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Some of you fail to realize what Roy brings defensively, I guess this conversation happened last season too
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Some of you fail to realize what Roy brings defensively, I guess this conversation happened last season too
This team needs to get back to running their offense through the post. They are one of the few teams in this league who have two guys in their frontcourt who can score inside and out and are pretty good passers. I've seen too much iso ball outside of Lance and PG, and I feel like Hill and Hibbert aren't being aggressive enough in looking for their shot. Beyond PG and West, no one really looked for their shot last night besides Lance, but he wasn't effective at all.
We know he is a great defender. When Ian comes in though, there isn't a massive drop off, except for the number of fouls called. At this point, Roy's offense is almost non-existent, he rarely even tries to get good post position. I won't care if he steps it up against the Heat though.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Yeah - I guess I did forget about that.
Points in the paint:
Indiana - 36
Golden State - 32.
Rebounding is part of playing defense too, keeps the other team from getting the damn ball.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
And Paul George went 7-23 shooing, should we trade him too?
On one hand, it's really frustrating to watch a team coast at about 50% for 43 minutes. I think that's on Frank more than anybody else.
On the other hand, it's really nice to know that when this team is engaged, they can nearly erase 43 minutes of horrible effort with about 5 minutes of kill mode defense. Against one of the better offensive teams in the league at that. In the ECF, it needs to be all the time.
As several people have said already, I think losing that game last night will be something of a wake up call. David West will be out for blood, and you can be damned sure he's bringing everybody else along with him. That said, tonight's not going to be any picnic. It's a very important game, because we have 2 much tougher road games coming up behind it in Texas. We have struggled on the road on the 2nd night of a back to back against everybody, and Charlotte is better than almost everybody realizes. They are the 7th best defensive team in the NBA, even with Carmelo and LeBron both torching them for 60. Roy Hibbert better be ready to work defensively, because Al Jefferson has been an absolute beast for the past couple months.
Yea and our team is pretty damn good at doing it so I don't see the problem. Having guys like Stephenson and George takes some rebounds away from Hibbert
We are 2nd in the NBA right now in both total rebounding percentage, and defensive rebounding percentage.
Some fans will never see how Roy effects the game with defense but every basketball anyalst in the world does.
Just look at our shot chart compared to the Warriors last night. 17 shots made in the paint by the Pacers to 8 for Golden State. Roy did his job on defense as he always does. It's not all about blocked shots and rebounds when Roy is in he alters the game. Our perimeter defense killed us and that's been the biggest issue we've had when comparing how we played early in the season vs how we've played in the past 20 games or so.
I think we've been struggling because we're taking the ball out of Lance's hands. And not just in halfcourt. It looks like he was asked not to get his infamous stolen rebound/dash in transition.
We started doing it after the All Star break, but now that Evan is here the ball has really been out of Lance's hands. I know we won five in a row but those are five wins that we expected to have.
It doesn't make sense to me. He creates so much offense for us.
I haven't looked at the numbers, but I'm sure our fast break numbers are down.
And man, that was a terrible shot by Paul last night. That shot exemplifies why he's nowhere close to being in the MVP discussion.
Last edited by imawhat; 03-05-2014 at 10:16 AM.
Help me here ........ where did I say trade anyone ??
Roy is just not performing well lately. That's my point. And lots of people try to back him up as being a 'rim protector'. Just pointing out that he's not that lately either.
We can talk about PG and his new concept of himself somewhere else.
I just hope we win 2 of the next three games. Then we have Boston at home and get two days off after that to re-charge a get a practice in to work on some things.
My fault, it was a poster before you who said we should trade him, but just because they score in the paint doesn't make it Roy's fault, I remember a couple lay ups because our wing defenders lost their man
Honestly, just because Golden State had points in the paint, isn't any indication that "Roy isn't protecting the paint". It shows me that our guys aren't staying in front of their man first and foremost...Roy comes to help..and then you give up a lay-up to Bogut or Lee inside who's left undefended. Our defense is supposed to "steer" perimeter guys into Roy, but it's not supposed to be consistent one on one collisions, bee-line paths between Roy and a perimeter player.
I don't think we will lose more than 5 games the rest of the way. Will 63 wins be enough to get the top seed?
I feel the same way. It's going to be tight. It may come down to tiebreakers. Which is why I thought it was kind of silly that people were saying the two early season games against the Heat weren't more important than the average game. I think we will go 63-19. That is my current feeling. So I guess it just depends on how you think miami will do.
We still play Miami two more times as well
It's going to be really close. I think it will take at least 64. I can't find more than 4 losses on their schedule.
This 3 game trip will go a long way to determining if we have a shot. Really can't afford to lose more than 1 of them.
My pessimism is largely summarized by this:
What the hell is that? On both Vogel and players: what the HELL is THAT? That is the worst mix of design and execution you will see in a clutch scenario.
I love Vogel, but this happens way too often. Yes, players deserve blame, but how many of these same kinds of possessions end with Paul George hero ball shots? This particular one was positively Tom Crean-ian.
If we split those 2, the 2nd tie breaker will be conference record.
Right now, we've got a 4 game lead in the loss column. Getting at least a split against them is absolutely vital.
While we're at let's just beat them both times
At a minimum they must at least split those two games.


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In Regional Roundup, we've gathered the top stories from each of our eight weekly newspapers every Thursday. Here are the regional stories you don't want to miss from Feb.13 to Feb. 19, 2014.
Aurora mayor touts proposed mixed-use district at Geauga Lake
One of the key issues on the horizon for Aurora residents is the proposed rezoning of the former Geauga Lake amusement park property, Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin said in her first State of the City address Feb. 13.
"After rezoning to a mixed-use development district, more development opportunities will open up for the city," said Womer Benjamin, speaking to about 110 people at the Bertram Inn.
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The recordings of two 911 calls reveal a father, mother and daughter locked themselves in a third-floor bedroom of their 23rd Street home Sunday night while the daughter's ex-boyfriend, armed with a 9 mm handgun and assault rifle, was hiding in their basement.
