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BATAR: Individuals Currently Taking Boosted Atazanavir as Part of an HIV Treatment Regimen Will be Evaluated to See if Substituting Raltegravir for Nucleoside Transcriptase Inhibitors Will be Safe and Well Tolerated. (BATAR)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00931801
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 2, 2009
Results First Posted : March 11, 2013
Last Update Posted : July 21, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Drug: atazanavir/raltegravir Drug: atazanavir/tenofovir/emtricitabine
|Phase 4
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|43 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Study of the Novel Antiretroviral Combination of Atazanavir and Raltegravir in HIV-1 Infected Subjects With Virologic Suppression on a Standard Regimen of Boosted Atazanavir, Tenofovir and Emtricitabine
|Study Start Date :
|December 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 2012
|Experimental: Intervention Arm No.1
Drug: atazanavir/raltegravir
Atazanavir/r 300/100mg once daily plus raltegravir 400mg twice daily
|Experimental: Intervention Arm No.2
Drug: atazanavir/raltegravir
Atazanavir 300mg twice daily plus raltegravir 400mg twice daily
Active Comparator: Control Arm
Continue baseline regimen
Drug: atazanavir/tenofovir/emtricitabine
Continue baseline regimen of atazanavir/r 300/100mg once daily plus tenofovir and emtricitabine
Other Name: Truvada
- Maintenance of Virologic Suppression [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]To evaluate and compare maintenance of virologic suppression with raltegravir (RAL) 400mg 2x daily plus atazanavir (ATV) dosed either as ATV/ritonavir (RTV)300/100mg 1x daily or ATV 300mg 2x daily in subjects with virologic suppression on a standard regimen of ATV/RTV plus Truvada. Virologic suppression is defined as HIV RNA < 40 copies/mL.
- The Difference in CD4 From Baseline to Week 48 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48 ]Change in mean CD4 from Baseline to Week 48.
- The Change in Adherence to Study Treatment Arm From Baseline to Week 48 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 48 ]Adherence to study treatment reported as the percentage of doses of the prescribed treatment arm regimen taken, described by each subject through recall of dosing in the three days prior to the visit Baseline and Week 48 vistis. The change in adherence is reflected as the difference of the mean percentage of adherence per arm between Baseline and Week 48 visits.
- Change in Quality of Life From Baseline to 48 Weeks of Study Treatment [ Time Frame: baseline and 48 weeks ]Quality of Life was measured by self report using a standardized scale, where 0 is death and 100 is perfect health. The baseline measure was obtained prior to initiation of study treatment arm. The week 48 measure captures Quality of Life by self report at 48 weeks of study treatment.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-1 infection
- Treatment with a stable antiretroviral regiment containing boosted atazanavir, tenofovir and emtricitabine at screen and for at least 90 days prior to screening
- No plan to make changes to HIV treatment regimen (other than those required by the study) in the next 48 weeks
- Undetectable HIV RNA at screening AND no HIV RNA>200 copies during the 180 day period prior to screening
- CD4 count>200
- No evidence of resistance to any of the drugs in any of the 3 arms, if prior resistance tests are available
- Subjects who, in the opinion of their treating physicians, would be candidates to switch antiretroviral medications
- Women of childbearing potential must be using an adequate method of contraception to avoid pregnancy throughout the study and for up to 8 weeks after the last dose of study drug
- Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent and comply with protocol requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior exposure to raltegravir or elvitegravir
- Women who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or with a positive pregnancy test
- Sexually active fertile men not using effective birth control if their female partners are of child-bearing potential
- Women of child-bearing potential who are unwilling or unable to use an acceptable method to avoid pregnancy for the entire study period and for up to 8 weeks after the last dose of study drug
- Life expectancy less than 6 months
- Presence of any currently active AIDS defining conditions with the exception of stable cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma
- Treatment with proton-pump inhibitor or H2-receptor antagonist
- ECG demonstrating atrioventricular block, prolonged QRS interval greater than 12 ms, or known complete bundle branch block
- Acute or chronic hepatitis B infection as evidenced by presence of hepatitis B surface antigen and absence of hepatitis B surface antibody
- Clinical or laboratory evidence of significantly decreased hepatic function of decompensation irrespective of liver enzyme levels
- Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated
- Subjects who are compulsorily detained for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical (e.g., infectious disease) illness
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): NCT00931801
|United States, Arizona
|Spectrum Medical Group
|Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85012
|United States, California
|AIDS Healthcare Foundation
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90028
|United States, Colorado
|Denver Public Health
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80204
|United States, District of Columbia
|Whitman-Walker Clinic
|Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20009
|United States, Florida
|Orlando Immunology Center
|Orlando, Florida, United States, 32803
|Treasure Coast Infectious Disease Consultants
|Vero Beach, Florida, United States, 32960
|United States, Kansas
|Christi Research
|Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
|United States, Massachusetts
|Community Research Initiative of New England - Boston
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, Texas
|David M. Lee, MD, PA d/b/a/ Uptown Physicians' Group
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75804
|Principal Investigator:
|Calvin J Cohen, MD, MSc
|Community Research Initiative
|Responsible Party:
|Community Research Initiative of New England
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|First Posted:
|July 2, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|March 11, 2013
|Last Update Posted:
|July 21, 2017
|Last Verified:
|July 2017
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Enzyme Inhibitors
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Why Mark Lynas is wrong to say he's wrong!
by Shaun Chamberlin on June 7th, 2008
Last week Mark Lynas wrote an article for the New Statesman in which he surprisingly argued against carbon rationing. As he acknowledges, this is a complete reversal from his earlier article in which he argued for it in the strongest of terms. Unfortunately, I believe his thinking on this is moving in the wrong direction.
His argument is essentially that we need the cheapest, simplest way of implementing a firm global carbon cap. I absolutely agree that such a cap is crucial and necessary, but it is a mistake to imagine that this alone is sufficient to realistically address climate change. The setting of a cap is a fairly abstract process – the real challenge is to develop a society that can exist within that cap. Read more »

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The article provides a micro-behavioral model and an experimental design to understand the effect of heterogeneity in social identities on cooperation while accounting for endogenous sorting. Social identity is induced exogenously using the minimal group paradigm. The experiment manipulates sorting with three treatments: having subjects interact with both in- and outgroup members, giving them the choice to interact either with ingroup or outgroup members, and isolating the groups from the outset.
Research has found that prejudiced people avoid friendships with members of ethnic outgroups. Results of this study suggest that this effect is mediated by a social network process. Longitudinal network analysis of a three-wave panel study of 12- to 13-year-olds (N = 453) found that more prejudiced majority group members formed fewer intergroup friendships than less prejudiced majority group members. This was caused indirectly by the preference to become friends of one's friends' friends (triadic closure).
Drawing on theories of social norms, we study the relative influence of female and male students using a year-long, network-based field experiment of an anti-harassment intervention program in a high school. A randomly selected subset of highly connected students participated in the intervention. We test whether these highly connected females and males influenced other students equally when students and teachers considered the problem of "drama"—peer conflict and harassment—to be associated with girls more than with boys.
A growing trend in the criminal justice system is the move toward problem-solving courts, including mental health courts. Using case studies of two mental health courts in a West Coast city, this article seeks to explore how mental health courts may operate by reducing stigma among clients. From observations of the court process in mental health courts and qualitative interviews with mental health court professional staff and mental health court clients, ritual process emerged as a powerful theme that underscores the management of social stigma.
Team-based learning (TBL) is a form of small-group learning that assumes stable teams promote accountability. Teamwork promotes communication among members; application exercises promote active learning. Students must prepare for each class; failure to do so harms their team's performance. Therefore, TBL promotes accountability. As part of the course grade, students assess the performance of their teammates. The evaluation forces students to rank their teammates and to provide rationale for the highest and lowest rankings. These evaluations provide rich data on small-group dynamics.
