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7 U.S. Code § 2001 - Debt restructuring and loan servicing
(a) In general
The Secretary shall modify delinquent farmer program loans made or insured under this chapter, or purchased from the lender or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under section 1929b of this title, to the maximum extent possible—
(1) to avoid losses to the Secretary on such loans, with priority consideration being placed on writing-down the loan principal and interest (subject to subsections (d) and (e) of this section), and debt set-aside (subject to subsection (e) of this section), whenever these procedures would facilitate keeping the borrower on the farm or ranch, or otherwise through the use of primary loan service programs as provided in this section; and
(b) Eligibility
To be eligible to obtain assistance under subsection (a) of this section—
(1) the delinquency must be due to circumstances beyond the control of the borrower, as defined in regulations issued by the Secretary, except that the regulations shall require that, if the value of the assets calculated under subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii) of this section that may be realized through liquidation or other methods would produce enough income to make the delinquent loan current, the borrower shall not be eligible for assistance under subsection (a) of this section;
(2) the borrower must have acted in good faith with the Secretary in connection with the loan as defined in regulations issued by the Secretary;
(3) the borrower must present a preliminary plan to the Secretary that contains reasonable assumptions that demonstrate that the borrower will be able to—
(c) Restructuring determinations
(1) Determination of net recovery
In determining the net recovery from the involuntary liquidation of a loan under this section, the Secretary shall calculate—
(2) Recovery value
For the purpose of paragraph (1), the recovery value of the collateral securing the loan shall be based on—
(i) the amount of the current appraised value of the interests of the borrower in the property securing the loan; plus
(B) the estimated administrative, legal, and other expenses associated with the liquidation and disposition of the loan and collateral, including—
(ii) taxes and assessments, depreciation, management costs, the yearly percentage decrease or increase in the value of the property, and lost interest income, each calculated for the average holding period for the type of property involved;
(3) Value of the restructured loan
(A) In general
For the purpose of paragraph (1), the value of the restructured loan shall be based on the present value of payments that the borrower would make to the Federal Government if the terms of such loan were modified under any combination of primary loan service programs to ensure that the borrower is able to meet such obligations and continue farming operations.
(B) Present value
For the purpose of calculating the present value referred to in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use a discount rate of not more than the current rate on 90-day Treasury bills.
(C) Cash flow margin
For the purpose of assessing under subparagraph (A) the ability of a borrower to meet debt obligations and continue farming operations, the Secretary shall assume that the borrower needs up to 110 percent of the amount indicated for payment of farm operating expenses, debt service obligations, and family living expenses.
(4) Notification
Within 90 days after receipt of a written request for restructuring from the borrower, the Secretary shall—
(5) Restructuring of loans
If the value of the restructured loan is greater than or equal to the recovery value, the Secretary shall, within 45 days after notifying the borrower of such calculations, offer to restructure the loan obligations of the borrower under this chapter through primary loan service programs that would enable the borrower to meet the obligations (as modified) under the loan and to continue the farming operations of the borrower. If the borrower accepts such offer, within 45 days after receipt of notice of acceptance, the Secretary shall restructure the loan accordingly.
(6) Termination of loan obligations
The obligations of a borrower to the Secretary under a loan shall terminate if—
(A) the borrower satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this section;
(7) Negotiation of appraisal
(A) In general
In making a determination concerning restructuring under this subsection, the Secretary, at the request of the borrower, shall enter into negotiations concerning appraisals required under this subsection with the borrower.
(B) Independent appraisal
If the borrower, based on a separate current appraisal, objects to the decision of the Secretary regarding an appraisal, the borrower and the Secretary shall mutually agree, to the extent practicable, on an independent appraiser who shall conduct another appraisal of the borrower's property. The average of the two appraisals that are closest in value shall become the final appraisal under this paragraph. The borrower and the Secretary shall each pay one-half of the cost of the independent appraisal.
(d) Principal and interest write-down
(1) In general
(A) Priority consideration
In selecting the restructuring alternatives to be used in the case of a borrower who has requested restructuring under this section, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to the use of principal and interest write-down, except that this procedure shall not be given first priority in the case of a borrower unless other creditors of such borrower (other than those creditors who are fully collateralized) representing a substantial portion of the total debt of the borrower held by such creditors, agree to participate in the development of the restructuring plan or agree to participate in a State mediation program.
(B) Failure of creditors to agree
Failure of creditors to agree to participate in the restructuring plan or mediation program shall not preclude the use of principal and interest write-down by the Secretary if the Secretary determines that this restructuring alternative results in the least cost to the Secretary.
(2) Participation of creditors
Before eliminating the option to use debt write-down in the case of a borrower, the Secretary shall make a reasonable effort to contact the creditors of such borrower, either directly or through the borrower, and encourage such creditors to participate with the Secretary in the development of a restructuring plan for the borrower.
(e) Shared appreciation arrangements
(1) In general
As a condition of restructuring a loan in accordance with this section, the borrower of the loan may be required to enter into a shared appreciation arrangement that requires the repayment of amounts written off or set aside.
(2) Terms
Shared appreciation agreements shall have a term not to exceed 10 years, and shall provide for recapture based on the difference between the appraised values of the real security property at the time of restructuring and at the time of recapture.
(3) Percentage of recapture
The amount of the appreciation to be recaptured by the Secretary shall be 75 percent of the appreciation in the value of such real security property if the recapture occurs within 4 years of the restructuring, and 50 percent if the recapture occurs during the remainder of the term of the agreement.
(4) Time of recapture
Recapture shall take place at the end of the term of the agreement, or sooner—
(5) Transfer of title
Transfer of title to the spouse of a borrower on the death of such borrower shall not be treated as a conveyance for the purpose of paragraph (4).
