows oph outrajus phortune/ Or to take up arms against a sea oph troubles/And by oppojeeng, end them?
While, Hamlet-like, the local citizenry was busy arguing with itself, before you could say Siraj ud Daula, Clive had won the battle of Plassey and laid the foundation for 200 years of British rule. Like history, adda repeats itself. After 34 years in power, the Marxists got themselves so caught up in internal argument as to whether they were still communists or capitalist property brokers on behalf of industrialists in Singur and other places, that Mamata-di's Trinamool is all set to pulverise them in a political Kurukshetra that'll make Plassey look like a pie-fight.
And will Mamata-di be the last word in the never-ending argument that is Bengal? Certainly not. For everyone, starting with Mamata herself, will agree that there can be no end to argument. Which raises the further argument that if everyone, including Mamata, agrees that there's no end to argument, isn't that itself an end to argument? An arguable point, adda infinitum.


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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Mark Nwakamma posted his first double-double of the season with 22 points and 12 rebounds, and Hartford defeated Boston University for the second time this season, 66-58, on Saturday night to snap a two-game home losing streak.
Wes Cole, who shot a combined 8 of 38 over the Hawks' last five games, scored 10 points on 4 of 6 shooting.
D.J. Irving's free throws cut what was a six-point Hartford lead to two, 21-19. But the Hawks (12-10, 5-4 America East Conference) closed the half on a 15-7 run to take a 36-26 advantage into the break.
The Terriers (11-11, 5-4), who had won three straight, never got any closer than six points in the second half.
Irving led Boston with 14 points but the Terriers were outshot, 51 percent (23 of 45) to 37 percent (21 of 56), and outrebounded 36-27.
Hartford recorded eight steals and five blocks.


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The popular DocTalk show featuring Kansas State University's Dan Thomson, PhD, DVM, covers the sensitive topic of humane euthanasia of downed animals in this week's episode.
"Euthanasia is a Latin term meaning 'good death'," Thomson explains in the show.
Thomson's interview with Matt Miesner, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, also of Kansas State University, talks about how to make the decision to humanely euthanize cattle. Thomson and Miesner also discuss acceptable and unacceptable methods of euthanasia of cattle and considerations for carcass disposal.
"When we get to the point where what we are doing is not helping, we have to go in another direction," Miesner says on DocTalk.
"We in veterinary medicine take an oath for the relief of suffering of animals," Thomson says. "We all have a responsibility to these animals to treat them humanely, with dignity and relieve the suffering when we can."
View the DocTalk episode here. DocTalk can also be seen on RFDTV.
Read an article about bovine euthanasia in Bovine Veterinarian here.


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Our annual tribute to the largest American-owned yachts, with a twist.
Every November for 17 years we've been chronicling the largest yachts to grace the water, especially those owned by our very own neighbors (albeit in much larger homes) here in the US of A. If you've been a faithful reader of this exclusive annual listing, then you've no doubt noticed something is different about this year's edition: We've changed it from "America's 200 Largest Yachts" to "America's 100 Largest Yachts."
The change was necessary for a number of reasons. A major one is the difficulty in accurately tracking such a large number of yachts. When we first published this roster in 1985, we listed only 50. In 1987 we doubled it to 100, and in 1990 we doubled it again. But the past few years have taught us that sometimes double is just double trouble. Despite our best efforts to obtain new information on where these yachts have been and who sold them to whom, for example, sometimes we've come up empty. And there's nothing more frustrating to yacht-chroniclers--and yacht-watchers, too--than failing to have the most up-to-date and interesting information.
Another reason is aesthetics: We want to include more photos. Even the most jaded among you (and us) has to admit that these yachts are downright amazing to look at. So instead of just saying that Cakewalk has a model ship in her saloon or that Katana has a readily recognizable Japanese theme, we now have the space to show you.
But even though we shortened the list, we didn't want the 100 yachts that will no longer be gracing this section to be suddenly cast adrift. So we decided to give them a proper sendoff on our Web site www.powerandmotoryacht.com, where you'll find descriptions and some photos of numbers 101 through 200.
Both here and online, the listing uses the following code: L=length, Y=year launched (where two dates are given, the second is a refit date), B=builder, N=naval architect, H=hull material, and E=engines. New launches are highlighted in blue.
And now, without further ado, turn the page to meet your neighbors (albeit ones who need much bigger docks).
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Cardinals find offense, end road swing with victory
Martinez drives in two runs, allows one as St. Louis clinches series
SAN FRANCISCO -- The complexion of the team's final three-city trip of the season took a sharp turn at the end, leaving the Cardinals part relieved and all satisfied to head home in better standing than they were when they left.
Dealing with a hemorrhaging rotation and oft-disappearing offense, the Cardinals, with a 7-2 victory over the Giants on Thursday, managed an even split of the 10-game trip. That meant that even on a road swing that included the team's worst offensive spell of the season, St. Louis actually gained ground on the first-place Brewers.
That lead is down to five games.
"We've had our hands full," manager Mike Matheny said. "To be able to go home 5-5 is a huge accomplishment, especially after losing a real tough one in L.A. that really could have changed the view of this whole trip. That's a real good trip."
