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Can CMH provide lists and photographs of current and former unit commanders and senior NCOs?
The Center of Military History does not maintain or compile lists and photographs of current and former unit commanders and senior NCOs. Units or individuals wishing to locate information on former unit leaders are encouraged to consult the following official and unofficial sources:
- Organizational History File – Currently active U.S. Army units should start by consulting their Organizational History File, which per AR 870-5, paragraph 6-6 (Military History: Responsibilities, Policies, and Procedures) unit commanders are responsible for establishing and maintaining. The Organizational History File is the location where units should keep the documentary evidence of its history, heritage, and traditions. Some Organizational History Files for inactive units are available at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center.
- Master Index of Army Records – The Master Index of Army Records lists the locations where official US Army records and photographs are located. Unit Morning Reports (maintained by the US Army until 1974) are particularly helpful for compiling a list of unit commanders because unit commanders were required to submit them every morning. For information after 1974 researchers will need to consult official unit records, provided they were properly retired. Please be aware that the location and disposition of such records will vary by time period and conflicts.
- Published Unit Histories – Some U.S. Army units have published semi-official unit histories which frequently contain lists and photographs of senior unit personnel. The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center maintains a large collection of such unofficial materials. A local library should also be able to assist with locating published unit histories which can often be borrowed by Inter-Library Loan.
- Press Releases and Newspaper Articles – Announcements of change of command ceremonies for larger units are frequently published in installation and/or local newspapers and on social media websites.
- Branch and Unit Associations – Many branch and unit associations maintain historical information and/or have members who might be of assistance.
How can I obtain copies of my, or my relative's, Army personnel records?
Personnel records are maintained for officers who served after 1 July 1917, and enlisted personnel in service after November 1912 and who are no longer in service, by the National Personnel Records Center. Information concerning the required procedures and forms is available through their website at www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records.html. Records for individuals who served prior to those dates are in the custody of Old Military and Civil Records Branch (NWCTB), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408. The National Archives can be contacted electronically using the form at www.archives.gov/global_pages/contact_us.html.
How does my veterans' organization obtain obsolete Army equipment?
Donation to Veterans' Organizations
Public Law 80-421 (U.S.C. 2572) authorizes the Secretaries of the Military Departments to donate or loan certain types of surplus military equipment to recognized, selected recipients. The following organizations are authorized to acquire, through donation or loan, obsolete or condemned combat material, books, manuscripts, works of art, drawings, plans and models for historical, ceremonial and display purposes:
- Veterans organizations. Requests for loan or donation of property submitted by posts or local units of recognized veterans' organizations shall include the written approval of their national headquarters, if they are organized in that manner.
- Soldiers Monument Associations
- State Museums
- Incorporated Museums
- Municipal Museums
- Sons of Veterans Reserves
Requests for Army equipment should be addressed to as follows:U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command
6501 East 11 Mile Road
Warren, MI 48397-5000
Telephone: (586) 467- 6307
Email: email@example.com .
- Where can I find information about Army casualties?
Where can I find a history of a particular Army unit?
The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center maintains an extensive collection of unit histories. Researchers will need to contact the USAWC Library for access to reference bibliographies or for research assistance in accessing unit history information. Researchers may contact their local public library to initiate interlibrary loan for materials listed on a reference bibliography. Otherwise to schedule a research visit or to ask for more advice, researchers may contact the Library Reference staff at: Research & Instruction, 717-245-3949 ; firstname.lastname@example.com.
How do I find information about what my relative did in the Army? (Trace their route of march, find out where they served, etc.)
You should start by identifying the unit with which your relative served. If you already have that information, then you should check for unit histories or look into the official records created by the unit itself. If you do not know the unit to which they were assigned, then you should try and obtain a copy of your relative's personnel records to determine that information.
Where can I find official unit records?
Operational records of United States Army organizations created prior to 1940 are in the custody of the Military Reference Branch, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408. Requests regarding records created during World War II and the Korean War should be addressed to the Textual Reference Branch, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Operational records of United States Army units that served in Southeast Asia are also in the custody of the Textual Reference Branch of the National Archives. You maybe able to access additional information about these holdings from the National Archives and Records Administration website at www.archives.gov.
Information relating to operational records created since 1954 by those United States Army organizations that did not serve in Southeast Asia may be available through the DA Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Office,7798 Cissna Road, Suite 205, Springfield, VA 22150-3166. You may be able to access additional information concerning policy related to these records on the website at https://www.rmda.army.mil/
Certain Unit Rosters and Morning Reports are also in the custody of the National Personnel Records, information about these collections can be found at www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records/morning_reports_and_unit_rosters.html.
Where can I find official Army photographs and motion pictures?
U.S. Army photographs and motion pictures created prior to 1988 are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001. You maybe able to access additional information about these holdings from the National Archives and Records Administration website at www.archives.gov.
Official photographs and videos pertaining to the U.S. Army within the most recent eight-year period are in the custody of the Defense Visual Information Center,1363 Z Street Center,
March Air Force
Base, CA 92518-2727.
I understand that my unit received a decoration after I left it, how can I verify that information?
The Force Structure and Unit History Branch, U.S. Army Center of Military History can provide some information on an organization's entitlement to HQDA recognized unit decorations. Many unit awards announced in U.S. Army Human Resources Command permanent orders are posted to the CMH website as a courtesy Soldiers, veterans, and units. However, the official proponent for Army awards is the Awards and Decorations Branch, U.S. Army Human Resources Command.
Where can I find information about medals or awards given to a family member? How do I get replacement medals or awards for myself or a family member?
For individuals still in the Army, the Awards and Decorations Branch, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, is the proponent. Information concerning procedures to request such information can be found on the Awards and Decorations Branch website.
For individuals no longer in the Army, requests should be directed to the National Personnel Records Center. Information concerning procedures to request such information can be found on the National Personnel Records Center website.
Where can I find information on unit patches and insignia?
The proponent for all heraldic items, flags, patches, insignia,etc., isThe Institute of Heraldry
9325 Gunston Road, Room S-112
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5579. The website for the Institute is at www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil.
I have a relative that was killed during the war and is buried overseas, where can I find information about the cemetery and burial site?
The American Battle Monuments Commission is responsible for the maintenance of permanent American military burial grounds in foreign countries. You can get additional information from the Commission's website at www.abmc.gov/.
Where can I find information on the Cold War Certificate?
The Awards and Decorations Branch, U.S. Army Human Resources Command has proponency for this program within the Army. Information related to the certificate can be found on the Awards and Decorations website.
How can I locate a U.S. Army veteran?
The U.S. Army Center of Military History does not maintain such information, and the release of personnel information is strictly governed by the Privacy Act. You might find the information you are seeking by placing an advertisement in a veterans magazine, which do have special reunion columns. Another possibility would be to use one of the free "People Finders" search engines available through the internet.
Where can I find historical information on the other Armed Services?
The historical offices for the other services and their websites are as follows:
- Naval Historical Center at http://www.history.navy.mil/
- Air Force Historical Support Division at http://www.afhistory.af.mil/
- Air Force Historical Research Agency at http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/
- U.S. Marine Corps Historical Center at http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/
- U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office at http://www.uscg.mil/history/
What does the "D" signify in D-Day, and the "H" signify in H-Hour?
The terms D-day and H-hour are used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. They designate the day and hour of the operation when the day and hour have not yet been determined, or where secrecy is essential. The letters are derived from the words for which they stand, "D" for the day of the invasion and "H" for the hour operations actually begin. There is but one D-day and one H-hour for all units participating in a given operation. It is unnecessary to state that H-hour is on D-day.
When used in combination with figures and plus or minus signs, these terms indicate the length of time preceding or following a specific action. Thus, H-3 means 3 hours before H-hour, and D+3 means 3 days after D-day. H+75 minutes means H-hour plus 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Planning papers for large-scale operations are made up in detail long before specific dates are set. Thus, orders are issued for the various steps to be carried out on the D-day or H-hour minus or plus a certain number or days, hours, or minutes. At the appropriate time, a subsequent order is issued that states the actual day and times.