Cuyahoga Falls Police have identified the ex-boyfriend as 22-year-old Robert A. Mann of Rittman. Mann died at Akron City Hospital after he shot himself in the head, according to Falls Police Chief Jack Davis.
Pastor Randall speaks to Christ Community Chapel about experience in Philippines' jail
Christ Community Chapel Pastor Tom Randall, who is known as "Uncle Tom" to the orphaned children he takes care of and has helped raise in the Philippines, used a mix of humor and sentimental seriousness Feb. 9 to recount his experiences of being held in a Filipino jail for 22 days.
Randall was the key speaker in three morning services at Christ Community Chapel, 750 W. Streetsboro St. Randall, of Stow, was greeted with standing ovations and roaring applause at each.
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Fishcreek Road resident Filip Konstantinovich, 49, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Feb. 18 after he pleaded guilty to the rape and kidnapping of a neighbor in September.
Summit County Common Pleas Judge Tammy O'Brien sentenced Konstantinovich and labeled him a Tier III Sex Offender, requiring him to register every 90 days for life.
Some neighbors oppose proposed Sammie's Bar and Grill parking lot expansion
A commercial property owner's request to expand the parking lot of a busy restaurant met opposition from some neighbors during a Tallmadge Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Feb. 6.
Robert Antrobius took his plans to add onto the rear portion of the existing parking lot on his property at 498 South Ave., where Sammie's Bar & Grill opened last October, before the Commission.
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Goodwill Industries moving location in Northfield Village
Goodwill Industries is moving its Northfield Village store from its present location on Northfield Road next to Pepper's Fresh Market to a location behind the Dolphin Family Restaurant in Summit Plaza, at 10333 Northfield Road.
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AMATS study explores feasibility of trail connecting Brimfield, Suffield, Kent
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I'm new to JS and I have recently ran into a problem with the setTimeout function while using the Jquery-UI Datepicker.
I would like to get a value from within a function referenced in a setTimeout function and use that value on other areas of my code. However, because setTimeout delays the code execution, I can't seem to assign and use the said value.
Here's part of the code
inline: true,
onSelect: function (dateText,inst) {
var startDate;
window.setTimeout(function(){getStartDate();}, 1);
// ... Do something with startDate. No matter how I try, startDate is always undefined.
function getStartDate () {
var r = $calendar
startDate = new Date(date.setDate(r));
return startDate;
I am basically trying to build a datepicker that allows users to select a 3 day package from the datepicker that is predefined.
Basically the logic flows like this:1. Users will select which 3 days they would like (Tue, Wed, Thurs) for example.2. Datepicker will show all possible selectable periods in the month.3. users can click on any of the 3 day (Tue, Wed or Thurs), and datepicker will register Tue as the first day and Thurs as the last day.
Datepicker only registers clicks in the onSelect handler for some reason and it has to use the setTimeout function, or the registered click is the previous click. On the same note, I can't try to set a click handler on the datepicker as datepicker doesn't register any click events that happen on selectable areas if defined from elsewhere.
I need to use the setTimeout function otherwise the value returned from Jquery UI datepicker is wrong.
Ideally, I'm looking for startDate to be the value returned from the function getStartDate() that is set within the timeout function.
What I'm writing is obviously wrong and I have no idea how to return the startDate value from within the timeout function and use it elsewhere
Help is very much appreciated. Thanks!
I have a variable in my program called:
var winning_lottery_number;
In one week's time, that variable will be assigned the winning lottery numbers for the PowerBall Jackpot after the numbers are published on the lottery website. The thing is I would like to use that value now so that I can buy the winning lottery ticket. How do I do that?
It's not a silly question.
You're trying to rely on the what's in the HTML to get the dates, it looks like onSelect is firing before the HTML has changed(class="selectable" added) so you're using setTimeout to wait a moment so that the HTML is updated before your code is run.
Using timeout's like this is always a pain as you're always fighting for the correct orders, so I'd suggest using jQuery's API for the datepicker.
dateText already has the selected date, you can get todays date with new Date(), in the code you'll already need to have the 3day ranges.I'd just find which range the selected date falls in.
But it's possible one of the other callbacks like onClose will fire after the HTML is updated which might allow your current code to work.
Hope it helps
Hey Stud,
That's a real sarcastic way of saying its not possible. But I appreciate the effort put into the reply. Simply speaking its impossible yes?
Hey Mark,
Thanks for the reply.
The problem here is that onSelect fires before the date can be retrieved with jQuery traversing.
Lets say I have 2 date ranges and I did not setTimeout:
1 Jul - 3 Jul (option 1)8 Jul - 10 Jul. (option 2)
1st click: Option 1. Results: startDate: 1Jul. 2nd click: Option 2. Results: startDate: 1Jul. 3rd click: Option 1. Results: startDate: 8Jul.
In this case, the result if I did not use setTimeout always gets the previous value that was clicked. If I used setTimeout however, the value is correct.
If I were to fix the code with the onSelect Handler, I can try the method you suggested about finding which dates the range falls into. Problem is that date range is determined by the datepicker. (I've only set specific dates to disable, and I have no idea how to test with this date range).
Do you have any idea how to?
I do have one other method that I'm thinking about though.
Problem with this approach: I have no idea how to test for disabled days
I have never thought of the onClose handler. It might work. I'll give it a try as soon as I have the time to look closer at the onClose API.
Pity, I just realized I will not be able to use onClose because I'm using a inline datepicker
Simply speaking its impossible yes?
It is certainly impossible to get a value from a function that hasn't executed yet. Nothing inside a function exists until the function executes. It doesn't matter if the function executes 1 micro second from now or in a hundred thousand years--no assignments inside the function nor any mathematical operations inside the function nor any function calls inside the function will occur until the function executes. Here is an example:
function do_stuff() {
That function has two errors in it: x does not exist, and there is a division by 0. But if you put that function definition in a script and run it, js won't report any errors. js will only report the errors when you execute the function.
