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Posted: Fri 06 Apr 2012, 02:49
Post subject: still trying....
I've stuck with Wary 5 though I"ve tried all the alternatives given by a very friendly commuity! It seems the video card is still the problem. It works but scrolls slowly to render any new text/image. When and if I find the correct driver, how will I incorporate this into the system? To the user who looked up my computer - thanks. I will be looking for the driver as time permitts.
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Posted: Fri 06 Apr 2012, 05:46
Post subject: Re: best puppy for older computer
Hi rkonrad,
rkonrad wrote:
It recognized the card as "trident" but I am not convinced that is totally correct.
If you want to identify your graphics hardware, run this command at the console:
lspci -v |grep VGA
You should be able to confirm this in Hardinfo by selecting the "PCI Devices" category and scrolling through the list.
In addition, use this command:
if you want to determine how much video ram you have, as well as complete specs on your monitor --including resolutions and refresh rates.
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Posted: Fri 06 Apr 2012, 06:32
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see http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77278&start=15.
I seem to remember it ran 4.2 from CD as well.
It does have a swap partition defined and it does run better with 192Mb memory.
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Posted: Sat 07 Apr 2012, 14:33
Post subject: looking for driver
Thanks again for the commands to help identify my video card.. It is a Trident Cyberblade /i1 rev 5d. The journey now begins to find any an appropriate driver. I've settled with the Wary 5. None of the other versions recommended helped with my card. So I thought I would start with this community if they know of any sources I could investigate. Video RAM is 8 megs by the way. I like the look of wary as well so I'll dispense with the macpup though I use it with my desktop (as well as Vector Linux)
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Posted: Sat 07 Apr 2012, 14:53
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I can recommend Puppy Turbo (and Puppy Turbo Extreme), both of which are based on the 4.2 series of Pups and are optimised to run on old hardware.
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.
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Posted: Sat 07 Apr 2012, 15:40
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From Barry's blog:
"Old" ideas for a new lightweight pup
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Posted: Sat 07 Apr 2012, 15:55
Post subject: Re: looking for driver
rkonrad wrote:
The journey now begins to find any an appropriate driver
I don't have a specific answer that will help, but I am in the middle of a similar issue myself so maybe my general info may be of use. There is an interaction between various modules in the video software so it is helpful to have some idea of the complexity before you can reduce it to simple steps.
In my experience it is not just as simple as clicking on the right driver and watching it install. Nor is it as simple as clicking a .pet that supposedly contains the correct driver (you might get lucky, but only if the person who made that .pet shares the identical video card hardware, firmware and linux kernel as you do)
Basically what you have to achieve is this:
1) Locate the manufacturers driver for your video card
2) Work out which kernel you have (type uname -r in a console)
3) Compile the manufacturers driver against your kernel (which may involve temporarily accessing the "devx" kernel that matches what you are using)
4) Load the driver correctly
5) Configure xorg.conf correctly
Apparently the compile steps are not difficult, but the xorg setup can be tricky.
It will become important to have an understanding of how the Xorg server decides which driver is active.
The video driver which is currently in use is specified by the xorg.conf file in the /etc/x11 folder. However, the behaviour of this file is rather problematic in my experience. The file does not always stay the same. There are circumstances under which Xorg will discard the changes you make to the file, and overwrite it.
This can cause endless problems with trying to figure out why your changes don't seem to work.
Also, it is important to remember that Xorg is able to "fallback" to basic settings if it detects that something in the xorg.conf file does not match your hardware. This means that there are at least two modes that will appear to work on your machine - firstly the fallback mode, and secondly the accelerated mode (...and there are various different levels of accleleration too. 2D and 3D accel are achieved by different methods)
There is also a .pet called something like xorg_high (which may be worth a try if you don't want to go the whole compile route just yet). The xorg_high driver is a step up from the fallback driver, but a step below true 3D acceleration based on the full (and correctly compiled) driver from the manufacturer.
The fact that only one Puppy has the correct fallback settings suggests that your video card may be a little "touchy" so it might be tricky to find the driver/xorg.conf combo that works well for you.
I recommend that you keep any important data off this machine until you have finished experimenting with the video as it is likely that you will have to work through a lot of config/reboot/reinstall.
Hopefully you will have time to do some research throughout this forum because there is a large patchwork of valuable info about how Xorg works - it's just that different people know different things depending on what happened with their particular hardware.
I recommend making a copy of the xorg.conf file that you can currently find in /etc/x11. This file will contain the fallback settings and driver name that currently work on your system. It may contain useful info, and in any case you may need to reinstall it at various times during the troubleshooting, or you may want to copy it over to any other puppy that has not succeeded in generating a working xorg.conf
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Posted: Sun 08 Apr 2012, 04:23
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I mentioned searching this forum for info - you may find the search function of this forum difficult to use (I don't know why it doesn't give the expected results...), and you may find that a normal google search gets you more specific results (and will also include similar topics from other distros forums...) Also, this modified google search page (specific to Puppy) is rather useful:
At the risk of offering way too much blabber (but in the hope that some of it might help you avoid non-working shortcuts...) here is a bit more info:
I forgot to mention a couple of things:
1) As well as xorg and vesa, there was another option called xfree86. A debian forum post mentions your video card and xfree86 here:
and offers a sample config file here:
I'm not suggesting that you should use xfree86, but the format of the sample file is very similar to xorg.conf and just might include some parameters that eventually help you.
2) As well as fallback graphics modes, and 2D/3D acceleration, there are other factors that can affect operation of the card: Mesa and DRI (direct rendering) seem to be mentioned quite a bit. I am still confused about whether these can co-exist alongside true acceleration, or are used instead of it, where a correct driver can not be found. (I am still working through similar driver problems on a couple of Toshiba laptops and struggling to unravel the relationship between all these factors)
One thing I know for sure (from lots of trial and error) is that someone elses .pet driver file may have worked well for them but still have a wrong parameter for your system or needs. This seems especially true for the early AGP cards, which came out at a time when there was a high rate of hardware development, and information and software development may not have matured fully. You may have to find a partial answer and finetune it. Anyway, here is a collection of info that might help build the picture.
This webpage is fairly specific about Trident support for your card. I don't know how exactly this is applicable to Puppy (but someone else will..)