The earliest use of these terms by the U.S. Army that the Center of Military History has been able to find was during World War I. In Field Order Number 9, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, dated September 7, 1918: "The First Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient."
D-day for the invasion of Normandy was set for June 6, 1944, and that date has been popularly referred to by the short title "D-day."
Source: The General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Combat Orders (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: The General Service Schools Press, 1922).
What is the origin of the 21-gun salute?
The use of gun salutes for military occasions is traced to early warriors who demonstrated their peaceful intentions by placing their weapons in a position that rendered them ineffective. Apparently this custom was universal, with the specific act varying with time and place, depending on the weapons being used. A North African tribe, for example, trailed the points of their spears on the ground to indicate that they did not mean to be hostile.
The tradition of rendering a salute by cannon originated in the 14th century as firearms and cannons came into use. Since these early devices contained only one projectile, discharging them once rendered them ineffective. Originally warships fired seven-gun salutes--the number seven probably selected because of its astrological and Biblical significance. Seven planets had been identified and the phases of the moon changed every seven days. The Bible states that God rested on the seventh day after Creation, that every seventh year was sabbatical and that the seven times seventh year ushered in the Jubilee year.
Land batteries, having a greater supply of gunpowder, were able to fire three guns for every shot fired afloat, hence the salute by shore batteries was 21 guns. The multiple of three probably was chosen because of the mystical significance of the number three in many ancient civilizations. Early gunpowder, composed mainly of sodium nitrate, spoiled easily at sea, but could be kept cooler and drier in land magazines. When potassium nitrate improved the quality of gunpowder, ships at sea adopted the salute of 21 guns.
The 21-gun salute became the highest honor a nation rendered. Varying customs among the maritime powers led to confusion in saluting and return of salutes. Great Britain, the world's preeminent seapower in the 18th and 19th centuries, compelled weaker nations to salute first, and for a time monarchies received more guns than did republics. Eventually, by agreement, the international salute was established at 21 guns, although the United States did not agree on this procedure until August 1875.
The gun salute system of the United States has changed considerably over the years. In 1810, the "national salute" was defined by the War Department as equal to the number of states in the Union--at that time 17. This salute was fired by all U.S. military installations at 1:00 p.m. (later at noon) on Independence Day. The President also received a salute equal to the number of states whenever he visited a military installation.
In 1842, the Presidential salute was formally established at 21 guns. In 1890, regulations designated the "national salute" as 21 guns and redesignated the traditional Independence Day salute, the "Salute to the Union," equal to the number of states. Fifty guns are also fired on all military installations equipped to do so at the close of the day of the funeral of a President, ex-President, or President-elect.
Today the national salute of 21 guns is fired in honor of a national flag, the sovereign or chief of state of a foreign nation, a member of a reigning royal family, and the President, ex-President and President-elect of the United States. It is also fired at noon of the day of the funeral of a President, ex-President, or President-elect.
Gun salutes are also rendered to other military and civilian leaders of this and other nations. The number of guns is based on their protocol rank. These salutes are always in odd numbers.
Source: Headquarters, Military District of Washington, FACT SHEET: GUN SALUTES, May 1969.
What is the correct name of the 2d Ranger Battalion's landing point on D-Day, Pointe du Hoe or Pointe du Hoc?
Both place names appear in print and are in a sense correct. The confusion arises because the local name for the area, Pointe du Hoc, is an old Norman name while the Parisian French spelling is Pointe du Hoe.
For information on the unit's operations at Normandy, see Pointe du Hoe, 2d Ranger Battalion, 6 June 1944, extracted from Small Unit Actions, part of the American Forces in Action series.
- How many U.S. Army five-star generals have there been and who were they?
Who was the first soldier to accomplish a given task, such as entering Berlin in World War II, or the first killed on D-Day, or who was the "wealthiest," "youngest," or "oldest" soldier in U.S. Army history?
As a matter of policy, unless an official announcement of known facts is issued, the Center of Military History refrains from sanctioning claims involving "firsts" or the "most" because they often are difficult to substantiate and frequently are contested by other claimants.
- What is the difference between artillery shrapnel and shell fragments?
What type of Army career did Elvis Presley have?
Elvis Aron Presley entered the United States Army at Memphis, Tennessee, on March 24, 1958, and then spent three days at the Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, Reception Station. He left active duty at Fort Dix, New Jersey, on March 5, 1960, and received his discharge from the Army Reserve on March 23, 1964.
During his active military career Mr. Presley served as a member of two different armor battalions. Between March 28 and September 17, 1958, he belonged to Company A, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 37th Armor, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. During this assignment he completed basic and advanced military training.
Mr. Presley's overseas service took place in Germany from October 1, 1958, until March 2, 1960, as a member of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32d Armor. For the first five days of that period he belonged to Company D of the battalion, and thereafter to the battalion's Headquarters Company at Friedberg.
While in Germany Mr. Presley wore the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 3d Armored Division.
Historically, what has been the process for naming U.S. Army Installations?
Naming Army Installations
The naming of posts started as a tradition when the Army was young. In the Continental Army, many posts and camps were named by the commander or supervising engineer for high ranking officers, including those still living; for example, Fort Washington on the New York and Fort Lee on the New Jersey sides of the Hudson in 1776, Fort Putnam at West Point, or Fort Mifflin below Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware. Forts were also named for fallen heroes, such as Fort Mercer, built in 1777, on the New Jersey side of the Delaware opposite Fort Mifflin, named in honor of Brig. Gen. Hugh Mercer who fell at Princeton in January of that year.
For much of the Army's history in the 19th Century, the naming of posts was still mainly a local prerogative. For example, War Department General Order Number 79, dated 8 November 1878, left the naming of installations to the commander of the regional Military Division in which the installation was located. Although not always, the names of installations usually reflected a local influence, such as Fort Apache in Arizona, established in 1871, and the Chickamauga Post in Georgia, established in 1902. In the 1890s, the then Quartermaster General, Maj. Gen. Richard N. Batchelder, recommended that the War Department assume responsibility for naming installations, but that did not become policy until World War I when the massive general mobilization saw the establishment of numerous installations of various sizes and functions. The names usually, but not always, reflected some regional connection to its location, and usually with a historic military figure significant to the area: for example, Camp Lee near Richmond, Virginia, and changing the name of the Chickamauga Post in Georgia to Fort Oglethorpe.
In the years between the World Wars, it became the common practice for the War Department to entertain recommended names for posts from installation commanders, corps and branch commanders, and the Historical Section Army War College, as well as from outside the Army. Public opinion and political Influence sometime weighed heavily on the decisions. For an example of the latter, when in 1928 the Army renamed Fort George G. Meade in Maryland as Fort Leonard Wood, the Pennsylvania delegation in Congress held up the Army's appropriation bill until the service agreed to restore the name of the Pennsylvania-born general. The regional connection, however, cannot be overemphasized. Fort Monmouth in New Jersey, for example, was originally named Camp Alfred Vail, in honor of the Army's then chief Signal Officer, when the installation was established as a Signal Corps training facility in 1917, but changed to Fort Monmouth, for the 1778 battle fought nearby, when it became a permanent installation in the 1920s.
The War Department better defined the criteria when it established the policy for "naming military reservations in honor of deceased distinguished officers regardless of the arm or service in which they have served" in a memorandum dated 20 November 1939.
Shortly after World War II, in 1946, the Army established the Army Memorialization Board. Governed by Army Regulation (AR) 15-190, Boards, Commissions, and Committees: Department of the Army Memorialization Board, it assumed responsibility for deciding on the names of posts and other memorial programs and the criteria for naming them. The regulation stated that all those individuals memorialized must be deceased and fall within one of five categories:
- a national hero of absolute preeminence by virtue of high position,
- an individual who held a position of high and extensive responsibility (Army and above) and whose death was a result of battle wounds,
- an individual who held a position of high and extensive responsibility and whose death was not a result of battle wounds,
- an individual who performed an act of heroism or who held a position of high responsibility and whose death was a result of battle wounds, and
- an individual who performed an act of heroism or who held a position of high responsibility and whose death was not a result of battle wounds.
