BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
FAX TO: 972-761-2082 or e-mail <lkane@fdic.gov>

**Attention: Liza Kane**

**Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation**

**Sponsors**

**Protecting the Financial Sector -- A Public and Private Partnership**

**September 15, 2005**

**Registration Form (**One per Participant Please)

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# **Name and Title E-mail Address**

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# **Financial Company**

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## Mailing Address

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## City, State, & Zip

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## Telephone Fax

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**Meeting Location: Hilton New Orleans Airport**

> **901 Airline Drive**
>
> **Kenner, Louisiana 70062**
>
> **Phone: 504-469-5000**

**Meeting Time: 1:00 P.M.**

**Contact: Assistant Regional Director or Executive Secretary to the
Regional**

> **Cheryl A. Couch Director**
>
> **972-761-2070 Liza Kane**
>
> **972-761-8286**

**Additional information is available at:**
<http://www.fdic.gov/news/conferences/index.html>
FHWA Briefing

# FHWA Contract Administration

**Core Curriculum Course**

July 25, 2001

**Background:**

Since the late 1980\'s, FHWA Headquarters Contract Administration Group
has been teaching the Contract Administration Core Curriculum Course.
This course covers FHWA's requirements and policies for Federal-aid
construction contracts including subjects such as Buy America,
Davis-Bacon minimum wage rates, competitive bidding, suspension /
debarment and many others.

**Talking Points:**

-   Intended audience: FHWA Division Office staff, State DOT and local
    public agency personnel who work with Federal-aid construction
    contracts.

-   Course Fee: None, host agencies only need to provide a meeting
    facility

-   Length of Training: The course is normally presented in two full
    working days, however, a one-day course can be structured to the
    individual needs of a contracting agency.

-   Reference Material: The FHWA Contract Administration Core Curriculum
    Manual (2000 edition) is provided at no cost.

-   The Contract Administration Course was primarily developed for FHWA
    area engineers. However, in recent years, the primary participants
    have been State DOT construction staff. The course has been updated
    to include information on recent changes in Federal-aid policy and
    other information including:

    -   The Office of the Inspector General / fraud, waste and abuse;

    -   Procurement of intelligent transportation system projects and
        transportation enhancement projects;

    -   Emergency relief projects contractual requirements;

    -   Wrap-up (owner controlled) insurance; and

    -   Project labor agreements.

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-   In the early 1990\'s the course was presented on an average of 15-20
    times per year. The Course Manual and Instructor's Guide are
    currently being revised and the course is now available for
    scheduling.

Point of Contact: Edwin Okonkwo, HIPA-30, 202-366-1558

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July 25, 2001
Goddard Ski Club

> Blue Ridge Ski Council's Western Winter Carnival

KEYSTONE, COLORADO

Breckenridge, Arapahoe Basin, Vail & Copper Mtn

## **only \$1315\***

# Saturday, Feb. 7 to Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009

7 nights\' lodging (double occupancy) at 2-bedroom, 2-bath Forest
Condos. Full kitchens, fireplaces, outdoor heated pool, and indoor hot
tub.

5 of 6 days' lift tickets at 5 mountains (6^th^ day optional at \$42).

Free mountain tour, welcome party, interclub NASTAR races, après-ski
party, farewell dinner dance with DJ all included in trip package.

Snowshoeing, dog sledding, sleigh ride dinners, night skiing and tubing,
ice skating, snow biking, and cross-country skiing available at
Keystone.

United Airlines round-trip BWI to Denver with airport bus transfers
(\*Airline taxes/fuel surcharges subject to change).

### Payments: \$300 deposit to hold space, \$500 due Nov. 1 and final payment\* due Dec. 1. Checks payable to "Goddard Ski Club." 

Mail with membership, trip application, and release.

For information or reservations, contact the trip leader:

Harvey Walden, (301) 286-9140, <Harvey.Walden@nasa.gov>,

NASA/Goddard SFC, Code 581, Greenbelt, MD 20771
> ***Marcia B. Aronow***
>
> ***Attorney at Law***
>
> *Suite 208*
>
> *Baederwood Office Plaza 1653 The Fairway*
>
> *Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046-1420*
>
> *Telephone. Facsimile:*
>
> \(215\) 887-7887 (215) *887-9710*
>
> *Also Member at New Jersey and Florida Bars*
>
> October 22, 2003
>
> U.S. Department of State
>
> CA/OCS/PRI
>
> Adoption Regulations Docket Room
>
> SA-29, 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520
>
> Re: Docket No.: State/AR-0l/96
>
> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> By this letter, I am hereby relaying my comments to certain risk and
> liability provisions of the Hague Convention.
>
> While the vast majority of these provisions provide an excellent guide
> for international adoptions, there are certain provisions that are so
> onerous that they may well have a chilling affect on all international
> adoption agencies. This would obviously create a hardship both for the
> thousands of perspective U.S. families and for the thousands of
> abandoned and orphaned children waiting for good homes. Specifically,
> I would ask that the following sections be stricken:
>
> \(i\) Sections 96.45(b)(8) & (c) and 96.46(b)(9) & (c) - These are the
> key
>
> provisions which assign all risk between adoptive parents and their
> service providers to the service providers, and channel that liability
> to the primary providers;
>
> \(ii\) Section 96.39(d), which ties the agencies hands from sharing
> any risk within the process with adoptive parents by prohibiting
> informed waiver provisions. Waiver provisions should be permissible if
> the agencies educate their clients about known risks and parents
> knowingly decide to undertake such risk; and
>
> \(ii\) Section 96.33(h) - Requiring \$1,000,000 per occurrence of
> insurance coverage. Insurance should not be a requirement unless the
> Department of State can propose an amount of coverage that is
> reasonably related to compensatory damages and will not encourage
> litigation, and until the Department of State can guaranty the
> availability and affordability of such policies.
>
> *U.S. Department of State*
>
> *October* 22, *2003*
>
> *Page Two*
>
> Since the Hague Convention specifically requires that international
> adoption agencies have a non-profit status, these provisions are so
> draconian that it is highly unlikely that our agency would have the
> funds necessary to implement these requirements.
>
> I know I am speaking for all international adoption agencies when I
> implore the State Department to re-think the implementation of the
> above-stated provisions. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation in
> striking the offending provisions.
>
> Very truly yours,
>
> MARCIA B. ARONOW,
>
> Executive Director for ABC ADOPTION, INC.,
>
> t/d/b/a A Beautiful Choice International Adoptions
>
> MBA/jmm
Day: 07/07/02

Latitude: 27°36.99 N

Water depth: 607 m

Core number: **MD02- 2547GHF**

GMT time: 9:44

Longitude: 92°14.90 W

Location: Tunica Mounds

Corer type: Gravity/Flux core

Corer length: 21.42 m

Core length:5.73 m

**Observations** 

*Corer condition:*

Corer bent at 12m during the first trigger

*Core condition:*

Top polystyrene pwhed in the core

**Sections and Sampling **

*Number of sections recovered and conditions :*

4 sections of 1,5 meter recovered, the last section measures 123 cm,
good conditions.

*Onboard sampling and post cruise processing :*

-   Both the working and archive halves will be stored at Texas A&M
    University

-   1 bag of core top sediment was taken

-   MST magnetic susceptibility, gamma ray attenuation and p-wave
    measurements were made downcore, at a resolution of 2 cm. Colour
    measurements were taken every 2 cm.

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-   USGS core measurements and activities : Elec. Resist ; Vane Shear ,
    water content, (USGS-WH), Thermal conductivity ( Univ.Victoria)

## Summary of physical and sedimentological observations

*Dominant lithologies:* 0-60 cm, light greenish gray sandy silt with
forams and coccoliths. 60-337 cm, pinkish, greenish and brownish gray
silty clay with decreasing downward forams. Bioturbation common to
abundant. 337-570 cm, wavy layered greenish to dark greenish clay with
calcareous debris.

*Minor lithologies*: Organic-rich layers around 423 cm.
## Coordination Process

**In Support of Justice Information Sharing:\
Developing a Standards Coordination Process**

The success of justice information sharing is greatly facilitated by the
development and adoption of a standards coordination process permitting
the transparent integration of disparate systems. Currently, there are
numerous standards development efforts underway within the justice
community, as well as other sectors such as public safety and
transportation, which will undoubtedly impact the overall safety of our
citizens. Therefore, these activities, including those sponsored by
industry, deserve close attention and coordination.

Recognizing this coordination imperative, the Office of Justice Programs
(OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), sponsored the Justice
Information and Technology Standards Coordination meeting in early March
2001. This event convened over 20 professionals dedicated to
facilitating justice information sharing. Of the standards categories
discussed, the group determined information sharing standards as the
category requiring the most leadership.

The meeting goal was to identify a process to advance national justice
information sharing standards. Attendees selected the Global Justice
Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Advisory Committee (GAC) as the
most appropriate body to support this endeavor. The participants asked
that the GAC―through its Infrastructure/Standards Working Group
(ISWG)―work with OJP to coordinate ongoing standards efforts in the
justice community. This process will include cataloging, recognizing,
and sharing pertinent standards, as well as facilitating justice
agencies\' collaboration in standards development efforts.