This code:
var startDate;
window.setTimeout(function(){getStartDate();}, 1);
// ... Do something with startDate. No matter how I try, startDate is always undefined.
function getStartDate() {
startDate = 10;
...is similar to telling js to assign the value 10 to startDate in 100,000 years, and then trying to log the value of startDate now. The problem is that startDate will be undefined for the next 100,000 years. It's not until the setTimeout function executes that startDate will be assigned a value.
The easiest way is just to move the logic into the setTimeout function.
function getStartDate () {
var r = $calendar
return new Date(date.setDate(r));
inline: true,
onSelect: function (dateText,inst) {
startDate = getStartDate();
// Do something with startDate.
}, 1);
That clears things up. Thanks.
The issue I'm trying to solve now is that I can assign the value to startDate after 1ms, but I would like to ensure that later processes get the correct startDate. To make things a little clearer, startDate will be used when the user submits a form. By then, 1ms would already have passed and startDate should be assigned. How do I ensure that the startDate value is updated when the user submits the form?
This looks similar to what I'm doing as an alternative right now. (I set 2 timeout functions instead. Your code is definitely cleaner). However, I wouldn't be able to pass on the values from startDate into another function later in the program since everything is within the setTimeout function.
The problem I'm having is as the reply above. The issue I'm trying to solve now is that I can assign the value to startDate after 1ms, but I would like to ensure that later processes get the correct startDate. To make things a little clearer, startDate will be used when the user submits a form. By then, 1ms should already have passed and startDate should be assigned. How do I ensure that the startDate value is updated when the user submits the form?
How do I ensure that the startDate value is updated when the user submits the form?
Why is it that this startDate variable is necessary at all? You can get and set any values you need in the onsubmit event handler, although I have no idea why you need to set or get any values at all. Why does submitting the form fail to send the proper date to the server?
Great one 7stud, I was so immersed in the timeout function problem that I totally forgot I can attach a submit handler on the form. Got my problems solved now. Thanks!


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Effect of L-Thyroxine on Lipid Profiles and Atherosclerosis in Subclinical Hypothyroidism
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Shandong Provincial Hospital
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Last updated: June 1, 2016
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Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is a common condition affecting 3-10% of the general population, especially in women older than 50 years old. It is controversial whether SCH can lead to increased risks of cardiovascular (CV) disease and whether treatment with L-thyroxine reverses these risks. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of L-thyroxine treatment in SCH on lipid profile, atherosclerosis, endothelial function, serum inflammatory factors and adipocytokines.
|Hypothyroidism Thyroid Diseases Endocrine System Diseases
|Drug: L-thyroxine
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Beneficial Effect of L-Thyroxine Long -Term Replacement on Lipid Profiles and Atherosclerosis in Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Prospective Study
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MedlinePlus related topics: Atherosclerosis Hypothyroidism
Drug Information available for: Levothyroxine Levothyroxine sodiumU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Ling Gao, Shandong Provincial Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- change in lipid profile [ Time Frame: measured at baseline; 6 month; 12 months and 24 months. ]
- change in thickness of blood vessel wall [ Time Frame: measured at baseline; 6 months; 12 months and 24 months. ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- change in endothelial function [ Time Frame: measured at baseline; 6 months; 12 months and 24 months. ]
- change of adipocytokines [ Time Frame: measured at baseline; 6 months; 12 months and 24 months. ]
- Change of Oxidative Stress and Chronic Inflammatory Factors Related with Atherosclerosis [ Time Frame: measured at baseline; 6 months; 12 months and 24 months. ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2022
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2022 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: L-thyroxine
Oral administration, starting dose 25 or 50 micrograms once daily.
|Drug: L-thyroxine
No Intervention: blank
no intervention
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female aged of 18 to 60 years old;
- Diagnosis was subclinical hypothyroidism(elevated serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels with normal serum free T4 levels measured at least two times with a three-month interval);
- untreated.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy or lactation women;
- Presence of pituitary/hypothalamic disorders, diabetes mellitus or other endocrinal and metabolic disorders;
- Presence of psychological or physical disabilities,acute infection, cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and other illnesses known to alter lipid metabolism;
- Taking lipid-lowering agents and other drugs that known to influence thyroid function, blood pressure, heart function or bile acids;
- Obviously poor compliance.
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01831869
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01831869
|China, Shandong
|Shandong Provincial Hospital
|Jinan, Shandong, China, 250021
Sponsors and Collaborators
Shandong Provincial Hospital
|Study Chair:
|Jiajun Zhao
|Shandong Provincial Hospital
More Information
Keywords provided by Ling Gao, Shandong Provincial Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Ling Gao, Professor, Shandong Provincial Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01831869 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 7, 2013
|Last Updated:
|June 1, 2016
Keywords provided by Ling Gao, Shandong Provincial Hospital:
Subclinical hypothyroidism
endothelial function
inflammatory factor
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Thyroid Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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The slang word "Gabacho" is used to describe someone from the United States who is a descendant of the Hispanic culture. Although it can be considered a derogatory word, Americans of Mexican decent often use the adjective to describe their White American friends. Some consider it an alternative to the word "Gringo".
Ten years ago, a group of Chevy Bomb enthusiasts from Huntington Beach California decided to start a car club. Jim Ramsey, Rich Doyle, Rick Finn and Bob Morgan had already been cruising together and attending car shows on the weekends. Not long after the decision to start the car club was made, Don Pearson and Terry Sanders also joined the guys on their weekend outings.
As the guys started to attend more shows, they began to notice that they were the only "white guys" at the shows. Although they were never mistreated by anyone at the shows, some of the more established clubs could not believe that these "white guys" were the owners of some of the baddest Bombs at the shows. Their authentic enthusiasm earned them the thumbs-up approval from their fellow Chevy Bomb enthusiasts.