The Cardinals salvaged the trip by winning the final two games in San Francisco, giving the club bookend series wins against the Rockies and Giants. In between was the forgettable portion in which the Cardinals were held to four runs in four games against the Dodgers.
"Winning these two and to win this series was a huge, huge thing for us," Matt Carpenter said. "If you look at it, the toughest part of our schedule is over. We still have to play good baseball, but it is lining up for us to take off."
Carpenter may be on to something. The Cardinals have knocked out all four of their scheduled three-city trips and have already taken on the two best teams in the National League's East and West on the road. Of St. Louis' next 15 games, 12 will come at home.
There, the club will look to build upon Thursday's offensive breakout in which they scored more runs in front of an AT&T Park crowd of 41,181 than they had in six previous games combined. Before that, the club had exploded for 22 runs in a three-game series at Coors Field.
This had the appearance of another mile-high affair.
The foundation was built during a pair of first-inning at-bats. Carpenter worked Giants starter Madison Bumgarner for a seven-pitch leadoff walk. Two outs later, Jhonny Peralta delivered a two-run blast. Peralta's team-leading 12th homer gave the Cardinals their first first-inning runs in more than two weeks.
"That was important," Peralta said. "I know we haven't done well scoring in the first inning."
"That kind of sets the tone," added Carpenter, "and then we were able to pile on as the day went on."
Though the Cardinals stranded 10, they went onto score in four different innings while Carlos Martinez complemented it all with the best start of his career.
A potential double play not turned by the Giants in the fourth opened the door for a three-run St. Louis inning. Jon Jay delivered an RBI double, after which starter Martinez helped his own case with a two-run single past a drawn-in infield.
Pinch-hitter Shane Robinson, batting in Martinez's place two innings later, contributed an RBI triple. The Giants' inability to turn two in the seventh again helped the Cardinals further pad their lead.
"We played some 'off baseball,' I guess you could say," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "We threw a couple double-play balls away, Bum wasn't quite on."
Both Bumgarner and Martinez lasted five innings, though it was the young Cardinals starter who was the sharper of the two.
Consecutive hits by the Giants pushed across a third-inning run, but Martinez otherwise drove in more with his one hit than he would allow. His athleticism was on show all afternoon, including in the fifth as he dived across the infield grass to make a play on Gregor Blanco's bunt. Blanco beat out the bunt anyway, and Martinez took a visit from the trainer as he was slow to get up.
He proved himself healthy with a pair of practice pitches and eventually finished off the inning by striking out Buster Posey with the bases full. Martinez, who threw 23 of his 88 pitches in that inning, gave several fist pumps as he returned to the dugout.
"It was the kind of situation that I like," Martinez said, with bullpen catcher Roberto Espinoza translating. "I love those tough situations where I face good hitters. I felt really good about getting the job done."
A member of a patchwork rotation until further notice, Martinez has now made four starts, all of which the Cardinals have won.
"It's huge that he's been able to step up," Matheny said. "He's been keeping us in games and has given us a chance to where we can come back and win a few of these. The kind of pitching that he's doing right now is winning pitching. It's a great evolution right now."
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Fairfax General Registrar Appointed to National Task Force
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Fairfax General Registrar Appointed to National Task Force on Education and Training
Jackie C. Harris, Fairfax County general registrar, was appointed to a task force on education and training, sponsored by the Election Center of the National Association of Election Officials in Houston. The center helps election administrators in the areas of staff and poll worker training, as well as voter and news media education.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to add to the national dialogue on the importance of professional elections administrators," said Harris.
The task force will meet into early 2008. Its mission is "striving to pioneer and explore innovative and creative learning techniques for the men and women who serve or are associated with the elections business."
Harris was appointed general registrar of Fairfax County in 2005 and previously served as general registrar of Albemarle County, Va. She has more than 15 years of experience in administering elections.
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*Alert! Alert! Full camera geekiness ahead! You have been warned!*
I have been lusting for Nikon's new D800 since they announced it several months ago. Up until now Nikon has not had a full frame camera or one with broadcast-quality video. Canon, with their 5D Mark II, has been the standard bearer for the category and I was seriously considering switching, even with the significant investment it would take to buy not only the body, but to replace my collection of Nikon lenses.
I held fast though, and was surprised and delighted when my local camera store called yesterday morning to say the camera had arrived, faster than I expected. I was completely impatient for the work day to end so I could go claim my new baby.
Ezra, naturally, was much more interested in digging in the 15 cubic yards of mulch we had delivered Tuesday than letting me focus on the camera long enough to figure out how switch it out of automatic mode. So the camera sat patiently on the dining room table while I impatiently dug mulch with my short (but demanding) overlord.
As soon as Will got home from work I begged him to take over Ezra and dinner duty so I could show the camera the block where we live. It was an overcast evening and getting late, but the photos in the above collection are all straight out of the camera, edited only to crop them into the collage, but not at all to manipulate their exposure or color.
Off the bat I will say that I am completely impressed with the camera's low-light capabilities, the richness of the color it produces and the detail it (and the 50mm f1.4 lens I shot with) captures. Rumor has it the video is pretty damn nice too, and I hope to begin to experiment with that this weekend. Being a person who hates to read manuals of any sort, I am a bit intimidated by the complexity of the controls on this instrument but I'm determined to learn to harness its capabilities and so excited to discover where my vision will lead as I play.