High-profile cases of police violence—disproportionately experienced by black men—may present a serious threat to public safety if they lower citizen crime reporting. Using an interrupted time series design, this study analyzes how one of Milwaukee's most publicized cases of police violence against an unarmed black man, the beating of Frank Jude, affected police-related 911 calls.
Jeffery T. Ulmer reviews The Black Child-Savers: Racial Democracy and Juvenile Justice, by Geoff K. Ward.


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Fresh off a successful run in London's West End comes the musical adaptation of the wildly popular movie "Ghost." With the transfer from screen to stage, the musical is lead by Bruce Joel Rubin, the movie's Oscar-winning screenwriter, and features music from rockstars and music legends Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard. Matthew Warchus ("God of Carnage") directs, making for a genuinely dazzling team of talent, who by all accounts have had a blast making this show happen.
A tribute to the timelessness and power of true love and an escapist fantasy where the story's lead characters Sam and Molly communicate via an ornery faux psychic named Oda Mae despite Sam's tragic, unexpected death in the realm of this mortal coil. This production is pure fun with exciting design, strong music and great turns from the cast, especially from Da'vine Joy Randolphin the film's Whoopi Goldberg part.
Suspend your disbelief, buy into the realm and legacy of undying love, and just go with it--and, get your show tickets now.
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Anyway, one thought revolved around Tayma and the Ceremony of Blood.
Tayma disappears from her people in BC 2510. While some speculate that she was destroyed or imprisoned by her own daughters, the truth may be something quite different. To explore this alternative theory we must first revisit the concept of the Blood Tax, and the Ceremony of Blood.
In the Mystara 2300 BC setting, the Ceremony of Blood is a ritual derived from the draconic Ceremony of Sublimation. The original Ceremony of Sublimation was designed as a way for dragons to increase their own power (perhaps even attaining immortality) by sacrificing a treasure horde and falling into a deep slumber or hibernation (during which time, if the Ceremony was successful, the dragon would grow in both size and power).
In the aftermath of the Great Rain of Fire, many of the peoples of Mystara suffered a dreaded disease called the Wasting, which decimated entire nations and cultures. Few would survive this deadly plague, and those that did often went to great lengths to find protection. The Taymorans developed the Ceremony of Blood. The legendary Taymoran founder-hero Tayma stole the Ceremony of Sublimation from the dragons and with the help of her patroness Immortal Nyx, modified it to save herself and her people from the Wasting.
To perform the Ceremony of Blood, all participants would have to sacrifice a portion of their life force to the ritual (called the Blood Tax in Taymora). This sacrifice of blood would then be channeled through the Taymoran nobility (all nosferatu and vampires) and consumed by the ritual. Everyone who participated in the sacrifice would be protected from the effects of the Wasting throughout the year following the ritual. Thus the Ceremony of Blood would have had to be performed on a yearly basis in order to insure continued protection from the disease. This was a large factor contributing to the longevity of vampiric rule throughout Taymora's history.
Now let us return to Tayma's disappearance in BC 2510. What if the Ceremony of Blood ritual that Tayma passed down to her inheritors also had an additional effect… one known only to Tayma? What if the Ceremony of Blood channeled a small portion of the Blood Tax sacrifice and the power it brought, directly into Tayma. Just as a dragon must slumber to process the Ceremony of Sublimation, Tayma would have had to slumber to process the Ceremony of Blood.
If this theory is true, then there could be several repercussions:
- Tayma would have been gaining power little by little over the lifetime of the Taymoran empire.
- Each year that the Ceremony of Blood was performed, Tayma would have become more and more powerful.
- At some point in time (after accumulating enough power) Tayma may have attained Immortality.
If so, Tayma may still be waiting in her slumber. She may be on the very verge of attaining immortality (or failing that, at least titan level status). Should the Ceremony of Blood ever be re-established, Tayma may begin to stir from her long slumber.


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July 9, 2010
LA JOLLA, CA—Frederick B. Rentschler, 70, a corporate leader and longtime Salk Trustee who served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, and briefly as Salk Chief Executive Officer, died July 6 in Scottsdale, AZ.
Salk colleagues expressed deep sadness at the news of his passing, observing that he was a great friend to the institute, providing his generous support and leadership when it was most needed.
"Fred loved the institute, loved the faculty and loved to be around the science," said Prof. Inder Verma. "He was a friendly, warm, big bear of a man."
"He was generous with his time and when we needed his leadership he provided it," said Prof. Fred Gage. When Rentschler served as Salk CEO, he would fly in to San Diego on a weekly basis. "We were grateful to Pam (his spouse) for allowing him to do this. It was a sacrifice."
Frederick B. Rentschler
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A memorial service is set for 11 a.m. July 17th at St. Patrick's Church in Scottsdale.
During his highly-successful business career, Rentschler was the President and CEO of the Beatrice Companies, Northwest Airlines, and Hunt-Wesson. A native of Cincinnati, he earned a B.A. in Economics and History from Vanderbilt University, and an MBA in Marketing from Harvard Business School. He was a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1960s and served as Deputy Director of the White House Fellows Program in the 1970s.
Rentschler, who with his wife, Pam, split their time between cattle ranching in Cameron, Montana and a home in Scottsdale, AZ, provided nearly 20 years of service to the Institute. His relationship with the Salk began in 1986 when he joined the International Council. In 1988 he joined the Board of Trustees, serving until November of 2005 when he stepped down and became a Trustee Emeritus.
During a period of leadership transition, Rentschler served as the Salk's CEO, his large frame and booming voice a major presence in the Institute's North Tower. "He was a former Marine, and occasionally had the personality of a Marine," recalled Verma. "He was passionate about Salk science and was always happy to be around here."
"He was in command of every situation and knew instinctively the right thing to do," agreed Salk CFO Kim Witmer. "Fred really connected with the science and the Salk mission."
Rentschler's legacy to the Salk included sponsoring the Institute's first developmental chair, saying it gave him great pleasure to help advance the careers of young scientists. (The Frederick B. Rentschler Developmental Chair is currently held by Lei Wang.)
Memorial contributions may be made to Madison Valley Medical Center, 305 N. Main St., Ennis, MT, 59729.


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800 years? 400? Its growth rings are the only way of telling how old "Dicke Marie" (Fat Mary), Berlin's oldest tree, really is. Until that time comes, it is worth hunting down the gnarled oak tree in Tegel Forest.
Off the beaten track, to the north of the Große Malche lake in Berlin's Tegel district, just a few minutes' walk from Tegel Port Bridge, stands the oldest tree in Berlin. It is nicely tucked away in the forest, so visitors need to hunt around a little to find it. Apparently Goethe managed it, as did two young boys, who lived just around the corner in around 1800 and gave the unconventional tree its name: "Dicke Marie". It is said to have been named after the cook in the Schloss Tegel country house, where the two youngsters lived. As it later turned out, the tree was christened by none other than the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt...
It is not certain whether "Dicke Marie" inspired the boys, who went on to become scholars, in any other way. Yet they were most certainly impressed by it in their youth – the wild beauty was a mighty tree even back in those days. But it undoubtedly wasn't the size it is today: 26 metres tall with a trunk circumference of 6.65 m – far too thick to be able to hug it. It is a veteran through and through, and has survived many a storm. If only it could talk, it would have plenty of stories to tell! Take your time and stick around – being in its presence feels like a relaxing break.
