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I have read several negative feedback about "libel" in the new anti-cyber crime law–RA 10175 (Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012) which was signed into law recently by President Aquino. But as i go over with the provisions of the new law, there's nothing new about libel except the addition of the use of computer in the commission of libel.
RA 10175 adds the "committed through a computer system" phrase in the "Means of Libel" (original provision of Art. 355 of the Revised Penal Code below).
Art. 355. Libel means by writings or similar means. — A libel committed by means of writing, printing, lithography, engraving,radio, phonograph, painting,theatrical exhibition, cinematographic exhibition, or any similar means, shall be punished by prision correccional in its minimum and medium periods or a fine ranging from 200 to 6,000 pesos, or both, in addition to the civil action which may be brought by the offended party.
Long before the RA 10175 was passed, some cyber legal experts had already opined that libel committed online is already included in the libel law provisions of the Revised Penal Code. In one of his interviews, Atty. Jose Jesus "JJ" Disini Jr., a cyber law expert said many had mistakenly thought that defamation on Facebook is not covered by our libel laws. The phrase–"or any similar means" in Art. 355 of the RPC encompasses writing and posting defamatory statements on Facebook and in any online pages and sites.
In my Media Laws and Ethics class at the University of San Jose-Recoletos in Cebu City i'd lined up the legal basis of libel on Facebook and warned my students on the implications of what they've been writing on their FB wall. Here's an excerpt of my lessons which i also posted on this blog years ago:
Some writers in the online community have already expressed their apprehension that the new anti-cyber crime law shall be used to harass bloggers and online writers. Again, even without RA 10175 online libel is already covered by the existing libel law. However, some judges opined that the "similar means" should be clearly defined to include libel committed on television, radio broadcast and in online sites to avoid subjecting it to several interpretations.
In the case of RA 10175 it only includes the "committed through a computer system" as one of the means of libel while the phrase "similar means" is retained. (Below is item 4 under (c) Content-related offenses of Chapter II Punishable Acts of RA 10175.)
(4) Libel. – The unlawful or prohibited acts of libel as defined in Article 355 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended committed through a computer system or any other similar means which may be devised in the future.
In my opinion, the issue on harassment against the online community is no longer an issue since several libel cases have already been filed in relation to online defamation. But what is clear, we now have a law that runs after cyber criminals who shall commit similar offenses below:
- Hacking (cracking)
- Cyber squatting
- Identity theft
- Computer Fraud
- Cybersex
- Child Pornography
- Commercial Spams
- Libel
Read RA 10175 to know more of the provisions of the law, especially the fines and penalties thereat. Happy blogging and be responsible online writer!


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Daring has a new home. Cadillac today announced plans to launch Cadillac House, a physical manifestation of the brands cultural world, located on the ground floor of the companys global headquarters in New York City. This 12,000 square foot permanent space will open to the public June 2, 2016 and will serve as a rotating location for events, vehicle exhibitions and collaborative partnerships with pioneering organizations, such as the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Visionaire.
Visitors will encounter an ever-evolving look inside the brand, anchored in the exploration of a wide spectrum of talents, industries and enterprises. From concerts to interactive art installations to fashion retail space, Cadillac House is designed as a meeting place where innovators, creators and the curious can find inspiration and one another.
Cadillac has built its nearly 114-year history by being at the forefront of automotive design, technology and style, said Uwe Ellinghaus, Cadillac Chief Marketing Officer. With Cadillac House, we have an exciting opportunity to bring to life the brands unique passion and perspective for beyond the automotive space.
The space will be home to several always-on partnerships and programs that will continue to evolve throughout the year, delivering interactive experiences for consumers.
- VISIONAIRE - Energetic and elemental themes will be brought to life through a partnership with art and culture magazine, Visionaire, which will challenge the conventional art gallery experience by creating an interactive installation. A new exhibition will be installed every quarter, and will feature large-scale, visually arresting artwork and multi-sensory, perceptive-altering light installations.
- CFDA RETAIL LAB - Cadillac House will also be home to the Retail Lab, a concept developed by the CFDA in partnership with Cadillac. Retail Lab is an innovative mentoring and merchandising program for designers driving the fashion industry forward. Participants will be selected through a competitive application process and have an opportunity to gain real-world business experience through the custom retail store. The Retail Lab store will open in early July with inaugural designer Timo Weiland.
- JOE COFFEE - Cadillacs commitment as a positive and responsible neighbor will be reflected in a partnership with New York-based Joe Coffee. The local specialty coffeehouse will be opening a café within the Cadillac House to provide visitors with delicious beverages, pastries and other treats.