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And with Allah's permission, they routed them. Dawud killed Goliath, and Allah gave him kingship and wisdom and taught him whatever He willed. If it were not for Allah's driving some people back by means of others, Earth would have been corrupted. But Allah shows favor to all the worlds. ( Surat al-Baqara, 2:251)
Allah, Who protects believers against all material and spiritual dangers, also grants them irrefutable power against all unbelievers, hypocrites, and idolaters. While unbelievers plan and plot, Allah moves against them. Driving their harm away, He makes the plotters suffer the consequences of their own plots.
Meanwhile, Allah divides unbelievers, makes them fight each another, and thereby causes them to lose their strength. Furthermore, He keeps those who hate Muslims apart from them and afflicts them with many disasters. The Qur'an relates this divine protection for believers, as follows:
Those who were expelled from their homes without any right, merely for saying: "Our Lord is Allah." If Allah had not driven some people back by means of others, monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where Allah's name is mentioned much, would have been pulled down and destroyed. Allah will certainly help those who help Him… ( Surat al-Hajj, 22:40)
This aside, only Allah can repel all varieties of difficulty, disease, misgiving, Satan's promptings to evil, and many other disasters from believers. No doubt, each one of these represents Allah's overt and hidden help to humanity. He is very compassionate toward His servants, to those who take refuge in Him and seek His help and forgiveness.2009-08-18 22:51:53


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The Diablo Magazine Threads of Hope Awards, co-sponsored by Wells Fargo and Contra Costa Oncology, were presented last week at the Orinda Theatre, emceed by Jessica Aguirre, weeknight Bay Area NBC anchor.
I attended as a guest of Assistance League of Diablo Valley on behalf of their nominee, Virginia Swanberg, a 35-year veteran of the organization.
Hundreds of members of our communities gathered to honor local heroes and award winners:
Dr. Tomas Magana for his work with Faces for the Future Coalition which encourages young people to pursue medical careers
Eric Rudney for his contributions to establish a recycling program for the developmentally disabled through Las Trampas, Inc.
Gerald Brody for his exemplary dedication to helping children at Oakland Children's Hospital do their homework
Sarah Williams, a teenager who inspired the "Creative Kindness" program to provide a comforting security blanket to foster youth
Lorrie Sullenberger for her loving embrace and decades-long commitment to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area. Congratulations to all the honorees, as well as the dozens of other nominees who were acknowledged for their contributions to our communities.
Kiwanis candy sales
Martinez Kiwanis Club will sell See's Candies daily through Dec. 24, at two locations this year: 1135 Arnold Drive in the Village Oaks Shopping Center; and at 712 Main St. in Martinez.
The funds raised will be used for community scholarships and grants.
Kiwanis has supported the Martinez community for more than 80 years. They meet for lunch and a short program each Thursday at the Kiwanis Youth Center, 750 Allen St. in Martinez.
President Don Pallotta, vice president Marlene Haws, secretary Tom Watrous and treasurer Thora Harshman always want to meet new neighbors who share their spirit. If you would like to learn more about Martinez Kiwanis, visit www.kiwanisofmartinez.org.
Lincoln's legacy
The Walnut Creek Library Foundation is hosting Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, an exhibition offering a fresh and innovative perspective on President Abraham Lincoln that focuses on his struggle to meet the political and constitutional challenges of the Civil War.
With all the attention Lincoln is getting these days in books and film, here is your chance for a real-life blast from the past.
Organized thematically, this compelling exhibition explores how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the war — the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.
The exhibit is free and open to all visitors during library hours beginning Dec. 14, and running through Feb. 8.
"Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" open house reception will be held Dec. 14 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Walnut Creek Library's Teen Center on the second floor, 1644 N. Broadway in Walnut Creek. Visit www.wclibrary.org/live/lincoln.
Volunteers from the National Civil War Association and the Walnut Creek Historical Society will present Civil War civilian life, cavalry, artillery and medical artifacts, memorabilia and displays; performances of an original playlet, "Aftermath," about two brothers, one Union and one Confederate, who meet at the end of the war.
A presidential "Abraham Lincoln" will stroll the exhibit and displays, meeting and greeting visitors and sharing words of Lincolnesque wisdom. Providing the perfect musical backdrop to the evening will be a wandering banjo player, strumming the popular songs and anthems of the Civil War played as they were 150 years ago.
"The Civil War in Four Minutes," will run continuously in the Teen Center, presenting the ever-changing battle lines during the Civil War. The entire four-year war is presented in roughly four minutes.
And no American Civil War commemoration is complete without the reading of the Gettysburg Address, which will be presented mid-evening by a special guest. I wonder who it will be? Come and find out!
Toys for Tots
Everyone is encouraged to bring unwrapped toys to the Walnut Creek Marriott, 2355 N. Main St. in Walnut Creek until Dec. 17. This is the fourth year the Windsor Capital Group portfolio of hotels is supporting the U.S. Marine's Toys for Tots Foundation.
"The number of children living below the poverty level is now over 16 million; a figure I've never known to be higher," said retired Maj. Bill Grein, the vice president of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation."In order for us to fulfill the Christmas holiday dreams of as many of these children as possible, we're going to need a lot of individual and corporate support," Grein continued. Fortunately, we have 20 WCG Hotels back for the fourth year to help us reach these kids."
