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Anand Jon Alexander admitted to one count of criminal sexual act and was sentenced to five years for sexually assaulting a woman he baited with the promise of modeling work.
He had initially been charged with preying on a dozen women, but the figure then dropped down to three. Prosecutors said some of the victims were minors, and some were drugged when he forced himself on them. They say he told one teenager not to report the rape to authorities.
Alexander is already serving 59 years to life in California in a similar case, where some New York victims testified, said Assistant District Attorney Maxine Rosenthal. He's also facing similar charges in Texas, she said. Prosecutors agreed to the deal in part "to spare the victims from having to testify at multiple proceedings" and because he is already serving substantial prison time.
Alexander, who wore a form-fitting gray suit, disputed the reason for the deal in court but didn't elaborate. The New York prison time amounts to time served, so no years will be tacked onto his California sentence, his attorney said.
Born in India, Alexander—known professionally as Anand Jon—launched a fashion line in 1999 and built it into a high-flying career.
Then sex assault allegations against Alexander began surfacing in 2007. He was convicted in Los Angeles the next year of sexually assaulting seven women and girls, some as young as 14.
Alexander's attorney said after the plea that he admitted to the crime so he could get evidence and materials from New York prosecutors needed to "effectively overturn his California conviction."
"Considering the initial 49 charges included allegations of rape, drugging and mafia death threats, the settlement of one conviction involving Mr. Alexander's giving oral sex to an adult female was acceptable," they said in a statement.


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"Revolution" Ends, "TMNT/Batman:TAS" Begins in IDW's November 2016 Solicitations
Comic Books
Showing results 10-49 of 132
Battleworld may be no more, but "Weirdworld" is here to stay in this preview of Sam Humphries and Mike Del Mundo's first issue.
Sam Humphries and Tommy Patterson's devil-worshiping Presidential candidate's story continues in this exclusive preview.
Sam Humphries and Tommy Patterson's "Citizen Jack" #1 "is a successful start to a story that makes readers pull for an utterly contemptible character."
CBR spoke to Sam Humphries about returning to Marvel's strangest locale with artist Mike Del Mundo and fascinating characters who dwell there.
Sam Humphries tells CBR about his "Year One"-style take on Peter Quill's journey from earthbound teen to swashbuckling cosmic Marvel hero.
Check out an exclusive preview of Sam Humphries and Tom Patterson's Image series, and see why writers like Scott Snyder and Brian Bendis love it.
Sam Humphries talks to CBR News about teaming with artist Caitlin Rose Boyle for a "shipping"-inspired new series from the BOOM! Box imprint.
The "Secret Wars" title will get a post-Battleworld series from writer Sam Humphries and artist Mike Del Mundo.
Wilder than Trump and shadier than Hilary, Sam Humphries tells CBR News about the demonic frontrunner coming to burn a hole in politics at Image.
Writer Sam Humphries and artist Tommy Patterson join forces to bring politics and devil worship together in their new Image series, "Citizen Jack."
Sam Humphries answers all of your burning questions about Marvel's most out of this world couple, Peter Quill & Kitty Pryde, during "Secret Wars."
Sam Humphries is the next guest for X-Position and CBR wants your questions for the "Star-Lord & Kitty Pryde" writer.
Sam Humphries and Marc Laming's "Planet Hulk" #2 "lives up to expectations, providing one of the most entertaining reads of the 'Secret Wars' experience."
"Every panel of every page in Sam Humphries and Marc Laming's 'Planet Hulk' #1 is a celebration of comics."
Creators Sam Humphries & Marc Laming visit "Planet Hulk" on Marvel's Battleworld with Steve Rogers and Devil Dinosaur threatened by Hulks.
Rick Remender, Sam Humphries and Greg Weisman talk "Avengers: Rage of Ultron," "Black Vortex," "Kanan: The Last Padawan" and more in Anaheim.
Sam Humphries and Mike Mayhew bring Ronan the Accuser into the "Black Vortex" action in the pages of Marvel's "Guardians Team-Up" #3.
Peter David returns to his future-based Hulk when "Future Imperfect" crashes into Battleworld, while the Maestro terrorizes Marvel's mobile game.
Sam Humphries and Alti Firmansyah introduce "Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde" -- though maybe not the Kitty Pryde you expect -- to "Secret Wars."
Sam Humphries discusses "Planet Hulk," his "Secret Wars" series about a gladiator Steve Rogers and Devil Dinosaur battling Hulks on Battleworld.
The "Black Vortex Alpha" scribe tackles your questions about the X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy crossover that kicks off tomorrow.
Sam Humphries is the next guest for X-Position, and CBR wants your questions for the "Black Vortex" scribe.
Before Marvel's full April solicitations hit, here's a peek at the cosmic books that will bring "Black Vortex" to a close, plus "Rocket Raccoon" #10.
Writer Sam Humphries sets a course for the stars with artists Ed McGuinness and Kris Anka in the opening chapter of "The Black Vortex."
The writers of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy/X-Men crossover explain their cosmic scheme as heroes get enhanced with new powers and new troubles.
Marvel has released Andrea Sorrentino's "cosmically enhanced" variant covers for "The Black Vortex" X-Men & Guardians of the Galaxy crossover event.
Marvel will celebrate the "Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex" crossover with a promotional reflective bookmark of the titular artifact.
Sam Humphries discusses the Black Vortex's first appearance in "Legendary Star-Lord" #5 and introducing elements for the upcoming crossover.
A panel of Marvel Digital experts, including EiC Axel Alonso and writer Sam Humphries, discussed new digital endeavors at NYCC 2014.
Sam Humphries & editor Mike Marts talk about "Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex," a cosmic Marvel crossover featuring the X-Men.
Kabam!'s "Marvel: Contest of Champions" fighter adds new depth and graphical mastery to the mobile platform with a creative story by Sam Humphries.
"Star-Lord" writer Sam Humphries visited the CBR Yacht at Comic-Con to discuss the fan-favorite "Avengers A.I." and why sales numbers are way off.
Marvel delivers exclusive first looks at Rick Remender & Daniel Acuna's "Uncanny Avengers" #25 and Sam Humphries & Freddie Williams' "Star-Lord" #4.
A lineup including Axel Alonso, Sam Humphries and Kris Anka explain what it takes not only to make a career in comics but also keep it going long term.
Marvel has released an early look at Sam Humphries and Paco Medina's "Legendary Star-Lord" #3, on sale Sept. 3.
"Contest of Champions," a new Marvel mobile game by Kabam and writer Sam Humphries is set to debut Fall 2014.
Sam Humphries & Paco Medina's "Legendary Star-Lord" #1 is "a solid first offering" that gives Peter Quill some time to shine.
Writer Sam Humphries & artist Paco Medina take the Guardians of the Galaxy's main man, "The Legendary Star-Lord," solo for Marvel in July.
Sam Humphries discusses taking on Peter Quill in "The Legendary Star-Lord" for a new ongoing series of intergalactic adventure.
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Oh it's very beatiful! I want to have a river in my city....
Nice turtles.
If you're gonna get lost that looks the place to do it...very pretty. Tre, thanks for all the photos. A+ for keeping in touch with your fans xox
Must visit the States asap!!!
what a beautiful scenery :D


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We're a new ones about making plug-in.
And We're making a video player on Smart TV, Smartphone using PS3 media server.
Now we faced a problem about showing files in virtual folder.
Can anyone let us know how to show files in virtual folder.
We tried to solve this by ourselves but failed.
We attached the source code that mentioned.
Please help us to solve this problem.
- Code: Select all
package com.keti.rook;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import net.pms.dlna.RealFile;
import net.pms.dlna.virtual.VirtualFolder;
public class UserFolder extends VirtualFolder {
private ArrayList<VideoDAO> list;
public UserFolder(String name, ArrayList<VideoDAO> list) {
super(name, null);
this.list = list;
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
public void discoverChildren() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
VideoDAO dao = list.get(i);
RookLog.info(dao.getPath()+ dao.getName());
addChild(new RealFile(dao.getFile()));


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2008 BMI Awards
The 56th Annual BMI Country Awards celebrated the year's top artists and songwriters at a gala reception in Nashville, Nov. 11. Taylor Swift won Song of the Year for her single, "Teardrops on My Guitar," from her smash debut album. Hank Williams Jr. was honored as a BMI Icon for his overall body of work. Among the elite in attendance were Keith Urban and wife Nicole Kidman, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill and many others.