We are excited to partner with Cadillac. We feel that both Cadillac and Visionaire strive for history-making design and we both push the boundaries of what is possible" said James Kaliardos of Visionaire. Co-founder Cecilia Dean adds, The opportunity to have a space within Cadillac House is a thrilling opportunity for us to connect with a larger audience and to experiment with new mediums and technology.
As home to The CFDA and Cadillac Retail Lab, the space will be a multi-disciplinary haven for top-tier design talent to bring to life their vision of a brick-and-mortar boutique experience.
The CFDA is excited to extend its partnership with Cadillac through Retail Lab and to be part in the launch of Cadillac House, said Steven Kolb, President and CEO of the CFDA. By merging fashion, art, design and automotive, Cadillac House will be a new, dynamic destination in Hudson Square.
Cadillac House is designed by global design firm Gensler. Cadillac House will be located at 330 Hudson St. and open to the public from 7am to 7pm ET Monday through Friday and 10am to 7pm Saturday and Sunday.
Cadillac has been a leading luxury auto brand since 1902. Today Cadillac is growing globally, driven by an expanding product portfolio featuring distinctive design and technology. More information on Cadillac appears at Cadillac | Prestige Cars, SUVs, Sedans, Coupes, and Crossovers. Cadillac's media website with information, images and video can be found at media.cadillac.com.
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Burkart Strengthens Stobart Squad For Germany
The M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team will welcome Aaron Burkart, the 2010 FIA Junior World Rally Champion, into their Cumbria-based squad for [this] week's ADAC Rallye Deutschland.
Fresh from a podium position at last weekend's ADAC Rally Wartburg where Burkart piloted the Ford Fiesta S2000, the 28-year-old German driver is feeling confident ahead of his debut in the Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car.
Burkart – who will be partnered by fellow countryman André Kachel - will be looking to benefit from a pre-event test over the weekend where the duo aim to finish with a top result on their debut World Rally Car event.
Norway's Mads Østberg will also be testing the team's other Fiesta RS WRC over the weekend. The 23-year-old has not driven a World Rally Car on asphalt since 2008 so is hoping to find a good set-up on the new surface before the ninth round of the WRC.
Østberg and co-driver Jonas Andersson contested last year's ADAC Rallye Deutschland for the first time in a Ford Fiesta S2000 where the pair finished first in class and 16th overall. Østberg has since reported his desire to challenge for a second podium during the season's second half but his main aim for the Trier-based event will be to match the pace of the WRC front-runners.
Joining Østberg as the second points-scoring crew in Germany is Britain's top pairing of Matthew Wilson and Scott Martin. Wilson has proved his ability behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta RS WRC with two top five results already under his belt this season.
Wilson finished sixth at last year's event and will be aiming for a similar result this year. The 24-year-old English driver will be looking to further benefit from a test he has planned in the Ford Fiesta RS WRC on Monday.
Henning Solberg and co-driver Ilka Minor will be the fourth team entered under the M-Sport Stobart banner in Germany.
Solberg will be the only M-Sport Stobart driver who will not test the Fiesta RS WRC prior to the event but the flamboyant Norwegian has experience on his side as next week's event will mark the ninth time that the driver has contested the German edition of the WRC.
As one of the most experienced WRC drivers in the field, the M-Sport Stobart driver will be looking to take advantage of his past knowledge of the German roads in order to move ahead of Räikkönen in the overall leaderboard – Räikkönen and Solberg are currently tied in the drivers' championship standings with 26 points each.
Mads Østberg said:
"It's possible that Germany may be my last event of the season so I want to aim for a top result next week. It's going to be difficult as it's my first time driving on asphalt in a World Rally Car since Corsica and Spain in 2008. I competed in last year's Rallye Deutschland and Rally Catalunya in a Ford Fiesta S2000 so I had some experience during those events but it's very different behind the wheel of a World Rally Car. I've got a test planned for the weekend and I'm hoping that I can find a good feeling in preparation for the rally. I think it's going to be a tough event but I hope to be where I was on the last day in Finland, I just need to be pushing from the start and it'd be great to challenge the "top five" more on this rally."
Matthew Wilson said:
"Germany will be the first time this year that tyre choice has come into the equation so I think this could be one of the biggest challenges. Of course it is also the first all-tarmac round of the season so it's a big step into the unknown for the Fiesta RS WRC although we will be fortunate to fit in some testing on Monday afternoon. I enjoyed the small sections of asphalt we've had already this year like in Rally Argentina but that is nothing compared to three full days of rallying on the surface. Last year was a good result for us and I'd be happy if I finished in a similar position this time but this is a tough rally and small mistakes can have brutal consequences so it's important to know when to push."