Visit www.toysfortots.org for more information and additional ways to support this great cause.
Sew needy
Christ the King Ministry Center in Pleasant Hill sews dresses and shorts every Wednesday for children ages 4-14, to be sent to the most needy areas around the world.
Volunteers for the Dress a Child Around the World campaign come from all over Contra Costa County and bring with them their own exceptional creative talents as well as usable fabric, notions and a willingness to help in any way they can.
Since May of this year, a group of about 60-65 steady sewers — and non-sewers — have participated in the nondenominational effort, providing more than 1,000 dresses and 200 pairs of shorts. For most of the young recipients, the new clothing will be the first and only new things they will receive in their lifetime.
Earlier this month, the sewing group received pictures of children in South Africa receiving clothing during their annual Christmas party, and dresses and shorts arrived in the poorest areas of the Philippines just in time for the holidays. Locally, farmworker families in Central California were recipients and a delivery was made to an Indian school in Oklahoma.
For information about how you can help, contact coordinator Carol Vogl at 925-288-0488 or email@example.com.
Save Mount Diablo
Save Mount Diablo is dedicated to "preserve, defend and restore" our beautiful mountain and foothills.
They are requesting donations, offering new holiday gift memberships a free trail map, and seeking volunteers to help throughout the year. Visit www.savemountdiablo.org for more information.
Home for the holidays
Don't miss the Clayton Historical Society's Christmas Home Tour from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at the Clayton Museum, 6101 Main St. — the starting point for the tour of five decorated homes — or by visiting www.claytonhistory.org.
Turkey giveaway
Four years ago, Coach Bob O'Meara of the De La Salle High School varsity lacrosse team asked Barb Hunt, development director for St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County (and parent of a lacrosse team member), what his players could do to help the community.
Ever since, the De La Salle lacrosse team has provided financial assistance for 150 turkeys included in each Thanksgiving Food Basket through St. Vincent de Paul's food pantry, operated by the branch at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 860 Oak Grove Road in Concord.
The team — each year — has raised more than $2,500 to provide the turkeys to the St. Francis Thanksgiving program. The turkeys have been sourced from the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano and Safeway-Alamo.
Last year, the St. Francis pantry provided food for more than 3,1000 households, with more than 12,000 individuals receiving food, noted Hunt in a news release.
Lacrosse team members participated in the turkey giveaway Nov. 17, with the assistance of SVdP volunteers and the St. Francis youth group.
The St. Francis Food Pantry director is Jane Streich and there are 38 volunteers working in various capacities to provide food assistance five days per week to the hungry in the Concord community.
"I honestly believe that the SVdP Food Pantry would have had to discontinue our annual Thanksgiving distribution … if we hadn't been rescued by the DLS lacrosse team, coaches and parents. They not only purchased and delivered 150 turkeys to the St. Francis gym, but also provided invaluable help in the distribution of food. They are truly an outstanding group of young men," wrote Streich in a release.
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I would like to congratulate Bill Clinton on being named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Council. I wonder if the Lewinskys sent him a letter of congratulations, especially because his indiscretion made their poor daughter the butt of jokes for a lifetime.
What happened to Fox 23 newscasts?
Can somebody tell me what happened to Fox 23 News in the early evening? The only time I can find it is 10 p.m. Can someone please tell me what's going on?
Editor's note: The schedule changed. See John Gray's Feb. 6 column for some background.
Courtesy stops at lot
I've noticed that we have a lot of handicapped spaces to park in at the mall, but there aren't any devices to get you around the mall, not even shopping baskets.
Name gun's uses
Would someone explain to me what the assault rifle is good for? You can't use it to hunt animals because they would be blown apart. So what are they used for? I'd like to know.
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Couples across the region are preparing to celebrate Valentine's Day on Monday. But for one pair of Philadelphians, the holiday could mark the end of their union. Half the couple is set to be deported Monday.
Anton Tanumihardja, slight and kind-eyed, has a youthful look that belies his 45 years. For years, Anton has lived and worked in Philadelphia. But he's not here legally. He came to the U.S. on a six-month tourist visa back in 2002 from his native Indonesia. When his visa expired, Anton began to seek asylum. He got a two-year work permit, but his asylum claim has been continually denied, despite no formal hearing.
"I'm still filing the motion for my status here," he says. "And then the motion for reopening my case of 2003, I didn't hear anything from report of immigration. So I'm hoping that I can hear something good."
For the past five years, Anton has worked at Coventry Deli at 20th and Market streets in Center City. He has an accounting background, so he stays late at the deli to do bookkeeping. He says pays taxes on everything he makes. He's never tried to hide who he is or where he's from.
Anton would seem to have a compelling case for asylum. Anton is gay, which doesn't go over well in Indonesia. The gay community there is forced underground. Anton recounts a time some of his friends were at a secretly planned gay party, which was raided by Muslim extremists. The partygoers fled, and some were seriously injured. He was almost at that party, but the ever-industrious Anton didn't want to miss work.
"They attacked inside the building where all the gay people were just having a meeting, and then everybody had to run to save their life," he recalls. "My friend had to stay in the hospital because he tried to jump through the fence and scratched his arm."