This post mentions DRI on a cyberblade card. No solution but possibly some config info of interest:
ubuntu cyberblade issue with sample working xorg
Linux forum that mentions a solution for a similar card and offers an xorg.conf
Debian forum with major bitching session, but some good indepth comments about xorg etc
Tip re copying a working xorg.conf (on Tecra 8200 with diff Trident, but still useful background and a sample grafted xorg.conf)
Older murga post re 3D centre and cyberblade:
Forum member "Tempestuous" summary of levels of 2D, 3D and DRI (older relevance but still valuable insight - His comment may sound as if there is no solution but that may not apply to your card, and things may have changed since 2006)
Working cyberblade:
Toms hardware forum, "cant find cyberblade driver"
Debian forum with fragment of DDC info
Sorry if none of this helps. Hopefully we will be able to help you hunt down the answer. There are some excellent techies in the Puppy forum who will be able to offer help in discarding what no longer applies. (Some things have changed since that video card was released - Xorg has changed, Puppy has changed, and newer accelerated cards use a different setup, so some of the older info will be relevant, but not all) . Even if full acceleration is impossible I think you will find an xorg.conf that gives you what you want, and can be ported to other puppies if you decide to change.
I am sure there are many more posts on the puppy forum and others. I suspect you will be able to patchwork a solution that helps. Best of luck!
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Posted: Sun 08 Apr 2012, 11:29
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Any chance of posting the contents of your xorg.conf file that is in the /etc/x11 folder?
It will give us a starting point to see if you are using vesa fallback or the Trident driver at the moment.
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Posted: Sun 08 Apr 2012, 14:49
Post subject: Installing Puppy via floppy-boot
I apologize if I'm adding my question to a wrong thread but I haven't found anything more suitable (was looking for a topic named "best puppy for very very very old computer" without success
I would like to try some Puppy with my very old computer - Pentium 120, 64 MB RAM, 1.6 GB HDD, S3 Trio 64V+ PCI graphics, TEAC 24x CD-ROM drive, MissMelody-compatible ISA sound card, a PCI network card, Award BIOS (and no USB support).
The PC was completely unemployed for quite a long time - I didn't turn it on a single time during the last 3-4 years and other 3-4 years before that I was using it very rarely. At the time when it was still in active service (1996-2004) the PC was running Windows 95 SR2, which is still installed there but I would like to replace it with Puppy and see what I'll get - I'd like to try this as the last step before I throw the PC away as completely useless (browsing today's web with IE 4.0 preinstalled in Win95 is not funny).
Reading quickly through PuppyLinux websites I learnt that the puppy I should want to install and that could work with my old machine is Wary Puppy. So I downloaded the ISO image of the latest 5.3 WaryPuppy, burnt it to a CD, set the boot sequence in BIOS to "CDROM,C,A" and tried to boot... unfortunately it didn't work - although the BIOS made an attempt to boot from the CD-ROM (it displayed some 2 lines of something like "Booting from CD-ROM"), the attempt wasn't successful (the 3rd line was "Starting Windows 95")... since there is no USB support in the PC, I can't boot Puppy via USB either (actually, there are a few unused pins in the motherboard that its manual claims to be USB but they've never been connected to anything and I don't think they would work because at the time when the motherboard was born USB 1.1 was not yet standardized, not sure about USB 1.0)
To make a long story short, I'm looking for a way to boot Wary Puppy installer from a floppy drive or to use some Windows- or DOS-based installer of Wary Puppy that would allow me to install it to HDD and to use it first alongside and afterwards (if I'm happy with it) instead of current Windows 95. I searched and searched on the website, in forums but I didn't find any information related to booting from floppy
Could somebody please help me with this? Thanks in advance!
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Posted: Sun 08 Apr 2012, 16:47
Post subject: Re: Installing Puppy via floppy-boot
eskimo wrote:
I would like to try some Puppy with my very old computer - Pentium 120, 64 MB RAM, 1.6 GB HDD, S3 Trio 64V+ PCI graphics, TEAC 24x CD-ROM drive, MissMelody-compatible ISA sound card, a PCI network card, Award BIOS (and no USB support).
I downloaded the ISO image of the latest 5.3 WaryPuppy, burnt it to a CD, set the boot sequence in BIOS to "CDROM,C,A" and tried to boot... unfortunately it didn't work - although the BIOS made an attempt to boot from the CD-ROM "Starting Windows 95")
I don't think you need to drop back to a floppy boot. It almost sounds as if the CD drive could not find a valid "image" on the CD. Did you do a "burn as image", rather than as a file? That is a common issue, especially if it the "burn as image" feature is not clearly defined within your burning programmes options. I think your machine only proceeded to boot the W95 because it saw no valid boot data on the CD.
Also, it could have been a bad burn. It is worth re-burning the CD at the lowest speed possible. (The laser gets better dye penetration at lower speeds.)
If you have no joy with Wary, it would probably be worth going back to some of the earlier versions of Puppy. (they were fine-tuned for machines without a lot of power)
I'd recommend downloading the 4.3.1 iso available here:
and also downloading fatfree pup 2.17 here:
Another one that gives good performance on low powered PCs is Gray's Puppy NOP 431, available here:
http://puppylinuxstuff.meownplanet.net/NOP/puppy-431-NOP.iso (you may need a username of puppy and a password of linux)
Keen to hear how it goes.
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Posted: Sun 08 Apr 2012, 16:53
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To make a long story short, I'm looking for a way to boot Wary Puppy installer from a floppy drive
If you can boot the CD on another computer (that has a floppy drive), you can go to
menu --> setup --> wakepup
which creates a boot floppy that will convince your other older computer to read the CD drive.
(scroll down for the description of wakepup)
You might also look up the lin-n-win installation method, which uses windows to install puppy.
There are also programs that do the lin-n-win automatically (I've not used but here's the thread)
you can also yank the harddrive, stick it into a better computer, install puppy there, and then move the harddrive back. Puppy can switch between computers like that. And on really old computers (like yours) sometimes, its better to use a faster CPU/more Ram to get it installed.
Also, look up the process for making a swap partition (or swap file). Both are ways of giving virtual memory to to Ram deficient computers by using your harddrive as virtual ram (its like a paging file in windows). If you can dig up some cheap ram somewhere, that would be best, since your computer is pretty near the bottom of what will run.
(You add a swap partition using the gparted program which is part of puppy linux-- again switching the drive to a faster machine might help to do this).
And take a look at some of the other puppy suggestions in this thread. Wary is a good place to start, but some of the others might have better luck.
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Posted: Mon 09 Apr 2012, 03:31
Post subject: best puppy for a very old computer
Hi eskimo,
I have a similar computer (1997 Windows 95 model) that is still in use today...
Therefore, I am quite certain that you will have to use WakePup as
suggested to boot Puppy from a floppy disk. Given the age of your computer, I would also suggest an older version of Puppy: Puppy 2.17 which you can get
right here
or fatfree pup 2.17 as
suggested which is available
over here.