Now that they had the respect of the scene, it was time to come up with a name for the club. The guys wanted a name that was unique and could attract potential members with the same type of cars. One day, Jim Ramsey and Rick Finn were in Jim's garage talking to one another when Jim's wife Margie came out and said to the duo, "You guys are a bunch of Gabachos into Lowriders." Rick & Jim looked at each other and immediately decided that the name of the club was going to be the "Gabachos." Rick & Jim added the "HB" to the name, in order to represent the city of Huntington Beach, the town where most of the members resided. Rick drew up the club logo, and soon the logo was on the cars as well as tee shirts on the club members.
Already a unique presence at the shows they were attending, the club name made them stand out even more. As I stated in the opening paragraph, the term Gabacho can be used in a derogatory manner, but in this case, it was just another thing that made this group of guys unique within the pantheon of Lowriding. The overall response to the name of the club has been positive, and people really appreciate the use of the term in a more friendly and humorous manner. Many of the members of the club have been into Lowriders for over 20 years, and count Lowriding legends like the Tovar brothers, Joe Epstein, and Mike Ramos as personal friends.
The club has been run with minimal regulations since day one, as the bond and respect they have for their automobiles has allowed them to police themselves. A lot of the members have other commitments, so there are no dues or regular meetings. The majority of the club is comprised of Chevy Bombs, but there are also early Cadillac's in the lineup as well. The club has cars from the 1930's to the 1960's, and each and every one of the club cars is in pristine condition, and riding low to the pavement. The Bombs in the Gabachos are accessorized and restored to near-showroom specifications, and their chrome pipes can sound off with the best of them. Many of this club's rides have a lot of the more highly sought after accessories that people spend years and quite a bit of money to acquire.
The club attends shows like the Sultans Signal Hill California Show, Legends at Point Fermin in San Pedro, California, The Orange County California Labor Day Cruise, and the Huntington Beach California Main Street Cruise. The club also plans on attending some of the bigger Lowrider shows in the future.
The families of the club members are very supportive of the club, and they regularly participate in club gatherings. The club plans to limit itself to one chapter, as they prefer to focus on quality over quantity when it comes to their members and rides, respectively. Currently, there are about fifteen members in the club, some of whom have more than one car flying the "HB Gabachos" plaque. The club lost founding member Rick Finn suddenly in 2006, and would like to dedicate this feature to his memory.
The name of the club still gets some laughs once in a while, but once the critics see what the club represents, the laughs turn into looks of amazement. Remember that the next time you see a pristine Chevy Bomb cruising down the streets; it just may be a "Gabacho" behind the wheel.


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Each day in November—leading up to next week's winter meetings—Sporting News has analyzed the offseason to-do list of a major league team. The final installment: the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Following a 94-win season that resulted in an NL West title in 2011, the Diamondbacks were a trendy World Series pick. But instead of taking that next forward in 2012, the team took several steps backward. The Diamondbacks never had an extended run of success (their longest winning streak was five games) and were the definition of mediocrity in an 81-81 season.
The team doesn't have many glaring needs, though it would like to upgrade at shortstop or third base.
Cliff Pennington, acquired in the three-team deal that sent center fielder Chris Young to the Oakland A's in late October, is atop the depth chart at short. However, he hit an uninspiring .215 last season and isn't a standout defensively. Third baseman Chris Johnson hit well after being acquired from the Houston Astros in July, but he isn't a proven commodity.
In that same three-team trade, the Diamondbacks picked up Heath Bell for their bullpen. Bell had a miserable season with the Miami Marlins in 2012 but led the majors in saves (132) from 2009-11 with a 2.36 ERA for the San Diego Padres. Bell will serve as a setup man to closer J.J. Putz in Arizona, which already had a solid relief corps (3.24 ERA in 2012). Also added to the bullpen: lefthander Matt Reynolds in a trade with the Colorado Rockies.
The rotation could use a back-end starter, though the midseason return of Daniel Hudson (Tommy John surgery) and a promising crop of pitching prospects make the addition of a starter more of a luxury than a necessity. Ian Kennedy, Wade Miley and Trevor Cahill are rotation locks, with Patrick Corbin, Tyler Skaggs, Josh Collmenter and the enigmatic Trevor Bauer likely to compete for the final spots until Hudson is recovered.
The million-dollar question heading into Dec. 3-5's winter meetings is whether right fielder Justin Upton will be moved. Upton's name has been thrown around in rumors for the past two years, and not even the trade of Young will change that.
Even without Young and Upton, the Diamondbacks could field a solid outfield of Jason Kubel, Adam Eaton and Gerardo Parra.
The question remains the same about Upton: Is the team willing to part with a five-tool talent, albeit one that has been plagued by inconsistency while being burdened with largely unrealistic expectations? That will depend on what the Diamondbacks can get in return for a 25-year-old superstar who is under team control (at a reasonable price) through the 2015 season.
"There are people that check in and ask about him, come up with ideas, but there hasn't been anything that has really caught my attention and I think made us a better team," general manager Kevin Towers told the team's website. "So I can't predict what's going to happen (at the winter meetings) in Nashville, but going into Nashville we're not any closer to moving him than we were at the GM meetings."
Among other free agents, catcher Henry Blanco and reliever Matt Lindstrom will test the market and likely will land elsewhere.
The Diamondbacks went 12-6 against the Los Angeles Dodgers and 9-9 against the San Francisco Giants this past season but are clearly a notch below both in the NL West. A second consecutive third-place finish is likely, though the San Diego Padres are a threat to leapfrog Arizona in the standings.
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Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley denied a request for a preliminary injunction, saying that the agency overseeing the project "acted reasonably and in good faith" in trying to comply with California environmental law, according to this story from The Associated Press.
The case is not final, but the judge's ruling allows planning for the project to continue. Actual construction is scheduled to begin next July.
Groups such as the Madera County Farm Bureau, Merced County Farm Bureau and Preserve Our Heritage sought an injunction to prevent the project from being built. They claimed the rail authority approved the route before fully addressing the environmental impact.