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9 comments:
- Snuggle Puff said...
Dressing like a Grandma is the coolest. The other day, I was at the super market and I saw this older women who had these cute loafers and lime green furry cardigan. I was eyeing her up and down because I wanted her outfit and I was thinking to myself "Wait.. is this even normal that I'm eyeing this 80 year old woman's wardrobe?" haha. Love the dark colors here.
- January 30, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- Chi-Style Maven said...
Love the look, especially the Alexander Wang shoes. Are they black velvet?
- January 30, 2012 at 1:58 PM
- meagan said...
@snuggle puff: run, don't walk, to the advanced style blog.
@chi-style maven: thanks! they are actually calf hair!
- January 30, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- Lydia said...
Ugh, how much do I love that blog!! Those ladies just slay me. And I'm assuming your get-up is black here, but I love how it looks green in this photo. Or is it green and I'm colorblind?
- January 30, 2012 at 4:47 PM
- a.d. said...
I think as you get older, you learn to appreciate time more; it becomes more precious. This is a great photograph!
- January 30, 2012 at 8:28 PM
- Lillian said...
Grandma style is the best style.
- January 30, 2012 at 9:12 PM
- Mat said...
well i know where you're coming from, being the same age and all. grandma's got skills
- January 31, 2012 at 8:32 AM
- Ria said...
Heh I too am sad at the young age of 25 but I can't help it. I see photos of my younger not to mention thinner self and I can visibly see myself aging. Boo. Love the dress and the sweater. Goth grandma for life!
- January 31, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Cess said...
SO AWESOME!!! Grandmas are the bomb.com (does anyone say that.. pardon my trying to be cool and impress you...) Really, I love the shirt. And the shawl. And your glasses. Everything really. Really cool... YES!
- February 2, 2012 at 4:39 PM


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Writing Intensive Courses (WIC) at Ferris are non-freshman-level courses that include a substantial amount of writing. These courses partially satisfy the communication competence general education requirement.
For more information about having a current course designated as WIC, developing a new WIC course, or integrating writing into any course, please contact a member of the WIC committee, the General Education committee, or the Languages and Literature department.


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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
TV, Comic Books
Showing results 25-74 of 99
Archer & Armstrong #7
Fred Van Lente and Emanuela Lupacchino get the band together in "Archer & Armstrong" #7, and the mixture of buddy comedy and historical thriller works surprisingly well.
|February 13th, 2013
Archer & Armstrong #6
In "Archer and Armstrong" #6, Fred Van Lente and Emanuela Lupacchino reveal both a new champion and a new villainous organization as "Wrath of the Eternal Warrior" really gets going after the backstory and setup in the last issue.
|January 18th, 2013
Archer & Armstrong #5
Fred Van Lente and Emanuela Lupacchino give us a massive chase scene in "Archer & Armstrong" #5 as the Eternal Warrior gets his time in the sun, and his attempt to destroy Archer is more fun than you might expect.
|December 12th, 2012
Marvel Zombies Halloween #1
"Marvel Zombies Halloween" #1 from Fred Van Lente and Alessandro Vitti is a black romp through a desolate wasteland where heart can still be found for more than eating.
|October 19th, 2012
Archer & Armstrong #3
"Archer and Armstrong" #3 by writer Fred Van Lente and artists Clayton Henry and Pere Perez builds a world that is both familiar and fantastical, with lighthearted camaraderie flowering against the background of a race to reassemble a power
|October 15th, 2012
Hulk: Season One
Fred Van Lente and Tom Fowler's retelling of the Hulk's earliest adventures is -- if you'll excuse the pun -- nothing short of incredible.
|August 20th, 2012
Archer & Armstrong #1
Fred Van Lente and Clayton Henry revive "Archer & Armstrong," and while it's not up to the Barry Windsor-Smith levels of greatness, it's still good enough to sit up and take notice.
|August 2nd, 2012
Black Widow Strikes #1
A fan tracks down the Black Widow in a tie-in to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
|May 7th, 2012
Alpha Flight #8
Put the chairs on the tables and turn out the lights in Department H. This iteration of "Alpha Flight" is finished.
|January 25th, 2012
Alpha Flight #6
It's a shame "Alpha Flight" is back to being a limited series, because this is thoroughly entertaining.
|November 25th, 2011
Comic Book Comics #6
A history of comics complete with legalese, a perspective outside the U.S., funny pictures, and a lot of knowledge.
|November 25th, 2011
Point One #1
The next year of Marvel does look like it will have some fun, but that fun isn't in these pages except for the Watcher heist sequence.
|November 9th, 2011
Spider-Island: Spider-Woman #1
Spider-Woman infiltrates the infested Manhattan to rescue Alicia Masters.
|September 26th, 2011
Herc #6.1
Marvel hypes a jumping-on point for "Herc" just in time to cancel it.
|September 3rd, 2011
Daredevil #1
With a spring in his step and a smile on his face, Daredevil returns to monthly comics. Mark Waid's writing it and Paolo Rivera's drawing it. Oh! Marcos Martin draws some too.
|July 20th, 2011
Alpha Flight #2
Take off to the great white north with Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, and Dale Eaglesham as they give the members of Alpha Flight a reason to be concerned or the future of Canada.
|July 14th, 2011
Alpha Flight #1
Canada's superhero team is back and Canadians want to know... why?
|June 13th, 2011
Power Man and Iron Fist #5
Then I guess everything's wrapped up in a neat little package.
|May 29th, 2011
Herc #3
The only thing we have to fear is... um, what is it anyway?
|May 20th, 2011
Alpha Flight #0.1
"Look. You know I've had my own problems with the department. But I've chosen to change the system from within."
|May 19th, 2011
Amazing Spider-Man #660
Spider-Man and the Future Foundation face one third of the Sinister Six.
|May 17th, 2011
Herc #1
The bad news: "Herc" is distinctly different than "Incredible Hercules." The good news: it's still fun.
|April 7th, 2011
Power Man and Iron Fist #3
Our heroes are lowered into the well and the room to breathe is drastically running short.
|March 25th, 2011
Power Man and Iron Fist #1
Iron Fist is back on the page, finally, and this is old school fun.
|February 11th, 2011
Amazing Spider-Man #654
"I talk a good game. . .but. . . oooohhhh. . . pain senses. . . tingling. . ."
|February 9th, 2011
Chaos War #5
"Sequence and distance are compressing to infinite/eternal meaninglessness around a single point which even the non-physicists in the room must realize is the bazillion foot tall glowing bearded guy in the skirt."
|January 26th, 2011
Chaos War #4
"That thing Athena was right about? You'll never stop hitting things. It's all you do. Even as the world crumbles around you. Well, I'm finding a better way."
|December 19th, 2010
Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1
"There is no one to defend these sleeping Avengers but us. There are no Avengers at all but us!"
|November 19th, 2010
Chaos War #3
Did we say five issues? We really only meant four. Or maybe not.
|November 7th, 2010
Chaos War #2
"Wow. You really are Supergod."
|October 22nd, 2010
Taskmaster #2
Fred Van Lente strikes again with a fantastic re-invention of an old villain.
|October 11th, 2010
Chaos War #1
"He was the whole universe before the beginning of everything and he longs to return to that condition." So speaks Hercules. And people listen. After they get done snickering.
|October 8th, 2010
Taskmaster #1
Taskmaster has so much going on that he can't remember what he had for dinner. Kind of like Dory from "Finding Nemo," except Taskmaster knows kung fu.
|September 3rd, 2010
Shadowland: Power Man #1
During the events of Shadowland, a new hero calling himself "Power Man" arrives on the scene.
|August 23rd, 2010
Iron Man Legacy #5
"War of the Iron Men" ends in this issue, with the introduction of a new hero, and the clearing of Tony Stark's good name.
|August 6th, 2010
Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #2
The time for mourning has past. Athena now calls for action from her newest champion, Amadeus Cho.
|April 25th, 2010
Iron Man Legacy #1
Stark finds himself at war with someone using Stark technology for evil – or so it seems.
|April 18th, 2010
Marvel Zombies 5 #1
Can they keep the over-ripe Marvel Zombies franchise fresh? Yes, they can.