The reason is that newer Puppies especially Wary Puppy require 256 mb of ram. That said, I also recommend that you shop for some used ram: two sticks of 72 pin EDO ram @ 32 mb each, to hopefully bring you up to the maximum of 128 mb ram that your computer should take... assuming that you have four slots with 32 mb of ram in each slot. Lastly, I recommend that you partition your hard drive to include a swap file of 128 -256 mb of space.
Complete these requirements, and you should be able to resuscitate your old Pentium 1 such that it will perform reasonably well.
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Posted: Mon 09 Apr 2012, 04:02
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Monsie wrote:
The reason is that newer Puppies especially Wary Puppy require 256 mb of ram.
installation, that is:
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Posted: Mon 09 Apr 2012, 15:37
Post subject: Re: Installing Puppy via floppy-boot
eskimo wrote:
...(browsing today's web with IE 4.0 preinstalled in Win95 is not funny).
...at the time when the motherboard was born USB 1.1 was not yet standardized, not sure about USB 1.0)
Yes, these are the biggest limitations. It will be interesting to see what benefits Puppy gives you on this hardware.
Another Puppy that is worth trying on hardware like this is MeanPuppy (developed by John Murga, who runs this forum), available here:
(The iso will be titled puppy-2.02-opera)
It is the most fully featured tiny iso that I have found and includes a self-installer for the opera browser.
Although the Puppy OS is easily light enough to run on your hardware the main problem you are likely to see is that the internet today requires a lot from the browser, and browsers are memory hogs. Puppy has a wide choice of browsers, and you can go as light or as heavy as you want.
The version of Opera that comes within Meanpuppy is a good start.
As others suggested, the more memory you can fit, the better off you will be.
One of the main benefits puppy offers over W95 is full USB support, but as you have pointed out, that won't bring you any benefit on your motherboard. (Unless maybe you can find a header cable that is compatible with those pins you mentioned...)
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The greatest cartoon gift of all comes this week in the form of clips from the most infamous holiday special ever as well as what might be the worst Christmas special of all-time.
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – "Apple Family Reunion"
It's a Granny Smith and Applejack episode!
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Tron is currently off the rails, leaving Beck exposed for a trap. While captive, Beck receives a piece of knowledge that completely changes his view of his working relationship with Tron.
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1994's "We Wish You a Turtles Christmas" may be the best argument I've ever seen or heard to abandon the holiday season altogether.
The live-action theme song itself is bad enough to make the most jaded of viewers run.
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The twin Gemini telescopes (Gemini North is in Hawaii to image the northern sky) are already some of the most advanced hardware on the planet, featuring adaptive optics that correct the gaze of an eight-meter mirror. But directly imaging a planet is a distinct challenge due to the relative brightness of the planet relative to the host star. In terms of our own Solar System, Jupiter would appear 109 times fainter than the Sun when imaged at a distance.
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Van Eps has spent the majority of his career at The University of Queensland in Australia, most recently as Director of the Equine Hospital and Associate Professor of Equine Medicine. The University is also his alma mater; he graduated with his veterinary degree (BVSc) in 1999 and his PhD in 2008.
The move marks a return to New Bolton Center, where he completed his residency in large animal internal medicine in 2008 and spent another year as a lecturer and clinician.
"We are fortunate to have attracted Dr. van Eps to Penn Vet," said Dr. Gary Althouse, Chairman of the Department of Clinical Studies at New Bolton Center. "He comes to us both as a seasoned clinician and an equine researcher of international caliber."
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Hoofmarks in Aleppo: Will the citadel's ancient inverted horseshoe curse save it again?
Just when you think it can't get any worse, it looks like time may have run out for the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo. There is no cavalry coming to the rescue. There are no white knights on the horizon. For most, there is no more hoping-against-hope that the world will hear their pleas.
It's time for one last footnote from history, one last snapshot from the past. And, one last chance for a horseshoe legend to save its city, as it was designed to do 800 years ago.
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Thursday, December 08, 2016
Research: Hoof Conformation and Flat Feet in New Zealand Thoroughbred Racehorses
In a previous article, the Hoof Blog described a study conducted in New Zealand to survey the way sport horses in that country are shod, and what management aspects may affect the condition of feet. (Please see the article "Research: farriery and hoof care trends for dressage, showjumping sport horses in New Zealand".) Now the New Zealand hoof researchers move on to the racetrack.
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EOI tests are over. And, I'm incredibly thankful for that fact! My Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 students did extremely well. I am incredibly proud of them and what they have accomplished this school year. I have a reflective blog post in the works on this topic.
I'm pretty sure that if I sat down and wrote 49 more blog posts this evening, I *might* feel caught up on this blog. There are so many lessons and funny quotes and experiences that I want to share with everybody. I just need more time. Hopefully, I will be able to carve out the time for that this summer. But, it looks like my summer is already filling up with workshops and trainings and church activities.
My students and I are becoming addicted to origami. We've went through almost 500 pieces of origami paper in the last two weeks. During EOI testing, our schedules were crazy. I would see some class periods and not others. And, even if I saw a class period, there were always a few students who were absent or testing. I decided that I would use this time to introduce my students to origami. One or two of my classes experimented with making cubes from sonobe units earlier this year. But, this was the first time for many of my students to complete an origami project. (I guess we did make origami envelopes earlier this year, though.)
I did have a few students who figured out that origami wasn't their thing. So, I gave students the option between creating an origami model or completing 8 KenKen puzzles. I did have some students opt to complete the KenKen puzzles. Some students even did both.
Even though most of my students have been taking their origami projects home with them, I have still managed to collect this many origami projects on my desk. I think they're multiplying!
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Nokia has launched a mobile phone for business users who never have enough time on their hands. The E51 handset sports most standard multimedia capabilities, but also includes dedicated short-cut buttons for key functions and connects up to corporate telephone networks.
Nokia's E51: similar looks to many existing Nokia phones
The E51, which sits atop the existing E50 handset, looks pretty basic at first glance - especially in light of Apple's UK launch of the iPhone. However, Nokia claims the short-cut keys around the main menu button will help save users some time by directing them to key applications, including email or contacts, in a single click. Although this is nothing new, the keys seem slightly more prominent than they do on existing Nokia handsets, such as the N70.
The handset can connect up to what Nokia describes as "corporate telephony networks", allowing calls through switchboards to be routed to your mobile. Set-up wizards are also built-in to help users set-up, say, their email accounts. VoIP calls are possible using the handset's Gizmo application.
All work and no play makes for a dull handset though, so Nokia has also thrown in a two-megapixel camera, FM radio, and a music and video player.
Nokia's E51 will be available in Europe during the fourth quarter of 2007 for €350 (£300/$600).


