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Embarking on a governance of enterprise IT (GEIT) implementation can be intimidating. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence describing failed GEIT projects and the problems associated with GEIT implementations. In my experience, common elements in failed GEIT implementations include a failure to obtain key executive commitment and not performing adequate analyses of the enterprise prior to embarking on the GEIT implementation itself. Those are planning activities.
Planning a GEIT implementation can be made easier by utilizing ISACA's guidance on implementation. Two helpful sources are available: the newly released Getting Started With Governance of Enterprise IT (GEIT) and COBIT 5 Implementation. Getting Started With GEIT is intended for those who are new to GEIT or have recently been tasked with implementing a GEIT structure. It presents an overview of GEIT and demonstrates what can be accomplished with the output from a GEIT framework. COBIT 5 Implementation, which is also available from ISACA and is free to ISACA members, describes the essential elements needed to complete a successful GEIT implementation. It outlines 7 phases that can be used to guide a GEIT implementation. The first 5 phases move the enterprise from the initial analysis—looking at why a GEIT structure might be needed—to the execution of a project plan to implement a governance structure. The remaining 2 phases review the project and look for future improvement opportunities.
A GEIT implementation creates whole-scale changes across the enterprise, and this requires commitment from enterprise executives and the board of directors. Additionally, the environment must be ready for significant change. A GEIT implementation can be as significant, and disruptive, as a complete change in company culture. COBIT 5 Implementation discusses getting the environment ready and identifying the trigger points that prompt the need for a GEIT implementation.
There can be a spectrum in scope of the desired change. If an enterprise has an established governance structure and has been using COBIT, it might be initiating a new project to implement a newly identified improvement opportunity. In other words, a GEIT implementation can be an incremental evolution in governance and management.
There are several elements that are critical to a successful implementation. One of the most important elements is to have qualified personnel available to lead the implementation. There are many experienced professionals around the world who have the skills and experience to lead enterprises through this if the enterprises lack in-house expertise. Employing an experienced governance practitioner for the implementation can greatly assist in the planning of the project.
Determining how ready the enterprise is for change can provide valuable insight to the implementation team. Conducting a change readiness assessment can be a great early activity in planning the overall GEIT structure. The outcome of the assessment can guide the GEIT implementation team in designing what approach will best serve the enterprise.
Another very beneficial activity to support GEIT planning is a risk assessment. A comprehensive risk assessment can provide valuable insight into how the enterprise will make use of existing resources, acquire new resources, respond to opportunities and provide for security. All these elements can influence the design of a governance structure and should be considered part of the overall GEIT structure planning.
Once the GEIT implementation team has all the background information from risk assessments and change readiness testing, it can begin the process of analyzing and documenting the enterprise's need for a new or changed governance structure and documenting the extent to which a governance structure already exists. The next planning step is to carefully analyze the stakeholder requirements and fully describe the desired state of the enterprise. These 2 analyses make up the analytical foundation of all implementation efforts that follow.
What follows after the analyses is a formal documenting of the differences between them. This gap defines the scope of the implementation project itself and is used to formalize a project plan. Effective GEIT implementation teams make use of demonstrated good practices in project management in preparing the project plan. Several items must be developed to create an effective project plan. There must be authorization to carry out the project (i.e., a project charter). An initial listing of tasks and work product descriptions must be generated (e.g., work breakdown structure [WBS], project schedule, communication plan, procurement plan).
Once a completed project plan is in place, the implementation team can begin its work of building the governance structure. Formal project management demands that work activities are well documented along the way, milestones are confirmed and stage-gates exercised, and model testing be appropriately designed and executed to ensure the model will function as required. Last, a project closure process will confirm that all previously defined requirements have been addressed, all change requests fully processed, and the project owners have reviewed and approved the newly built governance structure.
A successful GEIT project can easily be accomplished if the tried and true practices are followed.
Is a technical research manager at ISACA where he has been project manager for COBIT 5 and has led the development of other COBIT 5-related publications, white papers and articles. He also played a central role in the design of the COBIT online web site. Prior to joining ISACA, Tessin was a senior manager at an internal audit firm where he led client engagements and was responsible for IT and financial audit teams. Previously, he worked in various industry roles including staff accountant, application developer, accounting systems consultant and trainer, business analyst, project manager, and auditor. He has worked in many countries outside his native United States, including Canada, Mexico, Germany, Italy, France, UK and Australia.


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Auto repair services provide many different types of service. A professional Rome Auto Repair Service is always eager to assist you. If you have a more serious problem and are stuck, a Rome Auto Repair Service offers towing to their shop where your car can be diagnosed and repaired by their qualified technical staff.
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RWL Security Solutions are specialist distributors in the Information Technology, Security and Telecom industries and have locations in both Dublin and Cork. We are located in purpose built 8,000 ft² offices with trade counter and associated warehousing in Dublin. We have comparable functionality operating out of our Cork premises, which are located near Cork airport. Our strategic locations give us complete coverage of the entire country. In 2014, RWL opened their London office with associated warehousing to service the growing overseas market.
RWL operate an EMEA model in providing solutions and services to our partners. Countries that we have successfully provided supported systems to include Morocco, Israel, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, Germany, Holland and Italy. We are skilled in completing all logistical challenges for delivering systems regardless of destination.
We represent most of the leading manufacturers in Ireland. With an experienced team of individuals with extensive industry experience we offer a comprehensive pre and post-sales service. With our new refurbished trade counter in both locations, a new dimension has recently been added to our customer focussed approach.
Our product portfolio includes specification Structured Cabling Systems, Enclosures, Cooling Systems, Environmental/Power Monitoring, Intruder, CCTV, Access Control, Fire and all Accessories. With fully qualified BiCSi RCDD's, we work closely with Design teams on specification and full documentation for preparing and implementing projects to stringent timelines. We have recently created an IP division to encourage convergence among are brands within the business.
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Following in the footsteps of the internationally acclaimed Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coin, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) commissioned in 2017 its next coin to commemorate the nation's maples: the 1/4 oz Pure Gold Twin Maples coin.
The gyrfalcon has been prized by humans as a hunting companion since ancient times. Associated not only with falconry but also with royalty and nobility, and a celebrated circumpolar Arctic coastal dweller, the gyrfalcon—the largest of the falcon species—makes a fitting subject for the Royal Canadian Mint's stunning 2016 gold coin.
In the vast Canadian Arctic, Ursus maritimus is king. Like its homeland, it is massive – males can weigh up to 800 kilograms and females about 400 kilograms. Although Polar Bears inhabit Arctic coasts around the world, Canada hosts the largest population on earth: about 15,000 of the global total of approximately 25,000.
Valcambi CombiBars are ideal for those seeking gold that can be broken down into small increments. Thanks to the bar's perforated edges, each one can be split into very small amounts, potentially for use in trade or as a gift.