Henning Solberg said:
"We need to collect points and the aim is for a good result next week. The best way for me to achieve this is to concentrate on improving my performance from last year when I competed in the Fiesta S2000 and to get closer to the top guys' times on asphalt. I like the more open road stages like there are in Germany but find it difficult on the military ranges. I need to feel the car flowing and on those stages it is very stop and start and you can't really get into a good rhythm. Rallye Deutschland is like three different rallies in three days over different types of stages and each with their own unique challenges. As always the weather here can also make a big difference."
Aaron Burkart said:
"I can't wait for next week but I'm starting to feel a little nervous now too. It's such an amazing opportunity to drive a World Rally Car and on my home event it is really something special. I'd like to finish on the podium but I'm aware that there's 20 World Rally Cars in Germany so it's not going to be an easy task. We've got a test in the car over the weekend so we need to make sure we find the right set-up so we are as well prepared as we can be. We've had some good results in the Ford Fiesta S2000 already this year but I know that the Fiesta RS WRC has a lot more power so we need to take this into account when first getting to grips with the car."
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Sam joined Saatchi & Saatchi in January 2012, working across a range of clients from T-Mobile and Guinness Global to Weight Watchers and Kerry Foods.
As Chief Executive Officer, Sam is in charge of leading the agency, it's vision and direction, as well as being responsible for its commercial performance.
Sam started his career in website development and flash game design before moving over to digital specialist glue London where he spent three years working across News Group Newspapers, Bacardi Global Brands and AVIVA.


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The angels are the spirit servants in heaven.
~ The Urantia Book, 167:7.3 (1841.2) [2]
God is inherently kind, naturally compassionate, and everlastingly merciful. And never is it necessary that any influence be brought to bear upon the Father to call forth his loving-kindness.
~ The Urantia Book, 113:1.1 (1241.3) [3]
Angels are so near you and care so feelingly for you that they figuratively "weep because of your willful intolerance and stubbornness." The seraphim act in your behalf quite independent of your direct appeals; they are executing the mandates of their superiors, and thus they function regardless of your passing whims or changing moods. This does not imply that you may not make their tasks either easier or more difficult, but rather that angels are not directly concerned with your appeals or with your prayers.
~ The Urantia Book, 113:5.2 (1246.1) [4]
The angels develop an abiding affection for their human associates; and you would, if you could only visualize the seraphim, develop a warm affection for them.
~ The Urantia Book, 113:2.5 (1243.2) [5]
The guardian of destiny influences you in every possible manner consistent with the dignity of your personality; under no circumstances do these angels interfere with the free action of the human will.
~ The Urantia Book, 113:5.1 (1245.7) [6]
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[2] https://urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-167-visit-philadelphiaU167_7_3
[3] https://urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-113-seraphic-guardians-destiny#U113_1_1
[4] https://urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-113-seraphic-guardians-destiny#U113_5_2
[5] https://urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-113-seraphic-guardians-destiny#U113_2_5
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Want to feel a closer relationship with God? Come to Sacred Silence when you are able, and as you are, for silent prayer and peace.
Prayer is time spent in conscious relationship with God. But pressing daily activities may leave little time for prayer. Often we simply are not aware of the presence of God. Sacred Silence was established to help us set aside time for prayer. Time dedicated to conscious relationship with God.
Sacred Silence participants are encouraged to use whatever prayer practice works best for them - whether memorized, awareness, centering, petition, gratitude, the examen or another prayer form. Resources on prayer are available.
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We gather in the church, unless there's a conflict, on Monday nights between 7-8 pm. Time is spent in silent prayerful sitting and walking. It is a peaceful retreat from the busyness and distractions of the day.
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Greeley police seek man in possible abduction attempt
December 26, 2012
Greeley police are looking into a 19-year-old woman's report that she was nearly abducted in a Safeway parking lot.
The woman told police she was walking to Safeway, 1122 11th Ave., after 5 p.m. Wednesday when a man approached her in the parking lot, according to a news release. The woman said the man spoke in Spanish to her and tried to pull her into a brown-colored sedan. She said she pulled away and ran into the store.
Police say the suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 30-40 years old, about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds. The woman said he was wearing a light blue baseball cap, turned backward, with a green jacket and blue jeans. The vehicle is described as sedan similar to a Honda Accord or Toyota Camry.