(6) Notice of recapture
Beginning with fiscal year 2000 not later than 12 months before the end of the term of a shared appreciation arrangement, the Secretary shall notify the borrower involved of the provisions of the arrangement.
(7) Financing of recapture payment
(A) In general
The Secretary may amortize a recapture payment owed to the Secretary under this subsection.
(C) Interest rate
(i) In general The interest rate applicable to an amortization under this paragraph may not exceed the rate applicable to a loan to reacquire homestead property less 100 basis points.
(ii) Existing amortizations and loans The interest rate applicable to an amortization or loan made by the Secretary before October 28, 2000, to finance a recapture payment owed to the Secretary under this subsection may not exceed the rate applicable to a loan to reacquire homestead property less 100 basis points.
(D) Reamortization
(i) In general The Secretary may modify the amortization of a recapture payment referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph on which a payment has become delinquent by using loan service tools under section 1991 (b)(3) of this title if—
(ii) Limitations
(I) Term of reamortization The term of a reamortization under this subparagraph may not exceed 25 years from the date of the original amortization agreement.
(f) Determination to restructure
If the appeal process results in a determination that a loan is eligible for restructuring, the Secretary shall restructure the loan in the manner consistent with this section, taking into consideration the restructuring recommendations, if any, of the appeals officer.
(g) Prerequisites to foreclosure or liquidation
No foreclosure or other similar actions shall be taken to liquidate any loan determined to be ineligible for restructuring by the Secretary under this section—
(h) Time limits for restructuring
(i) Notice of ineligibility for restructuring
(1) In general
A notice of ineligibility for restructuring shall be sent to the borrower by registered or certified mail within 15 days after such determination.
(2) Contents
The notice required under paragraph (1) shall contain—
(B) the computations used to make the determination, including the calculation of the recovery value of the collateral securing the loan; and
(j) Independent appraisals
An appeal filed with the appeals division under section 1983b of this title may include a request by the borrower for an independent appraisal of any property securing the loan. On such request, the appeals division shall present the borrower with a list of three appraisers approved by the county supervisor, from which the borrower shall select an appraiser to conduct the appraisal, the cost of which shall be borne by the borrower. The results of such appraisal shall be considered in any final determination concerning the loan. A copy of any appraisal made under this paragraph shall be provided to the borrower.
(k) Partial liquidations
If partial liquidations are performed (with the prior consent of the Secretary) as part of loan servicing by a guaranteed lender under this chapter, the Secretary shall not require full liquidation of a delinquent loan in order for the lender to be eligible to receive payment on losses.
(l) Disposition of normal income security
For purposes of subsection (b)(2) of this section, if a borrower—
(1) disposed of normal income security prior to October 14, 1988, without the consent of the Secretary; and
(2) demonstrates that—
(B) the borrower would have been entitled to a release of income proceeds by the Secretary if the regulations in effect on November 28, 1990, had been in effect at the time of the disposition,
the Secretary shall not consider the borrower to have acted without good faith to the extent of the disposition.
(m) Only 1 write-down or net recovery buy-out per borrower for loan made after January 6, 1988
(1) In general
The Secretary may provide for any one borrower not more than 1 write-down or net recovery buy-out under this section with respect to all loans made to the borrower after January 6, 1988.
(n) Liquidation of assets
The Secretary may not use the authority provided by this section to reduce or terminate any portion of the debt of the borrower that the borrower could pay through the liquidation of assets (or through the payment of the loan value of the assets, if the loan value is greater than the liquidation value) described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii) of this section.
(o) Lifetime limitation on debt forgiveness per borrower
The Secretary may provide not more than $300,000 in principal and interest forgiveness under this section per borrower.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 353, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title VI, § 615(a),Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1678; amended Pub. L. 101–624, title XVIII, § 1816(a)–(d), (f)–(h), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3826–3828; Pub. L. 102–237, title V, § 501(h),Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1868; Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, §§ 645, 661(j),Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1103, 1107; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title VIII, §§ 807, 808], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–40; Pub. L. 106–31, title III, § 3019(b),May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 99; Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title VIII, § 818(a)], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–58; Pub. L. 107–171, title V, § 5314,May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 347.)
References in Text
For definition of "this chapter", referred to in subsecs. (a), (c)(5), and (k), see note set out under section 1921 of this title.
Section 1983b of this title, referred to in subsec. (h), was repealed by Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 281(c),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3233.
2002—Subsec. (e)(7)(D). Pub. L. 107–171added subpar. (D).
2000—Subsec. (e)(7). Pub. L. 106–387added par. (7).
1999—Subsec. (c)(3)(C). Pub. L. 106–31substituted "110 percent" for "100 percent".
1998—Subsec. (c)(3)(C). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(a) [title VIII, § 808], substituted "100 percent" for "110 percent".
Subsec. (e)(6). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(a) [title VIII, § 807], added par. (6).
1996—Subsec. (c)(3)(C). Pub. L. 104–127, § 645(1)(A), added subpar. (C) and struck out heading and text of former subpar. (C). Text read as follows:
"(i) Assumption.—For the purpose of assessing under subparagraph (A) the ability of a borrower to meet debt obligations and continue farming operations, the Secretary shall assume that the borrower needs up to 105 percent of the amount indicated for payment of debt obligations.
"(ii) Available income.—If an amount up to 105 percent of the debt payments of the borrower has been earmarked for such payments, the Secretary shall consider the income of the borrower to be adequate to meet the debt obligations of the borrower."
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 104–127, § 645(1)(B), added par. (6) and struck out former par. (6), which specified required conditions for termination of loan obligations, limited applicability of good faith requirement, authorized recapture by requiring borrower to enter into agreement before terminating loan obligations, and provided for limitation on recapture amount and treatment of intrafamily transfers.
