BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
> July 1, 2005

Mr. John Moore

123 Anyplace Drive

Macon, GA 31201

Dear Mr. Moore:

Thank you for contacting me in support of H.R. 8, the Death Tax
Permanency Act of 2005.

As you probably already know, the House of Representatives approved H.R.
8 on March 13, 2005. I voted for alternative estate tax reform
legislation offered by Congressman Pomeroy which would increase the
estate exemption to \$7 million for couples and \$3.5 million for
individuals. I might even support a higher exemption if it was offered.
By immediately implementing the \$3.5/7.0 million exemption, the Pomeroy
alternative would have ended the estate planning nightmare that was
created by the 2001 law and it would also reduce estate taxes by \$72
billion over the next five years. The Pomeroy amendment also permitted a
step up in basis for heirs, reversing another problem created by the
2001 law. For anyone having an estate worth between nothing and \$7
million, the Pomeroy bill was a much better deal than total elimination
with increased capital gains and other taxes.

Under current law, the estate tax applies to less than 2 percent of all
estates. What I voted for would have dropped that total a good bit. With
record budget deficits, complete elimination of the estate tax would be
fiscally irresponsible. I also note that places other than my
Congressional District have a disproportionate share of the super
wealthy estates. In order to make up for the lost estate tax revenues
from complete elimination, I am concerned that my District\'s taxes will
be disproportionately raised. Compete elimination of the estate tax
would effectively increase taxes in my District. And I don\'t like that.
I enclose a copy of a longer letter I wrote on this subject a couple of
years ago.

It is now up to the Senate to consider similar legislation. In the past,
the Senate has failed to act on complete elimination of the estate tax.
I hope the Senate will negotiate a compromise that everyone can support.
We\'ll have to wait and see what this compromise legislation includes.

Please let me know if I can be of help in any other way.

Very truly yours,

JM:dm
### Draft Agenda

**Video Quality Experts Group**

**March 3-7, 2008 - Meeting**

**Kyoto, Japan**

**www.vqeg.org**

(Note: The ITU-T JRG-MMQA meets coincident with the Multimedia Sessions
of the VQEG Meeting)

**Draft Agenda**

**Monday, March 3**

9:00 Start / Designate Note Taker (Webster/Speranza)

Introductions

Meeting Logistics

Updates (Maximum 15 minutes - each Group)

Independent Lab Group (ILG)(Brunnstrom/Cermak)

RRNR-TV (Bourret/ Lee)

Multimedia (Brunnstrom/Hands)

HDTV (Corriveau/Pinson)

Tools and Subjective Labs Setup Group (Le Callet)

POC for Source and HRC Sequence collection (Lee)

Hybrid -- Perceptual/Bitstream (Juric/Lee)

Calibration Verification (Webster/Lee)

Project for Collaborative Development (Bourett/Le Callet)

Final Report MM discussion (Volunteers and assignments)

(10 min)

> Presentation by Junichi Yoshio (Pioneer) on IEC TC100 coordination (10
> min)

10:30 Begin MM/JRG-MMQA

11:30-1:00 Lunch

1:00 MM and JRG-MMQA

-   SRC with value \< 4

    -   ILG decision and motivation (Monday 10.45)

-   Template for the testlab

-   Excluding PVSs

    -   NTT presentation (Monday 3.00 pm)

-   Correctness of subjective data

    -   Mixing up data point in common set C11 and C14

-   Missing subjective data

-   Data analysis

-   Final report

-   SG9 Documents (Wednesday 1PM)

    -   P.910Rev -- NHK comments

    -   J.244 (J.cal) -- NHK comments

    -   J.trv (Carolyn Ford) -- Draft New Recommendation for AAP May

5:00 End of Day

6:00 Dinner hosted by NTT

**Tuesday, March 4**

9:00 Start / Designate Note Taker

Review Monday's Decisions (Webster/Speranza)

MM Continues

11:30 -- 1:00 Lunch

6:00 End of Day

**Wednesday, March 5**

9:00 Start / Designate Note Taker

Review Tuesday's Decisions (Webster/ Speranza)

Review MM Decisions

11:30 -- 1:00 Lunch

1:00 SG9 Docs (P.910Rev, J.244, P.trv)

Continue MM if needed

6:00 End of Day

**Thursday, March 6**

9:00 Start / Designate Note Taker

Review Wednesday's Decisions (Webster/ Speranza)

9:30 HDTV

11:30 RRNR-TV

11:30 -- 1:00 Lunch

1:00 -- 5:00 RRNR-TV and Hybrid/Bitstream Project Discussion

If time, return to MM and/or HDTV

5:30 End of Day

6:15 Meet in Apical Inn lobby for No-Host VQEG dinner and excursion

**Friday March 7**

9:00 Start / Designate Note Taker

Review MM Final report

Revise Executive summary

10:30 Review and Documentation of VQEG Decisions

Review action items

11:00 Other Business

Drafting Team for MM Final Report

''

Drafting Team for ITU-T SG9 Recommendations

J.mm-noref

J.mm-redref

J.mm-fullref (aka J.mm-ovfr)

Next Meeting (Belgium)

July14 start or September?

