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Painting the first of life's molecules, circa 1961
These days, it's easy to take visualizations of biological molecules for granted, what with the easy availability of an ever-increasing supply of high-resolution X-ray and neutron crystallography data, as well as freely available software that render them into beautiful and useful images that help us understand how life works. The lack of computers and computer networks in the mid-1950s made creating these illustrations a painstaking collaboration, requiring an artist's craftsmanship and aesthetic sense, as well as, most importantly, the critical ability to visualize the concepts that scientists wish to communicate. One such scientific artist was Irving Geis, who painted the first biological macromolecule obtained through X-ray data: an iconic watercolor representation of the structure of sperm whale myoglobin, as seen in the third slide of this slideshow of selected pieces. His first effort was a revolutionary work of informatics, including coloring and shading effects that emphasized important structural and functional features of the myoglobin protein, simultaneously moving the less-important aspects into the background, all while stressing simplicity and beauty throughout. The techniques that Geis developed in this and subsequent works influenced the standards for basic 2D protein visualization that are used today.
Layer displayer
Tilt is a Firefox add-on that lets you visualize a web page's DOM (document object model) in 3D. In effect, you can see all the layers in a web page stacked upon each other with this. [more inside]
Little boxes on the hillside
Flash Java Fun - 'Building Houses With Side Views' Entertaining Java game/exercise/doodad. [more inside]
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text: 000 FXUS63 KFGF 060550 AFDFGF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 1150 PM CST Mon Dec 5 2016 .UPDATE... Issued at 1148 PM CST Mon Dec 5 2016 No changes at this update. Keep warnings and advisories as is. UPDATE Issued at 959 PM CST Mon Dec 5 2016 Surface low pressure was located between GFK and FAR and was in reasonable agreement with the models. Surface low will more or less park over the northern Red River Valley through noon Tue before moving east Monday afternoon. Most of the snow this evening has been over Barnes, Steele, and Griggs counties with 5 to 8 inches. Radar showing band of snow from Marshall to Griggs and Nelson counties. Water vapor loop continues to show upper level jet on the south and east sides of the system. Will keep advisories and warnings as is. UPDATE Issued at 700 PM CST Mon Dec 5 2016 Water vapor loop indicated upper level jet was moving into the southern zones with a short wave over the southeast zones. Radar indicated precip moving north into the area and about to move into GFK. Will keep warnings and advisories going. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 309 PM CST Mon Dec 5 2016 Very challenging forecast due to this being two distinct events, a winter storm with heavy snow tonight followed by increasing winds and blizzard conditions on Tuesday. As of right now, the sfc low is down over eastern SD with the regional radars showing a band of heavy snow over south central ND. Bismarck has already reported 4 inches of snow from this band. Models forecast this band of snow to move into the Jamestown to Grand Forks corridor by 9 PM, then into the northern Red River Valley overnight. Looking at warning criteria snowfall in the now through 12z Tuesday time frame, with not much wind. Added Lake of the Woods, northern Beltrami, and northern Clearwater counties to the winter storm warning that was issued earlier this morning. Later shifts will have to monitor the tonight warnings and advisories and see if further expansion is needed. What is the difference for Tuesday...the strong northwest winds kick in and the light snow lingers. Had a lot of discussion on how to handle the transition from snow to wind and whether double headlines were too confusing. However, the biggest impact from this event will be the increasing northwest winds on Tuesday. Want to get the word out now that people may wake up in the morning and see the fresh snow, but little wind, and think things are going to be fine. However, the northwest winds will kick in through the morning and result in blizzard conditions fairly quickly. How fast is yet to be determined, but tried to time it into the Devils Lake region first around 12z, west of the Red River by 15z, and east of the Red River by 18z. Think that this blizzard warning will eventually need to be expanded further southward during the day Tuesday, but this is a good starting point. Otherwise, kept 00z Wednesday as the ending time for all warnings and advisories, although it could continue into Tuesday night as well. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday) Issued at 309 PM CST Mon Dec 5 2016 500mb cyclonic flow around upper low over Ontario to impact the area with prolonged light snow chances through Wednesday and Thursday with another 1 to 3 inches of snow possible. Max temperatures will be in the teens on Wednesday and cooling into the single digits by Friday as the center of the cold dome of high pressure settles in. 500mb zonal flow develops by saturday with temperatures rising back into the teens for weekend highs and the return of snow chances. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Tuesday night) Issued at 1148 PM CST Mon Dec 5 2016 IFR conditions were located over the northern three fourths of the Red River Valley. MVFR cigs were located over the far southern Valley. Expect IFR conditions for much of the Red River Valley for tonight and especially for Tue with snow and blowing snow. Some MVFR conditions can be expected in the far south zones for tonight and IFR for Tue. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...Winter Storm Warning until 9 AM CST Tuesday for NDZ008-016-027- 029-030. Blizzard Warning from 9 AM to 6 PM CST Tuesday for NDZ008-016- 027-029-030-039. Winter Storm Warning until 6 AM CST Tuesday for NDZ006-007-014- 015-024-026-028-054. Blizzard Warning from 6 AM to 6 PM CST Tuesday for NDZ006-007- 014-015-024-026-028-038-054. Winter Weather Advisory until 9 AM CST Tuesday for NDZ039. Winter Weather Advisory until 6 AM CST Tuesday for NDZ038. MN...Winter Weather Advisory until noon CST Tuesday for MNZ002-003- 022-027. Blizzard Warning from noon to 6 PM CST Tuesday for MNZ001>004- 007-008-013>015-022-027. Winter Weather Advisory until 6 PM CST Tuesday for MNZ017-023. Winter Storm Warning until 6 PM CST Tuesday for MNZ005-006-009- 016. Winter Storm Warning until noon CST Tuesday for MNZ001-004-007- 008-013>015. && $$ UPDATE...Hoppes SHORT TERM...Godon LONG TERM...JK AVIATION...Hoppes

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Finchley shul hosts Eid Somalis
Members of the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association, whose centre was burnt down in an arson attack last year, enjoyed a kosher-catered Eid celebration at Finchley Synagogue.
Since the attack, temporary accommodation for the Bravanese group has been arranged by Barnet Citizens, an alliance of local schools, shuls, youth groups and community centres. Ramadan was marked at Finchley Reform Synagogue.
The Eid celebration was arranged by Citizens UK and sponsored by Church of England fund Near Neighbours. North London Citizens executive member Andrew Jacobs said it was "a wonderful example of what can happen when communities are organised to work together for the common good".