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The following is a guest post by Danny Lieberman. Danny Lieberman, founder of Pathcare, the private social network for doctors and patients, talks about how to develop clinical care teams that will become world-class at patient data-handling.
Patient data loss is a peculiar problem.
Unlike malware and attacker intrusions that is caused by "attackers" who are "other people", data loss happens inside your healthcare provider organization and is perpetrated by your people, your contractors and your business partners who have access to your patients data and your systems.
Patient privacy data loss is best mitigated by management leadership reinforced by real time data loss monitoring that is part of a continous process of improving data governance.
Management needs to lead from the front, providing a personal example for how to handle data and behave ethically in the workplace.
Real-time monitoring of data loss events on a healthcare provider network can be performed using DLP (data loss prevention) technologies from companies like Websense, Fidelis Security Systems (recently acquired by General Dynamics) and Verdasys.
While I do not subscribe to vendor rhetoric regarding data loss prevention, experience tells me that data loss detection provides information security and privacy officers with firm examples of what data is actually exiting the network.
The combination of management commitment to ethical behavior with a real time monitoring facility can create a powerful feedback loop that improves behavior and drives improved data governance.
The practical question is then "How do I go from Point A to Point B":
How do I take an organization where HIPAA compliance is the auditors' responsibility and make the responsibility of care team leaders and members?
Let's start with management.
In a follow-on article, we'll discuss how to best deploy DLP technologies and integrate them with security and privacy leadership.
Just because everyone does it doesn't make it right
Data leakage is as old as mankind. Think about Jericho and Rahav. People have always bartered or "sold" things of value to one another. This doesn't make it acceptable on your watch.
Getting it right is why they pay you the big bucks
Managing a care team is complex, especially since your care team is not you. They have their own economic background, religious beliefs, and cultural upbringing. Your team will look at you for both formal and informal cues as to your data handling ethics and then they will follow that direction intuitively.
If you close an eye to infringements of data handling procedures (like exchanging plain text files with external users over Gmail since the internal email system won't let you attach files with PHI, then you are sending a subliminal message to the team that is acceptable to bend rules.
Patient data breaches are bad for business
Aside from this being an inappropriate security policy, it is also bad for business. If your team doesn't care about the little stuff like HIPAA physical and administrative safeguards then maybe they won't wash their hands as often as they should. Patients (who are also customers) may feel that an organization where patient data leaks like a sieve, is an organization that cares less about healthcare and take their business elsewhere.
Since your clinical care team looks at your data handling as a role model for their expected behavior, setting an ethical standard for data handling is as much your job as it is the individual responsibility of nurse, resident or surgeon on your team.
The 2 elements of ethical standards for healthcare privacy are shared by manager and team members:
1) healthcare provider standards for patient privacy (nominally at least HIPAA compliance since a hospital or HMO are covered entities and must comply) and
2) individual responsibility.
6 rules for ethical data handling in a health organization
- Ethical data handling must be verbalized and demonstrated. You must communicate to your healthcare team your expectations of what you expect and what you consider unacceptable. Set the standard for all to be measured by. Once a quarter, discuss ethics, privacy and data governance at a team meeting.
- Develop a detailed set of data/privacy breach use cases in your practice area, and have your teams to sign off on them.
- Management must use a top-down ethical approach and demonstrate the standards they expect their team(s) to follow. This includes not accepting unauthorized gifts from vendors, or allowing nursing and administrative staff to bend the rules of disclosing patient files to non-family members.
- When hiring employees, include a clause on ethics in their job description. (Check with your company lawyer on this.)
- Communicate to your care team on a monthly basis what is expected of them with regard to maintaining security and enforcing privacy.
- Don't always assume that a a team member is unethical just because a patient complains.


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This world was created in the English Gothic novels of the late 18th century, a genre of literature that fascinated the public with its penchant for the mysterious and the macabre. The visual arts quickly followed suit: many painters, engravers and sculptors throughout Europe vied with the writers to create horrifying and grotesque worlds: Goya and Géricault presented us with the senseless atrocities of war and the horrifying shipwrecks of their time, Füssli and Delacroix gave substance to the ghosts, witches and devils of Milton, Shakespeare and Goethe, whereas C.D. Friedrich and Carl Blechen cast the viewer into enigmatic, gloomy landscapes, reflecting his fate.
From the 1880s, seeing the vanity and ambiguity behind the belief in progress, many artists picked up this legacy of Dark Romanticism, turning towards the occult, reviving myths and exploiting the new ideas about dreams, in order to bring Man face to face with his fears and contradictions: the savagery and depravity hidden in every human being, the risk of mass degeneration, the harrowing strangeness of daily life revealed in the horror stories of Poe and Barbey d'Aurévilly. And so, right in the middle of the second industrial revolution, hordes of witches, sniggering skeletons, shapeless devils, lecherous Satans and deadly enchantresses suddenly appeared, expressing a defiant, carnivalesque disillusionment with the present.
After the First World War, when the Surrealists took the unconsciousness, dreams and intoxication as the basis for artistic creation, they completed the triumph of the imagination over the principle of reality, and thus, put the finishing touches to the spirit itself of Dark Romanticism. At the same time, the cinema seized on Frankenstein, Faust and other masterpieces of this genre that are now firmly established in the collective imagination.
Following the first stage of the exhibition at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, the Musée d'Orsay plans to present the many different expressions of Dark Romanticism, from Goya and Füssli to Max Ernst and the Expressionist films of the 1920s, through a selection of 200 works that includes paintings, graphic works and films.
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CuratorsDr Felix Krämer, curator of 19th and 20th Century Painting at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main
Côme Fabre, curator of Painting at the Musée d'Orsay
Exhibition organised by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt
The exhibition will also be shown at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main from 26 September 2012 to the 20 January 2013
The exhibition will also be shown at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main from 26 September 2012 to the 20 January 2013
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15 Coolest Bathroom Gadgets For You - Part 3.
Glow in the Dark Toilet Paper: Now even in the dark you'll always be able to find the toilet paper.
Toilet Seat Heater: It is electrically warmed and attaches to the lid of a toilet and heats the seat when the lid is closed.
Nose Shower Gel Dispenser: Just fill the rubber nose with shower gel and stick it on the wall. Simply push on the nostril and your green gel comes right out.
Plano Acquario Shower: The Plano Acquario designed by Giulio Gianturco and M Tessarollo for Cesena, brings your fish in to the bathroom.
Solar Powered Toothbrush Doesn't Use Toothpaste:
Tub and Showerbar: It can be used horizontally or vertically as a tub or wall attachment; use it fully functionally for balance only but not for body weight leverage.
Mons Sinks: It's a colorful and unusual design by designers Teng Chuan Tey and Romualdo Faura Bernabe.