If being gay weren't enough, Anton is also ethnically Chinese and Catholic. All three make him a minority and potential target of violence in Indonesia.
Last year, Anton started dating Brian Andersen, an American citizen. If they were a straight couple and could get married, Anton's union with Brian would mean he would get to stay. The federal Defense of Marriage Act means even if they were married in a state like Massachusetts, Anton's immigration status would not change. But Brian and Anton say they've never made excuses in life, and they're not about to start now. They're more upset about Anton's limbo status when it comes to asylum.
"We're not asking to change the law," says Brian. "I mean, we know the law's not going to change and we have to abide by it, and we will continue to do that, Anton as a stand-up person and myself as an American citizen, that the law is the law and we will abide by it. But, the government has discretion to make these calls of delaying deportation based on a pending case that has not been adjudicated."
Brian says Congressman Bob Brady has sent a letter of support on their behalf to Immigration.
Nationwide, there are about 36 thousand same sex, bi-national couples in the U.S. with one partner facing deportation, according to Lavi Soloway. He founded the non-profit Immigration Equality, and is now advising Anton in his asylum case.
"He is triply vulnerable as a gay man who is ethnically Chinese and non-Muslim, he's less likely to be able to get any kind of protection from police or any authorities, all of whom are members of the dominant ethnicity and dominant religion," says Soloway, who noted that Anton has no criminal record.
But despite his compelling argument, Soloway tempers his expectations for Anton. He says like many foreigners trying to get legal status, Anton made his original case by himself, without knowing that people like Soloway exist to help him navigate the system. That's hurt his chances.
"This relatively absurd situation, where a person has a non-frivolous, viable, strong, well founded motion to reopen proceedings pending while they're also on their way out the door, being forced out by a deportation order, that seems to be in conflict." says Soloway. "It doesn't seem to make any sense, however it is very common, and most people would never imagine that there was a way to fight that."
Anton has a friendly, outgoing manner, and he often gets into conversations with customers at his deli. He says he's been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support they've give him.
"All the people who know what happened with my case, they were crying. I want to cry now," he says, choking back tears. "I just...they love me so much. They love me because...I don't know why. I'm not faking anything. You know, what I express to them is: I am Anton. This is...who I am."
You can find out more about Anton and call to support delaying his deportation at stopthedeportations.com.
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They finished a mere 12 seconds behind and now lead the championship, while their outfit earned the title of best pit crew.
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(fruits, vegetables, brown rice, whole grains and cereals) In addition to being chewy, these Active Calories are packed with fiber, so they take up more room in your belly (compared to other foods with the same number of calories), and leave less room for second helpings. Foods that take more work to chew literally make your mouth work harder (ramping calorie burn by 10%!) and increase the thermic effect of food, the calorie-burn bump we get from eating and digesting any given type of food.Energizing Foods
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WALKING TOURS ... In honor of Preservation Month, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST) will be offering walking tours of Palo Alto neighborhoods: Saturday, May 4, at 9:30 a.m. (Homer Avenue history, meet at 475 Homer Ave.); Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. (Downtown, meet at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.); Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. (Crescent Park, meet at southeast corner of University Avenue at Guinda Street); and Saturday, May 25, at 10 a.m. (Professorville, meet at corner of Addison Avenue and Bryant Street). Information: www.pastheritage.org
EXPAND COOKING REPERTOIRE ... with cooking classes through Palo Alto Adult School, including "Tasty Thai!" (Tuesday, May 7, Yannette Fichou Edwards); "Greek, Turkish and Egyptian Cuisine" (Wednesday, May 8, Yannette Fichou Edwards); and "Taste of Paris" (Thursday, May 9, Cindy Roberts). Each class is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Room 103 of Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, and costs $50. Information: 650-329-3752 or www.paadultschool.org
CITYWIDE GARAGE SALE ... Deadline for registering to participate in the city of Palo Alto's biennial yard sale, which is set for Saturday, June 8, is Friday, May 10. Registered sellers will receive a fact sheet with tips for a successful sale and a list of places to donate the leftovers. The sale is coordinated by Zero Waste Palo Alto and the Palo Alto Weekly, and sellers will have their addresses featured on a yard-sale map in the Weekly and online before the sale. Information: 650-496-5910 or www.PaloAltoOnline.com/yardsale
VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT ... Filoli, a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will hold a new volunteer recruitment meeting from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, at 86 Canada Road, Woodside. The meeting will cover how people can volunteer, from serving as house and garden self-guided docents, to working in the Garden & Gift shop or cafe. Information: Go to www.filoli.org and click on Volunteer or email firstname.lastname@example.com by 4 p.m. on May 10.
TREE WALK ... An arborist will lead a free tree walk from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 11, through the University South neighborhood, meeting at Palo Alto Civic Center Plaza, 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. Expect to spot southern magnolia, flowering pear, purple beech, dawn redwood, cockspur coral, English yew and more. Information: www.canopy.org
FINE ARTS EVENT ... Instead of its usual fabric giveaway, FabMo will be offering a variety of fine art posters and prints, mirrors, mats and frames for sale from 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 10, and 3 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. No appointments are necessary. The sale takes place at 2423 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View. Next month's fabric giveaway is June 6-8. Information: www.fabmo.org


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First, every indicator suggests the despot of Damascus no longer has one-third of the population behind him. The Assad father and son had relied on an unusual collection of minorities with interconnected political and economic self-interests. The political math added up large chunks of Alawites (12 percent), Christians (10 percent), Kurds (9 percent,) plus business elites, the corrupt who were bought, and civil servants in a bloated bureaucracy who were loyal (or apolitical) in exchange for jobs.