Finchley Synagogue member and Holocaust survivor Philip Stockman welcomed the guests. "Their building was burnt down in a hate attack," he said. "Who more than the Jewish community should understand this? Who more than the Jewish community should host them after such a thing?"
The Bravanese group's chairman, Abubakar Ali, said "a big thank-you to Kinloss United Synagogue, Citizens UK and Near Neighbours. We hope our centre will be rebuilt to allow us to host Kinloss in a show of our appreciation."


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Musical Theatre Camp, conducted by faculty and staff from Auburn's Department of Theatre, is an exciting opportunity for rising 9th through 12th grade students interested in the field of musical theatre, which incorporates music, dance, movement, and acting.
The program is an innovative, intensive week-long residential workshop designed for music, theatre, dance, and show choir students. Students receive individual attention and guidance from Department of Theatre faculty and staff. The camp will culminate with a musical theatre revue presented on the final day of the week. Enrollment is limited to 30 students.
Participants will experience campus-life while residing in Auburn's resident dormitories, eating at campus dining facilities, and enjoying evening social and recreational activities. Camp participants will have 24/7 counselor supervision.
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WASHINGTON — In the 4 1/2 years since the Great Recession ended, millions of Americans who have gone without jobs or raises have found themselves wondering something about the economic recovery:
Is this as good as it gets?
It increasingly looks that way.
Two straight weak jobs reports have raised doubts about economists' predictions of breakout growth in 2014. The global economy is showing signs of slowing — again. Manufacturing has slumped. Fewer people are signing contracts to buy homes. Global stock markets have sunk as anxiety has gripped developing nations.
Some long-term trends are equally dispiriting.
The Congressional Budget Office foresees growth picking up through 2016, only to weaken starting in 2017. By the CBO's reckoning, the economy soon will slam into a demographic wall: The vast baby-boom generation will retire. Its exodus will shrink the share of Americans who are working, which will hamper the economy's ability to accelerate.
At the same time, the government may have to borrow more, raise taxes or cut spending to support Social Security and Medicare for those retirees.
Only a few weeks ago, at least the short-term view looked brighter. Entering 2014, many economists predicted growth would top 3 percent for the first time since 2005. That pace would bring the U.S. economy near its average post-World War II annual growth rate.
In addition, steady job gains dating back to 2010 should unleash more consumer spending, they said. Each of the 7.8 million jobs that have been added provided income to someone who previously had little or none.
And because 70 percent of the economy flows from consumers, their increased spending would be expected to drive stronger hiring and growth.
"There is a dividing line between a slow-growth economy that is not satisfactory and above-trend growth with a tide strong enough to lift all the boats and put people back to work," said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. "That number is 3 percent."


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Rapper Ice-T's wife Coco Austin is starting her own business - she's launching her own line of sex toys.
The reality star, 34, has joined the world's largest sex toy company, Cal Exotics, to design the pleasure products and is planning on releasing the collection by January 2014.
A source told TMZ.com, "The toys will reflect Coco's personality and will include massagers, vibrators, and more! The toys are for solo and couples' play. Coco is involved with the entire process, from packaging to the promotional strategy."
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Grand Theft Auto IV managed to sell 609,000 copies in the UK on day 1.
Rockstar managed to knock the #2 game off, which was Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas at 501,000 copies.
As for the split across the consoles, the Xbox 360 version edged ahead with 335,000 to the PS3's 274,000. This is interesting because all predictions were looking like the PS3 would outsell the 360 version in the UK.
The 360 version also beat out Halo 3 for the fastest selling game on Microsoft's console. Halo 3 managed to move 266,000.
Shacknews: GTA 4 Sets One-day Sales Record in UK


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Dio the Invader (侵略者ディオ Shinryakusha Dio?)[1] is the first episode of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime. It is also the first episode of Phantom Blood. It covers Chapter 1 through Chapter 5 of the manga.
In the year 1868, a carriage accident had occurred which had been carrying a couple and their baby son. A thief named Dario Brando and his wife saw the crash and decided to steal whatever valuables there were from the corpses. The nobleman George Joestar had survived the crash, as did his son, but his wife had died. Thinking Dario had come to save him, George offered Dario a reward for his "help". Dario accepts the offer, and figures he could probably use it later. Twelve years later, George is looking out from his balcony at his son, Jonathan Joestar, who had grown into a young man over the course of the years. Jonathan calls to his dog, Danny, and the two go running off to go adventuring.
In another setting, Dario Brando had overcome an illness, and asks his son, Dio Brando for assistance. Dio asks if he needs medicine, but Dario rebukes him by saying the only way for him to heal is through alcohol and asks Dio to fetch him some beer. Somewhere in the slums, Dio plays a game of chess with a rough looking man. Dio wins and asks the man for the money they had bet, but just after he drops the money the man pushes Dio's face into his food. Dio can only struggle as he grabs the money on the table.
In another area, two kids are bullying a small girl named Erina Pendleton by taking her doll. However, Jonathan intervenes and helps the girl. While he gets beaten up by the bullies, he's able to get the doll back. Erina attempts to thank Jonathan, but he refused claiming that he did not help her for her gratitude, but rather because he is training to become a true gentlemen, one who would help those in need. He runs off, but not before dropping his handkerchief.
Years later, Dario, on his death bed, tells his son, Dio, of a debt that a man owed him. He hands Dio a letter and tells him to go to the Joestar mansion to pay the debt. Not long afterwords, Dario dies and is buried. Dio is seen standing in front of his grave and as a "goodbye", Dio spits on the grave. Dio's hatred for his father aside from the poor treatment is presumably due to Dario having made his mother "suffer to death."
Soon after, Dio arrives at the Joestar mansion and meets Jonathan. Jonathan's dog, Danny, comes running towards them but, without a thought, Dio knees Danny in the jaw. Jonathan becomes enraged by this. Dio then thinks to himself that he now must destroy Jonathan mentally in order to gain the Joestar's wealth. Inside the house, Dio elbows Jonathan in the chest for attempting to help him with his luggage. Dio tells Jonathan that just because he is living in his house doesn't mean he can look down upon him. He won't let anyone swagger over him as he wants to be number one.
Since then, Dio has attempted to completely destroy Jonathan's social life. At home, he has gained George's favor, as he not only has better marks then Jonathan, but he shows much better table manners them him. Jonathan is distressed by this, but it only gets worse from there.