Until the start of the 20th Century, the U.S. Mint's coinage was only designed by employees of the Mint. But that changed in 1904 when President Teddy Roosevelt, in acknowledging that "the state of our coinage is artistically of atrocious hideousness", commissioned his friend and world-renowned artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens to design a coin with "some beauty". The exquisite Saint-Gaudens double eagle ($20) is the result of these two giants of history and their belief that the United States deserved a coinage as epic as the future that lay before the country.
The twenty dollar Liberty Head, also known as a "double eagle," was the first gold coin struck by the U.S. Mint. First authorized in early 1849, it was struck that year as a response to the sudden flow of gold, first in North Carolina in the 1830s, then compounded by the California Gold Rush in 1849. Prior to the Liberty Head, all U.S. coinage was made of silver, with the largest denomination being $10, or one eagle, hence the nickname, double eagle.
In the late 18th Century, with passage of the Coinage Act of 1792 and establishment of the U.S. Mint, a set of standards was applied to all gold coins struck by the United States government.
After successfully landing the highly esteemed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign the some aspect of U.S. coinage in 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt asked the artist to make models for several different denominations of gold coins. In 1905, the artist agreed and thus began a fantastic tale of presidential coin design.


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Longaniza, Salchichón and fuet
If you live in Spain and know the rich gastronomy of the country, you may have no problem identifying any of these three products, but there are still some who do not distinguish the differences between them. We begin by clarifying then, that these are three handmade sausages that make us fall in love with their flavour, texture and aroma.
Size: These three products are stuffed into a casing, which is usually pork, and the size of the casing differs in each of them. The Salchichón is the thickest, then we have the Longaniza which is usually a little flatter and slightly oval, to finally reach the fuet which is much narrower, being the smallest of the three.
Curing: Another important aspect of our sausages that is directly related to size, the larger the product, the longer it takes to cure.
Ingredients: Although the three sausages are produced from lean pork, ibérico de bellota, depending on the particular product, the ingredients make an important difference and, in addition to this, the artisan production process of each one. The Salchichón and the Longaniza are usually similar, leaner and peppery, unlike the fuet which, in its most traditional version, does not usually include this spice.
Spanish sausages
The Spanish gastronomy is world famous and its sausages, together with the Jamón Ibérico, are one of the protagonists of this popularity. Each region and town has its own products and, above all, the traditional preparation and local flavours are valued: chorizos, fuet, salchichón, chistorra and other wonders that many of us could not do without.
When we speak of sausage we refer to a processing technique, therefore, what is known as cold meat is not sausage, nor can our beloved jamón be considered as such. To make a good sausage you need meat from different parts of the pig (lean areas and fat) and seasonings that can vary according to each cook and/or product to be prepared. Once all the ingredients have been combined, the mixture is stuffed into a natural or artificial casing, as the case may be, and allowed to cure for as long as it needs to acquire its colour, flavour and texture.
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We recognize people as our most valuable asset. Our competitive salary and benefits package includes 401K, financial planning assistance, dental insurance, medical insurance, disability benefits, confidential employee assistance programs, Section 125 pre-tax accounts for health and/or dependent care, life insurance, a vision-care plan, casual dress, flexible hours, and paid company holidays.
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In addition to the benefits listed above, Variosystems has a stable, friendly & fast-paced environment full of opportunity for professional growth.
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For more than a decade Schindler has been providing landmark buildings in around the world with groundbreaking vertical transportation – and maintaining them in top condition. From a small two-story commercial building to a skyscraper in a major city, Schindler solutions for new installations, maintenance and modernization are unsurpassed.
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Schindler works closely with the clients' project teams right from the early stages of building design. Our specialists provide precise traffic simulation and energy calculations to guide our partners in designing efficient and sustainable buildings. We provide developers, architects and consultants with the most efficient vertical mobility solutions, which implementation contributes to energy savings while achieving the utmost building traffic efficiency in accordance to the most stringent international standards.
We realize the way people use technology is rapidly evolving, hence we created a transit management system that is tailored to the needs of building owners and their occupants. With the highly-efficient PORT Technology, buildings owners are able to manage traffic flow and energy-use efficiently, while providing its tenants with state-of-the-art communication, security, energy-saving and sleek-design features. Our regenerative drive systems give electricity back to the grid to power other devices, without harmonic distortion. Combined with waste management during installation, these Schindler systems can contribute to green building certification.
Conveniently located in Singapore's new Central Business District, Marina Bay, this fully integrated office development combines impressive space and energy efficiencies with excellent range of business and employee support welfare facilities.
Tower 1: It has 1.26 Million square feet of premium office space spanning through 38 floors from the 6th floor till the 43rd floor.
Tower 2: This tower has 0.78 million square feet spanning through 26 floors from the 6th till the 31st Floor. This tower also houses a Five-Star Hotel on the upper Floors form the 32nd to the 46th Floor.
For this particular development, Schindler Singapore supplied 88 units of elevators, 16 units of escalator and 4 units of travelators.
This building is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the city of Singapore, with a height of 254 meters, gracing the Singapore skyline in Shenton Way-Tanjong Pagar financial district. With 52 floors, it is served by five shuttle double deck lifts.
Schindler Singapore installed 34 elevators and 7 escalators in this office tower.
Centennial Tower stands at a 158m in the central business district of Singapore. It is nestled with the rest of the skyscrapers in the Marina Centre.
Schindler Singapore installed 19 units of elevators for this high rise office building.
Fusionopolis is a research and development complex located at the One-North business park in Singapore. It houses various research organizations, high-tech companies, government agencies, retail outlets, and serviced apartments in one location and flanked by all the reputable institutions around.
For this sleek building, Schindler Singapore supplied 37 units of elevators, 12 units of escalators and 2 units of travelators.
Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC), a joint venture of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited/Hutchison Whampoa, Hongkong Land and Keppel Land, stands on a 3.55 hectare site offering three office towers with nearly three million square feet of prime Grade A office space, two residential towers comprising 649 luxury apartments and retail space of approximately 176,000 square feet – all clustered around a stunning waterfront park.
Developed in 2 phases, Phase 1 of MBFC consists of office Tower 1 and 2, Marina Bay Residences and Phase 1 of Marina Bay Link Mall. Phase 2 comprises Tower 3, Phase 2 of Marina Bay Link Mall and Marina Bay Suites.
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Protein—Understanding Your Choices
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One powerful key to nutrition: a balance between lean animal protein and nutrient-rich plant protein. In this session, gain some powerful tips and strategies for incorporating this balance and maximizing the flavor of vegetables. Along the way, you'll learn how to make delicious dishes for almost any occasion, including a colorful stir-fry and a fresh and wonderfully textured barley salad.
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Removal of Lower Ribs
This is a cosmetic surgical operation during which the lower ribs are removed to permit the person to gain an hour-glass figure.