|April 6th, 2010
Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #1
I blame everyone who didn't buy "The Incredible Hercules" for its cancellation and this resulting mini-series.
|March 17th, 2010
Web of Spider-Man #6
"Web of Spider-Man" has been set up as an appetizer to the goings-on in "Amazing Spider-Man" with a side of "Spider-Girl" to cleanse the palette.
|March 9th, 2010
Amazing Spider-Man #622
Morbius and Flash Thompson offer Spider-Man a break from the deluge of foes he's faced recently. Yes, Morbius and Flash Thompson.
|February 24th, 2010
The Incredible Hercules #139
"Incredible Hercules" this month is little more than two teams meeting and fighting, but it's an awfully entertaining fight.
|December 26th, 2009
Amazing Spider-Man #615
Javier Pulido swings into town and makes Fred Van Lente's script sparkle.
|December 20th, 2009
Web of Spider-Man #3
"Web of Spider-Man" continues to investigate the past of some of fan-favorite foes of Spider-Man. This issue focuses on the Rhino.
|December 9th, 2009
Incredible Hercules #138
"MAMATHOOOOOM!" With some of the best onomatopoeia in comics today, the thunder rolls across the heavenly pages of "Incredible Hercules".
|November 24th, 2009
Deadpool #899
There are some good bits in "Deadpool Team-Up," but it's not half as funny as it promises to be.
|November 10th, 2009
Assault on New Olympus #1
Marvel's other big story begins right here. While "Dark Reign" thunders on, a story with great characters and lasting repercussions is brewing right here. All that plus a full day's supply of "Agents of Atlas."
|November 8th, 2009
The Incredible Hercules #137
This issue of "Incredible Hercules" follows the continuing journey of Amadeus Cho. The decisions he makes here will play out in these pages for a long time to come.
|October 27th, 2009
The Incredible Hulk #603
"Incredible Hulk" makes both Skaar and Daken interesting. Bet you didn't think that was even possible.
|October 26th, 2009
The Incredible Hercules #136
"Incredible Hercules" is even better than your friends are telling you. And that's before you include gods giving each other wedgies.
|October 19th, 2009


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Oracle SOA Governance EMEA Workshop for Partners & System Integrators: Nov 5-7th | Madrid, Spain
By Lionel Dubreuil-Oracle on Oct 19, 2012
The EMEA Fusion Middleware Product Management team is delighted to announce an exciting and a much-awaited workshop on our market-leading SOA Governance offering.
Oracle SOA Governance solution is Oracle Fusion Middleware's strategic approach to governing SOA. Whether just embarking on an SOA program, or expanding from project or pilot to broader deployment, the Oracle SOA Governance solution closes the loop on measuring SOA success from project inception through to realization, and providing the proof of ROI on SOA.
Would your prospects and customers like to:
- Align their SOA Vision and Execution
- Improve Decision Making
- Effectively Manage Business and Technology Change
- Enable Control
- Foster Enterprise-wide Collaboration
- Reduce Development Costs
- Track their SOA Investments and Returns
- Demonstrate business value and ROI of SOA
This FREE hands-on workshop is dedicated to EMEA Partners & System Integrators (SIs).
It'll be delivered by Oracle HQ Product Management and will primarily focus on :
- SOA Governance as a Strategy and Methodology
- Hands-on with Oracle Enterprise Repository (OER) and Oracle Service Registry (OSR)
- When, how and whom to position our SOA Governance offerings
- Our SOA Governance Rapid Start Service
- Hands-on sessions for the most popular customer use cases
Seats are limited, book now - you cannot afford to miss this training!
If you're interested please contact Yogesh Sontakke: email@example.com.


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HL7 Frequently Asked Questions
If you are new to HL7, you probably have many questions. If you are unable to find your answers here, you can always contact us with any questions you might have.
Frequently Asked Questions
HL7's Mission:
HL7 provides standards for interoperability that improve care delivery, optimize workflow, reduce ambiguity and enhance knowledge transfer among all of our stakeholders, including healthcare providers, government agencies, the vendor community, fellow SDOs and patients. In all of our processes we exhibit timeliness, scientific rigor and technical expertise without compromising transparency, accountability, practicality, or our willingness to put the needs of our stakeholders first.
HL7 Standards:View the HL7 Standards
HL7's Strategies:
- Develop coherent, extendible standards that permit structured, encoded health care information of the type required to support patient care, to be exchanged between computer applications while preserving meaning.
- Develop a formal methodology to support the creation of HL7 standards from the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM).
- Educate the healthcare industry, policy makers, and the general public concerning the benefits of healthcare information standardization generally and HL7 standards specifically.
- Promote the use of HL7 standards world-wide through the creation of HL7 International Affiliate organizations, which participate in developing HL7 standards and which localize HL7 standards as required.
- Stimulate, encourage and facilitate domain experts from healthcare industry stakeholder organizations to participate in HL7 to develop healthcare information standards in their area of expertise.
- Collaborate with other standards development organizations and national and international sanctioning bodies (e.g. ANSI and ISO), in both the healthcare and information infrastructure domains to promote the use of supportive and compatible standards.
- Collaborate with healthcare information technology users to ensure that HL7 standards meet real-world requirements, and that appropriate standards development efforts are initiated by HL7 to meet emergent requirements.
HL7's Mission:
HL7 provides standards for interoperability that improve care delivery, optimize workflow, reduce ambiguity and enhance knowledge transfer among all of our stakeholders, including healthcare providers, government agencies, the vendor community, fellow SDOs and patients. In all of our processes we exhibit timeliness, scientific rigor and technical expertise without compromising transparency, accountability, practicality, or our willingness to put the needs of our stakeholders first.
HL7's Vision:
Hl7's vision is to create the best and most widely used standards in healthcare.
In this context, interoperability refers to the ability of two or more computer systems to exchange information.
- Main Entry: in·ter·op·er·a·bil·i·ty
- Function: noun
- Date: 1977
- : ability of a system (as a weapons system) to use the parts or equipment of another system
- Source: Merriam-Webster web site
- interoperability
- : ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged.
- Source: IEEE Standard Computer Dictionary: A Compilation of IEEE Standard Computer Glossaries, IEEE, 1990
"Functional" interoperability is the capability to reliably exchange information without error
"Semantic" interoperability is the ability to interpret, and, therefore, to make effective use of the information so exchanged.
In our context, 'effective use' means that the information can be used in any type of computable algorithm (appropriate) to that information.
Health Level Seven members are organized into Work Groups.
- HL7 members are encouraged to participate in all Work Groups.
- Work Groups are responsible for defining the HL7 standards.
- Each Work Group is chaired by two or more co-chairs.
Please see the HL7 Process Introduction for more information.
HL7 Working Group Meetings (WGMs) are held three times per year at varying locations. These working group meetings serve two important purposes:
- They give the HL7 Work Groups a chance to meet face-to-face to work on the standards;
- They provide an invaluable educational resource for the healthcare IT community.
Please see the First Time Attendees page for more information.
See the HL7 Events Calendar for dates and locations.
All HL7 Meetings are "Open"; anyone can attend. Find the appropriate Work Group from the link below. Most Work Groups have an electronic mailing list (listserv). Join the appropriate list and listen to the conversations to decide whether the group is discussing topics that interest you. Joining the list will also allow you to receive the conference call notifications where you may participate in Work Group calls.
HL7 is a volunteer organization, so you can contribute as much, or as little, as you are able to.
Membership in HL7 is available to everyone interested in the development of a cost-effective approach to system connectivity. Involvement and support from HL7's members is crucial to the ongoing expansion and enhancement of the HL7 standard and the overall success of the organization.
More information on membership can be found by following this link
HL7 offers three main categories of membership: Individual, Organizational, and Affiliate.
- Individual membership is geared toward those with a personal interest in the standard.
- Organizational memberships include benefits crucial to those who rely on the standard as part of their business plan—the most critical of these being the right to distribute excerpts of the standard to clients (as part of technical documentation or proposals)—or distribute the standard within your organization.
- Affiliate membership.
More information on membership can be found by following this link
The method for logging into the website hasn't changed; there is still a Log In link available in the upper right hand corner and at the top of the left navigation menu. Your login and password also remain the same. If you've forgotten then, you can use the Forgot Login link available on the Login screen to have them emailed to you.