On 8 December 1958 , AR 1-30, Administration: Department of the Army Memorialization Program superseded AR 15-190 , and removed responsibility for naming installations from the Memorialization Board and transferred it to Headquarters, Department of the Army. In turn, AR 1-33, Administration: Memorial Programs superseded AR 1-30 on 1 February 1972. This revision retained the same memorialization criteria and categories as the previous regulation, but added a list of appropriate memorialization projects for each category. For example, it would be appropriate to name a large military installation after a person in category two, while it would be appropriate to name a building or a street after a person in category five. The final decision on naming a post was still made by the Headquarters, Department of the Army. The 15 January 1981 revision of AR 1-33 named the Army Chief of Staff as the responsible individual for the naming of installations.
The current AR 1-33 became effective on 30 June 2006, and redefined and expanded the categories of individuals to be memorialized, and listed appropriate memorialization programs for each category. The naming of installations is now the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). The Director of the Installation Management Agency is responsible for the naming of streets, buildings, and facilities on all military installations except medical installations, where the Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command has the approval authority, and on the United States Military Academy, where the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy has the approval authority.
What is the history of Project HORIZON, the Army's proposal to establish a lunar outpost?
Details regarding Project HORIZON can be found in the following study prepared in 1959.
- Project HORIZON Volume I: Summary ans Supporting Considerations (PDF format - 17Mb)
- Project HORIZON Volume II: Technical Considerations and Plans (PDF Format - 33Mb) .
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Model user application system for clinical data processing that tracks and monitors a simulated out-patient medical practice using data base management software
A computer system for recording patient care results for retrospective analysis in a primary care out-patient environment provides, in the present system, for entry of separate, linked electrocardiographic (EKG) or chest x-ray (CXR) test results (or both) for a database of patients. Entry of the EKG and/or CXR results prompts the creation of a separate lab record, if not already present, which may be holding blood work from the same lab test request. Portions of information entered in the EKG or CXR routine are automatically transferred to the separate lab record. Provision is made for linking the EKG or CXR records to the lab record in both "source" and "non-source" situations; a "source" situation meaning that the lab test request was made formally during an office visit, and a "non-source" situation meaning that the lab test request was made informally, such as by telephone. Two print generation programs pull together various linked data files and selectively print out information contained therein. The first prints out EKG and/or CXR data in conjunction with other clinical observations recorded at the primary care "parent" office visit. The second prints out specialist data in conjunction with other clinical observations recorded at the primary care "parent" office visit which prompted the referrals. The present system further includes a revision of the system's specialist record from an earlier work for more explicit use in information management.
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The following work builds upon the subject matter disclosed in an earlier filed U.S. application, Ser. No. 07/542,752, currently pending, which is incorporated herein by reference. That earlier and more comprehensive work was based upon a scheme of hierarchical diagnostic classification for patient ranking and data processing. It generally dealt with a computer-based tracking and monitoring system for the retrospective analysis of patient care results, physician performance and clinical resource management in a primary care out-patient environment. In this earlier work, specific programs were designed to mimic common aspects of out-patient clinical medicine, and specifically allowed for the detection and compilation of unjustified (overuse) office visits, both scheduled and unscheduled, according to a set of computer program specified criterion, the tracking the nature of patient care during protracted episodes of out-patient illnesses at varying levels of clinical severity, the identifying of unnecessary lab work during unremarkable office visits, the monitoring of impending or actual medication induced toxicity, the medication and physical data on cardiac patients during serious symptoms, etc.
In the prior work, the bulk of the pool of clinical data which was used in processing originated from the primary care out-patient visit, both scheduled and unscheduled. Such data included treatment modalities (medication), physical data observation (signs and symptoms), diagnostic tests, etc. All of these were encoded and stored logically in different, related files. Each patient's files were linked by common data fields. These records were created and loaded through prototype data entry routines.
The earlier work, however, did not address some common problems which occur in this environment. First, there is frequently disparity in time (days) between the running of two different types of tests which originate from the same lab test request, such as blood work and EKG/CXR tests. Second, lab tests are sometimes ordered in the absence of or aside from a formal encounter (or "source") office visit. The most frequent example is over the telephone from a spontaneous call by a patient (which is termed a "non-source" request). When this happens there is naturally no link between a source invoice that would normally link various lab tests together. Both problems are not mutually exclusive and are met by the present invention. Further, this invention includes a revision of the specialist record for storing more comprehensive data.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention consists of a new data entry routine for loading EKG and CXR test results into separate EKG/CXR records as distinct logical entities. The labor record structure has been revised to allow for linking of separate EKG/CXR data from the same lab request. The lab entry process is now restricted to the entry of blood work only. The specialty record has been improved to contain separate fields for holding data that identifies both the specific type of specialist (cardiologist, neurologist, etc.) and the general recommendation made from a set common to all specialists. A first report generation program combines salient clinical data from office visits with the EKG/CXR tests results ordered during those visits. A second report generation program combines salient clinical data from office visits with the results from the specialist (consultant) visits referred by those (primary care) office visits.
To be more specific, the patient electrocardiographic (EKG) and chest x-ray (CXR) data, loaded through the same program, are now distinct logical entities stored separately and related to other patient data. Consisting of a full complement of standard specialty diagnoses, the EKG/CXR data, as additional medical attributes, adds critical data elements to the system's knowledge base and enhances the ability to clinically profile each patient. For example, a patient's cardiac symptom (or sign) can now be viewed together with EKG results or a pulmonary symptom can be viewed with CXR data from the same office visit. For the purpose of population analysis, information can be obtained regarding the frequency of EKG abnormalities in patients with certain diagnosis and/or taking certain medication within a certain age range amongst pre-selected doctors.
The lab record data routine is now limited to blood work only (such as bun, Hct, wbc, etc.). However, each time the EKG/CXR data entry routine is run, historical parameter data from the EKG/CXR results are passed to a "companion" lab record along with other data linking both record types. If a labor record isn't already present storing blood work results from the same lab test request, a lab record will be created using the EKG/CXR data entry routine. Similarly, if a lab test request contains orders for both EKG or CXR and blood work, and the EKG or CXR (or both) tests were done first and therefore entered first, a lab record will already be present when the lab data entry routine is run at a latter time. Upon completion of the lab data (blood work) entry routine, the request date will hold the value common to both types of tests (EKG and blood work), the date done field will indicate when the blood work was done and the invoice field of both EKG/CXR and lab record indicating origin will be identical. Such cross-file processing from EKG/CXR to the lab record ensures that the lab record will, in the case of both test types from the same lab test request, hold all the results of lab work taken at that time for that patient. If on the other hand, only EKG/CXR tests were done, a lab record will still be created from the EKG/CXR parameter data. As such, one single composite record may be accessed to review all the lab test results for any patient taken at any time for many general purposes, while at the same time, more explicit and definitive information of a current and fuller nature regarding the EKG/CXR data from the same lab test request is held separately in linked files.
Within the above design for both EKG/CXR and lab data entry, a provision has been made for including and identifying lab test results (EKG/CXR, blood work) ordered in the absence of a formal patient-physician encounter (called a "non-source" encounter). These non-source encounters include tests ordered over the phone or in some other informal way. Those records will be properly identified and matched in cases where both types of tests (CXR and EKG) have been ordered by a blank invoice field and a specific request date. Since that type of practice occurs frequently enough, any information management system that fails to take it into account can lack significant patient data.
The specialty record improvements consist of the addition of separate fields for holding data that identifies both the specific type of specialist (cardiologist, neurologist, etc,) and the general recommendations made from a set common to all. Also, a field has been added to include a request data which is especially important for tracking successive visits to the same specialist stemming from a single original office visit (primary care) referral.
One print program consists of printing out EKG and CXR test results in association with other clinical data documented during the same office visit in which those tests were ordered. Another print program prints out specialty data, such as type of specialist and recommendations, in association with other clinical data documented during those office visits in which the specialty referrals were made.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 illustrates the principal steps in the main calling program (mainmenu.prg). The main calling program contains both the initial and final segments of the EKG/CXR data entry routine.