Urbana Toiletry Bag: This toiletries container will hold your bathroom items from a door handle; best suited for frequent travelers.
StringFix Holder: This holder is a creative and practical way to keep all your essential items close at hand.
Bath Cap: "Finally an intelligent bathing cap."
Mr. Wilson: Stick it to the bathroom's tile and feed him what you like; wet towels are recommended though.
Alessi's Cottonswabs Holder: This cool and cute holder is designed by Stefano Giovannoni.
Bathtub Hippo: With this cool hippo bathtub plug bring in a little Africa into your bathtub.
Tub Time Bubble Maker: Make bathtime enjoyable for you and your baby with this cool bubble maker.
Bamboo Bath Caddy: It makes relaxing in the bathtub more enjoyable; comes with a fold down book support, glass holder, expandable supports, and a durable bamboo construction.
Don't miss to check out "Coolest Bathroom Gadgets For You - Part: 1| 2| 3."
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About the Malta Migration Museum Website - www.maltamigration.com
The Migration Museum Committee has now organised a website in association with the Migration Museum project. The aim of the Malta Migration Museum website (http://www.maltamigration.com) is to collect information relating to issues of interest to migrants and migration. It will be a site which will continue to grow over the years, to provide the most comprehensive collection of such information.
The website emphasizes the lived existence of migrants overseas. As such it is expected to be in a continual state of growth. It would be an indispensable source of information for students and researchers, as well as for more casual browsers.
The following are some of the items already available on the Migration Museum website:
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Last night, Apple released the iOS 5.1 update for the existing iDevices including the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G/4G and the iPad 1 and 2. Now, just a day after its public releases, the popular iOS jailbreaking group – The iPhone Dev Team – has updated their jailbreaking utility, redsn0w, to add support for iOS 5.1.
Sadly, there is some bad news here as well. This new jailbreak is only a tethered one at the moment, which means that users will need to jailbreak their Apple iDevice every time they restart it. Secondly, this jailbreak only supports non-A5 SoC based Apple product. This includes the iPhone 3GS, the original iPad, iPhone 4 and the 3rd generation iPod Touch. The jailbreak might also be an un-tethered one if you own an iPhone 3GS with a very old bootrom. So consider yourself to be really lucky, and your iPhone 3GS really old for that to happen.
For Apple iPhone owners, who have unlocked their device using Ultrasn0w, please make sure to make a custom iOS 5.1 IPSW before proceeding to upgrade to iOS 5.1. Otherwise, you will lose your unlock.Readers interested in jailbreaking their non-A5 Apple device can find more info here.


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Oklahoma voters who have visual or physical disabilities may vote independently and privately at their polling places on election day and during early voting at the County Election Board office preceding every election.
Oklahoma's new Hart InterCivic eScan A/T voting device is equipped with an audio tactile interface (ATI) that enables a voter to listen to instructions for using the ATI controllers and an audio version of the ballot, to make selections for each race or question on the ballot, to review all selections and make changes if necessary, and finally to cast the ballot privately and independently. The voter's ballot selections are recorded electronically in the device's memory and included in the results for the precinct. No record will exist to tie an individual voter to a specific ATI ballot.
Voters who use "sip and puff" or tactile input switches may plug their own assistive devices into the ATI controller and use them to operate it.
While a voter is using the ATI device, other voters may continue voting and may insert their paper ballots into the eScan A/T at any time.
Some voters choose to vote with the assistance of another person. The Precinct Officials at your polling place are trained to offer assistance to voters who request it. Assistance is available at all elections for:
If you need assistance to vote, you may choose anyone you want to help you, as long as the person is not your employer or an agent of your employer or an agent of your union. You may be assisted by a relative, a friend, or by one of the Precinct Officials at your polling place.
Absentee voting is also a choice for voters with visual or physical disabilities. Any registered voter may request absentee ballots. You do not have to give a reason for voting by absentee ballot.
However, voters who have physical disabilities may give that as a reason for voting by absentee ballot. By stating this reason, you may take advantage of some special conditions that may make absentee voting even easier.
Oklahoma election officials are working to locate all polling places in buildings that are accessible to voters with disabilities.
In rare, extreme circumstances, some voters with physical disabilities still may be unable to enter their polling places. These voters may be assisted by two Precinct Officials outside the polling place. Call your local County Election Board for more information.
If you need help to fill out the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form, you may ask a friend or relative to help. The helper must write his or her name and address in the space provided on the application form. If you want to apply for voter registration but are unable to sign the form or even to make a mark on the form, contact your local County Election Board or the State Election Board for more information.
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"Tools for Teams" Workshop Accepting Registrations
Posted: March 1, 2013
Penn State's Extension Dairy Team is offering a "Tools for Teams" hands-on workshop in Chambersburg on March 20, at the Ag Heritage Center, 185 Franklin Farm Lane, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The program offers dairy advisory team members insight into using whole farm and management tools effectively to ensure optimum use of farm resources.
The workshop will highlight the use of PA Dairy Tool, Income Over Feed Cost Tool, Cash Flow Planning Tool, Dairy Analysis Tools and Monthly Monitor Tool to help teams improve success.
Logan Horst, Penn State extension educator in Franklin County and a dairy advisory team member, found the workshop helpful, saying, "Having hands-on time with the data tracking tools was valuable to me. By learning which tools to use and when to use them, I was able to incorporate them seamlessly into my current team structure. I also found the discussion on proper communication useful, learning how a properly structured team meeting with established goals and effective communication between all parties can be the most powerful tool for any team."
Participants can try out tools on their own following the workshop, then access follow-up webinars and conference calls with instructors to ask questions and get more detailed information for their use. Dates for the webinars will be announced.
Topics to be covered include:
* What a successful team looks like
* How to use whole farm and team management tools
* Monitoring and using information to make decisions
* A case study based on an actual farm and team
Instructors will be Dr. Lisa Holden, associate professor, Penn State Department of Animal Science; Rob Goodling, Penn State Extension associate; Virginia Ishler, Penn State Extension specialist; and Rebecca White, Penn State research associate.
Fee is $35 per person. Scholarships are available for those willing to share data with instructors. Participants may bring a second person from their business at no additional charge. Pre-registration is necessary to ensure an adequate amount of workshop materials is available.
For additional information or questions, contact Dr. Lisa Holden, toll-free, at 888-373-7232 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Registration may be done toll-free at the same number.
"Tools for Teams" is made possible through a grant from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. This program is eligible for one SmartStart credit from AgChoice Farm Credit.