The system may not recognize you as logged in, or your membership may have expired. To confirm that you are logged in, look in the upper right hand corner of your browser and make sure that your name is listed next to the Log Out link. If your name is not listed you will need to log in.
It is also possible that your cookies have become corrupt, to correct this log out of the website and log back in again. If you are unable to log out, you will want to delete your cookies and close your browsers.
If you're sure that you are logged in properly, click Membership then My Membership to confirm that your membership is active.
If you are still unable to access your account, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Log into HL7.org; click Membership; click My Account and My Membership; Click Change Password in Account Options; Update your password; Click Save Changes.
Log into HL7.org; click Membership; click View My Account and My Membership; Click Update My Profile in Account Options; Update your email address; Click Save Changes.
Log into HL7.org; click Membership; click My Account and My Membership; Click Update My Addresses in Account Options; Click the pencil icon next to the address that you want to update; Update your address; Click Save Changes.
Log into HL7.org; click Membership; click My Account and My Membership; If you have an active membership your renewal date and renewal rate will appear under My Membership.
Log into HL7.org; click Membership; click My Account and My Membership; Click Update Organization's Contact Info and Update Organization's Profile.
Log into HL7.org; click Membership; click My Account and My Membership.
Please review the section entitled "Why can't I get into my account?" above.
If you are still unable to submit, you may not have permissions to access that page or your membership may have expired. Please contact email@example.com.
HL7 Webinar - Member IP Announcement Webinar with HL7 CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe (12.56 MB)
Download the slides for this webinar.
From the HL7 Development Framework, Section 2.2.1, HL7 Work Effort; An HL7 work effort represents an activity being undertaken by an existing Work Group or Board appointed committee to achieve specific objectives or to produce specific work products.
A Work Group shall consider a work effort to be a project if one or more of the following is true of that work effort:
- involves a group outside of HL7 (may require Board approval)
- requires external funding (may require Board approval)
- is going to be balloted
- requires cross-committee participation
- is determined to be a project by the committee
An HL7 Project:
- has an objective (statement of what is going to be produced),
- will have a finite existence (the end date to be determined by the resources available and the start date), and
- if additional funding is required, it will have a budget (including resources and funding sources)
- will have at least one participant available to contribute and must have a project leader, if only an interim to get the project started
- will have at least two implementers (unless the project is intended to support the HL7 infrastructure)
- will have an estimated schedule
Project Management Institute's PMBOK Guide and the publication "The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management" indicate the following:
- Typically, a project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. All projects have two essential characteristics. (1) Every project has a beginning and an end. (2) Every project produces a unique product. HL7 also recognizes 'Maintenance' projects which usually repeat on an annual basis; these maintenance projects do not need to be re-submitted or have a definite end date.
- Temporary means that every project has a definite beginning and a definite end. Temporary does not necessarily mean short in duration, it just means that projects are not ongoing efforts. Furthermore, projects involve something that has not been done before and which is, therefore, unique.
- Projects shouldn't be confused with ongoing operations. Ongoing operations have the opposite characteristics of projects in that they have no defined end and they produce similar, often identical, products. Examples of ongoing operations are (a) an insurance company processes thousands of claims every day; (b) a bank teller serves over 100 customers daily, providing a few dozen specific services.
- The objective of a project is to attain the objective and close the project. The objective of an ongoing operation is typically to sustain the business.
Theoretically, 'activity' is the action verb within a 'task'. However, for HL7 projects, 'task' and 'activity' can be considered synonymous terms.
Task/activities should be:
- Specific - a single, well defined, discrete activity. The 8/80 is a good guideline -- no task should be smaller than 8 hours or larger than 80 hours.
- Achievable - it should be something that can be done as a single deliverable and can be defined as being completed or done such as a document being produced.
- Measurable - it should be an activity that can be measured such as a deliverable produced, an elapsed period of time or number of iterations
You may or may not have to as it depends on the change. Oftentimes, the scope or objectives of a project may change during its lifecycle, perhaps, due to regulatory changes or tying back to a different standard.
If the change in scope or objectives is minor, simply update the existing project scope statement, and within Project Insight, indicate the modifications in the appropriate fields. You can also use the 'Misc. Notes' text box for documentation.
If the change in scope or objectives is major, the Project Facilitator should submit a new Project Scope Statement, as many of the original information will not accurately reflect what is being done anymore.
Since 'major' and 'significant' are subjective terms, examples may provide better comprehension of a "major" or "significant" change to a project scope statement.
A "major" or "significant change" in project scope is when the impact is that:
- The Project End date extends by 6+ months
- Additional HL7 funds are required
- The Project Intent changes (i.e. the project changes from "Revising a Standard" to "Creating a Standard")
- The change in scope will result in an item that qualifies as 'substantive change' as defined in GOM Section 14.08.04.
- The Ballot Type changes to a Normative (i.e. the project changes from planning for an Informative ballot to a Normative ballot)
- The Realm changes from 'Realm Specific' to 'Universal' (since additional project resources may be necessary to support that change)
- The deliverable's backwards compatibility changes from 'Yes' to 'No'
First, check the Steering Division's meeting minutes. Look to see if your project was on one of their agendas, and if so, if it was approved or the SD had further questions. Your first point of contact with the SD should be their Project Facilitator. If you can't contact them, contact the Steering Division Representative and Alternate.
If the SD has approved your project, they will submit it to the TSC for approval via the HL7 GForge's tracker system. To view which approvals your project has gathered, find your project by using the Searchable Project Database tool, located in the Resources column on the home page.
There are three ways to view HL7 projects, all located at www.HL7.org > Participate > Tools and Resources > Project Tracking Tools:
- The Searchable Project Database (located on the www.HL7.org Homepage and titled 'Search current projects from Project Insight')
- An Excel spreadsheet of all HL7 projects is available via GForge > TSC File tab.
- Project Insight (a Project Insight User ID and Password is required - this differs from your HL7 User ID and Password). Contact the HL7 PMO for more information. The URL is: http://healthlevelseven.projectinsight.net/l.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx.
The most recent version of the Project Scope Statement Template (MS Word document) is located at www.HL7.org > Participate > Templates.
Current Steering Division leaders can be found via their Steering Division webpage. Current Steering Division Project Facilitators can be found via a PDF file at www.HL7.org > About > People and Organizations > HL7 Facilitators.
Contact the HL7 PMO or any member of the HL7 Staff. They'll be able to gather this information for you via their internal staff website.
Yes, for both cases.
In this case 'withdrawing a standard' refers to many things, such as choosing not to extend a standard that has reached its 5 year end-of-life or identifying the need to sunset a standard. By creating a PSS and following the approval process, you give the opportunity to communicate the withdrawal to the HL7 membership and allow them to weigh in on any potential work needed to successfully withdraw the standard. GOM Section 14.13 has more information on withdrawing a standard.
Reaffirmation of a standard requires a normative ballot.
Look up your project using the Searchable Project Database, (located on the www.HL7.org Homepage). The search results will reflect SD and TSC approval statuses either by reflecting the date the group approved the project or indicated 'Awaiting Approval' if the group has not approved the project.
The same approval process should be followed whether it's a new project or a scope change to an existing project. When the scope is changed in a project, an adjusted or new Project Scope Statement will be approved by the primary WG and the SD, providing the TSC using the same time line and deadlines as submissions for new projects.
Best practice: Use Microsoft Word's 'Track Changes' tool to highlight the changes being made to the Project Scope Statement.
All ballot types (Comment Only, Informative, Normative, DSTU) need to go through the project approval process, however, as identified in the Project Scope Statement, a single project can define ballot plans for multiple types of ballots for the project, for example, Comment Only >DSTU > Normative or Informative > Normative.
When a work group has balloted a standard at DSTU, informative, or normative ballot, and decides the standard will be withdrawn, the withdrawal form is needed for ANSI notification and must be approved by the Work Group and the TSC.
Follow the process documented on via www.HL7.org > Participate > Balloting > HL7's Collaboration with ISO and JIC.
The ideal way is to post it in meeting minutes, so that they are documented and easily referenced. If that's not possible, an email to the Listserv will suffice.
A project entry should be opened in Project Insight indicating the annual work and the respective years. This project should have a Project Status of '3 Year Plan Item'; note that a Project Scope Statement isn't needed for this entry because it's a 3 Year Plan item and only high level information is necessary. This project can then remain 'as-is', or modified so it indicates accurate future years.