FIG. 2 illustrates the principal steps in the program (menu.prg) that generates a list of diagnostic choices for display.
FIG. 3 illustrates the principal steps of the program (menu.prg) which allows the operator to confirm the test result entries and then either pass control back to FIG. 1 or the next sequential segment of the routine illustrated by FIG. 4.
FIG. 4 illustrates the principal steps in the program (creatrec.prg) for ascertaining the source of the test request, for accessing appropriate record identifying data and for locating or creating the companion (master) lab record.
FIG. 5 continues from FIG. 4. This segment illustrates the program for enabling the operator to select the kind of historical data to accompany the current EKG/CXR test results. This segment also involves the actual creation and loading of the new EKG/CXR records.
FIG. 6 illustrates the principal steps in a subroutine (find1.prg) for determining and displaying to the operator two (of four possible) types of any prior results of that patient's EKG/CXR test, which are then used to compile the parameter data into encoded form.
FIG. 7 illustrates the principal steps in a subroutine (find2.prg) for determining and displaying to the operator two other types of any prior results of that patient's EKG/CXR test.
FIG. 8 illustrates a prototype source document prepared by the medical department for used in the data entry routine for either EKG or CXR test results.
FIG. 9 illustrates the principal steps in the main calling program (labfirst.prg) for ascertaining the source of the text request, and creating, if necessary, the new lab record and for loading the lab record with identifying data prior to actual entry of the test results.
FIG. 10 illustrates the principal steps of a program (labentry.prg) for obtaining prior results of blood work tests, and for the actual entry of current data to the lab record.
FIG. 11 illustrates the principal steps of a program (findout1.prg) for determining and displaying to the operator two types of (of four possible) of prior results pertaining to the particular blood work test results to be entered.
FIG. 12 illustrates the principal steps of a program (findout2.prg) for determining and displaying to the operator the two other types of prior results pertaining to the particular blood work test results to be entered.
FIG. 13 illustrates a prototype source document prepared by the medical department for the lab record (blood work) data entry routine.
FIG. 14 illustrates the principal steps of a report generation program (print6.prg) that combines salient clinical data from office visits with the EKG/CXR test results ordered during those visits.
FIG. 15 illustrates the principal steps of a report generation program (print7.prg) for combining salient clinical data from office visits with the results from the specialist (consultant) visits referred by those (primary care) office visits.
FIGS. 16-22 show reports generated by the program print6.prg in which salient clinical data from pre-selected office visits are combined with the EKG or CXR (or both) test results ordered during those visits. Note the possible disparity in time between the two types of tests in cases where both were ordered from the same visit.
FIGS. 23-30 show reports generated by the program print7.prg in which salient clinical data from pre-selected office visits are combined with the specialty results from referrals made during those office visits. Note that in some cases (FIGS. 23, 26 and 30) more than one specialty referral was made from the same office visit. Also note that the type of specialist in each case is made explicit and the recommendations are generic in nature for common use with all specialists.DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
1. EKG (electrocardiographic) and/or CXR (chest x-ray) record creation and data entry routine.
FIG. 1 illustrates the principal steps in the main program (mainmenu.prg) for creating both EKG and CXR records. This program is entered separately for each record creation, EKG or CXR, even if both records are for the same patient. It begins in step (111) by allowing the operator to choose between EKG or CXR for any patient. Then, depending upon the choice, the program will generate a corresponding screen display listing fourteen standard, commonly used technical abnormalities (including just "normal") in step (117). The operator chooses the abnormality which matches that given on the operator's source document previously prepared by the medical department for use in transcription by the data entry department (a prototype of that source document is shown in FIG. 8).
The actual selections are made by allowing the operator to move up and down through the list of fourteen diagnostic options until the appropriate matches are found between the screen display and that present on the source document, up to a maximum of four selections. In order to enter a diagnosis the return key must be pressed while the cursor is positioned to that selection. Immediately and automatically after the diagnostic selections are made, the program will echo back only those diagnoses selected for cross-checking and confirmation in step (120). If a mistake has been made or an error in the number of selections has been made, the program returns to the entry screen for re-entry of data. Instructions are present on both EKG and CXR screen for assisting the operator in the proper method and steps for selecting each diagnosis. The diagnoses are handled as subscripts corresponding to individual table entries, as discussed later. FIGS. 2 and 3 to give a more detailed description of the procedure for entering diagnoses.
When the operator is satisfied that the appropriate selections have been made, the program (mainmenu.prg) then "carries" those EKG or CXR diagnoses into the segment (creatrec. prg) in the form of subscripts. FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate the principal steps in the creatrec.prg. In step (411) basic identifying data, such as patient I.D., date of request, data test completed, is solicited. In step (414) the operator is then asked to indicate the nature of the encounter existent at the time the "lab test request" was made --either "source" (which includes office visit, emergency room (E.R.) or specialist) or "non-source" (which includes hallway or telephone). A complete "lab test request" consists of both EKG/CXR and a battery of fourteen blood tests which for the purpose of this application will include at least EKG or CXR with or without associated blood work. In the case "source" encounter is specified, the operator is requested to select either office visit, E.R. or specialist, depending on the nature of the encounter in steps (415), (416) and (417). This information is used to access the record's invoice number which is to be also used in cross-linking the three records which will then be related a a result of this segment (creatrec.prg): the source record already present, the EKG or CXR record to be created, and the related lab record which may or may not already exist depending upon the co-existence of other tests also ordered and already done, originating from the same encounter (source or non-source). If a non-source (hallway or telephone) is indicated in step (414), then the creatrec.prg segment just searches the laboratory file to determine if a record already exists holding other test results ordered at the same time. In both cases, source or non-source, where a "companion" lab record is not already present, one will be created prior to the EKG or CXR record creation and data entry step and loaded with identifying data for eventual cross-linkage (such as request date and, if source, invoice number).
Upon finding or creating the related lab record (in both source and non-source encounter) the appropriate parameter data is then obtained by the operator through called subprograms, which are activated by menu selections. The subprograms (find1.prg and find2.prg) access and display a variety of previous EKG (or CXR) data for that patient, such as date of first abnormality, most recent results, etc. The principal steps in these subprograms are illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7. A customized data entry screen is then generated (format file) for the operator to directly enter three parameter codes (based upon information previously obtained). The entry screen also displays the original identifying data, including patient I.D., request data and date test done, for operator confirmation. Then a blank record is created and appended to either the EKG or CXR file (depending upon which test result is being loaded) and all of the above data (present in the custom data entry screen) is written to that blank record including the subscripts collected earlier representing the diagnoses. In cases where the EKG or CXR test was normal the record will contain only two characters of data, one indicating "normality" and the other for indicating most recent result (if present). The parameter data is then written to the cross-linked "companion" lab record (which may also contain other test results). Thus, an EKG and/or CXR record is created and cross-linked to other related system files for that patient: lab record and in the vast majority of cases, the "source" record.
2. Laboratory (blood work) data entry routine (labfirst.prg, labentry.prg, findout1.prg and findout2.prg).
The current routine has been revised over that disclosed in Ser. no. 07/542,752 in order to adjust for the system's addition of EKG/CXR test result data as complete an separate clinical entities now being stored in their own logically related files. The current routine now takes into account the possibility that the lab record for holding the blood work results to be entered may already exist due to the prior entry of EKG and/or CXR parameter data from test results originating from the same encounter (both source and non-source) and passed to the lab record created (for holding EKG/CXR parameter data) during that separate EKG/CXR data entry routine run at an earlier time (as illustrated previously). In effect, due to this "cross-file" processing present in the EKG/CXR data entry routine for passing partial parameter test results to a "companion" related lab record, the present routine must now take into account the possibility that the blood test results presently being entered may have been ordered, and originated from, the same encounter (source or non-source) in which an EKG and/or CXR test was also ordered. Also, there is the lesser likelihood that the lab record is already existent due to only some of the original blood work ordered being completed earlier, and the routine is now being run to enter the remaining blood test results for that patient which were ordered from the same lab test request as the test results already on file. This latter possibility, although uncommon, may arise whenever a lab test is ordered for up to fourteen separate elements which conceivably may not be run as a complete unit or battery on the same day.