The next day, Jonathan is taking part in local boxing matches and is clearly the champ. The announcer introduces a new challenger, who turns out to be none other than Dio. Jonathan is completely unable to hit Dio, due to Dio's experience and agility from living in the slums. Dio punches Jonathan in the gut, and then quickly finishes him off with a jab to the face, followed by shoving his thumb into Jonathan's eye. Jonathan is defeated, and the audience surrounds Dio, who tells them that he'll gladly teach them his fighting moves, but only if they completely isolate Jonathan and not tell him anything.
Since then, nobody in the area includes Jonathan in their activities due to him being a "tattle-tale." Despite this, Jonathan meets up with Erina again, and the two quickly become friends, and eventually start going out. At one point, Jonathan is seen carving his and her name into a tree.
Soon after, Dio finds out about Jonathan's relationship and attempts to destroy that as well. As Erina is walking home one day, Dio appears and forcibly kisses her, knowing full well that he had stolen Erina's first kiss from Jonathan. Later on Jonathan finds out about this from Dio's peers and runs to the mansion to confront him.
Jonathan bursts through the front door and rushes toward Dio, stating he did not care what Dio did to him, but touching Erina had gone too far. Before Jonathan can throw a punch, Dio complies by ramming his elbow into Jonathan's face. Jonathan attempts to strike again, but Dio blocks and follows with a kick to Jonathan's side. Jonathan had actually used this moment to quickly grab Dio. Dio attempts to kick him again, but Jonathan headbutts him in the face. From there, he is able to dealt out a good couple of blows before finishing Dio off. Some of Dio's blood sprays onto the Stone Mask causing it to grow tentacles and fall to the floor. Dio attempts to pull out a knife, but George appears and tells them to stop and sends them both to their rooms.
The next day, one of the butlers is throwing away a basket of leaves. Upon opening the incinerator, he notices a large box in it and assumes one of the maids had thrown it away. He ignites the incinerator, but is stopped by what appears to banging sounds coming from inside the incinerator.
Jonathan, who had not been able to talk to Erina at all that day, comes home to find his dog buried. Apparently, Danny was the one inside the box and had burned to death. Jonathan instantly thinks of Dio, but the Butler claims that Dio had been at school the entire day. Later that night, Dio is seen standing under a streetlight thinking to himself. He realizes he had underestimated Jonathan and needs to gain more self-control and keep his composure at all times. The stone mask is briefly shown before the episode ends.
Manga/Anime Differences
- The Aztec Ritual at the beginning wasn't shown in the anime, but is alluded to in the ending credits.
- George mentions that he would have rewarded Dario with money if he had not lost his wallet. This wasn't in the anime.
- Jonathan and Dio nearly fight in the anime after Danny is kicked, only to be interrupted by George. This is not in the manga, where it cuts to inside the mansion.
- In the anime, one of the bullies states that he doesn't have a grudge against rich people, but doesn't like people like the Joestars. In the manga, he says he hates all rich people.
- There is a scene after Jonathan is dismissed from the table due to bad table manners, where he is crying in his bed. A picture of his mother is shown above his bed. Jonathan then eats the chocolate found at his bedside. This is cut from the anime.
- There was a manga only scene before the boxing match between Dio and Jonathan that involved Dio gambling all of his allowance on the fight.
- Dio tells the crowd of people not to tell Jonathan his fighting techniques, but in the manga he tells them not to tell Jonathan how to make his homemade firework.
- A short scene where Jonathan's watch is "borrowed" by Dio before meeting up with his friends and Jonathan being told this by Dio is not in the anime.
- The scene where Dio discusses with George about the Stone Mask, the writing inside, and how George got it is not shown in the anime.
- Originally, Jonathan was smoking a pipe in the tree, while in the anime he is just sitting.
- Jonathan briefly fights the group of boys who accuse him of being a snitch. In the anime, they simply run away.
- Jonathan's dates with Erina and them relaxing in a lake and discussing frogs are condensed in the anime to only being shown.
- The entire flashback of how Jonathan met Danny and how Danny saved Jonathan's life when he was 5 wasn't shown in the anime.
- Jonathan is not hit in the head by a thrown stone before being told why Erina's avoiding him in the anime.
- In the manga, the butler opens the incinerator and Danny jumps out of it on fire. In the anime, it was only revealed that Danny was the one in the incinerator when Jonathan came home that evening.
- The anime cuts out a few short scenes where Jonathan scares away a crow before seeing Erina walking past and Jonathan hitting the tree in anger, when Jonathan is walking home and talking about how depressed he is, and when he gets home and the butler apologizes, instead cutting to Jonathan at Danny's grave.
- The anime mentions Jonathan crying at Danny's death, but does not show him directly in bed, only showing him in the sheets.
- Dio thinking about how he must be calm and how he underestimated Jonathan is shown as nighttime in the anime, but daytime in the manga.
- Several scenes after the carriage incident are not in the manga.
- The arrows featured during the internal monologue scenes are an homage to one of Araki's other works, namely Cool Shock B.T.. In the manga, they appear whenever B.T. (the main character) is scheming.
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They may have just been business partners or more than that. You are the one with a problem.
She never made it an issue, never tried to advance the agenda, so it won't make any difference to me whom she lived with.
FWIW, no one knew she was gay because she kept it quiet, as most gays do. The flamboyant faggots in the world account for a very small percentage. The rest know damn well they'll be castigated by the majority of society for being a part of that disgusting practice.


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4:05pm: held
Woke up at 2:20 this morning, absolutely petrified. I tossed and turned, ran my tired legs into my husband's back - he couldn't find the Sandman either.
We went to Target last night, I know he was nervous when he told me we should stay and wander around the aisles some more. He HATES shopping in any form. I stopped him in the socks..."Scott, what if we lose him? What if the same thing that happens last time happens again? What if this baby has a genetic problem, an undetected one? Are you worried about that?"
"Well, not until you brought it up..."
I must have taken an hour-long shower this morning. I repeated the words of "Come Thou Fount" over and over again - even though my heart couldn't grasp the words...
come thou fount of every blessing
tune my heart to sing thy praise
streams of mercy never ceasing
call for songs of loudest praise
teach me some melodious sonnet
sung by flaming tongues above
here's the mounti'm fixed upon it
mount of thy redeeming love
I watched Babies-Special Delivery (mistake), and then Chicago Hope. Wrote a letter, didn't want to mail it because what if I died during the section and my friend got my letter after the fact? Freaky...