Conference Calls

MM March 27

MM April ?

RRNR-TV ?

HDTV ?

Hybrid

11:30-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Write Liaison statements to ITU, ATIS-IIF, PRQC, etc.

3:00 Close VQEG meeting
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Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association

1730 M Street, NW

Suite 206

Washington, D.C. 20036-4535

\(202\) 296-4797 FAX: (202) 331-1388

October 16, 2008

VIA E-MAIL TO: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mailcode 6102T

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20460

RE: [California Air Resources Board's U.S. EPA Waiver Request for
California State Nonroad Compression Ignition Engine In-Use Fleet
Standard (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0691)]{.underline}

To Whom It May Concern:

Please find attached a copy of the written testimony submitted by the
Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA) regarding the
above-referenced rulemaking.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

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height="0.7520833333333333in"}

Joseph Kubsh

Executive Director
![](media/image1.png){width="1.4986111111111111in"
height="1.3027777777777778in"}

**United States Department of the
Interior**![](media/image2.png){width="1.4993055555555554in"
height="1.0208333333333333in"}

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

EASTERN STATES

7450 Boston Boulevard

Springfield, Virginia 22153

NOTICE

Please note the following changes to the June 24, 1999 Competitive Oil
and Gas Lease Sale Notice.

**ES-002-06/99 ARES 50274 PD**

Parcel Deleted

**ES-003-06/99 ARES 50275 ACQ**

Delete "that part of the SWNW lying West of the county road (9.73
acres)"

480.000 Acres; \$720.00 Rental

**ES-022-06/99 ARES** **50294 PD**

This parcel is **not** subject to Controlled Surface Use Stipulation No.
1a.

**ES-025-06/99 ARES 50297 ACQ**

Should read: Sec. 21, N2, W2SW, NESW, NWSE, less 101.00 acres out of
W2SW, NESW, and NWSE.

**ES-045-06/99 ARES 50317 ACQ**

This parcel is **not** subject to No Surface Occupancy Stipulation No.
2A

**ES-046-06/99 ARES 50318** **ES-063-06/99 ACQ**

This parcel is **not** subject to No Surface Occupancy Stipulation No.
2A

**ES-063-06/99 ARES 50335 ACQ**

Should read: Sec. 27, NWNE, N2NW, SENW, E2SW, that part of Tr. A-219L in
the W2SE (66.80 acres).

**ES-064-06/99 ARES 50336 ACQ**

This parcel is Subject to Lease Notice No. 4

**ES-067-06/99 ARES 50339 ACQ**

Should read: Sec. 31, NE, N2SE, NESW, frl. NW, frl. W2SW.

**ES-069-06/99 ARES 50341 ACQ**

Should read: Sec. 33, NENE, W2NE, E2NW, SE, that part of Tr. A-4507
lying in the W2NW

containing 74.97 acres, that part of Tr. A-153k lying in the SESW (37.18
acres).

**ES-070-06/99 ARES 50342 ACQ**

Should read: Sec. 34, N2N2, SENW, S2SW, SE, that part of Tr. A-219h
lying in the SENE (18.33 acres).

**ES-071-06/99 ARES 50343 ACQ**

Should read: Sec. 35, N2N2, S2SW, S2NE, SE.

**ES-078-06/99 ARES 50350 ACQ**

Should read: Sec. 30, Fr. NW, W2NE, that part of Tr. A-219L that lies in
the NENE (39.52 acres);

> Sec. 31, NE, that part of Tr. A-2491 that lies in SENW (29.02 acres),
> E2SW, N2SE, SESE.

**ES-096-06/99 ARES 50368 ACQ**

This parcel is Subject to Controlled Surface Use Stipulation No. 1.

**ES-114-06/99 ARES 50386 ACQ**

Should read: Sec. 10, N2NW, SENW, E2NE, N2NESW, SWNESW, W2W2SENESW,
E2E2SENESW, SESW, W2SE less 2.0 acres in NW corner of the NWSE, NESE.

**ES-120-06/99 MSES 50392 PD**

Should read: Sec. 10, Tr. X-17b in SWSW;

Sec. 15, Tr. X-17b in NWNW and NWSW, Tr. X-17c in NWSE.

158.870 Acres

\$238.50 Rental

**ES-121-06/99 MSES 50393 PD**

Correct Acreage: 159.83

Correct Rental: \$240.00

**ES-122-06/99 MSES 50394 ACQ**

Correct acreage: 388.250

**ES-125-06/99 MSES 50397 ACQ**

Parcel Deleted
November 1, 2004

**MORTGAGEE LETTER 2004 - 42**

**TO: ALL APPROVED MORTGAGEES**

**ATTENTION: SINGLE FAMILY SERVICING MANAGERS**

**SUBJECT: Delinquent Loan Reporting for Mortgages on Leaseholds of
Hawaiian Home**

**Lands Insured Pursuant to Section 247 of the National Housing Act.**

This Mortgagee Letter is to remind lenders that they are required to
report directly to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL)
concerning delinquent mortgages that are insured under Section 247 of
the National Housing Act (12 USC 1715z-12) pursuant to HUD's
implementing regulation 24 CFR 203.439.