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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah claimed 5 raw, intense, heartbreaking stars from this heartbroken book blogger. And she is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors. Kristin has a fab way of creating unique characters and story arcs that remain with you long after you put the book down.The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
on February 6, 2018
Genres: Family Life, Historical Fiction
Pages: 440
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased
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Alaska, 1974.Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.
Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America's last true frontier.
Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.
At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights' lack of preparation and dwindling resources.
But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt's fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.
In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska―a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.
My Thoughts onThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
I've a confession which is at odds with my 5 star review. The first time I tried to read this book, I abandoned it. It was too slow moving for my mood. But I found myself thinking about the characters and wondering what happened next, so returned to it. Via audiobook this time.
So I'd advise patience. A lot of time is spent building up the characters, the wild but beautiful Alaska setting, the sense of community in the small town, and the unsettling family dynamics.
I promise your patience will be rewarded ten fold. This is a deeply disturbing read, but it's also gripping and an emotional journey that I know I won't forget. Ever.
I knew that Leni and I would get along just fine from the moment I read this sentence.
"Books are the mile markers of my life. Some people have family photos or home movies to record their past. I've got books. Characters. For as long as I can remember, books have been my safe place."
She felt like my kindred spirit. But only in relation to our love of books. I'm not Alaska tough like Leni is, and I could never have endured all that she did. I am full of admiration for her physical, emotional and mental strength. And I adored the bond she had with her mother. However, I raged with her mother at times too, just like the quote below says love really did make her stupid.
"Love and fear. The most destructive forces on earth. Fear had turned her inside out, love had made her stupid."
This book has romance, lots of drama, and a theme of coming to terms with your past. Most of all it has characters that I now ADORE, and I know it's one I will reread again.
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If you love well researched historical fiction, heartfelt plotlines and resilient characters, then you just might love this as much as I did. I'd also recommend this to fans of previous books by Kristin Hannah, or if you like authors such as Liane Moriarty or Diane Chamberlain.


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Remember that time you ripped the best lap of your life? You were sure it was way faster than any other lap you ran before. Way faster than anyone else, infact. You made no mistakes, hit every gate perfectly, and that throttle was pinned the whole time. Except, then you go check in with the race tent to see your times. None of your laps were logged. The tracker missed them all.
Yeah, we've been there too.
We solved that problem.
Here comes the WizardTracker!
It's been a while since we showed off the first sneak peak of the WizardTracker, our very own race lap tracker. With our group of engineers, IT folk, and general FPV nuts, we set out to build a tracker without any of the common problems from existing trackers. Our goals were simple, basically aiming for the opposite of everything else:
Be accurate, all the time.
Calibration is awkward and fiddly. If you miss a lap in the middle of a race with current trackers, it's gone into the abyss forever. Can we make it not do that? Make it get all the laps, all the time? Do away with calibration entirely? Maybe fix things if we do miss a lap, and fix them accurately?
Be simple to build, simple to use.
Minimize the number of components, minimize hardware size, minimize software complexity. Make use of every bit of hardware to it's fullest without any waste. Make it easy for anyone to build or use. Make the UI beautiful and an actual joy to use instead of a complete nightmare.
Be inexpensive.
The cost of "professional" race trackers is downright offensive if you know what's inside the magic box. We want anyone and everyone to be able to run a race event, not just those with sponsors. We want a bunch of pals in the park to be able to run their own races, just for fun.
Be open-source.
Open-source is what brings us the greatness that is Betaflight and all of its ancestors. The more people that can help out, the more people that can share their skills and ideas, the better for all of us.
Not really asking for much, eh? Over the course of this year we have been tweaking, refining, and testing the tracker. We've kept it under wraps until we had something that reasonably hits these goals, and now we're finally ready to share our prototype with the world.
See it in action!
We've tested our tracker in various scenarios: from flying about in the woods for fun, to running as a backup at the Irish Drone Nationals where it recorded 180 races with 6 pilots each without a hitch.
How does it work?
Our tracker, fundamentally, works like other video RSSI-based lap trackers. It has several video receiver modules, where each is tuned to the frequency of the pilot you want to track. An Arduino reads the RSSI (signal strength) from each of the receivers. Our resident Wizard has magic'd up a slick PCB which can be put together for under £50 for a 6 channel tracker, and about £60 for an 8 channel tracker.
When a racer passes over the receiver we get a spike in the signal strength. By keeping track of the time between these spikes, we get lap times. Simples!
Below you can see a screengrab of the raw RSSI data which we captured of BanniUK during the Irish Drone Nationals. You can clearly see the peaks as he crosses the tracker. Timing between these gives you the lap times.