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 104–127, § 645(2), (3), redesignatedsubsec. (l) as (k) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (k). Text read as follows: "The creditworthiness of, or the adequacy of collateral offered by, any borrower whose loan obligations are restructured under this section shall be determined without regard to such restructuring."
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 104–127, § 661(j), struck out "and subparagraphs (A)(i) and (C)(i) of section 1985 (e)(1) of this title," before "if a borrower" in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 104–127, § 645(3), redesignatedsubsec. (m) as (l).
Subsecs. (m) to (p). Pub. L. 104–127, § 645(3), redesignatedsubsecs. (m) to (p) as (l) to (o), respectively.
1991—Subsec. (c)(6)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 102–237, § 501(h)(1), substituted "November 28, 1990" for "the date of enactment of this paragraph".
Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 102–237, § 501(h)(2), substituted "section 1985 (e)(1)" for "section 1985 (e)(1)(A)".
1990—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(a), inserted before semicolon at end ", except that the regulations shall require that, if the value of the assets calculated under subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii) of this section that may be realized through liquidation or other methods would produce enough income to make the delinquent loan current, the borrower shall not be eligible for assistance under subsection (a) of this section".
Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(b)(1), amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: "the amount of the current appraised value of the property securing the loan; less".
Subsec. (c)(2)(B)(iv). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(b)(2)(A), substituted "costs; plus" for "costs."
Subsec. (c)(2)(C). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(b)(2)(B), added subpar. (C).
Subsec. (c)(3)(C). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(c), added subpar. (C).
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(d), substituted "90" for "60" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(f), amended par. (6) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (6) read as follows: "If the value of the restructured loan is less than the recovery value and if, within 45 days after receipt of the notification described in paragraph (4)(B), the borrower pays (or obtains third-party financing to pay) the Secretary an amount equal to the recovery value, the obligations of the borrower to the Secretary under the loan shall terminate, except that the Secretary may require, as a condition of such termination of loan obligations, that the borrower enter into an agreement with the Secretary if the borrower sells or otherwise conveys the real property used to secure such loan within 2 years after the date of such agreement. Any such agreement shall provide for the recapture of part or all of the difference between the recovery value of the loan and the fair market value (on the date of such agreement) of the property securing the loan if the borrower realizes a gain on the sale or conveyance over the amount of the recovery value of the loan. In no event shall any such agreement provide for recapture of an amount that exceeds the difference between such recovery value and the fair market value of the property securing the loan on the date of such agreement."
Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(g), added par. (7).
Subsecs. (l) to (p). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1816(h), added subsecs. (l) to (p).
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Amendment by section 645(1) ofPub. L. 104–127effective 90 days after Apr. 4, 1996, and amendment by sections 645(2), (3) and 661(j) ofPub. L. 104–127effective Apr. 4, 1996, see section 663(a), (b) ofPub. L. 104–127, set out as a note under section 1922 of this title.
Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–237effective as if included in the provision of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–624, to which the amendment relates, see section 1101(b)(3) ofPub. L. 102–237, set out as a note under section 1421 of this title.
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Pub. L. 101–624, title XVIII, § 1861,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3837, provided that:
"(a) In General.—Except as otherwise provided in this title, this title and the amendments made by this title [enacting sections 1981f and 2006a to 2006e of this title, section 2076a of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and section 494 of Title 25, Indians, amending this section, sections 1924, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1946, 1981, 1981d, 1982, 1983, 1983a, 1983b, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2003, and 5106 of this title, section 3132 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, sections 2019, 2075, 2077, 2218, 2252, 2254, 2277a–5, 2277a–9, 2277a–10, 2277a–14, 2278a–6, 2279aa, and 2279aa–11 of Title 12, and section 492 of Title 25, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 1981f of this title and section 2001 of Title 12, amending provisions set out as a note under section 1985 of this title, and repealing provisions set out as a note preceding section 1961 of this title] shall become effective on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990].
"(b) Notice of Debt Settlement Programs.—The amendment made by section 1807(1) of this Act [amending section 1981d (b)(1) of this title] shall become effective 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990].
"(c) Debt Restructuring and Loan Servicing.—
"(1) In general.—Except as provided in section 353(c)(6)(A)(ii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act [7 U.S.C. 2001 (c)(6)(A)(iii)] (as added by section 1816(f) of this Act) and in paragraph (3) of this subsection, section 1816 of this Act and the amendments made by such section 1816 [amending this section and section 1985 of this title] shall apply to new applications submitted under section 353 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2001) on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990].
"(2) Definition of new application.—As used in paragraph (1), the term 'new application' means an application submitted by a borrower to initiate a debt restructuring consideration and not an application reconsidered after an appeal or revision of the original application.
"(3) Liquidation of assets.—Section 353(o) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act [7 U.S.C. 2001 (o)] (as added by section 1816(h) of this Act) shall not apply until the Secretary of Agriculture has issued final regulations to carry out such section 353(o).
"(d) Restoration of First Lien on Stock.—The amendment made by section 1833 of this Act [enacting section 2076a of Title 12 and amending section 2077 of Title 12] shall be effective as of January 7, 1988.
"(e) Regulations.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990]—
"(1) the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out subtitles A and C of this Act [probably means subtitles A (§§ 1801–1824) and C (§§ 1851–1854) of title XVIII of Pub. L. 101–624, enacting sections 1981f and 2006a to 2006e of this title and section 494 of Title 25, amending this section, sections 1924, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1946, 1981, 1981d, 1982, 1983, 1983a, 1983b, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2003, and 5106 of this title and section 492 of Title 25, enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1981f of this title, amending provisions set out as a note under section 1985 of this title, and repealing provisions set out as a note preceding section 1961 of this title] and the amendments made by such subtitles; and
"(2) the Farm Credit Administration shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out subtitle B of this Act [probably means subtitle B (§§ 1831–1843) of title XVIII of Pub. L. 101–624, enacting section 2076a of Title 12, amending section 3132 of Title 5 and sections 2019, 2075, 2077, 2218, 2252, 2254, 2277a–5, 2277a–9, 2277a–10, 2277a–14, 2278a–6, 2279aa, and 2279aa–11 of Title 12, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 2001 of Title 12] and the amendments made by such subtitle."