...we crunched our way out to the car on the frozen snow and rode silently to the hospital.
I'll never forget the moon - a tiny sliver in an ink black sky. I noticed it right as we got there; for some reason it calmed me. The moon was there, constant as anything.
We arrived; I was prepped, the IV went into my hand and started spurting blood. I thought it was just a nice heating blanket they had put under me until I realized the other arm wasn't feeling warm. Scott started massaging my kitten-sock-clad feet after he had assisted the nurse in holding the tube in place (biology major for you). "Are you ok? Are you ok?" he kept asking. The worry was written all over his face.
I was wheeled in; they told Scott he couldn't come with until I had the epidural in place. I started to panic when I saw the metal table and the bright bright lights. People scrubbing in; the nursing student looking scared in the corner; my nurse telling me I'd be ok, "Just relax, sweetie, breathe. Breathe." She made me lean up against her as the anesthesiologist told me he thought I had scoliosis and it may be dificult to get the epidural in place. Next thing I know I'm numb; I breathe a sigh of relief when the OR door opens and I see my husband's warm brown eyes crinkle over his surgical mask. "I'm smiling, but I guess you can't tell, huh," he says, as he takes his seat.
He holds my hand, tightly. I tell him not to stop.
The anesthesiologist reports that my blood pressure is low; I'm given 3 vials of medication 3 different times to get it back up. Glad I didn't know until later how low it got.. I ask him every 20 seconds its status.. "Should I breathe more slowly?"
"Relax...there's nothing you can do at this point to get your blood pressure to go down. It's out of your control."
I watch the drip, feel the pressure of my abdominal muscles being separated.
It is then that the lesson comes, like the realization that the sliver-moon in the ink black sky is always there:
It's out of my control.
I tell Scott to take pictures of the c-section; he offers to show them to me right then. I smile and shake my head.
"Get ready, Dad, Do you have your camera ready? Here comes the baby!"
Pressure, pressure, a cry. A sweet cry, and the pronouncement, "Oh, he's beautiful!" I ask my doctor if he has a butthole. Scott laughs, the doctor answers yes; she's checked.
He's held up, still covered in vernix, blood, everything that connects him to me.
I don't cry, I just look. And I whisper, "hi, hi, hi..." it's all I can say in this moment that defies words. I stare at the blue of the sheet; listen to him cry. Scott runs to him; runs back to my side with a video - our boy peeing on the nurse and being jabbed in the leg with a vaccination. He's not happy.
"Thank you," I say."You're welcome," he says. "What is his name?"
"Asher. Asher Scott. Do you think?"
"Yeah, yes."
"You're not sure?"
"Asher is a good name."
"It's a strong name."
We look at him, agree that he screws his face up just like Lucy does when she's throwing a tantrum.
As I cried when the transport team clad in Star-Trek jumpsuits came once again to take my baby away, as I think of the same sliver of moon that will shine over him in his tiny bassinett on the opposite side of the city, the realization hits me again:
I have no control.
But Someone else does, and that's all the realization I need.
Happy Birthday, Asher Scott.
Monday, November 12, 2007
January 16, 2007
1 comment:
- childlife said...
Oh, goodness Pipsylou! I just bawled through that entire, exquisitely written story... my daughter's birth was so very much like that.
Your writing is just lovely - thank you for sharing such a personal story with such beautiful words. This one is going to stay with me for a very long time.
- November 24, 2007 at 1:49 AM
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By Deborah Kohn
I read with interest HIStalk's news regarding Georgia Tech's free online health informatics class in the cloud and Mr.HIStalk's comment, "This looks really good, especially for folks who don't have a lot of formal healthcare IT education on their resume."
This led me to research four-year baccalaureate degree programs in health information technology (HIT), where I expected students in such programs to earn a BS degree, a Health Information Technologist title, and, perhaps be ready to sit for a rigorous certification exam.
No such programs exist in US colleges and universities – online, on-campus, or combination – as far as I know, except perhaps one at Miami (Ohio) University's regional campuses. (note: I am not referring to four-year baccalaureate degree programs in health information management or HIM, which are complementary to but different from four-year baccalaureate degree programs in HIT.)
Largely due to 2009 ARRA/HITECH dollars (workforce training), many two-year, community college-based HIT programs exist (before the dollars run out), where students earn an AA degree (or similar), a Health Information Technician title, and are ready to sit for the Department of Health and Human Resources' HITPro exam. (A certification is not conferred upon successfully passing the HITPro exam.) Unfortunately, contrary to expectations and because of lack of experience, most of these students cannot find jobs.
Many excellent one-to-two-year, post-baccalaureate degree programs exist in health informatics (e.g., Georgia Tech), whereby graduate students (typically clinical) earn either a MS degree or similar or a certificate, allowing the student to officially wear the Health Informaticist title (Nurse Informaticist, MD Informaticist, etc.).
As a college undergrad, I earned a BS degree in medical record science (today, health information management). My program in medical record administration was part of the university's Allied Health Professionals Division. General Arts and Sciences Division requirements (English composition, sociology, chemistry, biology, etc.) plus anatomy and physiology consumed our freshman and sophomore years. Many of our junior and senior year courses were shared with the Allied Health Professionals Division's undergrad nurses, pharmacists, lab technologists, dieticians, etc. The remaining courses were specific to HIM (ICD coding, records management, etc.). All Allied Health Professionals Division students experienced a minimum of four months practice in a hospital in the nursing, lab, pharmacy, dietary, and medical records departments.
I graduated the university with a Medical Record Administrator title and was prepared to sit for a rigorous exam that, upon passing, allowed me to be certified as a Registered Record Administrator (today, Registered Health Information Administrator – RHIA). Similarly, my fellow student nurses, pharmacists, lab technologists, dieticians,etc., became RNs, RPhs, RDs, etc. In general, we went directly into good-paying jobs as entry-level — but at least semi-experienced — healthcare professionals.
As a graduate student, I had few options except to pursue a masters degree in Health Services and Hospital Administration (or similar), which I do not regret. However, today, those with BS degrees in the healthcare professions can pursue advanced degrees in health informatics, highlighting advanced skills, knowledge, and experience in healthcare and in IT.
Consequently, I am proposing that four-year colleges and universities, working with or without existing two-year college HIT programs promoting Health Information Technicians, consider offering sorely-needed, workforce HIT programs promoting Health Information Technologists (like lab technologists). Subsequently, graduating students could sit for certification exams and become registered. (This is a subject for another article that would address those associations that would be able and willing to manage the testing.)