So, why is our tracker better than others?
The method of timing based on video transmitter signal strength has its challenges. Currently all trackers out there of this type rely on a calibration of the signal strength PRIOR TO the race, when the signal crosses this threshold, the tracker counts a lap.
The issue with this is that the signal can vary massively depending on the video transmitter, the antenna, the distance you pass at, the speed you pass at.. even the orientation of the quad as it passes. This leads to trackers missing laps or counting extra ones. We've witnessed this loads at various events and these are trackers from the big players!
Our tracker does NOT require calibration prior to a race, and does NOT miss laps! We can even retrospectively go back to a previous race interrogate and adjust our signal thresholds as we need to. How do we manage this? It's actually very simple yet clever.
How on earth did we manage that?
Instead of processing the signal strength data on the fly, storing only the lap times and throwing away all that precious RSSI data, what we do instead is store ALL the raw RSSI data which is picked up by the receivers and we post process this data either on the fly or after the race is completed. This way none of the original data is lost! That simple!
This allows us to effectively 'calibrate' our tracker thresholds retrospectively and adjust the tracker to not miss any laps.
There's more to it than that..
It may sound simple, and to an extent the concept is, however there are a number of challenges which we have overcome by some clever logic and programming. These include:
- Minimal hardware – Unlike some other very bulky trackers, our Wizard aka Dan has managed to squeeze the required hardware onto a tiny little custom designed PCB.
- Data write speeds – Storing all that data as fast as we can proved challenging. We have optimised our code and used SQL databases to handle this, which gives us an accuracy down to about 10 or 20ms per reading.
- Noisy signals – The RSSI readings are fairly noisy. We have coded up and applied some filtering to our signals to help overcome this.
- Peak to Peak Timing – We have some clever logic which makes sure we catch consistent peak to peak times as opposed to the majority of trackers out there which simply record the time from when you cross the threshold.
- Browser based GUI – Our tracker is built around being able to be controlled via a browser.
What now?
Now that we have the working basis of a concept our plans are to share our work with the world! We are going to open source the firmware and software for the tracker as we need help from all the boffins out there to progress the functionality of the tracker and the GUI. Currently it will track and process times but there is no event / race management abilities. We are just finishing up a tidy up of the code, but expect to see it released for the world to see in the coming weeks.
Hardware wise, we will release a plan / schematic of the tracker and hopefully will have a stock of PCB's available for people to purchase and make their own. But heres a list of things we're still to do and hoping the wider community can also help us with:
- Enclosure – We are yet to design a nice enclosure for the wizard
- GUI – We have a basic functioning GUI but could do with spicing it up and making it fully portable
- Pi – We would like to run the tracking portion on a Raspberry Pi instead of a laptop to save on kit we need on the field. We plan to interface with it over a wireless connection with a tablet or phone to run the tracker.
- Race Management – There are currently no race or event management features, we need to add this into the GUI and database functionality.
The list is endless but this is the beginning of something great! We hope you can join us 🙂


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A "chip off the old soft" for improving clinical workflow
Regular HealthBlog readers are familiar with my rants about the need for more flexible, lower-cost, more intuitive electronic medical record solutions that facilitate rather than inhibit clinical workflow. They also know that I frequently report seeing better solutions overseas than I typically encounter in the US. Some of the best of these clinical solutions are built from the ground up using lots of readily available, off-the-shelf software components and products from Microsoft. I've seen solutions that have been built entirely by the hospitals or health systems using them. I have also seen some really great commercial products offered by companies in the particular country or region of the world I'm visiting. The word "legacy" is not a part of the vocabulary when talking about these solutions. Maybe that's part of the reason why electronic medical records are being used more extensively in places like Europe than in the US.
An example of one of these commercially available solutions comes from a company called ChipSoft. The company provides fully integrated information and workflow management systems for healthcare organizations across Europe. ChipSoft currently serves more than 85 healthcare organizations including hospitals, nursing homes, mental healthcare institutions and private clinics. The number of users at each healthcare center ranges from just a few, to more than 10,000 within some of the large university hospitals on the system.
During the World of Health IT event in Copenhagen last May I sat down with Hans Mulder, CEO of ChipSoft. Hans Mulder comes from a medical family. His father, a surgeon, founded ChipSoft 27 years ago. I suspect that explains the high degree of focus on clinical workflow and solutions that fit the way clinicians actually work. During my visit with Mr. Mulder, I also interviewed two of his customers, both representing big university health systems that had recently gone paperless thanks to ChipSoft's clinical solutions.