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I have been watching some tape on Cam Newton lately and I have to admit that I am beginning to think that he may be the next great one. He can make big throws without stepping into it. He already looks
I don't know how to describe this list, but I started thinking about guys that made a lasting impression for their pure physical skills alone. I will start this and let you remind me how much more you
Are the Cowboys talented enough to win it all? Sometimes it is hard not to be influenced by all the hype surrounding the Cowboys. But here we go, the Dallas Cowboys path to the Super Bowl in 2012:
Top 10 Steelers' Points of Interest for 2012:
1) New offensive line: If David DeCastro is as good as I think, Marcus Gilbert can make the move to LT, and Willie Colon can finally stay
We have a few Texans games this year so I thought I would share my thoughts as I watch the tape. This is a team that is close to winning a Super Bowl. They physically stayed with the Ravens in the playoff


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National Drug Facts Week:Shatter The Myths hosted in Philadelphia by Association of Women in Forensic Science ( AWIFS)
Why are you hosting this event ? and how will teenagers benefit from this? Well first let me start with the titled theme of this official health observance week for teens "National Drug Facts Week: Shatter The Myths". Shattering The Myths about drugs and drug abuse is important to a generation of teenagers who are improperly influenced by hip-hop artists who glorify drug kingpins, drugs and drug addiction. Freeway Rick Ross a well-known drug kingpin in th 1980's indicted on drug charges, sued rapper Rick Ross for using his name illegally. Rick Ross is not the only artist that is proud to identify with a drug kingpin and brag about dealing drugs because there are many other artists including Lil Wayne and Eminem that promote drugs and drug addiction through their lyrics as well. Unfortunately for most parents with teenagers that idolize these rappers , decoding hip hop lyrics with street drug slang terms would be impossible without an urban dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com/. Rappers glorify drug dealers and illegal drug use and slang names mask the message.
National Drug Facts Week: Shatter the Myths (NDFW) the initiative of The National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA) , is a week-long health observance campaign for teens beginning Monday November 8 to bring scientists and teens together in a safe environment to discuss the facts about drugs and drug abuse. The Association of Women in Forensic Science (AWIFS) are hosting this inaugural health observance week in West Oak Lane Philadelphia for teens so they can receive factual information from scientific experts about drugs and drug abuse. The event will be held on Saturday November 13, 2010 12pm-4pm at the Simons Recreation Center 7200 woolston avenue ( walnut lane and woolston avenue). Keynote speaker John J. Bryfonski, Special Agent in Charge of The DEA Philadelphia Division will address prescription drug abuse which is the second most commonly abused category of drug. Dr. Tom Reid who partnered with this event is founder and executive director of Southwest Nu-Stop substance abuse treatment centers in Philadelphia and will have alumni from his centers discuss their personal experiences with substance abuse and treatment. AWIFS thought it would be a great idea to utilize teen ambassadors to help get the word out about the event to the teen community , so the teen ambassadors will engage other teens in a peer discussion at the event which will focus on the NIDA publication " Shatter The Myths". Teen ambassadors from the Imhotep Institute Charter High School STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program will base the peer discussion on topics from the publication such as Marijuana, Peer Pressure, Medical Consequences, Methamphetamine,Tobacco, Prescription Drugs, Drugs and your brain( effects of drugs) and Treatment. Teens will engage the teen participants by using visual aids that reference commonly abused drugs related to the topic and street drug slang terms. At this national event, there will be drug prevention/treatment and youth organizations to provide teenagers with the correct information about drugs along with food, music , prizes and giveaways. For more information about National Drug Facts Week, visit http://drugfactsweek.drugabuse.gov/
AWIFS goal is to have an event that is educational and fun for the teen community. I want the teens to benefit from NDFW in Philly and feel like they learned something. Join AWIFS for the CyberShoutout Monday November 8, 2010 on Twitter @womeninforensic and facebook as we shout out facts about drugs and drug abuse. Please come out Saturday November 13, 2010 12pm-4pm and support the teen community by shattering the myths about drugs and drug abuse.
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The gender of my player character is - Usually make multiple characters w/ different genders to explore content
Feats my character often/always has - Horny Bastard, Fertile, Selective Mother, Submissive, Control Freak
Does the character usually use Automatic Survival? - Usually
I prefer creature gender to be - No major preference one way or another, but herm usually peaks my interest.
When winning a fight, I like as its aftermath - Extensive player choices, a consensual/loving feel in player victory scenes
When losing a fight, I like as its aftermath - Submissive content, but not "Driving face into the dirt" submissive, especially regarding ferals.
The following creatures I like the most (why?): Anthro/Feral Shaft Beast, Herm. Gryphon, Herm. Hyena, Wyvern, Pegasus, Purple Gel, Centaur Mare, Manticore, Mis. Chimera, Feral Wolf - They're all either really interesting to me or hit one of my kinks.
The following creatures I dislike the most (why?): Giant - Major size difference is not something i'm keen on.
This creature or infection could use an update (multiple possible, say what you think needs work): Ash Drakenoid player victory content would be cool, tentacle horror player victory content would be cool. Otherwise, anything that adds more player scenes and choices jives with me.
I'd love to see as new creature: - Honestly cool with anything, though more ferals would be cool.
I always/often bring home/visit these NPCs - Stella, Orthas, Ammy, Kristen, Nermine, Kitsune, Thomas
Threesomes and/or extra scenes between these bunker/library npcs would be awesome - Couldn't care either way
The following NPCs I like the most (why?) - Nermine because she's an interesting character and has likeable player sub/equal content, Doran because he's draconic and an interesting character w/ interesting scenes, Athanasia because she's unique.
The following NPCs I dislike the most (why?) - There aren't any NPC's that I heavily dislike.


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Does anyone know of a website where you can upload audio files. A good example of what I mean is "A website like youtube but instead you upload audio files instead of video files".
So if anyone knows any site that is sorta like what I describe please send me a PM!


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How much of a power drain should I notice on a 2010 with 5.3L engine when I have the climate control on? When the AC is on, I notice when the AFM kicks in, and accelerating seems to take a MUCH greater effort than when the AC is off. Comparing this to my experience in another vehicle, I recently drove a coworker's Saturn Sky with a turbocharged 2.0L engine. The AC was on full blast, but I never notice any apparent power drain on the engine (and I never accelerated hard enough for the turbo to kick in).


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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Brandon Paul scored 35 points to lead No. 13 Illinois over No. 10 Gonzaga 85-74 on Saturday in a matchup of unbeaten teams.
Tracy Abrams added 14 points for Illinois (10-0) and new coach John Groce is off to the best debut for an Illinois coach in the team's modern history.
Kelly Olynyk scored 16 points to lead Gonzaga (9-1).