In this body-contouring procedure, most of the floating ribs (numbers 11 and 12) and occasionally rib 10 are removed, in conjunction with abdominoplasty, to give female patients a more feminine hourglass figure. The rear portion of the ribs are left intact to protect against trauma to internal organs. This plastic surgery operation is irreversible as the ribs do not re-grow. It is performed under general anesthesia and requires hospitalization. Rib removal is only performed on patients who are candidates for abdominoplasty.
In the past, this type of plastic surgery was popularized by certain celebrity dieters wishing to achieve an extra-lean body shape. The current fashion for a size zero dress-size may see a revival of rib removal as a means of achieving the anorexic-look body contour.
Rib Removal Combined With Abdominoplasty
Rib removal per se does not reduce waist circumference. An improved waist size is accomplished only by the removal of surplus body fat. This is why rib removal is typically combined with abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), a surgical procedure designed to remove excess skin and fat tissue from the abdomenand to tighten the muscles of the abdominal wall. Abdominoplasty is sometimes combined with liposuction, depending on the degree of loose skin, excess fat, and abdominal muscle weakness in the patient.
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Despite many diet plans endeavouring to keep slimmers full, some people feel they need a bit of extra help and turn to over-the-counter slimming pills or potions.
These might be in the form of herbal supplements or pills which claim to speed up metabolism, hence burning off calories faster. Some state they bind fat which prevents it from being absorbed, while others promise to fill you up, so you're less likely to snack.
Slimsticks fall into the latter category of 'filling you up'.
What are Slimsticks?
According to Christine Hamilton (one of Slimsticks advocates), a friend recommended she try them as they were 'so big in the States.' Slimsticks are a food supplement which should be used in conjunction with following a healthy eating plan.
According to the website 'Slimsticks is a weight management aid that offers the duel benefits of feeling instantly full as well as delaying hunger so helping you to feel fuller for longer and to eat less.'
The 'sticks' or sachets are packets containing a special powder which should be taken three times a day before meals. They're sold in boxes of 30 x 8.5g sachets and are available in three flavours:
Strawberry, Vanilla and Double Malt.
What's in Them?
Slimsticks contain ingredients which are known to be filling. The principle ingredient is called Konjac, a root vegetable which is particularly high in soluble fibre. It's also a popular health food in China and Japan.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved the use of Konjac as an ingredient and it has no adverse side effects.
As well as Konjac, ingredients include palm and oat oils, glucose syrup, flow agent, vanilla, strawberry or malt flavouring, sucralose, and vanilla, strawberry or malt powder.
All varieties contain 40 calories per stick.
How do they Work?
Slimsticks are recommended to be included as part of a healthy eating plan. You consume one Slimstick mixed with 50-100ml of tepid water three times a day before meals. You are also advised to drink another one to two glasses of water afterwards for maximum filling effect. If you prefer, you can mix it with other drinks (but not cold drinks).
The overall goals of using Slimsticks are to help you eat less, reduce your weight and / or manage your weight.
Slimsticks aim to help you achieve these goals by keeping you fuller for longer. Ultimately you should be able to reduce your calorie intake by eating smaller portions (without necessarily giving up favourite foods).
The Konjac which is high in fibre, expands to make you feel full immediately after eating. Then the palm and oat oils begin digesting more slowly with the resulting effect of further delaying hunger pangs.
Who can use Slimsticks?
Slimsticks are designed for those who want to lose weight or stick to a diet programme; maintain their weight and stop yo-yo dieting, and those who want to eat smaller portions.
They are suitable for lactose intolerant people, coeliacs, vegetarians, vegans and diabetics. However, you should seek professional advice before use if you are pregnant, breast feeding, or suffering from food allergies. Also, consult a health care professional before use if you are taking any medication or have a medical condition.
Where can you buy Slimsticks?
They are being sold exclusively in Boots stores. You can also buy them in Boots online and the Slimsticks website.
The Price
At the time of writing, Slimsticks cost £24.99 for a box of 30 sticks. Taking three a day as recommended, means each box is sufficient for 10 days.
Other Products
Slimsticks also produce two varieties of porridge: Original or Apple, Sultana & Cinnamon. Each pot contains Scottish Porridge Oats and skimmed milk powder, together with two sachets of caramel flavoured palm oil and oat oil. Porridge is a good source of soluble fibre and is filling on its own, so the addition of these oils should leave you full for much longer.
Both pots have 293 calories when made up with boiling water. They can only be purchased via the Slimsticks website.
Personal Opinion
Although I haven't purchased Slimsticks for myself, I was sorely tempted to buy a pack of Double Malt or the Vanilla just because I adore those flavours.
However, two things put me off:
1. The price. I certainly didn't want to fork out just under £25 for a box of something I may not like the taste of. Perhaps if they also sold them as singles or smaller packs, I would have purchased them just out of curiosity.
2. Past experience. I have tried many types of diet supplements in the past and, unfortunately, they don't address emotional or mindless eating. Ultimately, I believe if you're the type of person who eats for reasons other than genuine hunger, these types of products may not help with weight loss.
But many people do find the act of taking a supplement gives them the mental boost they need to feel positive about their weight loss goals.
The Slimsticks website has lots of information about the product as well as several success stories, including one by Christine Hamilton (wife of former British MP Neil Hamilton, but a celebrity in her own right). And of course, they have their own Facebook page and Twitter account if you want to like them and follow what others are saying.
Nutrition Information per one 8.5g slimstick: 40 calories, 0g protein, 5.1g carbohydrates, 0.9g sugars, 2g fat, 1g saturates, 0.9g fibre, 7.1g sodium
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Northwind Mine is a mine located in South Eastern Skyrim. You can find it by traveling North West of Riften. This mine leads to Northwind Summit.
This mine has two Iron Ore veins. The first iron vein is in the first large room. The second vein is located right after the tripwire.
A Skill Book is also in the first large room on a table. The book is Death Blow of Abernit.


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The former British prime minister, participating at an event hosted by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, the organisation he founded in May, described how "I found my own faith enriched by understanding the faith of others."
Mr Blair, who said he had been surprised by the "vast expanses of my own ignorance of other faiths" and was "trying to put that right now", made the comments as he urged young people to make an effort to understand one another's religions.
"You can find it changes your own life and makes you think about the world in a deeper way."
The former British leader, who spoke before a multi-faith crowd of around 100 mostly young people, used the event to announce his foundation's drive to recruit an international team of "inter-religious ambassadors" to help fight malaria in Africa.
Thirty 18 to 25-year-old activists will be selected from the UK, US and Canada for the Faith Act Fellowship programme and take part in "a 10-month journey of interfaith service" including working with health teams combating malaria.
"Halting and reversing the spread of deaths from malaria is one of today's most urgent moral challenges,? said Mr Blair, who is also an envoy of the Quartet of Middle East peacemakers.