You can see the entire interview including a quick overview of the ChipSoft solution below. I hope you enjoy it.


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Under their skin: Bangladesh tanneries { 83 images } Created 1 Jan 2013
Standing barefoot in a pool of waste water, 28 years old leather worker Habibur fears his job is sending him to an early grave. Fifteen years of inhaling fumes from the chemicals used to turn Bangladeshi raw hide into soft leather for shoes or bags to be sold in the West or in China has given Habibur a shallow cough and stabbing chest pains. "I don't like this job but I have no choice. There is nothing else'. He is married and father of a boy. His two brothers, like him, work in a tannery. Cow and goat skins, caked in salt and often still bloody from the slaughterhouse, are stacked inside the tannery. "The stench from the raw hides doesn't bother me anymore. This is the least of my problems." The district of Hazaribagh, home to more than hundred tanneries, has become a wasteland of toxic swamps, garbage landfills and mountains of decomposing leather scraps, which surround the slums where the workers live. Every day, the tanneries collectively dump 22,000 of toxic waste into the Buriganga, Dhaka's main river and a key water supply. Business is nevertheless booming as growing global demand from the West and from China is rising. Because leather is the country's fastest growing export, the Bangladeshi government has long turned a blind eye to the rampant pollution and terrible working conditions inside the tannery. The buyers, the vast majority coming from France, Italy, Russia, Japan and China remain silent.


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February 28, 2011
This morning Gale had technical difficulties with their databases that resulted in intermittent access problems for about three hours.
If you have problems accessing Gale, you can check the status of the databases. Go to the national Gale support page and look at the bottom box in the column on the right, which is labeled Status. Right now you'll see a message that says the databases are currently operating normally, and you'll see another message that explains this morning's problem. Notice the option to sign up to receive announcements via RSS feed.
One thing to note is that Gale isn't always quick to post problems. I suspect one reason is because they need to determine if the problem is a temporary glitch or one that will last longer.
I'm happy to look into Gale access problems for you, but if I'm away from my desk, checking the status on Gale's site is another option.
Jennifer Maurer
School Library Consultant
Library Development
Oregon State Library
250 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97301-3950


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Digest Commentator: Joan L. Bottorff, PhD, RN, FCAHS, FAAN, School of Nursing and Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, University of British Columbia's Okanagan Campus
Edited by: Mary Ann O'Brien, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Tobacco use has been established as a causal factor for a number of cancers and has been a primary focus for cancer prevention efforts. However, less attention has been given to the risks of tobacco use among patients with cancer who continue to smoke. The evidence presented in the article by Passarelli and colleagues adds to the growing body of literature that we need to address continued smoking among those with cancer to reduce mortality and morbidity. In this observational study, the authors followed up a sample of 20,691 breast cancer survivors in the United States to evaluate the association between smoking status before and after a breast cancer diagnosis, and mortality from breast cancer and smoking-related disease. Persistent smoking among survivors in this study was associated with a statistically significant 25% increase in relative risk of breast cancer death. Women who continued to smoke also had a higher risk of death from respiratory cancer, noncancer respiratory disease, and cardiovascular disease. Women who quit smoking post-diagnosis had a 33% lower relative risk of death from breast cancer and other causes compared to those who continued to smoke, although this was not statistically significant.
What I liked about this article: This is a large population based study that provides a solid evidence base for promoting smoking cessation. Although the factors by which smoking effects tumor progression are not fully understood, the results not only point to the adverse outcomes for those with a history of breast cancer who continue to smoke but also obligate us all to offer smoking cessation to women with breast cancer. Respectful, women-centred approaches to smoking cessation can serve as an important foundation for offering cessation support to women with breast cancer. This study suggests the time is now for prescribing and supporting smoking cessation with every woman with breast cancer who smokes at every visit in order to optimize survival and overall health. The findings of Passarelli et al. can help us advocate for the resources we need to augment resources for smoking cessation in clinical practice.
Article: Passarelli, M.N., Newcomb, P.A., Hampton, J.M., Trentham-Dietz, A., Titus, L.J., Egan, K.M., Baron, J.A., & Willett, W.C. (2016). Cigarette smoking before and after breast cancer diagnosis: Mortality from breast cancer
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Author website: http://profiles.ucsf.edu/michael.passarelli
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An Introductory Statement
"We study something only to understand how little we know about it."
- Katagiri Roshi
When I came to Virginia in 1974 virtually the only thing I knew about its geology was what I had learned in historical geology text books, and those books were published well before 1974. What I knew was so general it could easily be summarized in a few pages.
