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A genetic diagnosis of HNF1A MODY
Dan's family wanted to clarify the cause of his diabetes, so they contacted us via our Diabetes Genes website and we organised genetic testing for him.
As mentioned in Week 2, the test confirmed HNF1A MODY. The specific genetic change identified results in the substitution of a T base for C base which changes the amino acid at position 447 from proline to leucine. In the figure below, the base substitution is shown by the arrow and is described as P447L (or NM_000545.6 c.1340C>T; p.Pro447Leu according to the HGVS recommended mutation nomenclature system).
Created by Mutation Surveyor v 4.0.6 SoftGenetics, State College PA USA 16803
Our research previously showed that patients with HNF1A MODY are extremely sensitive to low doses of sulphonylureas and this is the optimal treatment in these cases. Consequently Dan was able to stop his insulin injections and transfer to a low dose of Gliclazide. On just 20mg Gliclazide daily Dan's HbA1c improved to 6.2% or 44mmol/mol and the problematic hypoglycaemic episodes he'd been having on insulin stopped.
He was initially concerned whether the tablets would work and recalls testing his blood glucose frequently but was delighted with the difference changing treatment made.
It was May 2005, the 'big day' where I just didn't take any insulin at all. I tested my blood count about 48 times over 24 hours. I can't emphasise enough how different it's been. I was looking to fail college, and then to get out with 'A's at A level, get into vet school and spend the year doing physical work with animals, it's fantastic. Dan
Dan's mother also described the benefit of the genetic diagnosis and treatment change.
I cannot tell you what a huge relief it has been to get an exact diagnosis and the appropriate treatment. The change for Dan is immense. Being diagnosed with diabetes was bad enough, but watching him inject himself 4 times a day, having hypos to the point we couldn't leave him alone was a nightmare. Dan's Mum
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PK Switch Efavirenz to Maraviroc in Patients Initially Suppressed on an Efavirenz-containing Regimen (SSAT033)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01190293
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 27, 2010
Last Update Posted : April 12, 2012
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The purpose of the study aims is to help determine whether it is safe to change directly from efavirenz to maraviroc in patients who are stable on an efavirenz-containing regimen. The pharmacokinetics (drug levels) of efavirenz and maraviroc when efavirenz is stopped and maraviroc is started will be assessed.
Both the study patients and the study team will know which treatment is being taken at all times in the study.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infection
|Drug: Maraviroc
|Phase 4
Maraviroc (MVC) is a CCR5 antagonist that prevents virus entry blocking the binding of R5-tropic HIV to the cell surface CCR5 co-receptor. The MERIT Study compared MVC with EFV, each with a Combivir backbone, as initial therapy. Using a non-inferiority margin of 10% MVC was non-inferior to EFV using the <400 copies/ml viral load cut-off but failed to reach non-inferiority when a <50 copies/ml analysis was used. Since this study was performed a more sensitive tropism assay has become routinely available and a re-analysis of the MERIT results showed that some of the patients with apparent R5-tropic virus actually had non-R5 virus. When these patients were excluded from the analysis, MVC did achieve non-inferiority compared to efavirenz. Of note, a subanalysis in the original MERIT Study of individuals with a baseline viral load below 100,000 copies/ml demonstrated only a small numerical difference between MVC and EFV recipients with 69.6% and 71.6% respectively achieving a viral load less than 50 copies/ml at 48 weeks. Recent data from the MOTIVATE Study (a comparison of maraviroc and placebo with optimised background regimen in treatment-experienced patients) showed geno2pheno (a genotypic algorithm for tropism estimation) to be as accurate as Trofile (a phenotypic assay) at predicting response to maraviroc. In situations where the genotypic and phenotypic test showed discordant results virological response was similar to where both demonstrated concordant R5-tropism.
Importantly MVC has been very well-tolerated in both treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients. Overall similar proportions of subjects experienced grade 3/4 adverse events; importantly, malignancy rates were similar in the two arms (4.4% on EFV and 2.8% on MVC). Broadly, individual adverse events occurred at similar frequencies in the two arms although abnormal dreams, dizziness and rash were all less common on MVC. In addition median lipid changes were greater in the EFV arm, correlating with a lower predicted risk of cardiovascular disease for MVC recipients.
Maraviroc is a substrate of the CYP3A4 enzyme; therefore, its metabolism is reduced by pure CYP3A4 inhibitors (most protease inhibitors) and increased by CYP3A4 inducers (such as EFV). Dose adjustments are required when MVC is co-administered with certain protease inhibitors (reduced from 300mg BD to 150mg BD) or EFV (increased from 300mg BD to 600mg BD). When switching from a protease inhibitor (PI), the PI is cleared rapidly such that no interim dose adjustment would be required. EFV, however, is cleared slowly and can remain at detectable concentrations for several days and can continue to induce CYP3A4 for some time after stopping the drug. Therefore, if switching from EFV to MVC, it can be expected that EFV may affect MVC concentrations for a period of time after the switch. The length of time that the inducing effect of EFV will persist for after stopping the drug is unclear. Crucially, the inducing effect of EFV could result in sub-therapeutic MVC concentrations (if MVC is started immediately after efavirenz) during initial therapy. Sub-therapeutic drug concentrations are associated with virological failure and development of resistance. In addition, maintaining an elevated dose of MVC after the induction effect of EFV has worn off could result in adverse events (such as hypotension) hence the fact that, in this study, increased dose will be maintained for a 2 week period only.
