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New Orleans Beef
#416 - $9.95
Use this mix to prepare 2 or 3 meals – one to eat now and several Bonus Meals to refrigerate or freeze for later. Enjoy the original New Orleans Beef or create an entirely different meal using the prepared Beef. Eat well, eat healthy, eat economically and spend less time in the kitchen!
From Evelyn:
This spicy traditional Creole dish is called Grillades (gree-odds) in Louisiana. Our first taste was during brunch in a courtyard in New Orleans, served over grits with pieces of beef smothered in that dark, rich sauce - a little jazz in the air - a meal for memories! Now it's a family favorite that freezes so well, we can enjoy it anytime! I've used the meat mixture to create Meal Two - English Steak and Mushroom Pie. These meals are worlds apart and so simple to make with just one preparation!
Basic Recipe for
New Orleans Style Beef Serves 8
5 pounds beef (chuck roast, sirloin tip, venison, etc)
1 pkg. New Orleans Style Beef
1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce
2 cups beef broth
Note: New Orleans Beef can be eaten immediately, refrigerated or frozen.
To freeze: Using a large serving spoon, divide the beef mixture into freezable containers to fit YOUR family's portion size. For Meal Two set aside 2 cups for the Steak and Mushroom Pie.
Serve hot New Orleans Beef over rice. (Rice for 4-5 servings included in the mix.)
To cook rice: Bring 2 ¼ cups of water and ½ teaspoon salt to a boil. Add rice, bring back to boil, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for about 20 minutes.
For Complete Meal: Add a green vegetable, glazed carrots, fresh spinach or green salad with hot Bayou Beer Bread served with Garlic Butter.
Meal Two – Bonus
Beef Steak and Mushroom Pie
Serves 4 to 6
2 cups prepared New Orleans Beef
1 can (8oz) sliced mushrooms
1 cup frozen peas, vegetables or corn
½ cup beef broth (red wine or water)
1 box of Pillsbury All-ready Pie Crusts
Note: Pie can also be frozen after baking in individual slices or the entire pie. To serve, thaw and heat. Crust will be best if "crisped" in a hot oven for a few minutes.
For Complete Meal: Add a green vegetable, cabbage slaw tossed with Sweet Vidalia Onion Vinaigrette and hot Bayou Beer Bread.
For Complete Meal: Add a green vegetable, cabbage slaw tossed with Sweet Vidalia Onion Vinaigrette and hot Bayou Beer Bread.
Meal Three – Bonus
New Orleans Beef - Grillades
Meal Four - BonusShepherd's Pie
Thaw frozen New Orleans Beef and place in a baking dish. Top with mashed potatoes and a little grated Cheddar Cheese. Bake until heated through and enjoy every bite!
For Complete Meal: Add green beans and salad of tomatoes and cucumbers tossed in Sweet Vidalia Onion Vinaigrette.
ESPECIALLY FOR HUNTERS: Venison is absolutely wonderful using the New Orleans Beef. Use the 5 pounds of venison, and add 1 or 2 additional cups of beef broth as the meat cooks! Venison is very low in fat and has a fabulous flavor.


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On-Treatment Non–High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Apolipoprotein B, Triglycerides, and Lipid Ratios in Relation to Residual Vascular Risk After Treatment With Potent Statin TherapyJUPITER (Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin)
Author + information
- Received October 18, 2011
- Revision received December 15, 2011
- Accepted December 20, 2011
- Published online April 24, 2012.
Author Information
- Samia Mora, MD⁎,⁎ (smora{at}partners.org),
- Robert J. Glynn, ScD⁎,†,
- S. Matthijs Boekholdt, MD‡,
- Børge G. Nordestgaard, MD§,
- John J.P. Kastelein, MD‡ and
- Paul M. Ridker, MD⁎
- ↵⁎Reprint requests and correspondence:
Dr. Samia Mora, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 900 Commonwealth Avenue East, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Objectives The goal of this study was to determine whether residual risk after high-dose statin therapy for primary prevention individuals with reduced levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is related to on-treatment apolipoprotein B, non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non–HDL-C), trigylcerides, or lipid ratios, and how they compare with on-treatment LDL-C.
Background Guidelines focus on LDL-C as the primary target of therapy, yet residual risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) among statin-treated individuals remains high and not fully explained.
Methods Participants in the randomized placebo-controlled JUPITER (Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin) trial were adults without diabetes or CVD, with baseline LDL-C levels <130 mg/dl, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels ≥2 mg/l, and triglyceride concentrations <500 mg/dl. Individuals allocated to receive rosuvastatin 20 mg daily with baseline and on-treatment lipids and lipoproteins were examined in relation to the primary endpoint of incident CVD (nonfatal myocardial infarction or stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, arterial revascularization, or cardiovascular death).
Results Using separate multivariate Cox models, statistically significant associations of a similar magnitude with residual risk of CVD were found for on-treatment LDL-C, non–HDL-C, apolipoprotein B, total cholesterol/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, and apolipoprotein B/A-I. The respective adjusted standardized hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for each of these measures were 1.31 (1.09 to 1.56), 1.25 (1.04 to 1.50), 1.27 (1.06 to 1.53), 1.22 (1.03 to 1.44), 1.29 (1.09 to 1.52), and 1.27 (1.09 to 1.49). The overall residual risk and the risk associated with these measures decreased among participants achieving on-treatment LDL-C ≤70 mg/dl, on-treatment non–HDL-C ≤100 mg/dl, or on-treatment apolipoprotein B ≤80 mg/dl. In contrast, on-treatment triglycerides showed no association with CVD.
Conclusions In this primary prevention trial of nondiabetic individuals with low LDL-C and elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, on-treatment LDL-C was as valuable as non–HDL-C, apolipoprotein B, or ratios in predicting residual risk. (JUPITER—Crestor 20mg Versus Placebo in Prevention of Cardiovascular [CV] Events; NCT00239681)
Statins are the most widely used lipid-lowering agents and the standard of care for individuals with dyslipidemia or prior cardiovascular disease (CVD) or who are at high-risk for CVD (1,2). Current guidelines focus on reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) as the primary target of therapy, tailoring the level of optimal LDL-C reduction to the individual's level of cardiovascular risk. Nonetheless, the risk among statin-treated individuals remains high and has been termed "residual risk." The 5-year incidence rate of a major CVD event occurring among statin-treated patients in randomized clinical trials is 1 in 5 (22%) for individuals with prior CVD and 1 in 10 (10%) for individuals with no prior CVD (3,4).
Residual risk after statin treatment may be related to the on-treatment concentrations of lipids, apolipoproteins, or other biomarkers beyond LDL-C (5). In a recent analysis from the JUPITER (Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin) trial, on-treatment concentrations of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) were predictive of residual risk among primary prevention individuals treated with potent statin therapy (6), but on-treatment high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein A-I were not (7). It is possible that other lipid or apolipoprotein measures, such as the LDL-C/HDL-C ratio or apolipoprotein B/A-I ratio, may provide better risk information than HDL-C or apolipoprotein A-I alone (8).
Furthermore, apolipoprotein B has been proposed as a therapeutic target for lipid lowering (9,10). Apolipoprotein B reflects the number of potentially atherogenic lipoprotein particles, because each very-low-density lipoprotein and LDL particle carries on its surface one apolipoprotein B molecule (11). On-treatment apolipoprotein B has been compared with LDL-C in asymptomatic individuals for the primary prevention of CVD among statin-treated individuals with low HDL-C in the AFCAPS/TexCAPS (Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study) trial (12) and among patients with diabetes in the CARDS (Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study) trial (13). In AFCAPS/TexCAPS, on-treatment apolipoprotein B was a better predictor of events compared with LDL-C, but comparison with non–HDL-C was not reported (9,12). In contrast, among statin-treated patients in CARDS, none of the on-treatment lipids or apolipoproteins were statistically significantly associated with events (13).
Among patients with stable coronary disease treated with potent statin therapy, apolipoprotein B and non–HDL-C were comparable as predictors of residual risk (14). But it is uncertain if apolipoprotein B or non–HDL-C are better targets of therapy compared with LDL-C for the primary prevention of CVD among nondiabetic individuals with low LDL-C treated with potent statin therapy.
This analysis of the JUPITER trial cohort addressed, in a primary prevention setting of nondiabetic individuals with baseline low LDL-C but elevated hsCRP, whether residual risk after high-dose statin therapy was related to on-treatment levels of apolipoprotein B, non–HDL-C, trigylcerides, or lipid ratios, and how they compared with on-treatment LDL-C. A secondary goal was to explore residual risk associations of these measures among the subgroup of individuals who achieved very low cholesterol targets while undergoing statin therapy.