Through the collaborative work of the meeting participants, a standards
coordination process was developed and subsequently submitted for GAC
consideration at the\
March 15, 2001, GAC Meeting. Committee members unanimously ratified the
proposal.

Upon receiving the support of the GAC, members of ISWG met in May and
July 2001 to refine the standards coordination process and discuss
attendant issues, such as outreach activities (e.g., notifying the
justice community of this valuable resource and soliciting input) and
the most appropriate mechanism to house the effort. ISWG members
determined the Global Justice Information Network (Global) Web site as
the most logical and accessible vehicle through which to publicize and
execute the justice information sharing standards coordination process.

The process is contained within the Justice Standards Registry (JSR)
program, which was presented at the September 20, 2001, GAC meeting.
Committee members unanimously supported the program. In the near future,
the JSR program will be available for viewing, comments, and interaction
by the entire justice community on this Global Web site.

For more on information technology (IT) standards activities not
expressly tied to the GAC, visit the Technology Standards section of the
OJP IT Web site at [www.it.ojp.gov]{.underline}.
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For release: February 20, 2004 Tom Gorey (BLM) (202-452-5137) Heidi
Valetkevitch (Forest Service) (202-205-1089)

**2004 Federal Grazing Fee Announced**

The grazing fee for Western public lands administered by the Interior
Department\'s Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service will
be \$1.43 per animal unit month in 2004, up from \$1.35 in 2003. The
newly adjusted fee, which takes effect March 1, applies to more than
18,000 grazing permits and leases administered by the BLM and more than
8,000 permits administered by the Forest Service.

The formula used for calculating the grazing fee, established by
Congress in the 1978 Public Rangelands Improvement Act, has continued
under a presidential Executive Order issued in 1986. An animal unit
month, or AUM, is the amount of forage needed to sustain one cow and her
calf, one horse, or five sheep or goats for a month. Under the 1986
Executive Order, the grazing fee cannot fall below \$1.35 per AUM.

The annually adjusted grazing fee is computed by using a 1966 base value
of \$1.23 per AUM for livestock grazing on public lands in Western
states. The figure is then adjusted according to three factors --
current private grazing land lease rates, beef cattle prices, and the
cost of livestock production. Based on the formula, the 2004 fee rose
primarily because of an increase in beef cattle prices in 2003.

The \$1.43 per AUM grazing fee applies to 16 Western states on public
lands administered by the BLM and the Forest Service. The states are
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington, and Wyoming. The Forest Service applies different grazing
fees to national grasslands and to lands under its management in the
Eastern and Midwestern states and parts of Texas. The national grassland
fee will be \$1.52 per AUM and will also take effect March 1. The fee
for the Eastern and Midwestern states and parts of Texas will be out
later this month.

The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages more
land -- 261 million surface acres -- than any other Federal agency. Most
of this public land is located in 12 Western states, including Alaska.

The Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
manages 191 million acres of Federal lands in 44 states, Puerto Rico,
and the Virgin Islands.

-- BLM --
Profit Sharing Plan Participants Formerly Employed by Simsbury, Conn.,
Employer Will Receive Pension Benefits

**BOSTON** -- Claywell Electric Company, Inc., of Simsbury, Conn., and
company president Kurt Claywell have agreed that 31 former employees who
participated in the company's profit sharing plan will receive over
\$88,000 in pension benefits from the plan, as the result of a lawsuit
filed by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging violations of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

The agreement is part of an April 12, 2002, consent judgment signed by
U.S. District Judge Dominic J. Squatrito that resolves the lawsuit the
department filed earlier this month in the U.S. District Court for
Connecticut.

According to James Benages, Boston regional director for the
department's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, the lawsuit
alleged that in 1996 the defendants terminated from employment all but
four of the employees of the company who were participants in the profit
sharing plan, and discontinued contributions to the plan. At that point,
under the Internal Revenue Code, participants in the plan should have
been treated as fully vested in the plan. Instead they were treated as
having forfeited the non-vested portions of their accounts.

The complaint alleges Claywell failed to make distributions to the
terminated participants of the full amounts credited to their accounts.
As a result Claywell, his wife, father and mother, who were the only
remaining participants in the plan, improperly benefited. ERISA requires
administrators of employee benefit plans to discharge their fiduciary
duties to the plan solely in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries. The suit alleged Claywell breached this fiduciary duty
and dealt with plan assets in his own interest or for his own account.

The consent judgment requires Claywell Electric Co., as administrator of
the plan, to direct the current trustee of the plan to make
distributions totaling \$88,057.21 to certain participants who
terminated employment with Claywell Electric from 1993 to 1996. The
defendants agree not to participate in future violations of ERISA, and
acknowledge that Claywell cannot act as a fiduciary with respect to any
employee benefit plan covered by ERISA until May 2013.