The numbers were important as much for security as for politics in a country without any real rights. They ensured Assad could recruit security forces with motives worth putting their lives on the line for him.
But the critical quota has been dwindling since the summer, as the regime's crackdown has grown ever more bloodthirsty and rebels have seized territory. A growing number of Alawites, an offshoot sect of Shiite Islam to which the Assad family belongs, are alarmed enough to distance themselves from the ruling clan.


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Artist Jake Messing has put together a series of Sneaker Prints that are now available at Reed Space. A selection of popular dunks from Nike SB such as the Supreme Highs, Pigeons, Diamond Dunks and more have been recreated here on these giclee prints.
Each print is limited to 100 and they are all hand numbered and signed by the artist himself. The prints pictured above in our gallery and more are now available for $60 each at Reed Space.


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The collapse of the Silver Bridge, which spanned the Ohio River from Kanauga, Ohio to Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia on Dec. 15, 1967 is a part of the fabric of our area. Anyone living in the region that is old enough to remember the collapse has a story to tell. They all remember where they were when they first heard the terrible news. Like the death of President Kennedy or the Attack on Sept. 11th for the current generation, the collapse of the Silver Bridge is burned into their minds and has affected their lives moving forward. For those of us who grew up in the aftermath of the collapse, I speak from experience when I say that I remember many stories of the collapse and grew up hearing them told again and again.
Even now, if you mention the bridge collapse in a group of people, someone has a connection of some sort to a person who either lost their life on the Silver Bridge or escaped the disaster by some twist of fate or divine providence. The Point Pleasant River Museum serves as an archive of the rich history of the Silver Bridge fall and Stephan G. Bullard, Bridget J. Gromek, Martha Fout and Ruth Fout have authored a book, The Silver Bridge Disaster of 1967 full of photographs, history, and personal accounts which tell the story of the tragedy in vivid detail.
The Meigs County District Public Library will host a book signing event on January 26th at the Pomeroy library. Silver Bridge historian, Don Goosman will present a program at 1:30 p.m. and authors Ruth Fout and Martha Fout will make copies of the book available for purchase and signing from 1 – 3 p.m. Bring your children and grandchildren as well as your personal stories to share so that the history of the Silver Bridge can be passed on to future generations.


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Scutaro, Posey get break in Colorado series finale
DENVER -- Though the Giants could have used Marco Scutaro's hot hitting and Buster Posey's formidable presence to bolster Sunday's lineup, manager Bruce Bochy considered their long-term welfare and left both regulars on the bench for the series finale against the Colorado Rockies.
At 37, Scutaro will need occasional breaks to remain offensively productive. The second baseman entered Sunday with a Major League-best 17-game hitting streak that lifted his batting average from .215 to .331. Ironically, Scutaro's success may have partially accounted for the need to rest him, since he has reached base so frequently. He's batting .486 (34-for-70) during his streak.
Bochy cited the duration of the first three games of this series as a reason for resting Posey, who has started 40 of 44 games, including 36 at the grueling catcher's spot. The average time of each game was three hours and 11 minutes.
"Those are some long days back there," Bochy said.
Scutaro and Posey are virtually certain to return to the lineup Monday when the Giants open a three-game series against the Washington Nationals. And they'll receive another breather on Thursday's scheduled off-day.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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MANHATTAN, Kan. -- With rising incomes, Kansas grain, oilseed and farm supply cooperatives have boosted their total equity levels – or levels of net worth – to historical highs.
Equity generation and composition are important topics for any cooperative, said Brian Briggeman, director of the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center (ACCC) at Kansas State University. Generating equity capital is critical because it can be used to finance growth through capital investments, absorb business losses, and help secure a loan, as well as be used for other business purposes.
Equity represents the members' ownership interest in the total assets of the cooperative. Cooperative equity comes in two forms, allocated and unallocated, Briggeman explained. Allocated equity is the amount assigned, on a proportional basis, to each member. Unallocated equity is not designated to specific member accounts.
The ACCC dives into this subject in a new fact sheet titled, "Equity Composition of Kansas Grain, Oilseed and Farm Supply Cooperatives," that is available online at http://www.accc.ksu.edu/.
While equity levels and composition vary from cooperative to cooperative, some general trends have developed throughout the industry, and Kansas is not that different, Briggeman said. The first trend is higher equity levels for co-ops. Since 2003, Kansas co-ops' total equity, along with total savings or total net income, has risen significantly.
Another trend is the rise in the percentage of total equity designated as unallocated equity or permanent equity capital on Kansas co-op's balance sheets. One question that often arises is, what is the appropriate amount of unallocated equity within a cooperative? Answering this question is difficult because there is no one correct answer that fits all cooperatives, Briggeman said. However, the new fact sheet provides discussion points for a cooperative's board of directors and management team to consider on this topic.