Mr Blair, who converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism last year, took part in a panel discussion with Hamza Yusuf, a California-based Islamic scholar, and Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, a Muslim activist who works for non-profit organisation Malaria No More.
Much of Thursday night's discussion focused on promoting the United Nations' eight millennium development goals to be achieved by 2015, including eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, reducing child mortality rates and combating diseases such as AIDS and malaria.
Mr Blair said that as he had helped to draw up the goals in 2001, "I had a bit of responsibility to carry them on afterwards". He described them as "ambitious but achievable".
The former prime minister said his foundation was in part a response to the world becoming a place "where people are more integrated than ever before".
"For me what's important is that the world as it integrates has some values attached to it." He said religious faith could either be "a force that pulls people apart or one that helps bring people together".
His foundation's aim was to encourage understanding between people of different faiths so they could "cooperate and work together".
Mr Blair, who spent time in New York before coming to California, alluded to the current "global economic disorder" and how the turmoil in the American markets had reverberated around the world. He told the Daily Telegraph that witnessing the unfolding financial crisis was "shocking".
"You've got to get through it, get the world economy back on its feet. The single most important thing is to get confidence back into the system."
Mr Yusuf also addressed the economic climate, attacking President Bush's proposed 700 billion dollar bailout for Wall Street as he commented on "a culture that's really teaching us the worst things". He described it as "a dangerous message to send to young people".
"That people (can) do the worst things and be rewarded for them."


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Centerville City Hall
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CENTERVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING AT 7:00 PM ON September 1, 2015 AT THE CENTERVILLE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER AND CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 250 NORTH MAIN STREET, CENTERVILLE, UTAH. THE AGENDA IS SHOWN BELOW.
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7:05 D. OPEN SESSION (This item allows for the public to comment on any subject of municipal concern, including agenda items that are not scheduled for a public hearing. Citizens are encouraged to limit their comments to two (2) minutes per person. Citizens may request a time to speak during Open Session by calling the City Recorder's office at 295-3477, or may make such request at the beginning of Open Session.) Please state your name and city of residence.
7:10 1. Minutes Review and Acceptance
7:10 2. Proposed Vacation of a Portion of 500 East Public Right-of-Way - Ordinance No. 2015-18 and Ordinance No. 2015-19 - Petitioners Michael J. Kelley and Richard and Elizabeth Johnson
7:50 4. FY2015 Financial Report
8:00 5. Parks Capital Improvement Plan
8:30 6. RAP Tax - Submittal of Arguments For and Against RAP Tax
8:45 7. County Local Option Transportation Tax - HB 362
9:00 8. Mayor's Report
9:05 9. City Manager's Report
a. Asset and Inventory Updates
b. Dates for Volunteer Recognition Dinner and Employee Christmas Dinner
9:15 10. Miscellaneous Business
Accept waterline and public utility easement for the Porter Walton Townhomes project located at approximately 564 West Porter Lane.
9:20 11. Closed meeting, if necessary, for reasons allowed by state law, including, but not limited to, the provisions of Section 52-4-205 of the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act, and for attorney-client matters that are privileged pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 78B-1-137, as amended
9:20 12. Possible action following closed meeting, including appointments to boards and committees
Items of Interest (i.e., newspaper articles, items not on agenda); Posted in-meeting information
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For from his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. Jn. 1:16 NIV
In place of the grace that God gave through the law of Moses we now are under the grace provided by the blood of Christ. Under the Law the required response was to offer sacrifice. Under grace the required response is surrender. It is human nature for our responses to be actions, to want to do something. But the response God is looking for to grace is that we receive, and allow ourselves to be acted upon.
Lord, thank you for this unearned grace that only Your sacrifice could accomplish.


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Why Won't Google Penalize/Ban the Site I Spam Reported?Blog Post: April 08, 2010
Ok so this is old, but you've drawn me out to comment again .... At SMX West 2008 I spoke (cornered) Matt over a 'meet the engineers google lunch', about how even if they could adjust the SERP landscape to be "fair" (a true measure of editorial impartial etc) the shake up would be so violent that users would be confused, webmasters through to blue chips burnt, and business bust. So I asked if - "if you could hit a switch and clean it all up tomorrow, would you?..." Matt ever a gent and a white knight fighting the good fight, gave me an answer Barrack or Gordon would be proud of! I carried on quizing having waited a good hour for my first direct question about how and why I had had to live a lie for so long! Kind of,,,My motivation was that personally for 2 years I was the guy wheeled in to defend a sound and ethical white hat only policy. However I watched big brands soar with on-page only, but then SME's fail as we knocked out more ezinearticle nonsense for big £ prices. Having spent much time with a co-team of around a dozen account managers filling in the regular spam report, I felt compelled in my slightly overly intense first time cuttlet state, to ask further "how many spam reports they see each month....?" and the answer I got was "hundreds." This was pre reports from within the console, however I scoffed slightly as I did the math that our team alone was close to 1/3 this number in a month. There are of course often two waves to most things at Google, from Google job applications to news inclusion, and the first is an automatic one. The second is the manual one. I suggested that if the quality score of a site isn't an issue, then the report gets "archived" (in the bin).
I am fascinated in the team dynamic of the engineers. The people, the interviews, the size of the team and how they refine and improve what they do. Anyway, It turns out that back then, possibly still now, the second stage internally, for those that have the power, is referred to as "blacking out" (links) and burning down sites (deindex). A rare glimpse that there is a second front line after automatic spam qualification. Filters in between are quality scored and automatic and post my "chat with matt"
How often (and dangerous) is fully banning a site automatically without approval? Sadly, it seems that there are still silver bullet sites out there, and a service you can hire, for some fairly hard core filtering.
Re links. We've heard it all - every link is paid for in some way. The web is HTTP and by nature links are the measurement for time to come. I'm with you on "5 years for links" anyway. An analogy I often use is about moving the gain line. It's the status quo for Google. Refine and improve rather than subtract is the new moto. Push the good stuff to the top. Hopefully Google will use the Firehouse to some success. 5. Pure speculation - keep fighting the good fight though rand, I'm with you - though the reality of some very well respsected SEO's is that they say they don't or stopped buying links, but actually do. Hopefully the firehouse and microblogging of all sorts from real people will further hone what is clearly by your and my mark a struggling process (just like the servers - oth crawl rate and spam reporting has been an issue since 2008)
Google are still the best! Though maybe we need a badge for SEO to 'fess up whether they are in to or out of buying links :D


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HARTFORD — The Hartford Consortium for Higher Education has been awarded $200,000 from Bank of America to expand its efforts preparing and mentoring students for college and the workforce, officials said.
The two-year grant, part of the bank's Neighborhood Builders program for nonprofits, will support Career Beginnings, a college access initiative, and give a boost to Jr. Apprentice, a job training program in its second year at Bulkeley High School that offers paid work experience to about 15 to 20 students, said Martin Estey, the consortium's executive director.
