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Hi,I currently live in the western slope of Colorado in the Gunnison Valley. I have been living in Crested Butte and Gunnison since 2007 and absolutely love it for a lot of reasons yet am considering a move in 2013. Here are some general +/-'s on the valley.Likes: Amazing outdoor recreation extremely close to home, tight knit small town community feel, not a lot of traffic, older friends are like family. Amazing biking, winter backcountry sports, backpacking galore, etc. Lot of character and charm in Crested Butte. Sunny. Only hot during July in CB. I try to stay in the high country hiking.Dislikes: Almost a bit confining, bad fem to male ratio, not a lot of job diversity, expensive, many seasonal home owners artificially boost the cost of living at the north end of the valley. Gunnison can get -40 although it feels much warmer. Supermarket sucks in CB. Health food stores are great but a bit pricey in both ends of the valley.About myself: Early thirties bachelor, science backround working outside of my field with varied interests in alternative healing, sustainability, permaculture, etc. I enjoy photography, hiking, music, art, backcountry winter travel, backpacking obv. and my politics are green orientated. I feel we are stewards of the land co-existing with nature. We truly own nothing but our own conscience & our actions. I also have an aussie border collie who needs to run a lot or have a job. Although I'm currently looking at Colorado in the Front Range and possibly western Washington as well. I'm open to any towns or cities you might recommend. North Cascades? I'm possibly looking to get a fixer upper that I can live in and then maybe flip depending on the housing market. I would be able to put 20-30k down on a 120k but would want to spend less on a fixer upper. Open to building a something like a strawbale as well. I've lived for a couple months in Steamboat, then moved to Northern Cali and then to the Gunnison Valley. I prefer living on the outskirts of a city or anywhere in a mountain town. I've been perusing some different articles and city-data.com and will update as I go along.Look forward to any feedback from personal experience. Thanks for your time! Cheers, Michael *edited for grammar*
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What are your priorities?Certain Cons you listed are consequences of living in a small mountain community anywhere (i.e., high prices of food, isolated socially, poor job prospects etc...). I would suggest looking at somewhere with proximity to a decent College/University. That always creates a vibrancy socially and economically. Are you willing to live in a larger city that has proximity to the mountains? Somewhere like Boise, ID or Boulder, CO?
it's an obvious option. I love it here. This place is a candyland. The options for exploration are nothing short of amazing. There's also lots of decent sized cities outside of Seattle where you might be able to find work. And there's some interesting public transportation options if had to work in downtown Seattle but wanted to live outside of Seattle (there's a train that serves areas north of seattle, and I take and love the ferry from the west side of the Sound to downtown).Feel free to ask detailed questions or PM me.
Do some digging around on Silver City, NM. The climate is nice, small tightly woven community, quirky, MUCH more affordable than anything in CO, and great outdoor opportunities right in town or from town. The Gila Wilderness has suffered some serious fire damage, but the land is healing and people are still making it out to the springs, mountains, canyons and rivers. The CDT makes its way through the area, so its a popular layover for many travellers. Its not upscale/affluent Front Range CO, but it is chock full of character and unique opportunities in the region for land acquisition and use.
Thanks for everybody dropping in!!!Randy, I'm actually open to both just considering a change. Right now I don't have a priority over the other but am leaning towards a slightly more dynamic & diverse town/city. I would consider living in Boise and maybe on the outskirts of Boulder. I've never been to Boise but when I visited a co-op in Boulder I founds it very friendly, liberal and yet quite expensive down town. Will be on later tonight to check back in and read/respond to the rest of you. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts/experiences with me. :)Salud, M
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Silver City would be great, if my brother-in-law didn't live there. I think you're gonna have to get in a metro area to get that guy/girl ratio synced up.
Two places I've lived that felt "right" and more or less fit the bill you're after, Missoula Montana, and Asheville, NC. Both towns have universities and are probably better on the Guy:Girl than other places. Missoula has everything you're looking for and, ten years ago, a very reasonable cost of living. Asheville is cheap enough to, at least compared to California. Asheville has lots of character and access to the beautiful southern Appalachians right out the back door. Great Smoky mountains, great rivers, not so much winter mountaineering. Missoula would have more of the latter, and not a terrible haul from other great places. Bozeman is nice enough too, though I've never lived there. That said, I think I would enjoy Tahoe City or Truckee California, but I can see where they could close in after a little while, not unlike Crested Butte has for you.