Some farms are in the path of the project. See "High speed train set to derail dairy farm."
Also see, "Ag groups challenge Calif. rail plan."


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Witness testimony began Wednesday in the preliminary hearing for two men charged in a triple homicide last year at an Ontario residence.
The hearing for defendants Steven David James Carter and Michael Andre Hall is to determine whether sufficient evidence exists to hold over the two men for trial on the murder charges. Both men are charged with three counts of murder, and both have pleaded not guilty to the charges, according to court records.
Detective Robert Marquez was the first witness to testify at the hearing in West Valley Superior Court, in Rancho Cucamonga. Marquez said he responded to a call at 6 a.m. on November 26 about a possible murder scene at 1004 South Magnolia Avenue.
At the residence, police officers found the body of Aaron Andrews, 25, lying in the driveway and two additional bodies, identified as Brandon Perez, 31, and Albert Lamar Thomas, 25, in the kitchen of the rear house on the property, according to Marquez. Perez lived in the rear house.
Thomas, who was wearing a pair of latex gloves underneath a pair of black gloves and a mask, was laying next to Perez, said Marquez. There was a shotgun within two feet of Perez, and a pistol and a tazer were also on the floor.
The door to the rear house had been damaged, and officers found blood on the door and in the kitchen area.
"It looked like it (the door) had been torn away from the frame," Marquez said.
Andrews, who was laying in the driveway, also had on a mask and a set of gloves with the word "sheriff" on the back. He had a gunshot wound to the left side of his chest, said Marquez.
Thomas also had one gunshot wound to the left side of his chest.
Perez had a bullet wound to his chest and another on his back, Marquez testified. He also had a large cut on his forehead and bruising to his right cheek and forearm.
The second witness on Wednesday was Kristin Martinez, who at the time of the shooting was dating the man who lived in the front house on the property.
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She testified that about 1:45 a.m. she was awakened by a popping sound and then dogs barking.
Martinez said on Wednesday that she thought the noise was fireworks.
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That time she looked out a front window and saw what looked like a car on the opposite side of the street and someone walking near it, Martinez testified.
During cross-examination, Hall's lawyer Geoff Newman grilled Martinez about her testimony and pointed out a text message she sent her boyfriend at 1:54 a.m., in which she identified the popping noises as gunshots coming from next door.
Newman also asked Martinez whether she knew if drugs were sold out of the front house and if there had been cocaine in the front room where she was sleeping.
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A Phase I Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Antiviral Activity of 141W94 After Multiple Dosing in Patients With HIV Infection
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To assess the safety and tolerance of multiple oral doses of 141W94 alone, in combination with 1592U89, and in combination with Retrovir and Epivir, administered to patients with HIV infection as measured by the development of clinical adverse experiences and laboratory test abnormalities. To determine the steady-state pharmacokinetics of 141W94 alone and in combination with 1592U89 after multiple oral dosing. To obtain preliminary evidence of antiretroviral activity of 141W94 alone and in combination with 1592U89, the antiretroviral effect of combined Retrovir/Epivir and the antiretroviral effect of 141W94 when added to Retrovir/Epivir or to 1592U89/Retrovir/Epivir.
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60 HIV-infected patients will be sequentially assigned to receive 1 of 5 doses of 141W94 alone or 141W94 plus 1592U89. After each patient has completed 4 weeks of the assigned regimen (Phase A), the patient will receive Epivir and Retrovir for up to 8 months (Phase B). Patients originally assigned, in Phase A, to receive 141W94 and 1592U89 continue to receive 1592U89 during this period. Upon termination of Phase B, 141W94 is added to existing regimens of Phase B (Phase C). Phase C will last for 12 weeks.
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- Western blot, or positive HIV blood culture, or positive HIV serum antigen and second antibody test positive by a method other than ELISA.
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- Alprazolam, carbamazepine, codeine, clarithromycin, dapsone, diazepam, diltiazem, erythromycin, estrogens, glucocorticoids, imipramine, itraconazole, ketoconazole, lidocaine, lovastatin, nifedipine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, quinidine, rifabutin, rifampin and warfarin.
- The following medications should be used with caution in most instances or not at all:
- terfenadine, astemizole, cisapride, triazolam and midazolam.
Anticipated need for treatment with radiation therapy within 4 weeks prior to entry.
1. Treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents within 4 weeks prior to entry.
- Patients who have previously received a protease inhibitor.
- Antiretroviral therapy within 2 weeks prior to enrollment.
- Patients with a known intolerance to either retrovir or epivir are not eligible for Phase B of this study.
- Patients with previous epivir (3TC) experience will not be eligible for Regimen 6 of this study (combination therapy with 141W94 and 1592U89).
- Treatment with immunomodulating agents, including but not limited to systemic corticosteroids, IL-2, alpha-IFN, beta-IFN, or gamma-IFN within 4 weeks prior to entry.
- Treatment with HIV immunotherapeutic vaccine within 3 months prior to entry. Treatment with radiation therapy within 4 weeks prior to entry. Patients with current alcohol or illicit drug use which, in the opinion of the principal investigator, may interfere with the patients' ability to comply with the dosing schedule and protocol evaluations.
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Schooley R. Preliminary data from a phase I/II study on the safety and antiviral efficacy of the combination of 141W94 plus 1592U89 in HIV-infected patients with 150 to 400 CD4+ cells/mm(3). Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1997 Jan 22-26;4th:206 (abstract no LB3)
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Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
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Anti-Retroviral Agents
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Winter is coming
October 12, 2012
She runs for Dad. Along the still-golden trails of Park City, through Maasai villages in Kenya, in Olympic-level triathlons, she runs for Dad.
She's only 13, but has been the driving force in helping to raise over $400,000 in honor of Dad. Dad was taken too young by a vicious form of prostate cancer — sarcomatoid carcinoma — which left Winter Vinecki, the second of four children in the Vinecki family, dealing with the never-ending loss of her father.