Pursuant to the above, upon entering the labfirst.prg routine, the specific nature of the encounter, whether source or non-source and then which of the three specific sources, is solicited and then collected in step (912) of FIG. 9. In the case of a source encounter, selecting office visit, E.R. or specialty allows the routine to obtain the appropriate invoice for use in searching throught the lab file to determine if a lab record holding lab test results (including EKG/CXR or earlier done blood work) ordered from same encounter is already present. In the case non-source is specified, the lab file is searched directly by using the request date and patient I.D. as the search indices to determine if a lab record holding other lab tests results is already present. If the routine determines that a prior lab record holding test results (created probably in the EKG/CXR data entry routine) is not present, then one will be created in step (921). The created record will be loaded with data identifying the patient, date of request, date tests completed, lab record invoice, and if from a source encounter then the invoice from that office, E.R. or specialty visit.
After completion of the above, the segment for actual lab record creation, or as the case may be, for simply editing the current blood work tests from an already existent lab record, is entered. FIG. 10 illustrates this routine. Prior to this, however, the operator can access a variety of previous test result data for each lab test to be entered through subroutines findout1.prg and findout2.prg, which are selected through menu options. These subroutines are used for obtaining data from different clinical aspects such as first abnormal data, most abnormal value, most recent result, etc. These two subroutines are illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12.
Once sufficient prior information for each current test result to be entered is obtained, a customized data entry screen is generated (step 1018) with instructions for operator assistance. This screen allows direct entry of both numeric results and parameter data into each of the indivudial lab test fields to be edited. As in the case of EKG-CXR entry, if a lab test result is normal only two characters are entered: a normal indicator and the most recent result, if present. An example of a source document for entry of lab record (blood work) is given in FIG. 13. Note that unlike the EKG/CXR data entry routine where partial parameter EKG/CXR data is passed to the "companion" lab record, there is no such cross-file processing in the opposite direction. In fact, and as can be seen from the format file used here, the EKG and CXR fields common to both lab and EKG/CXR entry records are "hidden" from view. The only way in which parameter data may be entered into these fields is through the EKG/CXR data entry routine.
Thus, blood work form a "lab test request" is loaded onto an existent lab record previously created, most probably during an EKG/CXR data entry routine for loading results from the same "lab test request". Or the blood work is loaded onto a newly created lab record as the only or first results obtained from a "lab test request" (source or non-source). In either caswe and as in the EKG/CXR entry routine, the lab record is also linked for crossreferencing to any possilble co-existent related EKG/CXR records from the same lab test request. In the case of a source encounter, the lab reocrds are also linked to any of three possible settings (office, E.R., specialist) from which the "lab test request" (blood work and/or CXR/EKG) was made.
3. Print program (print6.prg) for reporting office visit based EKG and/or CXR test results in conjunction with other concurrent clinical data present during the primary care visit in which the tests were ordered.
The purpose of this application is to combine logically distinct but related medical data stored in separate files linked throught common fields. Specifically, this routine links office visit (primary care) records with EKG/CXR records in a "parent to child" relationship. It integrates different and separately stored aspects of clinical data commonly derived in time and place, all centered around the office visit, for a broad composite view of medical care and resource usage. FIG. 14 illustrates the major steps of this program.
Consistent with the underlying thrust of the invention, the clinical data viewed in this report has been generated under a uniform standard set of conditions applied to a population of medical database out-patients in order to establish some reference to facilitate its analysis. This has been accomplished by selecting from a primary file, which stores the compiled results of office visits, only those patient records that meet certain clinical criteria (step 1411). These criteria include characteristics such as a chronic cardiac-based diagnosis as the primary problem during that office visit, presence of any of eight possible single character codes for indicating that at least lab work (in general, a "lab test request") was done, the occurrence of the office visit at least two weeks prior to a controld date, and evidence by code that the patient was symptomatic (or more symptomatic than ususal). Those records selected are then written to a secondary file that will serve as the program's basic unit of information processing.
Each patient's records are processed as a group wherein each page of the generated report represents data from the total number of relevant office visit records on file at that time for that patient. Separate categories of information (such as information from office visits and EKG/CXR) for each patient is delimited by broken lines on the report. The appendix computer listing illustrates example reports generated by this program.
The programs advances though each patient's records and prints general indentifying data once per page. For each office visit the routine prints out data uniquely identifying it (such as by invoice or date) along with patient clinical data. In step (1421) it is determined if EKG and/or CXR tests were ordered during each office visit by searching common data items though both EKG and CXR files. If found the stored subscripts corresponding to the various diagnosis are accessed and used to reference the full descriptive texts from the EKG/CXR table entries stored in memory files. The EKG and/or CXR diagnosis in descriptive text in combination with other data uniquely identifying the EKG/CXR records are formatted along with pertinent clinical data from the "parent" office visit record for detail line printing. In the case where either EXG or CXR tests have been performed, but not both, there is no explicit message in place of any would-be data. But in cases where neither has been done, there is a message. FIGS. 16-22 show reports generated by the program print6.prg.
4. Print program (print7.prg) for reporting out specialist (consultant) recommendations in conjunction with related clinical data from primary care office visits from which the referrals were made.
As in the previous reporting routine, the purpose here is to combine, for the purpose of analysis, logically distinct but related medical information stored in separate files linked by common fields. Namely, this routine integrates primary patient-care data (office visit) with subsequent consultant data in a respectively "parent record" to "child record" relationship. FIG. 15 illustrates the principal steps in this routine.
The list of system specialists include eight conventional types, for instance cardiologist, hematologist, rheumatologist, etc. The recommendations used by the system specialists consists of nine general adivsements of courses of action non-detailed in nature. Each of the nine advisements are to be used as universal standards for all specialists. The advisement include "continue present treatment", "change existing meds", "more lab tests", etc.
As in the previous embodiment (print6.prg), this routine begins by selecting out from a primary file containing compiled office visit data only those patient records that meet a predefined set of clinical criteria in step (1511). These criteria include a chronic cardiac-based condition as the primary problem during the office visit, whether the visit occurred at least 2 weeks prior to a control date, presence of a field code (single character) indicating that a specialty referral was made during that primary care office visit, and whether the patient was symptomatic. These records are then written to a secondary file in which all the records present now serve as the program's basis unit of information processing.
With the file indexed by patient name, the program processes each patient's record as a group. Each page of the report represents one patient and each unit of data delimited by broken lines contains the combined office visit and linked specialty data. There may be more than one specialist visit derived from any previous primary care office visit due either to a follow-up visit or the fact that more than one type of specialist referral was made from any primary care office visit. For each office visit a search is conducted in the specialist file based upon patient and request data. If found, three different specialist data are accessed from that related child record: the type of specialist, the individual specialist recommendations and the specialist's own diagnosis. The type of specialist is accessed by a subscript and expanded to text via a tables of entries containing the descriptive names arranged as an array. The individual specialist recommendations are also stored as subscripts and used to reference their corresponding text descriptive courses of action from a table of entries arranged as an array. The specialist's own diagnoses is referenced by it's six digit code from either the short-term or long term (chronic) diagnostic table depending on that specialist's impression. This information is then formatted with pertinent data from the parent office visit record for printing a composite clinical practice containing both primary care and its related specialty data. FIGS. 23-30 show reports generated by the program print7.prg.
The appendix contains the computer code corresponding to the above described programs. ##SPC1##
1. A computer data entry routine for entering and storing either electrocardiographic (EKG) or chest x-ray (CXR) test results from a lab test request document in a primary care out-patient setting, including:
- means for loading first patient data into the computer to create a data record, said first patient data reflecting EKG or CXR diagnostic abnormalities,
- means for defining a plurality of data fields for use in identifying said data record,
- means for recalling previously entered test result data pertaining to said EKG or CXR test currently being entered to accompany as compiled, encoded parameter data the current said EKG or CXR test results in said data record,
- means for automatically transferring said parameter data into a master lab record assigned to said patient, said transferring occurring concurrently with the creation of said data record,
- means for identifying the circumstance which prevailed at the time the lab test request was made, said identified circumstance dictating the manner in which the data record is referenced at a later point in time.