Bellingham, perhaps? If you can handle the rain! (A tad worse than Seattle). College town, close access to lots of outdoor activity. Not too big; doesn't feel "urban" to me. Great food. Loooong wet winter.
"Bellingham, perhaps? If you can handle the rain!"Or maybe Mount Vernon, about 25-30 miles south of Bellingham. You might be able to pick up a relatively cheap house on its outskirts or in Burlingame just to the east.It's in the Skagit Valley. If you like to grow things, it has some of the best agricultural soil in Washington, Class II soil in many places with seasonal high water table the only limitation.Further south, much further, is Bishop, CA, in the Owens Valley. A beautiful, friendly town at the foot of the Sierra with a surprising number of amenities for a town of 4,000. If you're into mountains, it's a hard place to beat, and you should definitely be able to find a fixer upper in one of the smaller towns to the south, but still within easy driving distance of Bishop, e.g. Big Pine, Independence.
On Missoula (were I lived while going to grad school, moved north 2.4 years ago).Cost of living is reasonable compared to a place like Boulder or urban SoCal. Problem is that most jobs pay ~20-40% less than in more populous areas. Trail access from town is awesome, vast BC ski potential in all directions, though the approaches/bushwacking will be about 1000% gnarlier than in CB and after one season you'll want a sled. Weather in town during late Oct-April is horrible (rain, inversions), but better in the mountains. Ideologically you'd fit right in.Summer backpacking, fly fishing, hunting, and packrafting options are bettered only by other, less-urbane places nearby.
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I agree with Rog above. Durango is a beautiful place and on my short list, but it might not be much livelier than where you are currently.Since you're looking at the Front Range, I must plug my town, Fort Collins. Really nice neighborhoods, and quite a bit of land and fixer uppers available out in Poudre Canyon or the foothills. It is a pretty progressive city for the most part, but feels a bit more down to earth than say, Boulder. Close to Lory State Park, Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, Devil's Backbone Open Space, Poudre/Rist Canyons, and about an hour to RMNP. I also like that is far enough North that it isn't as congested as the rest of the Front Range. Add to that a ton of microbreweries, a university, and a great community, and it is hard beat. I feel that Fort Collins, while not a "mountain" town, meets a lot of the criteria you're looking for.
Boulder feels more like a European City to me.
Have you considered Golden, CO? Great access to all things outdoors, MUCH cheaper than Boulder, and close to Denver so you have access to the Denver job market, plus a major airport. Golden has a small town feel, but because of its proximity to Denver its culture is closer to what you'd expect in a larger urban city.
+1 GoldenI would like to trade places with you.
I've been considering a move this myself. In addition to some of the Colorado towns and Tahoe mentioned by others, the other place that's on my radar is Salt Lake City. There's excellent hiking right outside of town, and the Winds, Tetons, and all of the southern Utah playground are less than a day's drive.
I would love to be able to live in Colorado but have to stay put in Michigan for another 26 months.
I'm not sure I've ever been in a town in CO that I considered inexpensive. Or reasonable. Maybe I've lived in hell too long. I was looking at a vacation house in Moab, and was shocked at the cost.
"I'm not sure I've ever been in a town in CO that I considered inexpensive. Or reasonable. Maybe I've lived in hell too long. I was looking at a vacation house in Moab, and was shocked at the cost."Sterling, CO will set you right.When we were looking in Missoula ~3 years ago we didn't find anything worth spending money on for less than 200k.
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With the aging of the population, the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) eye disease has resulted in a large number of people suffering from central vision loss. In fact, the most prevalent cause of blindness among veterans is AMD. Since the number of elderly veterans is expected to double in the next 10 years, loss of vision due to AMD is also expected to proportionally and considerably escalate. People with impaired vision have difficulty with daily activities, such as, reading, driving, and recognizing faces. The goal of the research project is to provide information on factors that contribute to visual impairment. This knowledge is necessary for the development of innovative approaches that will optimize the benefit of vision rehabilitation techniques, aimed at improving vision, thus allowing our veterans to maintain function and productivity. The findings from the proposed research will benefit our veterans and all aging people.