But I was hungry to learn, so some of the geologists at Madison College, as it was then, began to take me around to outcrops, and introduce me to what they knew, most specifically George Farmer and Bill Roberts. And I must have been an unending source of questions for I wanted to know everything. Having been a biology major as an undergraduate, and done my graduate work in vertebrate paleontology I had split my course work between zoology and geology; jack of two trades, and master of none. So, I was working from a sparse background, and was naive, or hopeful, enough to ask many questions for which there were no answers at the time.
By 1974, plate tectonic theory was beginning to take off, and influential papers such as those written by Dewey and Bird, and Dietz, and others were just beginning to reevaluate Appalachian geology in light of the new theory, still at that time deeply embedded in Marshall Kay's geosynclinal theory.
So, having consumed what was known about the local geology by my colleagues I began to scour out on my own to learn things. And here I was aided by two circumstances. The first was, virtually all my technical geological training had been in soft rock geology, and very short on igneous, metamorphic, and tectonic geology. And it was in these latter fields that most of plate tectonic papers were grounded. As a result I had to self-educate myself in those fields as best I could. But there was an advantage to this, because I began my studies uninfluenced by the bodies of knowledge and theory that had existed prior to plate tectonics, and took my cues from all the new papers coming out that looked at the earth through the very different lens of mobile rather than a fixed processes.
I looked at all the new ideas . . . and immersed myself in them, to the limit. Not that it was not confusing. During most of the late 1970's and early 1980's geology was trying to resolve geosynclinal theory with plate tectonic theory, and I can still remember compiling lists of comparative terms just to keep them straight; "Let's see, an eugeosycline is now a continental shelf, which is a divergent plate boundary , or is the continental shelf the miogeosyncline; well it depends on who you read,. . ." And I drew cross section after cross section, trying to make it all fit spatially and temporally. I still occasionally run across one of those old drawings; my we have come a long way! But this fast theoretical evolution just kept me dancing, and encouraged me to not settle down too firmly on any idea, something true to this day.
The second circumstance that aided me in my learning of Virginia geology was the arrival of Dave Poche in the geology department. Dave remained with us for only about three years, but they were three of the most intense, stimulating, and fast paced years I have every experienced. Things were changing fast and we hungerily immersed ourselves in them. We read papers, by the dozens. We traveled to other parts of the country to take field tips with some of the movers and shakers in the newly emerging paradigms. We took long field trips with our students and tried to apply all we were learning to everything we could see locally and regionally. And we pushed each other right to the limit.
I used to joke at the time how one of us would sneak down to the other's office, open the door, throw an idea like a hand grenade onto their desk, and declare, "Think about this, won't you!", and then scurry back to our office. And then a few hours later, the door would open, and the hand grenade of an idea would land right back, only transformed into something even more new and interesting. Even after Dave left this went on for a long time, as he fed me all the new theories developing in the petroleum industry.
Yet, one of my frustrations was that in my studies and in contacts with other Virginia geologists I was reminded over and over just how little I knew about Virginia geology. They were always a flood of in
about the details of
s, and outcrops, and structures I had never heard of. And it has not changed much; I always feel very ignorant of the geology I love so much.
But there is another side to this coin. Because of some quirk in my personality, and because of my general ignorance of the details of Virginia geology, my interests began to focus not so much on the details and
in the geologic history but on the "boundary conditions" between the
. I became more and more interested in how a mountain building event transformed into a period of tectonic calm than I was about either the mountain, or the calm. And I wanted to know how this transition was reflected in the rocks; how we recognized a transition when we see it.
As a result my model building efforts, even from the very beginning, were focused on constructing a complete geologic history of Virginia from the oldest event we could find to the present. Initially I wanted to find the simplest
that defined the complete history. Or, as my students well know, the "simple ideal model." Everything for me is initially focused on finding the "simple ideal model," of stripping away all the details and complexities until what remains is what is most quintessentially true (after all, what is someone so ignorant of the details going to do.)
And I wanted a theoretical paradigm to explain each stage in the simple ideal model. Initially this was mostly geosynclinal theory. Looking back over notes, maps, and cross sections created in those first years in Virginia they are dominated by geosynclinal terminology and concepts. But there is also a drawer full of cross sections that represent my halting transition to first a combined geosynclinal/plate tectonic framework, to finally a pure plate tectonic framework for Virginia geology.
