by The Editors on July 9, 2008
Our favorite life sciences company, the Carlsbad-based Invitrogen, will release their second quarter earnings Thursday July 24, 2008.
Following the earnings release, Invitrogen senior management will hold a live webcast at 9:00 a.m. EDT to discuss financial and other business results. . . . The webcast can be accessed on Invitrogen’s Web site at www.invitrogen.com. Alternatively, callers may listen to the live conference call by dialing 866.831.5605 and use passcode 21567755.
After yesterday’s news we’re going to make a wild speculation and say that the news is going to be pretty good.
[Link: Market Watch]
by The Editors on July 9, 2008
According to a report released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau there were 28,074 car thefts in the “San Diego Carlsbad San Marcos” area last year or one car stolen for every 943.71 people.
That gives Carlsbadistan a 33% share of the bronze medal in the car theft Olympics. Gold goes to Modesto, CA and Silver to Las Vegas/Paradise, NV.
The car most often stolen? The 1995 Honda Civic. Apparently, it parts out really well.
[Link: Forbes]
by The Editors on July 8, 2008
Bijan Plikat and Marianna Silva keeping it slow.
While most high school students are spending the summer speeding around in cars from one event to another, a group of Carlsbad High Schools students have decided to drive 55 in the right hand land and then to wave their hands out the window to encourage other drivers to slow down as well, according to a story in Today’s Local News.
After learning about how their counterparts in Europe deal with high fuel costs, many of the roughly 150 juniors and seniors in the foreign language classes have started a campaign to “slow down and save gas. . . “It’s taking responsibility for my own actions,” said Naomi Tirronen, who graduated last month. “I do need to save gas and money. If everyone didn’t buy gas as often, maybe demand would be lower and prices wouldn’t go up so high.”
Good luck, kids. Driving 55 mph on SoCal freeways probably makes you more of a hazard, especially if you’re distracting people with all that hand waving. But it’s a nice thought.
[Link: Today’s Local News]
by The Editors on July 8, 2008
A new genetic test from Invitrogen that can gauge a patient’s response to a new breast cancer drug was approved by The Food and Drug Aministration today, according to a story on CNNMoney.com.
Herceptin was the first of a new class of cancer drugs which destroy cancer cells without also killing normal cells. It works by targeting the HER-2 gene, which encourages tumor growth. However, only about 20 percent of breast cancer patients have cancer caused by the gene. . . .The Spotlight HER2 CISH test from Invitrogen identifies which patients are likely to respond to Herceptin based on the amount of HER-2 gene in their tumors.
Invitrogen stock was up 72 cents on the news.
[Link: CNNMoney.com]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
Scripps Green Hospital has set up a memorial fund to help pay the medical expenses for the three Carlsbad children who were orphaned last week in a Utah SUV crash that killed their parents Tod and Stephanie McFarland, according to a story on NBC San Diego.
Donations can be made by calling 1-800-Scripps and inquiring about the McFarland family, Ferrarelli said.
[Link: NBC San Diego]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
We’ve been messing around with twitter for a while now. But we initailly wanted to wait until we were absolutely sure that we had something important to say before we announced it to the world.
If you have a twitter account, and you know what we’re talking about, please follow us and we promise that we will occasionally tweet. It may simply be about the weather, the waves, or who we just saw getting arrested, but at least it will show we care. And, you can tweet us back. We’ll be one big happy tweeting, twittering, Carlsbadistan family.
[Link: Carlsbadistan on Twitter]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
There is still time to register and get on the ballot in November to be a Carlsbad City Council member. All it takes is being a citizen of Carlsbad, being over 18, being a registered voter, and a $25 filing fee (or “enough signatures on your petition”) and you could be running for one of the two seats that will be up for a vote. Though it might help if you hate skateboarding and own property in The Village.
Hopefuls have until at least Aug. 8 to file candidacy paperwork. However, that deadline is expected to be extended to Aug. 13 because Nygaard isn’t expected to file, Wood said. Under election law, when an incumbent doesn’t file, the deadline is extended several day
Imagine, shaping the future of Carlsbad for $1,329 a month plus a $350 a month car allowance. Not a bad part time job if you can get it.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
Carlbadistan’s Rod Laver (they guy whose shoes we have loved for years) watched the Wimbledon Finals in awe yesterday according to a Jay Paris story in the North County Times.
It was the best match I’ve ever seen,” said Laver, the greatest tennis player ever. “I know (NBC’s) John McEnroe said that, and I have to agree him. I was watching it and thinking, ‘How do you win a point?’ ”
That was something,” said Laver, mimicking other drained fans after Sunday’s 4-hour, 48-minute final. “Seeing some of those shots that Nadal was hitting, you would think he would mis-hit a bunch of them. Those shots are coming off the grass where the bounces aren’t always even and it was windy.”
He didn’t lose any records, but winner Rafael Nadal joined Bjorn Borg and Mr. Laver as being the only three players in “the Open era” to win consecutive French Open and Wimbledon titles.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 6, 2008
Family members, including the McFarland children’s “paternal grandmother from Sacramento, their maternal grandparents and several of their mother’s sisters” traveled to Salt Lake City to get the children of Stephanie and Tod McFarland, the Carlsbad couple who died in an automobile accident early Thursday July 3, 2008.
They’ve asked for Mommy and Daddy,” said Shirley Rehder, the children’s great-aunt. “The little one wanted his daddy to tuck him in last night.
Tod McFarland was the lead physical therapist at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla and Stephanie was a stay-at-home mom.
“They were the most beautiful people,” Rehder said. “I told Tod and Stephanie that if ever there was a family that needed to be modeled, it was theirs.”
Family members have not yet decided who the recently orphaned children will live with, but they have decided that they will keep them together. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families during this time of tragedy.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on July 6, 2008
Tip Top Meats owner John Haedrich is a big bidder when it comes to the San Diego County Fair’s junior livestock auction. But, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune, he’s not buying the animals for his business. He’s bidding up the auctions to help the 4-H and Future Farmers of America kids make more money.
Towering over the children at 6 feet, 6 inches, “Big John,” as the auctioneer called him, was an intimidating figure. As the children made their way to Haedrich’s seat to thank him for his help, his gentleness shone through his warm toothy grin. Haedrich gripped the childrens’ hands between his own and offered words of encouragement.
Somehow, we’re not surprised. And it’s probably another reason why we breakfast at Tip Top Meats. Danke von allen uns, John.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
Our favorite life sciences company, the Carlsbad-based Invitrogen, will release their second quarter earnings Thursday July 24, 2008.
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