Suspension of Collection Activities During Transition Period
Pub. L. 100–233, title VI, § 615(d),Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1682, provided that: "The Secretary of Agriculture shall not initiate any acceleration, foreclosure, or liquidation in connection with any delinquent farmer program loan before the date the Secretary has issued final regulations to carry out the amendments made by this section [enacting section 2001 of this title and amending sections 1927a and 1981 of this title]. The preceding sentence shall not prohibit the Secretary from taking any action with respect to waste, fraud, or abuse by the borrower."
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Early Detection of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has emerged as a potential valuable test for the early detection of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. A number of reports have provided some preliminary evidence that Pulmonary Artery (PA) stiffness may be accurately detected by imaging of the pulmonary artery in order to measure PA stiffness. In addition, cardiac MRI could play provide early and effective treatment for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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|Study Design:
|Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Early Detection of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
The population will consist of a total of 90 subjects separated evenly into the following subgroups: 1) Mild PAH, 2) Moderate or Severe PAH, and 3) Normal Controls.
Inclusion Criteria:
Consecutive patients aged ≥ 18 years with PAH as dictated by a comprehensive examination and echocardiography will be included for enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18 years
- Pregnancy
- Mechanical ventilation
- Acute or chronic renal failure (creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min or requiring renal replacement therapy)
- Inability to perform MRI (i.e. claustrophobia, severe obesity (> 150 kg), device incompatible with MRI)
- Significant arrhythmia that precludes adequate ECG-gating for the MRI (i.e. atrial fibrillation with highly variable cycle lengths)
- Prior heart or lung transplantation
- Left ventricular systolic (ejection fraction < 50%) or diastolic failure (based on Framingham criteria for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction)
- Significant left-sided valvular disease (≥ moderate aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral regurgitation) or prior valve surgery
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01451255
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|Mayo Clinic
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
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|Responsible Party:
|Brian Shapiro, Principal Investigator, Mayo Clinic
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|Study First Received:
|October 8, 2011
|Last Updated:
|July 3, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Mayo Clinic:
normal subjects
mild pulmonary hypertension
exercise-associated pulmonary hypertension
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) - The victims of a serious six car accident that took place on Friday in the 1200 through 1400 blocks of Rockville Pike and Templeton Place in Rockville have been identified.
According to Montgomery County Officials, the victims are 61-year-old James Plakas of Rockville who remains in critical condition at Baltimore Shock Trauma, 31-year-old Keegan David Lutchman of Gaithersburg; his mom, 56-year-old Annemarie Marion Lutchman; 61-year-old Ronald St. Aubyn Baxter of Silver Spring; 42-year-old Aletha Yvette Davis of Lusby; 41-year-old Imran Arif of Gaithersburg; and 50-year-old Ana Veronica Lopez of Rockville.
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I'm looking at global privileges - but the UK and the US are similar.
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|Posted by D. Meanea on May 30 2003 6:17am
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If you are searching for literal parentheses, you have to enclose each parenthesis in brackets; otherwise, mySQL thinks they're part of the regular expression syntax. For instance:
WHERE phone REGEXP '(435)';
would return any phone numbers that have the sequence 435 in any part of the string, such as "1(801)555-4351". However:
WHERE phone REGEXP '[(]435[)]';
would return only phone numbers with (435), such as "1(435)555-5555".
|Posted by Marcello Alves on June 5 2003 6:11am
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It's far beyond the scope of this documentation to dwell on all the gory details of regular expressions. Should you have any doubts, please refer to a good book on the subject like "Mastering Regular Expressions" (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex/). References online include http://sitescooper.org/tao_regexps.html and http://www.regexlib.com/
|Posted by a j stiles on November 3 2003 2:30am
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The regular expression support in MySQL seems to be based on traditional-style regex (like ereg() in PHP), not the more sophisticated regular expression matching found in Perl or PHP's preg_match(). And in case the above doesn't make it clear (being mostly SELECT statements using the function directly to return a 1 or 0), you typically would use the REGEXP function in a WHERE clause like this:
SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar REGEXP "baz"
To match a "special" character such as $, you need to prefix it with the backslash \ character. So \$ matches an actual dollar sign. However, in almost any programming language that claims a "C-like" syntax, that backslash is likely to get picked up on as a special character. So you may need to use an extra backslash. Also, at least in Perl and PHP, the $ is a special character itself, because it indicates that what follows is a variable name - so it will need a backslash too.
In Perl or PHP, you probably will write something like this to match on a line starting with a $ sign:
$query = "SELECT * FROM `foo` WHERE `bar` REGEXP \"^\\\$\""
I'll explain the special characters in that and what they mean:
backslash, speech mark = a literal speech mark
HAT sign = beginning of line
two backslashes = a literal backslash
backslash, dollar = a literal dollar sign
backslash, speech mark = a literal speech mark
Now if you print $query, it will have the value
SELECT * FROM `foo` WHERE `bar` REGEXP "^\$"
which is what you really want, and how you would type it into the mysql command line. Remember also that PHPMyAdmin expects you to put a backslash before a backslash or apostrophe. So in PHPMyAdmin you would enter
SELECT * FROM `foo` WHERE `bar` REGEXP "^\\$"
I guess if you only want to use . and .* regular expressions, you may as well stick to using LIKE with the _ and % wildcards, as that is probably a bit faster. Finally, when using regular expressions in *any* language you need to watch out, because it is very easy to write ones that will always match, and almost as easy to write ones that will never match anything. So do check!
|Posted by Vaz Aranni on June 30 2005 6:46am
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Regexp's are pretty complicated. If you need anything more complicated than what's shown above, a good site to learn how to use them is http://www.regular-expressions.info. The sites listed in the second comment are probably a good idea too.