These healthcare information technologist programs would allow the BS-degreed, graduating Health Information Technologist (registered or not) to gain required experience in the HIT industry and, if interested, to choose an HIT advancement and graduate path in health informatics.
In addition, I propose that these four-year, baccalaureate degree programs be incorporated into universities' existing four-year, Allied Health Professional Divisions. Unfortunately, I learned from one public university with such a division that it is difficult to get the right parties to agree to offer new degree programs at the undergraduate level. I learned from one private university with such a division that undergraduate programs do not generate enough revenue to justify adding new programs, and only post-graduate programs do. Perhaps an accredited online university that is willing to keep the cost reasonable and can quickly establish a program also should be proposed, although program quality might be a concern.
Who or what entity is willing to take me up on my proposal?
Deborah Kohn is the principal of Dak Systems Consulting of San Mateo, CA.
Value of Meaningful Use Funds Debated at IHT2 Conference
By James Harris
"History will not look positively on how the meaningful use funds were spent," said Dale Sanders, senior vice president, Healthcare Quality Catalyst, at a November 7 IHT2 Conference in Los Angeles.
The panel was discussing the current status of healthcare analytics. Several panelists, including Sanders, said the $30 billion federal program had erred by not including more incentives for providers to use analytics.
Sanders said a "substantial" proportion of the EHR Meaningful Use fund had gone to large hospitals which had already purchased or planned to purchase an EHR system. "The program has served to further entrench Epic and Cerner" as the dominant systems in the hospital industry, Sanders said. This is unfortunate because neither company has shown a willingness to "opening their API" to outside vendors with analytic programs.
All of the panelists agreed that analytic programs held significant potential to reduce both clinical and administrative costs in hospitals.
According to Steve Margolis, MD, MBA, chief medical informatics officer of Adventist Health Systems, the newest types of analytic programs will offer "visual discovery tools," which he described as being like Amazon's system of suggesting additional purchase items based upon the consumer's buying habits.
Margolis said in the future analytic programs will give "each individual provider, whether she's in the ER, kitchen, or NICU, will get her own individual 'dashboard.'" This dashboard would contain specific KPIs for the individual position to help in decision making.
Sanders noted that the most significant barrier to widespread adoption of analytics was the current economic model in healthcare. "Until we move to paying for quality, not quantity," there is little incentive for hospitals to use analytics.
He added that the "I" in CIO should stand for "analytics." Margolis countered that many CIOs felt the "I" stood for "insecure."
In the conference's opening keynote speech, Brent James MD, chief quality officer and executive director of Institute for Health Care Delivery Research of Intermountain Healthcare, noted the vast amount of waste in the US healthcare system.
James said $2.83 trillion was spent on healthcare in one recent year and about 50 percent, or some $1.5 trillion, was "wasted."
He said studies showed that 32 percent of all clinical care was "inappropriate," meaning unnecessary or without proven clinical benefit.
James said "nobody in healthcare believes we will not be seeing major payments cuts" in the future. He urged healthcare executives to study the principles of W. Edward Deming, the famed engineer and management theoretician.
James said the old advice to American manufacturers, "Do Deming or Die," takes on new meaning in US healthcare. He said the retail and auto industries have shown that "quality drives down costs."
James Harris is president of Westside Public Relations.
It Takes One Bad Apple…
By Fernando Martinez, PhD, FHIMSS
I recently hosted an information assurance webinar that focused on security and audit and control functions that are frequently overlooked by healthcare organizations. In order to establish the appropriate context for the discussion, I began by reviewing notable trends and statistics regarding experiences around data security in the industry.
For example, in recent years, almost 21 million patient records have been implicated in reported breaches of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The statistics included a brief review of civil and criminal penalties for HIPAA-related violations which apply to covered entities and business associates alike.
Although the primary industry and regulatory focus has been on covered entities such as providers and healthcare organizations, compliance expectations have also matured and expanded to now include business associates. While business associate agreements are by design typically an affirmation that the business associate agrees to comply with some degree of security and related controls, not until recently have audits been directed specifically to business associates. The expectation is that the business associate has the same level of accountability as the covered entity when it comes to safeguarding ePHI.
Although it seems that some of the impetus for the heightened focus on business associates is related to consumer complaints about HIPAA violations or perceived violations, it is safe to conclude that regulators recognize the need to audit business associates simply because a relationship exists with one or more covered entities. Business associates are expected to conform to the same level of HIPAA compliance as covered entities where applicable, which in turn suggests that a properly designed, executed, and monitored management program must be in place by the business associate.
At the annual NIST/OCR conference held in June 2012, several presentations reinforced the point that a dedicated focus is going to be directed toward business associates. Evidence of this heightened focus is demonstrated in a Wall Street Journal article which appeared late July 2012. A complaint was initiated by the Attorney General of Minnesota directed at a service provider that was implicated in a security breach associated with patients from two local hospitals. The article reported that without admitting to any of the allegations, the service provider agreed to settle out of court. The terms of the settlement speak to the significant risk of not adequately managing compliance with security and privacy standards.
The settlement included the following terms:
- The provider will pay $2.5 million to the state of Minnesota as part of a restitution fund to compensate patients
- The provider must cease operations within Minnesota for a two-year period (the company voluntarily decided to cease operations in the state)
- If the provider wants to do business within Minnesota after the two-year exclusion period, it must first obtain the consent of the state's Attorney General
The fallout from the incident also resulted in the resignations of several of the provider's executives, the loss of an estimated $20-$25 million in projected annual revenue, and a 56 percent drop in the stock price of the company.
Fernando Martinez, PhD, FHIMSS is national practice director, enterprise information assurance at Beacon Partners of Weymouth, MA.
The Seven Most Important Soft Skills for Healthcare IT Consultants
By Frank Myeroff
Google "soft skills" and you'll find that they are defined as the cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that characterize relationships with other people.
While soft skills are a fairly new emphasis in healthcare IT, today's job candidates and project consultants are either landing or losing positions based on them. Healthcare IT hiring managers regularly ask me about our consultants' soft skills and consider them as important as their occupational and technological skills.
Therefore, in the event you are interviewing people or even currently seeking a new healthcare IT position yourself, you will need to understand or even demonstrate that there are a number of the soft skills required to be successful on the job. So my best advice to you — get in touch with your soft side and hone these skills quickly!