The department's legal action followed an investigation by the Boston
regional office of the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration,
located in Room 575 of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston.
The telephone number is 617-565-9600. Long distance callers may reach
the office through PWBA's toll free hotline: 1-866-275-7922.

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(Chao v. Kurt Claywell, Claywell Electric Company, Inc. and Claywell
Electric Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan Civil Action Number:
302-CV-589DJS)
## **Categorical Exclusion Suggested Format for Activities NOT Subject to § 58.5**

The requirements under § 58.6 may be applicable to § 58.35(b) and §
58.34 determinations. The following format is suggested to document
compliance with § 58.6 in completing the environmental review process.

# STATUTES and REGULATIONS listed at 24 CFR 58.6

### FLOOD INSURANCE / FLOOD DISASTER PROTECTION ACT

###  [(]{.underline}[Guidance](http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/environment/review/floodplain.cfm)[)]{.underline}

### 

1\. Does the project involve the acquisition, construction or
rehabilitation of structures, buildings or mobile homes?

No; flood insurance is not required. The review of this factor is
completed.

Yes; continue.

2.  Is the structure or part of the structure located in a FEMA
    designated Special Flood Hazard Area?

No. Source Document (FEMA/FIRM floodplain zone designation, panel
number, date):      \_(Factor review completed).

Yes. Source Document (FEMA/FIRM floodplain zone designation, panel
number, date):

     \_(Continue review).

3\. Is the community participating in the National Insurance Program (or
has less than one year passed since FEMA notification of Special Flood
Hazards)?

Yes - Flood Insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program must be
obtained and maintained or the economic life of the project, in the
amount of the total project cost. A copy of the flood insurance policy
declaration must be kept in the Environmental Review Record.

No **(Federal assistance may not be used in the Special Flood Hazards
Area).**

**COASTAL BARRIERS RESOURCES ACT**

**[(]{.underline}[Guidance](http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/environment/review/coastal.cfm)[)]{.underline}**

1\. Is the project located in a coastal barrier resource area?

**[(See]{.underline}**
<http://www.fema.gov/nfip/cobra.shtm>**[).]{.underline}**

No; Cite Source Documentation:      

(This element is completed).

Yes - **Federal assistance may not be used in such an area.**

**AIRPORT RUNWAY CLEAR ZONES AND CLEAR ZONES DISCLOSURES**

**[(]{.underline}[Guidance](http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/environment/review/airport.cfm)[)]{.underline}**

1\. Does the project involve the sale or acquisition of existing
property within a Civil Airport\'s Runway Clear Zone, Approach
Protection Zone or a Military Installation\'s Clear Zone?

No; cite SD, page:      

Project complies with 24 CFR 51.303(a)(3).

Yes; **Disclosure statement must be provided** to buyer and a copy of
the signed disclosure statement must be maintained in this Environmental
Review Record.

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Responsible Entity Official Signature / Title/ Date
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**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Hagovsky**

**July 1, 2003 202-228-1122**

**[http://mikulski.senate.gov]{.underline}**

**[Number range CHAPTER]{.mark}MIKULSKI AND SARBANES ANNOUNCE FEDERAL
FUNDS**

**FOR BULLETPROOF VESTS**

*Over \$16,000 will go to Western Maryland Law Enforcement Agencies*

Washington, D.C. -- **Senators Barbara A. Mikulski** (D-MD) and **Paul
S. Sarbanes** (D-MD) today announced that law enforcement agencies in
Western Maryland will receive over \$16,000 for the purchase of
bullet-resistant vests. The grants are awarded by the U.S. Department of
Justice's Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program.

"We need to protect our protectors," said Senator Mikulski. "We need to
make sure our men and women in uniform have the best equipment and
safety gear so they can do their jobs. I will continue to fight to make
sure people on the front lines protecting our families and communities
have the resources they need to keep us safe."

\"There is a pressing need to ensure that our local communities have
resources necessary to combat crime and ensure the safety of our
citizens,\" said Sarbanes. "These federal funds will help to protect
those who protect our communities."

Five Western Maryland law enforcement agencies will receive federal
funds to purchase 44 vests:

-   Garrett County \$1,580 (5 vests)

-   Cumberland City \$4,748 (12 vests)

-   Westernport \$305 (1 vest)

-   Hagerstown \$7,217 (22 vests)

-   Hancock \$2156 (4 vests)

The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program awards grants to law
enforcement agencies in all 50 states, but smaller jurisdictions receive
priority. The grants require recipients to match at least 50 percent of
the cost of each vest. Over 6,500 applications were received this year
and over \$149,000 has been awarded to jurisdictions throughout
Maryland.

