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Assesses client needs and risk to the community as well as their appropriateness to be supervised by Community Corrections. Staff interview potential clients, explain community corrections, complete standardized offender assessments and psychological testing or as needed. Information is obtained about residency, employment; past charges or convictions, escape risk, level of victim empathy and whatever else may be relevant to a given case. Staff presents the evaluation information to screening committees where a decision is made to either accept or reject the client for placement in LCCC.
The Residential Facility has the capacity for 326 clients who are primarily directly sentenced to Community Corrections or are transitioning out of prison prior to release on Parole. Clients live at the residential program for an average of eight to nine months, stabilizing their life in regards to issues such as treatment needs, employment and residence. Progress with court requirements such as; payment of restitution or completion of community service hours are monitored. Staff manages client finances initially and monitors their budgets throughout supervision. Structure is provided through drug and alcohol screening, Urinalysis or breathalyzer tests, client and room searches, facility counts and monitoring community locations on work, treatment or passes.
This is a residential program with 48 beds which is treatment focused. It offers female offenders a supportive environment and empowers them to take responsibility for the direction of their lives. An opportunity to address substance use and addiction issues, parenting, mental health and past trauma issues is offered in this program. They learn to become self sufficient by assisting them in gainful employment and learning to budget their finances. The goal is to facilitate internal change in a safe and compassionate environment. This program includes separate living areas from the male clients, employees specially trained staff, and encompasses a specific in-house curriculum.
A client is either directly sentenced to this program, transfers from pre-residential or most typically, transitions after successful completion of the residential program. The client is required to maintain their stability with treatment, residence and employment. A client tends to be in the program long term, until sentence completion. Like the residential program, the client is required to progress through levels of supervision with increasing freedoms and responsibilities. Community Supervision requires scheduled contact with clients living in their own residence. There is on-going crisis intervention, problem solving, medication monitoring and substance testing. Additionally, home visits and individual meetings with clients are required. The primary goal is to assist the client in making the transition to living in the community and completing their sentence successfully.
STIRRT provides a 21 day intensive residential program combined with six months of aftercare services tailored to men with drug or alcohol dependence and legal issues. It is a highly structured setting for individuals who face imminent incarceration without treatment. The primary goal of STIRRT is the reduction of substance abuse and criminal behavior with the immediate objectives of increasing treatment and compliance with criminal justice supervision.
More information on Community Corrections treatment programs
WINR is a 90 day, intensive residential substance abuse treatment program. It has a gender-responsive, relationally based, and trauma informed approach developed exclusively for women offenders. This treatment program, through a contract with DCJ, is designed to serve DOC transition, direct sentence to Community Corrections, parole and probation clients from the entire state of Colorado.
More information on Community Corrections treatment programs
MIRT is a 90 day, intensive residential substance abuse treatment program. It incorporates specific curriculum tailored for the men to address substance abuse, trauma and criminogenic risk reduction. This treatment program, through a contract with DCJ, is designed to serve DOC transition, direct sentence to Community Corrections, parole and probation clients from the entire state of Colorado.
More information on Community Corrections treatment programs
This program is intended for individuals presenting with serious substance abuse problems, chronic mental illness, and a history of felony criminal conduct. Adult felons with histories of substance abuse and mental illness are eligible for services from the RDDT program. This treatment is intended for clients who are transitioning to lower-intensity levels of care and/or are re-integrating into the community and whose history of criminal behavior, chronic substance use disorder, lack of functional and supportive living situation, levels of social or psychological dysfunction that necessitate residential treatment. Offenders accepted into the program must have been specifically assessed as appropriate for RDDT placement according to the Adult Standardized Offender Assessment (as revised) and mental health screens and assessments.
The purpose of the program is to provide an alternative to incarceration for individuals that are repeat offenders with mental health issues. The program provides intensive supervision and treatment to these offenders as well as monitored medications, substance testing, and intensive case management, assistance with basic needs, housing and employment. More information on Alternatives to Incarceration for Individuals with Mental health needs (AIIM)
This program's mission is to reduce recidivism with persons with mental illness by supporting their long term recovery through collaborative efforts with community service providers, thereby providing public safety with cost effective alternatives to incarceration. Learn more about Wellness Court
This program identifies and assists in meeting the needs of LCCC clients with past or current victimization issues. This program also coordinates services for victims of LCCC client offenses. Victim Services provides counseling, support, advocacy and referral for services. Support Groups are provided as needed. Visit our Victim Services page for more information.
This program provides day type reporting services to a wide variety of customers ranging from people who are not involved with the legal system to clients who are transitioning from prison and need close monitoring. DRC provides services such as drug and alcohol screening, medication monitoring, curfew checks or other services useful to a supervising agency. Clients may be directly sentenced to the Day Reporting Center but primarily receive services at the request of collateral agencies that contract with us.
The CCTU provides emergency and court transportation services for juveniles who have been detained by law enforcement agencies on a 24/7 basis. They also provide mental health transports for LCMH (Larimer Center for Mental Health) along the Front Range. Additionally, they conduct juvenile home visits for the Department of Human Services and LCCC community supervision clients. Other duties include; stand by security at the HUB, courtroom security, and various transport operations as required for LCCC residential clients.


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Gramps supports Python 2.7+ and Python 3.2+ starting from 4.0. We advise to use python 3.2 if possible. To support both versions, some code now runs slower on python 2.x.
Gramps supports Python 2.7+ and Python 3.2+ starting from 4.0. We advise to use python 3.2 if possible. To support both versions, some code now runs slower on python 2.x.
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This section gives an overview of changes since Gramps version 3.4. These changes are also detailed later in this manual. Users of Gramps version 3.4 are encouraged to review this section to be sure to take advantage of these new features.
- 1 Before you upgrade
- 2 Visible changes to the core
- 3 Plugins changes
- 4 Under the hood changes
- 5 Further info
Before you upgrade
Creating an archive alone to safeguard your data might not be appropriate before upgrading. In the unlikely event that Gramps 4.0 corrupts your database, it could also corrupt the archive. An export as outlined in this section is recommended.
Before you upgrade, make sure your family tree data is secure. The best way to do this is:
- Start Gramps 3.4
- Open your family tree
- Export the family tree to the gramps xml format or the gramps xml package format (which includes your photographs and other media files associated with your family tree data). Export your tree via menu Family Trees->Backup....
- Close this family tree and repeat the above steps for any other family trees you have
- Keep the resulting file(s) in a safe place
For more information, please review Backing up a Family Tree.
After properly safeguarding your data, proceed to install Gramps 4.0. Use your operating system's regular installation process to do this. It is also best to uninstall Gramps 3.4 before installing Gramps 4.0, or make sure you install Gramps 4.0 in a different location.
After you install Gramps 4.0, you can open your existing family trees and continue working. In case of problems (e.g., after a complete system upgrade), use the backup file(s) created above to recreate your family tree(s).
Visible changes to the core
Changes visible after the migration: interface, data.
New Look and Feel
Gramps now uses GTK 3 to create the interface, so you need to set a GTK theme with the GTK theme switcher that supports GTK 3. If Gramps looks ugly after installation, this is because you use an old GTK Theme. Try out some GTK 3 themes to see which one gives you a beautifull Gramps experience.
Plugins changes
Everything about the plugins: import/export, gramplets, views, reports, tools.
A huge restructuring happened for narrative website (these changes might also happen in a point update on 3.4). It should overall be much more stable
Fan Charts
In the Charts category, you will see two new core Charts: Fan Chart and Descendant Fan. These are two Charts that give you a good overview of a family tree. The Fan charts shows the principal parents of every individual. The Descendant Fan shows you all children, all their families, and then so on to see the entire descendant tree.
The Fan Charts are powerull, use the Configure button in the toolbar to investigate some posibilities:
- colored filtering via filter sidebar
- Gradient coloring to give extra information
- Print to output (pdf, printer) from the toolbar
Under the hood changes
Technical stuff
Python 3 support
Gramps supports Python 2.7+ and Python 3.2+ starting from 4.0. We advise to use python 3.2 if possible. To support both versions, some code now runs slower on python 2.x.