Study population
The JUPITER design has been previously published (15–17). Asymptomatic individuals (women age ≥60 years, men age ≥50 years) with no history of coronary disease, stroke, or diabetes and who had LDL-C levels <130 mg/dl, hsCRP levels ≥2.0 mg/l, and triglyceride concentrations <500 mg/dl were randomized. Those patients currently using hormone therapy or with previous or current use of lipid-lowering therapy or immunosuppressant agents were excluded. Family history of premature atherosclerosis was defined as coronary disease in a first-degree relative (men age <55 years or women age <65 years). Of the 8,901 individuals randomized to receive rosuvastatin therapy, individuals were included who had both baseline and on-treatment 1-year measures for all the lipid and lipoprotein variables examined, resulting in a sample size of 7,832.
Laboratory measurements
Measurements were performed in a central laboratory on blood samples collected after patient fasting of at least 8 h (18). Concentrations of apolipoproteins B and A-I were measured via immunonephelometry by using a Behring nephelometric assay (Marburg, Germany). An enzymatic procedure (cholesterol esterase) with a colorimetric endpoint was used to assess total cholesterol. Triglycerides were measured with an enzymatic hydrolysis procedure to obtain a colorimetric endpoint triglyceride value. HDL-C was measured in the resulting supernatant after heparin–manganese precipitation of apolipoprotein B–containing proteins. LDL-C concentrations were calculated by using the Friedewald equation when triglycerides were <400 mg/dl (19) and measured by ultracentrifugation when triglycerides were ≥400 mg/dl. A high-sensitivity assay (Behring) nephelometer was used for measurement of hsCRP.
The trial was expected to last approximately 5 years, but on March 30, 2008, the Independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board terminated the trial early upon determination that the accumulated evidence from the trial and other sources constituted proof beyond a reasonable doubt that rosuvastatin was indicated for a specified group of participants (after 1.9 years of median follow-up; maximal follow-up of 5.0 years). Follow-up included structured interviews assessing outcomes. The primary endpoint of the JUPITER trial was a composite endpoint (CVD), defined as the combined endpoint of myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, arterial revascularization, or cardiovascular death. For this analysis, we also examined the expanded secondary endpoint of CVD or death. Myocardial infarction, stroke, and CVD death were confirmed according to standard criteria. Unstable angina was ischemic chest pain at rest or with minimal exertion occurring within the preceding 48 hours requiring hospitalization and the presence of objective evidence of ischemia. Arterial revascularization was coronary artery bypass graft surgery, bypass grafting of any peripheral artery or carotid artery, or the performance of at least one percutaneous transluminal intervention. All reported primary endpoints that occurred through March 30, 2008, were adjudicated by an independent endpoint committee blinded to randomized treatment assignment.
Statistical analyses
Statistical analyses were performed with SAS version 9.1 (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, North Carolina). Medians, 25th, and 75th percentiles were calculated for continuous variables. Statistical comparisons were made with the sign tests for comparing the change from baseline with on-treatment values.
Statistical tests for outcomes were performed according to intention-to-treat analyses. The exposure time was calculated as the time from randomization to occurrence of the primary endpoint or the date of death, last study visit, withdrawal, loss to follow-up, or March 30, 2008, whichever came first. Absolute event rates were calculated per 100 person-years. Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate the hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). All regression analyses were adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, family history of premature atherosclerosis, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, and fasting glucose. Each lipid measure was examined in tertiles and as continuous variables (per 1 SD). P values for linear trends were obtained using the median value for each tertile. All p values were 2-tailed. The likelihood ratio chi-square statistic was also used to evaluate the significance of individual lipid measures.
We conducted 2 additional exploratory analyses to evaluate the following: 1) whether any measure of on-treatment lipids was significantly related to residual risk after controlling for on-treatment LDL-C; and 2) whether on-treatment lipid measures remained associated with risk among individuals who achieved clinically accepted guideline-recommended cutoff points for LDL-C (≤100 or ≤70 mg/dl), non–HDL-C (≤130 or ≤100 mg/dl), or apolipoprotein B (≤90 or ≤80 mg/dl).
The baseline characteristics for individuals randomly allocated to receive rosuvastatin and who had on-treatment lipid and lipoprotein measurements available for analysis at baseline and 1 year were similar to the overall JUPITER study population (17,20). The JUPITER patients were selected to have an LDL-C <130 mg/dl and triglycerides <500 mg/dl, and hence the total cholesterol, LDL-C, and non–HDL-C were all low (respective median baseline concentrations of 186, 108, and 134 mg/dl, respectively). The apolipoprotein B levels were not low (median baseline concentration 109 mg/dl). Random allocation to the rosuvastatin group in the JUPITER trial decreased median on-treatment concentrations of total cholesterol, LDL-C, and non–HDL-C to a similar extent on a mass concentration scale (–50 mg/dl, –50 mg/dl, and –54 mg/dl, respectively) and reduced apolipoprotein B by 41 mg/dl (Table 1). There was greater proportional LDL-C lowering (46.2%) compared with non–HDL-C (40.3%) or apolipoprotein B (37.6%) with rosuvastatin therapy. Triglycerides were also reduced but to a lesser extent.
The primary endpoint was reduced with rosuvastatin by 44% (p < 0.001) (17). Table 2 displays CVD incidence rates and associations for each of the on-treatment lipids, apolipoproteins, and ratios (examined in tertiles) with incident events obtained from separate Cox regression models that adjusted for nonlipid risk factors. Generally similar and significant associations were obtained for on-treatment concentrations of LDL-C, non–HDL-C, and apolipoprotein B with CVD. By contrast, on-treatment triglycerides, HDL-C, and apolipoprotein A-I showed no associations with CVD risk. Similar results were noted for the expanded secondary endpoint of CVD or death, except that apolipoprotein A-I now became statistically significant and the apolipoprotein B/A-I ratio now had a greater magnitude of association (2.12 [95% CI: 1.44 to 3.12]).
When lipids, apolipoproteins, and ratios were examined as standardized continuous variables, results were generally similar for LDL-C, non–HDL-C, apolipoprotein B, and the ratios (Table 3), as were the goodness-of-fit likelihood ratio chi-square statistics that added each of these variables to a model with only nonlipid risk factors. Specifically, for on-treatment LDL-C, non–HDL-C, apolipoprotein B, and the ratios (total cholesterol/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, and apolipoprotein B/A-I), the respective adjusted standardized hazard ratios (95% CIs) were 1.31 (1.09 to 1.56), 1.25 (1.04 to 1.50), 1.27 (1.06 to 1.53), 1.22 (1.03 to 1.44), 1.29 (1.09 to 1.52), and 1.27 (1.09 to 1.49).
Two exploratory analyses were also conducted. First, we assessed whether any of the measures (non–HDL-C, apolipoprotein B, total cholesterol/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, or apolipoprotein B/A-I) was significantly related to residual risk after controlling for on-treatment LDL-C. In models that included on-treatment LDL-C, none of the other lipid measures remained statistically significant.
Subsequently, we compared associations with residual risk among the subgroups of individuals who achieved the clinical recommendations for LDL-C targets or the alternative recommended targets for non–HDL-C or apolipoprotein B. As shown in Table 4, among the subgroups of individuals achieving the lower clinical targets (LDL-C ≤70 mg/dl, non–HDL-C ≤100 mg/dl, or apolipoprotein B ≤80 mg/dl), the magnitude of residual risk was small, and the residual risk associated with these measures became attenuated and mostly no longer statistically significant. Apolipoprotein B/A-I retained its association with the expanded secondary endpoint of CVD or death, but this finding was also attenuated in the subgroup of individuals who achieved apolipoprotein B ≤80 mg/dl on therapy.
In the JUPITER trial of primary prevention nondiabetic individuals with low LDL-C and high hsCRP, measuring on-treatment LDL-C was as valuable as measuring non–HDL-C or apolipoprotein B, or the ratios (total cholesterol/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, and apolipoprotein B/A-I) in relation to residual risk of CVD. The magnitude of the overall residual risk and the risk associated with these measures decreased after achieving on-treatment concentrations of LDL-C ≤70 mg/dl, non–HDL-C ≤100 mg/dl, or apolipoprotein B ≤80 mg/dl. Furthermore, the current findings do not support the hypothesis that on-treatment triglycerides are related to residual risk among nondiabetic primary prevention individuals with baseline triglyceride levels <500 mg/dl and elevated hsCRP who are treated with potent statin therapy; however, median on-treatment triglycerides was low (118 mg/dl).