In conclusion, while MVC dose adjustments required during co-administration with EFV are clear, the correct dose of MVC when switching from an EFV-containing regimen remains unknown.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|12 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Evaluation of the Pharmacokinetics, Efficacy and Safety of Switching From Efavirenz to Maraviroc Administered at 600mg Then 300mg Twice-daily in Patients Suppressed on an Efavirenz-containing Regimen as Initial Therapy
|Study Start Date :
|January 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|March 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 2012
Experimental: All subjects
All Subjects will receive the same intervention.
Drug: Maraviroc
All patients (previously on an efavirenz-based therapy) will be administered maraviroc at 600mg twice-daily for 2 weeks.
Other Names:
- Pharmocokinetics of maraviroc dosed at 600mg followed by 300mg thereafter following cessation of efavirenz 600mg. [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]To assess the pharmacokinetics of maraviroc administered at 600mg twice-daily for 2 weeks to male and female HIV-1 infected patients who have achieved viral suppression on efavirenz-based therapy followed by maraviroc 300mg twice-daily until the end of the study.
- Virological suppression and CD4 rise [ Time Frame: 4 weeks ]To assess the maintenance of virological suppression and CD4 rise when switching efavirenz to maraviroc.
- Safety and tolerability of an efavirenz to maraviroc switch. [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]To assess the safety and tolerability of switching from efavirenz to maraviroc.
- Genetic influence [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]To investigate the association between genetic polymorphisms in drug disposition genes and drug exposure.
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, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Subjects must meet all of the following inclusion criteria within 56 days prior to the baseline visit:
- The ability to understand and sign a written informed consent form, prior to participation in any screening procedure and must be willing to comply with all study requirements.
- Males or non-pregnant, non-lactating females.
- Between 18 to 65 years, inclusive.
- Documented HIV-1 infection of at least 6 months duration.
- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must be using an adequate method of contraception to avoid pregnancy throughout the study.
- CD4 count > 50 cells/mm3 at screening (Note retesting of screening CD4 count is allowed).
- Receiving an antiretroviral regimen including two NRTI with efavirenz, without any history of virological failure and agrees to remain on this regimen unless change is clinically indicated (history of drug switches is allowed only if the reason was tolerability/toxicity/convenience of dosing).
- Viral load <50 copies/ml at screening and for at least 12 weeks prior to screening visit (Note retesting of screening viral load is allowed).
- R5-tropic virus as determined by genotypic assay performed at screening visit.
- No medical, psychiatric or substance misuse disorders felt by the investigator to impact on the subject's ability to participate in the study including a positive drugs of abuse test. (Note: a positive test for cannabinoids will not exclude the subject from the study).
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects who meet any of the following exclusion criteria are not to be enrolled in this study.
- Dual, mixed or X4-tropic virus on geno2pheno tropism sample
- HIV-2 co-infection
- Any prior CCR5 antagonists
- Any genotypic resistance to NNRTI or backbone NRTI on screening or prior tests (or likely from treatment history)
- Disallowed concomitant medication as per the SPC for Celsentri or components of NRTI backbone (see section 5.1.1)
- Any medical condition or psychiatric illness that may, in the opinion of the investigator, affect patient safety or the integrity of the results
- ALT or AST elevation greater than five times the upper limit of normal
- Estimated GFR (MDRD) less than 50ml/min
- Hepatitis B or C co-infection (defined as positive hepatitis B surface antigen or detectable hepatitis C RNA; hepatitis C antibody positive individuals with undetectable RNA will be eligible for inclusion)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01190293
|United Kingdom
|St Stephen's Centre
|London, United Kingdom, SW109NH
|Principal Investigator:
|Laura Waters, Dr
|St Stephen's AIDS Trust
|Responsible Party:
|St Stephens Aids Trust
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 27, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 12, 2012
|Last Verified:
|April 2012
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
HIV Fusion Inhibitors
Viral Fusion Protein Inhibitors
Anti-HIV Agents
CCR5 Receptor Antagonists

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Indonesia Power Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2020 – Market Trends, Regulations and Competitive Landscape
This report elaborates the power market structure of Indonesia and provides historical and forecast numbers for capacity, generation, and consumption up to 2030. Detailed analysis of the country's power market regulatory structure, import and export trends, competitive landscape, and power projects at various stages of the supply chain are provided. The report also gives a snapshot of the power sector in of the country on broad parameters of macroeconomics, supply security, generation infrastructure, transmission and distribution infrastructure, degree of competition, regulatory scenario, and future potential. An analysis of the deals in the country's power sector is also included in the report.
– Snapshot of the country's power sector across parameters – macro economics, supply security, generation infrastructure, transmission infrastructure, degree of competition, regulatory scenario and future potential of the power sector.