Pursuant to 24 CFR 203.439(c), mortgagees shall notify the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) each month of those Section 247 insured
mortgages on leaseholds of Hawaiian home lands that are 90 or more days
delinquent, and of the status of all mortgages that were reported as 90
or more days delinquent the previous month. This reporting requirement
shall be met by sending a completed form HUD-92068-A, Monthly Delinquent
Loan Report, on each Section 247 insured mortgage that is 90 or more
days delinquent, or was reported as being so the previous month, to DHHL
at the address:

> Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
>
> Loan Services Branch
>
> P.O. Box 1879
>
> Honolulu, Hawaii 96805
>
> Attn: Mr. Juan Garcia

Delinquency reports are due to DHHL by the fifth business day following
the close of each month. Mortgagees not currently in compliance with
this requirement must address this deficiency immediately. Lenders can
reach Mr. Garcia of DHHL by telephone at (808) 587-6481 and via email at
<juan.p.garcia@hawaii.gov>.

In addition, mortgagees must make electronic reports to HUD concerning
all insured mortgages that are 90 or more days delinquent as required by
HUD's rule at 24 CFR 203.332.

> Sincerely,

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

John C. Weicher

Assistant Secretary for Housing-

Federal Housing Commissioner
**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In re Application of )

)

SDC CELLULAR PARTNERSHIP )

) File No. 10097-CL-P-51-A-94

For Phase I Unserved Area Authorization )

in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service )

Market 51A - Jacksonville, Florida )

**ORDER**

**Adopted: February 23, 2000 Released: February 24, 2000**

By the Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:

1\. We have before us an application for a cellular Phase I unserved
area authorization in the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Service
Area, Market No. 51A (Jacksonville MSA), filed by SDC Cellular
Partnership (SDC) on March 10, 1993 and a Petition to Deny (Petition)
this application filed by Jacksonville Cellular Telephone Company
(Jacksonville Cellular) on March 16, 1995.[^1] Jacksonville Cellular is
the channel Block A licensee in the Jacksonville MSA. Jacksonville
Cellular claims that SDC\'s application should be dismissed because
SDC\'s proposed cell coverage includes an area where Jacksonville
Cellular is authorized to provide service.[^2]

2\. Section 22.924 of the Commission\'s rules provides that applications
for authority to operate a new cellular system in an unserved area,
other than those filed by the licensee of an existing system that abuts
the unserved area, must propose a contiguous Cellular Geographic Service
Area (CGSA) of at least 130 square kilometers (50 square miles).[^3] Our
review of SDC\'s application has determined that SDC\'s unserved area
application proposes a CGSA of only 46.6 contiguous square miles. We
therefore dismiss SDC\'s application as defective and dismiss
Jacksonville Cellular's Petition as moot.

3\. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 4(i) of the
Communications Act of 1934 as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and sections
0.331, 22.128(d)(2), and 22.924 of the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§
0.331, 22.128(d)(2), and 22.924, the above-captioned application filed
by SDC Cellular Partnership on March 10, 1993 IS DISMISSED.

4\. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to section 4(i) of the
Communications Act of 1934 as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i), and sections
0.331 and 22.130 of the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0331, 22.130,
the Petition to Deny filed by Jacksonville Cellular Telephone Company on
March 16, 1995 IS DISMISSED as moot.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Paul D\'Ari

Chief, Policy and Rules Branch

Commercial Wireless Division

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

[^1]:     ^?^ *See* *Public Notice*, Report No. CL-95-42 (rel. Jan. 31,
    1995), announcing that petitions to deny the above-captioned
    application were due on March 16, 1995.

[^2]:     ^?^ Petition at 1.

[^3]:     ^?^ 47 C.F.R. § 22.924 (1994). That section has since been
    recodified as 47 C.F.R. § 22.951 (1998). *See also John K.
    Lemons/Delta Trust Partnership*, 13 FCC Rcd. 8058, 8060 (1997)
    (unserved area application dismissed because the proposed CGSA
    encompassed less than 50 square miles).
fsH 5109.17 - FIRE AND AVIATION MANAGEMENT

QUALIFICATIONS HANDBOOK

chapteR 30 - TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT, AND LEADERSHIP

## 31.3 - Forest Service Fireline Safety Refresher Training

The local unit shall determine the specific content of the annual
fireline refresher training being delivered each year, referenced in
22.3. The content must include, but is not limited to, the following
core subject areas:

1\. [Avoiding Entrapments]{.underline}. Use training and reference
materials to study the risk management process as identified in the
Incident Response Pocket Guide and rules of engagement as appropriate to
the participants, that is, LCES, Standards Firefighting Orders, Eighteen
Watch Out Situations, Wildland Fire Situation Analysis (WFSA) direction,
Fire Management Plan priorities, and so forth.