Also, don't get in the habit of using character classes to escape metacharacters (like using [(] to match a literal parenthese). The open parentheses '(' and ')' have no special meaning inside a character class, but others like $ retain their meaning. Using [$] won't match the character '$', it'll still match the beginning of the string.
So escape them properly with backslashes.
So what if your PHP code has something that looks like...
mysql_query("select * from a where Name rlike '(^|//////|)example'")
...just to match a string that starts with "example" or contains the string "|example". It looks terrible and it works.
|Posted by Tony Boyd on October 12 2005 2:16am
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For those of you struggling to escape special characters with long sequences of backslashes (see Vaz's post), I have to ask: why bother? Why not just use the dot-character syntax mentioned on this very page? For example, I needed to find all the ID attributes in some HTML. I tried escaping single and double-quotes for about 30 seconds, then I just switched to this:
SELECT * FROM site WHERE html REGEXP "id=[[.apostrophe.][.quotation-mark.]]archives[[.apostrophe.][.quotation-mark.]]";
Ta da. No escaping issues.
|Posted by Guido Dieterich on December 20 2005 11:46am
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This sql statements:
SELECT 'WORD' REGEXP '[[:upper:]]{4}'; # => 1;
SELECT 'WORD' REGEXP '[[:lower:]]{4}'; # => 0
work right only when collate is _cs and NOT _ci (case insensitive)
created tables eg. the collate 'latin1_swedish_ci' have to be changed, if you want to use case sensitive REGEXPs like [[:upper:]] or [[:lower:]]!
ALTER TABLE <name> CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin_general_cs
I set in my.cnf now:
default-collation= latin1_general_cs
#default was latin1_swedish_ci
|Posted by Koy Kragh on March 4 2006 7:33pm
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The above post by Guido Dieterich (about collation and case sensitivity) is a good point. However, there is a way to match in a case-sensitive manner without having to change the collation of your existing tables: use the "BINARY" keyword.
Here's an extended example (based on the one previously posted):
('WORD' REGEXP '[[:upper:]]{4}') AS `upper_match`, # this will be a 1
('WORD' REGEXP '[[:lower:]]{4}') AS `lower_match`, # this will be a 1 on an "*_ci" collation
# -BINARY- matches below
(BINARY 'WORD' REGEXP '[[:upper:]]{4}') AS `bin_upper_match`, # this will be a 1
(BINARY 'WORD' REGEXP '[[:lower:]]{4}') AS `bin_lower_match` # this will be a 0 even on an "*_ci" collation
|Posted by Dennis K on November 8 2006 10:04am
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The query "SELECT * FROM table WHERE text REGEXP 'UPPER'" on a *.ci (e.g. latin1_general_ci) table will find any case insensetive words, even words like "upper" or "uPpOr", or "UpPOr", etc...
To avoid this use one of the following Methods:
SELECT * FROM table WHERE text COLLATE latin1_general_cs REGEXP '...'
SELECT * FROM table WHERE CAST(x AS BINARY) REGEXP '...'
|Posted by richard versloot on May 9 2007 4:28pm
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information on boosting performance of regexp matching would be very welcome (for example: wich index type)
This information can't be find on the dev.mysql.com site.
|Posted by lvaro G. Vicario on October 10 2007 12:21pm
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"To use a literal instance of a special character in a regular expression, precede it by two backslash (\) characters."
If you are coding in PHP and you need to match a literal backslash you can easily end up with an unmaintainable mess of \\\\\\\\'s.
Try to keep it clean applying the appropriate escaping functions:
$match = '^' . preg_quote('one\\two') . '$';
$sql = "SELECT * FROM my_table " .
"WHERE my_field REGEXP '" . mysql_real_escape_string($match) . "'";
There doesn't seem to be a native quote funcion in MySQL but PHP's preg_quote() apparently works.
|Posted by Carl Longnecker on December 30 2007 7:00am
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richard versloot-
regular expressions do not utilize indexes. the only way to improve their performance is to write a more efficient expression.
|Posted by Donoiu Cristian on July 3 2008 8:58pm
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Some of the next lines may be true:
-place the fixed/bigger part first or "fail fast", for ex: instead of (e|abcd) use (abcd|e)
-extract similitudes, ex: instead of (abcd|abef) use ab(cd|ef)
-prefere LIKE with % and _ , or string functions if the match is simple
-try to create less cycles(regex use a lot backtracking)!!!
Hope it helps!
|Posted by Alan Ng on November 7 2009 3:17am
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I can't believe I'm the first to post this solution, since the pain of MySQL's REGEXP not working with multibyte character sets has been expressed all over the Web for years, I see.
Here's my simple workaround, for a database, server, and current connection that are entirely in UTF-8. Of course this only helps the majority of us developers who are in fact dealing with stored data that could just as well have be expressed in latin1:
SELECT * FROM YourTables WHERE (CONVERT (TextField USING latin1)) REGEXP CONVERT ('YourUTF8RegExp' USING latin1))
|Posted by Miklos Kokenyesi on November 30 2009 9:54am
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Maybe this will be useful for others.
While creating a search function with syntax-highlighting for content which include bulletin board codes ([code], [ul], [li], etc.) I was stuck for a few hours about how to exclude the contents of the BBC tags. For example, if someone search for "ode", the [code] tags won't needed in the result list, not to mention that the syntax highlighting destroyed the html code as well :)
I was only able to do it this way ($search is the search string, passed from php):
SELECT * FROM table
WHERE LOWER(content) LIKE '%$search%'
AND content REGEXP '[\]].[^\[]*$search'
I wanted my $search to be found only after "]", and only if there is no "[" between them. Other characters are allowed.
|Posted by Jim W on July 13 2010 5:43pm
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Since character code escape sequences aren't supported, here's a handy regexp for finding any rows with characters outside of the ASCII range:
SELECT * FROM my_table
WHERE the_column REGEXP '[^[.NUL.]-[.DEL.]]'