Optimal targets of statin therapy
It has been a matter of controversy whether measuring non–HDL-C or apolipoprotein B concentrations are useful among primary prevention individuals treated with statin therapy, and whether either measure—or both—should be used as an alternative or in addition to LDL-C. Among primary prevention populations, 2 prior trials (AFCAPS/TexCAPS and CARDS) evaluated this question. On-treatment apolipoprotein B was better as a predictor of events compared with LDL-C in asymptomatic individuals with low HDL-C in AFCAPS/TexCAPS, although non–HDL-C was not evaluated in that study (12). Among diabetic patients in CARDS, none of the on-treatment lipids or apolipoproteins were statistically significantly associated with risk in the statin-allocated arm (although LDL-C and the LDL-C/HDL-C ratio were borderline significant) (9,13). The present JUPITER analysis, which was conducted among primary prevention individuals who were nondiabetic and without dyslipidemia, adds to the prior literature in finding that measuring LDL-C alone was as valuable as measuring non–HDL-C, apolipoprotein B, or the ratios (total cholesterol/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, and apolipoprotein B/A-I) in relation to residual risk.
Data from secondary prevention trials that evaluated the predictive value of LDL-C, non–HDL-C, and apolipoprotein B in relation to recurrent events also have been mixed and inconclusive (14,21,22). In the 4S (Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study) study (21), on-treatment LDL-C was comparable with non–HDL-C or the total cholesterol/HDL-C ratio, whereas apolipoprotein B had weaker association with recurrent events. In the LIPID (Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease) Trial (22), on-treatment apolipoprotein B had a stronger association than LDL-C, although non–HDL-C was not reported. In the combined analysis from the TNT (Treating to New Targets) trial and IDEAL (Incremental Decrease in End Points through Aggressive Lipid Lowering) trials, which compared potent versus less intensive statin therapy for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (14), non–HDL-C and apolipoprotein B were comparable in relation to risk. Compared with TNT/IDEAL, the JUPITER on-statin arm achieved lower levels of lipids and apolipoproteins but had magnitude of associations with CVD that were generally similar to TNT/IDEAL (Online Table 1). Among acute coronary syndrome patients in the PROVE IT–TIMI 22 trial, on-treatment apolipoprotein B was equivalent to LDL-C or non–HDL-C (23).
An unresolved important question relates to the optimal treatment targets of statin therapy for primary prevention. Subgroup analyses from the current study suggest that the magnitude of overall residual risk is small, and that most of the associations with CVD were attenuated below levels of LDL-C, non–HDL-C, or apolipoprotein B that corresponded to established targets previously derived from secondary prevention trials (LDL-C ≤70, non–HDL-C ≤100 mg/dl, or apolipoprotein B ≤80 mg/dl). The current data also do not support obtaining more than one of these measures in addition to LDL-C for assessing residual risk. These results, however, should be considered exploratory because they were derived from subgroup analysis and remain to be tested in a prospective clinical trial in the primary prevention setting.
Triglycerides and residual risk
Another area of recent controversy has been whether triglycerides contribute to risk among statin-treated individuals compared with untreated individuals. The lack of association for on-treatment triglycerides with residual risk in JUPITER is supported by most previous statin trials, which also found no significant associations for on-treatment triglycerides (12,21,24,25), as well as data from a meta-analysis (26). Importantly, however, in the current JUPITER trial as well as in former statin trials, those with the highest triglyceride levels were excluded, and most included individuals had relatively low on-treatment triglyceride levels. Therefore, we cannot exclude the possibility that higher on-treatment triglycerides may be important for predicting residual risk.
Study limitations
The current study has potential limitations. Median duration of follow-up in JUPITER was 1.9 years (maximum 5.0 years) due to early termination of the trial for benefit, and data for events occurring long-term could not be assessed. JUPITER excluded individuals with known CVD, diabetes, or high triglyceride levels or who did not meet entry criteria for LDL-C and hsCRP, and it is unclear if our results would be applicable to other individuals from primary or secondary prevention who were excluded from the trial. JUPITER was a randomized clinical trial that tested a fixed dose of a potent statin and did not test the efficacy of different doses of statins nor did it test a strategy based on achieving different lipid targets. Finally, although standardized regression coefficients provide some ability to compare effect sizes across biomarkers, they are dependent on the study-specific variability of these biomarkers, which is influenced by the trial eligibility criteria.
Study strengths
Strengths of the current study are the large number of individuals with baseline and on-treatment lipid and lipoprotein measures as well as detailed information on cardiovascular risk factors. Finally, few previous studies have examined individuals from primary prevention who had baseline low or average LDL-C levels and who attained even lower LDL-C concentrations with potent therapy.
In this large randomized, primary prevention trial of nondiabetic individuals with elevated hsCRP and low LDL-C, on-treatment LDL-C was as valuable as non–HDL-C, apolipoprotein B, and several ratios in the prediction of residual risk. Among participants achieving on-treatment concentrations of LDL-C ≤70 mg/dl, non–HDL-C ≤100 mg/dl, or apolipoprotein B ≤80 mg/dl, the overall magnitude of residual risk was small, and the risk associated with these measures decreased and was no longer statistically significant. Finally, the current study does not support the routine measurement of triglycerides among nondiabetic individuals without significant dyslipidemia who are treated with potent statin therapy.
For a supplementary table of study data, please see the online version of this article.
On-Treatment Non-–High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Apolipoprotein B, Triglycerides, and Lipid Ratios in Relation to Residual Vascular Risk After Treatment With Potent Statin Therapy: The JUPITER Trial[S0735109712005530_mmc1.doc]
The JUPITER trial was financially supported by AstraZeneca, who collected the trial data and monitored the study sites but had no role in the conduct of the analyses, in drafting this report, or in the decision to submit these analyses for publication. Dr. Mora received research grant support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K08 HL094375), AstraZeneca, and Merck & Co.; served as a consultant for Pfizer and Quest Diagnostics; and received nonpromotional speaker honorarium from Abbott. Dr. Glynn received grant support from AstraZeneca, Novartis, and Bristol-Myers Squibb; and has a consulting agreement with Merck. Dr. Boekholdt has served as a consultant to Pfizer. Dr. Nordestgaard has served as a consultant for AstraZeneca, Abbott, Merck & Co., and Pfizer. Dr. Kastelein is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (2010T082) of the Dutch Heart Foundation; and is a consultant for and has received research grants from AstraZeneca. Dr. Ridker received research support from AstraZeneca, Novartis, Roche, and Sanofi-Aventis, and nonfinancial research support from Amgen. Dr. Ridker is coinventor on patents held by Brigham and Women's Hospital related to the use of inflammatory biomarkers in cardiovascular disease that have been licensed to Siemens and AstraZeneca; has served as a research consultant to Schering-Plough, Sanofi/Aventis, Isis, Siemens, Abbott, Merck, and Vascular Biogenics; and has received research grants from AstraZeneca.
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- confidence interval
- cardiovascular disease
- high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
- hsCRP
- high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
- low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
- Received October 18, 2011.
- Revision received December 15, 2011.
- Accepted December 20, 2011.
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- 1 Veritas Clusters Training Course Content Details
- 1.1 What is Veritas Clusters
- 1.2 Veritas Clusters Course Content
- 1.2.1 01.High Availability Concepts
- 1.2.2 02.VCS Building Blocks
- 1.2.3 03.Preparing a Site for VCS Implementation
- 1.2.4 04.Installing VCS
- 1.2.5 05.VCS Operations
- 1.2.6 06.VCS Configuration Methods
- 1.2.7 07.Preparing Services for High Availability
- 1.2.8 08.Online Configuration
- 1.2.9 09.Offline Configuration
- 1.2.10 10.Configuring Notification
- 1.2.11 11.Handling Resource Faults
- 1.2.12 12.Intelligent Monitoring Framework
- 1.2.13 13.Cluster Communications
- 1.2.14 14.Data Protection Using SCSI 3-Based Fencing
- 1.2.15 15.Coordination Point Server
- 1.3 Veritas Clusters Training Demo
Veritas Clusters Training Course Content Details
What is Veritas Clusters
Veritas Cluster Server (rebranded as Veritas Infoscale Availabilty and additionally called VCS and additionally sold-out bundled within the SFHA product) could be a high-availability cluster package for OS, UNIX and Microsoft Windows pc systems, created by Veritas Technologies. It provides application cluster capabilities to systems running different applications, as well as databases, network file sharing, and electronic commerce websites.
High-availability clusters (HAC) improve application availableness by failing or shift them over during a cluster of systems—as opposition superior clusters, that improve application performance by running them on multiple systems at the same time.