– Statistics for installed capacity, generation and consumption from 2010 to 2019, and forecast for the next 11 years to 2030
– Break-up by technology, including thermal, hydro, renewable and nuclear
– Data on leading current and upcoming projects
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Public transportation hits 10.5B rides in 2012
- Transit expert says high gas prices and the changing demographics fuel increase
- More than 80%25 of transit systems have cut services or raised fares
- At least 16 systems reported record ridership numbers in 2012
Ridership on buses, subways and other modes of public transportation in the USA rose 1.5% to 10.5 billion trips last year, the highest annual total since 2008, according to a new report.
Although Superstorm Sandy and its aftermath slowed ridership on some of the nation's largest transit systems, at least 16 systems reported record ridership numbers in 2012, says the American Public Transportation Association.
"When Sandy hit, and the snowstorm that followed it, an estimated 74 million (transit) trips were lost, and yet we still had the second-highest ridership since 1957," said APTA president and CEO Michael Melaniphy.
Melaniphy says the increase in transit ridership was driven, at least partly, by high gas prices, the volatility of those prices and the nation's changing demographics.
"In the last 18 months or so, we've seen prices be very volatile," he says. "When you think about the impact of that on your budget, when you can't count on your transportation costs being consistent day over day, week over week, that's really hard on the budget."
A 2012 report by the National Conference of State Legislatures said that "affordability likely plays a role" in the growth of transit, noting "estimates are that an individual can save more than $10,000 a year by riding public transit instead of driving."
That report also noted the growing popularity of public transportation, especially among Baby Boomers, empty-nesters and Millennials, who total about 150 million people.
"We expect we're going to continue to have good ridership," Melaniphy says. "More than 80% of transit systems have cut services, raised fares or considered it. Think about what ridership numbers would look like if they didn't have to cut back."
He says public transportation "is really part of the overall transportation system" that gives people choices for trips.
Melaniphy notes that in 2012, there were 62 local tax elections on transportation funding proposals that had at least a significant transit component; 49 of them passed.
"We're seeing record transit ridership on systems all over the country, in the Midwest, the East, the South, the North and the West," he says.
Among them:
In Michigan, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (TheRide) saw a 6.6% increase in ridership to a record 6.6 million trips in 2012, spokesman Don Kline says. "We have the transit-dependent riders, but we also have the choice riders," he says. "We really play into the national trends, with young people ditching their cars."
The 34-year-old system, which operates mainly in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, saw ridership numbers spike last year when gas prices hit $4 a gallon, Kline says.
In Washington state, ridership on Sound Transit soared 12% last year to just over 28 million — a record in the agency's 14-year history, spokesman Bruce Gray says.
"Ridership growth over the past several years has a lot to do with the recession trailing off, finally, and more people using our trains and buses to get to and from work," he says. "If you add more jobs and higher gas prices, that equals higher ridership on all of our services."


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A regional trade group has questioned the qualifications of subcontractors helping to build a solar farm at 236 Blackmer Road.
"Unlicensed, unqualified temporary workers" were used to install conductive solar electric components, in violation of state law, alleges the National Electrical Contractors Association of Greater Boston, which represents more than 80 electrical and telecom contractors in Eastern Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire.
NECA said it filed complaints to the state Division of Professional Licensure against subcontractor Patriot Solar of Michigan, temp agency Absolute Staffing of Worcester, and permit-holder Commonwealth Electrical Technologies of Worcester.
Absolute Staffing employees, who are not licensed electricians, erected electrical components such as racks, rails and conduit of the solar photovoltaic facility with assistance from unlicensed Patriot Solar counterparts, NECA alleged.
State law and electrical code require licensed electricians and licensed electrical contractors to install solar PV power systems, among other electrical apparatus, the association said.
Amie Breton, a spokeswoman for the state Office of Consumer Affairs, said the office would not confirm nor deny any investigation.
Michael Borkowski of EPG Solar LLC, a Maryland-based company that owns the land, said a decision has been made to use licensed electricians for the work, instead of fighting NECA. But he noted a Massachusetts Superior Court ruling that indicates non-electricians can be used.
Southbridge Building Inspector Nicola Tortis said the temporary workers only put together a minimal amount of hardware and dug and drove steel into the ground.
"The electricians did the rest," he said.
The solar farm sits on 10 acres stretching into Dudley, the official said.
NECA said it complained about Commonwealth Electrical Technologies because it "presumably assumes full responsibility for all electrical work under its permit."
John Duquette, president of Commonwealth Electrical Technologies, said he did not know why his company was being dragged into the dispute. His company started work last month and has used 16 to 18 workers for conduit and wiring. They are all licensed electricians or apprentices.
According to Mr. Duquette, Patriot Solar was installing solar panels, but the state intervened because they were not licensed electricians.
"We're not covering anybody else's work," Mr. Duquette said.
An official handling the job for Patriot Solar did not return a phone message. The owner of Absolute Staffing said she had no comment.
NECA said it "grew suspicious" after viewing an Oct. 12 Craigslist posting by Absolute Staffing seeking general laborers to install solar panels for $10 per hour.
A call to Absolute Staffing, according to NECA, confirmed the positions were in Southbridge for Patriot Solar, the subcontractor.
Glenn W. Kingsbury, executive director of NECA Greater Boston, said a member of his staff visited the Southbridge site Oct. 25 and photographed the alleged violations. He said the unlicensed workers were handling conductive rail, racking and conduit installations.