When the Work Group actually begins the annual work, they should complete a PSS indicating the scope of work involved and gather the necessary approvals for the PSS. A new project in Project Insight will be created (and will have a Project Status of 'Active Project'). Once the scope of work has been completed for this project, it will be closed/archived.
Hence, the 3-Year Plan project always remains open; the 'Active Project' PSS will be the project reflecting the specific annual maintenance being done.
An example of the above situation can be found for Project Service's annual updates to the PSS Template. Project 531 is the 3YP entry indicating the need for the work in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and beyond. Project 581 was created to identify the specific work that would be done for the 2010 updated template. In January, 2010, project 581 was closed because the new PSS template was released to membership, however project 531 was modified to remove references to '2010' and remains open to indicate the need for the work each year.
Yes, it should. This means that the project will continue to show up in the Searchable Project Database and on Project Insight reports.
Unless specified, it is assumed that a project incorporates the current version of HL7 infrastructure (RIM, Datatypes and Vocabulary).
Project Services recommends that your Work Group's modeling facilitator monitor proposed RIM changes that may impact the standards you are developing for the duration of your project. The modeling facilitator can do this by subscribing to the email@example.com listerv. For more information on RIM change proposals, contact the MnM Work Group.
It's a rare instance that a project will create and distribute a public document in accordance to the GOM's ruling. In the instance that a project deliverable does adhere to it, the project team will need to present a proposal to the Executive Committee to provide funding to create and distribute a document publicly. GOM Section 09.01(d) indicates that the Executive Committee determines what is publicly available. More information can be found in the GOM.
Information on certification testing can be found on our website, under Training, Certification. Links to study guides and sample tests can also be found there. The knowledge required to pass the test can be obtained by participation in the HL7 Working Group Meetings, by attending HL7 educational sessions and webinars, fieldwork involving HL7 interfaces or simple self-study of the HL7 specification. To determine what classes are best suited for your needs, first read the document in the Certification Resources box: "Where are you on the path to certification?" Then see the latest Working Group meeting or Implementation Workshop brochure and read the tutorial descriptions. Most individuals new to HL7 take the Intro to V2.x classes, followed by V2 Message Profiles and Conformance and the V2.x Control Specialist Certification Review, which is the preparatory class for the most current Vx certification exam. Testing is also currently being offered for the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA®) and the Version 3 RIM. The test is not All certification testing is offered online.
In addition to HOST testing centers and online proctored testing, you may bring a laptop to test at our Implementation Workshops (March, July, November) and Working Group Meetings (January, May, September). Register to take the test from the Certification page on the HL7 website. The member rate is $199 and the non-member rate is $350. Information on upcoming meetings can be found on our website, under Events.
Log into HL7.org; click Membership, and My Membership; If you have registered for any upcoming meetings will appear under My Meeting Registrations.
HL7 V3, like V2.x, is a standard for exchanging messages among information systems that implement healthcare applications. However, V3 strives to improve the V2 process and its outcomes. The original process for defining HL7 messages was established in 1987 and has served us well. The development principles behind HL7 V3 lead to a more robust, fully specified standard.
New capabilities offered in Version 3 include:
- Top-down message development emphasizing reuse across multiple contexts and semantic interoperability
- Representation of complex relationships
- Formalisms for vocabulary support
- Support for large scale integration
- Solving re-use and interoperability across multiple domain contexts
- A uniform set of models
- Expanded scope to include community medicine, epidemiology, veterinary medicine, clinical genomics, security, etc.
The HDF documents the processes, tools, actors, rules, and artifacts relevant to development of all HL7 standard specifications, not just messaging. This initial version of the HDF methodology specification will address updates to messaging specification, and will be applicable to structured documents and context management.
Eventually, the HDF will encompass all of the HL7 standard specifications, including any new standards resulting from analysis of electronic health record architectures and requirements.
The HL7 Version 2 Messaging Standard — Application Protocol for Electronic Data Exchange in Healthcare Environments — is considered to be the workhorse of data exchange in healthcare and is the most widely implemented standard for healthcare information in the world.
HL7 Version 2.6 represents HL7's latest development efforts to the line of Version 2 Standards that date back to 1989. Version 2.6 represents a major revision to Versions 2.5 and 2.5.1, refining and updating existing messages and adding new messages and domains all based upon proposals submitted and accepted by the HL7 membership.
Global changes from Version 2.5 and 2.5.1 include the following:
- the addition of a new segment, UAC – User Authentication Credential, to ALL messages
- the replacement of the TS – Timestamp data type with the DTM – Date/Time data type
- the replacement of the CE – Coded Element data type with either the CNE – Coded with No Exceptions data type or the CWE – Coded with Exceptions data type
- the deprecation of the CNN, NDL, LA1 and LA2 data types
- the inclusion of "external" tables referencing a set of coded values defined and published by another standards organization assigned an HL7 number but without designation as an HL7 table (as was previously the practice)
- the revision of examples in all chapters to support HIPAA compliance
- the inclusion of a new chapter supporting electronic messaging transactions of claims and reimbursement data (which is produced for implementations of HL7 outside of the United States; in the United States, HIPAA law mandates an already in-use set of implementation guides of X12 messages for these purposes)
- the inclusion of a new chapter supporting electronic messaging transactions of supply chain management data within healthcare facilities
Version 2.6 was APPROVED AS AN ANSI STANDARD October 12, 2007
The CDA, which was until recently known as the Patient Record Architecture (PRA), provides an exchange model for clinical documents (such as discharge summaries and progress notes)—and brings the healthcare industry closer to the realization of an electronic medical record. The CDA Standard is expected to be published as an ANSI approved standard by the end of the year.
By leveraging the use of XML, the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM) and coded vocabularies, the CDA makes documents both machine-readable—so they are easily parsed and processed electronically—and human-readable—so they can be easily retrieved and used by the people who need them. CDA documents can be displayed using XML-aware Web browsers or wireless applications such as cell phones.
CDA Release 1 was APPROVED AS AN ANSI STANDARD November 2000.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) will facilitate the effective use of information technology to improve the quality, efficiency, and safety of health care for all Americans. ONC will collaborate with the public, private, and non-profit sectors to meet the President's goal of the widespread adoption of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) within ten years. HL7's Standards will assist in achieving interoperability.
In January 2005, HL7 participated in a Collaborative ONCHIT RFI Response. HL7 also submitted a Separate Response and Cover Letter.
CDA is the Clinical Document Architecture, an ANSI-certified standard from Health Level Seven (HL7.org). Release 1.0 was published in November, 2000 and Release 2.0 was published with the HL7 2005 Normative Edition.
CDA specifies the syntax and supplies a framework for specifying the full semantics of a clinical document. It defines a clinical document as having the following six characteristics:
- Persistence
- Stewardship
- Potential for authentication
- Context
- Wholeness
- Human readability
A CDA can contain any type of clinical content. Typical CDA documents would be a Discharge Summary, Imaging Report, Admission & Physical, Pathology Report and so on. CDA uses XML, although it allows for a non-XML body (pdf, Word, jpg and so on) for simple implementations.
CDA is in use world-wide. The most popular use is for inter-enterprise information exchange, such as is envisioned for the US Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs). Thus most users are in countries where RHIO-type exchange is well established such as Finland, Greece and Germany and in pilot RHIOs in Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Argentina and elsewhere. CDA is firmly in the plans for many of the nascent US RHIOs and the US Military Health System.
In addition to RHIO usage, CDA is the basis of a good variety of experimental work within academic medical centers and research institutions. Examples of this are the project on CDA note generation with knowledge management and controlled vocabulary at Columbia-Presbyterian in New York, the work on CDA for decision support at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital/Dalhousie University and the Single Source Proof of Concept at Duke Clinical Research Institute.
The largest single producer of CDA documents, however, is the Mayo Clinic, which is producing thousands of CDAs every week and when in full production will reach 50,000 notes/week. Mayo sees CDA as a strategic investment in information that will increase in value over time and which can be reused in multiple applications.