The grant will also be used to commission an economic impact study of those two programs to show "our return on investment," Estey said Tuesday. "Young people who go to college defer childbirth, they are less involved with the criminal justice system, they have more earning potential."
The consortium, which is composed of colleges and universities in the Hartford region, was honored by Bank of America at a reception Tuesday night at the Bushnell.
Neighborhood Builders has been in Connecticut for a decade, offering leadership training and $3.8 million to 19 nonprofits, a spokesman for the bank said. Recent winners in the Hartford area include Foodshare, My Sister's Place, a shelter for women and children, and Billings Forge Community Works.
In a statement about the latest award, Kevin Cunningham, Connecticut president for Bank of America, praised the Hartford consortium and said, "Greater access to higher education is critical as we work to improve the lives of young people in our community and strengthen the local economy."
Career Beginnings, founded in 1986, serves about 400 high school students annually in Hartford, Bloomfield and East Hartford to push them toward college, Estey said. Along with offering college tours, counseling and workshops on financial aid and essay writing, the consortium pairs students with trained, volunteer mentors who "give them that extra support as needed," he said.
The program also advises students after they graduate from high school.
Estey described the Neighborhood Builders grant as "a huge vote of confidence."


text: "The Son of No One" follows two friends (Tatum and Morgan) forced to face the consequences of a murder they committed - and got away with - 16 years earlier. Tatum's character Jonathan "Milk" White has gone on to a successful career with the police force and has a happy home life with his wife (Holmes) and Child. Morgan's character Vinnie has kind of gone the other way. When Milk is assigned to the precinct where he grew up, his decade-and-a-half-old secret threatens to tear apart his life and his family.


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Original Publication Date: >1 April, 2016
Publication / Source: CNS Oncology
Authors: Victor A Levin
The latest catch phrase in cancer medicine is 'personalized medicine' denoting the potential to devise and prescribe therapies based on molecular and genetic information quasi-unique to the patient and the patient's tumor as well as therapies developed using cell line or rodent tumor model screens of drug candidates [1–8]. The molecular–genetic approach has the potential of being far more informative than the high-throughput cell line and/or rodent tumor model approach for a number of reasons. While some information can be obtained from glioblastoma cell lines and/or rodent tumor models, the main flaw of the cell line approach is the reality that, aside from glioblastoma, lower grade glial tumors do not grow well in culture without genetic manipulation nor do they grow in rodents. Furthermore, monolayer culture is not always informative or predictive of in situ patient tumors so, at the least, 3D culture methods should be used. We are aware that some investigators are testing drug and drug combinations in rodent intracerebral tumor models in an effort to personalize drug therapy for patients. Unfortunately, that approach will not work well in glial tumors as the ability of tumor cells to grow in culture and in animals is limited to glioblastoma lines and not reliable for low- and mid-grade glioma tumors.
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Who is BleakHounds?
Well, here goes ....
I am Jackie and I set up BleakHounds Design in 2008 having failed to find somewhere to provide quality items for my dogs.
It was a no-brainer really. I got my first sewing machine when I was nine years old and my mum taught me to knit when I was 18. She had tried before but as I showed no interest she gave up until I asked. Something must have stayed with me all those years because she showed me two basic stitches and that was it.
Combining my passion for dogs and the skills I already had with the need to work from home seemed the way to go.
I have owned dogs in my own right since 1990 when we brought home a tiny cocker spaniel puppy who was quickly named Ben after "Ben Gunn" in Treasure Island.
For ten years Ben was our only dog and then we found Morse a rescue lurcher who was quickly followed by a rescue whippet, Beau. Sighthounds were very popular in our home and continue to be.
Our first Jack Russell Terrier, Rebus, arrived in 2008. He certainly lives up to his name and always has plenty to say for himself and an opinion to express. We were warned that he would be the Alpha male. Much to Albus' disgust he was promptly downgraded. It was quite funny as Rebus did not even choose him as second in command! He loves to get dirty and will go out of his way to do so.
I hear many stories and have experienced sighthound mischief but nothing could have prepared me for Rebus. He was a steep learning curve. He was extremely easy to train but does have a deaf ear when it suits and an extreme hunting instinct which seems to be prevalent in all of his litter.
In 2011 Rebus' sister, Ollie, had a litter of two pups. A long coated Jack like Rebus and a little short coated black and white pup who was instantly mine and is very much a "mummy's boy". On arriving home, Radley immediately took over as Rebus' right hand man. Never have I seen such team work and the pack thrived on their leadership.
2017 sees the pack stand at three dogs after losing Beau to old age in 2015; Rebus, Radley and Diesel who are all great friends.
Me and my Boys; Rebus, Radley and Diesel
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Paul Campbell
A serial intrapreneur, Paul Campbell is currently Chief Innovation Officer at the Silicon Valley Innovation Centre for WL Gore & Assoc. Well known for waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX® fabric, the company's portfolio includes everything from high-performance fabrics and implantable medical devices to mobile, automotive and aerospace electronics.
Paul leads the Gore Innovation Centre, located in Silicon Valley. Previously, he ran the Silicon Valley Innovation Centre for Schneider Electric, which was the first such facility for SE. The Gore Innovation Centre (GIC) is the first such facility at the company. At the GIC, they are revamping the innovation strategy of the company by being the catalyst for understanding and applying key techniques such as Open Innovation, Lean Innovation, Venturing, Business Model Innovation and Design Thinking. In their first few months of operation, they have already formed partnerships with and made investments in startups, the first such activities for Gore.
Paul talks about how an innovation centre can be the catalyst for adopting new techniques inside large companies by creating a place where experiments & new approaches to innovation are allowed; agile decision-making; how new technologies and business models from outside the company spur new growth opportunities inside; and how organisational structures support both agile decision-making yet tight links to core stakeholders across the company.
Long before Eric Ries wrote his book, Paul has been practicing lean innovation as a critical tool to unlock great technologies from inside the labs of large companies. By applying lean innovation principles that address the unique environment inside corporations, great ideas are unblocked and turn into large growth businesses. Paul has created a customer training curriculum on lean innovation that all innovation, technology and business leaders attended to ensure that the practice was adopted and far-reaching.
Paul is also an advisor to the World Economic Forum, the European Commission and numerous accelerators/incubators around the globe. He lectures at Bay Area universities on the unique leadership and organizational approaches necessary for large companies to capture disruptive innovations that lead to outsized growth…
and Fast Company recognition.


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Cybersecurity is an increasingly important business focus. One of the most important pieces of any security solution is making sure your employees have the knowledge and understanding to protect themselves against security threats.
Security Awareness: 5 Easy Ways to Detect Spam
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7 Email Best Practices to Keep Employees Safe from Phishing
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The More Educated You Are, the More Stressed You'll Be, Survey Says
If you think that the more education you have, the better job you'll get and the easier life will be, think again. Recent research shows that highest educated employees are experiencing increased stress levels as well as increased difficulty managing work-life balance.