Macular Degeneration
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Investigating Optical and Neural Causes of Vision Loss
- Ocular aberrations [ Time Frame: One time only ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2014
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Group 1
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Vision loss has become a major public health problem due to the growth and aging of the population. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of vision loss in people over 50 years of age. In the United States, over 10 million people have AMD and over 1.6 million people age 50 and older have late-stage advanced AMD. It is well established that AMD patients with central vision loss use preferred retinal loci (PRL) which are peripheral retinal areas adjacent to the fovea for performing daily activities, such as reading. However, even in healthy eyes, peripheral vision is limited due to reduced neural sampling density compared to the fovea. Additionally, the function of the peripheral retina can be further reduced in patients, owing to degenerative disease processes. These neural substrate losses are coupled with losses in the quality of the optical image on the retina. Optical imperfections increase with age and off-axis viewing, compared to viewing along the optical axis of the eye. The combination of these factors plays a significant role in reducing visual performance of patients with eccentric fixation. The long term goal of the project is to improve the visual performance of veterans with central vision loss by development of innovative approaches that will optimize the benefit of vision rehabilitation techniques. In the current proposal, optical and neural losses will be assessed in AMD patients with central vision loss using novel techniques. Increased optical losses due to age and viewing off the optical axis of the eye will be established with wavefront analysis technology. Increased neural losses due to retinal dysfunction at PRL will be determined based on measurement of visual acuity with blurred stimuli. Improvement in reading speed will be evaluated, conditional on neural losses at PRL and/or the stability of PRL, after compensating for optical losses with our adaptive optics system. The findings will provide knowledge of PRL function and stability that is beneficial for improving the outcome of available vision rehabilitation methods that train patients to better use their PRLs. Also, customized correction of optical imperfections of the eye for effectively improving visual performance can be developed as an approach for better vision rehabilitation of patients. Optimizing vision rehabilitation of our veterans will allow them to maintain function and productivity.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Normal healthy subjects and patients diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration and central vision loss will participate in the study.
Inclusion Criteria:
Standard inclusion criteria are:
- qualification for entry into the study based on clinical evaluation,
- competence to understand and willingness to sign an informed consent form and participate in the study,
- pupils that dilate to 5 mm or more.
The inclusion criteria for normal subjects will be:
- corrected visual acuities better than 20/30,
- intraocular pressure less than 21 mm Hg,
- no family history of AMD,
- no history of ophthalmic surgery or neurologic disease,
- no history of diabetes, glaucoma, or a history of elevated intraocular pressure.
The recruitment will ensure that approximately 40 subjects will fall into each of the three age groups, 50 to 60 years, 61 to 70 years, and 71 years and older. One eye of each subject will be selected at random to be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Ocular opacities that preclude acquiring a clear fundus photograph or refractive errors greater than 4 diopters.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00926913
|United States, Illinois
|Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|Principal Investigator:
|Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD
|Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|VA Office of Research and Development
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00926913 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 22, 2009
|Last Updated:
|April 3, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by VA Office of Research and Development:
Macular Degeneration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Macular Degeneration
Eye Diseases
Retinal Degeneration
Retinal Diseases
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Out running errands the other day, I passed a Perkie van heading out to do their daily run.
Perkie is the program that runs five days a week to Provo and back taking local cancer patients to their radiation appointments. The service run on donations and grants and doesn't charge for their service.
I had to fill my tank up with gas and as the pump dial soared to over 60 bucks, I began to wonder how Perkie and other transportation programs were faring as gas prices spiral out of control.
I called Nancy Bentley, the director of Active Re-Entry, the agency that runs Perkie to ask that question. She told me that her monthly gas bill for that program alone had jumped from $250 a month six months ago to a whooping $832 dollars last month and gas prices were still climbing.
The good news in all this is that they can still run the program. Eastern Utah Credit Union and other groups have stepped forward to ensure this community service does not falter.
The bad news is that if the direction of the increases does not slow soon, then more help from the community will be needed quickly.
Since we don't have all the medical services that we need here locally and there isn't mass transit to get to even the services that are available locally, many need to rely on programs like Perkie, Care-a-Van and the senior center to get them where they need to be.