Most Veritas Cluster Server implementations conceive to build availableness into a cluster, eliminating single points of failure by creating use of redundant elements like multiple network cards, cargo deck networks additionally to the utilization of VCS. For more info click here
Veritas Clusters Course Content
01.High Availability Concepts
- High availability concepts
- Clustering concepts
- HA application services
- Clustering prerequisites
02.VCS Building Blocks
- VCS terminology
- Cluster communication
- VCS architecture
03.Preparing a Site for VCS Implementation
- Hardware requirements and recommendations
- Software requirements and recommendations
- Preparing installation information
- Preparing to upgrade
04.Installing VCS
- Using the Common Product Installer
- VCS configuration files
- Viewing the default VCS configuration
- Veritas Operations Manager
- Other installation considerations
- Upgrading to 6.0
05.VCS Operations
- Common VCS tools and operations
- Service group operations
- Resource operations
- Using the VCS Simulator
06.VCS Configuration Methods
- Starting and stopping VCS
- Overview of configuration methods
- Online configuration
- Offline configuration
- Controlling access to VCS
07.Preparing Services for High Availability
- Preparing applications for VCS
- Performing one-time configuration tasks
- Testing the application service
- Stopping and migrating an application service
- Collecting configuration information
08.Online Configuration
- Online service group configuration procedure
- Adding resources
- Solving common configuration errors
- Testing the service group
09.Offline Configuration
- Offline configuration procedures
- Solving offline configuration problems
- Testing the service group
10.Configuring Notification
- Notification overview
- Configuring notification
- Using triggers for notification
11.Handling Resource Faults
- VCS response to resource faults
- Determining failover duration
- Controlling fault behavior
- Recovering from resource faults
- Fault notification and event handling
12.Intelligent Monitoring Framework
- IMF overview
- IMF configuration
- Faults and failover with intelligent monitoring
13.Cluster Communications
- VCS communications review
- Cluster membership
- Cluster interconnect configuration
- Joining the cluster membership
- Changing the interconnect configuration
14.Data Protection Using SCSI 3-Based Fencing
- Data protection requirements
- I/O fencing concepts and components
- I/O fencing operations
- I/O fencing implementation
- Configuring I/O fencing
15.Coordination Point Server
- Coordination point concepts
- Installing and configuration CP servers
- Configuring client clusters
- CPS administration
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Running time for Solo: A Star Wars Story unveiled
The running time for Solo: A Star Wars Story, the new Star Wars spin-off about young Han Solo, has been unveiled.
The film's running time is two hours and 15 minutes. It was revealed as the programme for the Cannes Film Festival, where the movie will premiere, was unveiled.
Alden Ehrenreich, star of Hail, Caesar and Beautiful Creatures plays young Han Solo, with Donald Glover, best known for his roles in Community and The Martian, taking the role of young Lando Calrissian, while Game Of Thrones' Emilia Clarke and Woody Harrelson also have key roles in the spin-off.
The story follows young Solo as he makes his way through the galaxy's criminal underworld, meeting Chewbacca and notorious gambler Lando Calrissian along the way.
Ron Howard directs this spin-off, having taken over midway through production after the departure of original directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord.
The movie is due to be released on May 25th this year and is the second Star Wars spin-off following the release of Rogue One - A Star Wars Story, which is out on DVD now.
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Home >> Daily News >>Indonesia>>Economy>>Investment saving balance of payments
Investment saving balance of payments
Investment has become the savior pushing Indonesia's balance of payments (BoP) into positive territory amid increasing imports and secondary income from abroad.
In the first quarter, Indonesia recorded a US$4.5 billion surplus in the BoP, according to data from Bank Indonesia (BI).
The $7.9 billion surplus in the financial account that came from transactions such as direct investments and portfolio investments has covered the $2.4 billion deficit in the current account, said the head of BI's statistics department, BoP analysis and reporting, Tutuk Setya Hadi Cahyono, in Jakarta over the weekend.
"Our current account is still in a deficit position as oil prices increased amid the decrease of domestic oil lifting. We are an oil and gas net importer," Tutuk said.
Moreover, he added, the lower remittance from Indonesian migrant workers also contributed to the deficit in the current account.
As could be seen in the secondary income transactions that mainly came from Indonesian workers' remittances, the surplus was down to $800 million from $900 million in the fourth quarter last year. It was likely caused by the enforcement of a moratorium on sending workers abroad.
Direct investments are still in surplus with $2.5 billion, a bit down from the $3.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016. However, portfolio investments have a surplus of $6.5 billion, compared to the $300 million deficit in the previous quarter.
"The deficit in portfolio investment transactions was caused by the increase of the US Federal Reserve's Fund Rate, but it already bounced back to the positive in the first quarter," he said.
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Evaluations of EU legislation can fulfill a key role in the European policy process. They can provide the knowledge base required for political accountability towards the electorate, and form a basis for the improvement of existing legislation. This article introduces a research agenda in the realm of the ex-post evaluation of EU legislation, which comprises two research lines. The first strand comprises research into ex post legislative evaluations conducted by the European Commission. This research is innovative, because EU policy researchers so far have barely touched upon evaluation, as a final and important stage in the EU policy cycle. By assessing evaluation critically, we can ascertain to what extent the EU's ex-post evaluation system is more than an instrument, aimed at increasing the EU's legitimacy. The second research strand is own evaluation research, focusing on the role of European administrative networks- intergovernmental structures that have been established to improve the implementation of EU legislation by the member states. By critically evaluating the functioning and effectiveness of these networks, I hope to be able to find out whether and under what conditions these network structures are more, than the sum of their national parts.
Zoekresultaat: 623 artikelen
|Thema-artikel 'Uitgesproken Bestuurskunde'
Europese regelgeving: meer dan de som der delen?
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2019
|European Union, EU legislation, evaluation, implementation, European administrative networks
|Prof. dr. Ellen Mastenbroek
|Thema-artikel 'Uitgesproken Bestuurskunde'
Management van stedelijke ontwikkeling
Beleid, sturing en institutionele veranderingen voor duurzame steden
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2019
|sustainable urban development, governance, institutional innovation, socio-technical-ecological system
|Ellen van Bueren
With her chair in urban development management, Ellen van Bueren investigates policy, governance and management issues. Cities, as economic and cultural centres in our society, are major consumers of resources. They not only contribute to problems such as climate change, but also experience the risks and consequences thereof. Technological solutions to these problems are difficult to implement. They require larger-scale system changes, or encounter resistance. Making cities sustainable not only requires technical solutions, but also institutional innovation. A socio-technical-ecological system approach to cities shows the coherence and complexity of issues. Issues play on multiple scales, are cross-sectoral, and require an interaction of citizens, companies, and governments. Moreover, the playing field between these groups of actors is changing rapidly, technological empowerment in particular has made the citizen a much more equal player alongside the government and business. Existing instruments and approaches are not sufficient to approach sustainability issues. To identify and address these issues, cooperation between science and society is necessary. Multi- and transdisciplinary learning environments enable researchers and students to identify issues, to answer questions and to try out solutions together with stakeholders. Such environments are indispensable for the development of sustainable cities.
|Thema-artikel 'Uitgesproken Bestuurskunde'
Balanceren en experimenteren
Wetenschap en praktijk van publiek management
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2019
|bureaucracy, competing values, leadership, public managers, practice
|Prof. dr. Sandra Groeneveld
Increasing demands and competing values force public organizations to introduce new organizational forms that veer away from rigid bureaucratic structures while remaining in control. How do public managers and their employees deal with the dilemmas that these decentralized and organic ways of organizing entail? On the one hand it must be prevented that public managers fall back too quickly on structures that rely on control and formalization, while, on the other hand, they themselves as managers are still primarily held accountable based on those bureaucratic principles. New organizational forms also assume that leadership is shared and distributed. This not only asks for a higher degree of self-management of employees, but also requires from formal leaders that such behavior is supported and encouraged. In our research and teaching on these changes in public organizations, we work closely with practice. That too is a matter of balancing, this time of public engagement with scientific independence.
|Thema-artikel 'Uitgesproken Bestuurskunde'
Bestuurswetenschap in de kennissamenleving
Een pleidooi voor een transdisciplinaire en veelvormige wetenschapsbenadering
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2019
|research program, knowledge society, transdisciplinarity, plural approach, technology
|Prof. dr. Albert Meijer
This article presents the research program into governance in a knowledge society of professor Albert Meijer and colleagues at Utrecht University. The knowledge society is a society in which (1) citizens are higher educated that ever before and their level of education largely determines their societal position, (2) knowledge plays a key role in administrative and policy processes and is increasingly contested and (3) technology plays a key role in every facet of societal life. Research into governance of and in the knowledge society requires a transdisciplinary and plural approach to scientific work. Transdisciplinarity entails combining insights from science with various forms of contextual and practical knowledge. A plural approach to scientific works means that we should not only do explanatory empirical work but also theoretical, normative and prescriptive research. The overall ambition of this research program is to contribute to a democratic debate about the governance of the future.
|Thema-artikel 'Uitgesproken Bestuurskunde'
Hoe onzeker is de toekomst, of hoe is de toekomst onzeker?