2. The entry routine of claim 1 wherein the means for loading includes:
- means for generating a menu listing of a plurality of standard EKG or CXR abnormalities, including a selection signifying that no abnormality is present,
- means for selecting up to a prescribed number of abnormalities from the menu listing,
- means for storing the selections as numbered subscripts.
3. The entry routine of claim 1 further including:
- means for entering patient identification number, date which the lab test request was ordered and date in which the lab test request was finished as a means for identifying said EKG or CXR data record to be created,
- and wherein said means for identifying the circumstance includes means for specifying whether the lab test request was ordered during a formal encounter or an informal encounter, said formal encounter including an office visit, emergency room visit or specialist visit, and said informal encounter including all other encounters.
4. The entry routine of claim 1 wherein the means for recalling further includes:
- means for examining said patient's prior EKG or CXR data records and extracting data, said data including a date and amount of a first abnormality, a date and amount of a last abnormality, most recent result entered (normal or abnormal), and an indication of whether a test has been consistently normal or abnormal.
5. The entry routine of claim 1 wherein the means for transferring includes:
- means for testing whether a master lab record already exists or not,
- means for creating the master lab record if said testing means determines that one does not already exist, and for transferring parameter data and patient identifying data to said newly created lab record,
- means for only sending said parameter data if said testing means determines that a master lab record already exists.
6. An entry routine for entering and storing blood test data from a lab test request document in a primary care out-patient setting, including:
- means for identifying the circumstance which prevailed at the time the lab test request was made, wherein said means for identifying includes means for specifying whether the lab test request was ordered during a formal encounter or an informal encounter, said formal encounter including an office visit, emergency room visit or specialist visit, and said informal encounter including all other encounters,
- means for determining whether or not a previous master record exists, said previous master record having been created by the prior running of a separate electrocardiographic EKG or chest x-ray CXR routine, or through the prior entry of blood test data,
- means for determining prior test results for accompanying as compiled, encoded parameter data each current blood test result entered, said prior test results including a date and amount of a first abnormality, a date and amount of a last abnormality, a most recent test result and a measure of the consistency of prior results,
- means for activating a customized data entry screen for the entry of blood test results from the lab test request form.
7. For use in a computer medical database system in a primary care out-patient setting, a report generation means for generating reports, said report generation means including a first and second print routines, said report generation means including:
- means for specifying a criterion and selecting records from a database of medical records which meet said criterion,
- means for storing the set of medical records which meet said criterion,
- said first print routine including;
- means for accessing from said stored set electrocardiographic (EKG) and chest x-ray (CXR) test results from EKG and CXR data records which are linked to a preselected primary care office visit from which said tests were ordered, said test results existing as numbered subscripts,
- means for obtaining literal text corresponding to said subscripts, said literal text consisting of descriptions of EKG and CXR abnormalities,
- means for printing out the literal text in conjunction with data recorded during said primary care office visit for each patient in said stored set,
- said second print routine including;
- means for accessing consultant data from specialist records within said stored set which stem from referrals made in a primary care office visit, said consultant data existing as subscripts representing the type of specialist and the recommendations made by the specialist,
- means for obtaining literal text corresponding to said specialist subscripts,
- means for printing said specialist literal text out in conjunction with data recorded during said primary care office visit.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 20, 1989
Date of Patent: Mar 24, 1992
Assignee: Barry Schneiderman (Lee, NH)
Inventor: Barry Schneiderman (Lee, NH)
Primary Examiner: Jerry Smith
Assistant Examiner: David Huntley
Application Number: 7/383,180
International Classification: G06F 1521; G06F 1542;

subset: commoncrawl


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Hi there. Happy new year
I have this website unikleen.gr and problem is the following.
When I click register button (top right) the register form has captcha
When i click Login then Register (Εγγραφή in greek) The for doesn't have captcha. This causes some spam subscribers.
How can I solve it?
How should I test these functions?
This is too sad.
No. I have no idea what is causing this. How is it possible to be resolved??
First of all thank you for accepting to open the thread once again
Can you test with the standard mod_login module? That's the built-in Joomla login module. If the logout issue happens with that, it indicates the problem is not related to JFBConnect.
I did test it
I have one module at url
Test pagehttp://www.inthessaloniki.com/en/pasta-flora-darling
I get the same error.
If it only happens with the SCLogin module, check the "Logout Redirection" setting configured in the module to make sure it's a proper menu item that should be redirected to.
I set as logout page the Home page but still
Hi. I am having an issue with facebook comments in rensponsive view.
For example in this url of my website
In desktop is ok as there is a fixed width 750 px.
How can I change the width for mobile version. ANd If this is not possible how can I disable comments for mobile devices?
Hi. Thank you for the reply,
alzander wrote:
* Does this happen only when you are logged in with a social network, or does it happen when you login using standard Joomla credentials as well?
The issue comes in both ways.
alzander wrote:* If you go to the JFBConnect -> Usermap area, that will check for any incorrect 'mappings' between social networks and Joomla accounts. It should try to auto-correct them as well. Please go there and see if any messages appear or if any of the rows don't look right (mainly, if they don't have any Joomla information about the user).
I couldn't see any error neither an auto correct button.
I found that topic but it didn't worked on me.
Are there any other suggestions to solve it?Hope yes.
Hi there.
I have the following issue.
When I log out from my website I get a 404 error page which says
"Error: SOME_ERROR_CODE - JLIB_USER_ERROR_UNABLE_TO_LOAD_USER"
My website is inthessaloniki.com
Hope you have a solution in mind
Regards konstantinos
Thank you for your fast and promt answers.
I did what you said. I have the tabs anywhere I want but I get " class="inputbox" />" under the sourcecoast tabs.
Check ths photo.
The link is
http://www.inthessaloniki.com/en/compon … gistration
Thank you for the quick answer but the registration social buttons don't appear i this form?
I have a file in phoca download files for registered users only. When I use the link to see that file I got linked in login page without register button. How can I get linked in register page?
http://www.inthessaloniki.com/en/compon … rs/click/5
There is an issue in my website
When I press the register button I am get linked in this url
http://www.inthessaloniki.com/en/compon … gistration
where the titles were empty. Name, email etc.
I installed seblod and the titles of the fields are ok but I lost register with social media buttons.
I changed the order of your plugin but still the same
It would be really easier if there were any manuals for all these.
I cannot see these messages at all (so I can chose what to change)
I do not know were this "InThessaloniki" came from overe the acount details. I want to display a message over there.
http://www.inthessaloniki.com/en/compon … gistration
and a message over here
http://www.inthessaloniki.com/en/compon … lkPTEzMTY=
alzander wrote:
* In the Joomla - Global Configuration area to setup the default captcha to use
I have enable recaptcha plug in and I selected recaptcha. (It is the only option) . There is no problem with face login like before
alzander wrote:
* In the User Manager - Options area, you can specify which captcha to use for registration.
I specified which captcha I want but after these I cannot see any captcha in registration form.
Thank you for your answers man.
Hi. How can I add - edit the title in registration form and how can I add description in registration form too?
Thank you very much for the assist. I have enable JFBconnect comment plgin instead of the old one.
How can I enable the Joomla's built-in captcha?
I can only see recaptcha feauture eve from joomla configuration.
Unfortunately none of these solved the issue? Just for your information I didn't make any of these changes. At first it was working.
Hi. At first it was working fine in desktop but not in mobile. Now facebook login doesn't work neither in desktop nor in mobile device.
The website is inthessaloniki.com
Is there any way to solve it?
How can I enable captcha?This option is on by k2 parameters but when I press Register from sclogin I cannot see any captcha.
I didn't have create a recaptcha account in google. sorry for the post
konpat wrote:
Hi Alex. I use Android mobile using the latest version (Kit KAt) and a chrome browser.
I tested in this website and it logged as it should. No problem at all.
Good news!Rearenging the order worked and the social tabs appeared.Thank you vey much.