Code reogranization
Gramps now has completed the code reorganization, making the code structure of Gramps much more cleaner.
Python based install
Gramps has deprecated the use of autotools for installation, and now uses a python based installation.
python setup.py build python setup.py install
See the INSTALL and README file for details. This means that once you installed gramps, you can use the code as a standard python module, eg:
from gramps.gen.lib.date import Date
to use the date computations as used by Gramps.
Command Line Interface
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By: Michael Harvey , Category: At The Museum, Date: 12 Feb 2010
We've recently had an enquiry about how we go about choosing the temporary exhibitions that we show here. As you can imagine, there are lots of factors take into consideration when selecting them. Here are a few of them.
What are the factors we think about when choosing an exhibition?
Our visitors' interests: We regularly survey our visitors, both to get feedback on our existing exhibitions and to find out what they would like to see. You can add your own thoughts to our website either here or at the Visitor Voices blog. The Audience Research blog records the findings of our research on all aspects of our relationship with our visitors.
Things we care about: Our purpose is to inspire our visitors to explore nature and cultures and, as an organisation, we aspire to being part of a beautiful and sustainable natural world, with vibrant and diverse cultures. Our recent Season of Climate Change, including the Climate Change exhibition, and Menagerie - Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture are good examples.
Outside events: So this year we are celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity because, as a Museum with a great strength in natural history research and collections, much of our work is about understanding and protecting out biodiversity. Rather than build a single large exhibition, we are approaching this topic as a series of connected events and displays throughout the year.
Opportunities for collaboration with other museums: Sometimes we work with museums from overseas to bring an exhibition to Australia as part of a tour - thisoften gives us a change to display objects and to tell stories that are not often seen in Australia. Last year, for example, we borrowed a fine Egyptian Collection from the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna. We are especially keen on these opportunities when they line up with our interests in world cultures, or amazing nature.
Of course we are very happy to consider ideas for exhibitions from any quarter, so feel free to let us know what you think we should be planning...
Nice post Michael. We've been testing topics for many years now and it's away fascinating to see what captures the public's attention. Overall we've found that when selecting future exhibition themes we need to keep in mind that in order to be enthusiastic and motivated to attend, visitors need to have some knowledge of, or connections with, the topic without feeling they already know all there is to know. As well, they need to feel that the Museum will be able to provide them with experiences and learning not available elsewhere. Australian themes that are relevant to their lives are popular.


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Joshua said that his Intel project was a tribute to his brother. He conducted a "stroop test" with three groups –– typically developed children, children with Asperger syndrome and children with autism. In the test, photographs of faces are flashed across a computer screen. Words like angry, sad and happy are written over the faces. Sometimes the words match the faces, sometimes they don't. Study participants are asked to focus on the faces and identify the emotions that are expressed. They type their answers into a computer on preprogrammed buttons.
Surprisingly, Pollock found, study participants with Asperger syndrome were fastest to identify emotions. Further study is needed to determine precisely why.
Pollock is a member of Kennedy's science club and competed in Science Olympiads last year, in the protein-modeling category. He is active in Kennedy's One World club, which works to promote understanding of people with special needs. And he is a member of Model Congress.
Pollock was accepted early decision to Cornell University.
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For her project, Rosenzweig analyzed the time that it takes for community hospital patients who have suffered heart attacks to receive electrocardiograms, or EKGs, once they enter an emergency room. EKGs check for irregularities in a heart's electrical activity, allowing doctors to assess the type and severity of a heart attack that a patient might be suffering.
Community hospitals are smaller, local hospitals, often with fewer resources than larger institutions. Clinical guidelines call for an EKG within 10 minutes of a heart-attack patient entering an emergency room. By studying the records of 166 community hospital patients, Rosenzweig found that only 57.2 percent of heart-attack patients at community hospitals received EKGs within 10 minutes. "We need to improve a lot more," she said.


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Eric Hunter
ERIC HUNTER has been performing comedy since the age of 6, when he got his very first laugh at a family picnic. His grandmother scolded him for not eating all of his dinner. "There are starving children in 3rd world countries who would love to eat that," she said. "Here, send it to them," came his reply and upon hearing his cousins' laughter, he knew comedy was the life for him! Eric now performs non-stop around the country leaving his mark as a clean, funny, bright, friendly and original performer. He jokes sarcastically about various topics, including his friends and Irish Catholic family, education, sports and relationships. He's best known for his hilarious, deadpan attempt to impress the women in the audience. In cities like New York, Miami, Honolulu, LA, Las Vegas, and Prestonburg, KY (and everywhere in between), Eric has performed with a wide range of comedians, including Louie Anderson at the Comedy Store in L.A., Brian Regan, Jake Johannsen, Ray Romano, Blake Clark, Kevin Nealon, Bobcat Goldthwaite, Kevin Pollak, Frank Caliendo, Nick DiPaolo, Wendy Liebman, John Witherspoon, Todd Glass, John Pinette, Dave Coulier, Adam Ferarra, Pablo Francisco, Robert Wuhl, Jim Brogan, Bob Zany, Etta May, Henry Cho, Heath Hyche, Jimmy Walker, Michael Roof and Dennis Regan. (When he was a kid, he got autographs from Leno and Seinfeld.) In 2008, he appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing and in 2010 on "William Shatner's Aftermath". He was a semi-finalist at the Boston Comedy Festival in '08 and at The New York Comedy Contest in '09 and '10. In October, 2006, LA Weekly listed Eric in its "Some Of The Funniest Comedians In America" section. You can see Eric perform on the Comedy Time Network. He's made multiple appearances on the nationally syndicated "Bob and Tom" radio show and on their TV show on WGN. You can also hear him on SiriusXM satellite radio.
Eric has performed in a wide variety of venues, such as comedy clubs, colleges, cruise ships, country clubs, casinos and does such a clean act, he has even performed in a church. In fact, he'll perform anywhere that begins with a "c"; plus, resorts, hotels, homes, bars, restaurants and schools. Eric headlined 6 shows at the 2007 Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival "Stand Up Showdown" in Charleston, SC and had audiences laughing at the 2004 New York Underground Comedy Festival, the 2008 Charleston Comedy Festival and the 2009 Detroit International Comedy Festival. He also won Atlanta, Georgia's "Late Night Laff-Off" comedy competition when he appeared on the WB network affiliate-WATL Channel 36, earning himself a trip to New York and a performance at the Comedy Cellar. A career highlight occurred when he opened for Brian Regan at the N. Charleston Performing Arts Center in S. Carolina in '07. He placed 3rd in the 2007 Carnival Comedy Challenge, a nationwide comic talent search for Carnival Cruise Lines, at the Miami Improv. He also does some acting and works at Georgia Public Broadcasting as a sports reporter and as a writer for a comedy/variety TV show. He graduated with a BA degree in Communications and Theatre from the University of Notre Dame. His measurements are not 36-54-36. Enjoy the funny, original, smart, yet sometimes confusing "Around the Corner" comedy of Eric Hunter.
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Blood Pressure As a Biomarker Method in Lifespan Developmental Methodology
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Please check back later for the full article.