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Lesson 9
August 19 - 25
Church Life and Witnessing
WHAT IS "CHURCH"? We use the term to mean a denomination, a building, or the "body of Christ." This week focuses primarily on the local congregation.
|DEFINITION: A church is a local community of Christians that meets to worship God, expresses its love through fellowship, receives sustenance from God's Word, and fulfills the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
The climate of a church determines how it feels to be part of a particular congregation. A healthy church creates a climate that stimulates witnessing and nurtures those who accept the gospel.
The apostolic church developed such a climate and attained such a balance of worship, nurture, fellowship, and mission that it grew daily (Acts 2:47). As you study this week's lesson, compare the apostolic church to your local congregation in the area of witnessing.
I. Characteristics of Christian Groups (Acts 2:42-47).
II. A Peculiar Lifestyle (Acts 1:14; 2:42, 44; 11:26).
III. Prayer Meeting (Acts 12:1-19).
IV. Boldness in Witnessing (Acts 4:23-30; 8:14, 15).
V. Christ-Centered Preaching (Acts 2:22-24, 32, 33, 36).
MEMORY TEXT: "Then the church throughout Judea. Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it grew in numbers. living in the fear of the Lord" (Acts 9:31, NIV).
List the characteristics of the early Christians. Acts 2:42-47.
The early Christians had three main purposes. They were also devoted to four functions essential for a vibrant Christian life. These functions are a part of the three purposes. All of our church meetings today should aim to meet these three purposes and fulfill these four functions:
1. An upward purpose: to glorify God. The disciples "were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God" (Luke 24:53). Worship, then, is one of the four functions. Praise and prayer characterized the worship of the early church.
2. An inward purpose: to grow spiritually and to enjoy fellowship with other members. Another two of the functions, therefore, are nurture and fellowship. Notice that the early Christians were devoted to the apostles' doctrine. This devotion nurtured them with the spiritual food they needed for becoming like Christ.
Christian fellowship is not merely a subjective feeling of belonging. It is different from membership in a tennis club or civic group. Christian fellowship is more like the commitment of love and obligation we have toward members of our own family. That is why the early church "had everything in common" and ate together.
3. An outward purpose: to preach the gospel. The fourth function of any church should be mission. The early church demonstrated a sense of mission like no other church since. A group of individuals sharing together in worship, nurture, and community will not be legitimate if its members remain inward. As a result of outreach, the early disciples received new converts into the church every day.
Had everything in common. "To have things in common was not unusual in Jewish life of the time. Visitors to the yearly feasts often had their needs supplied by their friends in Jerusalem. It is clear, however, that something more than this is implied in Luke's statement. The Christians were thrown back upon themselves, and a new, a Christian, economy was set up. However, this does not mean the institution of what is called Christian socialism. It was probably a continuation and enlargement of the 'bag,' or common purse, of John 12:6; 13:29. The new converts would be the more ready to share their material possessions because of their new-found love for Christ and for one another, and their earnest expectations of the Lord's soon return."SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p. 149.
How can modern churches meet the above three purposes and fulfill the four functions? How is your church managing this responsibility? How can you help to make improvements?
Early followers of Jesus were distinguished by their fellowship. Which expressions in the following verses describe the togetherness of the early Christians?
Acts 1:14 _______________________________________________________________
Acts 2:42 _______________________________________________________________
Acts 2:44 _______________________________________________________________
"The proclamation of the gospel was to be world-wide in its extent, and the messengers of the cross could not hope to fulfill their important mission unless they should remain united in the bonds of Christian unity, and thus reveal to the world that they were one with Christ in God."The Acts of the Apostles, p. 90.
Friendship with other members is the first step toward a new member's assimilation into the church. If fellowship is absent, the church will stagnate or decline. If new members cannot name a minimum of seven new friends in the church within their first six months of membership, they will leave. (See Win Am, The Church Ratio Book [Pasadena, Calif.: Church Growth, 1987], p. 23.)
Where were the disciples first called "Christians"? Acts 11:26. Why?
The title of "Christian" may have arisen from local gossip: "Those people are always talking about Christ!" Earlier, they were called those "who were of the Way" (Acts 9:2, NKJV; also see 19:23 and 24:14).
"Living, as they were, in the midst of a people who seemed to care but little for the things of eternal value, they sought to arrest the attention of the honest in heart, and to bear positive testimony concerning Him whom they loved and served. In their humble ministry they learned to depend upon the power of the Holy Spirit to make effective the word of life. And so, in the various walks of life, they daily bore testimony of their faith in Christ."The Acts of the Apostles, p. 158.
List the names of some of the new members in your church. How can you make them feel welcome?
It was Passover. To please his opponents, Herod had ordered the arrest of Peter. He had planned to give Peter to the people, much as Pilate had done with Jesus. Despite the imminence of his execution, Peter slept while the church in Jerusalem prayed for him.
How does the Bible translation you are using describe the believers' prayers? Acts 12:5.
The Greek word translated "without ceasing" or "constant" (NKJV) is the same word that describes Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane (Luke 22:44). In 1 Peter 4:8, the word is translated "fervent" and suggests great intensity. We do not know the exact words of their prayers. Were they praying for Peter's release? For the will of the Lord to be done? What does one pray for under such circumstances?
We do know, however, that their prayers were answered even while they prayed. God moves on His own schedule in answering our prayers. Sometimes He waits, and sometimes He does not even wait for the "Amen." The latter happened in this case.
How did the believers react to Peter's deliverance? Imagine what may have happened in that prayer meeting after Peter left. Acts 12:13-17.
In the book Christian Service, pages 211-214, we find the following advice regarding prayer in the church as a form of witnessing:
1. Prayer meetings should help and encourage those attending. To do this, we should share our own experiences.
2. Prayer meetings should be interesting. Avoid lengthy speeches and formal prayers.
3. Praise and thanksgiving should also characterize our prayer meetings. These will prevent us from complaining and will dispel the power of Satan.
Can you think of other ways prayer in the church family can serve as a form of witnessing?
|What is missing in the prayer meetings of your church? List ways these meetings can be improved. How could you help to revive interest in this church service?
After Jesus ascended to heaven and before the coming of the Holy Spirit, the disciples met for long seasons of prayer in an upper room and went to the temple where they praised and blessed God (Luke 24:50-53). This combination of praise and worship with sincere prayer and supplication is an unfailing formula for drawing near to God.
For what did the church in Jerusalem pray after the Sanhedrin released Peter and John? Acts 4:23-30.
What convictions did the believers express in this prayer?
verse 24 ________________________________________________________________
verses 27, 28 ____________________________________________________________
verses 29, 30 ____________________________________________________________
Their prayer itself became a witness as they expressed in it their belief in their Creator and their expectations that He would help them to perform "signs and wonders" (NKJV). Surely their times of prayer together matched the requirements set forth for such meetings in yesterday's lesson.
According to Acts 8:14, 15, for what specific matter did the apostles pray in Samaria?
"The Lord is more willing to give the Holy Spirit to those who serve Him than parents are to give good gifts to their children. For the daily baptism of the Spirit every worker should offer his petition to God. . . . The presence of the Spirit with God's workers will give the proclamation of truth a power that not all the honor or glory of the world could give."The Acts of the Apostles, pp. 50, 51.
|If your local church were facing the same type of persecution the Jerusalem congregation was facing in Acts 4, how would its members respond? Pray that with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, you and your fellow church members always will be able to witness boldly.
Summarize in your own words Peter's sermon at Pentecost. Acts 2:22-24, 32, 33, 36. What were the results? Based on these results, what conclusion can you draw about the content of sermons?