The One Page History Of Virginia
is the culmination of this search for a simple, ideal model. I really do not know when it was first formulated; probably in the mid-1980's. Sometime I will have to go back through my collection and try to find the first full formulation. (The current version was created when I learned how to use a computer drafting program)
The down side to simple ideal models, of course, is that important things get lost in them. And simplicity can lead to distortion. So sometime in the mid 1980's I decided it was time to try to fill in the details. I began a systematic literature search of everything I could find that dealt with Virginia geology. I crept through the literature looking for the story among the technical details, complexities, ambiguities, contradictions, and gaps. And I wanted a story that someone with minimal background could understand - my undergraduate students.
And I returned to the basics too, to learn things about tectonics, or structure, or igneous/metamorphic rocks I had never learned in the first place. I am hyper aware that I come to many of these subjects from great ignorance, but I am also very willing to learn whatever I need to learn. Some of my friends and colleagues must have gotten tired being pumped for knowledge, and "truth" in their fields (especially since "truth" was often changing very fast.)
The advantage to being so ignorant is that I have never been locked into any discipline, or the "party line" of acceptable truths in those disciplines, and have been quite willing to look at things afresh. And the advantage to being trained in an interdisciplinary subject is that, since no discipline is really home, we make ourselves comfortable as best we can where ever we are. And many times this was necessary as grand interdisciplinary, synthesizing papers of the new plate tectonics completely changed the framework in which ideas were considered.
Sometimes I would go to basic textbooks in petrology, or structure, or whatever to get in
, and have to ignore most of what they said because it just did not mesh with the ideas in the new papers coming out, or more often, they had nothing relevant to say about how the subject fit into the new paradigms. But I am not alone in this; most of us past a certain age have had to go through the transition of giving up old, pre-plate tectonic concepts and recasting everything we thought we knew into a new framework.
I think about this sometimes when I go back to my classic
/ sedimentation text book by Krumbein and Sloss. What a marvelous book that was, especially the latter parts that tried to relate sedimentation to tectonics (and which we never read or studied in any class I took). But virtually everything we use and think about as important today in
/ sedimentation, from flow regime concepts to Bouma
s, are not in that book, because they did not exist when it was written.
In any event, my goal was to write a book on Virginia geology, and by 1988 I had one in manuscript form. I half heartedly tried to find some way to get it published, but was held back by knowledge that I still needed to do a lot of research. And then I got side tracked into other adventures and schemes that caught my eye, some geologic (
theory), and some not (Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence, the title of a course I teach with Bill Boyer.)
(Another disadvantage, or advantage, depending on how you look at it, of not being a specialist is that you can be so easily side tracked by some neat idea; one of the main ones for me was chaos/complexity theory that culminated recently in teaching a course on it. And, by the way, one of the subjects of chaos/complexity theory is the nature of boundary conditions at transitions, not far removed from my core interests.)
And more recently I was also side tracked by a new colleague in the department, Steve Baedke. Along with the many other things he does very well, Steve is a programmer and a web page designer. And always being easily seduced by something new, I took off on that path to learn as much as I could. But the end result was this idea we hatched to create a web page on the geology of Virginia, a main limb of which would be a section of the geologic evolution of Virginia. We were drawn to this just because we think Virginia's geology is so neat, and the web is a good medium to get more people to know about it.
So, I dusted off the old Virginia geology manuscript and began to think about how to put it into a web format. This series of pages is the result. Frankly, it is based mostly on the 1988 manuscript, the only formal document I have, massaged here and there by things I have read and learned since then, but not formally written out before. I have also continued to gather literature, but have not had a chance to systematically read it yet.
Therefore, all my misgivings about what more needed to be done to the 1988 manuscript before it could be published are only enhanced. And I know of many ideas and illustrations I would like to include in this work that are not here yet. And I am aware of new ideas that I just do not know well enough yet to integrate into the story. By the way, this web history, although extracted from the 1988 manuscript is not the manuscript. The 1988 manuscript was written for myself and so is full of
names, correlation diagrams, maps, rock interpretations, etc. I needed to piece a history together from the technical literature.
But perhaps there is an advantage to jumping the gun here and putting out in public something that is not ready, or perhaps could ever be ready. My goal always in this endeavor has not been to present my self as an expert on Virginia geology (impossible in any event), or to pontificate as an authority, but to learn. So, my hope is that colleagues who know more than I will be able to take what is written here and point me in the ways to make it better and more accurate. Or, alternatively, they will create pages of their own that we can link to and that explore some of the geology in more detail from their expertise, and in that way help me to learn more and redirect what is written here.
Always, I come back to the quote at the top of the page,
"We study something only to understand how little we know about it"
, and that is my goal, my mantra, and my way of life.
Lynn S. Fichter
July 24, 1999
Monday, August 19, 2013
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