The assessment of cardiovascular (CV) responses associated with behavioral phenomena has long been an important component of psychological research seeking to better understand the physiological underpinnings of behavior. Within the field of gerontology, there has historically been much interest in CV responses. Much of this work has focused on blood pressure as an important reflection of CV functioning that is relatively simple to assess. An examination of the gerontological literature reveals at least three different ways in which researchers have used blood pressure to examine aging-related processes. One approach is to use blood pressure as a measure of health, either in terms of the level of functioning of the CV system or as a reflection of various disease-related processes, and examine its relationship to other aspects of functioning. For example, blood pressure has been frequently examined in relation to cognitive decline. A second approach has been to examine blood pressure reactivity as a reflection of physiological responses to stress. Aging has been associated with higher levels of reactivity to the emotionally evocative, and thus an examination of normative changes in reactivity may be useful in understanding the impact of aging on the ability to deal with stress. Reactivity is also potentially useful in understanding the impact of stress on health, with high levels of reactivity along with high frequency of such incidences being associated with negative health outcomes. In the field of gerontology, the additional burden associated with elevated levels of reactivity in later life is of particular interest. Finally, recent work has also focused on blood pressure as a measure of an individual's attempts to actively cope with challenging situations, broadly defined. Building off the active coping model of Obrist, blood pressure responses in a given situation are viewed as direct reflections of active coping as the cardiovascular system is energized to provide the resources needed by the body and nervous system to deal with a given situation. The level of response has been shown to reflect both the difficulty of the task and the individual's motivation, and thus is a relatively reliable indicator of (a) an individual's engagement in a particular task and (b) the resources necessary to perform that task. Recent work on aging has focused on the utility of this measure as a reflection of the costs associated with cognitive engagement and the extent to which variation in these costs might predict both between-individual and age-related normative variation in participation in cognitively demanding—but potentially beneficial—activities.


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Every mom knows that you need baby bags to hold a ton, but you still want them to be as stylish as the rest of your wardrobe. But sometimes that is harder that it should be. Luckily, Coach has stepped up to the plate with their Healthy Child Baby Bag, $348, in a new "scribble" design. Big enough to cart everything and stylish enough to save you from that gooey Mommy-and-Me look, the bag comes with a diaper changing pad, plenty of pockets and a detachable shoulder strap. The bag is only available on Coach.com, and 20% of online sales will benefit Healthy Child Healthy World, an organization that educates parents on how to create healthy environments for their children with cleaner, safer choices at home. No wonder moms like Jennifer Garner, Brooke Shields and Monet Mazur are already toting it.
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My EHR User Conference Keynote – Where is EHR and Healthcare IT Headed?
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
Last month I was invited to give the keynote address at the gMed EHR User Conference. For those not familiar with gMed, it's a Gastro focused EHR company out of Florida. Along with giving the keynote address, I loved the chance to mix and mingle with doctors, practice managers, and gMed's staff to learn from them. No doubt, their experiences and insights will inform my future posts.
gMed was nice enough to have their videographer record my presentation so I could share it with all of you. I had many people come up to me after the presentation and say very nice things including invitations to come and speak other places. I've embedded the video recording below. Hopefully many of you will enjoy my talk as well.
Also, here are the slides I used for my presentation (Note: I don't just read my slides so some of them might not make sense without the audio):
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Hairong Wei
- email@example.com
- 906-487-1473
- Noblet Building 176
- Professor, SFRES
- Affiliated Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Affiliated Professor, Computer Science
- PhD, Plant Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- MS, Computer Science, University of Chicago
- MS, Forest Genetics, Beijing Forestry University
- BS, Agricultural Sciences, Beijing Forestry University
Yes, we can.
I am exploring the possibility of identifying genes regulating biological traits via systems biology approaches. We achieve this goal through combinatorial approaches: (1) Designing very efficient biological experiments to yield information-enriched gene expression data sets. (2) Performing gene reduction to identify major regulators controlling traits via complex data analysis. (3) Construction of local regulatory networks controlling a trait. We have developed the algorithms and software pipelines for accurately identifying transcription factors controlling a trait with 50-100 % accuracy. I am in general interested in identifying genes regulating the following traits: (1) Wood productivity and quality. (2) Resistance to disease and pest. (3) Biomass production. However, identification of genes regulating any of agriculturally important traits interests me.
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Identification of genes regulating complex traits via systems biology approaches
- Gene expression data analysis
- Gene network construction and decomposition
- Developing software for mining large-scale biological data
- Genomics of wood formation
Recent Publications
- Gunasekara, C. A. Subramanian, Avvari, R. K., B. Li, Chen, S. and H. Wei. 2016. ExactSearch: A web-based plant motif search tool (http://sys.bio.mtu.edu/motif/index.php). Plant Methods 12:26 Read More
- Kumari, S., W. Deng, C. Gunasekara, V. Chiang, H.S. Chen, H. Ma, X. Davis, and H. Wei. 2016. Bottom-up GGM algorithm for constructing multilayered hierarchical gene regulatory networks that govern biological pathways or processes. BMC Bioinformatics 2016, 17:132 Read More
- Dash, M, Y. Yordan, S. Kumari, T. Georgieva, H. Wei and V. Busov. 2015. A system biology approach identifies new regulators of poplar root development under low nitrogen. Plant Journal, 84(2):335-346 Read More
- Yang, C and H. Wei. 2014, Designing microarray and RNA-seq experiments for greater systems biology discovery in modern plant genomics. Molecular Plant 8, 196–206. Read More
- Lin, Y.C.*, Li, W., Sun, Y.H., Kumari, S., Wei, H., Li, Q.Z., Tunlaya-Anukit, S., Sederoff, R.R., and Chiang, V.L. (2013). SND1 transcription factor-directed quantitative functional hierarchical genetic regulatory network in wood formation in Populus trichocarpa. Plant Cell. 25(11):4324-41. Read More
- Wei, H. Y. Yordan, T. Georgieva, X. Li, V. Busov. 2013. Nitrogen deprivation promotes Populus root growth via global transcriptomic reprogramming and activation of hierarchical genetic networks. New Phytologist 200 (2), 483-97 Read More
- Lu, S., Li, Q., Wei, H., Chang, M.J., Anukit, S.T., Kim, H., Liu, J., Song, J., Sun, Y.H., Yuan, L., Yeh, T.F., Peszlen, I., Ralph, J. Sederoff, R.R., Chiang, V.L. 2013. Ptr-miR397a is a negative regulator of laccase genes affecting lignin content in Populus trichocarpa. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110 (26) 10848-10853 Read More
- Li, J. H. Wei, T. Liu and P. Zhao. 2013. GPLEXUS: Enable genome-scale gene regulatory network analysis for plants through ultrafast mutual information computing and filtering. Nucleic Acids Research. (online now: 10.1093/nar/gkt983) Read More
- Kumari, S., J. Nie,, H.S. Chen, R. Stewart, H. Ma, X. Li, M. Lu, W.M. Taylor, and H. Wei. 2012. Evaluation of gene association methods for coexpression network construction and biological knowledge discovery. PLos ONE 7(11): e50411 Read More
- Nie, J., R. Stewart, F. Ruan, J. Thomson, H. Zhang, X. Cui and H. Wei. 2011. TF-cluster: a pipeline for identifying functionally coordinated transcription factors via network decomposition of the shared coexpression connectivity matrix (SCCM). BMC Systems Biology, 5:53 Read More
- Cui, X, T. Wang, H.S. Chen, V. Busov and H. Wei. 2010. TF-finder: A software package for identifying transcription factors involved in biological processes using microarray data and existing knowledge base. BMC Bioinformatics, 11:425 Read More
- Ming, R., S. Hou, Y. Feng, Q. Yu, A. Dionne-Laporte, J. Saw, P. Senin, W. Wang, S. Salzberg, X. Wang, E. Lyons, D. Rice, M. Riley, R. Skelton, J. Murray, C. Chen, M. Eustice, E. Tong, H. Albert, R. E. Paull, M.-L. Wang, Y. Zhu, M. Schatz, N. Nagarajan, R. Agbayani, P. Guan, A. Blas, J. Wang, J.-K. Na, T. Michael, E. V. Shakirov, B. Haas, J. Thimmapuram, D. Nelson, H. Tang, J. E. Bowers, J. Suzuki, S. Tripathi, K. Neupane, H. Wei, R. Singh, B. Irikura, N. Jiang, W. Zhang, K. Wall, G. Presting, A. Gschwend, Y. Li, A. Windsor, R. N. Pérez, M. J. Torres, F. A. Feltus, B. Porter, M. Paidi, M.-C. Luo, L. Liu, D. Christopher, P. H. Moore, T. Sugimura, C. dePamphilis, J. Jiang, M. Schuler, T. Mitchell-Olds, D. Shippen, J. Palmer, M. R. Freeling, A. H. Paterson, D. Gonsalves, L. Wang and M. Alam. 2008. The genome sequence of transgenic papaya, Carica papaya. Nature, Vol. 452, No. 7190:991-996 Read More
- Wei, H., P. F. Kuan, S. Tian, C. Yang, J. Nie, S. Sengupta, V. Ruotti, G. Jonsdottir, S. Keles, J. Thomson and R. Stewart. 2008. A study of the relationships between oligonucleotide properties and hybridization intensities in NimbleGen platform. Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 36, No. 9:2926-2938 Read More
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- Inactivation of microRNAs in Crop Plants Using Short Tandem Target Mimic (STTM) Technology. Award Number:1340001; Principal Investigator:Guiliang Tang; Co-Principal Investigator:Xuemei Chen, Wenbo Ma, Harold Trick, Hairong Wei; $2,499,979.00. IOS NSF. 06/01/2014 ~ 0/31/2017;
- Collaborative Research: ABI Innovation: Plant Genotype-Phenotype (G2P) Association Discovery via Integrative Genome-scale Biological Network & Genome-wide Association Analysis. Hairong Wei, Advances in Bioinformatics, NSF. $384,351.00, July 1, 2015 ~ June 30, 2018
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Top Reasons to Stay at Sheraton Lake Buena Vista Resort
- This family-friendly resort is less than half a mile from Walt Disney World®, and it offers complimentary shuttle service to the Disney theme parks.