The results of the GfK US Employee Engagement Benchmark 2011 Survey revealed that employees with the highest levels of education, such as a PhD -- which include the "knowledge workers" and "creative class" -- reported the highest levels of pressure and stress. They worry most about job security, having the resources to do their jobs effectively, stress at work and struggling to maintain a work-life balance. In addition, they frequently worry about the pressure to work long hours.
Employees with master's degrees worry less about those things than do those with PhDs, but more than those who only have bachelor's degrees.
"Greater education opens the door to more opportunities in the job market, but with that comes higher levels of responsibility and pressure to deliver results," said Thomas Hartley, vice president of GfK Customer Loyalty and Employee Engagement. "Addressing the pressures that more educated employees face is crucial to keeping them engaged and not seeking employment elsewhere."
In essence, stress and pressure lead to disengagement. Disengagement leads to dissatisfaction with one's current employer, and a tendency to want to look for another job.
During recessions, employees are far less likely to change jobs. Employers know this, and they tend to lessen their investments in employee training and development in an effort to keep overhead lower. When the recession ends, job mobility increases and companies lose experienced and talented employees who have become disengaged with their company.
In the end, more education may make you more qualified, but it doesn't necessarily make you any happier or more committed to your employer. Makes you kind of glad you didn't get that extra degree you were thinking about, doesn't it?
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The collections include:
- The Express (school newspaper) 1922-present (note: this collection is currently offsite for processing. Only some years are currently accessible)
- The Pioneer (yearbook) 1923-1980
- college catalogues 1922-present
- photographs
- oral history audio recordings
- news clippings
Many of the materials housed in Special Collections are unique and fragile, and therefore require special care. Researchers must comply with policies that are more restrictive than those guiding the use of the circulating and reserve collections.
A formalized policy is currently under review and will be posted.


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Saturday, 12 November 2016
Clint had woken up in some strange places in his time. Narcolepsy is like that. But even he had never woken up on a golf course next to a dead body. Until today.
When one of his friends reveals himself to be a detective Clint jumps at the chance to tag along. But his friend is an idiot. And the police are beginning to suspect that he was involved. The identity of the killer seems obvious but can Clint get to the bottom of the mystery and save his own skin before the stag party catches him?
Murder. Intrigue. Alcohol. Detectives. Clues. Golf. Laxatives. What else do you need?
Another short story/book to keep the scoreboard ticking over.
Best story ever? No but I do like Adam Maxwell's entertaining writing style.
We have our man Clint, a narcoleptic plotting revenge on a group of friends on a stag do - a bit of schoolboy humour and a prank with some strong laxatives. All goes to plan, but fast forward and Clint wakes up in a bunker on the golf course next to a corpse.
The police fancy him for the murder, but with some questioning of the witnesses in the vicinity, some applied logic and a bit of luck Clint can clear himself........always assuming he can stay awake long enough.
A couple of lines I really liked.....
Waking up in public with subtlety is something that's difficult to achieve.
It's amazing how much information you can glean from an idiot with a personality bypass.
3.5 from 5
I've read Adam Maxwell previously - Dial M for Monkey (short stories) and his novel The Dali Deception.
Adam has his website here. He's on Twitter - @LostBookshop
Read in October, 2016
Copy received from author after a sign-up on his blog/website
Kindle read - 27 pages.
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- Anonymous12 November 2016 at 05:00
Oh, I do like those lines you shared, Col! And it sounds like a great setup for one of those darkly funny stories. Glad you found some things to like.ReplyDeleteReplies
Margot he's a talented writer. More from him on the pile!Delete
I am interested in the Dali Deception. Maxwell sounds like an interesting author.ReplyDelete
Tracy, I think you would enjoy THE DALI DECEPTION if you get to it.ReplyDelete
Col – You said the magic words: entertaining writing style. I'll give his stories a try. Thanks.ReplyDeleteReplies
Elgin cheers - hope you enjoy what you find.Delete
So it's nothing to do with another novel called The Murder on the Links?ReplyDeleteReplies
Haha - no. I think I would find this short one more entertaining than the AC offering, but I'll never know for sure.Delete
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text: The people who dream up seriously stoopid Axe fragrances have some competition: This ad from the '70s offers a scented body spray known simply as "Macho," which is "not sticky — won't burn" and comes in "six luscious flavors" including mint frappé, lime erotica and "chocolate moose [sic]." Click the photo to get a full-size eyeful! [Vintage Ads]


text: InfoChip offers turnkey solutions that include RFID hardware, software and services to efficiently manage the certification, tracking and inspection of industrial assets from cradle to grave. InfoChip's partners and clients include equipment manufacturers, distributors and inspection companies, delivering innovative safety tracking solutions to users worldwide. This results in reduced costs and liability, as well as enhanced safety and customer relationships.


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Wal-Mart trucker likely cause of Tracy Morgan accident
The driver thought to be the cause of the six-car accident that left one person dead and comedian Tracy Morgan in critical condition, turned himself in and has already posted a $50,000 bail, New Jersey State Police said earlier today. Kevin Roper, 35, was behind the wheel of a Wal-Mart 18-wheeler at around 1 am Saturday when he failed to observe a "slow-moving traffic ahead" sign.
"At the last minute, he swerved to try and avoid the Mercedez limo bus but struck it from behind, forcing the limo to rotate and overturn," Sgt. Gregory Williams of New Jersey State Police told CNN. Williams added he doesn't believe alcohol had anything to do with the crash.
Roper was charged with one count of death by automobile and four counts of assault by automobile. TMZ obtained Roper's mugshot, seen to the right.
The crash killed veteran comedian and Morgan's writer James McNair, aka Jimmy Mack; he was 63. Two others – comedian Ardie Fuqua and Morgan's assistant Jeffrey Millea remain in critical condition at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, according to reports. Comedian Harris Stanton, who was also on the limo bus, was treated and released, according to reports. The comedians were returning from a Friday night show at Dover Downs in Delaware when the accident took place on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury, about an hour south of New York. No one was injured in the four other cars involved in the crash.
Wal-Mart "will take full responsibility" if the National Transportation Safety Board – who is currently investigating the accident – determine Parker caused the accident, Wal-Mart President Bill Simon said in a statement.