Many who use these services are on extremely fixed incomes and cannot help absorb the rising fuel costs. It is encouraging to know that we have a community that keeps these programs viable.
As I speak of our community, I not only mean Carbon County residents, but those generous residents of Emery County as well. Emery is in the process of doing fundraising activities to help with the cost of gas for Perkie and the county's programs donate the use of vans to cover two of the days.
Bentley told me that rising costs have affected other areas of her programs and many other agencies she works hand and hand with are dealing with cuts to their services as well. This comes at a time when demand for social service programs, like the food bank, continue to rise.
We all are experiencing the pinch of inflation in every aspect of our existence. It may become easy to wrap ourselves up in our own little struggle to get by.
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By Richard Shaw Sun Advocate Publisher
In the 1962 film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" a young eastern lawyer (Rance Stoddard) tries to establish a law practice in a western town where a gang of bullies dominates the territory. Everyone fears the gang led by Liberty Valance that plagues the area. In the picture Stoddard gets talked into facing Valance in a shootout on Main Street and somehow wins the battle, killing the bad guy.
He becomes a hero but later learns that a friend he had made in the town had actually shot Valance from seclusion and that his shot entirely missed. The story is set as a retrospective with the young lawyer, many years later, telling the story to a newspaper reporter. He talks about the guilt he had felt all those years being known as hero yet not being one at all. At the end of the interview the reporter rips up his notes and says "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
J. Wesley Warf, the county attorney in Carbon County around the turn of the 19th century was in no way like Stoddard. If anything, based on newspaper reports and other historical data, he was more like Valance. While only county attorney for two years, he was like a whirlwind in town, having a shootout with a deputy sheriff near the Price railroad station in early 1898 and then later that year being involved in something much more serious; the beating and later the death of John Watson. Yet through all of it, Warf was completely let off the hook for his actions.
On June 9 of that year Clarence Marsh, who worked for the newspaper at the time, and Watson who worked for him in another endeavor, went to a headgate at the Carbon Canal to turn water down a ditch to do some irrigation. While they were attempting to do it another man came along with a shotgun and told Marsh that if he opened the gate he would shoot him. Marsh opened it anyway. His wife was apparently made aware of the situation and came up and convinced him to go home. Watson stayed, sitting on the ditch bank, possibly at Marsh's orders to be sure the water flow would continue.
A few minutes later, Warf and Alpha Ballinger (who had a very bad relationship with Marsh to begin with because of a complaint Marsh had filed against him for disturbing the peace in March) came riding up armed with rifles. Ballinger immediately leveled his rifle at Watson and while he had his attention, Warf walked up behind Watson and relieved him of his pistol. Warf then took the pistol and hit Watson in the head. Watson was hurt but Warf continued to beat him with the weapon. He fell unconscious from the blows.
Watson was badly injured, according to the report in the Eastern Utah Advocate. The worst injuries were largely confined to his head, but he had also been beaten after he fell down so he was bruised and had a hard time keeping food down for a few days.
Ballinger and Warf were arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, but because of Warf's position the case was moved to Helper where Justice J. Tom Fitch presided over the trial.
After the trial, in which the pair were found innocent, the Eastern Utah Advocate said of the legal action "It was a farce." It said that five eye witnesses stated the fact that the 59 year old Watson was beaten by the men with no reason for them to do so. Yet at the end of the trial both Warf and Ballinger were absolved of the deed by the Justice.
The incident brought out a storm of protest and the newspaper led it. But while their attack on the trial had been direct, the paper took on the newly formed county and its first government by pointing out in an indirect way what was wrong with some of what had been done overall. While complaining about the county's operation in general and some towns in specific, the paper wrote in an editorial "...we know of a county (Carbon) where reform might be made by sending the county attorney to a reformatory (and) we know of a town (Helper) where men guilty of penitentiary offenses have been turned loose when the evidence convicted them to the certainty required - a chance to reform a little in the election of a justice of the peace."
The fact is that Marsh and Watson were probably taking water illegally, but the resulting beating was far beyond where any justice for the action should have gone, according to the paper. March and Watson were cited for the action and sat in front of Judge Simmons in Price for their actions. But in those times, court officers being what they were, the Judge stated that he had brought a Colt .45 into the courtroom with him, and had intended to put down the pairs attorney if he "tried to run his court."