- There are multiple onsite dining options. Zest serves pomegranate-glazed salmon and huckleberry-seasoned filet mignon. You can enjoy fruity cocktails at the poolside 27 Palms Grill, which also serves peel-and-eat shrimp and fish tacos. For every adult meal purchased at onsite dining options, guests receive one complimentary kids meal.
- Palm trees surround the Sheraton's two pools; in one, kids can zoom down an 80-foot water slide.
- Urban-view rooms and oasis-view rooms are outfitted with signature Sheraton Sweet Sleeper beds, wireless Internet, and cable TV.
- You can treat yourself to a palm-frond wrap, apple-infused facial, and other indulgent treatments at Top of the Palms Spa, which features bird's-eye views of the pool area.<p>
Orlando, Florida: World-Famous Theme Parks and Cultural Surprises
Located in the center of Florida, Orlando may be forever associated with the Walt Disney World® Theme Parks, which now are part of the world's most-visited entertainment resort. It spans roughly 30,000 acres, encompassing four theme parks, two water parks, five golf courses, and the Downtown Disney® Marketplace. There's no shortage of things to do here: begin your day by boarding a rocket-shaped three-seater that climbs to 180 feet before entering a deep black tunnel and racing past stars, satellites, and constellations. Walk across the park to sample Moroccan cuisine for lunch, or ride a dune buggy through a haunted 18th-century mansion. Before heading back to the hotel, take in the nightly fireworks, laser, and water show. As one of the most popular family destinations in the world, sunny Orlando is home to other theme parks including Universal Studios, SeaWorld, and Gatorland.
Those hoping to shake up the typical theme-park-dominated itinerary can head into downtown Orlando's vibrant arts district. The neighborhood boasts venues such as CityArts Factory, a multifaceted patchwork of gallery spaces, and SAK Comedy Lab, which hosts family-friendly improv shows five nights a week.
About a 10-minute drive north, you'll find eight cultural institutions at Loch Haven Park, including the Orlando Museum of Art, which houses pieces by Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Rauschenberg, Ansel Adams, and Andy Warhol. The park is also home to the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orlando Science Center. Visit the science center to take a rover across a simulation of Mars's red surface, or race on a 70-foot pinewood derby track.


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Color Crazy: Ten Vibrant Kitchens to Shake Up Your Style
Tired of white, gray, and steel kitchens? Okay, maybe not — but if you just want to take a visual vacation and walk on the wild side of kitchen design, we've pulled together ten tantalizing kitchens that will brighten your day. From jungle green to burnt orange to piercing teal, these spaces simply resonate with color.
1. Bright green cabinets complement nature's green outside. From Dwell.
2. This coral and seafoam kitchen is airy, vibrant, and relaxed — and right at home in its Florida locale. From This Old House.
3. From bright teal to jungle green, this open kitchen pulls in lots of brave colors for a fun feel. From Better Homes and Gardens.
4. This small kitchen in a sculptor's bungalow is simple and rustic, but exploding with color and personality. From Martha Stewart.
5. Varying shades of turquoise and a punch of green bring some playful warmth to a lot of stainless steel and tall ceilings. From Design*Sponge.
6. Pink, yellow, and blue — and a fish, a star, and lots of colorful mugs — make this kitchen in its "New Orleans" color palette a welcoming place to be. From Apartment Therapy.
7. This little kitchen just exudes warmth; wood and orange and red tones all blend together to balance the stark white of the cabinets. From James Braund via Desire to Inspire.
8. Balancing old and new — a china collection on a daringly colored column — gives this kitchen a modern twist on an old-world feel. From Casa e Jardim.
9. This kitchen resides in a home that's in a remodeled toy factory — hot pink, yellow, and purples enliven a tall, bright space. From Marie Claire Maison.
10. Glistening tiled backsplash? Yellow striped ceiling? Shiny red cabinet? Cute little dog? This kitchen meets all of those expectations! From California Home Design.
• Color in the Kitchen: Kitchen Bars that Pop!
• Inspiration: Sherbert Colors in the Kitchen
• Seeing Red: Bold Accents in the Kitchen
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ggggarret needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 65 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
We have been giving away over 170 different designed hit counters for many years.
Our target audience varies tremendously, we have kids who are looking for a fun counter to put on their blog to serious businessmen looking to count hits to his e-commerce website.
We are in need of a new design, we would like the layout of the site to be similar to http://www.website-hit-counters.com/
The old design can be be seen here http://www.freehitcounters.net/ we want to keep the same pages but require another menu for the different kinds of counter designs e.g. Fun Counters, Most Popular Counters, Digital Counters
We need a tab system so people can flip across the 8 pages of counter styles, presently we just have them numbered see http://www.freehitcounters.net/coun…etup-1.php
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Seminars & Workshops
FRIDAY, Nov. 1
PIM 2013: Breaking Out to More Practical Progress
in Personal Information Management
Personal Information Management (PIM) refers to the practice and study of the activities a person performs in order to locate or create, store, organize, maintain, modify, retrieve, use and distribute information to meet life's many goals and fulfill life's many roles and responsibilities. More informally, we might say that PIM is the art of getting things done in our lives through information.
This year's PIM workshop involves a change of format and focus from previous workshops. The workshop will serve as a gathering to collaborate on real, productive, focused work, as opposed to a forum for sharing existing findings. Proposals are solicited from cross-organizational groups outlining real steps to move PIM research and practice forward. Those steps will be initiated at the workshop, and then carried forward by participants afterwards. This may involve a research proposal, where efforts will be initiated at the workshop by members of the submitting team and other attendees, but may also include initial prototyping of a PIM system or synthesis of existing PIM research. This format is a departure from a presentation style workshop and a move toward a working style similar to the approaches of recent "-camp" gatherings such as CrowdCamp at CHI/CSCW.
For more information about participating, please visit: http://pimworkshop.org/2013/cfp
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The iron-limited Southern Ocean plays an important role in regulating atmospheric CO2 levels. Marine mammal respiration has been proposed to decrease the efficiency of the Southern Ocean biological pump by returning photosynthetically fixed carbon to the atmosphere. Here, we show that by consuming prey at depth and defecating iron-rich liquid faeces into the photic zone, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) instead stimulate new primary production and carbon export to the deep ocean. We estimate that Southern Ocean sperm whales defecate 50 tonnes of iron into the photic zone each year. Molar ratios of Cexport ∶Feadded determined during natural ocean fertilization events are used to estimate the amount of carbon exported to the deep ocean in response to the iron defecated by sperm whales. We find that Southern Ocean sperm whales stimulate the export of 4 × 105 tonnes of carbon per year to the deep ocean and respire only 2 × 105 tonnes of carbon per year. By enhancing new primary production, the populations of 12 000 sperm whales in the Southern Ocean act as a carbon sink, removing 2 × 105 tonnes more carbon from the atmosphere than they add during respiration. The ability of the Southern Ocean to act as a carbon sink may have been diminished by large-scale removal of sperm whales during industrial whaling.