Your Summary
Sermon Results
Peter's sermon, as do many of the sermons in Acts, consists of five points. These points may not always appear in the same order, and occasionally some of the sermons will omit a point. But generally they are there. These five points answer the following questions:
1. What did Jesus do? (v. 22).
2. What did the nonbelievers do? (v. 23).
3. What did God do? (v. 24).
4. What are we (Jesus' followers) doing now? (v. 32).
5. What can you do? (v. 38).
Without focusing on Christ in our preaching ministries, "there is little incentive for our members to bring their non-Adventist friends to church. If they bring their neighbors and friends and we preached Christ and made calls to accept and follow Him, it would bring a new dynamic into our churches as it does our public meetings."Fowler, Evangelism 2000, p. 52.
Evaluate Peter's presentation of Jesus as Savior in Acts 4:12. Then use your own words to describe his message.
When sinners accept Jesus as Savior and call upon the name of the Lord, His blood cleanses them from all sin. The believers then become new creatures who want to keep the commandments of God through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Their names are written in the Book of Life (see Acts 16:31; 22:16; Rom. 1:13; 1 John 1:7; 2 Cor. 5:17; John 14:15; Gal. 5:16-26; Rev. 21:27).
|Review the five questions Peter's sermon raises in Acts 2 by reading each answer as if you were a part of the audience. Do you have the assurance that Jesus forgives your sins? Do you have eternal life? Tell it to others!
FURTHER STUDY: This week we studied various characteristics of church life that serve as part of the church's witnessing activities. Read the following verses to discover another characteristic of a healthy church that serves as a positive witness: Malachi 3:8-10; Mark 12:41-44; 2 Corinthians 8:1-7.
Also read any or all of the following: Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, "The Church of Christ" pp. 15-32; The Acts of the Apostles, "A Liberal Church" pp. 335-345.
"God has a church on earth who are lifting up the downtrodden law, and presenting to the world the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. The church is the depositary of the wealth of the riches of the grace of Christ, and through the church eventually will be made manifest the final and full display of the love of God to the world that is to be lightened with its glory."Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, p. 50.
SUMMARIZE this week's lesson by describing in your own words the type of church life that serves as a witness to not only the community but the world.
When Thongsouay Sakdarak was 11 years old, his Laotian parents sent him to a monastery to study to become a Buddhist monk. He remained for 12 years, mastering the writings of Buddha. He left the monastery to teach history. Then in 1983 he and his wife fled Laos for Thailand.
While living in a refugee camp, Sakdarak met a Christian man who talked to him about the Bible. One day his friend read John 1:1 to him. The verse startled Sakdarak. He recalled that Buddha had said that if his followers obeyed the Word, they would be released from sin. Sakdarak recalled other scriptures that told of the Messiah who would come.
His friend gave him a Bible. As he read, he found the crucifixion story. Sakdarak recalled that the Buddhist scriptures had stated that the coming Messiah would have marks or circles in his hands and feet.
After two months of careful study, the former monk was baptized. He began teaching the Bible to fellow refugees. He explained to them that the one message that runs through the teachings of Buddha is that those who find the true Word and obey it will be saved. Sakdarak shared this good news with anyone who would listen.
But when he told his wife, Khanthaly, about his discovery, she did not share his joy. In fact, she took his Bible, threw it on the ground, and jumped on it. Within her culture this was the highest level of insult one could give.Sakdarak was crushed at his wife's response. For two weeks the couple did not speak or even look at each other. A divorce seemed unavoidable.Then one day Khanthaly reluctantly went to church with Sakdarak. A Laotian hymn touched her heart, and the Holy Spirit opened her understanding. In spite of strong resistance from her family, Khanthaly took her stand for Christ.
Today the Sakdaraks work among the Laotian refugees in Southern California. Sakdarak has written two books that compare the Bible and Buddha's writings and show that Jesus is the promised Word, the Messiah, the Son of God.
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This post has absolutely nothing to do with my hobby - entering Sweepstakes. It actually has to do with being a dwarf and certain comments which were made by Rosie O'Donnell and Chelsea Handler on Rosie's Talk Show, on Feb 8, 2012, which has angered and hurt many people of the dwarfism community. I tried to answer a question which was posed on the MSN.com website. The question was how could the two women apologize? My response was long and drawn out, but it helped me to express my feelings of deep hurt and anger against what was said and by who said it and how they've been dealing with this situation. Since it won't ever be seen by viewers of MSN.com, I felt the need to put it here. Feel free to pass it along. I honestly want this spread around, far and near.
Question: How could the women apologize?
It's clear that anyone who thinks that people with dwarfism shouldn't make a big deal of this and should just forgive and forget, more than likely has never been bullied all through their school years, as well as being avoided in the dating world, discriminated against while seeking employment, finding a doctor that knows about your condition for decent health care, had botched surgeries because of this example, been in constant physical pains each day of their lives because the world was not and never will be made for Little People, been picked up and thrown through the air, because they saw it on TV or in Florida where dwarf tossing is legal, and continue to be a stereo type in movies and television, and so much more.
How could the women apologize? How about an actual public apology on the show where all this transpired? Yet Rosie and her minions keep deleting the negative comments about herself and Chelsea Handler off of their website where people are complaining, and stop sending out a handful of "twitter" half ass apologies to only a select number of people. Rosie asked or expects us to "spread the word" that she apologizes? Why should we? Why should we be the one to try and clean up a mess that the two of them started? Because OMG we have nothing better to do with our time, than to clean the crap that they dished out?
Rosie and Chelsea hurt a community of dwarfs and their family members, most who are average height. We are treated like children, ignored, aborted because we are different, shunned in schools, discriminated in work places and even if we are hired we are often times overlooked (no pun intended) for advancements. People like Rosie and Chelsea want to keep us in a box because they are cowards and are hurtful people. They have no empathy for what LP's go through. They have NO remorse for what they've done and don't feel that they should be held accountable. These two people..they are not ladies to me, are ignorant cowards.
People with dwarfism just want a proper apology like any other minority that shouts out when they are insulted. This happens because of the pressure that comes from so called "normal" people, because they've been hurt. Dwarfs are still being made fun of because we are the last minority to be used by a large group of average height people who think because they were born with longer limbs that they are superior to us.
What gets me the most is the Pandora's box that they've allowed open, can now be used against the children in schools who have dwarfism or are a family member who loves someone that is a dwarf. That pisses me off the most, because unlike Chelsae's comment that dating or being in a relationship with an LP is child abuse, what they've done is set our community back by so much and won't be held accountable for their actions. Too many children are bullied enough at school as it is, adding this to the pot doesn't help. So in my eyes, those two women are the true child abusers.
I seriously doubt this is a phobia at all with Rosie, but more of an attention grabber for her poorly viewed showed. If anyone claimed to have a phobia towards African American's, Hispanics, people with down syndrome, the crap would hit the fan. Yet they can get away with it with dwarfs.
One of the definition of phobia is : A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
1) We are not a thing...we are human beings. Treat us like one. We want what everyone wants, needs and desires and that's just simple acceptance and to find love.
2) Maybe Rosie is afraid of being in a situation with another Little Person. Probably it's because of the way TV/Hollywood is continually showing us in a consistent manor stereo types. Elves, gnomes, mythical beings, or just angry small people who will open a can of Whoop Ass if you dare say the word "shrimp" for whatever reason.
3) We're dangerous? Yeah right. We are so dangerous, that's why a man in England picked up another dwarf and tossed him in the air, causing him severe pain and suffering. There are many of us that are unable to protect ourselves against drunken idiots such as the man that did it to that person with dwarfism.
You may have noticed I use "person with dwarfism" a lot in this comment area. The reason for that is that being a dwarf doesn't define who I am as a person. It adds to it, but it's not everything about me. It's a medical condition that's brought about because of DNA/Genes from our parents, or grandparents, etc. It's something that couldn't not be helped, unless you think abortion would help...but it would only help the person that has a problem with it, not the person with dwarfism.