2\. [Current Issues]{.underline}. Review and discuss identified "hot
topics" as found on the current Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual
Refresher (WFSTAR) website. Review forecasts and assessments for the
upcoming fire season and discuss implications for firefighter safety.

3\. [Fire Shelter]{.underline}. Review and discuss last resort survival.
Conduct "hands-on" fire shelter inspections. Practice shelter
developments in applicable crew/module configurations. Do not conduct
"live fire" exercises for the purpose of fire shelter deployment
training.

4\. [Other Hazard and Safety Issues.]{.underline} Choose additional
hazard and safety subjects, which could include SAFENET, current safety
alerts, site/unit specific safety issues and hazards.

Refer to the following website for additional instructor resources to
support delivery of annual refresher training:

[*http://www.nifc.gov/wfstar/index.htm*](http://www.nifc.gov/wfstar/index.htm)

FSM 5100 - FIRE MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 5130 - WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION

## 5135.5 - Annual Refresher Training

All personnel who may receive a wildfire fireline assignment shall
complete fireline safety refresher training annually (5135.04b and
5109.17, ch. 20 and 30). FSH 5109.17, chapter 20 displays positions
where the fireline safety refresher training is required.

The local unit shall determine the specific content of the annual
fireline refresher training being delivered each year. The content must
include, but is not limited to, the core subject areas found in FSH
5109.17, chapter 30.
Re: Yazoo Pump Project EPA--R04--OW--2008--0179

May 5, 2008

212 Greenleaf St.

Chattanooga, TN 37415

<wdmounger@yahoo.com>

423-867-6200

To Whom It May Concern:

I strongly oppose the Yazoo Pump Project, listed as
EPA--R04--OW--2008--0179. I am a native Mississsippian and have lived,
hiked, hunted, fished, and worked in the Mississippi Delta. I am
currently working in Chattanooga, but keep abreast of the events
critical to the Delta, as I consider it home.

The Yazoo Pump Project (YPP) is an ill-advised proposal that is neither
cost effective nor environmentally sustainable. From an economic
standpoint, most of the land that would supposedly get relief is too
marginal to warrant such a grandiose and unproven scheme.

While some Corps of Engineers projects in the region have seen positive
returns economically, this one would not. There are not enough benefits
to justify it. Offering buyouts may not seem the most pleasant of
options, but in most parts of the world, it is understood that the
lowest elevations carry an inherent risk with them.

The so-called mitigation measures that would come with this project are
disturbing. It is not proven that adequate mitigation lands would even
be found in the foreseeable future. Indeed, one of the lands that would
be affected, the Manhanna WMA, is in itself mitigation from the earlier
Tenn-Tom Waterway project of the 1980's. I have viewed mitigation
proposals over the years involving a number of agencies and
jurisdictions, and find many of them, such as this one, to be wanting.
The Manhanna example is a good illustration of how mitigation could
degenerate into a shell game of "restoration" that is illusory-of
mitigated lands that don't exist, or exist to cover for failed
mitigations elsewhere.

With lower Mississippi wetlands having disappeared at such an alarming
rate, there is simply no justification for assaulting some of the few
that remain. Some of the Delta's few contiguous forested lands, the
Delta National Forest and the Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge,
would be adversely affected by this project. These are tiny remnants of
the Delta bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem, and do not need to be
further abused.

Sincerely,

Davis Mounger
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
  **ESEA: Ready to    
  Teach**             

  **FY 2008 Program   
  Performance Plan**  

  Strategic Goal 1    

  Discretionary       

  ESEA, Title V, Part 
  D-8                 

  CFDA                84.286: Ready to Teach
  ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------

  -------------- --------------------------------------------------------
  **Program      **To improve student achievement by developing
  Goal:**        high-quality, standards-based digital professional
                 development for teachers and by developing high-quality,
                 standards-based digital classroom content.**

  -------------- --------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  ------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
  ***Objective 1 of 1:***   *To improve the percentage of digital professional
                            development and classroom content developed through the
                            Ready to Teach program.*

  ------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------

  ----------------------- ---------------- ------------------ ---------------------------
  **Measure 1.1 of 1:**                                       
  The percentage of Ready                                     
  to Teach products                                           
  deemed to be of high                                        
  quality.   (Desired                                         
  direction: increase)                                        
    1851                                                      

  **Year**                **Target**       **Actual\          **Status**
                                           (or date           
                                           expected)**        

  2006                    Set a Baseline   (October 2007)     Pending

  2007                    BL+1%            (October 2008)     Pending

  2008                    BL+1%            (October 2009)     Pending

  2009                    BL+1%            (October 2010)     Pending
  ----------------------- ---------------- ------------------ ---------------------------

**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, researcher and expert panel
review.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Explanation**. In FY 2006, all RTT grantees will be in year one of new
multi-year awards.
DA 04-2187