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"A justice of the peace who will take a loaded six-shooter into court and tell his townsmen that if the attorney for the party litigant 'rattles' him he intends to shoot him, is about the most beautiful specimen of innate depravity and all around cowardice that God in his infinite mercy has even permitted to crawl upon the earth."
An election year, and the first time the counties residents would be actually voting for people for local office rather than having them appointed by a court set up to run the county the first few years, the heat of the entire incident would simmer much of the summer.
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The 2006 Fall debut of the Lipscomb men's golf team has been delay after cancellation of the EKU Colonel Classic hosted by Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Ky.
The first round was called off Friday due to heavy rains. An attempt to start play Saturday also was stopped by rain.
There has been no decision on whether the tournament will be rescheduled.
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This guidance updates and replaces NICE technology appraisal 27 (published in July 2001) and NICE technology appraisal 72 (published in November 2003).
Rheumatoid arthritis is a long-term disease in which joints in the body become inflamed, causing pain, swelling and stiffness. It is known as an 'autoimmune disease' because it is caused when the body's immune system, which normally fights infection, starts to attack healthy joints. At times, rheumatoid arthritis can be very painful and affect a person's ability to carry out everyday tasks. It is not known why rheumatoid arthritis develops, and there is no cure. However, understanding of the disease has improved, and there are now effective treatments that can help ease the pain and symptoms, and slow down the disease. It is very important that treatment is started early to minimise damage to joints.
The advice in the NICE guideline covers the care of adults with rheumatoid arthritis. It does not specifically look at other types of arthritis such as osteoarthritis. NICE has also produced guidance on osteoarthritis, NICE clinical guideline 59 (published in February 2008).
Responsibility for undertaking a review of this guidance at the designated review date has passed to the National Clinical Guidelines Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions (NCGC-ACC) The National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions is no longer active
A correction has been made to the guideline. Recommendation 126.96.36.199 has been amended to remove text that stated an incorrect dose of etoricoxib for rheumatoid arthritis patients. The recommendation now reads: When offering treatment with an oral NSAID/COX-2 inhibitor, the first choice should be either a standard NSAID or a COX-2 inhibitor. In either case, these should be co-prescribed with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), choosing the one with the lowest acquisition cost.
Note that recommendations 22.214.171.124 - 126.96.36.199 are adapted from CG59 Osteoarthritis. These recommendations form part of the rheumatoid arthritis clinical guideline update of the rheumatoid arthritis aspects of TA27 Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis - cox II inhibitors.
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In August 2010, NICE published TA195 Rheumatoid arthritis - drugs for treatment after failure of a TNF inhibitor. This replaces TA126 Rheumatoid arthritis (refractory) - rituximab and TA141 Rheumatoid arthritis (refractory) - abatacept, which are referred to in CG79 Rheumatoid arthritis in section 2 of the NICE guideline and in the footnote of page 6 of the quick reference guide. Please see TA195 Rheumatoid arthritis - drugs for treatment after failure of a TNF inhibitor for the updated recommendations.
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19 U.S. Code § 1590 - Aviation smuggling
(a) In general
It is unlawful for the pilot of any aircraft to transport, or for any individual on board any aircraft to possess, merchandise knowing, or intending, that the merchandise will be introduced into the United States contrary to law.
(b) Sea transfers
It is unlawful for any person to transfer merchandise between an aircraft and a vessel on the high seas or in the customs waters of the United States if such person has not been authorized by the Secretary to make such transfer and—
(1) either—
(A) the aircraft is owned by a citizen of the United States or is registered in the United States, or
(c) Civil penalties
Any person who violates any provision of this section is liable for a civil penalty equal to twice the value of the merchandise involved in the violation, but not less than $10,000. The value of any controlled substance included in the merchandise shall be determined in accordance with section 1497 (b) of this title.
(d) Criminal penalties
In addition to being liable for a civil penalty under subsection (c) of this section, any person who intentionally commits, or attempts or conspires to commit, a violation of any provision of this section is, upon conviction—
(1) liable for a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both, if none of the merchandise involved was a controlled substance; or
(e) Seizure and forfeiture
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a vessel or aircraft used in connection with, or in aiding or facilitating, any violation of this section, whether or not any person is charged in connection with such violation, may be seized and forfeited in accordance with the customs laws.