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"I love the amazing colors, textures, and silhouettes of pheasant feathers, especially against the antler and tigerwood twigs. Best of all, it will last through winter because it doesn't need water!" —Torryne Choate, Floral Designer
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Walmart has sold AT&T iPhones in its store for several years now so it shouldn't have come as a surprise that the company would be offering the iPhone 4 now that it is available on the Verizon network. The company announced availability of the product at 600 of its stores earlier this week, which is consistent with a broader strategy in the electronics and entertainment category to be a leader or at least a fast follower.
"We're excited to bring iPhone 4 on the Verizon Wireless network, one the most anticipated mobile phone launches in recent history, to Walmart customers," said Gary Severson, SVP home entertainment at Walmart U.S. "As customers continue to embrace smart phone technology, we've added nearly 20 smart phone models to our assortment, including the new Verizon Wireless iPhone 4."


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Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of EV-077 in Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
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The principal objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of repeated doses of EV-077-3201-2TBS given to diabetic subjects over a 4 week treatment period. The secondary aim of this initial Phase IIa study is to evaluate the effect of multiple oral doses of EV-077-3201-2TBS on platelet function, vascular function, vascular inflammation, vascular oxidative stress, renal function and a selection of exploratory parameters and biomarkers in type 2 diabetic subjects, as well as multiple dose pharmacokinetics in diabetic subjects.
In order to ensure the safety of the diabetic subjects, initial parts of the study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of EV-077-3201-2TBS. In Part A, the safety of different doses EV-077-3201-2TBS will be investigated in healthy subjects treated for 4 weeks. In parallel, Part B will investigate potential interactions between EV-077-3201-2TBS and ASA in healthy subjects. Part C will then investigate the safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of EV-077-3201-2TBS in type 2 diabetic subjects with and without concomitant ASA therapy.
|Type 2 Diabetes
|Drug: EV-077 Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Double-blind, Controlled Study in Healthy and Type 2 Diabetic Subjects to Assess Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of 28 Days EV-077 Treatment, and the Effects on Platelet Function, Vascular Inflammation and Oxidative Stress.
- Platelet aggregation [ Time Frame: 8 days ]Measured at Day 8 by Multiplate® with arachidonic acid as the agonist
- Platelet aggregation [ Time Frame: Days 1, 2, 8, 15, 22 and 29 ]Measured at multiple time points by Multiplate (using arachidonic acid, collagen, U-46619 and ADP as agonists) and the Born method (using arachidonic acid, collagen and ADP as agonists)
- Vascular inflammatory state [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]Changes from baseline in markers of platelet function, vascular function, vascular inflammation and vascular oxidative stress
- Diabetic state [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]Change from baseline in fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c
- Renal function [ Time Frame: Baseline, 2 weeks and 4 weeks ]Change from baseline in urinary albumin excretion, creatinine clearance and exercise-induced microalbuminuria
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: EV-077
Oral administration
Drug: EV-077
twice daily oral administration
Other Name: EV-077-3201-2TBS
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Oral administration
Drug: Placebo
twice daily oral administration
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female subjects aged 18 to 70 years inclusive. (NB. All females must be of non-reproductive potential, i.e. post-menopausal, post-hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation or bilateral oophorectomy).
- Body mass index (BMI) between 25.0 and 40.0 kg/m2 (both inclusive).
- Subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus according to American Diabetes Association (ADA) definition for a duration of at least 3 years, on a stable therapy with oral anti-diabetic drugs (OAD) or with insulin, with or without one or two OADs or a glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist, or glitazones. Stable baseline therapy is defined as unchanged dose regimen for at least 3 months before administration of the study drug.
- HbA1c ≥ 6.0 and ≤ 9.0 %.
- History of hyperlipidaemia, with either elevated LDL cholesterol (>140 mg/dL) without therapy, or treatment with statins (NB. Patients on statin therapy must have a 2 week wash-out before they can enter the study).
- History of hypertension, either with systolic blood pressure levels between 140 to 160 mmHg without treatment, or treatment with ACE inhibitors or ARB, which should be stable over the previous 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Abnormal and clinically significant ECG at screening.
- Donation of any blood or plasma in the past month or in excess of 500 mL within the 12 weeks preceding screening.
- Intake of paracetamol within 7 days before start of treatment.
- Surgery or trauma with significant blood loss within the last 3 months before administration of study drug.
- Smokers (negative cotinine test required).
- Clinically significant abnormal laboratory test results during the screening as judged by the Investigator (one retest within a week is permitted, the last result being conclusive).
- Increased risk of bleeding, e.g. subjects with a history of deep cerebral bleeding or known defects of haemostasis with increased risk of bleeding, as judged by the Investigator.
- History of or presence of clinically significant diseases such as cancer, clinically significant cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, endocrinological, haematological, dermatological, venereal, neurological, psychiatric diseases, other major disorders as judged by the Investigator, or significant secondary diabetic complications, such as but not limited to clinically relevant peripheral neuropathy, retinopathy, diabetic foot ulcers, as judged by the Investigator.