Alternately, if you want to exclude control characters as well:
SELECT * FROM my_table
WHERE the_column REGEXP '[^ -~]'
|Posted by ehab heikal on September 21 2010 11:52pm
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For those times when you need a fast reference for regex you can download and print or view this pdf http://www.elmotaheda.com/website-design-development/regex_cheat_cheat .
The sheet is color coded and is very easy to read.
|Posted by Kasey Speakman on November 10 2010 7:53pm
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It's quite unfortunate that their REGEX interpreter doesn't support logical NOT expressions. Ordinarily I would write something like this to match all numbers except 11:
But with their implementation, I have to make a "do not match" field as well as a "match" field to make sure my conditions are met. :/
|Posted by Andrey Klyuchnikov on March 1 2011 11:52am
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re: Kasey Speakman
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For LIKE Results
SELECT * FROM REG where seg_3 REGEXP 'SHA|S11|A11|SH4|SH4H|H4H|5HA|5HAH|HAH'
|Posted by Jon Spriggs on November 24 2011 3:17pm
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I struggled with the [:character_type:] element of the regexp. I had a problem where users were entering artist names with various degrees of spacing in the name... for example "Loudog" and "Lou Dog".
To get around this, I changed the string being searched for, in code, to: "[:space:]*L[:space:]*o[:space:]*u[:space:]*D[:space:]*o[:space:]*g[:space:]*" but this wasn't working.
Eventually someone spotted that I was essentially searching for zero-or-more instances of the characters :, s, p, a, c or e. This search should instead have been: "[[:space:]]*L[[:space:]]*o[[:space:]]*u[[:space:]]*D[[:space:]]*o[[:space:]]*g[[:space:]]*"
It's not clear in the examples above that this is what you should be searching for. This is roughly equivelent to "/\s+L\s+o\s+u\s+D\s+o\s+g\s+/i"
|Posted by Kasey Speakman on December 8 2011 11:52pm
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@Andrey Klyuchnikov
Using ORed decompositions is fine for my simple example, but in actual data, the length of the decompositions may be well beyond the point where they would be worth doing over just using two fields... or better yet if MySQL would implement the negation operator ?!.
Also, decompositions are much less clear in what they are doing. It's pretty obvious what the negation operator is doing. When I have to revisit a regex 2 years from now to add something to it, I'm going to want to smack someone that used a decomp.
|Posted by Eric Kent on December 23 2011 5:37pm
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If you need an IsNumeric or IsInt function, you can use:
return sValue regexp '^-?[0-9]+[.]?[0-9]*$|^-?[.][0-9]+$';
return sValue regexp '^-?[0-9]+$';
where sValue is a char argument.
|Posted by Naftali Zakharov on May 2 2013 1:06pm
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Ehab Heikal, thanks for your link to the regex cheat sheet. Only, the content is no longer there. I am aware of some other regex cheat sheets that seem very popular and I am sharing a short list here.
1) A pretty neutral cheat sheet for regexes.
The download is for free.
and there is a nicer-looking one for a symbolic fee, here:
2) While we are at it, here's a MySQL cheat sheet by the same author:
3) Another regex cheat sheet:
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Iman Shumpert spoke with Michael Scotto of Real GM about his rehab process and reiterated that he is still looking to return at some point in January.
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With Jason Kidd having problems with back spasms and Ronnie Brewer now nursing a dislocated finger, Shumpert's return can't come soon enough (I should note his return would be equally awesome if none of those things were true). Obviously, the Knicks will still have to hold down the fort for at least a month or so, but it's nice to be off to such a solid start with the knowledge that a cavalry of Amar'e Stoudemire and Iman Shumpert are waiting in the wings.
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In a hastily-called national television address, President Barack Obama announced that the most wanted man in the world, Osama bin Laden, had been brought to justice. He had been shot in the head by Navy Seal Team Six in a raid on a compound just north of Islamabad, Pakistan, Obama said.
bin Laden was blamed by the United States government for orchestrating multiple terrorist attacks on U.S. interests, including the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. He was also touted as the head of the terrorist group al-Qaida.
But news of bin Laden's death at the hands Navy Seals was greeted with skepticism in some quarters because of the number of previous reports of his death from people who would know, including former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, the assassinated former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Randomized Control Trial on Trauma Focused CBT in Zambia
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The purpose of this study is to study the effectiveness of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in subset of children who are affected by trauma with significant mental health symptomatology in order to 1) examine the effectiveness of TF-CBT in reducing the severity of mental health symptoms experienced by traumatized children and adolescents in Lusaka and 2) determine the effectiveness of TF-CBT in reducing HIV risk taking behaviors and increasing coping strategies and health promotion activities in traumatized children and adolescents in Lusaka. The study will be integrated into current programing of the Serenity Harm Reduction Programme, a community and faith based organization focusing on mental health and substance use prevention and treatment, and its partners in 5 compounds.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Behavioral: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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|A Randomized Control Trial to Determine the Effectiveness of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral (TF-CBT) Among Children in Lusaka, Zambia
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder- Reaction Index [ Time Frame: 30 minutes ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The PTSD-RI assesses specific traumatic events a child has experienced or witnessed, and the associated mental health symptoms to such stressors. The psychometric properties have been extensively demonstrated in the US and Internationally. The PTSD RI has also been translated into three local Zambian languages (Nyanja, Bemba and Tonga) and validated in Zambia in JHU faculty preliminary studies (Murray et al., 2011).