On March 12, 2009, Michael Vinecki, 40, passed away following a 10-month battle with the disease. But there isn't a day that goes by in which Winter doesn't think of Dad. Whether she's in triathlon training, on an afternoon jog or practicing her aerials with her new club, Park City's FLY Freestyle, Winter thinks about Dad.
"That's truly the bottom line for everything and that's why she wants to win," said Dawn Estelle, Winter's mother. "Everyone wants to know about this girl. And for an athlete to be fueled by the loss of her dad, it gives her such a huge edge and she uses all that anger, grief and all those emotions, and puts it into her sports."
"Winter will tell you her dad died for a reason and she's just following the pathway that was laid out before her."
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That pathway is a winding one.
Growing up in Gaylord, Mich., Winter was attracted to the art of running and the addiction of competition. Her mother, Dawn, grew up competing as a triathlete and still competes, so it was only natural for Winter to follow in Mom's footsteps.
She competed in her first triathlon at the age of five. Already a talented downhill skier, Winter began running and, according to Estelle, completed her first-ever 5K in 33 minutes.
"When she was 5 years old, I knew she was different," Estelle explained. "I knew she was gifted, but to what extent, you don't know until the years roll by. At age nine, she was doing Olympic-distance triathlons under four hours. It was then that I knew we were headed in a whole different direction. At age nine, she asked me, 'Has anyone ever done a Summer and Winter Olympics?' I told her there have been a few people and she said, 'Good, because that's what I want to do is do both Olympics.'"
And, at age 13, she's on her way.
Winter is now a Park City resident, having been accepted onto the Olympic Development Team with FLY Freestyle after earning a scholarship to the program following an Olympic recruitment camp in June. She was initially attracted to aerials when she was awarded the ANNIKA Inspiration Award by the Women's Sports Foundation in New York City in October 2011. It was there she met Park City resident and Olympic aerialist Emily Cook and was introduced to giving the sport a whirl.
"Emily talked to her coaches and they invited me to come to a recruitment camp," said Winter. "That's when I first tried aerials. It was really different from downhill racing. A lot of the girls (in downhill) weighed twice as much as I did, so that was hard for me to place well because of my weight, because I'm so small. But I think I really found my niche in aerials — it's one of those things where you either hate it when you first go off that jump or you love it, and I loved it."
However, there was one issue: the Vinecki family had moved to Salem, Ore., and, for Winter to be part of FLY Freestyle and work on her aerials, she'd have to find a place to live in Park City.
It takes a village
In competitive triathlons around the country, Winter raced with two kids whose uncle happened to be a Park City resident. Drew and Christina Izzo have lived in Park City for the last 10 years. They have an 11-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter and were facing the prospect of suddenly having their first teen of the family.
"It was funny, because my brother called me and said, 'You've got to meet this girl, she needs a place to live in Park City and she's just an amazing kid,'" Drew Izzo explained. "I was a bit shocked. I thought, 'Wow, to take on another kid is a pretty significant thing,' but after we met her, it was a really easy decision. She's just such a cool kid."
Winter has been living with the Izzos for the last two months and Christina Izzo said her stay with the family is "indefinite" as long as she chooses to continue to chase her Olympic dreams.
"She's always happy and positive," Izzo said. "It's infectious. Immediately, she was part of our family."
Estelle, Winter's mother, said in order for her only daughter to reach the mountaintop, she will need all the help she can get.
"It's a huge relief, because being an Olympic-level athlete like Winter is requires so much training," she said. "Last year I was spending 3 to 4 hours a day getting her to practices, driving every weekend getting her to Mt. Bachelor. Last year she lived with a family in Bend as her ski intensity ramped up. It takes a village to help me and help Winter reach her dreams."
7 on 7
When Winter was eight, she was competing in Clearwater, Fla., at an IronGirl 10K race and the event's website allowed competitors to start a fundraising page for any platform they chose. At the time, she chose childhood obesity. When her father was diagnosed with prostate cancer on his 40th birthday, "that's when I definitely knew I had to switch it," she said. Dad started running and competing in marathons just before he was diagnosed, Winter said, and he was only able to get about 50 miles on his brand-new bike.
And that drives Winter.
Now, in five short years, TeamWinter.org has raised close to a half-million dollars in support of prostate cancer research.
"It's not intimidating, but I definitely wouldn't have ever imagined it would become this huge," she said. "When I first started Team Winter, I had a fundraising goal of $10,000. So now I'm way past that amount. It's just really exciting for me, to know I'm able to raise so much money to help save lives. There are so many families who have contacted us to tell us that their dad or their husband was diagnosed with cancer, but because of me, they got diagnosed and were able to catch it in time."
On top of that, she's aiming to write her name into the Guinness Book of World Records. Following her first Olympic-distance triathlon at age nine, she sat on her couch and opened up the popular record book.
"I was kind of thinking, 'What am I going to do next?' she explained. "So I was sitting on my couch at my house and was flipping through the pages of a Guinness Book of World Records and I saw the youngest person to do a marathon on all seven continents."
At the time it was a 27-year-old male, but the record is now held by a 15-year-old female.
Winter's goal is to eclipse that record by almost a year when November 2013 rolls around. Her first race was in Eugene, Ore., in April and she finished in three hours and 45 minutes. During the last week of September, Winter and Dawn and others flew to Kenya to participate in the Amazing Maasai Marathon. At an altitude of 7,000 feet, she finished in four hours and four minutes, good enough for third place among all female entrants.
Next up is Antarctica in March, the Galapagos Islands in June and hopefully the Gold Coast in Australia in July. Asia is still in the works. The plan is to finish the seventh and final marathon in Athens, Greece, in November 2013.
"We love her like our own kid and we miss her when she goes away," said Drew Izzo, "so I have agreed to go participate in some of those events with her. We're all going to the Galapagos marathon in June and running it with her. It's funny, she's 13 and I'm 43 and we run similar marathon times. I think we're good training partners. It's really good to have somebody right there with similar ability."