For if I was aborted, I would never have meet my husband, who's short stature actually came about from a drug called Thalidomide that his mother took in the late 1950's. I would never have gotten pregnant and had the most beautiful child I could ever imagine and I give all the glory to God that I worship and praise. My daughter is a joy and loves me. Love begets love and hate begets hate. Rosie and Chelsea is showing only hatred in a lot of people's eyes. Yes she is flawed, but we all are.
So Rosie and Chelsea, I will pray for you. Pray that you prosper, and that you continually have love in your life and are never faced with the same hatred that we've been shown in our communities and in our own lives, our whole lives. For if I only prayed for wonderful things to people that "like" me, what do I actually gain? It says in the bible to pray for your enemy's. They are not my enemies, but are also not my friends.
Last but not least the words "Midget" was actually made up by P.T.Barnum from the word "midge" which meant biting midges (insects). There really is no such thing as Midget's and if anyone had enough intelligence to look this information up for themselves, they would already know that. They would also know that it's used in a hostile manner towards people with dwarfism. It's the same as a Caucasian person would call an African American the famous and hated word by them that starts with the letter N.
I know how long this is, but as you may can tell. Their words and actions hurt me. They hurt children, they hurt others, and they even hurt themselves for not giving them a chance to get to know about us in a better manner than which they have done already and it's just wrong. They also show that they would never consider dwarfs for any type of respectable career for them and would clearly discriminate against us. Yet they can get away with. Shame on both of them.
But all they have to do is publicly apologies and they both chose not to!
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Cincinnati's city manager has told the mayor and City Council that more than 300 employees may be laid off if the city's parking meters are not leased to a private company.
Milton Dohoney's office sent a memo dated Tuesday to city officials telling them that the city's budget cannot be balanced exclusively using cuts, and he urged pass the parking proposal currently before elected officials.
"Should we decide not to do a parking deal, or find an alternative source of revenue, I will immediately move into cut mode because we have a legal obligation to balance the budget," Dohoney said in the memo.
Dohoney said those cuts would affect employees all over the city government, including police officers, firefighters, emergency operations, public services workers and economic development employees.
The police department's recruit class and 189 police officer positions would be cut, which would eliminate the mounted patrol and reorganize some police districts, and the fire recruit class and 80 firefighter positions would also be cut.
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Lucy Punch is a knockout in two senses of the word: not only is the British actress statuesque and gorgeous, she delivers a deft comedic roundhouse that's put Hollywood in her corner.
After several scene-stealing stints in films like "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," "Dinner For Schmucks" and "Hot Fuzz," Punch unleashes the full extent of her comedy skills as Amy Squirrel, the sweet-natured, enthusiastic and doggedly suspicious rival to Cameron Diaz's "Bad Teacher."
"I don't think I'm stealing any scenes in this movie!" Punch laughs to PopcornBiz about sharing the screen with comedy pros like Diaz, Jason Segal and Justin Timberlake. "What's nice, I think, is when you're working with such fantastic, funny people – It ups your game and it also inspires you. One of my favorite scenes, actually, were the scenes that I got to do with John Michael Higgins – Principal Snur – who I was such a huge fan of before we started working. He would go off. He was one of the only people who really improvised a lot. And [director] Jake Kasdan just allowed him to go off on these tangents. We were all crying with laughter."
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Even after scoring big chuckles under the direction of the likes of Woody Allen and Edgar Wright, Punch admits she still has a hard time believing she's going yuk-for-yuk opposite some of the leading laugh-getters in Hollywood.
"I'm certainly a bit nervous," she says. "I mean, once I've got the job I'm like, 'Okay. I got the job. I deserved it. It's not crazy that I'm sitting in the same room as these people.' But they're all so cool and funny and warm that you very quickly forget that you're sort of working with these superstars – until you start shooting anything outside and there's a hoard of paparazzi. I'd be like, 'Why? Oh, yes. These are mega-super-duper-stars.'"
As she demonstrates with her pitch-perfect perky Midwestern tones in "Bad Teacher," Punch has mastered masking her Queen's English with a variety of American accents. "It's like the rhythm, the music of an American accent," she says of changing up her line deliveries. "Certainly doing comedy, I always find it hard if I'm at an audition and I'll do it in my British accent or my American accent and someone goes, 'Actually, can you do it the other way?' There's a way of making a line funny in an American accent, and it's totally different in a British one. Either you can't make it funny or there's a different way to make it funny."
She's also amused at how easily charmed Americans are by her Brit-speak. "I'll be in Starbucks and someone will go, 'Oh, you're adorable!' Then I'll be back in London, getting my coffee at Starbucks and there's no reaction. I'm like 'Hang on! I'm adorable back in L.A.!' There's also the idea that you're infinitely more intelligent and educated, like 'You sound so intelligent.' And I honestly never dismiss that rumor. I just go, 'No, no, no…Well, kind of. I am a lot cleverer than all of you.'"
Having just signed to play the snarky police detective Deena Pilgrim in FX's TV series adaptation of Brain Michael Bendis' superhero crime noir "Powers," Punch says she'd rather keep zeroing in on quirkier characters that she can really make sing than grab standard glamour girl roles. "I was always the witch in the plays, or the ugly sister in 'Cinderella' – always!" she explains. "I much prefer those parts. As an actress it gets hard, and funny doesn't get old."


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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians gets more accomplished with face-to-face contact, enabled by video conferencing.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina has improved their ability to handle the day-to-day operations of running the tribe by installing state-of-the-art video conferencing technology.
The tribe adopted the technology last October to make it possible for Chief Michell Hicks to conduct more effective weekly meetings with the seven deputy officers who oversee almost 350 programs throughout the tribe. "Their schedules are ridiculously hectic," said Jeremy Brown, AV Administrator of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Brown believes that given the Cherokee people's preference for face-to-face contact, they get much more accomplished by doing business via video conferencing than they might using other means of business communication, like email or phone calls.
"We had an issue come up with our gaming contract that required that a great deal of figures were crunched and resolved," Brown explained. "The Chief was meeting with a team from Raleigh, and a large amount of resources were on the other end of that call. He had already told them that it was fine to move on, but they could see him continuing to tap his pencil on one number. This body language led them to ask if something was not sitting well with him. In the end, that nonverbal communication led to the tribe saving money."
After two years researching technologies from a number of vendors, the tribe went with LifeSize, who, according to Brown, was "the only company who could perform a successful demo without turning our firewall into Swiss cheese."
LifeSize, a division of Logitech, set up a product called ClearSea for the tribe. LifeSize Video Evangelist Simon Dudley describes it as a server-based application that effectively allows high-quality video conferencing between hundreds of users on all kids of devices, including iPhones, Android devices, PCs or Macs.
Chief Hicks is a certified public accountant by trade, so he's constantly evaluating issues with lawyers and financial agencies pertaining to the tribe's gaming compact with North Carolina as well as healthcare and other issues. For this reason, the tribe wanted to invest in video conferencing -- now they can individually license people outside of their network to be part of his video system as well as communicate with other entities through their existing video conferencing rooms.
The process of installing the technology required the tribe to work with its networking team to address firewall issues. They also needed to make sure that the service could be accessed anywhere once it was deployed using ClearSea's virtual server. They had everything up and running in less than two weeks.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians spent about $20,000 to set up the Chief's conference room with the necessary equipment. Another $20,000 was spent to deploy ClearSea. Since then, the tribe's police chief has added his own conference room system. Brown told Government Technology that he just received a purchase order to add another 15 licenses to the ClearSea bridge.
Brown recommends that organizations set realistic expectations when exploring video conferencing solutions for their organization. Although the system operates very well using low bandwidth connectivity, people should allocate higher bandwidth resources for more intense tasks, such as hosting a large number of video conferences at once.