(f) "Merchandise" defined
As used in this section, the term "merchandise" means only merchandise the importation of which into the United States is prohibited or restricted.
(g) Definition of aircraft
In this section, the term "aircraft"—
(2) includes a vehicle described in section 103.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
(h) Intent of transfer of merchandise
For purposes of imposing civil penalties under this section, any of the following acts, when performed within 250 miles of the territorial sea of the United States, shall be prima facie evidence that the transportation or possession of merchandise was unlawful and shall be presumed to constitute circumstances indicating that the purpose of the transfer is to make it possible for such merchandise, or any part thereof, to be introduced into the United States unlawfully, and for purposes of subsection (e) of this section or section 1595a of this title, shall be prima facie evidence that an aircraft or vessel was used in connection with, or to aid or facilitate, a violation of this section:
(1) The operation of an aircraft or a vessel without lights during such times as lights are required to be displayed under applicable law.
(2) The presence on an aircraft of an auxiliary fuel tank which is not installed in accordance with applicable law.
(3) The failure to identify correctly—
when requested to do so by a customs officer or other government authority.
(4) The external display of false registration numbers, false country of registration, or, in the case of a vessel, false vessel name.
(5) The presence on board of unmanifested merchandise, the importation of which is prohibited or restricted.
(6) The presence on board of controlled substances which are not manifested or which are not accompanied by the permits or licenses required under Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs or other international treaty.
Source(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 590, as added Pub. L. 99–570, title III, § 3120,Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–84; amended Pub. L. 112–93, § 2(a), (b),Feb. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 8.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1590, act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, § 590,46 Stat. 750, related to false drawback claims, prior to repeal by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21,62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948. See section 550 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
2012—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–93, § 2(b), inserted ", or attempts or conspires to commit," after "commits" in introductory provisions.
Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 112–93, § 2(a), added subsec. (g) and redesignated former subsec. (g) as (h).
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Pub. L. 112–93, § 2(c),Feb. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 8, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section] apply with respect to violations of any provision of section 590 of the Tariff Act of 1930 [19 U.S.C. 1590] on or after the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act [Feb. 10, 2012]."
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The Orioles have signed right-handed pitcher Mitch Atkins to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league spring training.
It's way too early to project his role with the 2011 Orioles, but he'll most likely come to spring training and compete for a long-relief spot in the bullpen.
The Orioles have also signed several of their own minor leaguers before they became eligible for free agency. They are relievers Will Startup and Raul Rivero, catcher Adam Donachie and infielder Carlos Rojas.
And here is some information on Atkins and the other players, per Zrebiec:
Atkins, 25, went 8-3 with a 3.63 ERA in 28 games (15 starts) in 2010 for Triple-A Iowa, a Chicago Cubs affiliate. He allowed 98 hits and 42 walks while striking out 76 in 106 innings.
He also made seven big league relief appearances spanning 12 innings for the Cubs over the past two seasons, compiling a 5.25 ERA.
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Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith tried to pay off some of New York Citys Republican party bosses to get himself on the ballot as a GOP candidate, federal authorities said.
City Councilman Dan Halloran and four other political figures also were charged in what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called an unappetizing smorgasbord of graft and greed involving six officials who together built a corridor of corruption stretching from Queens and the Bronx to Rockland County and all the way up to Albany itself.
Smith tried to bribe his way to a shot at Gracie Mansion, Bharara said in a statement, referring to the official mayors residence. Smith drew up the game plan and Councilman Halloran essentially quarterbacked that drive by finding party chairmen who were wide open to receiving bribes.
In meetings with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer, Smith agreed to bribe leaders of Republican Party county committees around New York City in an attempt to run for mayor as a Republican, even though he was a registered Democrat, a criminal complaint said.
Also charged are Bronx County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Savino, Queens County Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Spring Valley Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret.
In exchange for payments to Savino and Tabone, Smith agreed to use his power as a senator to help obtain state funds for a road project in Spring Valley, a village of 30,000 residents in Rockland County outside New York City. That, in turn, was to benefit a real estate project that Smith believed was being built by the undercover agents company in Spring Valley, the complaint alleged.