Mr. Tortis said two sets of permits were issued. Commonwealth Electrical was issued a permit for electrician-only duties. Another permit was for non-electrical work such as concrete structures, trench-digging, knocking down trees, pulling stumps and setting up trailers.
Mr. Tortis said the temporary workers were "bolting stuff together like an erector set," but did not handle wiring.
"They (the association) claim that the brackets and the channels and stuff are electrical in nature," Mr. Tortis said. "Well, they're not."
Mr. Kingsbury, the executive director, said, "Solar PV arrays generate electricity and pose the same dangers of electrocution or fire as any other electrical system would."
Mr. Tortis said NECA is upset with him. Mr. Tortis said Matt Lash of the association wants him to order the removal of the minimal work by the temporary workers and to have licensed electricians reinstall the work.
But Mr. Tortis said the association doesn't have the authority to make such an order, and he asserted NECA was making noise because it wants the job.


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PRESS RELEASE: Waldorf Music is proud to announce availability of its new PPG Wave 3.V soft synth plug-in as of December 2, 2010.
The PPG Wave 3.V is a virtual recreation of the legendary PPG Wave series, arguably amongst the most coveted high-end synthesizers of the Eighties. Originally developed by Wolfgang Palm — famed for inventing wavetable synthesis (whereby groups of short, single-cycle waves can be swept digitally from one to the next — a wavetable in PPG-speak), their unique, groundbreaking sounds graced countless hit records that have since inspired a whole generation of producers, composers, and listeners alike. While a full-blown PPG Music Computer System originally cost somewhere in the region of a classy, luxury car — affordable only to a few top musicians and producers, now anyone can enjoy these still-unique sounds in their favourite VST or AU host DAW at a fraction of that price!
In 1981, the PPG Wave 2 was the first digital wavetable synthesizer — an eight-voice, one-oscillator- per-voice affair — with analogue filters and VCAs; upping the ante to two oscillators per voice, the eight-voice PPG Wave 2.2 made history a year later with hitherto-unheard sensational sound patterns, thanks to its 32 wavetables with 64 waveforms in each wavetable, as well as awesome analogue sounds, brilliant bells, cathedral-like choirs, and other digital delights. Although technological limitations of the time brought up unavoidable issues, such as aliasing noise, today they now contribute to the charm and character of the still-sought-after PPG sound.
To successfully simulate the sound of the original PPG Wave series as closely as possible, original developer Wolfgang Palm was also involved in the development of the new software stablemate. States Waldorf CEO Joachim Flor: "We are proud that Wolfgang has always been helpful with advice and tips in order to reproduce the original sound."
The Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V accurately reproduces the winning combination of digital waveforms and analogue filters that resulted in an incomparably rich and expressive sound in the original hardware PPG Waves — right down to the minutest detail! In addition to the PPG Wave 2.2, the new Waldorf PPG plug-in also simulates the 1984-vintage, multitimbral PPG Wave 2.3, as well as Waldorf's own PPG Wave 2.V plug-in, originally released back in 2000. Alternative aliasing can be chosen, since it sounded different on the PPG Wave 2.3 compared to the PPG Wave 2.2. Users can even set cutoff and resonance deviations to simulate the inexactness of real analogue filters.
Depending on the host computer, the Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V can produce up to 256 voices per instance, offering two wavetable oscillators per voice with selectable 8-bit (similar to the original PPG Wave 2,2), 12-bit (similar to the original PPG Wave 2.3), or up to 32-bit (similar to the PPG Wave 2.V plug-in) sample playback. Additionally, analogue 'imperfection' of sorts is simulated to help supplement the basic warm, fat sound.
To enhance the plug-in's sound library further still, users can load samples via drag and drop or the file selection dialogue; with the eight-way multi-mode, it's even possible to play back multi-samples and refine the sound along the lines of the original PPG Waveterm, which offered user sampling and DIY wavetable creation (as well as advanced — for the time — sequencing capabilities), as the heart and brain of PPG's Music Computer System.
The audio signal path flows through a 12dB/oct or 24dB/oct low-pass filter, an authentic-sounding recreation of that found in the PPG Wave 2.2/2.3, with an overdrive providing additional sound characteristics.
Alongside the LFO modulation sources are three additional envelopes, corresponding to the originals' slightly coarser resolution. Users can also select finer settings, if needed.
The original PPG Waves distinguished themselves from the competition of the day by virtue of a unique user interface — the Multiple Function Analog Control Panel providing convenient hands-on access to the most important sound parameters, while the adjacent Multiple Function Digital Control Panel displayed deeper digital access, both numerically and via a series of not-quite-so-convenient cryptic abbreviations; the Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V effectively recreates this intuitive interface — albeit with easier-to-read/understand values and wording!
Additionally, almost all parameters can be accessed via host automation; most also support MIDI controller information, so the Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V can easily integrate into any existing production environment.
Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V is available at the beginning of December for 169€ (including VAT for EU countries). Waldorf is also offering the PPG Wave 3.V Upgrade from all versions of its PPG Wave 2.V plug-in, including the LE version and the Steinberg-distributed Waldorf Edition plug-in suite, at a special Christmas discounted price of 99€ from December 15 to 31; thereafter, it will cost 119€. More information about the Upgrade can be found in the Waldorf online shop: http://shop.waldorfmusic.de
An unrestricted evaluation license (100 hours over 100 days) is also available from here: http://www.waldorfmusic.de/en/ppg-3-evaluation.html
System requirements: Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above (running as a 32-bit plug-in); Windows XP and above (can be installed on 64-bit Vista/Windows 7, but runs as a 32-bit plug-in).
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(Cinet) – On July 26, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Vinh Ai had a working day with Department of Library to discuss about some Circulars in term of library.
(Cinet) – On July 22, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism promulgated Decision No.2606/QĐ-BVHTTDL about a plan to pick up Thailan's troupe into Viet Nam at Thailand Cultural Days in Viet Nam.
(Cinet) - On July 22, 2016, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism had Document No.2829/BVHTTDL-DSVH sending to Ha Noi City's People's Committee about cooperating to display Viet Nam's archaeology in Germany in 2016-2017.
(Cinet) - Cinet gave some gained activities in 6 months of early 2016 in fields of culture, sports and tourism.
(Cinet)- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism promulgated Document No.2368/QĐ-BVHTTDL about Plan to organize conference on summarizing 15 years for library law.


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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression. To make ends meet, Magdaline Rhodes, an Atlanta native, began selling baked goods out of her home. Even though times were hard, she insisted on using only the finest ingredients.
Mrs. Rhodes' sweets became an instant success! By 1934, demand for her cakes and cookies had outgrown her small kitchen. With the help of her son, George Rhodes, Jr., the family opened a store on Piedmont Road. In 1953, Rhodes Bakery moved to a new facility on Cheshire Bridge Road, making it the first free-standing bakery in the Southeast. During the bakery's grand opening, Magdaline Rhodes gave an African Violet, a flower that she loved and grew at home, to every customer who visited the new location. The Cheshire Bridge Road location remains today. The bakery opened its second location in Roswell in 1997.
Rhodes Bakery remains a family tradition. George Rhodes III, Tommy Rhodes, and George Rhodes IV continue baking Mrs. Rhodes' original recipes. The family bakes goods daily, using the same wholesome ingredients and the same unique recipes started back in 1929. Although these practices are more costly than using preservatives and generic ingredient substitutes, they represent the bakery's continuing commitment to provide customers with the highest quality baked goods available.
The Rhodes family prides itself on creating delicious, high quality baked goods that generations of Atlanta families have come to cherish. Magdaline Rhodes would be proud of the tradition of excellence still alive at Rhodes Bakery today.


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It's a bag of Chocolate Bridge Mix, creatively placed with the feminine hygiene products.
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It's a bag of Chocolate Bridge Mix, creatively placed with the feminine hygiene products.
19 comments:
lol it would be even funnier if it were hanging by the depends/adult diapers.
- February 20, 2010 at 10:51 AM
There should also be another one of those loaded up with Lay's Potato Chips. Chocolate, salt, tampons...what else do you need?
- February 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM
"You're not going to be getting any tonight anyway, so you might as well have some friends over for bridge."
- February 20, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Gotta love cross merchandising! LOL
- February 20, 2010 at 1:00 PM
I've noticed this happening in other aisles as well. My grocery store stocks TUMS and Zantac next to the salsa. Cold medicine next to the kleenex. One stop shopping.
Except, this is a little different. This is borderline criminal. Taking advantage of women in hormonal turmoil. LOL
- February 20, 2010 at 1:02 PM
They should have stuck some kleenex tissues next to this aisle as well...and maybe some sad movies.
- February 20, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Kat's Kats said...
Au contraire! Studies have shown the medicinal properties of chocolate for women, particularly during menstrual cycles. They just need to have more variety.
- February 20, 2010 at 1:43 PM
- Joann said...
That's perfect, saves me from walking to the other side of the store for all the chocolate when I'm already too bloated to walk! LOL!!
- February 20, 2010 at 2:34 PM
I think it's a FANTASTIC idea, and that all stores should do this. Because I'm going to be buying chocolate anyway, and this way I don't have to spend the extra energy searching for it. Well done.
- February 20, 2010 at 2:40 PM
AWESOME!!! Sorry, but when women are OTR, they need some chocolate to go with it!! I don't think men will ever understand the pain we go through....
- February 20, 2010 at 7:15 PM
A perusal of the packaging for the snacks and the nearby product wrapper to the left of the picture leads me to conclude that the person who stocked the product couldn't read and therefore tried to match the packaging.
Hooray for diversity in the workplace.
- February 20, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- MistressMorgan said...
Great! Add a second hanging rack with an assortment of weapons, and we'll be good to go for shark week.
- February 20, 2010 at 9:26 PM
- The Duchess said...
Sure, but they put the CRAPPY chocolate there. PMS needs GOOD chocolate!!
- February 20, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- Trini said...
Full agreement with Miss Kismet. I go for the crappy chocolate any other time, but that time of the month I mainline the good stuff.
- February 21, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Mathi Bear said...