The tribe is expanding their use of video conferencing into a variety of areas. For instance, their police chief has a team of investigators who record video in the field and send it back to the office. The tribe is currently exploring grant funding options that will enable them to bring in telemedicine. Leveraging the emerging healthcare practice would make it possible for people on their other campuses to see their doctors without having to drive as much as 60 miles.
Some may question the decision to spend the money on this infrastructure when programs like Apple's FaceTime exist, but Brown says the tribe views the technolgoy as essential.
"We have sovereignty to protect. We can't allow Google or Skype servers to have our data. There is a level of security that owning our own infrastructure brings to the table," he said, adding that other tribes specify in their charters that no documents can be hosted outside of their own networks. "If we're going to utilize this technology, we have to own it."
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Boris Johnson has issued a stinging criticism of Jeremy Corbyn's security record by accusing him of siding with "our enemies" as world leaders arrive in the UK for a two-day Nato summit.
The Conservative Party leader has blasted his election rival for his approach to Nato, which is marking its 70th anniversary, and to the threat of Russia.
In an interview with The Sun, the Tory leader said the UK's closest allies were "very anxious" about Mr Corbyn being elected to Number 10 and accused him of being "naive" to the terror risk Britain faces.
The Prime Minister even suggested the likes of the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – the nations that, with Britain, make up the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing agreement – could stop working closely with the UK if Mr Corbyn became prime minister.
"Every time he has the chance, he sides with our enemies," Mr Johnson told the right-wing newspaper.
"A lot of our allies, particularly the Five Eyes, are very anxious about any future collaboration.
"It is absolutely not a Tory scare story. They have said precisely this."
A Labour spokesman hit back at the remarks, accusing the Tories of trying to "keep people safe on the cheap".
"Jeremy Corbyn has consistently made the right calls in the interests of peace and security at home and abroad and will do whatever is necessary and effective to keep the British people safe," the party spokesman said.
"Real security doesn't just come from strong laws and intelligence, it also comes from effective public services that have the funding they need. You can't keep people safe on the cheap."
Mr Johnson's incendiary remarks were published only hours after Donald Trump's Air Force One touched down at Stanstead Airport, with the US president in Britain for the two-day Nato summit.
Leaders including Mr Trump and Mr Corbyn will gather for a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening.
Mr Johnson continued to focus his General Election message on pushing for tougher punishments for terrorists, with the pledge of locking them up for longer, despite criticism from the families of the victims of the London Bridge terror attack.
A murderous rampage by Usman Khan on Friday killed two people – Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25 – in Fishermongers' Hall at a rehabilitation event, before the terror convict was attacked by civilians and shot dead by armed police.
Mr Johnson told supporters at a Tory rally in Colchester on Monday evening that, if put back in Downing Street, he would be "stopping the early release, the automatic early release of serious and violent offenders and terrorists".
But Dave Merritt, father to murdered Jack, said his son would have been "livid" at the political reaction to his death.
"He would be seething at his death, and his life, being used to perpetuate an agenda of hate that he gave his everything fighting against," he told the Guardian.
Labour looked to put visiting Mr Trump and a possible post-Brexit trade deal in the spotlight during the US leader's visit.
Mr Corbyn published his letter to Mr Trump in which he asked for "reassurances" that US negotiators would not look to push up UK medicine prices by seeking access to the NHS for major American pharmaceutical companies.
Mr Corbyn told journalists at a rally in Hastings, East Sussex, that, under a Labour administration, there would "be no deal" if the US pushed for such access into the NHS.
"I am making it very clear we are not allowing our public services to be taken over by anyone outside," he said on Monday.
It comes as questions arose over whether Russian disinformation was behind Labour's 451-page unredacted report that revealed the details of talks between UK and US officials regarding a future trade deal between the two countries.
At a press conference last week, Labour said the document proved there was a Tory plot to sell off the NHS.
Graphika, a social media analytics firm, said it had worked with the Atlantic Council, a US-based international affairs think tank, to uncover what it said were similarities with the leak compared with a major Russian misinformation campaign called Secondary Infektion.
The document had first been made available on online discussion site Reddit in October.
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith told the Daily Telegraph: "If they are using disinformation to fabricate their NHS scare stories, which are anyway not true, that speaks volumes about them."
But a Labour spokesman said it was no surprise senior Tories were looking to discredit the explosive reports.
"Neither the UK nor the US government have denied their authenticity," the party spokesman told the Telegraph.
"Given what they reveal, it's not surprising that there are attempts to muddy the waters to cover up what has been exposed."


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Microsoft: That Windows 8 "New Coke" Analogy Is Silly
Will the launch of Microsoft's forthcoming update to Windows 8 next month be the company's "New Coke" moment? Is its rumored plan to revive the traditional "Start" button it killed when it debuted Windows 8 a massive and humiliating reversal of course, following an ill-conceived reimagining of the company's flagship product?
Not according to Microsoft.
According to Microsoft, Windows 8 is a good product that's steadily improving, and recent suggestions by the media that it is turning into a "New Coke"-style disaster are pure sensationalism. And in an unusual company blog bost, Frank Shaw, Microsoft's VP of corporate communications, dismissed them as exactly that, suggesting they favored "hyperbole" over "nuanced analysis."
"Windows 8 is a good product, and it's getting better every day," Shaw wrote. "Unlike a can of soda, a computer operating system offers different experiences to different customers to meet different needs, while still moving the entire industry toward an exciting future of touch, mobility, and seamless, cross-device experiences."
Shaw insists that Windows 8 is doing exactly that, and that its licenses sold to date — 100 million copies — is good evidence of it. And it may well be, though the number of Windows 8 licenses sold is not at all a direct equivalent to Windows 8 licenses in use. Indeed, some analysts suggest that there may be fewer than 60 million PCs presently running Windows 8.
But that's not even the point here.
The point, and the gist of Shaw's message, is that Windows 8 is here to stay, and that Microsoft's reaction to consumer backlash over some of its features isn't going to be a knee-jerk return to a more familiar PC interface. It's going to be a more considered response.
And if the company does elect to bring back the "Start" button for which so many customers seem to be pining, it's going to be because it has been listening to feedback and adjusting its new Windows recipe accordingly, not because it's scrapping it and reverting to the old one. In the meantime, if you're a Windows 8 user befuddled without the "Start" button, just cowboy up and press the "Windows" key …


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With more than 75 years working with clients in the airline industry, IBM's transportation team has a full understanding of the challenges the airline industry faces. In this solution, air carriers and other airport tenants will receive IT services directly from IBM to support critical operations at kiosks, passenger and bag check-in counters, as well as manage aircraft gates for all 60 airlines.
The agreement was signed April 2010 with the GTAA, which has responsibility for the operation and management of the Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada's busiest airport. IBM's smarter transportation solution for the GTAA is expected to generate double-digit savings while improving responsiveness and streamlining services.
The GTAA is implementing ways to reduce costs to airlines with a goal to improve passenger experiences. Day-to-day support of airport technology will be transitioned from a mix of in-house and subcontractor service providers to IBM. Airlines will see substantial savings as they are billed directly by IBM for their IT services.
"This transaction puts in place an innovative new model for delivering complex technology at Toronto Pearson," said Gary Long, Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the GTAA.
With more than 30.4 million passengers each year, Toronto Pearson is one of the world's largest airports built on a "common use equipment" model -- a model by which most airport resources, such as check-in counters, boarding gates and kiosks, can be accessed and utilized by any of the airport's 60 airlines. Optimizing the use of the airport infrastructure seamlessly across each airline's individual platform allows the GTAA to operate at peak efficiency and maximize the use of limited physical assets, such as airplane gates.