Hi Alex. I use Android mobile using the latest version (Kit KAt) and a chrome browser.
I tested in this website and it logged as it should. No problem at all.
alzander wrote:
In the JFBConnect configuration area, there is a setting for "Integrate into Joomla Login". My guess is that it is already set to "Bottom" since the buttons are showing on your login page. Can you try changing that to "Top" or "Both" to see if it shows in the registration page? We'll help investigate more once we know how that setting changes the behavior.
That's right. It was set to "bottom". I tried the other two options but still nothing.
Well, that helped a lot. I had the registration users of. Now register is working but I haven't the buttons of log in using face,twit,g+ in the registration page. Which option is this?
Thank you once again!
Alex from SourceCoast is working on a new electronic game for kids called Countdown. It's a timed game of Hide & Seek with mini-games (Whack-a-Mole, Simon, etc) to complete when you find it.


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Kevin J. Bowman
Abstract: This article uses my pre-existing extension of Wilberian metatheory, holarchical field theory, to diagnose and work towards overcoming the confusion within attempts to analyze action, events, and communication using Ken Wilber's AQAL model. In holarchical field theory, holarchical fields become the fundamental component of reality. These fields comprise 1) holons in relation to one another and to their potential, and 2) their interpenetrating forces engaged by their interactions. In light of the theory, problems in the Wilberian literature have included inconsistent uses of certain dualities (subject-object, interior-exterior, and inside-outside) as well as person perspectives and pronouns. Previous attempts to overcome these issues without precise diagnoses suffer from a conflation of the dual definitions of the subjective-objective duality, one a philosophical definition, the other grammatical. State versus action language is classified within the dualities of holarchical field theory.
Tags: Ken Wilber, AQAL, holarchical field theory, integral communication, integral scientific pluralism, Kevin J. Bowman


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Day 86
Posted by iwanttodothat on November 24, 2009
6:30 Woke up. Stayed in bed until 7:00.
7:00 Got out of bed, took meds, drank some water, stretched, got ready for training and weigh-in.
8:00 Personal training and weigh-in. I've lost a total of 45.6 pounds!!! Wow! I think I'm figuring it out! I think my lifestyle change is really sticking, and I can see the 50-pound mark within sight. Maybe I can make it by December if I stick to my plan and do my cardio every day like a good little girl. Okay. Personal training today was mostly fun. My 1-mile time went back up to 16:50, but I'm so tired and sore from yesterday that it's a miracle I did that well. The rest of the day was filled with kickboxing training. That was really fun. I've never donned boxing gloves before and it was a blast beating up on Maggie! I took my loaner foil for a little show & tell, and demonstrated some of the stuff I've been learning at fencing. Maybe she can come up with some new forms of torture to help me with that.
9:00 Breakfast. Protein shake by Maggie. I'm moving the rest of my breakfast to my next snack.
11:00 Snack. 1/4c (uncooked) steel cut oats, 10 almonds, 1/2 grapefruit.
1:30 Lunch. 4oz tuna, 1/2c brown rice, 4c lettuce, a few grape tomatoes, o&v.
3:45 Snack. 2 stalks celery, 1 wedge Laughing Cow Light Swiss cheese.
6:00 Dinner. Tonight, I am playing for the Thanksgiving Service at the church where I serve as organist and accompanist. I will be joining other congregants in a Thanksgiving dinner before the service, so I am treating this as a trial run in self-control for Thursday. I can definitely eat turkey and salad. I might have a bite of all the other goodies and skip dessert. That's my plan. I'll add to this later tonight.
Failed my self-control test miserably. Even ate a piece of pecan pie. Boo.


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By Raphael Awen
I received news of quite a scathing email today from an old friend of who I hadn't spoken with in over 14 years. He blasted me for disowning my daughters, amongst other things. I chose not to read the email as it didn't have any tones of care or respect, but I did let the contact from this friend and some of his energy land in my heart for some up-to-date digestion.
Kelvin (not his real name) and I met in church life, where we and our young families were a part of the leadership team. His family and mine enjoyed a magical missions experience living and traveling together for three months in remote places in the Philippines. We shared similar kinds of livelihoods as independent contractors and I learned many skills and trades by working alongside Kelvin. Kelvin had a hidden side that was becoming not so hidden as part of him said 'fuck the hiding' and his world began to rumble when he eventually openly admitted to being gay, and admitted to being abusive to his wife. His wife asked my help and a few other friends to assist her to pack up and leave their home on a 3 hour stealth mission when Kelvin was away one evening. Kelvin was broken to somewhere deep in his core and the next morning, he was at my door, knowing I was one of the people who had helped his wife make an escape. I was prepared for an attempt at a punch in the face, but was surprised when he simply said 'Thank you for helping Carol, it was the right thing to do.'
Kelvin and I's relationship went through several contexts, and nearing the end of our relationship, I perceived him to be distant and unreachable, so painfully similar to all the male friendships in my life. Now, I can see that this distance and unreachability had to do with a distance and unreachability inside of myself, that the universe was reflecting to me in my relationship with all of my male friends. I co-created that reality and the suffering patterns.
I consciously longed for male intimacy, knowing it had to do with my own father's emotional distance, but still suffering with feeling on the outside of being unable to deeply connect with any of my male friends, all of whom had been in my life for many years and through many changes. In 2005, after thinning out more and more of my Christian faith, I realized that the last pillar of my faith was about to implode, and after that, I couldn't call myself a Christian any longer. I no longer held Jesus as my personal saviour. I was withdrawing the confession of my faith, or 'renouncing my Christianity', you could say. I simply stated quietly to those closest to me, that I no longer held Jesus as my personal saviour, and this was an earthquake that none of my personal social life could sustain. My relationships with my wife and daughters all entered a surprising and sudden completion of the old, not knowing what may or may not arise in any new context.
Strangely though, Kelvin and I's relationship had been quiet for some time and when we did meet one last time, it was post to my Christianity and with Kelvin living in an openly gay lifestyle, each of us had again a resonance on one level with being outside of the worlds we once knew and treasured, each for our own reasons. I shared some of my new found beliefs and values with Kelvin, but felt a distinct disinterest in him beyond a polite listening. Part of me so wanted to be done with any of the male tugging for intimacy patterns that were all too present in my (by now mostly absent) relationships with men. We never spoke again and it felt like it had just run out of gas; complete in what the transactable relationship was meant to bring us.
Strange though to fast forward 13 years and receive a blast of anger from Kelvin. I so see now that anyone from our past that we no longer have transaction with, we can't actually be outside of relationship with, on a higher level that is. All of us are far too connected and are actually 'all-one', rather than 'alone' though our perceptions of things may beg to differ. What was striking to me was that it was also just this week that I wrote of breaking through some lifelong and significant barriers in my relationships with men in my deep friendship with Gabriel Heartman and our now 6 years of intense heart, soul and geographical journey together. I can so feel how me breaking a barrier inside of myself where my male relationship patterns are concerned that then ripples out into the Metasoul and Metasouls that we share, and we unmistakably ping on each others radar.
Part of Kelvin appears to be pissed that I broke the codes we shared, committed ourselves to, and suffered within. I believe I went on to begin to grasp the real prize that we are all in search of – really coming home to oneself inside of our own hearts and then finding that naturally mirror itself out into new relationship patterns with others.
I feel the sacred gift of the times and memories we shared, and what it brought us to and what it brought us through. I feel the sacred gift too even of the scathing email, that again offers me a digestion point of my own journey and what I am being invited into – internally and externally. One also needs some 'before and after' pictures to take in how much one has shifted their reality, to hold any wakes needed to shed any residual tears that parts of us may still hold and need to digest. We are all players in each others movies, inextricably linked. When one finds gold, we all find gold, and invite others into the undeniable newness that belongs to the all, and can be leased by any one willing to own it as a steward.
What is unmistakably shaking down or apart in your world? How does this correspond to an inner shaking/completion? What digestions are parts of you needing to have to be able to move on healthily without suppression? What heart knowing do you have with these parts? What would you be willing to pay to purchase this field in which you unmistakably discovered this pearl of great price?