- World AIDS Foundation (WAF) [ Time Frame: 45 minutes ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Potentially risky sexual activity and substance use and abuse will be measured using the World AIDS Foundation (WAF) survey, developed and used with adolescents in South Africa. This measure was adapted for use in Zambia.
- Child Behavior Checklist [ Time Frame: 1 hour ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]A standardized measure developed and validated initially in the West but now used in many countries and cultures. This measure asks parents/guardians to report on a range of behavioral and school problems, somatic complaints, depression and anxiety symptoms that a parent/guardian may see in their child. The Child Behavior Check List (CBCL) has been used internationally and was translated and validated in Zambia in our preliminary studies. It will be used as a caregiver report on the general problems of the child/adolescent.
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The wait list control group will be asked to wait for approximately 4 1/2 months before being reassessed and then, unless found to be ineffective or harmful, receive the intervention being provided by the counselor.
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Children randomized into the intervention group will immediately receive the Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a trained counselor for 12 weeks.
Behavioral: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
TF-CBT (www.musc.edu/tfcbt) is a therapy that helps children/youth ages 5-18 years and their families who have been affected by traumatic events and/or traumatic grief. Components include psychoeducation, relaxation, affective modulation, cognitive processing, Trauma Narrative (gradual exposure), In-vivo exposure, Con-joint session, and Enhancing safety skills. Youth and caregivers are seen once a week for approximately 12 weeks.
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- Youth found to exhibit significant trauma symptomatology as evidenced by a score of 39 or above on the previously validated PTSD-RI symptom scale (Murray, et al. 2011) (trauma severity is the main study outcome) will be invited to join the trial. Youth must live in Lusaka, Zambia.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Youth currently receiving psychiatric care
- Youth who are actively suicidal
- Persons who are not mentally competent to give assent or whose legal guardians are not mentally competent to give consent to participate in the intervention
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01624298
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|Lusaka, Zambia, 10101
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|Laura K Murray, PhD
|Johns Hopkins University
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|Paul Bolton, MBBS MPH
|Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
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|July 22, 2013
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|Zambia: Ministry of Health
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Randomized controlled trial
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Madison Bumgarner picked up his second win of the year Monday afternoon as the San Francisco Giants belted the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 at steamy Busch Stadium.The left-hander, who received his best offensive outing of the year, went seven innings and gave up two earned runs on six hits. He struck out five and walked two as he improved to 2-6 on the year. And he lowered his once astronomical earned-run-average to 3.66.
"This feels like home, it's what I grew up playing in," said Bumgarner, who was born in Hickory and played at South Caldwell High School. "I like this weather (temperatures were in the 90's), it feels good to get out there and sweat a little bit."
Bumgarner has given up just 11 earned runs in his last eight appearances. He's has a 1.66 ERA during that stretch with 37 strikesouts and 12 walks allowed in 46 2/3 innings of work.
Andres Torres homered and drove in four runs for the Giants on Monday afternoon; Cody Ross homered as well. And Bumgarner helped himself at the plate going 1-2 with a walk and two runs scored.
The win moves San Francisco (29-24) into a first-place tie with Arizona in the National League West. The Diamondbacks were playing Florida late Monday night.
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Students in this class will work together to write an original sketch show. Students will be held to weekly deadlines in order to generate material to be featured in the show. Students will also get the experience of generating material collaboratively with others.
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At a time when spring runoff should be moving toward its peak, low levels and unusually high demand at the Grassy Trail Reservoir have East Carbon officials talking about restrictions for citizens and industry alike.
Area water use has been in the public eye for the past two weeks following a Sunnyside council session where employees questioned Sunnyside Cogeneration about increased culinary water usage at their plant.
Sunnyside's Mike Marquez claimed that plant water use is at an all-time high and has been heavy all through the winter of 2012 into the spring of 2013, exacerbating drought causing weather patterns.
Cogeneration employees at the meeting did say that they have increased well production to meet plant need, but also claimed that overall water usage at the plant has not increased. A claim that was challenged by Marquez even though he reads the meter that monitors flow into the plant.
Acting Maintenance Supervisor Burt Krauss approached the East Carbon council Tuesday night to provide a clear picture of the most recent water measurements for city authorities.
"The Division of Water Rights has come out and worked with us on figuring out the water flow coming into the reservoir and how it should be delegated," said Krauss. "As of right now we are taking in 860 gallons per minute and we are using 660 gallons per minute. That sounds okay, but the peak is supposed to be next month and we are already starting to taper down from there, it isn't going to last long. The situation isn't good."
The reservoir currently sits 80 inches below the lake's spillway with an intake of 2 cubic feet per second coming in.
According to Krauss, over a recent high-usage 19 day period the city of East Carbon used 4 million gallons and Sunnyside used 8 million gallons. Through some "rough figuring," the maintenance supervisor claimed that Sunnyside Cogeneration had used between 5.5 and 6 million gallons of Sunnyside's portion of treated, culinary water.
Hearing these figures, the council asked their attorney what their rights were concerning water usage amounts at the plant. The council contends that Cogeneration personnel have never come forward with this information despite city inquiries.
"I would like them to provide data that shows how much of our culinary water they have used over the last six month period and how much well water they have used," said council member Barbara Robinett. "We need to compare that with what East Carbon and Sunnyside residents are using. I think the citizens of the area deserve to know this."
While certain company details can be kept by the plant, city attorney Jeremy Humes did state that water usage numbers had to be reported to the Water Quality Board. He also commented that a GRAMA request could get the numbers of what is being used through Sunnyside city. GRAMA refers to the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act.
"Sunnyside is taking more than their share of water and they're selling beyond their water rights to the power plant. In essence that's our water they're selling and we don't get any of the money," exclaimed council member David Maggio. "They are receiving money from the power plant for water they don't own. If that's okay, I'm going to sell everyone here some land."