Many vendors have developed CDA-compliant applications for document generation, management and viewing. Since CDA is implemented in XML (Extensible Markup Language, see w3.org), any XML-capable application can work with CDA. So, for example, any web browser, such as MS Internet Explorer or Firefox can parse a CDA document and using an XSL stylesheet, convert it to HTML for display. Similarly, any XML-capable repository can manage CDA.
For document generation, implementers have a variety of choices. Several dictation/transcription vendors offer CDA as an output format. Many EHR vendors can produce CDA, typically as a conversion from a native format. In addition, eForms applications have been developed for CDA using readily-available desktop technology. Some implementations use dynamic forms population from distributed sources to pre-populate CDA with existing data.
The only barrier to CDA generation with existing technology is where insufficient information is available at the source for conversion, but to-date, this has not been a problem from either voice-interface or keyboard-entry applications.
CDA introduces the concept of "incremental" semantic interoperability. What this means is that there is a range of complexity allowed within the specification and users must set their own level of compliance. The minimal CDA is a small number of XML-encoded metadata fields (such as provider name, document type, document identifier, and so on) and a body which can be any commonly-used MIME type such as pdf or .doc (Microsoft Word) or even a scanned image file.
While the body of such a document would not be interpretable for applications like decision support, the minimal, standard metadata set and display characteristics mean that such a document could be filed, searched, categorized and retrieved along with more richly-encoded documents. They would all be equally readable at the point of care.
At the high end, CDA documents can be encoded with the full power of the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM, see below) and controlled vocabulary such as LOINC, SNOMED, ICD, CPT and so on.
CDA "levels" are ways of describing the degree of semantic interoperability of a CDA document.
Digression on "Semantic Interoperability": Full semantic interoperability is when a document can drive an arbitrary process, for example, decision support, even if it wasn't designed for that application. So a document with full semantic interoperability can be created for one purpose, like a public health report or for transfer of care, but can be interpreted by other applications with the same degree of confidence that a human would use the information.
So, the concept of "levels" applied to CDA means the degree to which a receiver can expect to drive automated processes. A Level One CDA sets no expectations beyond the standard header metadata and human-readability for the body. A Level Two CDA means that the body is in XML and that the sections and sub-sections are coded. A Level Three CDA contains the same expectations as Levels One and Two, plus it contains some coded information within the sections.
While Levels 1-2-3 provide convenient ways to set rough levels of coding compliance, in practice many gradations and refinements are possible and are in use.
CDA Release 1 (R1) was published in late 2000 and Release 2 (R2) will be published in mid-2005 and will provide an exhaustive list of changes. Most significantly, R2 is updated to the most recent RIM (see below) and adds significant functionality to the CDA body.
The major addition to the CDA body is the clinical statement model which uses RIM structures and controlled vocabulary to permit a much higher level of semantic interoperability. In contrast, R1 was restricted to single coded entries which were not fully expressive.
R1 allowed Levels 1 & 2 (with coded entries); R2 allows Levels 1, 2 and 3 (with clinical statements). While R2 allows greater complexity, it still allows the same low level of encoding as R1 and need not be any more complicated to implement.
XML tags on their own do not have the precision required for clinical system interoperability. For example, does <provider> mean a person or an organization? Is it the person who created the document, signed it or performed some service?
The XML tags in a CDA document are defined by the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM) which is based on a variant of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and has been developed by literally hundreds of thousands of hours of collaborative work by practitioners, informaticists, vendors and implementers over the past decade. Each release of CDA is based on the version of the RIM current at the time of the ballot. The CDA specification details the relationship of the documents to the model and contains a refined model (RMIM) which takes RIM classes and further constrains them to define the precise parameters of a clinical document.
Yes. CDA is based on the RIM (see above), uses the V3 datatypes and methodology. The core of the CDA R2 body for machine processing (semantic interoperability) is the "clinical statement" model which is used across V3.
Sample documents are published with each ballot and implementation guide. See the "Documents and Presentations" portion of the Structured Documents Work Group web page on HL7.org for links to individual sample documents for both R1 and R2 (from HL7.org, go to Participate -> Work Groups, select Structured Documents and you'll see the link).
The Structured Documents WG, in conjunction with Patient Care WG, has introduced two Implementation Guides that have been balloted in the Spring of 2005 as information documents. These are CDA Care Record Summary, Level 1 and CDA Care Record Summary, Level 2. The most recent drafts are available on the SDWG web page. As of May 2005, they are undergoing revision and will be re-balloted in August.
In addition, many sites have created implementation guides for their own use. See an excellent example from British Columbia, the eMS system in support of transfer of care.
CDA grew out of work that originated outside of HL7 in early 1996 when a group of physicians including Tom Lincoln, John Spinosa, Dan Essin, John Mattison and Bob Dolin began to meet to discuss the potential for structured markup in clinical documents. The earliest draft was called the Kona Architecture and was developed in 1997 after the group had joined HL7. Since that time, many people have worked on it and the basic ideas have been refined and developed along with the HL7 Version 3 framework and the RIM. The original group morphed into the HL7 Structured Documents Work Group which is responsible for CDA and other HL7 document types.
The best source is the Structured Documents WG web page on HL7.org: from HL7.org, go to Participate -> Work Groups, select Structured Documents. From there, you can download drafts, meeting minutes, documents and presentations and you can also sign up for the SDWG listserv.
Anyone can join the Structured Documents listserv and use the information on the Structured Documents web page, and can join Structured Documents listserv, conference calls and meetings. There are no membership requirements for participation and all are welcome.
Real influence on the shape of CDA comes from participation in the ballot process which is available to HL7 members (and to non-members who pay an administrative fee).
To ask additional questions, add to or correct this FAQ, contact the HL7 Director of Technical Services (mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com).
The following key points are provided by the IHTSDO to confirm the SNOMED CT licensing arrangements that have been agreed between IHTSDO and HL7 International. These are in line with the condition set out in the SNOMED CT Affiliate License agreement and do not replace them. For further information, first review SNOMED CT licensing information and then contact firstname.lastname@example.com to discuss your specific requirements for a license.
HL7 International working group members can access SNOMED CT if they are participating in the development of HL7 International products. A Development License has been provided by IHTSDO to HL7 International, and HL7 International has set up a mechanism to access SNOMED CT (International version). Please contact Karen Van Hentenryck, Associate Executive Director, HL7 International, for further information on accessing SNOMED CT for this work. An individual SNOMED CT Affiliate license is not required for this purpose.
No. HL7 International Working Group members can access SNOMED CT for development of international products under the HL7/IHTSDO agreement, using the agreed mechanism. If an HL7 member is accessing an HL7 International product containing SNOMED CT to Use, Deploy or Distribute, they must have an Affiliate License for which they apply to the IHTSDO (web link above). Please be aware that fees may apply for IHTSDO non-member countries.
Yes. The Development license agreed between IHTSDO and HL7 International covers the use of SNOMED CT International release in HL7 International products.
The Development license covers both intensional and extensional SNOMED CT value sets in HL7 international products.
HL7 International is putting in place a licensing statement for all terminologies they use in their products for when Users download an HL7 International product. The licensing statement makes it clear that Users are responsible for obtaining the appropriate license.
The Agreement between HL7 International and IHTSDO is for the development of HL7 International products and not for Use – Use requires an Affiliate License in IHTSDO non-Member countries which may involve a fee. (Note: The situation may change if HL7 International and IHTSDO agree a set of SNOMED CT International codes and descriptions which can be used for free globally in HL7 International products)
HL7 International can publish products using SNOMED CT International that have been developed using the 'Development license' for HL7 International products.
As discussed above, HL7 International is providing access to SNOMED CT International for HL7 International working group members who are contributing to the development of HL7 International products. The portal will require registration of the individual and the piece of work they are contributing to which requires this access.
Assuming the terminology server is in an IHTSDO Member country, any person or organization downloading from an IHTSDO Member country's terminology server is individually responsible for ensuring they have the appropriate license to use SNOMED CT.
If you've never edited anything on the Wiki yet, this video will discuss how to edit and create wiki pages.
Video 2: Generic features of the MediaWiki software as used by HL7
Topics covered include: Versioning (revisions of pages), monitoring changes made by others (recent history, watchlist, RSS), delete/move/REDIRECT, and the uploading of files
Topics covered include: Categories, Include pages, Templates and the use of images with Thumbnails


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Published: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 11:56 a.m.