1. Introduction
The balance between photosynthesis and respiration in the photic zone determines whether the ocean acts as a sink or source of atmospheric carbon. Photosynthesis drives the 'biological pump' whereby roughly 20–40% of the carbon fixed by phytoplankton is ultimately exported to the deep ocean as sinking biogenic material (Eppley & Peterson 1979; Huntley et al. 1991) and lost from the atmosphere for centuries to millennia. Artificial ocean fertilization experiments have investigated the potential to use the biological pump to mitigate rising atmospheric CO2 levels by fertilizing phytoplankton and subsequently enhancing carbon export. A favoured site for these experiments is the Southern Ocean because it is crucial for atmospheric carbon regulation (Buesseler & Boyd 2003) and has an abundance of nitrogenous nutrients, but a low phytoplankton biomass as a result of iron limitation (Pollard et al. 2009). Fertilization of the Southern Ocean with iron can stimulate phytoplankton blooms and cause measurable increases in CO2 drawdown from the atmosphere and carbon export to the deep ocean (Blain et al. 2007; Pollard et al. 2009).
Respiration by Southern Ocean endotherms (whales, seals and seabirds) has been presented as a significant inefficiency in the biological pump (Huntley et al. 1991), returning an estimated 0.3–23% of photosynthetically fixed carbon to the atmosphere as CO2 (Huntley et al. 1991; Van Franeker et al. 1997). Implicit in this hypothesis is the assumption that marine endotherms cannot stimulate phytoplankton to fix carbon. However, the introduction of limiting nutrients to the water column in the defecations of other organisms, such as zooplankton, can indeed stimulate phytoplankton growth (Lehman & Scavia 1982). Marine mammals also defecate nutrient-rich waste, which may promote primary productivity in oligotrophic waters (Kanwisher & Ridgway 1983; Smetacek 2008; Nicol et al. 2010). However, unlike zooplankton, which defecate some portion of their waste at depth, all nutrients defecated by marine mammals are released into the photic zone (Kooyman et al. 1981). Whales defecate near the surface because they shut down non-crucial biological functions when diving (Kooyman et al. 1981). While a significant proportion of zooplankton and fish defecations is in the form of faecal pellets, which sink below the thermocline where they are rendered unavailable to phytoplankton (Le Fevre et al. 1998), a substantial proportion of whale defecations is in a liquid form, which disperses and persists in the photic zone (G. Johnson 2000–2005 & P. Gill 1999–2009, unpublished data).
The role of whales as nutrient recyclers was initially discounted because the concentrations of defecated nitrogen were considered too low to support significant primary production (Katona & Whitehead 1988). However, recent interest has highlighted the role of baleen whales in recycling important limiting micronutrients such as iron and increasing the spatial extent of productive areas (Smetacek 2008; Nicol et al. 2010). To date, the role of whale defecation in influencing carbon export has been overlooked by disregarding the important distinction between the allochthonous (originating outside the photic zone) nutrient contributions of deep diving whales (e.g. sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus), which consume prey beneath the photic zone, and the autochthonous (originating within the photic zone) nutrient contribution of baleen whales that consume prey in the photic zone. While autochthonous nutrients recycled by baleen whale defecation support total primary production, only allochthonous nutrient contributions (e.g. those provided by species that consume prey at depth and defecate waste at the surface) raise the nutrient standing stock of the photic zone and stimulate new primary production. New production is the fraction of primary production that is stimulated by nutrient inputs originating from outside the photic zone (Dugdale & Goering 1967) and is quantitatively equivalent to carbon export to the deep ocean (Eppley & Peterson 1979; Ducklow et al. 2001).
Here, we estimate the amount of iron defecated by Southern Ocean sperm whales, the persistence of this defecated iron within the photic zone, and the resultant carbon export to the deep ocean. Carbon export is compared with the amount of carbon respired to determine, when respiration and iron defecation are combined, whether sperm whales can be considered a net sink, or source, of carbon to the atmosphere. We restrict our investigation to the population of sperm whales in the Southern Ocean because the abundance of sperm whales in this area is well characterized. While recognizing that whales defecate other nutrients that may stimulate plankton growth in other areas, we restrict our focus to iron, as iron additions are crucial in these iron-limited, macronutrient-rich waters (Blain et al. 2007).
2. Material and Methods
(a) Sperm whale data
The current abundance of sperm whales inhabiting the Southern Ocean (south of 60° S) has been previously determined (Whitehead 2002). Historical Southern Ocean sperm whale populations are estimated to have been reduced by 85–95% (Baker & Clapham 2002), and here we assume that current populations in the Southern Ocean have been reduced by 90 per cent. To estimate the timeline of sperm whale declines, we simplified the trajectory of worldwide sperm whale declines determined in a previous population model (Whitehead 2002). In line with those findings (Whitehead 2002), we assume that 33 per cent of the abundance reductions occurred during 1800–1880, with a 1 per cent recovery during 1880–1940, followed by 66 per cent of the total population declines during the industrial whaling period of 1940–1970.
Sperm whale diet consists of squid and fish (Barlow et al. 2008), the sizes and relative proportions of each varying with geographical location; off South Georgia and South Africa, the diet consists almost entirely of squid (Kawamura 1980). We assume here that the diet of Southern Ocean sperm whales consists entirely of cephalopods. The amount of cephalopod prey consumed by sperm whales was estimated by taking the average of seven published methods (electronic supplementary material) (Tamura & Ohsumi 2000; Barlow et al. 2008). Mean whole-body iron concentrations of cephalopods were taken from published sources and converted from dry weight to wet weight by assuming a moisture content of 80 per cent (Miramand & Bentley 1992; Bustamante et al. 2000). Annual prey consumption was multiplied by average cephalopod iron concentrations to estimate the amount of iron consumed annually by Southern Ocean sperm whales.
Fully grown adult mammals expel most of the iron they consume as faeces, and the actual proportion of iron defecated may exceed 90 per cent (Candela et al. 1984). Here, we assume iron retention rates are 15 per cent, which is in line with an experimental study of seal nutrient (nitrogen) retention (Ronald et al. 1984). It is necessary to estimate the proportion of defecated iron that persists in the photic zone. Extensive observations of sperm whale defecations (by G. Johnson) reveal that squid beaks quickly sink from the surface (as documented by others, e.g. Smith 1992) while the remaining faecal material floats or slowly disperses outwards. No quantitative analysis exists regarding the retention of faecal material in the photic zone; however, it can be noted that dietary iron is largely present in the gut as ferrous salts (Naikare et al. 2006), and absorption of these salts is inefficient. When ferrous salts are defecated, they easily bind to ligands which will enhance their persistence in the photic zone, allowing the iron to quickly dissolve from the faeces (Hunter & Boyd 2007). We can assume then that all iron except that contained in cephalopod beaks will persist in the photic zone. We estimate here that 75 per cent of the total iron defecated by sperm whales persists in the photic zone.