"As one of the world's smartest airports, Toronto Pearson's common-use model is a great example of how intelligent solutions can be applied to transportation challenges," said Saad Toma, general manager, Global Technology Services, IBM Canada. "Moving technology support and billing to IBM allows the GTAA to focus on what they do best -- running Canada's largest airport and ensuring safe travel for passengers, while maximizing savings for the airlines and the GTAA."
The Airline Consultative Committee's IT Subcommittee, with members from select airlines, the GTAA and IBM will establish a unique governance model based on the actual usage of kiosks and counters rather than on many of the traditional IT metrics, such as server and storage usage. This will allow the airlines to much more closely tie their actual costs and benefits of IT to their passenger pricing.
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10 September 2014 - Lucca, Italy
Financial Executives from John Hancock/Manulife, ESL Federal Credit Union, and Medline to Present at Tagetik Global Conference
Focus on business impact of process improvements to financial consolidations, financial reporting, budgeting, and planning
Financial executives from John Hancock/Manulife, ESL Federal Credit Union, and Medline will be among more than 75 speakers and panelists at the eighth annual Tagetik conference from September 17-19 in Lucca, Italy. The conference, called "Tagetik in Touch," is designed to bring together customers, partners, and Tagetik staffers from around the world to discuss experiences, trends, and challenges related to corporate performance management, disclosure management, financial governance and business intelligence.
"Leading process change is tough work, especially in the area of finance. Our conference gives customers the opportunity to share their best practices and lessons learned with each other. Year after year, customers tell us they leave the meeting with ideas and invaluable advice that they bring back to their own organizations," said Manuel Vellutini, Tagetik co-CEO. "These personal connections also help us. Customer experiences and suggestions definitely factor into our development work for the coming year." The North American customers presenting at the conference include:
Tina Knapp, controller, ESL Federal Credit Union. Knapp's presentation, "Journey to Performance Management with Passion," will cover how she and her team have improved the accuracy and efficiency of budgeting and forecasting, as well as internal and external financial reporting. Jeff Nataupsky, vice president, Legal Entity Financial Reporting and Controls, John Hancock/Manulife. Nataupsky's presentation, "Financial Reporting: The Journey Forward," will detail how the company revamped financial reporting to meet the needs of multiple regulatory agencies while simplifying the overall reporting process.Joseph Schatz, director of corporate accounting, Medline. Schatz's presentation, "Consolidations from ETL to Cash Flow," will focus on how the company moved its consolidations from Excel spreadsheets to Tagetik's unified platform, with discussion on process and business impacts.In all, the conference agenda will include more than 80 sessions – a combination of case studies, educational demonstrations, panel discussions, roundtables, and analyst and partnerpresentations – all focused on helping financial professionals discover the latest best practices and processes for budgeting planning and forecasting, disclosure management, advanced reporting, and integrated business planning. Registration for Tagetik in Touch is open. For more details, visit: www.tagetik.com/intouch2014
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Intelligent InSites to Provide Enterprise-Wide Software Solution for Department of Veterans Affairs' $543 Million RTLS Contract
Fargo, ND – February 20, 2013 – Intelligent InSites, Inc., the leading provider of real-time operational intelligence for healthcare in the government and commercial sectors, has been selected to provide the enterprise-wide software solution for the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) $543 million Real Time Location System (RTLS) contract, as a subcontractor to the prime contractor, HP Enterprise Services.
The five-year contract will provide 152 medical centers in the 21 Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) and seven Consolidated Medical Outpatient Pharmacy facilities with a real-time, system-wide solution to help improve operational efficiency, quality, satisfaction, and compliance. The solution supports VA's objectives to decrease operational costs, reduce delays in patient care, and increase clinical efficiencies and staff productivity.
"The flexibility of the Intelligent InSites platform, including its ability to empower multiple applications to deliver real-time operational intelligence across multiple use cases and multiple facilities, supports VA's vision to improve health care efficiency across the VA enterprise," said Kimberly Brayley, Director, RTLS Project Management Office, Veterans Health Administration.
Real-Time Operational Intelligence
By automatically collecting data from millions of RTLS and RFID tags on VA medical equipment, surgical instruments, and supplies, the Intelligent InSites solution will provide VA with unprecedented visibility, analytics, and intelligence into its operational processes. Initial use cases include asset management, cath lab supply management, sterile processing workflow, and automated temperature monitoring. Future use cases include patient wander management, hand hygiene monitoring, emergency department workflow, and operating room workflow.
Enterprise-Wide Architecture
The Intelligent InSites software platform is designed to span multiple hospitals across large healthcare systems, aggregating and processing data to provide real-time operational intelligence at the department level, hospital level, and healthcare system level. At the level of a VA Medical Center, the Intelligent InSites solution will help VA employees impact operational processes and patient care in real time. At a regional and national level, the enterprise-wide capabilities of the Intelligent InSites platform will allow VA to monitor, benchmark, and improve system-wide operational performance and process improvement initiatives, resulting in increased healthcare efficiency and improved Veteran care.
Open Platform, Open APIs
A fundamental aspect of the Intelligent InSites solution is the ability for 3rd-party developers, IT departments, and healthcare solution providers to build real-time-enabled solutions on the Intelligent InSites software platform, or to integrate with the Intelligent InSites solution to provide or leverage real-time information from across the enterprise. Everything within the Intelligent InSites platform is accessible through open application programming interfaces (APIs), allowing developers to easily build new solutions and leverage the real-time operational intelligence within the Intelligent InSites solution.
For VA, current integrations to the Intelligent InSites platform include Censis Technologies for sterile processing and surgical instrument tracking, WaveMark for cath lab supply management, and VA's asset management solution, AEMS/MERS. In addition, Intelligent InSites will integrate with VA's electronic health record software, VistA CPRS, to augment operational processes with contextually-relevant clinical data.
"The VA healthcare system is a recognized leader in healthcare—both for the quality of their clinical care and for their use of healthcare information technology to transform and improve their operations and patient care," said Margaret Laub, President and CEO of Intelligent InSites. "As the current enterprise platform provider to VA for its successful deployment across the seven medical centers of VISN 11, we are extremely honored to expand our service to the VA and provide system-wide service to our nation's Veterans."
About Intelligent InSites
Intelligent InSites helps transform healthcare with real-time operational intelligence that improves care, enhances the human experience, and increases efficiency. Through its open, real-time, healthcare platform, Intelligent InSites automatically collects and processes data from multiple data sources such as EHRs, financial systems, building systems, sensory and Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), mobility solutions, and other healthcare IT solutions–then provides actionable intelligence to achieve cost savings, operational excellence, and better care. By utilizing the enterprise-wide architecture of the InSites platform, healthcare systems can leverage all legacy, current, and future data sources to optimize their technology investments across the entire organization, then have the flexibility to meet changing organizational, regulatory, and compliance needs. For more information, please visit www.intelligentinsites.com.


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3 tablespoons lemon juice
120 ml extra virgin olive oil
50 ml of water from the boiled potatoes
Remove the beetroots, rinse them under cold water and discard the skin.
Cut them into chunky pieces, place them on a dish and pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil on top.
When they are boiled, remove them but do not throw away the water (see Ingredients above).
Remove the skin from the garlic cloves and wash them.
Put them in a food processor along with the potatoes and the other ingredients and make a thick sauce.