With that in mind, here are seven top soft skills considered vital for healthcare IT consultants:
- Excellent communication skills. Emphasis is being placed on IT professionals who are not only articulate, but who are also active listeners and can communicate with any audience. Good communicators are able to build bridges with colleagues, customers, and vendors.
- Strong work ethic. Organizations benefit greatly when their people are reliable, have initiative, work hard, and are diligent. Workers exhibiting a good work ethic are usually selected for more responsibility and promotions.
- Positive work attitude. Wanting to do a good job and willing to work extra hours is highly valued. In general, a person having a positive work attitude is more productive and is always thinking how to make things easier and more enjoyable. Plus a positive attitude is catchy.
- Problem-solving skills. Today's businesses want IT professionals who can adapt to new situations and demonstrate that they can creatively solve problems when they arise. To be considered for a management or leadership role, problem-solving skills are a must.
- Acting as a team player. Clearly a worker who knows how to cooperate with others is an asset. They understand the importance of everyone being on the same page in order to achieve organizational goals.
- Dealing with difficult personalities. Businesses want people who are capable of handling all types of difficult people and situations. Healthcare IT workers who succeed in this area are in great demand.
- Flexibility and adaptability. The business and IT climates change quickly. Job descriptions are becoming more fluid. Therefore, professionals who are able to adapt to changing environments and take on new duties are becoming more valued in the workplace. Those who rely on technical skills alone limit how much they can contribute.
The importance of soft skills in a healthcare IT environment cannot be stressed enough. Healthcare organizations link them to job performance and career success. Having the right soft skills mean the difference between people who can do the job and those who can actually get the job done.
Frank Myeroff is managing partner of Direct Consulting Associates of Solon, OH.
My View from the Other Side
By Vendor Nurse
I have worked in and around the vendor world for about 13 years now. But last month was my first experience as a patient in a practice just going live on an EMR (Greenway). In one day, I experienced two doctor visits. Both had recently adopted an EHR.
The first was a dermatologist using Greenway. My appointment was at 1:00 p.m. I arrived a bit early, was asked to fill out several pages of forms, including patient registration forms, PMH, ROS, etc. I was called back to the front desk window four times to answer questions about race and ethnicity, insurance, and I forget what else.
My nurse (MA, really) finally took me back to the exam room at 1:35 p.m. and started to ask me all the questions I had just filled out. When I said, "It's all on the forms," she said, "I know, but I have to ask you anyway." As she typed into the laptop, she sat at a diagonal but did not face me or make much eye contact and seemed more interested in entering the documentation than me. Of course, I get that, but geez it didn't feel good.
The second appointment was with my PCP for URI symptoms. They are a major academic healthcare center and are going live on Epic (who isn't?)…their third EMR! This doc was a little more fluent with an EMR, but sat with her back to me the whole time. She handed me a patient care summary and e-prescribed my medications, but forgot to print the referral for a mammogram.
Somewhere during that visit I was given information about the patient portal, which I had been waiting for a long time. As it happened, I had a couple of questions come up within the week and absolutely loved being able to send a message and get a response within an hour or two. This rocks! No more automated phone messages that go on so long I can't even remember why or who I called.
Anyway, just thought I'd share my personal experience with EHRs. I have to say it will help me as I work with other physicians going live on their EHR.


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The closing will not affect the TTI locations here and in North Canton, Ohio, which serves as a distribution center.
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Update the Cycle Analyst V3 can be found on sale at Luna Cycle for $130.
The Cycle Analyst is a well thought out battery monitoring device manufactured in Canada that is used in most of the high performance DIY electric bikes today. Its core feature is to monitor how much amperage the battery has used, and determine what voltage the battery is putting out. It also serves as a amperage or speed limiter, and a speedometer. The Cycle Analyst allows you to ride and have a solid idea of when your battery is going to die, or if there is something wrong with your battery, and set up limits where the cycle analyst will automatically shut your bike down if it hits user programmed voltage limits.
The new Cycle Analyst adds the exciting feature of pedal assist, meaning the Cycle Analyst can determine how much you are pedaling, and then add power according to how much of a percentage boost you tell it you want. At the Tapei bike show last month where the v3 cycle analyst debuted, Justin set up a display that demonstrated how the Cycle Analyst was able to determine how much "juice" the rider was putting out and then apply motor accordingly. The Cycle Analyst gets this information from a cadence sensor built into the bottom bracket of the bicycle:
By addding pedal assist, the Cycle Analyst has the potential to make all DIY bikes more sophisticated and easier and funner to ride.
To test the new V3 on a road trip, Justin set up a test ebike and went on a 20 mile trip in Shanghai China to visit a friend of his, a fellow ebike rider Cellman.
For those who don't know who Justin is, he is #2 on EB's Most Influencial People of the Ebike revolution list. He is also the ringmaster of ebikes.ca and endless-sphere.com.
I have always remembered him for his epic Ebike ride where he rode an ebike built by himself on a 4000 mile trip across Canada:
Justin's biggest contribution to the ebike world in my opinion has been the actual inventing and selling 0f the Cycle Analyst. The Cycle Analyst has made it safer to run lipos etc, and has opened the floodgate for bunches of DIY builds.
I had the privilege of doing an ebike ride with Justin while he was visiting San Francisco late last summer and he spoke of the possibility of doing a new and improved Cycle Analyst while we looked over the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset. He said he would need 4 months of uninterrupted development time and he could make big improvements to the existing CA. Sure enough, Justin disappeared from the forums of Endless Sphere for around 6 months, and when he reappeared he announced the exciting new Cycle Analyst in this thread here.
Not only does the Cycle Analyst add pedal assist but adds many new features because of a brand new cirquit board which allows hook ups for temperature sensors and other good inputs:
With new and improved hardware, Justin is able to use his wizardry to make a truly functional and versatile display:
As if the old V2 Cycle Analyst wasn't enough of a game changer, the V3 adds so many more features and a lot more potential for later firmware releases. If you do buy the Cycle Analyst v3, especially an early release (beta avialable right now) be sure to buy the programming cable so you can change the software later as it progresses and upgrades.
My favorite addition is the cycle analyst is temperature monitoring and control. I think a temperature sensor has been long overdue on the Cycle Analayst, but rather than just display temperature, the new v3 will dial the throttle incrementally back as the motor, controller or battery gets too hot. This is a feature that until now was reserved for expensive EV's like electric motorcycles and cars.