(b) Carbon export and respiration
It is well documented that allochthonous iron inputs in the Southern Ocean stimulate large phytoplankton blooms and ultimately lead to carbon export (Blain et al. 2007; Pollard et al. 2009). Molar ratios quantifying the amount of carbon exported to the deep ocean (Cexport) in response to iron additions (Feadded) have been measured directly during natural and artificial iron fertilization events (Boyd et al. 2004; Buesseler et al. 2004; Blain et al. 2007; Pollard et al. 2009). Molar ratios determined during natural iron fertilization events are typically larger than those determined during artificial iron fertilization experiments, presumably because in natural events iron is introduced in a more bioavailable form simultaneously with other co-limiting nutrients (Pollard et al. 2009). As whales defecate iron in a liquid form simultaneously with co-limiting nutrients, we use molar ratios determined from natural iron fertilization events to estimate the carbon export resulting from iron inputs by whales. The mean molar ratio from two widely cited natural fertilization events (Blain et al. 2007; Pollard et al. 2009) is Cexport ∶Feadded = 5 × 104. Carbon release during respiration was calculated following the methods of Van Franeker et al. (1997) whereby prey was assumed to comprise 10 per cent carbon and 75 per cent of the carbon consumed is respired.
3. Results
(a) Sperm whale data
Published estimates suggest 12 000 sperm whales currently inhabit the Southern Ocean (Whitehead 2002). By taking the mean of seven published methods for determining consumption rates of sperm whales (Tamura & Ohsumi 2000; Barlow et al. 2008), we estimate that each sperm whale consumes 2 × 102 tonnes of prey per year. Published concentrations of mean iron in the whole body of cephalopods ranged from 0.8 × 10−5 to 5.2 × 10−5 tonnes of iron per tonne prey wet weight (Miramand & Bentley 1992; Bustamante et al. 2000; Miramand et al. 2006) and resulted in an average of 2.6 × 10−5 tonne of iron per tonne prey wet weight. The Southern Ocean population of 12 000 sperm whales thus consumes 2 × 106 tonnes of prey per year, and this prey contains 60 tonnes of iron. Assuming a nutrient retention rate of 15 per cent (Ronald et al. 1984), we estimate these whales defecate 50 tonnes of iron annually. If 75 per cent of defecated iron persists in the photic zone, Southern Ocean sperm whales contribute 36 tonnes of iron to the photic zone per year.
(b) Carbon export and respiration
Using a molar ratio of Cexport∶Feadded = 5 × 104, we estimate that the 36 tonnes (106 mol) of iron that persists in the photic zone annually stimulates the export of 4 × 105 tonnes (3 × 1010 mol) of carbon to the deep ocean. Assuming that prey contain an average of 10 per cent carbon per wet weight (Van Franeker et al. 1997), the population of sperm whales consumes 2 × 105 tonnes of carbon per year. Approximately 75 per cent of the carbon consumed by sperm whales is respired (Huntley et al. 1991); thus the sperm whale populations of the Southern Oceans respire 1.6 × 105 tonnes of carbon per year.
4. Discussion
Comparing carbon export (4 × 105 tonnes yr−1) with carbon respired (1.6 × 105 tonnes yr−1), we find Southern Ocean sperm whales act as a carbon sink, removing 2.4 × 105 tonnes more carbon from the atmosphere annually than they add via respiration. The 4 × 105 tonnes of carbon currently exported annually by the activity of Southern Ocean sperm whales is equivalent to only 0.05 per cent of the 8 × 109 tonnes of carbon added to the atmosphere in 2005 by fossil fuel burning (Marland et al. 2008), and represents just 0.04 per cent of the total annual carbon export south of 50° S (Schlitzer 2002). However, before industrial whaling, sperm whale populations were an order of magnitude higher (Baker & Clapham 2002) and the reduction in sperm whale numbers owing to whaling has resulted in an extra 2 × 106 tonnes of carbon remaining in the atmosphere annually (figure 1). This is a previously overlooked impact of industrial whaling.
The estimates presented here highlight a previously overlooked process whereby iron defecation by sperm whales increases carbon export to the deep ocean. In line with previous findings we assume a linear relationship between iron additions and carbon export (Blain et al. 2007; Pollard et al. 2009), which necessarily overlooks the complex series of events and the food-web interactions that determine carbon export. Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity of sperm whale diet may change the nutrient composition and buoyancy of defecated waste. To investigate the influence of prey iron concentration on carbon export, we plot the amount of carbon respired against carbon exported by an individual sperm whale consuming prey with whole-body iron concentrations ranging from 0.8 × 10−5 to 5.2 × 10−5 tonnes of iron per tonne prey wet weight (the range of average concentrations reported in the literature; Miramand & Bentley 1992; Bustamante et al. 2000; Miramand et al. 2006). Sperm whales act as a net carbon sink (i.e. carbon export is greater than carbon respired) when consuming prey with iron concentrations greater than 1.2 × 10−5 tonnes of iron per tonne prey wet weight (figure 2). This is towards the lower limit of iron concentrations measured in wild cephalopods (Miramand & Bentley 1992; Bustamante et al. 2000; Miramand et al. 2006), suggesting that, even under conservative scenarios, sperm whales will act as a carbon sink.
Sperm whales are not uniformly distributed across the Southern Ocean, but rather are concentrated in areas of high productivity (Tynan 1998). Defecation in these areas may create a positive feedback loop that promotes productivity and ensures continued prey availability. The same is suggested for baleen whales and the 'krill paradox', which states that after removal of their baleen whale predators during commercial whaling, krill numbers decreased. Removal of baleen whales may have led to a deficit of bioavailable nutrients at the base of the food chain, causing krill populations to decline (Smetacek 2008; Nicol et al. 2010). While the overall nutrient contribution of whales may be moderate on a global scale, these nutrients are not added arbitrarily across the ocean but rather are concentrated in the most productive areas, where high background levels of phytoplankton exist that can quickly use such nutrient pulses (Raimbault & Gentilhomme 1990).
Southern Ocean sperm whales represent just 3 per cent of the global sperm whale population (Whitehead 2002). Over 20 per cent of the world's oceans may be iron-limited (Pitchford & Brindley 1999) and sperm whales may be significantly contributing to iron fertilization and carbon drawdown in these areas. We have restricted our analysis to sperm whales; however, any organism that consumes prey outside the photic zone and defecates nutrient-rich waste that persists in the photic zone would stimulate new production and carbon export (Dugdale & Goering 1967). Pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia spp.) and beaked whales (Family Ziphiidae) fulfill these criteria. The proportion of time baleen whales consume prey at depth is currently unknown, but fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) dive to at least 470 m while feeding (Panigada et al. 1999). Seals and sealions often consume prey at depth, but whether the waste is liquid (and buoyant) requires further investigation. The combined effects of the defecations of several species of marine mammals may therefore ultimately represent a significant source of nutrients that sustain phytoplankton growth. This may have important local effects on production and carbon export, particularly in the absence of other seasonal nutrient inputs.
Previous studies suggesting whales are a source of CO2 have overlooked the important role of sperm whales in promoting nutrient cycling and carbon export (Huntley et al. 1991; Van Franeker et al. 1997). Our results strongly suggest that Southern Ocean sperm whales are not a net source of CO2, but rather promote the removal of carbon from the atmosphere into the deep ocean. The extent of this effect may be heightened in future if higher concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere increase the flux of carbon into the ocean. Industrial harvesting of whales represents one of the most dramatic known alterations of mammalian species abundance by humans (Butman et al. 1995), and here we highlight an overlooked consequence of this large-scale biomass loss. Harvesting of sperm whales in the Southern Ocean has decreased allochthonous iron inputs to the photic zone by 450 tonnes annually. This nutrient loss has undoubtedly altered the dynamics and food-web structure of these environments and this has decreased carbon export to the deep ocean.
We thank Dan Costa, Hal Whitehead, Nick Gales, Steve Nicol, Dave Thompson, Catherine Kemper, Andrew Trites, Lyne Morissette, Meike Scheidat, Sophie Leterme, John Middleton, Mark Doubell, Simon Goldsworthy, Ken Sanderson, Mike Bossley and Adrian Howard for critical discussions.
- Received April 23, 2010.
- Accepted May 28, 2010.