Number range CHAPTERSenator Mikulski serves on the Commerce, Justice,
State and Judiciary Appropriations Subcommittee, which funds the Justice
Department, and this grant program. Senator Sarbanes is a member of the
Senate Budget Committee.

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**SDS 2004-2005**

**(7/1/2004 -- 6/30/2005)**

**Request for Return of SDS Funds**

**DEADLINE: 12/13/2004**

**Name of Institution/School:
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**Discipline (Dentistry, Bacc Nursing...):
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**OPSID (can be found your Notice of Award):
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Name of Person Supplying Information:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Phone Number with Area Code:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Amount of Return: \$ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Comments:**

**Fax this page by December 13, 2004 to Scholarship Team at (301)
443-0846**

**Questions? Contact one of the following staff:**

**Andrea Castle (301) 443-1701**

**Chris Parks (301) 443-8272**
**July 7, 2008**

**RE: 9 CFR Part 2 \[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0024\] RIN 0579-AC14**

**PR: "Minimum Age Requirements for the Transport of Animals"**

United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Regulatory Analysis and Development

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8

4700 River Road Unit 118

Riverdale, MD 20737-1238

To Whom It May Concern:

We are writing in support of the above referenced PROPOSED RULE (PR) to
amend the Animal Welfare Act regulations by adding minimum age
requirements for the transport in commerce of animals. We are aware that
the current regulations address age limits for dogs and cats, but that
no corresponding regulations exist for ferrets.

We agree and strongly support your proposal to amend the current
regulations to restrict the transport of ferrets that are less than 8
weeks of age, unless certain conditions have been met, as outlined in
the PR.

For both the domestic ferret (*Mustela putorius furo)* and the wild
black-footed ferret (*Mustela nigripes*), establishing federal minimum
age requirements for the transport in commerce of ferrets, and providing
for the transport of animals that have not met the minimum age of 8
weeks of age, are necessary to help ensure the humane treatment of these
animals.

Sincerely,

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Lorraine Twerdok, Ph.D., DABT
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY\'S BULLETIN BOARD FOR SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITIONS UNDER \$25,000

RFP ED-06-R-0042, Technical Assistance for Speechwriting and Statements
Formulation

Document Type Award Notice

Solicitation Number: ED-06-R-0042

Posted Date: August 22, 2006

Due Date: September 5, 2006

Classification Code: R\--Professional, Administrative and Management
Support Services

Description

Contract Award Date: September 15, 2006

Contract Award Number: ED-06-PO-1684

Contract Award Amount: \$19,632.62

Contract Line Item Number: N/A

Contractor:

Washington Partners, LLC

1101 Vermont Avenue, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20005-3521

Contracting Office Address

National Institute for Literacy, Suite 730, 1775 I Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20006-2417
April 29, 2005

**Adult Stem Cell Diabetes Treatment**

**Featured in "O, The Oprah Magazine"**

Dear Colleague:

This month's issue of "O, The Oprah Magazine" features a section on the
five biggest breakthroughs by women scientists. Among the women featured
is Dr. Denise Faustman, MD, PhD. Dr. Faustman's work using adult stem
cells to treat diabetes is giving hope to those with the disease and to
their loved ones. I have inserted information from the article below.

In mice, Faustman already has permanently reversed end-stage Type I
diabetes. She is now beginning the human clinical trial process. Of
particular note is that this important breakthrough involves a simple
drug which stops the immune system from destroying the insulin-producing
cells of the pancreas, while adult stem cells from the spleen regenerate
the insulin-producing cells. This adult stem cell treatment resulted in
insulin production and completely restored blood-sugar regulation in
mice.

Dr. Faustman and others hope that this treatment will be equally
successful in humans. As the debate over embryonic stem cell research
becomes increasingly heated, it is important to recognize the great
promise found in non-controversial adult stem cell research and
treatment. Federal incentives for embryo destructive stem cell research
are not only ethically unsound, but as the promise of adult stem cell
research increasingly is fulfilled, science shows that such federal
support is unnecessary.

Breakthroughs by scientists such as Dr. Faustman give us increasing
reason to believe that non-controversial adult stem cell treatments will
bring us closer to curing diseases like diabetes.