The Cycle Analyst is available now as a beta release , and will be released soon to the general public on the ebikes.ca website. The price is around $160 ($40 more than the v2).


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The pre-transplant screening is first performed to make sure a lung transplant is the right treatment for you.
Before your pre-transplant screening, a transplant coordinator will contact you and your doctor to gather important information about your medical condition. This information includes:
Once this information is received, a transplant coordinator will contact you for a telephone interview to further discuss your medical history and lung disease.
It is the responsibility of you and your referring doctor to have insurance approval in place for your screening appointment. Please notify your insurance company of your pre-transplant screening appointment with Cleveland Clinic's Transplant Center. Make sure your insurance company will provide coverage for the pre-transplant screening. (Many insurance companies will only provide coverage at specified centers.)
More information about insurance coverage will be provided on the day of your pre-transplant evaluation appointment.
During the pre-transplant screening, you will have several X-rays, laboratory tests, and breathing tests (called spirometry tests) to make sure you are eligible for a lung transplant.
The spirometry tests provide information about the extent of your lung disease and how well your lungs function. The tests are not painful, but might be uncomfortable. You will also meet with a transplant pulmonologist (a staff doctor with extensive training and experience in lung disease and transplantation). The pulmonologist will ask you questions about your condition.
The screening generally lasts most of the day. If the results of the screening evaluation indicate you are eligible for a lung transplant, you will be scheduled for a pre-transplant evaluation.
A pre-transplant evaluation includes a complete physical, meetings with members of the Lung Transplant Team, and a series of tests. The evaluation might take several visits.
The pre-transplant evaluation is performed to make sure you are physically able to undergo a transplant. The evaluation helps the Transplant Team identify and treat any potential problems before the transplant, as well as avoid potential complications after the transplant.
Your screening appointment day will begin with a series of breathing tests, discussion of your medical history, and a physical examination. You will also meet with members of the Lung Transplant Team, including the pulmonologist, transplant coordinator, financial coordinator, and social worker.
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You might see a social worker during your evaluation appointment. Social workers can provide personal support to you and your family throughout the transplantation process. Social workers also offer:
You will meet with a financial counselor who can review your insurance coverage for pre- and post-transplant expenses. The financial counselor also can provide information about Social Security disability, supplemental security income, Medicaid, and Medicare.
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Gabriel Zufferey: Hear & Know
Perhaps because drummer Ramon Lopez's taut, insistent pulse causes the band to sound a little like the E.S.P. (CBS, 1965)-era rhythm section of Miles Davis which featured Tony Williams, Zufferey himself invites comparisons with that legendary rhythm section's pianist, Herbie Hancock. (Lopez is a particularly experienced sidemanhe's a member of Joachim Kuhn's current trioand sometime group leader in his own right.) Zufferey is not an especially Hancock-like soloist, but he does have something of the older pianist's vast musical intelligence and deliberate judgment.
Some of the tracks feature the leader on electric piano, including a mildly twisted take on Thelonious Monk's canonical "'Round Midnight," where the piano is abrasively distorted, more or less in keeping with Samuel Blaser's aggressive trombone playing. Monk makes a reprise near the close of the set, again helped generously by the trombonist's aggression: a Zufferey original, "Au bas, ma baraque," evolves into a fierce, thudding unison beat, over which it seems almost accidentally to occur to Blaser to start playing a particularly gutbucket rendition of Monk's "Blue Monk." He's subsequently joined, riotously, by the other players.
In between the two appearances by Monk, Zufferey's band traverses a set of elliptical original compositions. "HeaR(E) & kNOW" is perhaps the most quizzical, and "Ballade en cet" features probably Zufferey's loveliest solo. (Zufferey's titles are typographically elaborate, puns and coded messages, not all of which are readily deciphered. " kirE eitaS," of course, is "Erik Satie" spelled backwards, but it is not immediately clear whether the number's pretty theme, suitably Satie-like, is a Satie composition played backwards.)
Zufferey emerges as a relatively conservative soloist thrust into a somewhat adventurous setting. That he has placed himself in the company of musicians less conservative than he, and playing material that similarly calls upon him to stretch himself a bit, only demonstrates his good judgment. All the more so, given that he wrote most of the material; that is, he's a more radical composer than player. Let there be no misunderstanding: this is straight-ahead jazz that will appeal to a wide swath of the jazz audience. What is more or less radical, however, is the degree to which Zufferey is pushedor pushes himselfto broaden his harmonic and rhythmic thinking. It's a creative tension that yields rewarding results.
Track Listing: 'Round Midnight; Treize être ange; I'M'N'U; Be(e) Honey; Ballade en cet; HEaR(E) & kNOW; kirE eitaS; Au bas, ma baraque / Blue Monk; Au bas, ma baraque / Blue Monk (take 2); Valse débinnaire.
Personnel: Samuel Blaser: trombone; Maria Kim Grand: tenor saxophone (4); Gabriel Zufferey: piano, keyboards; Patrice Moret: contrabass; Ramon Lopez; drums, percussion.
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Jeff... don't drag me over to your blog to read one line posts. Waste of my time.
It is clear that you have not read Jeff's disclaimer.
And I quote 'The value of anything written on his blog should be deemed suspect at the minimum, and blatantly false and misleading in the worst case.'
Joe, I haven't posted for 6-7 months. Let me ease back into it ;)
But what about the code you always look back a year later and say, "WTF? I wrote this crap?"
Maybe include your future self in the "others" I spoke of? Which leads to a question. Have you ever written code you could look at a year later without cringeing? I know I have. But is that a good thing? If I'm improving as a developer I think I should almost *want* to cringe at year old code. Hmm.
...because if you don't write code as if you care what others think about what you've written, then they will incur unnecessary waste deciphering your code, and you will find your name on the candidates list for dismissal from the team for having arbitrarily-suboptimized the project.
Seeing last year's code from this year's eyes is inevitable. I look at code I just wrote and accept that it needs improvement, and then I look for ways to improve it.
It's a conscious effort in beginner mind - learning to invoke fresh eyes so that I can see through them. If I'm not doing this all the time, I write harder code, and I reduce my capacity, and the capacity of my team mates and my project.
We reduce the impact of next year's perspective on last year's code by making conscious efforts toward perfection in the present - which is the only point in time that we can actually make a difference in regards to code quality and solubility.