- © 2010 The Royal Society


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10 U.S. Code § 1215 - Members other than Regulars: applicability of laws
The laws and regulations that entitle any retired member of a regular component of the armed forces to pay, rights, benefits, or privileges extend the same pay, rights, benefits, or privileges to any other member of the armed forces who is not a member of a regular component and who is retired, or to whom retired pay is granted, because of physical disability.
Historical and Revision Notes
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Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 402(i), 63 Stat. 820.
The words "is retired, or to whom retired pay is granted" are substituted for the words "heretofore or hereafter retired or granted retirement pay". The words "any other member of the armed forces" are substituted for the words "all members of the reserve components", since the words "reserve components" are defined by section 102(k) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 805 (37 U.S.C. 231(k)), to include members appointed, enlisted, or inducted without component.
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Long-Term Review
2012 Subaru Impreza: Simplicity
I recently spent a lot of time with our long-term 2012 Subaru Impreza hatchback, and I'm consistently impressed by one thing: simplicity. For shoppers who don't need the latest gadgets and high-tech features, the Impreza is a good choice.
Allow me to explain. Modern cars, it seems, are filled with an ever-increasing number of high-tech features. Today's cars offer infotainment systems that can do virtually anything. That includes playing Internet radio, using Microsoft's Bing search engine, providing movie reviews and letting drivers book movie tickets.
Modern cars also offer gadgets in other areas. More and more of today's vehicles boast high-tech safety equipment that sounds alarms, flashes lights and even applies a vehicle's brake under extreme circumstances. Rain-sensing wipers are increasingly common, as are automatic headlights.
And it's not just electronic devices. There are high-tech dual-clutch transmissions, for example, which feature near-instant shift times, or direct-injected, turbocharged engines such as Ford's EcoBoost system.
Our long-term Impreza skips nearly all of that.
That isn't to say the Impreza is short on equipment. Really, it has several important features, from a power sunroof to heated seats, all-wheel drive and a CD player. But there's no center-mounted touchscreen, no movie tickets, no fancy collision warning systems and no automatic wipers or headlights.
In other words, our 2012 Subaru Impreza is a car for drivers who don't mind trading the latest and greatest for no-frills transportation. It's not anyone's definition of luxury -- but many drivers won't mind going back to basics without having to worry about modern technology. For them, the Impreza is a logical choice.


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One of my fellow ex-Rocky Mountain News book reviewers, Dan Danbom, recently wrote in an email, "Now, instead of reviewing books, I've decided that a fast route to famine is to try to sell them." Along with his business partner, Nancy Stevens, this week the intrepid Danbom opened a new bookstore in Denver, Printed Page Bookshop, at 1416 S. Broadway. The shop is in a Victorian house, and features contemporary and vintage books. Printed Page's tagline: "Ask about our books on paper." Danbom notes that they will be "defiant and antiquated to the very end!"
To celebrate its opening, Printed Page will display a special exhibit of 50 banned books, and they invite patrons to guess which book among them has "never been the target of censorship on political, religious, social or sexual grounds." Four people who guess the right answer will win a shopping spree at the bookshop.
Christopher Cokinos, Utah State University professor and author of The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars, recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times in honor of the annual Perseid meteor shower. In "Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind," he writes explains that "meteor showers are really comet dust" and that tiny particles of space dust filtering down to earth add a little extra crunch to everyone's vegetables: "As Donald Brownlee, an astronomer at the University of Washington who studies cosmic dust particles, has noted, 'If you had lettuce for lunch, you probably ate a few.'"
Cokinos will discuss his book in Tucson next month (Monday, Sept. 28, Steward Observatory, 7:30 p.m.) and in Logan, Utah on October 7 (USU's Haight Alumni Center, 12:30 p.m.).
And a couple of other writers whose books we recently reviewed on New West have some upcoming events:
Margot Mifflin, author of the fascinating Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman will discuss the book on the August 20 Leonard Lopate show that airs on WNYC. (The shows are available online, too.)
David Knibb, author of Grizzly Wars: The Public Fight Over The Great Bear is going to be discussing bears in several locations during the next few months, visiting Idaho, Colorado, and Washington. He'll give a talk entitled "Grizzly Recovery Under the Endangered Species Act" at Idaho State University in Pocatello on August 25 (Student Union, 7 p.m.), and at the University of Colorado Boulder campus on September 15 (Benson Earth Sciences, Room 185, 7 p.m.). Here is a complete list of appearances.
The Mountains & Plains Independent Bookseller Association recently announced their second set of Reading the West featured titles: Matt Phelan's The Storm in the Barn for young readers, and for grown-ups, Maile Meloy's incisive short story collection, Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It. Watch for my interview with Meloy on Friday.
Does anyone out there have a Kindle? If so, you can now subscribe to the New West Books & Writers blog with it here. I've successfully coerced my Kindle-owning brother into becoming perhaps the only subscriber. (I promised to reimburse him the 99-cent subscription fee. In pennies.)
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What do you get when you combine the sword-and-sandal battles of "Gladiator," the star-crossed love story of "Titanic" and the apocalyptic spectacle of, say, "2012"? The new movie "Pompeii" explores that very question, and according to film critics, the answer is either a cinematic guilty pleasure or, more likely, a fiery mess.
In one of the more positive reviews, Gary Goldstein writes in The Times, "'Pompeii' accomplishes its ambitious agenda to largely engrossing effect. Sure, it's not the brainiest of outings, but director Paul W.S. Anderson (the man behind four of the 'Resident Evil' films) keeps the action apace and the lava a-flowing with workmanlike energy and sufficient visual dazzle."
"Pompeii" stars "Game of Thrones'" Kit Harington as a Celtic gladiator in the doomed Roman city and Emily Browning as his noblewoman love interest, and Goldstein says they're "at best serviceable," while the dialogue is "frequently too basic." But the whole thing still "succeeds as escapist entertainment."
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USA Today's Claudia Puig is less impressed, calling "Pompeii" "a 'Titanic' wannabe with a romance between a rich girl and a poor boy set against a natural disaster. Besides 'Gladiator' and 'Titanic,' the film borrows from '300,' 'Troy,' 'Spartacus,' 'Clash of the Titans' and even 'The Princess Bride.' The result is a generic saga with a cast of forgettable one-dimensional characters."
She adds, "A movie that focused solely on lava showers would quickly grow tepid. But how did it take a team of writers to come up with a bland story cobbled together from previous historical epics?"
The New York Times' Miriam Bale says that Anderson "seems to be without visual focus." She adds, "Though the film's gorgeous color palette resembles burnished jewelry, there is a staleness and overfamiliarity to these early scenes. The film is not even enlivened by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Waves crash and cliffs collapse, but we know exactly how this ends." Bale sums the film up as "both GIF-ready and campy fun."
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NPR's Ian Buckwalter, meanwhile, writes that "Anderson seems to want us to see his film and its hackneyed romance — basically 'Titanic' with swords and sandals — as a serious-minded historical epic. If there were a hint of a sense of play or humor in the filmmaking, beyond a briefly amusing moment of comeuppance for a foppish slaveowner, 'Pompeii' might be a fun February diversion instead of a dull, eye-rolling slog."
Buckwalter also finds the film unintentionally funny, quipping, "The only person in the entire cast who seems remotely aware of the ridiculousness of the whole thing is [Kiefer] Sutherland, who chews scenery like a starving man handed a turkey leg. He certainly had more laughs making it than anyone will watching it; if only he'd let the rest of the cast and crew in on the joke."
The Wrap's Alonso Duralde likewise commends Sutherland's antics, though not much else. He writes, "there aren't enough sacrifice-able virgins in the world to make 'Pompeii' an appeasing offering to the disaster-movie gods. This team-up between the director of 'AVP: Alien vs. Predator' (Paul W.S. Anderson) and the star of 'Sucker Punch' (Emily Browning) is as awful as you feared it might be, although there's at least some camp value in watching Kiefer Sutherland froth at the mouth as a very Billy Zane–like Roman bigwig."
Finally, the San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle grouses that "Pompeii" lacks compelling characters, and as a result, "you start to root for Mount Vesuvius. In fact, compared to the audience, Vesuvius begins to seem really patient."