Sincerely,

/S/

W. Todd Akin

Member of Congress

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

**Five Biggest Health Breakthroughs by Women Scientists**

"O, The Oprah Magazine"

***Curing the Cause***

*Denise L. Faustman, MD, PhD, director of the immunobiology laboratory,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston*

Working with mice bred to have the equivalent of type 1 diabetes,
Faustman found a way to cure the disease. She treated the animals with a
drug targeting the out-of-control immune cells that cause the disorder,
leaving the rest of the immune system intact. If an upcoming human trial
is successful, it will not only improve the lives of diabetics but
affect all autoimmune disease research. Scientists thought it was
possible only to treat the symptoms of diseases like multiple sclerosis
and lupus, rather than their causes. "We've broken that paradigm and
shown we can reverse the underlying problem," Faustman says.
**Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable**

**Meeting at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration**

**NOAA Science Center, SSMC4, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring
Maryland**

**November 15-16, 2007**

***Draft Agenda***

**Day 1 (Thursday November 15)**

8:30 Registration and Coffee

9:00 Opening Welcome remarks: NOAA Official Welcome from Co-chair: Rick
Swanson USFS

Summary of meeting agenda and goals: David Berry, SWRR

9:15 SWRR Background - What SWRR is and does related to indicators,
research, outreach as under the Federal Advisory Committee ACT:
Questions and comments

9:30 Update on CINE White House indicator efforts and connection to
water indicators: Ted Heintz. White House Council on Environmental
Quality

9:45 -12:00 **Panel on Integrated Ecosystem Assessments and Integrated
Indicators**: Moderator- Kristen Koch, NOAA Ecosystem Deputy Goal Lead

> 9:50 NOAA Integrated Ecosystem Assessments: Steve Murawski, NOAA
> Ecosystem Goal Lead, and Chief Scientist NOAA Fisheries
>
> 10:10 National Coastal Condition Report (NCCR) and ecosystem
> assessments: EPA, Office of Water(?), or a NOAA (rep)

10:30 Break

10:50 Heinz Center and integrated indicators: Robin O'Malley, Heinz
Center

11:10 National Water Quality Monitoring Network: Jaweed Hameedi NOAA,
National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Monitoring & Assessment

11:30 Ecosystem assessments and integrated indicators discussion with
panel members

12:00 Lunch followed by Keynote Talk (TBD)

1:00 EPA water indicators: Denice Shaw, EPA ORD

1:20 USGS water indicators: Donna Myers National Water Quality and
Assessment Program

1:40 NOAA Coastal Indicators and links to water: Ralph Cantral, NOAA,
NOS, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

2:00 USFS Water Indicators: Rick Swanson

2:20 SWRR Indicators and Framework: Rhonda Kranz

2:40 Summary of integrated indicators and links to integrated ecosystem
assessments: Kristen Koch, NOAA Ecosystem Deputy Goal Lead

2:55 Open discussion of how the various indicator efforts have
contributed to each other and how they can together further contribute
to sustainability of water resources

3:15 Break

3:30 How can SWRR be useful to your organization and what can your
organization contribute to SWRR

4:00 Quick reports from SWRR Subgroups: Questions and Comments

4:45 Adjourn for the day

6:00 Dinner in the area for interested participants

**Day 2**

8:40 Coffee

9:00 Welcome

9:10 Opening Talk: Corporation responsibility and opportunities in
sustainability and water resources. Information needs to support good
corporate decisions. Jim Loving, IBM Corporation

9:40 Breakouts on current state of SWRR indicators to invite
participants input David Berry

10:30 Break

10:45 Finish work in breakouts

11:25 Breakout groups report back. 10 minutes per group

11:55 Discussion: What did today's work tell us SWRR's next set of
indicators should be?

12:15 Summary discussion: Next steps

12:30 Adjourn
Wiebke harvesting

**P. O. Box 193** Cook Phone & Fax 402.864.4291

**Cook, NE 68329** Holyoke Phone & Fax 970.854.5361

and email ijwiebke@pctelcom.coop

**1120 S. Belford** Ivan's Cell 970.580.8147 Julie's Cell 970.580.9262

**Holyoke, CO 80734**

I strongly urge that you exempt custom harvesting operations from the
proposed training requirements for entry level CDL operators. I give the
following arguments for this exemption.

1.Others have given you the statistics about the impact of custom
harvesting in the farming industry.

2\. Last year the total miles by company employees in 4 CDL vehicles was
29,328 miles, of which approximately 13,000 miles was by 3 entry level
drivers. These miles were driven in rural areas with light traffic
areas. NONE was in a large metro area.

3 Many of the comments point out the need for "on the job training". You
cannot fully learn how to operate a vehicle with someone in the other
seat constantly telling you what you must do. The trainee must
experience the decision making process, in real driving conditions, to
learn.