July 20, 2004

**PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF THE NEW FCC FORM 602 FILING INTERFACE IN THE
UNIVERSAL LICENSING SYSTEM WILL TAKE PLACE ON July 28, 2004**

As part of a continuing effort to improve the license application
process, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) announces the
redesign of the FCC Form 602, Ownership Disclosure information for the
Wireless Telecommunications Services, filing interface (Ownership
Filing). WTB will hold a public demonstration and focus group for the
new interface on July 28, 2004, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The event will
take place in the South Conference Room (Room 8-B516), on the Eighth
Floor of the Portals II building, at the Washington, DC headquarters,
445 Twelfth Street, S. W. WTB requests that interested parties
pre-register for the event by July 27, 2004.

The new interface for Ownership Filing will be in the ULS Online Filing
environment, called the ULS License Manager. License Manager provides an
enhanced filing environment for working with wireless applications and
allows for simplified filing of applications in question and answer
format through an application wizard. In addition, the new interface is
the first step in meeting WTB's long term goal of streamlining the
submission of ownership data to avoid duplication between forms. The
forum will include the following:

-   Demonstration of how to file ownership information in the new
    environment

-   Presentation of new capabilities, such as the ability to submit
    "proposed" (*i.e.,* post-transaction ownership structure) filings
    and the ability to upload ownership data

-   Solicitation of feedback and suggestions from forum participants

**Note:** This public demonstration is intended to provide an overview
of the redesigned online filing interface. We will not discuss issues
pertaining to the particular types of information that must be submitted
on Form 602 or who must file Form 602.

**[Registration]{.underline}**

Pre-registration is required. To pre-register for the seminar, please
contact Lee Burcham by e-mail at <lee.burcham@fcc.gov>, or by phone at
202-513-4575, by July 27, 2004. If registering by email, the subject
line of the email should state "WTB Public Forum on Ownership Form 602."
Please provide your name, organization, telephone number and email
address. We will confirm your registration by return email.

**[Additional Information]{.underline}**

For additional information or assistance, you may visit the web at
[http://esupport.fcc.gov](http://esupport.fcc.gov/) or e-mail questions
to <ULSHELP@fcc.gov>.  You may also call FCC Support Center at (877)
480-3201 (TTY 202-414-1255) and select Option #2) Forms or Licensing
Assistance; Option #3) Electronic Filing Assistance; or Option #9) for
someone to direct your call.  Hours are from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays).  To provide
quality service and ensure security, all telephone calls are recorded.
**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

)

In the Matter of )

)

Federal-State Joint Board ) CC Docket No. 96-45

on Universal Service )

**ORDER**

**Adopted: January 27, 2000** **Released: January 31, 2000**

By the Commission:

1\. Pursuant to sections 410(c) and 254 (a)(1) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, [^1] and based on recommendations submitted by the
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC),[^2]
the Commission appoints the Honorable Bob Rowe, Commissioner, Montana
Public Service Commission, and the Honorable Joe Garcia, Chair, Florida
Public Service Commission, to serve on the Federal-State Joint Board on
Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45. These appointments fill the
positions vacated by the Honorable James Posey, formerly a Commissioner
of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission, and the Honorable Julia
Johnson, formerly a Commissioner of the Florida Public Service
Commission. The Commission gratefully acknowledges the contributions of
Commissioners Posey and Johnson to the work of the Federal-State Joint
Board on Universal Service.

2\. Henceforth, a copy of all filings in this proceeding shall be served
on Commissioner Rowe and Chairperson Garcia at the following addresses:

The Honorable Bob Rowe

Montana Public Service Commission

1701 Prospect Avenue, P.O. Box 20261

Helena, Montana 59620-2601

and

The Honorable Joe Garcia

Chair

Florida Public Service Commission

2540 Shumard Oak Blvd.

Gerald Gunter Bldg.

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0850

3\. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 410(c) and 254
(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the Honorable Bob
Rowe, Commissioner of the Montana Public Service Commission, and the
Honorable Joe Garcia, Chair of the Florida Public Service Commission,
are appointed to the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC
Docket No. 96-45.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Magalie Roman Salas

Secretary

[^1]: 47 U.S.C. § § 254 (a)(1), 410(c).

[^2]: *See* letter from Charles D. Gray, NARUC, to the Honorable William
    E. Kennard, FCC, dated November 16, 1999 (nominating the Honorable
    Bob Rowe); Letter from Charles D. Gray, NARUC, to the Honorable
    William E. Kennard, FCC, dated November 16, 1999 (nominating the
    Honorable Joe Garcia).
Improving Vein Bypass Grafts

***Scott Berceli, M.D., Ph.D.***

*Chief, Vascular Surgery Section*

*North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System*

With the underlying risk factors of smoking, hypertension and
hypercholesterolemia, the incidence of "hardening of arteries" (or
atherosclerosis) is high in our aging population. Among the standard
treatments for patients at risk of heart attack or leg amputation is
surgical bypass, designed to shunt blood around diseased arteries and
provide flow to the distal arteries. Even though this procedure is
usually highly effective at providing early improvements in the blood
supply, the durability of these grafts can be limited, with an
approximate failure rate of 50% at five years. Progressive scarring of
the artery wall and narrowing of the lumen has been identified as the
cause of this failure, yet treatment options to prevent these are
currently limited.

