Abstract: According to a particular embodiment, a method for interactive retirement planning includes displaying a landing page that includes a topic dashboard on a mobile device. The topic dashboard depicts topic identifiers, and each topic identifier is an element of a retirement plan. A first user input identifying a selected topic identifier within the topic identifiers is received. A topic information page relating to the selected topic identifier is selected. The topic information page includes interactive content relating to the element of the retirement plan that corresponds with the selected topic identifier. The topic information page including the interactive content relating to the element of the retirement plan is displayed to the user on the mobile device. In response to receiving a second user input, the interactive content related to the element of the retirement plan that is displayed to the user is modified to reflect a user preference corresponding with the second user input.

Abstract: According to a particular embodiment, a method for customized retirement planning includes displaying a landing page on a mobile device. The landing page depicts topic identifiers, and each topic identifiers is an element within a framework for retirement planning. A first user input is received. Based on the first user input, a priority of each element with respect to every other element within the framework for retirement planning is determined. A first information page relating to a particular element within the framework for retirement planning is selected. The element is selected based at least in part on the priority of the particular element determined based on the first user input, and the first information page is displayed.

Abstract: According to a particular embodiment, a method for customized retirement planning includes displaying a landing page that is a topic dashboard on a mobile device. The topic dashboard depicts a plurality of topic identifiers. Each of the plurality of topic identifiers include an element of a retirement plan. A first user input that identifies a selected topic identifier within the plurality of topic identifiers is received. Topic information pages relating to the selected topic identifier are selected. The topic information pages includes information relating to the element of the retirement plan that corresponds with the selected topic identifier. At least one of the topic information pages is displayed to a user of the mobile device.

Abstract: An electric guitar having a body with a cavity formed in the body. A mounting ring is attached to the body around the cavity. At least one sound pickup is positioned in the cavity and the sound pickup is secured to the mounting ring at a user selected location.

Abstract: A prototrophic revertant of a Bradyrhizobium japonicum tryptophan auxotroph was isolated and found to fix more nitrogen symbiotically than wild-type bacteria. The increase in nitrogen fixation is due to an increase in nodule mass because of an increase in nodule number. The physiological basis for this improved symbiosis appears to be an alteration of the tryptophan biosynthetic pathway.

Abstract: A system for separating tubular metallic stock into discrete lengths at multiple work stations wherein spindles support and grip tubes and rotate them through a revolution of travel, a laser unit emits a laser beam, a beam bender has a traveling carriage for alternately positioning a reflector to direct the beam toward first one station and then another, and a focusing head receives the beam at each work station. Each focusing head has a lens assembly for directing the beam out an axial convergent nozzle at the rotating stock and focusing it to remove material at the surface of the stock, and a vortexing stream of combustible gas is directed at the rotating stock to enhance the laser vaporizing action which separates the stock into discrete lengths at each station.