Raphael Awen
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It might have seem a good idea at the time when President Park Geun-hye recently, but rashly, decided to deliver a one-two punch to North Korea and China, Pyongyang's closest ally, by first closing the Gaeseong Industrial Complex and then agreed to start talks with the U.S. on the deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system, which Beijing opposes.
Both moves appeared meant to persuade China to agree to stricter international sanctions against North Korea as punishment for its recent nuclear test and missile launch. The real rationale for closing the Gaeseong would be to remove any appearance of hypocrisy of Seoul urging Beijing to reduce fuel and food supplies to Pyongyang while South Korea maintained an economic lifeline to North Korea with the joint industrial project.
Seoul's expressed willingness to deploy THAAD was a more bare-knuckle move since it appeared to threaten Beijing with what China considers a hostile act if it did not accede to South Korea's wishes on economic sanctions.
Many South Koreans, including President Park, may have seen the tough actions as emotionally liberating since it apparently puts an end to frustrations built up over the years about dealing with North Korea.
Unfortunately, these actions are unlikely to persuade China to increase pressure on North Korea to behave. Rather, they carry the risk of making the situation on the Korean peninsula more dangerous — perhaps reaching a point that was last seen with the 1994 nuclear crisis when the U.S. considered launching a pre-emptive air strike at the North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facilities.
Indeed, the stage appears to be set for a new crisis over the next several months as a series of troubling events converge.
The shutdown of Gaeseong and the THAAD deployment precedes this year's annual spring joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, which are set to last from March 7 to April 30 and are expected to be the largest ever held. The exercises normally draw a harsh reaction from Pyongyang, which alleges that they serve as a prelude to an invasion of North Korea.
But Pyongyang's paranoia is likely to increase this year since the exercises are reported to include elements of the new U.S.-South Korean wartime operational plan, OPLAN 5015, which contemplates pre-emptive strikes against North Korean military facilities rather than the emphasis of previous plans on defending South Korea if it is attacked.
There is another reason for North Korea to increase its fierce war rhetoric this time as it seeks to persuade South Koreans to turn their back on President Park ahead of the April 13 parliamentary elections by portraying her as a reckless "warmonger."
The increased tensions also put North Korea's young and inexperienced leader Kim Jong-un in a difficult position since he needs to appear to be tough as he apparently struggles to put the armed forces under the firm control of the Korean Worker's Party, whose first congress since 1980 is scheduled for May. There are clear signs of growing rifts in Pyongyang with the sudden death of the official in charge of inter-Korean relations and the reported execution of the army chief.
This creates a situation fraught with risks as Pyongyang might miscalculate with an act of brinkmanship, such as violating the Northern Limit Line in the East Sea, mounting cyberattacks or conducing more nuclear and missile tests. A clash along the DMZ would likely trigger retaliation by Seoul under its new tough rules of engagement.
Even if any type of armed conflict does not break out in the next several months, the combination of the Gaeseong closure and THAAD leaves President Park with egg on her face. She has ended the last remaining symbol of reconciliation with Pyongyang, while she has angered the Chinese after fervently courting them during her first three years in office.
It could also harden geostrategic positions in Northeast Asia with China possibly drawing closer to North Korea if THAAD deployment goes ahead, while South Korea seeking a closer embrace with the U.S. and Japan.
Defenders of the closure of Gaeseong make a moral argument that the decision was right in view of Pyongyang's provocative actions since the industrial project provided significant funds to the regime. But that viewpoint intends to ignore the fact that the decision went against Park administration's earlier stance that steps should be taken to prepare for eventual reunification.
Gaeseong played an important role in that regard by teaching modern market-based business and management skills to the North. Closing Gaeseong shuts off one road to reform, while further creating distrust between the two Koreas.
If the ultimate goal to avoid war and promote negotiations to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, we have just seen a giant step backward being taken.
John Burton, a former Korea correspondent for the Financial Times, is now a Seoul-based independent journalist and media consultant. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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"Every year, the Saturdays that fall in the month of Kanya, when the Sun is in Virgo, is an auspicious time. Why are these Saturdays going to be important? These 4 Saturdays are very important for wealth. And the Sun is shining in Virgo. It's going to be a great time for people to work on their prosperity. So I strongly recommend that you make use of these 4 Saturdays."
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Dr. Pillai Speaks: Vishnu Saturdays for Wealth and Prosperity
The 4 spectacular Saturdays in the Tamil month of Purattasi (mid-Sep to mid-Oct), are celebrated every year because of their strong connection to Vishnu and financial prosperity. During this month, the Sun is in Virgo, a sign ruled by Mercury. Mercury's overlord is Vishnu, the Archetype of wealth. Purattasi Saturdays are highly auspicious to participate in Poojas for Vishnu, who can give prosperity blessings on these power days.
Vishnu descended to the Earth plane in the human form of Venkateshwara (Lord Tirupati, the Supreme Lord of Wealth) during the Tamil month of Purattasi. Venkateshwara is the protector of the Kali Yuga and can shower wealth, wellbeing, prosperity, pleasures, and spiritual enlightenment blessings upon those who connect powerfully with him.
For every Vishnu Saturday, Pillai Center will be performing a Grand Fire Lab for Vishnu, using a select sloka from Vishnu Sahasranamam (1000 Names of Vishnu) for blessings for each of the following aspects of life.
On the final Saturday, we will be invoking Lord Vishnu using a sloka which has the power to give you wisdom and make you more intelligent and smarter.
Mahabuthir Mahaveeryo Mahashakthir Mahathyuthihi |
Anir Deshya Vabhu Shreema-Naméyathmaa Mahaa-Thri-Dhruk ||
As a grand finale of the Vishnu Saturdays, we will be invoking Vishnu in the form of Achyuta Narayana, the one who always protects those who take refuge in him in a Fire Lab. He has the power to bestow wealth, knowledge, good health, luck, longevity, and Moksha (salvation).
Astrologically, each of the four Saturdays in Purattasi is unique, and all share the power to reduce the malefic effects of planet Saturn. According to traditional practices, when you invoke Vishnu on these special Saturdays, you can obtain blessings for health, wealth, happiness, and career.
On the last Saturday, Pillai Center will perform a sacred Fire Lab by chanting a unique name of Lord Vishnu from Vishnu Sahasranamam (1000 Names of Lord Vishnu) for wisdom-granting blessings. According to Vishnu Sahasranamam, performing a sacred fire lab invoking Vishnu by chanting this name can bestow the following blessings.
As per the sacred texts, chanting Venkatesa Sahasranamam (1000 Names of Lord Venkateshwara) followed by a Fire Lab for Vishnu as Achyuta Narayana can destroy negativity, fear, poverty, enmity, help get rid of planetary Doshas (Afflictions) and bestow wealth, knowledge, good health, luck, longevity, and Moksha (salvation)
Chanting this sacred hymn which comprises of 1000 unique names of Vishnu on Saturdays can bestow wealth, material comforts, happiness, victory, relief from fear and negative thoughts, and grant salvation
The 4 spectacular Saturdays, in the Tamil month of Purattasi (mid-Sep to mid-Oct), are celebrated every year because of their strong connection to Lord Vishnu and financial prosperity. Purattasi Saturdays are highly auspicious to participate in special fire labs and Poojas for Lord Vishnu, who can give wealth and overall prosperity blessings on these power days.
What Will I Receive?
You will receive the sacred grey ash powder from the Homa, which will be blessed in the rituals. Keep this on your meditation altar and wear it on your forehead during meditation or at other times to expand the Divine blessings into your life.
Dr. Pillai explains this:
The ritual is the carbonization of thoughts. Carbon is our information bearing atoms. The carbon residue (ash) given out as Prasad is to be placed on the third eye area of the participants and carries the blessings of the archetypes invoked.
Please Note: Your prasad will be shipped from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, after the entire set of rituals are performed. For international shipping, please allow 2 – 4 weeks for delivery.
Our most sincere prayers are done on your behalf; however, we cannot guarantee results. Results are purely in the domain of God.