As long as there isn't a sign telling me to "Have a happy period" they can put whatever they want there. I also agree with the good chocolate, I tend not to eat that plastic-chocolate-flavored-coating stuff.
- February 22, 2010 at 1:54 AM
- Just a little snarky said...
Other than being an odd placement, I don't get it.
Oh, at another big chain regional store, the lingerie is placed RIGHT NEXT to baby clothes. Just as a reminder. I think it's a great idea.
- February 22, 2010 at 9:24 AM
- M.Brayfield said...
re: what Bulrush said
I always loved that pregnancy tests are next to condoms.
- February 22, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- Medical scrub guy said...
cross-marketing with chocolate can never be a bad thing
- November 17, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- Kat's Kats said...
It's not cross-marketing... it's medicinal!!
- November 17, 2010 at 8:18 PM


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How Deforestation Impacts the Amazon River, Brazil – June 15th, 20130.4N 50.2W
The Amazon Basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, covering over 7,049,947km2 of land, supplying the Amazon River with all of its water. The Amazon forest is an extremely important habitat containing 30.7% of the world's rainforest and is the most species-rich biome in the entire world.
Deforestation has been a major problem in the Amazon since 1970s with the forest now 17.1% smaller than it originally was, which equates to 699,746km2 of forest lost. The Amazon has lost more forest than the total amount of forest India has, standing at around 440,000km2. The rate of deforestation has been and still is increasing every year.
The drastic amounts of deforestation obviously have a large impact, especially on the Amazon River itself, whose mouth is visible here. Forest cover anchors the soil, acting as a resistance to erosion, and when an area is cleared of forest erosion rates sky rocket. In a study done on the Ivory Coast a forested slope lost 0.03 hectares of soil per year, while a deforested slope lost up to 90 hectares per year, an increase of 3000%. All of this eroded sediment seeps into the river and is carried along its entire length to the delta on the east coast of Brazil.
An increase in sediment load has many adverse impacts: it can smother fish eggs, diminishing fish populations and hurting the ecosystem as well as the fishing industry, it can damage the infrastructure of a country by destroying bridges and dams which may hurt the economy, and it can increase flood rates and sizes by raising the river bed (click here for more information).


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Jonathan Reichental, CIO for O'Reilly Media, makes the move to public sector.
Jonathan Reichental has been named Palo Alto, Calif.'s new CIO by city manager James Keene. Currently the CIO for O'Reilly Media, a publisher of technology and innovation books and resources, Reichental will begin his new position on Dec. 13.
According to a statement from the city, Reichental — who also served as director of IT Innovation for PricewaterhouseCoopers, an audit, assurance and tax advisory company, for 14 years — was selected from a pool of 147 applicants looking to be Palo Alto's tech czar.
"Jonathan was the clear frontrunner in our recruitment," Keene said in the statement. "He brings a combination of creative and entrepreneurial drive and skills and a commitment to taking city government to the forefront of public technology and innovation, befitting Palo Alto, the heartbeat of Silicon Valley."
What Palo Alto's new CIO doesn't bring to the table, however, is experience working in local government.
In an interview with Government Technology, Reichental was confident his skills would translate well in the public arena. He said that priorities such as being innovative and having an agenda that takes advantage of new technology and alternative ways of tackling problems are consistent approaches used in both the public and private sectors.
Reichental added that while he was confident his 20-plus years of technology and business experience will serve him well in Palo Alto, he also needs to find a way to implement that knowledge in what is for him, a different, highly visible and political environment. Particularly in a city that has some of the most tech-savvy residents in the nation.
"I realize there's a gap, [but] I'm a quick learner, so my belief is with the help of my colleagues and my team, I can get up to speed in the areas I don't yet have experience with," Reichental said. "But the deep part of what they needed was an IT leader that could bring a business class set of skills to the table and apply them in that public sector context."
Transitionary Issues
But will Reichental's business acumen be challenged by potentially shorter purse strings and a need to be fully transparent?
While he'll preside over an annual combined operating and capital budget of approximately $14 million, Reichental said that in his current role with O'Reilly Media, every decision he's made in regard to expenditures in the last few months is published and open, so the transition to doing it in the public space shouldn't be all that difficult.
As for the amount of money available for IT projects, Reichental wasn't all that concerned, emphasizing that regardless of the size of the budget and the organization, there are always more IT demands than there is IT supply.
"I've always had to manage priorities against constraints, so I don't know that going into the public sector necessarily changes that point of view or the skills I bring around that," he said. "I still think its aligning priorities and doing that with a laser focus on spending the dollars right."
First Priorities
Although Reichental said it's a little premature to talk about his initial projects with Palo Alto, he admitted there is some work to do around understanding and figuring out the right IT governance for the city. That first step, he said, is critical so decisions can be made judiciously about investments and who Palo Alto partners with from the vendor community.
But ultimately, he stressed a lot of time during his first few months will be spent listening to what others have to say about the state of Palo Alto's IT strategy and infrastructure.
"I know that's a bit of a cop-out in terms of answering, but it's the truth," Reichental said. "I want to listen to a lot of people and really understand what we need to do and where we need to prioritize."