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SARASOTA COUNTY - The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board has appointed Joseph J. DeVirgilio Jr., to the board's Central District seat. He replaces elected member Thomas Kelly, a cardiothoracic surgeon who has left the board to join Sarasota Memorial's First Physicians Group.
This article has been modified from its original version, published online May 15, 2013, as follows:
Joseph J. DeVirgilio Jr. was erroneously referred to as a cardiologist in the original headline of this story. He is, rather, a consultant.
Dr. Thomas Kelly's medical specialty was incorrect in a prior version of this story. He is a cardiothoracic surgeon.
DeVirgilio, president of Suncoast Management Consultants and a senior consultant with River Consulting Group, lives in North Venice. He served for three decades in a series of executive positions for the CH Energy Group in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., most recently as executive vice president.
He is expected to serve on the nine-member board for the remainder of Kelly's four-year term, which ends in 2014.
"We welcome Joe to the hospital board, and believe his more than 30 years of leadership on health care boards and with a state-regulated public company will be an invaluable asset to us," said Dick Merritt, chairman of the board that governs Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.
DeVirgilio's board experience includes 12 years as a trustee of St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, where he chaired the quality council and capital campaign, and was also a board member of the hospital's foundation.
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Last year, as the recession had the economy in an even deeper chill than now, retail jobs increased 47,800 in October, 318,900 in November and 134,700 in December, according to non-seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Big box chains with local stores including Toys R Us, Walmart and Kohl's have already announced their 2012 seasonal hiring plans.
Toys R Us plans to hire 45,000 holiday staffers, 5,000 more than last year. Walmart will swell its employee ranks with more than 50,000 seasonal workers, slightly more than last year. Kohl's will boost its number of holiday employees to 52,700, which is 10 percent higher than last year.
On the local employment scene, holiday hiring will be done primarily by retailers and small businesses that cater to holiday customers, like tree farms and Salvation Army bell ringers, said Kathy Lott-Gramkow, director of employment and training at Washington-Morgan Community Action.
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Holiday hiring by the numbers
Toys R Us: 45,000.
Walmart: 50,000.
Kohl's: 52,700.
Target: 80,000 to 90,000.
Macy's: 80,000.
GameStop: 17,000.
Source: money.cnn.com, forbes.com, usatoday.com.
"Fortunately for people in the area we're seeing more 'help wanted' signs for regular jobs. ...That might open up more (seasonal) employment for some of the college and high school students who may be able to get jobs that they haven't been able to touch for a few years," she said.
Hiring is already planned or in full swing for some area retailers.
Holiday job applicants at the Marietta KMart will be vying for 14 seasonal positions, said store manager Lori Posey.
Hired to check out customers and straighten and fill merchandise, the store's holiday hires will work until Dec. 26 or 27.
"Sometimes we ask them to stay on and they become part-time," Posey added.
Bridgeport Equipment & Tool in Marietta has brought on two new seasonal workers, said Brandon Neville, sales manager.
"We plan on keeping them on full time after the holidays," he said.
"We're still in the process of looking for some (holiday) weekend help as well," Neville added.
Some stores have not yet finalized holiday plans.
"We're still in the decision making process about our holiday hiring and hours," said Becky Pritchett, co-owner of Twisted Sisters Boutique in Marietta.
At the Peebles store in Marietta, no plans for seasonal hiring have been made yet, said assistant manager Dwayne Farley.
At the Grand Central Mall in Vienna, sales numbers and traffic won't be the only increase.
"Seasonal hiring is going to be up as well," said Katrina Stephens, the mall's marketing director.
Sales are up 4 percent over last year throughout the mall, she reported.
"We've definitely seen the holiday traffic already coming in," she added.
Grand Central Mall is typically visited by 1.3 million shoppers in November and December, according to Stephens.


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- Jul 5:
- BART service resumes; August strike threat remains
- BART to resume service, no deal reached with union
- Jul 4:
- BART strike ends; trains to begin running Friday afternoon
- Jul 3:
- BART strike talks stretch toward holiday
- BART strike hits Day 3 as overnight negotiations yield no deal; talks to resume this afternoon
- Jul 2:
- BART strike talks resume as attention turns to Fourth of July travel
- Data Center: Current and projected average BART wages
- Director says his team must hold the line in BART negotiations
- BART strike: San Francisco garages raising rates over parking crunch
- With no BART, 4th of July plans shift
- BART strike: What can be done to get trains running?
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Overlap of AC Transit, BART contract expirations leaves East Bay vulnerable
- With BART on strike, A's encourage fans to carpool to games against Cubs
- BART strike: Labor talks set to resume after 36-hour break since shutdown
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- BART strike costing Bay Area economy more than $73 million a day
- Herhold: Time and geography will shape the BART strike
- BART strike a moneymaker for ride-sharing services and taxi apps
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Striking BART workers out of touch with financial reality.
- The Great BART Strike Race of 2013: A recap
- BART strike: Commute chaos rages on as strike begins with no end in sight
- Bart Strike Raw Video: What commuters have to say about transit strike
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- BART strike: Guide to getting around the Bay Area during shutdown
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- BART riders worry strike could make travel miserable
OAKLAND -- Negotiations continued between BART and union officials late Tuesday, but as the night wore on -- and even as one of three employee unions came to terms on a new contract -- there was no news of an overall settlement that would end a crippling strike in time for the Wednesday morning commute.
As train stations sat empty for a second day and commuters grew increasingly impatient with heavy traffic and long lines for casual carpools, buses and ferries, pressure mounted to get trains rolling again, just in time for the July 4 holiday.
Gov. Jerry Brown called in two of the state's top mediators to urge both sides back to the bargaining table for the first time since BART's labor contract expired late Sunday, but management and workers continued to wrangle over pay and benefits.
"There's been no conversation. So I think seriously getting back to talking is the first step that had to happen," BART spokesman Rick Rice said.
Negotiations between Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, the two unions that represent about 2,300 workers, began around 6 p.m. Tuesday and were still going five hours later.
Shortly after those talks began, however, BART and the union that represents 200 supervisors and professional workers reached a tentative agreement. If approved by workers, members of the local American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees would go back to work immediately, though the return of train service is still dependent on BART reaching a deal with the two larger unions that represent 2,300 line-level workers.
Almost four hours after the negotiations had reopened, BART advised commuters that there was "no indication" that union workers would be back on duty Wednesday morning, and advised regular riders to prepare for another day without train service.
While commuters could suffer through another traffic nightmare Wednesday on Day 3 of the BART shutdown, many Bay Area residents are dreading the impact on the holiday weekend and planning to stay closer to home than usual.
"There's no way we're going to go out; it's going to be crazy," said Oakland resident Luis Landero, exhausted after meandering around the region by bus and carpool from his home in Oakland to his job in San Francisco. He planned to celebrate Independence Day with friends he could reach by foot.
BART trains carried more than 182,000 one-way trips on last year's July 4 holiday, about half the load of a typical weekday, including many revelers drawn to San Francisco's nighttime fireworks and events throughout the day. But this year, many are avoiding a visit to the city, which this weekend kicks off a summer of sailing on the bay for the America's Cup regatta.
The BART strike is unlikely to deter the 80,000 to 100,000 people who annually flock to the Berkeley Marina for a city-sponsored fireworks display.
Others looking to see fireworks over the bay might stick to beaches and other spots along the East Bay and Peninsula hills and shorelines, or aboard a restored aircraft carrier in Alameda, where "on a crisp, clear night it's a pretty good view," said Randall Ramian, CEO of the U.S.S. Hornet Museum.
Caltrain will be the best bet for South Bay and Peninsula residents to get into San Francisco on Thursday. Following the fireworks show, the rail line will depart special trains toward San Jose, leaving San Francisco between 11:15 p.m. and 12:01 a.m.
But on Tuesday, all eyes were again focused on the BART talks, which resumed at a neutral state building in Oakland after a 36-hour break in which neither side appeared to be backing down.
BART is offering 8 percent salary increases over four years, double its original offer, while unions have countered with 20.1 percent pay raises over three years, down from their prior proposal of 23.2 percent.
BART board President Tom Radulovich -- to meet the state's 24-hour notice requirements for public meetings -- called for potential special board meetings each day from Wednesday through July 10 as a precaution in case a deal is available to approve on short notice. The meetings would only take place if a settlement is produced.