4\. Custom harvesters currently provide classroom and hands on training
for entry level drivers. After TESTING to insure they have the proper
knowledge, the new drivers obtain a license and are allowed to operate a
truck solo. Here is where we provide the best possible training
available. Our new drivers are always in contact with a supervisor via 2
way radio and 95% of the time are within 20 miles of the home base of
operation. Normally we go over the route with the driver prior to them
actually driving the vehicle. This avoids putting them in a unfamiliar
situation but still allows them to operate the vehicle in real world
conditions. This is the best training possible with very minimal risk.
If the driver becomes a over the road drier in the future, he/she has
the advantage of driving experience in a low risk environment.

5\. The agency analysis looks at the cost/benefit ratio. Insurance
records will show that the Custom harvesting industry has a very good
safety record. When you figure the cost of this proposed training
program weighed against the low miles driven and the low risk
environment for custom harvesters, the cost can not be justified. The
benefits simply are not there.

Custom harvesters are currently exempt from the driver qualifications as
defined in section 391.2 of FMC regulations. I strongly urge you extend
this exemption to include the entry level driver training requirements.
If we do not get this exemption we will be unable to continue in this
farm business as we know it . The training costs incurred for the short
time of employment will be prohibitive. The trucking industry will also
lose a proven safe training environment for entry level drivers

Thank You: Ivan Wiebke dba Wiebke Harvesting
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Released: August 7, 2000

### **FCC DISTRIBUTES ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT REPORTS**

On August 7, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will
begin mailing Annual Employment Report Form 395-B to broadcast stations,
Form 395-A to cable operators and satellite master antenna television
systems (SMATVs), and Form 395-M to multi-channel video programming
distributors (MVPDs). The Commission reinstated the requirement that
broadcast stations file Form 395-B in [Review of the Commission's
Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies and
Termination of the EEO Streamlining]{.underline}
[Proceeding]{.underline}, MM Docket Nos. 98-204 and 96-16, 15 FCC Rcd
2329 (2000). The FCC will use the Annual Employment Reports' data only
in aggregated form for trend reports and reports to Congress.

Annual Employment Report forms and instructions for completing the forms
are also available by accessing the FCC's web site at
[http://www.fcc.gov](http://www.fcc.gov/) and clicking on the "Forms"
link.

In addition to paper filing, entities may also file the forms
electronically by using the FCC's Radio and Television Broadcast Station
Consolidated Database System (CDBS) online electronic forms filing
system. Users can access CDBS via the Internet from the Mass Media
Bureau's web site at <http://www.fcc.gov/mmb>. Instructions for use of
the electronic filing system are available in the CDBS User's Guide
which can be accessed from the electronic filing web page. Special
attention should be given to the details of the applicant account
registration function and the form filing function. Internet access to
the CDBS public access system at the FCC's web site requires that the
user have, at a minimum, a browser such as Netscape version 3.04 or
Internet Explorer version 3.51. For technical assistance in running CDBS
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Regardless of size, all broadcast stations, cable operators, SMATVs and
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employees must send in the form, but only certify that they employed
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employees. Broadcast station employment units with five or more
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Two copies of the form must be filed with the FCC by October 2, 2000.

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NIMH IRB MINUTES 1/27/04 FINAL

2\) PROTOCOL TITLE: Effects of Single Dose of Dextroamphetamine in
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Functional Magnetic
Resonance Study

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:

[Summary of Protocol:]{.underline}

*This protocol was previously reviewed by the board at the 10/28/03, and
11/4/03 IRB meetings at which time the board recommended the protocol be
forwarded to a 407 review panel. An IRB subgroup has reviewed the
protocol in depth and made recommendations for revisions to the PI. The
PI is submitting the protocol to the IRB following changes, for a final
review by the board before forwarding to Dr. Gottesman for submission to
the 407 panel.*

[Discussion]{.underline}:

Dr. Rosenstein reviewed with the board the status of this protocol,
which will be forwarded to Dr. Gottesman for submission to a 407 panel.
This decision is based on the comprehensive review by this IRB and the
decision by the board that this study was not approvable as a minimal
risk study. (The vote on the risk level assignment for this study was
split with 4 votes for a minimal risk category and 6 votes for more than
minimal risk at the 10/28 meeting; and 5 votes for minimal risk and 7
votes for more than minimal risk at the 11/4/03 meeting). Based on the
decision by the IRB that the protocol was more than minimal risk,
without the prospect of direct benefit to subjects, the board found that
the protocol was not approvable under regulation 46.406 of Title 45 CFR
46, thus it will require review by a 407 panel. Dr Rosenstein will draft
a memo to Dr. Gottesman reviewing the deliberations by the board
regarding this study and requesting a 407 panel review.

The purpose of today's review was for editing suggestions and final
comments from the board. Dr's were present for the discussion of this
protocol.