Blockages in vein bypass grafts occur at sites where the blood flow is
abnormal (due to narrowing or bends within the graft). Unknown, however,
are the biologic mechanisms through which local alterations in blood
flow patterns lead to vein graft stenosis. Research in our laboratory
focuses on the biologic link between blood flow and scarring within the
graft lumen. Employing a multidisciplinary team of vascular and
molecular biologists, clinician-scientists, biomedical engineers, and
mathematicians, we use a "systems biology" approach to explore this
problem. Combining both experimental data and computer modeling, we have
focused our research in the following areas:

-   Understanding the impact of wall forces on focal vein graft lesion
    growth and applying multi-time scale modeling to predict graft
    success or failure.

-   Modeling the interplay of physical forces and the regulators of
    inflammatory cell homing as they drive vein graft scarring.

-   Translating these fundamental principles to the more complex human
    disease process to understand clinical vein graft failure.
**§1.992 Procedures for salary offset.**

\(a\) *Types of collection.* A debt will be collected in a lump-sum or
in installments. Collection will be in a lumpsum unless the employee is
financially unable to pay in one lump-sum, or if the amount of the debt
exceeds 15 percent of the employee's disposable pay. In these cases,
deduction will be by installments.

\(b\) *Installment deductions.*

\(1\) A debt to be collected in installments will be deducted at
officially established pay intervals from an employee's current pay
account unless the employee and the Secretary agree to alternative
arrangements for repayment. The alternative arrangement must be in
writing and signed by both the employee and Secretary or designee.

\(2\) Installment deductions will be made over a period not greater than
the anticipated period of employment. The size and frequency of
installment deductions will bear a reasonable relation to the size of
the debt and the employee's ability to pay. However, the amount deducted
for any period will not exceed 15 percent of the disposable pay from
which the deduction is made, unless the employee has agreed in writing
to the deduction of a greater amount. If possible, the installment
payment will be sufficient in size and frequency to liquidate the debt
in three years. Installment payments of less than \$25 per pay period or
\$50 a month will be acceptable only in the most unusual circumstances.

\(c\) Imposition of interest, penalties, and administrative costs.
Interest, penalties, and administrative costs shall be charged in
accordance with 31 CFR 901.9 and 38 CFR 1.915. (Authority: 5 U.S.C.
5514; 38 U.S.C. 501).

\[52 FR 1905, Jan. 16, 1987, as amended at 54 FR 34980, Aug. 23, 1989;
69 FR 62203, Oct. 25, 2004\]
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**EAC VOTING ADVOCATES ROUND TABLE: April 24, 2008**

Request that the following comments be entered into the record on behalf
of Black Box Voting, by its founder, Bev Harris.

**To members of the EAC and participants of the Round Table:**

The entire premise of technology-based elections is based on support for
the \"verifiable voting\" concept. But before designing technology for
elections, we must first determine how it will empower citizen controls,
enabling the counting of votes in public rather than counting them in
secret. We do not consent to any form of secret vote counting that is
administered and controlled by government insiders and their vendors.

Any system that forces the citizenry to trust government insiders to
count their votes represents a change in the original design of this
nation. The United States of America was designed to uphold the right of
citizen sovereignty over the government. In addition to hiding the
counting of votes from public view, computer-counted elections hide the
chain of custody of the vote data. Citizens are never allowed to view
the original input in order to compare it to the output, and are
relegated to trusting circumstantial evidence controlled by insiders.
Such a system is, in fact, a transfer of power.

The people were never asked to approve such a transfer of power, have
never consented to it, and indeed *cannot* consent, because the right of
sovereignty over the instruments of government which we have created is
an inalienable right, one which *cannot* be given away, nor can this
right be removed through legislation. It is, admittedly, possible for a
government to decline to honor this right, but such an act would justify
extreme measures by the people subjected to such abuse of power.

It is the public counting that is key to citizen sovereignty, not
computer verification. \"Verification\" of a computer report is not at
all the same as public vote counting.\
\
The core of elections was and again must return to the principle of
citizen sovereignty over government. Elections can never be based on a
requirement to trust government insiders and their vendors to count our
votes, nor can elections be dependent on experts to tell the citizenry
that the system is okay, nor should the detailed mechanics of elections
be impossible for the average citizen to understand. Models which depend
on experts and insiders create centralized control, and remove all
control from government\'s rightful owners -- the citizens. This
represents a violation of the principles laid out in the Declaration of
Independence.

Not only does my organization, Black Box Voting, refuse to participate
in the design of such systems, but we will do our utmost to inform the
populace that such systems must be revoked, by whatever means necessary.