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2019
|future, uncertainty, strategy, governance, organization
|Prof. dr. Martijn van der Steen
The future is inherently uncertain. No certain statements can be made about the future. This means that policy and management always have to deal with long-term 'future uncertainty'. However, it does matter how we name uncertainty; what words we use for it. What kind of uncertainty do we mean when we talk about uncertainty in policy processes and management? The same applies to the type of preparation for uncertainty that we choose. The question 'are we prepared' can also be answered in different ways. In this contribution we identify a variety of types of uncertainty and types of ways of dealing with uncertainty, based on the text of my Inaugural Speech delivered in 2016. I then discuss how these questions have been translated into research and education and which next steps I foresee for myself in the – although inherently uncertain – near future.
|Thema-artikel 'Uitgesproken Bestuurskunde'
Pleidooi voor een ontwerpgerichte bestuurskunde
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2019
|Design, Solution-oriented research, Abduction, Societal relevance
|Prof. dr. Arwin van Buuren
Public Administration as a scientific discipline can increase its scientific and social relevance if it takes a more design-oriented approach. With that I go back to the classical notion of Herbert Simon that public administration is a design science. I advocate revitalizing that idea. This is necessary if we look at the problems governments are struggling with, but also in view of the developments in the environment of our field. But it is also promising because it offers opportunities to achieve innovative, scientific knowledge. The design sciences contain numerous insights into how a public administration design process can be set up, with room for creativity, abduction and intuition. I divide a public design process into five rounds: the round of understanding the issue, defining or demarcating it, coming up with possible solutions, testing and refining these solutions and distilling the more generically applicable elements. This is ideally done through fast, iterative rounds of developing, testing and refining designs. In such a design process, disciplinary knowledge can play an important role in understanding the issue and coming up with possible designs. And so designing can also become a way to validate this knowledge.
|Thema-artikel 'Uitgesproken Bestuurskunde'
Samenwerken in de kenniseconomie
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2019
|knowledge economy, sharing knowledge, collaborative community, governance structures
|Prof. dr. Ferry Koster
For a long time, the three governance structures market, hierarchy, and community were regarded as separate entities. The market is based on the price mechanism, the authority mechanism is the basis of the hierarchy, and trust relations characterize the community. As the knowledge economy evolves, there is a shift in thinking about how these governance structures are related. Creating and sharing knowledge are key features of the knowledge economy. However, this knowledge is partly tacit and sharing knowledge is particularly useful among diverse organizations, which are two barriers for sharing of knowledge among organizations.
|Thema-artikel 'Uitgesproken Bestuurskunde'
Gedragen gedragsverandering
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 2 2019
|public administration, public management, psychology, behavioral public administration, behavior change, design science
|Prof. dr. Lars Tummers
Changing behavior is often necessary to tackle societal problems. Governments can change behavior via economic incentives (such as subsidies for electric cars), bans/mandates (such as prison sentences for drug smuggling), communication (for example information campaigns) and nudges (for example, being a donor by default). However, the government should not be a manipulator that applies the latest behavioral tricks without societal support. Public administration research shows that support cannot be taken for granted. If there is no support for behavioral change, well-intended interventions can even be counterproductive. I therefore develop a model for supported behavioral change. I provide five criteria that indicate when there is supported behavioral change: if the behavioral change is both effective (1) and efficient (2), and when there is support for behavioral change among politicians (3), among implementing organizations (4), and among citizens (5).
|Lokaal internationaal
Internationale tijdschriften en boeken
|Bestuurswetenschappen, Aflevering 2 2019
|Dr. Rik Reussing
Decentralisatie, schaalvergroting en lokale democratie
|Bestuurswetenschappen, Aflevering 2 2019
|Prof. dr. Marcel Boogers en Dr. Rik Reussing
In this article in the series on the local democratic audit, the authors discuss the relationship between decentralization, scaling-up and local democracy. Decentralizations and scaling-up operations have changed the face of local government in the Netherlands considerably in recent decades. What have the consequences for the functioning of local democracy been? Although decentralizations aim to increase democratic control of government tasks, decentralizations appear to have weakened local democracy in two ways. First of all, they have led to a substantial scaling-up of the local government, through municipal amalgamations and especially through the formation of regional partnerships. Regionalization in particular has had all kinds of negative consequences for the functioning of local democracy. Decentralization policy itself has also weakened the steering and controlling role of the city council – certainly in the short term – while decentralization presupposes that the city council has a strong role in coordinating decentralized policy with local wishes and circumstances. We can speak of a 'double decentralization paradox' that entails both bottlenecks and opportunities. From the legislator's side, therefore, an integral vision for the organization of domestic governance is needed.
Maatwerk in contact: vragen om verschillen bij complexe opgaven
|Bestuurswetenschappen, Aflevering 2 2019
|Dr. Els van der Pool en Dr. Guido Rijnja
Governance is a human activity and is therefore unquestionably about relationships. Relationships between public and private parties. Relationships in existing steering-oriented structures (the political administrator as guardian, magistrate) and also relationships in new forms of cooperation that are often focused on good relationships (government participation). Public-private partnerships are inevitably accompanied by conflicting interests that place different demands on interactions. One-size-fits-all does not fit there, but customization is required, with constant alignment with what is – and what is not (yet). And so the ability to make contact requires much more attention, and from there to explore and grasp perspectives. How do you work on the tensions that you find on your way? It is there that the method of communication influences how the process of cooperation and steering proceeds. This is not a matter of whether-or, but and-and. Both perspectives are characterized by a different relationship with those involved and a different way of contact and interaction. This article focuses on contact from a collaborative perspective. The classical administrative side already has a rich history, while the cooperation side is often still an unknown and unexplored territory. The central question is: how can you, as a director and public professional, deliver tailor-made solutions and therefore adapt to complex tasks? The authors look at complex situations from a communicative perspective and they introduce 'appreciative communication' as the art of aligning with what really moves people, as a frame of view of the inconvenience caused by the differences present. They highlight a number of generic tensions that can arise in cooperation situations. A case study into the approach to regional innovation in the field of mobility serves as an illustration.
Van transitie naar transformatie van de jeugdhulp
Biedt de transactiekostentheorie aanknopingspunten voor meer kwaliteit, minder uitvoeringskosten en lagere administratieve lasten?
|Bestuurswetenschappen, Aflevering 2 2019
|Drs. Nanko Boerma en Dr. Bert Bröcking
In the implementation of the Dutch Youth Act, since the so-called 'transition' of 2015 under the responsibility of the municipalities, there are three major problems: the municipalities are short of money, the implementation of youth aid is accompanied by high administrative burdens and there are serious quality concerns, especially where different care providers must work together for one client. This article deals with the possibilities of the economic transaction cost theory for realizing improvements through organizing more effective collaboration between municipalities and healthcare providers. Transactions are a 'forgotten' cost source. There are three sources of transaction costs: limited rationality, opportunistic behavior and 'asset specificity.' In this article the authors analyze twelve problems documented in the literature on youth care from this perspective. This creates a framework from which municipalities can tackle these problems in order to improve the quality of youth care, to keep costs under control and to reduce the administrative burden. In a number of sectors and large projects 'linking zones' appear to be a way to increase the trust between players in a chain, so that transaction costs fall. Where poor cooperation between chain partners in youth care is a major cause of the problems, municipalities can make significant gains by establishing linking zones with care providers contracted by them. This article outlines the method in a linking zone.
'Macho-meritocratie' Singapore
Vijf lessen uit het genadeloze streven naar ambtelijke excellentie
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2019
|Singapore, public service excellence, Performance, comparative public administration
|Prof. dr. Zeger van der Wal
Singapore and the Netherlands are small, export- and trade-dependent countries that perform excellently in many areas, such as good governance and integrity, policy effectiveness, liveability, innovation, and e-government. At the same time there are clear differences in political culture and history: Singapore has a more authoritarian governance style including limitations in press freedom, freedom of speech, and political activism. Within these contrasting contexts, both countries have introduced and implemented similar public management reforms since the 1990s. The aim of these reforms is to maintain public service excellence in a dynamic environment but the countries make contrasting choices in achieving this aim. This article describes how administrative excellence is organised and pursued in Singapore and identifies five lessons for the Netherlands: (1) Use positive narratives about government often; (2) be nuanced about capping top-level remuneration; (3) enhance the attractiveness of government as an employer; (4) invest in life-long learning; (5) be an authoritative expert amidst horizontalisation hypes.