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Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
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|Neuroimaging to Elucidate the Mechanism of Tic Resolution in Tourette Syndrome
- Resting state functional connectivity [ Time Frame: Participants come in for a one-time visit. All participants will be enrolled by July 2012. Data will be analyzed by Sept 2012. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Quantitative measurements of integrated voxel-by-voxel blood oxygen level dependent fMRI time-series data will be compared between activated regions. Cross-correlation coefficients will be computed following band-pass filtering of data for evaluation of frequency-dependent contributions to correlation using standard functional connectivity techniques. Similar correlation analysis will be performed with signal from pulse oximetry and respiratory effort to evaluate for confounding stimulus-correlated physiological noise.
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy [ Time Frame: Participants come in for a one-time visit. All participants will be enrolled by July 2012. Data will be analyzed by Sept 2012. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]For each subject a central voxel within the anterior cingulate will be used as the region of interest. Peaks for substances of interest will be compared between each cohort.
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One of the most interesting aspects of Tourette syndrome is a virtual remission of tics by early adulthood in about half of patients. Information is needed to clarify the mechanism of tic remission in order to guide development of better treatments for this disabling condition. For this cross-sectional study, 10 individuals with tic remission and 10 individuals with persistent Tourette syndrome are being recruited for a one-time study visit. 10 neurologically normal (non-TS) controls have also been recruited to obtain control neuroimaging data. All participants will complete a study questionnaire and a 60-minute MRI procedure. Sequences used to compare the groups will be volumetric, diffusion tensor, resting state functional connectivity MRI and MR spectroscopy. Our primary hypothesis is that the pattern of functional connectivity in individuals with tic remission will be more mature than that of those with persistent tics. Secondary hypotheses tested will explore whether the other modalities can be used to differentiate tic remission from persistent TS.
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Young adult males (aged 18-35) with a history of Tourette syndrome, including at least moderate disability from tics during childhood.
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Persistent Tourette's subjects: history of disabling tics during childhood but no longer taking tic suppressing drugs.
Tic remission subjects: no longer experiencing any disability (even social discomfort) from tics. Must have had sustained improvement of tics for at least 3 years.
Normal controls: no longer recruiting.
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Tourette's subjects still taking tic suppressing drugs are excluded. Also excluded are any patients with a condition (such as a pacemaker, recent tattoo, implantable metal device, or claustrophobia) that could make the MRI examination unsafe.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01405859
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Keywords provided by University of Utah:
Tourette syndrome
Tourette's syndrome
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Tourette Syndrome
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Mental Disorders
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Movement Disorders
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Pathologic Processes
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Tucker Bridwell was named Outstanding Citizen of the Year.
Ron Butler of First Financial Bank is the outgoing Chamber Chair.
James K. Glassman, head of the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University, was the keynote speaker at the Chamber banquet.
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In the midst of 2012's summer blockbuster season, an unexpected contender emerged for the season's breakout hit: the frothy comedy The Best Exotic Marigold, which grossed $136 million on a meager $10 million budget. In Hollywood, that kind of success means just one thing: sequel time!
What's different about The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (which is, in fact, the actual title)? The addition of Richard Gere, a silver fox who draws the eye of the hotel's female residents. Beyond that, it looks like Best Exotic Marigold Hotel fans can expect the same mix of whimsy and light banter from a qualified cast that includes Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, and Tom Wilkinson.
"I couldn't resist the chance to come back and visit the old crumbling ruins. And see how the hotel was doing as well," jokes Penelope Wilton at the end of the trailer. We'll see if audiences feel the same way when the movie hits theaters next year. --Scott Meslow
Only in America: Tennessee officials ask God to spare them 'His coming wrath' over same-sex marriage
Officials in Blount County, Tennessee, considered a resolution asking God to "pass us by in His coming wrath" over the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage and "not destroy us as He did Sodom and Gomorrah." The resolution pledged that county residents would defy the court ruling. A motion to hear the resolution was rejected by a vote of 10-5, as angry residents booed and yelled, "Cowards!"
Mohamed, 27, was fleeing from Syria on a boat with 50 other people when he woke up one morning to find the boat's engine had fallen off, leaving him and his fellow migrants helplessly adrift at sea. Mohamed, however, was carrying a pair of iPhones he planned to pawn, and when he unwrapped one he realized he had a signal — and a chance to save their lives. He texted his cousin Danya, who lives in Hawaii, and Danya was able to get in touch with the Greek coast guard, who in turn found the refugee boat based on coordinates Mohamed was able to pull up on an app.