Power of youth
The grind rarely gets to Winter, as evidenced by her constant smile and jovial manner, but Estelle said as winter approaches and her online high school work picks up, being able to juggle homework, aerials competitions and marathon training could pose as a significant challenge.
"I know she puts a lot of weight on her shoulders and we're starting to see that now. With so many different things pulling her in so many different directions, with so many public speaking gigs at schools and sports-wise and being a two-time national champion in triathlon, plus trying to complete online high school, she's learned she's not going to be able to give everything her all," Estelle said. "Now she knows she's gunning for the Winter Olympics, and to get all that training in and getting great grades, she's doing fine with all of it. I honestly don't know how she deals with everything that she deals with. I'm amazed. She's got the power of youth behind her. She's probably the happiest person in the world and kids don't let stress get to them."
Winter's first aerials competition with FLY Freestyle is slated for Wednesday, Dec. 19, and her juggling act will start to take on new meaning when her aspirations for the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, collide with her goal to conquer each continent across the globe.
Estelle said she is planning on bringing the family out for that first aerials competition here in Park City, but said having her only daughter chase the dream so far away is "bittersweet."
"It's really tough for us to let her go," she said. "I text her all day long. We talk on the phone and all the different ways of communication makes it a lot easier. We miss her. It's so strange not having her as part of our everyday family life."
Winter agreed with Mom, but said Dad would want her to follow her dreams to the end of the earth. And at age 13, she's doing exactly that.


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Robert Hardwick, 39, is wanted on warrant after he failed to appear at North Essex Magistrates' Court to face a charge of criminal damage committed on April 27.
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I'm a Bullis Charter School parent standing in the shoes of a Los Altos School District parent, looking at the issue through their eyes.
I hear, "Please do not close my child's school."
• Bullis Charter School listened.
• The charter school offered a split location, which does not close a school.
• Charter school parents accepted the inconvenience of two locations as well as the challenging impact on the K-8 program.
Now, I ask you to stand in the shoes of a charter school parent, to look at this issue through my eyes. Consider:
Blach campus
1. Every Los Altos School District school has a multipurpose room in which the entire school can gather. Bullis Charter School students at Blach should have the dedicated use of one of the two gyms or the district should provide a dedicated building for charter school students to gather as one community – as all other district students can do.
2. Sixth-graders need a play structure and blacktop. All other district sixth-graders have access to blacktop areas to play during recess and lunch. Charter school sixth-graders should as well; having use of a gym for PE does not matter at lunch and recess.
3. Bullis Charter School should have access to onsite child care for sixth-graders, like other district schools.
4. Bullis Charter School's offer to split our school was contingent on the Blach campus being a "real school," which requires a critical mass of 200 students and a minimum of core facilities sized to function appropriately. All other district students have access to basic, core functioning facilities.
5. Stop sharing calculations based only on the time Blach students are scheduled. Instead, use the Proposition 39 standards, in which the correct comparison is the average of comparable schools. Bullis Charter School students deserve to be treated the same as other students in the Los Altos School District.
6. How is placing sixth-graders on a junior high campus consistent with your resolution finding that students are best served by a K-6 program and a 7-8 program on separate campuses? Are you compromising the safety and well-being of Bullis Charter School sixth-graders by locating the charter school at Blach? No other district sixth-grader has to share blacktop and grass fields with seventh- and eighth-graders. Nor should charter school sixth-graders.
Egan campus
1. Accept the Bullis Charter School enrollment numbers for K-5. Stop insisting on information that is neither relevant nor required by the law. Current acceptances are supported by double-digit waitlists for each grade. Each child to whom you deny space is a public school student who deserves facilities. How do you explain to the parents of 30-40 students that their child does not count?
2. Stop saying that Bullis Charter School is 40 percent of the students at Egan and thus gets 40 percent of the space. The legal requirement is the average of comparable schools. You know that. On that measure, the facilities are undersized.
3. The Egan site for 327 children was declared illegal by the Appellate Court. How is it legal to have more than 100 additional children on that site? The Egan campus will be overcrowded – for everyone. Allow, and provide for, more students at Blach. It makes Egan a safer school.
Let's work together for a solution. The Bullis Charter School community listened to the concerns of Los Altos School District parents. Yet, not one PTA leader has supported the charter school in creating a meaningful split solution. Why not?
It is time for the Los Altos School District to listen and act on our concerns. Only then can we focus on educating all of the public schoolchildren.
Susan Mensinger is a Los Altos resident.


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With Oden injured, Portland only has Pryzbilla as a C. See ESPN depth chart. Raef is Joel's backup.
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"With Greg Oden out for the season, Raef LaFrentz looks in store for a much bigger role at center for the Blazers."
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My husband has been treated with chemotherapy for the past 6 months here in Columbia but we have sold our house and on Monday are moving to Pennsylvania.
Back to hometown where family (fantastic support system) is. It is 2 hrs. from Pittsburgh. This past week, I called UPMC liver cancer center to find a new doc. After giving info. regarding Chris's diagnosis and treatment so far, the director told me that I had called a surgical oncology office and that she would give me the name of a medical oncologist. I did some research and called a different one because going by the bio of that doc I couldn't see that he had any special interest in biliary cancers, the other one does. We have an appt. with him on Friday. My question is this--is the route to a surgical oncologist always through a medical oncologist? Or is there a way around that? Should we even want to? I've read about some seriously aggressive surgery for cancer in Pgh. meaning resection, debulking of metastasis, and hyperthermic chemotherapy (intraperitoneal) during surgery. I am finding it difficult to discover what kind of results they are achieving.
I find I am very conflicted about going "there". Both my husband and I are nurses with ICU experience and have seen too much probably. When there are complications, not only do you end up with a shorter life, but a hellish death to go with it. He says the prospect of that terrifies him (terrifies me too) Says he wants to spend his days fishing and enjoying things to the extent he can.