Voorbij Public Administration en New Public Management
Zuid-Afrika op zoek naar een nieuwe inrichting van publieke voorzieningen
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2019
|new public management, networked governance, learning governance, service provision
|Prof. dr. Hans Bossert en Prof. dr. Martijn van der Steen
South Africa underwent an unprecedented transition in 1994. The country changed from the Apartheid regime into a system founded on the principles of the rule of law and equal treatment for all. Along with this political regime change, a wide range of social rights were included in the Constitution, which grants al citizens a constitutional right to a wide range of social services. Moreover, the system of governance and organisation of services was designed according to the latest insights from the then emerging new public management paradigm. Now, twenty years later, the system is crumbling; many of the basic services are not properly provided to citizens. Partly, this is a consequence of a basic absence of integrity in parts of the political class and in elements of the civil service. However, as we illustrate in a case analysis of the Water Boards in the Western Cape Province, the problem is also a consequence of the design of the system of governance. The combination of unlimited constitutional access to services and a stringent regime of new public management principles in the organisation of service provision has led to a serious crisis of performance. Therefore, the solution for the problem may be to redesign the system according to other governance principles, such as learning governance and networked governance.
Strategische planning en fusies in Vlaamse gemeenten
Een essay over Vlaamse ervaringen met New Public Management-hervormingen
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2019
|new public management, local government, strategic planning, municipal mergers, Flemish municipalities
|Bert George PhD
In the past years, Flemish municipalities have been confronted with a plethora of new public management reforms. The two probably most salient reforms include the introduction of a strategic planning system entitled the policy and management cycle (PMC) as well as the provision of financial incentives for municipalities that undertake a merger. These reforms are not unique to the Flemish context. Indeed, similar reforms took place in the Netherlands, where policy and management instruments (PMI) – a strategic planning system – were introduced in the eighties and municipal mergers have been part of the political agenda for several decades. But similar reforms also took place in, for instance, the United Kingdom (i.e. the best value regime in 1999) as well as Denmark (i.e. the municipal mergers in 2007). In this essay, these Flemish reforms are critically evaluated, taking into account following question: which public values are triggered through these reforms, and what might this imply for the Flemish and Dutch local public sector? This essay uses new public governance principles such as strategic thinking and the learning organisation to answer this question.
Voortvarend in verbouwen
Hoe Denemarken efficiënt drastische beleidswijzigingen realiseert (maar niet per se heel effectief blijkt)
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2019
|Comparative public administration, Public reform, Reform implementation, Decentralisation, Civil service
|Eline van Schaik MSc
In international comparative research, a dominant image often emerges of Denmark as a frontrunner in innovative governance, gaining top results in international rankings.
Framing coastal squeeze: Understanding the integration of mega-nourishment schemes into the Dutch coastal management solutions repertoire
An interpretive analysis of coastal management processes
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2019
|Ewert Johannes Aukes
De blik naar buiten: bestuurlijke verbouwingen in het buitenland
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2019
|bestuurlijke hervormingen, bestuurlijke ontwikkeling, internationale vergelijking, New Public Management, New Public Governance
|Prof. dr. Joop Koppenjan en Dr. Willemijn Dicke
In this special issue, recent public sector reforms in South Africa, Denmark, Belgium, Mexico, Singapore and Denmark are analysed. Reforms in the public sector are by and large explained as a chronological development from traditional bureaucracy, via New Public Management to New Public Governance. This is also the way the many administrative reforms in the Dutch public sector are often explained.
Bestuur in een low-trust context
De vicieuze cirkels in de hervorming van de Mexicaanse overheid
|Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 1 2019
|low trust, vicious circles, administrative reforms, authoritarian legacies, Mexico
|Dr. Rik Peeters
Since the late eighties, Mexico has experienced profound economic modernisation and political democratisation. However, the corresponding administrative reforms have lagged: professionalisation of the public sector, improvement of public service delivery and development of modern management principles are plagued by a lack of coherence, implementation, and continuity. This can be traced back to several historically rooted and structural characteristics of Mexican public administration, which reproduce vicious circles of low trust and dysfunction. For example, (1) the extreme spoils system maintains a culture of distrust towards civil servants; (2) Mexico's weak state capacity is a consequence of a lack of collective action, but also further undermines citizens' trust in government; (3) strong labour unions are a response to poor labour rights, but also uphold a system of capture and confrontation; and (4) corruption is inevitable if cooperation depends on personal loyalties.


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Landscape Photography by Jan Kopetzky
Jan Kopetzky was born 1976 in Berlin. Jan got his first camera when he was twelve years old and by the time he was sixteen he knew he will be a photographer. From that point on his path was clear: high school photography classes, photographing for the school paper and yearbook, a photography degree from the Lette-Verein Berlin (1998-2001), assisting Benno Kraehahn in Berlin, and many freelance assistant jobs with national and international photographers such as Esther Haase, Olaf Blecker, Peter Lindbergh, Annie Leibovitz, Rankin, as well as working in the art buying section of Philipp und Keuntje in Hamburg. His love of portrait photography – especially his keen interest in the people he portrays – has always been evident in both his commissioned work and personal projects. Particulalry notable are his portraits of children with Downs Syndrome (2009) and his photo essay on Brazillian gold-mine workers (2001).


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NTPC Jobs Recruitment 2019 - Trainee 79 Posts.
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited Jobs Recruitment Notification 2019.
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Sharing in Memsource primarily means sharing resources between separate organizations in Memsource. One organization creates a project and then shares the whole project or just some selected jobs with another organization.
In Memsource, a sharing is a connecting two cooperating organizations: a "Buyer" and a "Vendor". These are not fixed roles, and only determine the relationship. This means that for some projects, an organization can act as a Buyer, while for others it can act as a Vendor.
Sharing is available in all of our paid editions.
A Buyer is an organization with an account in Memsource that can assign projects to other organizations (vendors) in Memsource.
Organizations with the following editions can act as buyers:
- Team
- Ultimate
- Enterprise
A Vendor is an organization that can be assigned projects or jobs by other organizations (Buyers).
Organizations with the following editions can act as vendors:
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Vendor Connection
A Buyer needs to establish the Vendor connection before sharing projects or jobs with them. The Vendor organization needs to provide its Vendor Token to the Buyer in order to set it up.
The Vendor Token is located at the top of the Vendor organization's Setup page in the Organization section of Memsource.
After receiving the token from the vendor, the buyer organization can go ahead and add the new vendor to their vendor list:
- Go to Setup and click on Vendors in the Administration section. Then, click New.
- Enter the Vendor token
- You can also add a net rate scheme and price list (if applicable)
- You can also set the Relevancy of this vendor (the Vendor will be offered as "Relevant" in the Providers list when sharing a project or jobs): source and target languages, clients, domains, subdomains, and Workflow.
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: MDB backwards compatible?
From: Mat Holton (mathew.holton_at_surface-inspection.com)
Date: 2004-08-17
you could use a file that contains tags for each piece of data.
-----Original Message-----From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>To: Rockbox development <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>Sent: 17/08/2004 07:20Subject: Re: MDB backwards compatible?basslover wrote:
> ok, before i make a whole new bunch of cfgs, would it be safe to assume that
> future changes will be backwards compatible?
No, settings we add in the future will not be understood by current firmware. How could they?
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State Bank of India (SBI) to open additional 1000 branches in next financial year.
State Bank of India, countries largest banking and financial services company to open an additional 1000 branches in the 2013-14 financial year. On February 9, Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram visited the Corporate Centre of State Bank of India and inaugurated online 101 branches of the Bank, spread over 21 States of India, which increased the number of branches of the Bank to 14598 branches.
The Chairman of State Bank of India Mr. Pratip Choudhuri in a function at Chennai said the banking industry looks 'promising' for the 2013-14 period. "We are pretty hopeful to open an additional 1000 branches in the next (financial) year," he added.
With the plan to include another 1000 branches, the State Bank of India will become the first bank in India to achieve the 15,000 branch network strength.


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Low Smoke Zero Halogen Cables from Prysmian Cables UK
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Prysmian Afumex LSX and other FP cables have been specified and installed as part of a grand £32 million transformation of Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home to the world famous Lancashire County Cricket Club.