\"We do not consent.\"

Bev Harris

Black Box Voting

330 SW 43^rd^ St Suite K

PMB 547

Renton WA 98057
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**AL (PROGRAMACIÓN**

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8/26/02 12:54 PM

Global Weather Services in 2025: UPDATE ON The Vision[^1]

Richard A. Anthes

*"By 2025 the data problem for weather prediction will be solved. Global
weather prediction models with 1 km horizontal resolution will have
reached the theoretical limits of predictability theory. Numerical
predictions in the 0-2 day time frame will be essentially perfect."*

So begins *Global Weather Services in 2025,* a multimedia presentation
that projects 25 years into the future[^2]. It is an optimistic look at
what the weather services of 2025 will be and illustrates a number of
concepts with video images of real and model data.

The stool of modern weather forecasting has three legs: (1) scientific
understanding, (2) global observations, and (3) computer forecast
models. As the three legs have been strengthened by the advent of
computer models and satellites since the 1950s, the accuracy of weather
forecasts has gradually improved. However, there remain weaknesses in
the process as practiced today---the three legs of the stool all have
limitations, and the stool is, therefore, somewhat wobbly. My talk
presents an update on the progress made toward achieving the vision,
with emphasis on the essential role of satellites in strengthening the
second leg of the stool.

Weaknesses in the global observing system include horizontal and
temporal gaps in the observations, errors, non-representativeness, and
inadequate vertical resolution of the sounding systems. Thus the
three-dimensional picture of the atmosphere that is the basis for
stepping forward into the future is imperfect, sort of like a fuzzy
photograph with imperfectly described features and even some important
missing ones.

Advances in the capability to observe the atmosphere will improve to
eliminate the errors and gaps in the data that now exist. A mixture of
satellites, radars, balloons, aircraft, and ground-based systems will
provide observations over the entire globe with an accuracy and
resolution that will produce crisp, clear, and complete pictures of the
atmosphere, oceans and land at all times.

By 2025 the global satellite observing system will include of order ten
large geostationary and polar orbiting satellites and several
constellations of small satellites in polar orbits. The observations
from this system when analyzed together and assimilated in models will
produce highly accurate analyses of temperature, pressure, water vapor
and winds from the stratosphere to the Earth's surface in all weather,
resolving the atmosphere on horizontal scales of tens of kilometers,
vertical scales of about 100 m and temporal scales of an hour or less.

[^1]: Presented at the GOES Users Conference II. Boulder, CO, Oct. 1-3,
    2002. Based on a longer paper on this topic presented at the
    Centennial Celebration of Nanjing University, May 21, 2002.

[^2]: For further information please see
    <http://www.ucar.edu/pres/2025/index.html>
# PUBLIC NOTICE

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

445 12th Street, S.W., TW-A325

[WASHINGTON, DC 20554 DA 00-1588]{.underline}

News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On Demand 202/418-2830 Internet:
http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov

**Released: July 17, 2000**

**WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU GRANTS CONSENT FOR ASSIGNMENT OF
LICENSES FROM FLEETTALK PARTNERS 900 LTD.**

**TO FCI 900, INC.**

Pursuant to sections 4(i) and 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 310(d), and section 0.331 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.331, the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau approves the application requesting Commission consent to assign
900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio ("SMR") licenses and authorizations
currently held by FleetTalk Partners 900 Ltd. ("FleetTalk") to FCI 900,
Inc. ("FCI 900"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nextel Communications,
Inc. ("Nextel"). No comments or petitions to deny were received in
response to the Public Notice announcing that the application had been
accepted for filing. *See* DA 00-1132, released May 23, 2000.

Pursuant to the proposed asset purchase transaction, FCI 900 will
acquire 63 FleetTalk 900 MHz SMR licenses, some of which are located in
markets that are covered by the Consent Decree between the U.S.
Department of Justice and Nextel. FleetTalk and Nextel, however, have
stated that the proposed transaction complies with the terms of the
Consent Decree.

Pursuant to section 1.103 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.103,
the consent granted herein is effective upon release of this Public
Notice. Pursuant to sections 1.106(f) and 1.115(a) of the Commission's
rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.106(f), 1.115(a), petitions for reconsideration
and applications for review may be filed within thirty days of the
release of this public notice.

For further information, contact Lauren Kravetz or John Branscome,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial Wireless Division, at
(202) 418-7240.

**-FCC-**
# Giving Thanks to Those Who Adopt

## Column by U.S. Senator Tim Johnson

Friday, November 18, 2005

On Thanksgiving, people across the country will sit around a turkey
dinner with friends and family and talk about what they are thankful
for. Personally, I am extremely grateful to be able to spend
Thanksgiving with my family, including a newborn grandson. There\'s no
doubt that family will top many people\'s lists. For that reason, I\'d
like to take this opportunity to talk about a very special type of
family.