But I'm probably putting the cart before the horse, we've seen no doctor as yet that has said there was any surgical option at all.
Another thing that gives me pause is that I have only seen one person post on this website that their family member was scheduled for this type of surgery for stage IV CC, but they never posted after that how it went and the outcome. I don't know, it's hard to know what to do sometimes. It's like a minefield.


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With summer just starting, students are hardly thinking about next year's classes. But unless a handful of dedicated educators can pull a rabbit out of their hat, students might find one of their favorite programs missing in the fall.
Twelve years ago, the Network for a Healthy California paved the way for Mendocino County's Garden Enhanced Nutrition Education program. Thanks to this funding, Mendocino now has a unique claim to fame: every single public school in the county has a vegetable garden.
For the past decade, garden coordinators have worked with local organizations such as The Gardens Project of North Coast Opportunities Community Action, as well as other organizations and volunteers, to get these gardens up and running. Teachers have incorporated the gardens into their lessons, and the food services staff at some of the schools use what's grown in the meals they serve.
These 32 gardens at the 32 public schools in unified school districts -- plus all the private school gardens -- serve more than 8,000 kids every year throughout Mendocino County.
However, in a devastating blow to this successful program, all NHC funding has been canceled. Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, schools must find the funds to keep GENE running, or shut down their gardens.
"It's ironic," says GENE Program Coordinator Terry D'Selkie. "This year our gardens are better than ever before, and all of a sudden, the funding is gone."
D'Selkie is working with each school's garden coordinator all of whom will be laid off unless a new funding stream is found -- as well as school administration and staff, parents and community members to find a long-term solution to keep the gardens running. She estimates that each school garden needs $8,000 to $10,000 a year to operate -- a remarkably small amount considering the program's benefits.
"Students love it," says D'Selkie. "For many of them, it's their favorite part of the day." Since the program started, attendance levels are up. The cause? Students don't want to miss out on garden time. GENE also helps attention span in the classroom, since kids are able to move their bodies and expend energy in the garden before heading back inside.
The traditional classroom does not address the learning styles of all students, and garden lessons are an eye-opener for kids who need to see something in action to really process it. "Science and math become much more interactive when it's done in a living classroom," says D'Selkie. In a report commissioned by the Center for Ecoliteracy in 2003, California middle school students who participated in garden-based instruction experienced significant gains in GPA, specifically math and science.
School gardens also help establish a pride of place among students. "We're part of an agricultural community," says Susan Lightfoot, Farm2Fork coordinator. "These gardens help weave kids into the fabric of our community." Teachers are also proud to work at schools with gardens. The same Ecoliteracy report showed that teachers working in schools with garden programs have higher morale and greater job satisfaction.
Of course, the garden programs also educate kids about nutrition and help them make healthy and lasting choices the primary goal of NHC and a proven outcome of garden and nutrition education. A study done by the Journal of the American Dietetic Association showed students involved in garden-based education more than doubled their daily fruit and vegetable consumption. "I learned to try new fruits and veggies," says Cody Shepard, a student at Eagle Peak Middle School. "After seeing food grow, I am more aware of what I eat."
Fall is just around the corner, and without significant commitment from every school board and the community to keep the GENE program afloat, these established gardens will revert to weeds. "When I think about the gardens being closed, I feel really sad," says Shepard. "I see a lot of people growing gardens now, but I never would have started without learning about it in school first."
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The old train passenger depot in downtown Monterey may well be a produce marketplace in its next incarnation.
The Monterey City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to begin negotiations to lease the vacant depot to representatives of Salinas Valley farming powerhouse Tanimura & Antle.
Councilwoman Libby Downey said the marketplace proposed by the company would be a good way to unite Monterey with the Salinas Valley.
Mayor Chuck Della Sala said the marketplace, which was competing with Trailside Cafe, an established and well-liked Cannery Row restaurant, promises "a new, exciting, visionary" use in a critical downtown location.
Councilman Alan Haffa and Councilwoman Nancy Selfridge cast dissenting votes.
The city wants an attractive use in the old passenger depot, which sits in a key location on the waterfront at 290 Figueroa St. The two final proposals centered around a restaurant or a fresh produce market.
An advisory panel recommended the city negotiate a lease with the Trailside Cafe. A major factor for the recommendation: Restaurants have the greatest potential for rental income. The cafe also was seeking far less in tenancy improvements.
Besides a cafe with breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, the Trailside proposal called for a visitor center, train memorabilia sales and rentals of bicycles and surreys. The cafe has been on Cannery Row for 14 years.
About 120 letters of support came in for the Trailside Cafe, about 40 for The Wharf Marketplace.
The Wharf Marketplace proposal called for a market for local produce and seafood, sales of artisan bread, cheese and wine, and a coffee-tea-juice bar.
Deputy City Manager Hans Uslar called both proposals good ones, but said, "This not a very difficult decision."
City staff said the marketplace would do more with the building in terms of creativity and imagination. But they said both proposals met the criteria the city sought.
Councilman Frank Sollecito said choosing between the two was difficult.
"I love both," he said.
Sean Allen of Trailside Cafe said, "We will showcase the history of the building." He suggested his competitor was trying to edge him out by "asking for special treatment and lobbying. "
Salinas Valley agribusiness leader Rick Antle said the Wharf Marketplace was the superior choice and the advisory panel recommendation against it was due to improper bias.
The marketplace would support local growers, the local fishing community and local winemakers, and attract "locals and tourists alike," Antle said.
A standing-room-only crowd of about 100 packed the council chamber for the hearing. About 25 people lined up to testify.
One Trailside Cafe supporter said the restaurant is broadly supported in the Monterey community. Another noted the cafe is dog-friendly and questioned whether local residents would buy food at the marketplace.
A Wharf Marketplace backer said the entire Monterey Bay community would benefit from a "magnificent project" while "a restaurant there would just be OK." Another said the Tanimura & Antle-supported marketplace would have far better financial backing.
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