Myke Henry's basket gave Illinois its first lead of the game at 44-43 in the opening seconds of the second half, and the Illini pushed that to 54-49 by making all five of their field goals to open the half.
Henry's 3-pointer gave Illinois a 59-51 lead. Two baskets by Przemek Karnowski cut Illinois' lead to 61-58.
But shooting woes hurt Gonzaga in the second half, and D.J. Richardson's 3-pointer gave the Illini a 68-59 lead.
Gonzaga was held without a field goal for 6 minutes, then got consecutive baskets from Olynyk and Gary Bell Jr. to close within 68-64.
Paul replied with two baskets for a 73-64 Illini lead with 5:45 left.
Gonzaga rallied, and Kevin Pangos' free throw cut Illinois' lead to 75-71 with 2:51 left.
But Paul completed a 3-point play to give Illinois a 78-71 lead with 2:29 left. Tracy Abrams hit two more free throws for an 80-71 Illini lead, and Gonzaga started taking desperation shots.
In the first half, Gonzaga made six of its first seven shots to jump to a 14-6 lead. Paul's free throw cut Gonzaga's lead to 20-16, but David Stockton replied with a 3-pointer for the Bulldogs, and they went on to build a 31-20 lead. Illinois fought back with a 12-2 run, and Paul's free throws tied the score at 35.
The score was tied at 41 at halftime, and Paul led all players with 18 points in the half for the Illini.
Illinois, which leads the NCAA with an average of 10.8 3-pointers per game, made 11 of 26 from long range.
Illinois had lost five straight games to ranked teams. Illinois' previous road win over a ranked team came in 2010.


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Derby Days
Here are some things to like about September:
Still mornings beneath a blanket of ground fog. Burnished sunsets that flood the kitchen with golden light, sadly right around the supper hour these days. Quiet evenings broken only by the urgent noise of geese in flight overhead. Beetlebung trees, their dusky greens and scarlets brushing the moist woodlands with painterly hues and making colorful patterns as they drop into freshwater streams. Sweet corn from the farm stands that is like new love — you foolishly, recklessly hope it will never end. Revisiting Red Sox Nation — no passport required, just a passion for the game.
And then of course there is the Vineyard's national pastime: fishing.
The sixty-second annual Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby began on Sunday. And anglers are now part of any Island landscape sketch, silhouetted against the shoreline at dusk and again before dawn, out in boats of every description, casting lures and flies into the deep currents of Nantucket Sound, the famed riptides off Wasque and the new hot spot for fishing this year — the breach at Katama.
Just as fishing is part of the Vineyard heritage, the derby is part of the Vineyard lifestyle. For one month Islanders of every stripe will reshape the schedule of their daily lives around the tides. Dinner may be sandwiches and a thermos of coffee packed alongside some bait and a box of lures for an early evening of fishing. Shiny new graphite rods take their place alongside tools, lawn mowers and lumber in the backs of pickup trucks driven by contractors. Work that may have been left undone for months at a house in some remote shoreside location suddenly rockets to the top of the priority list.
And why not? Derby days only come once a year. Time to go out and try to catch the big one.


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Time to give you all an update on how I am doing.
The back surgery in October went well, but it sure does take a long time to heal.
This past week I had to have another foot surgery - yup - 4 foot surgeries in less than 2 years.
This one was to remove the screw that was placed in during the March 2016 surgery. Dr told me that the bone in the bottom of my foot was fusing into my joint so he had to remove that bone as well.
This photo might make you a bit queasy, but this is what I am dealing with this time around.
Sorry to gross you all out!!
I am already missing my little walks with Lucy, but this should heal in 2 months time so some Spring and Summer I should be good to go.
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We want you to have the best care and we want it to be affordable and accessible. We understand that even with insurance coverage affordability can still be an issue. We've compiled scholarships and other free treatment options that may be available to you.
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Eating Recovery Center Treatment Outcomes
Eating Recovery Center
"If I could pick one thing that Eating Recovery Center taught me, it would definitely be 'fearless.' You gave me the recovery tools to run after my problems, to catch them, and solve the issue. I am able to celebrate my body with kindness and passion. Thank you, Eating Recovery Center for not only saving my life but, for giving me a full life of gratitude. Thank you!"
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former Eating Recovery Center patient
"Eating Recovery Center of Washington helped me realize there is life beyond my eating disorder. They reminded me that recovery doesn't have to be perfect. I work hard every day to maintain recovery. It's not easy, but it's worth it."
Megan C.
former Eating Recovery Center Washington patient
When it comes to lasting recovery, the most critical element is experience. Between Drs. Weiner, Bishop, Bermudez and myself, there are no surprises in caring for patients with eating disorders. The benefit to patients and families is our ability to construct treatment plans that not only get patients well, but help them stay well after leaving Eating Recovery Center.
Dr. Craig Johnson
Chief Clinical Officer
I am so impressed with ERC's programs. The level of expertise and professionalism of the staff is exceptional. Staff are compassionate and competent.
Margo D., PhD
Eating Disorder Professional
The facilities are beautiful, the staff are engaged, happy and extremely knowledgeable and the experience you offer other professionals is valuable. Several aspects of the treatment stood out for me. Number one is that treatment is closely aligned with the best available current scientific evidence. I was also impressed that you are adding to the body of scientific evidence by engaging in research. I found your "Pillars of Recovery" very insightful and again, in line with current research and thinking about eating disorders. Finally, I was very impressed with your transitional care and coordination of care to a "home team." The communication with the outpatient home team that you provide is crucial to the recovery process. Great job, Eating Recovery Center!
Therese W.
Eating Disorder Professional
In the fall of 2009, a gentleman called my office requesting that I see his daughter for a consult. Prior to our first visit, he informed me that they, the parents, had decided to place their daughter in the Eating Recovery Center, and he asked my opinion. At that time I was only marginally familiar with Eating Recovery Center, and in addition, I did not know his daughter or her needs and had never worked with a client returning from Eating Recovery Center. She returned to me in February 2010 prepared to finish her recovery in the outpatient setting. She received excellent care at Eating Recovery Center and is currently in a state of full recovery. Experience teaches us that the risk of relapse increases when clients integrate back into their life after inpatient treatment. My client received the tools and had an opportunity to practice them in the Eating Recovery Center environment which enabled her to develop, nurture and integrate them in the outpatient setting. She is currently in a state of full recovery from her eating disorder and she is living a joyful life, one she never thought she could have.
Recently visited Eating Recovery Center and I now have a good understanding and appreciation of the program and why it is successful in helping people recover from eating disorders:
Elisabeth P.
Registered Dietitian
As an outpatient provider, I appreciate the emphasis that ERC places on empirically validated, cutting edge treatment approaches. ERC is the benchmark for excellence in eating disorder treatment.