Meanwhile, AC Transit continued contract talks with its unionized bus drivers who continue working without a contract since midnight Sunday. Progress was made but no contract deal has been reached, AC Transit reported Tuesday night.
Many commuters are asking what can be done to get the trains back running.
The most realistic option may be for BART's board to impose new terms and conditions of employment and hope the unions, fearful of getting a raw deal, agree to a settlement. That's the strategy BART officials used to avert a strike during the last round of labor talks in 2009.
But BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said the agency remains focused on reaching an agreement through negotiations.
Trost said it's "not an option" to replace the workers because train operators must go through a rigorous, state-regulated training and certification process. Workers have shown no willingness to work without a contract and be paid under the terms of their old deal, like AC Transit employees have been doing since their contact expired late Sunday.
"I can understand the frustration of the public," Trost said. "We want to bring the workers back as soon as possible."
Staff writers Matthew Artz, Denis Cuff and Theresa Harrington contributed to this report. Contact Mike Rosenberg at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-920-5705. Follow him at Twitter.com/rosenbergmerc.


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You should watch the upcoming PBS film chronicling the dawn of Silicon Valley just to see how far and how fast technology and this place have advanced. But you'll get a lot more than that out of the American Experience documentary "Silicon Valley," including a deeper sense of the valley's place in our national fabric.
First, the movie, scheduled to air Feb. 5 on KQED-TV, is a good telling of a great story. And more important than that is something valley historian Leslie Berlin pointed out when I called her to talk about the documentary: The fact that the film is screening as part of the venerable American Experience -- a program known for examining the Civil War, the Depression, World War II, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, etc. -- says something about the valley's place in the history of the country.
Think about it. The technological revolution that erupted here was one of the most significant watersheds that history has to offer. Its after-effects have touched billions of lives, killed and created entire industries and left us with the promise of infinite innovation.
"Sometimes people tell the story of Silicon Valley as if it is not part of a larger American story," says Berlin, who wrote "The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley" and who was interviewed for the documentary. "Having it appear as part of American Experience, I think, really reinforces that this is a very American story."
Yes, an American story. The birth of Silicon Valley is the story of pioneers who took a plunge into the unknown hoping to make a better life for themselves and for an untold number of others. "Silicon Valley" focuses on the evolution of Fairchild Semiconductor, a company started in Palo Alto in 1957 by eight brilliant innovators who abandoned Nobel laureate William Shockley to pursue their vision of a world-changing electronic device.
And like every American story, it produced heroes, in this case technological and entrepreneurial geniuses who not only built an industry, but a new way of living surrounded by gadgets that are at times as smart as we are and as necessary as breath itself. There is the late Noyce, a founder of Intel (INTC), who is heard from in the film, but not seen on camera. And Gordon Moore, Intel's co-founder and author of Moore's Law, which accurately predicted ever more powerful circuits.
And Andy Grove, the Hungarian immigrant who helped start Intel and steered it as CEO for years before retiring the post in 1998. His on-camera interview provides an unintended poignant moment, as Grove, 76, who is battling Parkinson's disease, shows obvious signs of the affliction's debilitating effects.
"I had horrible nightmares," Grove says of the early Intel days. "I never took a business course. I was inventing what to do as we went along."
No question, filmmaker Randall MacLowry saw echoes of other historical movements in the quest of the so-called "Traitorous Eight" and their team to move the country into the digital age. "People were coming to California from all places in the country," MacLowry tells me. "It was that sort of mentality of the Gold Rush all over again. You have the possibility of doing something different and kind of recasting or reinventing yourself."
The movie is a reminder of just how little was known when Noyce and Moore, Jay Last, Jean Hoerni, Julius Blank, Eugene Kleiner, Sheldon Roberts and Victor Grinich launched Fairchild in a building surrounded by farm fields. Could they make a practical integrated circuit? Was there a market? What tools and machines would they need to do the job?
"The building had no electricity, no phones, water," Last says in the film, recalling the earliest Fairchild days. "We didn't have any toilets. We had to go to the gas station down the street."
But they persevered, coming up with the first practical mass-produced integrated circuit, the chip that the U.S. military and space program had been waiting for. It was the government, really, that ensured Fairchild's initial success -- a fact that helped convince American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels that the time was right for retelling the story of the valley's birth. Perhaps, he says, the program can help inform the debate about the proper role of government in economic growth. The valley, he says, grew from a public/private collaboration.
"Silicon Valley, like the space industry, is a collaboration," Samels tells me. "There is so much debate about government investment. I think this is a story of the really central role that that partnership played in developing a really important technology."
And maybe that's the thing about telling history -- and why we tell the most significant stories again and again. The truth is, the historical facts might not change, but the lens through which we view them is constantly shifting.
Contact Mike Cassidy at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-920-5536. Follow him at Twitter.com/mikecassidy.
American Experience: Silicon Valley
Date: Feb. 5
Time: 8 p.m.
Station: KQED-TV
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Students actively participate in the process of reading and writing and study how words work: how they can be shaped into literary art, organized into a lesson plan, or developed into distinct genres, from poetry to a resume; how we use them to fashion our understanding of ourselves and our place in local, national, and global communities.
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The Eastern Oregon Renewable Energies Association (EORenew) is a grass-roots 501(C)(3) nonprofit educational organization. EORenew's mission is to empower people to increase their energy efficiency and use of solar, wind, and other renewables. We put out a quarterly newsletter, including Calendar of Events for members. We make classroom visits with energy presentations to K-12 schools in our region of Oregon. We also provide energy services to our area, including energy audits and conservation information, site assessment, Oregon energy tax credit assistance, and RE business referrals.
EORenew hosts Solwest Fair the last full weekend of each July. SolWest is an occasion for learning, networking, and supporting all types of renewable energy. This three-day event offers engaging activities for all ages and knowledge levels. Participants from around the western region and beyond come to join the SolWest community and learn about energy efficiency, solar and wind energy, solar cooking, alternatively fueled vehicles, and more.
The association began teaching solar cooking in Oregon, USA in 1999, and through 2011, have taught over 600 workshop participants.
Recent news and developments
- Summer 2011: As usual, SolWest 2011 featured workshops on solar cooking. This year's was given by Sue Newstetter of Elk Camp Cafe and Catering. Here's the description: Featuring many different makes and models of solar ovens, including an easy homebuilt oven. Demonstrations and discussions of other outdoor cooking techniques including Dutch ovens, biomass ("rocket") stoves, the "Cajun microwave" other fun outdoor cooking appliances. Save energy – have fun – cook great food. Sue also had a display in the exhibitors' are where she sold solar cookers and demonstrated her new Villager Sun Oven. Sue sells solar-baked bread every weekend at the John Day Farmers Market.
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Spring break time is finally here and many people will be breaking out the sunscreen and hitting the beach. Find out which cities rank as the best cities for seasonal travel and learn more about traveling on a budget.
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With E3 off and running this week, we're getting a ton of new game announcements. We've known that Guitar Hero 5 has been in the works for a while, but we now have some information on some of the music that will be featured. Unfortunately, they didn't announce the songs specifically, but instead a giant list of bands has made its way online. This leaves me with more questions then answers though. Sure you can guess that the Queen/David Bowie song will be "Under Pressure", but what about Elton John? Will it be "Tiny Dancer" or "Benny and the Jets"? What the hell is Bob Dylan doing there?
(Editor's Note: It's just been brought to my attention that the guy listed as writer on this film just wrote "Streetfighter: Legend of Chun-Li"... *sigh*)


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35 schools from five states were represented at this Warrior Classic at Central High School. The championship round took place on Saturday night with the Grand Valley well represented.
Matthew Gurule of Central fell to Montez Cortez's Casey Lynn to finish in second in the 103 lbs division. Central's Jesus Rodriguez will take home a second place medal as well in the 125 division.
Phillip Colby of Fruita Monument High School won his title match 11-3 in the 145 lbs class.
Luke Laurita of Delta fell to Justin Curtice of Uintah, Utah to take second place in the 160 division.
At 171 Devon Brown of Paonia takes first place honors for his win over Roosevelt's Nathan Heuer.
Palisade's Aaron Wagler defeated Ryan Gray from Denver East to take home top honors in 189.
Grand Junction's Robert Tucker remained undefeated on the season after working his way through the 215 championship .
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