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- Subjects:Geometry, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Geometry Graffiti — Polygons in the Hallways
- Grades: 6–8
I L-O-V-E teaching geometry. I really do. Maybe it's because it is that part of mathematics that is so visual. Even the abstractness of polyhedral views can be easily understood with all of the technology and Web sites dedicated to creating 3-D images.
Making the transition from polygons, interior angle sums, exterior angle measurements, and lines of symmetry to polyhedral views can be a bit tricky. One of the final steps I take in preparing my 6th grade students for stretching their perspective and tackling the volume and surface area of these beautiful figures is to create polygon graffiti on the walls of our school's hallways. Using painter's tape, protractors, and a graphic organizer, my students select a regular or irregular polygon to replicate in the hallway.
Polygon Graffiti Requirements
I have had polygons that had vertices on the ceiling as well as polygons that wrapped around corners of corridors. The shapes are actually quite beautiful. There are many possibilities to this culminating activity. Here are the requirements that I set for my students:
- Include one side that measures two feet (we know what this means for regular polygons).
- Use the equation (n - 2)180 to calculate the sum of the interior angles.
- Indicate lines of congruence with green painter's tape.
- Indicate lines of symmetry with dotted pieces of green painter's tape.
- Label the measure of all interior angles.
- Post the name of the polygon beside the figure.
- Post a graphic organizer with all information completed.
Feel free to use the graphic organizer that I require my students to complete. You may also want to have your students explore this Math Is Fun page before they fill out the polyhedral view for their polygon.
It generally takes about two hours for the students to complete this activity. For those that finish their polygon early, I have other polygon name cards laminated and ready to go for them. Many of my students like the challenge of completing more than one figure, especially the irregular dodecagon and hendecagon (undecagon). I hope you try this with your students. It's great as a review before standardized testing and as an alternate form of assessment.


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Sound: I've used this amp with a Yamaha ERB070 and a Ibanez BTB470 and the difference of the sound is awesome, despite of the amp. Is as good (or bad) in all the styles. It has a power of 9W (that's not much) and when you pass from the 45 percent of the volume it starts to distore it. When you pass from the 55 percent of the volume is just horrible. // 4
Reliability & Durability: It has reforced corners that make it quite durable. Also is very small so you can carry it easily to play at a friends home or something like that. // 9
Overall Impression: This amp is from a starter pack and the price is what I guess it could be (the pack cost 250). This amp is perfect for moving around and practising if you are not a snob player, but the sound can be very bad certain times. I strongly recommend you to look anywhere else if you want a performance amp. // 7
Price paid: € 350
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|Nice pic. Looks like the Shield in the Sandias.
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Nothing at all like the shield, other than it's big.
Rock is quartzite. Makes for some great holds and blank sections.
I believe this view is looking at the upper box where the truly good climbs are. Foolish Pleasures, 5.10 and 10+ pitches depending on how much of the lower 800 or so ft of 5.5 slabs that you third class.
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Haredi Censorship of Torah
The best database of seforim (books written about Torah topics are called seforim even though the word just means books, it has connotations of holiness and importance) is Otzar HaHochma. The Otzar has every sefer you could possibly need. They have 47,350 books in the their database. Each of them is searchable so you can really find anything that's been written about anything.
Searching is free but reading and printing cost money. Full, unlimited access costs a lot of money. (If you'd like to sponsor a subscription for me, I'll graciously accept.)
There are several tiers of Otzar subscriptions. Here is the current pricelist:
The Complete Otzar HaHochma – 47,350 books Cost: $1,890
Thousands of books covering all topics in Torah, Judaism, Mishnah and commentary, Babylonian Talmud and commentary, Jerusalem Talmud and commentary, Responsa, Shulchan Aruch and commentary, Torah files, Tanach and commentary, Chazal, Kabbalah, Jewish philosophy and ethics, Hassidism, Drushim, Jewish holidays, Jewish history, prayers and hymns and many others.
Bnei Torah Edition – 45,150 books Cost: $1,685
Identical to the complete Otzar HaHochma but contains 1,200 fewer books. Certain books whose world outlook did not correspond to that of the Haredi sector have been removed.
Otzar Gemara Ve'Halacha – 30,700 books Cost: $1,400
Thousands of books covering topics such as Mishnah and commentary, Babylonian Talmud and commentary, Jerusalem Talmud and commentary, Reponsa, Shulchan Aruch and commentary, halacha u'minhag, Torah files.
Otzar Torah U'Machshava – 26,400 books Cost: $1,250
Thousands of books covering such topics as Tanach and commentary, Chazal, Kabbalah, philosophy and ethics, Hassidism, Drushim, Jewish holidays, Jewish history, prayers and hymns and various others as well.
The Library Edition – 47,350 books Cost: $1,170 This version includes all 41,500 books in the Complete Otzar edition, as well as all program options other than the free search option.
To add 880 books of Mosad Harav Kook (670 books in Bnei Torah Edition) Cost: $320
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To add 405 books of Machon Yerushalayim Publications Cost: $230
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To add 420 Books of Ahavat Shalom Publishers Cost: $170
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To add 4,200 books of Kehot Publication Society (Chabad) Cost: $ 90
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Notice anything interesting?
The full database includes 47,350 books. But one can get a 45,150 book version as well. (Otzar thinks this is 1200 fewer books. It's actually 2200). This version is called the "Bnei Torah" edition. The words bnei Torah are used to imply one is a yeshiva student or Haredi. It's unfortunate that one cannot be considered a modern ben Torah, but such is the foible of language. So if you are a ben Torah you don't want access to 2,200 of the books on the Otzar database. These books are deemed inappropriate for Haredim because they are inconsistent with Haredi perspectives.
This is incredible. All the books in the Otzar are frum texts. They are all legitimate seforim from reputable Torah scholars. Yet, a small segment of these books is not consistent with Haredi thinking. Well, of course not! Not everything in Judaism has always been Haredi. That much is obvious to any Torah scholar. But in order to reinforce an imaginary history where nothing was inconsistent with Haredi Judaism, these books are excised from the subscription. It's really amazing. These are not anti-orthodox books. That's for sure. These are just books that "do not correspond to the Haredi sector." Turns out, it's forbidden to read books that might inform you that your way of life is not the only way of life that is legitimate within orthodox Judaism. Pretty sad.
As for me, I want a list of these 2200 books. I also want to know who the censor is and what the criteria are for removal from the Bnei Torah list. I also want to learn those 2200 seforim, pronto.
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