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"We have learned from the AMBER Alert how the public can quickly provide important tips and save lives," says Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. "The Blue Alert will also protect the public and other officers."
Shurtleff was joined by Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Lance Davenport, Utah Chiefs of Police President Terry Keefe and Utah Sheriffs' Association President Dave Edmunds to launch the Blue Alert at the 2011 statewide AMBER Alert training.
"A suspect reckless enough to kill or hurt a police officer will also be clear threat to everyone else," adds Commissioner Davenport. "The Blue Alert should be taken very seriously."
Utah is now one of 10 states with an alert for fallen officers. Six more states have pending legislation for a Blue Alert. Keefe is also the Layton City police chief and he has been actively pursuing a Blue Alert program for Utah.
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The Blue Alerts will be issued by law enforcement through Utah Criminal Justice Information System (UCJIS), the same network used for AMBER Alerts.
In addition the alert for notifying Utahns about missing persons is getting a name change. The Endangered Person Advisory will now be called the Endangered Missing Advisory. In 2005, Utah became one of the first states to develop an alert for cases that did not meet the strict criteria for an AMBER Alert. The advisory name is being changed so that most states will use the same name.
In March, the U.S. Department of Justice published the "Guide for Implementing or Enhancing an Endangered Missing Advisory" to help states develop their own plans for non-AMBER Alert cases. So far 39 states have formal plans for cases that do not fit the AMBER Alert criteria. A copy of the guide can be found here: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/232001.pdf.
During the past 6 years, Utah has issued 92 advisories for 100 people, including abducted adults and people without vital medications or suffering from Alzheimer's or other mental conditions. A total of 81 people were found safe and at least 17 were returned safely because of the advisory.
The Utah AMBER Alert Advisory Committee oversees and implements the AMBER Alert, Blue Alert and Endangered Missing Advisory programs for the state. The committee includes representatives from law enforcement, media, transportation and ordinary citizens interested in making our communities safer. More information can be found at www.amberalert.utah.gov.


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Would the sequel live up to expectations? Actually, yes. Hilary Mantel's talent for rich detail and sensuous atmosphere is still apparent, and Bring Up the Bodies is, in some ways, a much more gripping, riveting, and textured read than Wolf Hall. For one thing, the plotting is tighter. We know what's going to happen, but watching Cromwell plotting, planning, and out-maneuvering his rivals and enemies still makes for extremely fascinating reading.
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The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.
Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice.
At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne's head?
"When last we saw Thomas Cromwell, hero of Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall, he'd successfully moved emperors, queens, courtiers, the pope, and Thomas More to secure a divorce and a new, younger queen for his patron, Henry the VIII. Now, in the second book of a planned trilogy, Cromwell, older, tired, with more titles and power, has to get Henry out of another heirless marriage. The historical facts are known: this is not about what happens, but about how. And armed with street smarts, vast experience and connections, a ferociously good memory, and a patient taste for revenge, Mantel's Cromwell is a master of how. Like its predecessor, the book is written in the present tense, rare for a historical novel. But the choice makes the events unfold before us: one wrong move and all could be lost. Also repeated is Mantel's idiosyncratic use of 'he:' regardless of the rules of grammar, rest assured 'he' is always Cromwell. By this second volume, however, Mantel has taught us how to read her, and seeing Cromwell manipulate and outsmart the nobles who look down on him, while moving between his well-managed domestic arrangements and the murky world of accusations and counteraccusations is pure pleasure. Cromwell may, as we learn in the first volume, look 'like a murderer,' but he's mighty good company. Agent: Bill Hamilton, A.M. Heath." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"Mantel knows what to select, how to make her scenes vivid, how to kindle her characters. She seems almost incapable of abstraction or fraudulence; she instinctively grabs for the reachably real....In short, this novelist has the maddeningly unteachable gift of being interesting." The New Yorker
"[Bring Up the Bodies] is astringent and purifying, stripping away the cobwebs and varnish of history, the antique formulations and brocaded sentimentality of costume drama novels, so that the English past comes to seem like something vivid, strange and brand new." The New York Times Book Review
"Two years ago something astonishingly fair happened in the world of prestigious prizes: the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for 2009 both went to the right winner. The book was Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, and it would have dwarfed the competition any year....It was a hard act to follow. But the follow-up is equally sublime....That ironic ending will be no cliffhanger for anyone even remotely familiar with Henry VIIIs trail of carnage. But in Bring Up the Bodies it works as one. The wonder of Ms. Mantel's retelling is that she makes these events fresh and terrifying all over again." The New York Times
"Bring Up the Bodies isn't just her boldest book; it's also her best — and it reaffirms Mantel's reputation as one of England's greatest living novelists." NPR
"Hilary Mantel made waves in 2009 with her Man Booker Prize-winning page-turner, Wolf Hall....The second in her planned trilogy, Bring Up the Bodies stalks Anne Boleyn and the soap-opera worthy machinations of Cromwell and his evil allies to bring down the powerful wife of the king. Who knew history could be so sexy?" Vanity Fair
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Hilary Mantel is the bestselling author of ten previous novels, including Wolf Hall, which sold more than 200,000 copies and won the 2009 Man Booker Prize. Her previous works include her novel, A Place of Greater Safety, and her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost. She lives in England with her husband.
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Figure 1: Diagram from Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's great work Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir li-dhawi al-absar wa-'l-basa'ir in which he edited the famous drawing of the nervous system from Kitab al-Manazir of Ibn al-Haytham. Source: Tanqîh al-Manazir, Istanbul, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Ahmed III, MS 3340, folio 16a.
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Figure 1-2: Two pages of a manuscript of Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir by Kamal al-Din al-Farisi dated Ramadan 708 (February-March 1309). © Adilnor Collection. (Source).
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