- Supine blood pressure at screening, after resting for 5 min, of > 160 mmHg systolic or > 95 mmHg diastolic (excluding white-coat hypertension; therefore, if a repeat measurement on a second screening visit shows values within the range, the subject can be included in the trial).
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
- Intake of anti-inflammatory drugs except ASA (dose 75-125mg/day stable for the previous 3 months) within 14 days before start of treatment. Steroid therapy other than topical application is not allowed.
- Any treatment with diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide is allowed)
- Liver enzymes (ALT and AST) more than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal.
- Any contraindication for a therapy with ASA such as allergy to ASA, including asthma, acute gastric ulcers, haemorrhagic diathesis, renal or liver insufficiency, or heart failure.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01551381
|Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH
|Neuss, Germany
|Principal Investigator:
|Thomas Jax, MD
|Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH, Germany
|Responsible Party:
|Evolva SA
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01551381 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2011-003808-20 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|March 8, 2012
|Last Updated:
|June 14, 2013
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Andrew George Kridl, a 46-year resident of Atherton, died on Jan. 2. He was 88.
A native of Warsaw, Poland, Mr. Kridl immigrated in 1941 to the U.S., where he completed high school at Deerfield Academy. He earned a bachelor's degree at Wesleyan University and a doctorate in chemistry from Harvard.
In 1945 he served in the U.S. Army and became an American citizen.
In 1947 he married Elizabeth (Teddy) Campbell. The couple moved to California, where he joined Shell Development Company in 1950. Seven years later he transferred to New York City and the family lived in Stamford, Connecticut. He later worked for Diamond Alkali in Cleveland.
The family was able to return to California in 1967 when Mr. Kridl joined Raychem Corp. in Menlo Park. They settled in Atherton and Mr. Kridl completed his career as a vice president at SRI International.
In retirement, the Kridls bought a vacation home in New Zealand and returned there for two months every January. Mr. Kridl also traveled to Poland most years to visit family and friends. He was a Life Master bridge player and continued playing until his death. He also volunteered at the Menlo Park Library for many years.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Teddy; children Barbara of Oakland, Jean of Davis and Tom of Los Altos; sister Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier of New York; niece Lisa Valkenier of Oakland; and four grandchildren.
Services will be private. Donations in Mr. Kridl's name may be made to the Menlo Park Library or a favorite charity.


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After several tough months and so many grueling challenges, America's Next Top Model is down to its final three contestants: Caridee, Eugena, and Melrose, and the grand finale is airing tonight on the the CW. Sure, we haven't seen their final challenge yet and that dramatic walk-off, but we already have our favorites. Do you love bad girl Melrose or uber-blonde Caridee or California-girl Eugena? So, tell us: who's gonna win — and who do you want to win — America's Next Top Model?
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Boca Pizzeria
454 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, CA 94949 (map); 415-883-2302; bocapizzeria.com
Pizza style: Neapolitan-style
Oven type: Wood-fired
Notes: A second Boca location is reported to be in the works
Price: Composed pies, $11.50 to $14.95; add toppings, +$1.25
The VPN-certified pizzas at Boca Pizzeria come out of a wood-fired Valoriani oven. When I stopped in, the pizzaiolo on duty told me that the oven burns around 900 degrees and that pies cook for approximately one minute. However, when I timed my own lunch's trip through the oven, I stopped my watch in just under three minutes, leading me to believe that the oven may not have been burning quite as hot as reported. This long sojourn in the heat likely explains why my pizzas did not have the blistering I expected, despite Boca's adherence to VPN standards in other regards.
The ultra-thin undercarriage of the pizzas at Boca had that singe-spotted look I've come to expect from a very hot oven. However, the end crust had not gotten there, with some brown, but almost no blisters. The ends also did not boast much rise, with a few of the thinnest spots becoming almost crackery. Yet, once I had moved past my preconceptions regarding what the crust should have been, I found that it had saving graces. With the exception of a few of those crackery edges, the rest of the cornicione was marked by an impressive, almost heroic chewiness and a pleasant flavor. I liked it well enough that when my dining partner did not want the last slice, I pulled off that last stretch of naked end crust for myself.
I chose not to order the Margherita at Boca, a decision I regretted. Fior di latte gets made in-house, and the little bit of pure cheese I was able to excavate from my Fennel Sausage and Pepperoni pie had a clean, milky taste. Meanwhile, I found myself disappointed with the somewhat dried out chunks of sausage, and the middle-of-the-road pepperoni certainly could not save the pie.
The Farmers pizza, if flawed, had more potential. It came topped with pancetta, Yukon Gold potatoes, and leeks, with an egg in the middle. Get a bite of all the toppings at once and this pie evoked a picture-perfect breakfast sandwich. Yet, for the most part, ingredients had formed isolated clumps on different parts of the pizza, producing powerfully salty pancetta bites in one moment, bland potato bites in others.
Though the look of Boca's crust provided the source of my initial disappointment, once I had freed my mind from blister-expectation, it was the toppings that proved more problematic. But the menu provides the option to build your own pie atop Boca's basic Margherita, and I can see how mushrooms, salami, or maybe just plain old tomato and cheese could work well on the unexpectedly pleasant crust. I don't see myself driving out of the way for this pizza, but located halfway between San Francisco and Sonoma, Boca might warrant a second try as a lunch stop en route to wine country.