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Understanding Depression as It Occurs in the Context of Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderView this Special Issue
Research Article | Open Access
A Pilot Study of Mifepristone in Combat-Related PTSD
Background. We obtained pilot data to examine the clinical and neuroendocrine effects of short-term mifepristone treatment in male veterans with PTSD. Methods. Eight male veterans with military-related PTSD completed a randomized, double-blind trial of one week of treatment with mifepristone (600 mg/day) or placebo. The primary clinical outcome measures were improvement in PTSD symptoms and dichotomously defined clinical responder status as measured by the CAPS at one-month follow-up. Additional outcome measures included self-reported measures of PTSD symptom severity, CAPS-2 symptom subscale scores, and morning plasma cortisol and ACTH levels. Results. Mifepristone was associated with significant improvements in total CAPS-2 score. At one-month follow-up, all four veterans in the mifepristone group and one of four veterans in the placebo group achieved clinical response; three of four veterans in the mifepristone group and one of four veterans in the mifepristone group remitted. Mifepristone treatment was associated with acute increases in cortisol and ACTH levels and decreases in cytosolic glucocorticoid receptor number in lymphocytes. Conclusions. Further controlled trials of the effects of mifepristone and their durability are indicated in PTSD. If effective, a short-term pharmacological treatment in PTSD could have myriad uses.
1. Introduction
Within the last decade, two selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), sertraline and paroxetine, have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In studies of civilian trauma survivors, each has been superior to placebo in achieving clinical response and reducing core PTSD symptoms, which represents a significant advance. However, their use as PTSD monotherapy has significant limitations. Even in the most favorable studies, some key symptoms are resistant to treatment (e.g., sleep disturbance), remission is uncommon, and continuous treatment is often necessary to prevent relapse. Additionally, SSRIs have been shown to be largely ineffective in combat veterans with PTSD. There is a need to develop better pharmacological treatments that specifically target PTSD symptoms and/or pathophysiology. Given the abundant evidence for hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation in PTSD, we performed a preliminary study to examine whether mifepristone—which recalibrates the HPA axis through peripheral and central mechanisms—could be of therapeutic benefit.
Mifepristone is a selective antagonist of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) that induces increases in cortisol and adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) levels through blockade of cortisol's feedback inhibition of the HPA axis. At high doses, mifepristone has central effects [1, 2]. Mifepristone and its metabolites appear to retard the rate at which brain cortisol is expelled via the glycogen pump at the blood-brain barrier, effectively increasing cortisol levels in the brain [1, 2]. This acute increase in cortisol leads to an upregulation of hippocampal mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs); re-regulation of the balance of MR and GR receptors is thought to play a role in the recalibration of the HPA axis [3, 4]. Since PTSD is associated with glucocorticoid alterations including enhanced glucocorticoid sensitivity [5] and elevated corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) levels [6, 7], short-term administration of mifepristone may reverse some of the stress-related neurobiological changes associated with this disorder and restore homeostasis to this system.
Preliminary data suggest that short-term administration of high doses of mifepristone can have beneficial effects in other neuropsychiatric conditions [3, 8–10], but to date mifepristone has not been studied in PTSD. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study, we sought to collect preliminary data on the clinical and neuroendocrine effects of short-term (7 day) treatment with high-dose (600 mg/day) mifepristone in veterans with PTSD in order to guide further investigation of its clinical benefits and mechanism of action in PTSD.
2. Materials and Methods
Male veteran outpatients who met DSM-IV criteria for chronic military-related PTSD and who were without a history of adrenal insufficiency (or morning plasma cortisol <5 mcg/dL), diabetes mellitus or endocrinopathy, a history of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, stroke, or other neurological illness, a history of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder, current suicidal ideation, or a known allergy to mifepristone were eligible to participate. Veterans who were taking oral corticosteroids, receiving specialized trauma-focused psychotherapy, or who were unwilling to use effective contraceptive methods during the study were excluded. Veterans receiving psychotropic medications for PTSD were eligible to participate if they had been stabilized at a therapeutic dose for a minimum of six weeks prior to randomization. The protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the James J. Peters VA Medical Center. Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization were obtained from all participants prior to the initiation of any study procedures.
Participants underwent a complete diagnostic assessment, including a medical history, physical examination, laboratory testing, and administration of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID). Questionnaires were administered to assess combat exposure severity and characteristics of deployment (combat exposure questionnaire (CEQ)), childhood trauma (childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ)), and symptoms of depression (beck depression inventory (BDI)) and posttraumatic stress (PTSD checklist (PCL)).
Eligible veterans were randomized to receive mifepristone (600 mg/day) or matched placebo for one week (7 days), to be taken at bedtime. The randomization log was maintained by the VA pharmacy, and both the participant and research staff were blinded to the treatment assignment. Clinical assessments were performed at baseline, treatment endpoint, and four weeks after drug discontinuation. Vital signs, adverse events, and concomitant medications were obtained at every visit to monitor safety.
The primary clinical outcome measures were severity of PTSD symptoms, as measured by the total severity score of the CAPS-2, and dichotomously defined clinical responder status. The liberal responder criterion, defined as a 12-point or greater reduction in total CAPS-2 score, reflects reliable clinical changes in veterans with PTSD. The more conservative criterion, a 30% or greater reduction in total CAPS-2 score, is a frequently used definition in PTSD clinical trials. Secondary clinical outcome measures included self-reported symptoms as measured by the PCL and the BDI, and the three PTSD symptom subscale scores from the CAPS-2 (intrusive symptoms, avoidance symptoms, and hyperarousal symptoms). Dichotomous remitter status, defined as no longer meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD at four-week follow-up, was also explored.
Morning plasma cortisol and ACTH levels and GR binding per cell were measured as indicators of the magnitude of mifepristone's effects on negative feedback inhibition. The lysozyme was used to measure mifepristone's antagonism of peripheral GR sensitivity [5].
Measures of central tendency and variability (mean and SD) were calculated at treatment baseline, endpoint, and four-week follow-up for all continuous primary and secondary outcome measures. Baseline comparisons of group differences were conducted using independent samples t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square analysis for categorical variables. Changes within groups for the primary and secondary outcome measures were analyzed using a series of paired samples t-tests, pairing initial rating and endpoint or four-week follow-up. For between groups-analysis, changes in primary and secondary outcome measures were analyzed using independent samples t-tests. The Mann-Whitney U test, which compares the sum of the ranks and is less likely to be influenced by outliers, was used to assess whether findings from the independent samples t-tests remained significant when nonparametric methods were employed. The dichotomous clinical response and remitter status variables were analyzed using chi-square analysis. All tests were two sided with statistical significance set at .
3. Results
Thirteen veterans were enrolled in the clinical trial; three were lost to follow-up or found to be ineligible, one withdrew prior to randomization, nine were randomized, and eight completed study procedures. For completers (), the mean (SD) age was 48.88 (12.68) years (range 26–63 years). With respect to race and ethnicity, 12.5% were Caucasian, 75% were African American, and 12.5% chose not to identify their race; 25% were Hispanic. The mean level of education was 13.5 (2.39) years. Four participants served in the Vietnam or post-Vietnam era, and four participants were Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) veterans. The mean score on the CEQ at screening was 55.88 (12.26), indicating moderate exposure to combat stress. As shown in Table 1, there were no significant differences between groups for multiple clinical variables at baseline.
aMedian change in CAPS score for mifepristone group (20.0); median change in CAPS score for placebo group (10.5); nonparametric value (0.021).
bMedian change in CAPS avoidance symptom score for mifepristone group (11.0); median change in CAPS avoidance symptom score for placebo group (4.0); nonparametric value (0.028).
cMedian change in cortisol for mifepristone group (17.2); median change in cortisol for placebo group (0.4); nonparametric value (0.021).
dMedian change in ACTH for mifepristone group (90.6); median change ACTH for placebo group (4.2); nonparametric value (0.021).