While the story is miraculous on many accounts, Mohamed is not the first refugee to find his life depending on the signal of an iPhone:
Data coverage is a lifeline for migrants. Though aid workers stemming the crisis of Syrian migration are yet to officially classify it as such, technology has been recognized by those on the ground as a necessity on par with food and warm clothing. Migrants need phones to help navigate between bus stations once they reach land, aid workers say.
Paul Donohoe, press manager at the International Rescue Committee, said the mobile phone has also become a "fundamental" tool in surviving the harrowing water-crossing from Turkey to Greece, which has claimed almost 3,000 lives in 2015 alone, according to the U.N. Human Rights Council. (Some half a million migrants have tried their luck this year, by the same study.) Donohoe, who recently traveled to Lesbos, said Greek coast guard employees have been overwhelmed with calls from migrants stranded at sea and using the communication service WhatsApp. [The Huffington Post]
The Huffington Post recreated the iMessage conversation between Mohamed and his cousin Danya, which you can watch below. For the rest of the story, visit The Huffington Post. Jeva Lange
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Earlier this week, Facebook announced it's testing "Reactions," a set of six emoji-based buttons that will allow users the long overdue ability to respond to content in a more emotionally sensitive way. On Friday, USA Today, clearly feeling the buzz around the impending debut, decided to give the emoji a test run on its own front page:
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That's right, in case you were unsure how to feel about the day's news, Friday's edition of the paper uses the emoji to provide handy emotional cues, like a sad face next to a story about a stabbing, an angry face next to an article about Russia's misdirected missiles, and a big wow face next to an item about Kevin McCarthy's decision to drop out of the race for House speaker.
AdWeek reached out to USA Today Editor-in-Chief David Callaway for a little more information behind the editorial decision:
Was there any concern about these emojis seeming too flippant next to serious content like the stabbing or Syria?
Yes, of course there was discussion about being too flippant.
Whose decision was it to use the emojis? Was there much debate among the editorial team?
My feeling (as editor-in-chief) is that a billion FB users may soon start using these to share stories—all kinds of stories—which of course is Facebook's intention. Social media and its icons are becoming a dominant form of communication in our world. We wanted to show what they would be like if transferred to print. [AdWeek]
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"People love lounging in hammocks, and people love soaking in hot tubs, and finally the two have become one," said Andrew Liszewski at Gizmodo. The Hydro Hammock ($1,495) is a sling built for two that holds 50 gallons of hot, bubbling water. A full setup includes a pump, a portable water heater, and all the hardware required to turn the hammock into a hot tub, though you'll need to find a pair of "extremely large and strong trees" to string it up between. If you can afford the whole kit, "you may never feel stressed ever again."
A publisher has apologized for language in a geography textbook, written to meet Texas' pro-American standards, that referred to African slaves as "workers." The parent of a student called attention to the passage, which stated that Africans were brought to this country "to work on agricultural plantations." Publisher McGraw Hill said it would reword the passage.
Two people were shot at Texas Southern University on Friday in the second campus shooting of the day. One student has died while the other is reported to be in stable condition. The attack reportedly took place "at a student housing complex," according to KPRC 2 Houston. Police reportedly have a person of interest in custody.
"It's crazy," the school's associate vice president of communications, Eva Pickens, told The Los Angeles Times. "It's broad daylight."
Students at TSU are not allowed to have firearms on campus and the motive behind the attack is not clear. Earlier Friday morning, one person died and three were wounded at Northern Arizona University in a shooting that stemmed from an argument outside a dorm. Jeva Lange
Seemingly out of options after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unexpectedly dropped out of the race for House speaker Thursday, Republicans have been loudly urging Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to run, calling him the only potential candidate who would be able to unite the increasingly divided House. Though he politely turned down the offer Thursday, Ryan was forced to double down on his refusal Friday as the pleas for his candidacy reached a fever pitch.
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The Secretary of State's office has up to 20-days to certify the results of the election. The Governor then has up to 10-days to approve them. After that happens, there is a 30-day waiting period before the new law takes effect.
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