Along with being the month of Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday
season, November is also National Adoption Awareness Month. With over
118,000 children available for adoption out of the U.S. foster care
system, including more than 400 children in South Dakota, it is crucial
to celebrate those lawyers, social workers, officials and most
importantly parents who help get many children out of foster homes into
adoptive families.

Earlier this year, I met with Jim and Sue Russo of Sioux Falls and their
young son Brandon. Jim and Sue have two grown daughters and began taking
in foster children in 1993. After two years acting as foster parents to
Brandon and as a mentor family for his mother, it became clear that
Brandon would need to be adopted. Jim and Sue decided to continue caring
for Brandon not as mentors but as his parents. They adopted him in 1998.
Because of the tremendous commitment they have shown to children, I
chose the Russos to be my \"Angels in Adoption\" family this year.

In South Dakota, though there are many loving families like the Russos,
there has been a steady increase in the number of children in foster
care waiting to be adopted. I encourage others who are able to open
their homes and hearts and provide children with stable, loving
families.

As member of the bipartisan Congressional Coalition on Adoption, I am
committed to assisting children in the United States to find stable,
loving and permanent homes.

I am also proud that members of the Senate continue to support ways to
make adoption easier and more affordable, including a \$10,000 tax
credit to ease the sky-rocketing costs for adoption. If we ask
individuals to care for and adopt children, we should help provide some
relief from the financial burdens associated with that care. The
adoption tax credit is an effective vehicle to provide this relief.

The commitment of adoptive parents in South Dakota to provide children
with safe, permanent, and loving homes is a positive example that we
should all be thankful for this year. As we all reflect on what we are
grateful for this Thanksgiving, we should also be thankful for the
formation of new loving families through adoption.

From my family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
ST. LOUIS GRECC FY 03 HIGHLIGHTS

## I. Collaboration with other VA Entities

#  II. Aging Research

-   Food intake is regulated by the gastric peptide ghrelin acting
    through nitric oxide.

-   Decreasing beta-amyloid with antibody therapy increases
    acetylcholine in the mouse brain.

-   The blood-brain barrier transport system for leptin (the hormone
    that may help protect against obesity) becomes impaired in obesity.

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-   SAMP8 mice overproduce beta-amyloid, which produces amnesia,
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-   Bioavailable testosterone is a better measurement of hypogonodism
    than total testosterone.

-   The capacity of parathyroid hormone to increase the synthesis of the
    active form of

vitamin D declines with age in rats.

**III. Education and Training:**

-   Distributed Aging Successfully issues on Cancer, Polypharmacy and
    Nursing Home Issues.

-   Development of Emergency Preparedness as a computerized educational
    game.

-   Development of Testostrix.

-   Geriatric Crossword Puzzle Book.

-   Maintenance of geriatric component of
    [www.cyberrounds.com](http://www.cyberrounds.com/) and
    [www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com]{.underline}.

-   Developed Saint Louis University Geriatric Evaluation Mnemonics
    Screening Tools (GEMS).

-   Distributed cancer questionnaire.

**IV. Clinical Demonstrations Models/Best Practices**

-   Validation of the Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS)
    examination.

-   Development and validation of the Council for Nutrition Appetite
    Questionnaire (CNAQ).

**V. Dissemination of GRECC Products**
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To the NIST Laws and Metric Group,

Concerning the removal of restrictions on the voluntary use of only
metric measurement units on consumer products, all I can say at the
outset is that it is about time!

I strongly support the removal of this archaic and confusing
restriction, and urge the United States to finally join the rest of the
world in using common sense in its system of measurement.

All my life, knowing that the rest of the world enjoys the advantage of
a single, simple decimal system of measurement, I have despaired at
being a citizen in the only country which does not do so, and, to its
detriment, clings to an outdated measurement \"system\" which, when it
comes down to cases, few of us really understand.

The products I buy in supermarkets and department stores are saddled
with a mish-mash of measurements on them, many of which tell me nothing
about the relative size of the product.

What does \"2 LB, 4 OZ\" really mean to me? On the other hand, 1.02 kg
means exactly that, and one can just move the decimal point three places
to the right to discover that it is 1020 grams, and then it is easy to
compare the product to smaller sizes in grams such, just like our
decimal system of currency in which \$1.02 can be compared, at a
glance,to smaller, less costly items in cents.

I applaud Procter & Gamble, one of the few companies in our country to
adopt even-numbered metric products, and also Warner-Lambert, with its
even metric sizes of Listerine (1.5 liters, 500 ml). Why can\'t they be
allowed to drop the other units, especially since the liter is now a
well-known unit of volume among beverage products?

So, my \$0.02 is: go ahead and do it, please! In the long run, this
change will be of great benefit to the United States as well as its
consumer citizens.

Thank you for this opportunity to be heard.

Sincerely,

Paul Trusten

3609 Caldera Blvd., Apt. 122

Midland TX 79707-2872 USA

ptrusten@cox.net

\"There are two cardinal sins,

from which all the others spring:

impatience and laziness.\"

\-\--Franz Kafka