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Somewhere in the corridors beneath the gargantuan Mecchano set that is Old Trafford, there is an insignificant noticeboard. made of faded cork. It is, my mole insists, dotted with coloured drawing pins and pocked with little holes. On it linger various bits of paper: A please wash your hands memo for the Two Hobbits; an exhaustive timetable for David de Gea's thrice-weekly motor reflex sessions (Ball Catching Monday, Moving left and right Thursday, Dropping Bollocks Saturday/Sunday); Wayne Rooney's Burger king menu and other bits and pieces. Apparently, at its centre is a coloured sheet with hand written boxes and lines. Someone has written at the top in bright red felt pen, "Press Interview Schedule" and listed below every single player and ex-player, plus assorted coaching staff and The One and Only Mick Hucknall. The idea, my informant assures me, is to wheel out one or, in times of great desperation, more individuals to drop a few handy, user-friendly and not-at-all-transparent quotes for the energetic and upstanding men of the press to deal with.
This morning, it was the turn of what might be called "The Heavy Cavalry" or "The Special Shock Troops" to turn out and do its bit for the cause. Rio Ferdinand. Bryan Robson. The grand old men of Manchester United. The Mainstays. The Pillars. The Columns. The Posts. Wit, intellect, eloquence, logic, lucidity, gravitas. None of this matters when you front up the junior reporter from the Mirror. I once saw these guys in action after City's win in Porto and, let me tell you, the phrase "leave no stone uncovered" was not invented for these chaps. Give them a lazy lie or a banal bit of banta and the notepads flip shut as sure as someone shouting Bacardi Breezers! All Free!! Served by the pool!! Kerry Katona!! The stampede produces a Tunisian sandstorm from the carpet.
When Hansen's pet project, the laughably over-hyped Liverpool of Kenny Dalglish, went from 2-up to 3-2 down in the final ten minutes at Fortress Loftus Road, this was considered "nothing to be worried about". No capitulation though, please remember that. Capitulation is losing at Swansea and winning 20 consecutive home games. This new Premier League record was lost to the High Wire Performers on Match of the Day, as they worried themselves sick about Balotelli missing a one-on-one with Peter Cech instead.
But I digress. Once again my paranoia is getting the better of me and I am letting myself think that the world doesn't like me, or indeed you, or any of the other meagre hundreds climbing out of the woodwork this morning to hunt for glory in a sky blue shirt..
For, as Rio says, there are many of us coming out of cupboards and closets, ambling out from behind bushes and trees, climbing down from hiding places in lofts and disused cement mixers, to straighten our hair, try to look normal and pretend we have been "City all along". He even calls us "plums" for reacting to his well aimed drivel, as if all this golden banta is so sacrosanct, it smells of purest musk glands and shimmers like the golden fleece itself. However, maybe we are being hard on him. And on Captain Marvel too, with his Solid Words of Wisdom ("You can never do anything by looking down a fixtures list but..." - *glances down a handily placed fixture list* - "City do have the harder run in". Kerboom! Kerrrang! Kerplunk).
For, if we return to that little coloured chart on the corkboard deep in the sweet-smelling intestines of that venerable old stadium, we can see that, far over to the left, is another column marked "suggestions". Here are the topics to be planted by the day's special forces for good. "Plastic Fans" says one. "Out of the Woodwork" comes another. Under Wayne Rooney, it says, tellingly "UNITED BETTER LIKE". Further down, though, in Paddy Crerand's column (he is due to be wheeled out next Tuesday, just after Ryan Once Again Giggs) it says "Wife-beaters", "Ugly Stains" and "Romanian Mafia". So hold onto your hats, good folks, because the Old Trafford Propaganda Truck, all 56 tonnes of it, is rolling towards us all on big over-inflated tyres and it won't stop until we are all as flat as the proverbial pancake.
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The Idea"Starting May 2009, I have pledged to wear one dress for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. Here's how it works: There are 7 identical dresses, one for each day of the week. Every day I will reinvent the dress with layers, accessories and all kinds of accouterments, the majority of which will be vintage, hand-made, or hand-me-down goodies. Think of it as wearing a daily uniform with enough creative license to make it look like I just crawled out of the Marquis de Sade's boudoir.
The Uniform Project is also a year-long fundraiser for the Akanksha Foundation, a grassroots movement that is revolutionizing education in India. At the end of the year, all contributions will go toward Akanksha's School Project to fund uniforms and other educational expenses for children living in Indian slums."
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The first full day of the Republican convention--the schedule was put back from Monday because of Hurricane Gustav--went off smoothly. President Bush was beamed in from the White House, and Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman were the other headliners. No sign yet of Sarah Palin, due to speak on Wednesday, and the subject of almost every conversation in the margins of the event. Whatever the rest of the country may think of her, whether she proves to be an asset or a liability to the McCain campaign, her selection has generated extraordinary excitement and enthusiasm here.
At the same time, though, her arrival on the ticket threw the first day's pace off a little. With Palin nowhere to be seen, day one, as they say, buried the lede. The idea was to devote it to introducing John McCain, but is any American politician less in need of an introduction?
The tributes were well enough done. True, Bush's reference to McCain's spirit being more than a match for the "angry left" was a bit puzzling. (Does anybody even in this hall think that Obama represents the angry left?) But Thompson's funny, punchy speech had everybody asking, why wasn't he like that during the primaries? Aside from the sustained ovation for a fallen soldier, Thompson got the biggest cheer of the night. ("And we need a president who doesn't think that the protection of the unborn or a newly born baby is above his pay grade.") His speech even had a morsel of policy content (taxes are a bad thing), which otherwise would have been entirely absent from the day. But there was nothing very surprising and, thanks to Palin, it all seemed a little beside the point.
Lieberman's speech certainly ought to have seemed surprising, but his apostasy is old news. Eight years ago, this man was Al Gore's running-mate; now here he was speaking up for the Republican nominee. He rested his case on the fact that McCain is an extraordinary man and these are extraordinarily dangerous times. But he said little to elaborate. He got a round of applause for Bill Clinton--no mean feat with this crowd--when he contrasted Clinton's occasional willingness to work with Republicans with Obama's record. And he got one big laugh: "If John McCain is just another partisan Republican, I am Michael Moore's favourite Democrat." If I had been just another of the partisan Republicans packing the hall, I might have been a little insulted by that, but the audience either failed to make the connection or was in a generous frame of mind.
Most Democrats by now detest Lieberman, of course, but one other thing he said might persuade those who don't to get with the program. He not only praised McCain's support for the surge of forces into Iraq (fair enough), but contrasted this with Obama's "voting to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield". That was tendentious at best, and the most aggressive attack on Obama of the day. Obama has never argued for funding to be cut off; he wanted a timeline for withdrawal attached to the funding. He did vote against a funding bill that failed to include such a provision; but then Lieberman himself, and most Republicans, also voted against a funding measure that did include such a provision. One way or another, almost everybody has voted against funding for the troops. Lieberman's charge was unfair, and did not sit well with his appeal for one-nation bipartisanship.
And then again, there is Palin. Lieberman, widely thought to have been McCain's first choice for VP (McCain is said to have switched because the base would not wear it), applauded the selection. "Governor Palin, like John McCain, is a reformer. She's taken on the special interests and the political power-brokers in Alaska and reached across party lines to get things done. The truth is, she is a leader we can count on to help John shake up Washington. That's why--that's why I sincerely believe that the real ticket for change this year is the McCain-Palin ticket." Lieberman and McCain see eye to eye on national security. But Lieberman is pro-choice on abortion, and a social liberal in other respects as well, whereas Palin is a social conservative. Genuine though his admiration for McCain may be, stretching his endorsement to the whole ticket seemed a stretch too far.
One last observation. Barring breakdowns later in the week, the
Republicans have won the platform war hands down. The Democrats had
their cheesy game-show set followed by the much-derided Greek column
thing. The Republicans have a clean, reflective stage in front of an
enormous high-definition screen, used so far to excellent effect. If I
were with the DNC, I'd find out who was responsible and book them for
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