One of those groups Reichental is sure to be speaking with is his own staff. He'll be leading a team of 30 people and feels it's critical to shape the core of that IT group so that it can deliver on strategy items as the city works on new projects.
"My view has always been that success comes through talent," Reichental said. "You can kind of figure out technology, ultimately. But you have to have the right people motivated, energized and focused on the right thing."
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Twice a month, we ask the experts at the Museum of History and Industry for a tidbit about Seattle's history. Here's what MOHAI's Phyllis Franklin has in today's installment.
From New York to Chicago, San Francisco to Seattle, one of the hottest trends seizing our nation isn't the dawn of Tea Party, but rather the revival of the speakeasy. Here in Seattle, places like Knee-high Stocking Co. and Tavern Law have successfully established semi-secretive lounges where one can sip on expertly crafted (and priced) cocktails while enjoying exclusive company in low-lit rooms. This current homage to prohibition-era America, a time when glamorous women and rough men secreted themselves in the boozy basements, got us thinking.
What were Seattle's real speakeasies like?
On January 1, 1916, Prohibition began in Washington State, making the production, distribution and possession liquor illegal. The law passed three years before the Eighteenth Amendment prohibited liquor in the rest of the nation, and it lasted seventeen long, dry years, until December of 1933. But Prohibition didn't mean the end of party – it just meant the party went underground. Washington State, in particular, became a hot bed for thinly-veiled speakeasies due to corruption within law enforcement and proximity to Canada (where liquor remained legal). By 1931, a survey reported that Washington State, alone, was home to approximately 4,000 speakeasies.
One of Seattle's most high profile speakeasies was the Chinese Gardens, which opened in 1930 in "Chinatown." According to Bill Lewis, a former Seattle resident, one gained entrance to this hidden club by walking into the small, legally-operated, street-level restaurant. Guests were then scrutinized before being allowed through a door marked "Restrooms" leading to another hallway with restrooms and a door marked "Private." Through this door was yet another hallway with many more turns and doors.
Eventually, music became audible and guests passed through a final door to be intercepted at a reception desk, and seated in a darkly-lit room large enough to accommodate several hundred patrons. Though jazz rocked the room, restaurant patrons dined unaware. Customers danced and sipped highballs, warned by their waiters of secret exits – just in case any trouble should interrupt the evening.
Indeed, trouble did hit the Chinese Gardens on Saturday, March 21, 1931 when federal agents raided the speakeasy, arresting several patrons – particularly those caught gambling – and seizing more than 100 bottles of liquor. Agents also arrested staff, including the club's owner, its entertainers, and even a police detective working in the coat check. Others escaped through one of the secret exits leading up to the roof, where they were able to cross over and enter a nearby hotel, and slip out the hotel's front door without detection.
This scenario played out all over the country as state and federal agents fought to control the flow of alcohol, at least in the public's perception. Where actual law enforcement was concerned, the distinction between the "good cops" and the "dirty cops" was vague. In fact, uniformed police officers were observed entering and leaving the Chinese Gardens, making no notice of all the bottles so openly displayed. It was this mass corruption that ultimately lead to Prohibition's downfall, as it became clear that Prohibition laws, which were intended to eradicate sin and vice, actually fueled corruption and crime.
The Chinese Gardens operated as a restaurant and club until after WW II, outliving the laws that created it.
For more info, check out Paul de Barros' book, Jackson Street After Hours, or visit MOHAI's exhibit, Essential Seattle, to learn how Prohibition era bootleggers made their "bathtub" gin.
Got a question for next time? Send it here. Photos of some former Seattle speakeasies are included in this archive gallery of bars and taverns.
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Crunchy lemon muffins
I have often been told these are the most frequently made muffins in my several muffin books! When inventing my first muffin recipes, I remembered a baking powder loaf my mother used to make. It was topped with lemon juice and sugar, which, in my opinion, lifted it far above any other loaf added to our school lunches.
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|Lemon, large, zest only
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- Preheat the oven to 200C for 10 minutes. Place a rack just above the middle of the oven. Coat a 12-hole muffin pan with baking spray. Stir the flour and place it in a large bowl. Add the first measure of sugar and, using a fork, toss to mix.
- Put the butter in a smaller microwave-proof bowl and microwave until melted but not hot. Add the milk, egg and zest, then whisk together with the fork until combined. Tip this mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Mix gently, using a flat-bladed stirrer, until the dry ingredients are dampened, but the mixture still looks rough. Do not beat until smooth or the muffins will be tough and form peaks as they bake. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pans. Try to put only one rounded spoonful into each hole. Bake for about 10 minutes, until the tops of the muffins are lightly browned and the surface of a muffin springs back when lightly pressed.
- While the muffins bake, wash the smaller bowl and put the juice and second measure of sugar in it. Without stirring to dissolve the sugar, use a pastry brush to apply the sugar and lemon mixture to the hot, freshly cooked muffins in their pan.
- Repeat until all the lemon mixture is used. While the muffins are still fairly hot, lift them carefully onto a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or reheated.
Flisseadded 1823 days ago
Quick, easy great for afternoon tea.
karamsdenadded 2635 days ago
Delicious muffins but the method is strange. I couldn't get the butter to combine with the milk, egg and zest. I added them separately and they turned out fine!