Sam L.
Licensed Professional Counselor
I had the pleasure of working with Eating Recovery Center staff recently as they took care of one of my clients. Typically when I send someone to inpatient treatment, I don't hear a word from the facility's staff but Eating Recovery Center was on the ball with making sure my client's outpatient team was in the loop during treatment and especially just prior to discharge. My description of Eating Recovery Center: thorough, professional, cutting-edge, holistic, dedicated to relapse prevention and 100% cooperative with the outpatient team. I will be sending patients here again and again and again!
Allison C.
ERC offers a complete program by utilizing a variety of services: inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and residential. I am impressed by the treatment given to eating disorder clients that includes tracking "temperament" and "character." DBT seems to leave out many factors including self-directedness. After hearing Dr. Bishop speak [about ERC treatment philosophies], I am motivated to learn more about ACT.
Sharon P.
Eating Disorders Professional
I am very impressed with the programs at Eating Recovery Center. The facilities are among the most well designed and thoughtful clinical environments. It was obvious, from the start of my visit, that the staff and clinicians are dedicated, motivated and well-trained. After spending two days visiting, the most impressive aspect of the Center is the details and structure of the programs for eating disorders treatment – it is some of the most progressive and forward-thinking treatment that can be found. This is clearly one of the most clinically advanced centers, utilizing approaches and strategies for care that are top notch. This program has everything you could ask for in a treatment center.
Theresa L.
I found that visiting Eating Recovery Center and having the opportunity to observe the program was invaluable to me as an outpatient clinician. I feel very comfortable referring a patient to Eating Recovery Center after the visit. It is obvious that their primary focus is first and foremost patient care, which aligns perfectly with my own values as a provider.
Susan G.
As a referring professional, I feel confident sending my patients to Eating Recovery Center knowing that its staff is knowledgeable and trained to care for them both emotionally and medically with a balanced approach.
Beth H.
I was absolutely blown away… Eating Recovery Center is miles above other treatment centers with the amount of expertise and research they have put into the program.
Brina J., RD
eating disorder professional
We don't reinvent the wheel where your patient is concerned. We facilitate an ongoing dialogue with referring professionals to tap into the resources and knowledge that was accumulated prior to the patient admitting, and we build on that knowledge to ensure we're treating everything necessary to support a lasting recovery.
Ken Weiner, MD, FAED, CEDS
Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Eating Recovery Center is accredited through the Joint Commission. This organization seeks to enhance the lives of the persons served in healthcare settings through a consultative accreditation process emphasizing quality, value and optimal outcomes of services.
Organizations that earn the Gold Seal of Approval™ have met or exceeded The Joint Commission's rigorous performance standards to obtain this distinctive and internationally recognized accreditation. Learn more about this accreditation here.


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Side Event
Implications of biopiracy for conservation of biodiversity and protection of local community rights: past, present and future
Environment Support Group
Date and Time
17 October 2012 18:15 - 19:45
Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11)
A panel discussion to address the legal, political, cultural, economic, historical and ecological implications of biopiracy for conservation and wise use of biodiversity, and protection of local community rights. The panel will also present case studies on key efforts to tackle biopiracy in India and from elsewhere in the world. Further, the panel will encourage a critical appraisal of current challenges and policy proposals for tackling biopiracy.


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Why Buy a Certified Pre-Owned Mazda
At Avondale Mazda
Some things just never get old - like our Mazda Certified Pre-Owned vehicles. The reason is because only well-maintained, late model vehicles make the cut. That's why when you purchase one, you can be more than confident it will perform with all the hair-blowing, eye-catching, heart-pounding, fun-loving, soul-freeing Zoom-Zoom exhilaration you?d expect from Mazda.
Because we want your Certified Pre-Owned Mazda to feel like new, before you put it in your garage we put it through its paces. Each vehicle is required to endure an uncompromising 150-point inspection inside and out to ensure peak performance. It's just one confidence-inspiring benefit of the Mazda Certified Pre-Owned Program.
Mazda Certified Pre-owned limited Warranties
12-Month / 12,000 Mile Vehicle Limited Warranty*
Each Mazda Certified
Pre-Owned vehicle comes with a limited 12-month / 12,000 mile warranty. It covers a wide variety of vehicle systems and components, with no deductible. That means you can drive worry free knowing that Mazda dealers nationwide will repair or replace any covered part with no out of pocket cost to you. Coverage begins on the certified purchase date for 12-months / 12,000 miles, whichever comes first. See dealer for complete details.
7-Year / 100,000 Mile Powertrain Limited Warranty?
With our 7-year / 100,000 Mile Powertrain Limited Warranty, every Mazda Certified Pre-Owned vehicle is covered from the original new retail sales date. Which means from flywheel to freeze plug, thermostat to turbocharger, cylinder block to constant velocity joints, your worry free driving just became even more, well, worry free. See dealer for complete details.
Mazda Certified Pre-owned vehicle 150-point inspection
Certification & Inspection Process
With a Mazda Certified Pre-Owned vehicle, peace of mind rides shotgun. You can relax, secure in the knowledge your Mazda has passed a comprehensive 150-point inspection. Every system mechanical, electric, safety, cooling is scrutinized to the nth degree. Our factory-trained technicians give your Mazda the same in-depth examination they would as if it were their own. It's the best way to make sure your vehicle not only looks like a new Mazda, but performs like one too.
We take this inspection very seriously. If a vehicle does not measure up to our uncompromising standards, it undergoes a thorough reconditioning. That way, we know that it not only meets Mazda standards, but yours as well.
Vehicle History Report
Each Mazda Certified Pre-Owned vehicle comes with a free AutoCheck® vehicle history report by Experian. It provides valuable information on ownership history, registration information and checks for potential problems such as frame, fire or water damage, lemon law claims, odometer issues and more. It lets you see that you're getting a quality Mazda that meets or exceeds expectations.
Mazda Certified Pre-owned vehicle 24 Hr Roadside assistance
Mazda Certified Pre-Owned buyers and qualified family members are covered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the complimentary Mazda 24hr Roadside Assistance Program. You're automatically enrolled in the program for the duration of the certified powertrain limited warranty period. Chances are you'll never need us, but it's nice to have the confidence of knowing we're there.
Complimentary Roadside Assistance services include:
- Jump starts
- Flat tire changes
- Gas delivery
- Lockout assistance
- Towing to the nearest authorized Mazda dealership
* Coverage begins on the certified purchase date for 12-months / 12,000 miles, whichever comes first.
? Coverage begins from the original new retail sales date and covers 7-years / 100,000 miles, whichever comes first.