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15 U.S. Code § 7246 - Fair funds for investors
If, in any judicial or administrative action brought by the Commission under the securities laws, the Commission obtains a civil penalty against any person for a violation of such laws, or such person agrees, in settlement of any such action, to such civil penalty, the amount of such civil penalty shall, on the motion or at the direction of the Commission, be added to and become part of a disgorgement fund or other fund established for the benefit of the victims of such violation.
The Commission is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, bequests and devises of property, both real and personal, to the United States for a disgorgement fund or other fund described in subsection (a). Such gifts, bequests, and devises of money and proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in such fund and shall be available for allocation in accordance with subsection (a).
The Commission shall report its findings to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate within 180 days after of [1]July 30, 2002, and shall use such findings to revise its rules and regulations as necessary. The report shall include a discussion of regulatory or legislative actions that are recommended or that may be necessary to address concerns identified in the study.
[1] So in original. The word "of" probably should not appear.
Section is comprised of section 308 of Pub. L. 107–204. Subsec. (d) of section 308 of Pub. L. 107–204 amended sections 77t, 78u, 78u–1, 80a–41, and 80b–9 of this title.
2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–203, § 929B(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "If in any judicial or administrative action brought by the Commission under the securities laws (as such term is defined in section 78c(a)(47) of this title) the Commission obtains an order requiring disgorgement against any person for a violation of such laws or the rules or regulations thereunder, or such person agrees in settlement of any such action to such disgorgement, and the Commission also obtains pursuant to such laws a civil penalty against such person, the amount of such civil penalty shall, on the motion or at the direction of the Commission, be added to and become part of the disgorgement fund for the benefit of the victims of such violation."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–203, § 929B(2), substituted "for a disgorgement fund or other fund described in subsection (a)" for "for a disgorgement fund described in subsection (a)" and "in such fund" for "in the disgorgement fund".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111–203, § 929B(3), struck out subsec. (e). Text read as follows: "As used in this section, the term 'disgorgement fund' means a fund established in any administrative or judicial proceeding described in subsection (a) of this section."
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective 1 day after July 21, 2010, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as an Effective Date note under section 5301 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
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Best of 2008: Bugaboo Wins Top Buggy!
A stroller is not just a way to push your baby around anymore, it's a lifestyle accessory. Parents are willing to shell out upwards of $1000 for a buggy these days, which is why lilsugar readers picked Bugaboo as their favorite stroller of 2008. It's definitely pricey, but the sleek onslaught of features makes it worth the cash for some moms and dads. We like the Bugaboo over here at lil too, but our favorite stroller (especially if you've got more than one tot running around) is phil & teds. Their style and functionality can't be beat.


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Assalamu Aleikum wa rahmatu lilahi wa barakatuh
In question # 270205 you mentioned the imaalah and taqtîl. Would you please tell us:
1) What is the definition of imaalah and taqlîl?
2) Does the recitation of Hafs have any imaalah and taqlîl?
3) Does the recitation of khalaf al hamzah have a taqlîl slightly different from that of Warsh an Nâfi?
Shukran Jazilan
May Allah facilitate your work inshallah
Ma'a Salam
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
1. Imaalah is divided into to subgroups:
A. Grand Imaalah, which is when an alif is read as 50% and 50% alif
B. Lesser Imaalah ( ) in which the alif is read as 25% and 75% alif.
2. Hafs reads only one word in the whole Qur'an with imaalah, and that is in aayah 41 of surah Hud. The recitation of Hafs reads this word with the grand imaalah. There is no in the recitation of Hafs 'an 'Aasim.
3. The recitation of Hamzah and Al-Kisaa'ee have required grand imaalah on most of the words that Warsh has possible taqleel ( ), such as words ending with an alif written as a , exemplified in the word: . Warsh is known for , but it is one of two allowed ways that Warsh has of reading most of the words that are read with complete imaalah in the recitation of Hamzah and Al-Kisaa'ee, the other allowed way for Warsh for most of these words is with no imaalah at all.
There are some words the Warsh has required while Hamzah and Al-Kisaa'ee have grand imaalah, such as a word ending with an alif maqsoora after a , exemplified in the word . There are still other words in which Warsh has required but Hamzah and Abu Al-Haarith 'an Al-Kisaa'ee do not have any imaalah, such as a word ending with a with a kasrah preceded by an alif, such as: .
You are most welcome. Jazaka Allahu khairan for your dua'.
Wa assalaam


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The May River symbolizes Bluffton.
Its beauty and charm draw visitors and residents alike. The future of the river is of interest to many. And it should be.
The May River used to be near the top on a list of the town's priorities.
Will the third time be the charm for a group charged with the river's clean up?
We ask this in regard to the effort by the town of Bluffton and other May River supporters to create a group to implement an action plan to help save the May River.
The timing of the call to action is perfect with Saturday being clean-up day at the river. We encourage community involvement. And especially when it comes to the May River.
We also wish the town much luck in finding a group of people committed to saving the May River.
The latest panel would be the third focused on the May River. The first created the management plan in June 2008, the second was the implementation committee which suggested strategies and solutions to pollution in the river in its May River Watershed Action Plan. The 130-page opus was adopted in November by Town Council.
The action plan is aimed at restoring the May River headwaters to shellfish harvesting standards and protecting future water quality.
The implementation committee has finished its work and now passes the baton to a new group who will take the baton and run.
We commend members of the committee for their time, effort and interest.
Ron Bullman, director of the town Stormwater Management Division, said last week the work is just beginning. And the outgoing committee provided a strategy for protecting the May River and a lot was accomplished.
Over the years the May River's water quality downgrade has been attributed to fecal coliform counts exceeding federal safety standards for oyster consumption blamed on Bluffton's rapid development.With the development came issues with the river.
The May River headwaters were closed to oyster harvesting by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control in 2009 because of rising fecal coliform levels.
Obviously this hurt businesses such as the Bluffton Oyster Co. The company continues to harvest from downstream beds rated "unrestricted."
A lot of time and money has been spent on making the river safe for oyster harvesting. And we support this effort.
We call for swift action by a new panel once selected. The group will need and expect support from town officials, the community and the many businesses impacted by the quality of our river.
It's our river and we all have a vested interest in its future.


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Folding Mats – They're Back!!!
We have finally relaunched our collection of folding mats today. When we say finally, it is because it felt like forever since we last had some in stock. The reason for this was that we were on the hunt for a new supplier who could guarantee us a lower price while still maintaining a very high level of quality. As a company, our goal is to offer the best deals out there for our line of products and with our old supplier, we eventually realized we just were not doing that. So we went on the hunt and low and behold, 4-5 months later, here we are. So what are the differences between our old mats and the new ones you may ask?
- Significantly less expensive (5-25% cheaper than our leading competitors)
- We carry much more in stock (we bought a lot more to get a volume discount that we could then pass on to our customers)
- Available in two thicknesses now (1.5″ and 2″ whereas we used to only carry one thickness)
- Available in only one size to start (4′ x 8′ mats are the only size we offer now. We used to carry more sizes and we plan on carrying them again in the future however we wanted to max out on one size to get the lowest price)
So what are folding mats used for? Well I am sure you can all remember your elementary gym class. Gym teachers use them for teaching gymnastics and tumbling classes. They also use them for playing fun kid games such as medic, prison ball, and other fun variants of dodge ball. These mats are also very popular for use in teaching judo and other martial arts classes to younger children.
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What to Do About Flu Vaccine Shortages
Medical Director for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Dr. Susan Rehm joins Lunch Break to explain what you can do to avoid the flu if you can't get the vaccine.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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The Juilliard School in New York will confer honorary doctorate degrees on directors Peter Sellars and Nicholas Hytner during its commencement ceremony in May.
Honorary degrees also will be given to dancer Suzanne Farrell, jazz artist Dianne Reeves and pianist-conductor Murray Perahia, the school announced Thursday.
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