LSX has been used as part of the power and lighting circuits in preparation for Old Trafford becoming a first class international venue for competitive cricket. Developments at the ground were constructed by Morgan Sindall and include two new grandstands, dressing rooms, a new media centre and refurbishment of the pavilion.
Afumex LSX provides excellent resistance to ignition and flame spread, producing very low levels of smoke and virtually no acidic gases when burnt, safeguarding human life and protecting buildings and equipment.
Afumex LSX is the original low smoke zero halogen cable designed for small power and lighting circuits and is the right choice for shallow voids in thin walls and partitions thanks to its aluminium sheath. It's also the ideal choice to replace small, bulky indoor armoured cables on tray or basket. Since LSX needs only nylon glands to retain earth continuity, it saves time and cost too.
Capacity at the ground will permanently increase to 15,000 and additional temporary seating will push the stadium to house 25,000 for international tests. Safety was therefore a top priority for the developments at Old Trafford to safeguard the new influx of cricket fans into the venue.
Genlec Electrical Contractors Limited began the installation in February, Purchasing Manager, John Lawrence explains, 'This is a huge project for us, with a combined M&E value of £2 million. We have specified Prysmian cables in the past on other high profile jobs as they live up to their reputation in terms of availability, price and most importantly, the third party approvals.'
The developments at the cricket ground are part of a wider regeneration of a sports-led 50-acre mixed use site in Old Trafford that will create more than 2,000 new jobs for the local area.
John and his team completed the installation mid August in time for a Twenty20 match between England and South Africa. Old Trafford Cricket Ground will then join other leading UK cricket venues to host The Ashes in 2013.


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Each year, dentists in the UK fit dental braces for more than 200 000 children, but many adults, 75% of us according to the British Orthodontic Society, would benefit from having their teeth straightened to some degree. The idea of straighter teeth is very appealing, but you may be put off by the idea of having to wear obtrusive metal braces for two years. While these braces were the only choice in the past, here at Staplehurst dental in Kent, braces really are for patients of almost any age.
Even if you did have braces when you were younger, you might have noticed that your teeth are no longer as straight as they were initially. They can move unless you have worn a retainer ever since. Whatever you need, dentist Dr Jan Einfeldt will advise you on the type of brace that is most suitable for you.
Six Month Smiles and Invisalign: your choice of braces in Kent
For minor corrections that focus just on your front teeth, the Six Month Smiles brace may be the best choice for your needs. This brace is a fixed type of brace which uses tooth-coloured wires and brackets, which are virtually invisible. As the name implies, the results can be seen in just six months. This is an ideal option for many adults who choose to have their teeth straightened for purely cosmetic reasons. This type of brace can be used to correct a range of problems, including gaps between teeth, open bites and crooked and crowded teeth.
A range of different types of Invisalign braces are suitable for different orthodontic issues. All the Invisalign aligners are removable and transparent and can be used to make a wide range of orthodontic adjustments from minor to severe. Of course, it takes much longer to completely adjust your bite and the alignment of your teeth and you may need to wear them for up to two years. If your teeth are relatively straight, the Invisalign i7 may be suitable for you. This system is designed to be suitable for both teenagers and adults who need minor tooth adjustments from slight overcrowding or perhaps a single crooked tooth that needs to be re-aligned.


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The Salisbury Museum engagement volunteers have been invited to join a group visit to the Clore Studio,Tate Britain, London, as part of the Aspire programme which brought John Constable's epic Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows to the Museum. Their visit, on Wednesday 30 November, will include a talk, a visit to the Prints and Drawings Study Room and the Constable Room, as well as a guided Walk through British Art.
We wish them well, safe return, and look forward to hearing all about it next week.


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Child Health Week: this week at VOH Africa
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Kitwe: Child Health Week
Child Health Week provides an opportunity for us at VOH Kitwe to deliver essential medical services to our children. All the children under 5 and girls over 15 attended.
During this five day period, parents are encouraged to bring their children to local health facilities, which provide Vitamin A supplements, deworming, growth monitoring, and malaria control services.
The theme for this year is "Health for all; leaving no one behind." VOH Kitwe was excited to be part of the program. We thank the Kitwe District Health Board for providing us with all the vaccines needed!
Burundi: Learning About the Body
At VOH Burundi this week our Bwiza Preschool children are learning about the different parts of the body. It is exciting to see how fast our children learn and how they are able to recite with precision different parts of their bodies in four different languages: Kirundi, French, English and Swahili!
Chongwe: Enjoying Our Memorial Park!
VOH Chongwe is so grateful to have a special park onsite made in memory of our beloved Uncle Joe Whittaker. This special place is located near our children's homes and is so lovely! The gazebo provides a welcome protection from the hot sun.
The kids love spending time there as they do their homework and relaxing and having group discussions. The mothers also use the area for their devotion time, meetings, and group discussions.
We are so grateful to our faithful donors and to Uncle Joe for making it possible to have this wonderful place, it adds beauty to the village!
Malawi: Outside Playtime!
At our VOH Malawi Hope Academy School, we know it is important for our children to have outside playtime every day. The children play a variety of outside games and this allows them to explore the environment and do some exercises as they play.
Playing together builds friendships and an understanding of how to get along even at their young ages. Being out in the fresh air and sunshine makes game time so much fun!
Mongu: Exams are Over!
This week at VOH Mongu our students wrote their final exam, which was for mathematics. When we asked the Grade 9 class how they did they responded with thumbs up all around! It is great to know that our kids are feeling confident in their studies and now get to kick back and relax a little.
We talked to two students specifically about how they did, Dorcas and Kayombo. Dorcas says that maths is her favourite subject, but today was still challenging. Dorcas tells us she would like to be a doctor one day. She lives with her grandmother and brother.
Kayombo had almost the same to say about the exam. It is his favourite subject, but today's exam was "just fine." Kayombo is still deciding what he wants to do when he grows up, but for now, he lives with his mother and 7 siblings!
All the Grade 9 students are excited about their break.
Mwanza: Lead Team Meetings
Over the last couple of weeks, VOH Mwanza's Lead Team has taken a couple days to work together on our strategic plan for 2019 and to dream about the future of VOH Mwanza, which includes VOH Bulale and our farm.
It has been a great time of teamwork, dreaming together, problem-solving, and praying for all the plans we have for the year ahead. We even got to celebrate the Director's birthday!
We have an amazing team and we are all so excited to see VOH Mwanza's ministry growing and more children being reached with the love and hope of Jesus. We have no doubt that God is opening new doors so that we can reach out to more children throughout Mwanza. We can't wait to see what the new year brings–we are ready!
Zimbabwe: Cholera Outbreak
Zimbabwe was recently hit by an epidemic of cholera caused by bacteria that breeds in the dirt. In a bid to help the fight against this disease, a local organization–Zimbabwe Association of Christian Hospitals (ZACH)–donated buckets and other consumables to VOH Zimbabwe to help us maintain cleanliness in our children's homes and at our school.
We were given buckets to put water for washing hands around the school and homes and also some protective clothing for the clinic nurses as they attend to patients who would have become infected with the disease.
This was a welcome donation and it has gone a long way in curbing the spread of the disease and helping us maintain good hygiene amongst the children and the mothers during this national crisis.
The health of our children is a priority and we appreciate the support of those that help make it possible to care for our children.


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From the beach to the Nile
Finally, we camped in Africa! Egyptians don't camp so it's rare to find a good spot. We could park our car on the beach at Rocky Valley Beachcamp, if it wasn't for the wind it would have been heaven. Coral reefs right off the coast, snorkeling was just amazing! From Al Quiseir we wanted to … More From the beach to the Nile


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Island interview
By Aaren Madden, December 2012
Sandra Richardson believes knowing our vital signs makes us stronger.
There's a young woman in Victoria who used to have a great fashion job in New York City. She was living the life. But then she started abusing drugs and developed a serious addiction. She ended up back in Victoria, her hometown—homeless. Eventually, with some support from her family, a counsellor and a program at the Victoria Cool Aid Society, she was able to turn things around: she started walking, then running—and now she's in medical school.
By Aaren Madden, November 2012
MLA Rob Fleming thinks LRT would tame sprawl in the West Shore and attract business investment.
The late 1980s were volatile times politically, here in BC, on the world stage, and particularly in the Fleming household. Rob Fleming's older sister had strong, left-leaning opinions that she impressed upon him. Their father stood decidedly to the right; Mom was a "Trudeau Liberal." (Pierre, that is. He's not sure where she stands on Justin yet.) Imagine the lively dinner conversation on the day when, in "grade nine or ten," young Fleming announced he had joined the NDP.