The following summarizes the suggestions from the board regarding the
submission:

-   Typos, reviewer comments and inconsistencies between consent forms
    should be corrected before forwarding to the 407 panel

-   References to placebo should not suggest that it is "medicine" or
    "treatment"

-   The discussion in the protocol of the Vaidya study should explain
    further the comparison between this study and the Vaidya study as
    that study uses methylphenidate rather than amphetamine

-   The investigator's should propose a data safety monitoring plan and
    discuss it consistently in each consent form

-   The investigators should emphasize the justification of this study
    based on the scientific merit of the study and the potential impact
    on future treatment for ADHD.

-   Pregnancy testing should be done in all females who have begun
    menses

-   Page 4 of 8 (parent of healthy volunteer consent), second paragraph,
    remove the sentence that begins with "based on the NIH studies....."
    or explain this more specifically.
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### 

### Date: May 3, 2004

**Contact**: Travis Haines (928) 777-5655

Tony Sciacca (928) 777-5651

### Indian Springs Prescribed Fire

**Prescott, Ariz---**Prescott National Forest fire officials plan to
conduct a prescribed fire in the area of Indian Springs Wednesday
through Saturday. Approximately 2,700 acres may be treated if conditions
permit. Indian Springs is located forty miles northwest of Prescott,
south of Walnut Creek, and east of Forest Road 95.

The fuel type within the prescribed burn plan is predominantly chaparral
intermixed with juniper. The objectives for the prescribed burn are to
reduce the amount of fuel loading in the forest, return fire to its
natural role in the ecosystem, and return nutrients back into the soil
to increase grass and vegetation.

Although smoke may be visible from surrounding communities, smoke impact
is expected to be minimal due to the location of this burn.

For more information visit the Prescott National Forest website at
(www.fs.fed.us/r3/prescott) or view the burn area map on the Regional
Info Alert website at

(www.regionalinfo-alert.org).

\--End\--
**Lon Cardon, PhD**

University of Oxford

Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics

Roosevelt Drive

Oxford, OX3 7BN

+44 (0)1865 287 591

lon.cardon@well.ox.ac.uk

Dr. Cardon is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow specializing in
statistical genetics applications in humans. His group is interested in
developing and applying statistical methods, novel algorithms and
specialized software to help locate genes that lead to common diseases
in humans. Their current research projects include chromosome-wide
linkage disequilibrium mapping and linkage and/or association mapping
projects in Huntington's Disease, reading disability and endometriosis.
Dr. Cardon is a member of the International HapMap Project and, since
2001, the Academic Director of the Advanced International Workshop on
Methodology of Twin and Family Studies.
# DETERMINACIÓN POR FÓRMULA DEL COSTO DE REEMPLAZO

**PARA PROYECTOS DE LA SECCIÓN 202 Y 811**

# CONSTRUCCIÓN PROPUESTA

Ítem 50: Total Todas las mejoras
[\$]{.underline}\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Ítem 54: Impuestos \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Ítem 55: Seguro \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Ítem 62: Título y Registro

Ítem 64: Legales \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Ítem 71 Honorarios de auditoría de certificación

> de costos \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Ítem 73a: Precio de la tierra garantizado
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Números conocidos Total
[\$]{.underline}\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [=A]{.underline}

Total desconocido: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_[0.08]{.underline}\_\_\_\_\_\_
[=B]{.underline}

Costo del reemplazo Total = [\_\_\_A\_\_\_]{.underline}
[\$]{.underline}\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_[=C]{.underline}

1 - B

**Honorarios del desarrollador** = C X .08
[\$]{.underline}\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

EJEMPLO: Números conocidos totales: \$950,000

Total desconocido: 0.08

\_\_[\$950,000\_\_]{.underline} = [\_\_\$950,000\_\_]{.underline} =
\$1,032,609 (Costo del reemplazo Total)

1 - .08 .92

\$1,032,609 X .08 = \$82,609 (Honorarios del desarrollador)
Justification:

Assistance is requested to provide subsistence and travel funds for a
lab manager who will be arriving at the Cell Biology and Physiology
Center of the Division of Intramural Research, NHLBI on September 17,
2007. He is charged with moving many pieces of delicate equipment and
research materials from Scripps University in San Diego across the
country to NIH in Bethesda. This task will require many trips (mostly
flights and a large rental moving vehicle) between California and
Maryland over a several week period. In addition to direct travel costs,
NIH is requesting to cover the Lab Manager's travel and subsistence
expenses during this period of performance.

We are requesting that the Lab Manager be provided with a one-time
payment for travel subsistence funding in the amount of \$8,467.

The period of performance is September 17, 2007 through September 28,
2007.