Based on the clinical response definition of a 12-point or greater decrease in total CAPS-2 score from initial evaluation, three of four veterans in the mifepristone group and two of four veterans in the placebo group achieved clinical response at treatment endpoint (). At one-month follow-up, all four veterans in the mifepristone group and one of four veterans in the placebo group achieved clinical response (). Similar improvements were observed using the clinical response definition of a 30% change in total CAPS-2 score; three of four veterans in the mifepristone group achieved clinical response at treatment endpoint compared to one of four in the placebo group (). At one-month follow-up, two of four veterans in the mifepristone group and no veterans in the placebo group maintained clinical response (). With respect to remitter status, one of four veterans in the placebo group and three of four veterans in the mifepristone group no longer met diagnostic criteria for PTSD at four-week follow-up ().
Clinical data are shown in Table 1 for participants treated with mifepristone or placebo. Between groups analysis showed that the mifepristone group had significantly greater improvement in total CAPS-2 score () at one-month follow-up when compared to the placebo group. Using the Mann-Whitney U test, our findings were similar to those obtained using parametric methods, with significant improvement in total CAPS score () across groups from screening to four-week follow-up. The mifepristone group also had a significantly greater improvement in CAPS-2 avoidance symptom scores at four-week follow-up when analyzed with both parametric () and nonparametric () methods. Within-groups analysis showed a significant decrease in total CAPS-2 score from initial evaluation to four-week follow-up () in the mifepristone group; this included significant decreases in intrusive symptom score () and avoidance symptom score (). There were no significant changes in total CAPS-2 score or CAPS-2 symptom subscale scores within the placebo group. The mifepristone group also had a significant decrease in PCL score at four-week follow-up (). There were no significant differences between groups for improvement in PCL or BDI scores.
Neuroendocrine outcomes are also presented in Table 1; significant changes in plasma cortisol (), ACTH (), and GR binding () from baseline to treatment endpoint were observed within the mifepristone group. There were no significant biological changes in the placebo group, and neither group showed significant changes in lysozyme . Between-groups analysis revealed significant differences in changes in cortisol (), ACTH (), and GR binding () from baseline to treatment endpoint. Nonparametric tests also found significant differences between groups for the change in cortisol () and ACTH () from baseline to treatment endpoint. There were no significant changes within groups or between groups for cortisol, ACTH, GR binding, or lysozyme at one-month follow-up.
No side effects, adverse events, or serious adverse events were reported by participants in either treatment condition.
4. Discussion
This is the first study to examine mifepristone in PTSD. In these preliminary data, mifepristone was significantly more effective than placebo based on the primary outcomes of clinical responder status and PTSD symptom severity. Rates of remission were also higher in the mifepristone group than the placebo group. Interestingly, these beneficial effects were more marked at four-week follow-up than at treatment endpoint, suggesting that the results do not merely reflect an acute change in neurohormonal activity. The precise central mechanism of action of mifepristone is not known.
Indeed, mifepristone induced acute increases in cortisol and ACTH levels, as would be predicted by blockade of negative feedback inhibition. To our knowledge, this is the first study that also demonstrates changes in glucocorticoid receptor number in lymphocytes with mifepristone. Since cytosolic GR declined substantially following mifepristone administration, the data raise the possibility that the acute increase in cortisol levels may have increased binding to cytosolic GR, resulting in greater translocation to cell nuclei and enhanced glucocorticoid signaling. At four-week follow-up, the acute neurohormonal changes had resolved, but beneficial clinical effects were evident. These findings may reflect some form of recalibration of the HPA axis; mifepristone also impairs consolidation of fear memory [11] and may directly or indirectly exert effects on the inflammatory cascade [12], both of which could be therapeutic in PTSD.
The results of this pilot study are limited by the small sample size and all the male veteran sample. Additionally, half of all study participants were veterans of the Vietnam or post-Vietnam era; these veterans may have had PTSD of a much longer duration when compared to OIF/OEF veterans, which may confound the results of the study. However, this clinical trial had a high retention rate and no adverse events or complaints about study procedures, suggesting that mifepristone treatment is safe, tolerable, and acceptable to veterans with PTSD, as has been found in other populations. The positive findings of this pilot clinical trial provide an important proof of the concept that treatment with mifepristone is a feasible strategy for improving clinical outcomes in veterans with PTSD; accordingly, further study is indicated. Should this neuroendocrine agent yield evidence of efficacy in PTSD, there are many potential uses which could be explored: as single or intermittent monotherapy in patients reluctant to take long-term medications, as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, or other standard treatments, or as prophylaxis in acutely traumatized persons.
5. Conclusions
Additional funding is needed to conduct a larger, multisite trial of mifepristone in veterans with PTSD to determine if this medication is an effective psychopharmacological treatment option for PTSD.
This paper is based upon work supported by pilot funds from the Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 3 (VISN 3, NY/NJ), Department of Veterans Affairs. The authors gratefully acknowledge the time and effort of the veterans who participated in this study.
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Why those foods?
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I don't know If I said before but I love ginger and Christmas spices,
This gingerbread cake is absolutely amazing !
And garnished with pomegranates ! just delicious..
Merry Christmas to all my friends!
Source : La cuisine d'Helene
2 1/4 cups sifted all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon table salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1 tabespoon dutch processed cocoa powder
8 tablespoon unsalted butter melted then cooled to room temperature
3/4 cup mild molasses
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup buttermilk or greek yogurt
1/2 cup of milk
1/2 cup pomegranate seeds for garnish or some cranberries.
Preheat oven to 180°c (350 F)
Greased a baking pan .
In a bowl mix together flour,baking soda, salt,ginger,cinnamon,cloves,nutmeg,allspice and cocoa.
In other bowl beat butter,molasses and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Beat in egg until incrporated.Greadually add buttermilk or greek yogurt and milk until combined.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients; beat on medium spped until batter is smooth about 1 minute. Do not overmix. Spread batter into pan.
Bake about 40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool at room temperature,
Serve with Ice cream or icing.
You can keep this gingerbread in fridge for up 5 days when you wrap in foil.}It can also be frozen for up to 2 months.
For Icing: Mix milk and powdered sugar together until you like the consistency. Spread on top of gingerbread-
And then sprinkle some pomegranate seeds or cranberries.
Note. Here is summer but I had frozen pomegranate seeds.Are amazing.
Print recipe here
En español
Cake de Jengibre