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Facebook Wants to Beef Up Design Talent in NYC Office
Facebook is actively seeking designers to work in its midtown Manhattan office, the company announced Monday. Most of Facebook's 90-member design team is housed in its Menlo Park, Calif., office, though the company aims to recruit enough talent to work specifically out of the 150-person East Coast office. The team will work in conjunction with the advertising sales team to make sure monetized products look pretty on the Facebook platform, which makes sense, considering much of the industry's ad sales activity is out East.


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Little Ward Art: Blue Head/Hand
I've got a stack of old drawings my mom saved when I was a kid, so I thought I'd post them separately from Ava Thursday. (AT will be back next week, by the way.) See a previous drawing I did when I was 3 here.
On the back of this interesting little production, my mom wrote: Ward age 4 - 4/73.
It was fingerpainting day in class that day, I guess. Or rather, "stick your hand in a tub of blue tempera paint and see what happens" day. I like the additions of earrings or some sort of jewlery that adorn each finger/dread.
Dig the green tie with the purple and red outfit. Man, this little character had style!
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HA! Love it!ReplyDelete
i like it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2006 5:42 AM
Hi Ward,ReplyDelete
Great your Mom kept your drawings for you all those years! I've only got 2 or 3 drawings from my younger years :o(
I really like the vintage stuff you put on your blog!
Keep up the good work!
You da man! It's clear to see you had a great eye even at an early age.ReplyDelete
please, PLEASE-- how am I just now seeing this? this is so you. I love it.ReplyDelete
miss you.
That's a great character.ReplyDelete
On a recent visit to my parents, I was discussing with one of my siblings that i wanted to retrieve the box of my early works, but was reminded that it would involve visiting the back hall closet, or what we called the black hole closet, which is so packed with stuff, it would take a bomb squad and a team of archeologists to attempt retrieving anything from in there. Maybe another trip.
I did find a bunch of comic book covers I drew around 4th grade which I've started posting. Some of the characters, I actually ended up using in professionally published comics as an adult. If only I could go back and tell my 10 year old self this would happen.
Your blue hand headed man would make a great cartoon or children's book character.
- AnonymousJune 23, 2006 1:28 PM
Oh I can't wait until Josiah starts drawing for real *sigh*ReplyDelete
Ward, I think you should "stick your hand in a tub of blue tempera" again so we can see how Big Ward's hand man compares to Little Ward's!ReplyDelete


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Rob Kardashian Talks Business and Kardashian Brand
In this short excerpt of the WSJ's Lee Hawkins full interview with reality TV star and entrepreneur Rob Kardashian, Kardashian explains what the Kardashians do. He also discusses his new luxury sock line, Arthur George.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Everyone knows Dimitri has a special time device in his home, which gives him the ability to have 62 hour days instead of just 24. Which gives him the time to do EVERYTHING on his own.
First he comes up with prototype kites, then the magic dogs sew the kites together and then he goes out for a test run. Cuts them to pieces resews them until they perfect. Then he comes up with the graphic design like the picasso he is. Gets a brush and starts drawing and drawing until his hands bleed.
Then the production starts in his shed. He is strictly monitored by his hounds of Hell, Zeus and Athena and they will bite him in the ass if he slows down production to much.
After all the kites are done he goes out on kiteforum and lays down his lines of rhymes like a rapper thats overflowing of creativity. If everyone only knew what a man Dimitri is. Dare i say it.... Supergreek!
And with all that he still finds time to dress up like a proper lady!
@ Lisaped i hope this awnser is satisfying you.....
Momi is the Shapedesigner of Epic
I am the graphic Designer of Epic.
Dimitri steers everything and is involved in everything. Many people dont seem to realize how much efford and time he spends on all this. Usually he starts around 06:00 in the morning with awnsering e-mails then during the day he does all the other things involved with having a company. And many many days he is still working at 24:00/01:00 at night awnsering e-mails again.
So yeah he is involved in everything Epic does but he sure has his people doing much stuff for him. And i'm pretty sure he couldnt do all this without the help of his Wife Helen. Who does an amazing amount of work behind the screens aswell.
Eclipse is something of the past. I know some people blame Dimitri for that but thats not true. Dimitri was the face of Eclipse but not the boss. That was someone else who called all the shots. Dimitri was fed the same lies as everyone else until the point Dimitri realized what was going on and he left Eclipse.
Dimitri asked Momi back (who was replaced that year in eclipse) because Dimitri simply loves the kites Momi comes up with. He also asked me to come with him to epic and help create epic which i did. well basicly a known story by now. Creative wise Epic and Eclipse have much in common. But businesswise the companys couldnt be further apart. Epic is run by the Maramenides family and much more personal. And that is one of the reasons why you see Dimitri on this forum. Personal contact. And i believe that is one of the strengths of Epic kiteboarding. Its personal and allows you as a costumer to get in contact with Dimitri himself.
As for other company bigshots doing it all or not.
Well Pete Cabrinha is a graphic designer aswell Not sure if he still does that for the company but i wouldnt be suprised if he still does a few things.
Now. over here its the 2nd day of X-mas. falala la lala la laaaa.
Everyone Merry X-mas!


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