"MLAs come from all walks of life; there is no one path. It's not like everybody in the legislature was on the debating club in high school—I just happened to be," quips Fleming, now the Environment Critic and NDP MLA for Victoria-Swan Lake.
By Aaren Madden, October 2012
Even after losing his job measuring marine contaminants, Peter Ross is more concerned about the country's future than his own.
Peter Ross is Canada's only marine mammal toxicologist. At the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney, he studies the levels of toxic chemicals found in a wide range of creatures, including sea otters, seals and whales. This determines effects on their health, the health of their food sources, the oceans, and aboriginal food sources. "This is knowledge that informs policies, regulations, and practices that enable us to protect the ocean and its resources for today's users and for future generations," he explains.
By Aaren Madden, September 2012
Tara Ehrcke on why education in general, and class size in particular, needs to become an election issue next spring.
It's September, and another school year is about to begin. Usually this season puts people in mind of fresh starts and the exciting potential represented by all those sharpened pencils and crisp sheets of loose-leaf. For teachers in BC, though, it will mean a return to the same issues they have faced for years and fought for in tumultuous contract negotiations and job action through most of the last school year. The implementation of Bill 22, the Education Improvement Act, in June forced a temporary settlement, effective until June 2013, at which time the British Columbia Teachers' Federation may or may not be a different government's problem.
By Aaren Madden, July/August 2012
CBC's Gregor Craigie sees Victoria as a city of activists.
The Big Apple; Motor City; City of Lights; Cowtown. A place can be conjured in a phrase, but it's never as simple as all that. We all have our own spheres of reference that feed our perceptions of home—or any place for that matter—so there are as many ways of engaging with a place as there are people who live there, who visit, or who contemplate it from afar.
By Aaren Madden, June 2012
BC and Canada are at a dangerous crossroads with the Enbridge pipeline plan, says Victoria MP Denise Savoie.
As an avid kayaker, NDP MP for Victoria Denise Savoie has glided over many of the scenic waters of the West Coast. But never before or since has she encountered the scene awaiting her in Prince William Sound, Alaska: "You're paddling along the coast and it looks pristine from the water, but as you take your kayak to the beach, you begin to see rock faces that are still completely covered in gummed-up substance," she says of her experience there in 1999.
By Aaren Madden, May 2012
Jack Etkin is intent on presenting alternative voices to those we hear in corporate-controlled media.
"Let me ask you a question," says Jack Etkin, as we sit over steaming plates of beef teriyaki in a bustling Japanese restaurant. He has been patiently connecting the dots for me in what he considers the deeply problematic power structure that is constantly eroding our rights, environment, and quality of life as citizens. We'll get to that, but first, his question. "What's the definition of the word democracy?" he asks.
I mumble something about by the people, for the people. "Not bad," he nods, before offering his preferred analysis. "Democracy comes from two Greek words: deimos, meaning the people, and kratos, power. So it means the people rule."
By Aaren Madden, April 2012
Shellie Gudgeon's first concern is how we shift from "us and them" to "we"—and why we have to.
EVER SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNGSTER, Shellie Gudgeon's 15-year-old daughter Isabella has got a kick out of Foul Bay Road. Whenever they drive or walk across it, she says, "Oh! I'm in Oak Bay! Hey! I'm in Victoria! Oak Bay now! Oh! Victoria again!"
From a child's point of view, it does seem absurd that a mere street separates two different cities. But by Victoria city councillor Gudgeon's observation, the 13 solitudes that make up our region signify a dysfunction incised deeper than layers of asphalt and fill.
By Aaren Madden, March 2012
Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard weighs the pros and cons of the "big bang" approach to municipal politics.
Frank Leonard is an incrementalist. The mayor of Saanich since 1996 and councillor for ten years previous illustrates what that means by way of reminiscence. "I was appointed chairman of the environment committee of the CRD in 1988. A day later, the recycling depot burned down. I was off to a great start," he chuckles. At first, volunteers were handing out white pails. "Incrementally," he says, "we added recycling programs, including the blue box."
By Aaren Madden, February 2012
To win the battle for envionmental health, mass mobilization will be necessary.
"Hello, I am Tria Donaldson, and I am calling to register my opposition to the government's position on…" That was the gist of the very first phone call Tria Donaldson made to a politician. It was Environment Minister-of-the moment Jim Prentice, just before they both attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in 2009. Aside from having been a tad nervous, she barely remembers it now. "They all kind of blend together after a while," she smiles.
By Aaren Madden, January 2012
With a vision of environmental and social justice informed by travel and history, Ben Isitt is keen to shake things up at City Hall and the CRD.
As we sit in the warm, wood-panelled glow of Ben Isitt's partially renovated kitchen, it becomes clear he has wasted no time embracing his new positions as Victoria city councillor and CRD board member. Six days after the civic election, he has already pored over the 2008 orientation manual for new councillors, last year's finances, and this year's operating budgets for both the City of Victoria and the CRD. He's met with numerous community and business groups, colleagues and the mayor. He is, he says, "trying to get my head around the numbers, seeing the whole range of projects and policies that are being undertaken right now."
By Aaren Madden, December 2011
In teaching the history of this place and its people, Anne Tenning hopes to transform prejudice into understanding and the potential for healing.
In day one of the First Nations Studies 12 course that Anne Tenning teaches at Victoria High School, the first thing she does is draw a line all the way across the blackboard. Next, she divides it into ten segments. "First Nations people are estimated to have been here for 10,000 years," she explains as we sit in her office amongst abundant bookshelves, a table bearing a large bowl of granola bars for the students she advises, and comfortable chairs meant for heart-to-heart talks.
By Aaren Madden, November 2011
In his pursuit of sound civic policy, Geoff Young defies labels and shuns spin.
When Geoff Young is not at any number of meetings in his roles as chair of the CRD board of directors, City of Victoria councillor, and member of multiple committees and boards, he spends his working days at Discovery Economics. He founded the company in 1984. His light-filled office sits on the second floor of a heritage building tucked quietly into downtown's Langley Street. Diplomas in Economics from UBC, the London School of Economics and Harvard (PhD) are the main adornments, save a winter landscape painting that says more about clarity and presence than it does about chill temperature.
By Aaren Madden, October 2011
Coast Salish social activist Rose Henry believes homelessness in Victoria is getting worse and she wants to do something about it.
Rose Henry, a 27-year resident of Victoria, is a founder of the Victoria Committee to End Homelessness. She blogs at rosehenry.blogspot.com and homelessnation.org. At universities, churches and rallies, she speaks about poverty and human rights. She writes for and sells Victoria Street Newz.
The Together Against Poverty Society lists her on their board of directors, as does the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre. BC PIAC is a nonprofit law office fighting for social justice issues ranging from foster care to poverty to human rights. Right now she's pondering an invitation to return to the board of the Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition. You could say she's a little busy. She laughingly calls it "my ADHD."
By Aaren Madden, September 2011
Metchosin Mayor John Ranns believes the approval process for a development next to Juan de Fuca Marine Trail has become an affront to democracy.
Juan de Fuca Provincial Park is a sweep of lush forest, rugged, rocky coast and rolling shoreline stretching from China Beach to Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island's west coast. Whales breach offshore, seals play, waterfalls rush to meet the tide, bears roam, and mist rolls onto the beach on even the hottest summer days. The magical atmosphere assures any visitor they stand somewhere that is not only wild, but also unique in the world.
By Aaren Madden, July 2011
George Monbiot says environmentalists don't have a clear vision of how to stop wrecking the planet. Elizabeth May says she does.
It just so happened that the day Elizabeth May became the first Green elected to parliament in Canada, the prominent UK environmentalist and writer George Monbiot wrote a column in which he argued that, as a movement, environmentalism is, well, lost. "None of us yet has a convincing account of how humanity can get out of this mess," he laments in The Guardian piece titled, "The Lost World." Calling for clarity and realistic discourse, he asked, "Where is the clear vision that can resist the planet-wrecking project?"


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Pack your craft bags and join us for an entire day of dedicated "me" time filled with fun and creativity. Includes a light supper, dessert and a 10% discount on regularly priced items. Scrapbook, stamp, work on your art journal, create mixed media, whatever your heart desires. $30
Die cuts club members get sweet discounts on dies and coordinating stamp sets. There is also an optional monthly meeting just for members that includes a make and take, time to chat and a few giveaways. This is a fun time and a great way to meet other die cut fans. Membership is $65 for one year.