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**\[DOE LETTERHEAD\]**

**National Nuclear Security Administration**

October 2, 2003

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW.

Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004-2901

Dear Mr. Chairman:

This is in response to your July 9, 2003, letter requesting Site Offices
to report on the scope and periodicity of the training assessments
conducted as required by Department of Energy (DOE) Order 5480.20A. Of
the seven sites with nuclear facilities, Y-12 Site Office (YSO), Sandia
Site Office (SSO), and Savannah River Site Office (SRSO) reported that
periodic reviews of training and qualification programs were being
conducted in accordance with Order requirements using DOE Standard
1070-94, and the Pantex Site Office (PXSO) has just recently completed a
review of 5480.20A using DOE Standard 1070-94. The Los Alamos Site
Office (LASO), Nevada Site Office (NSO), and Livermore Site Office (LSO)
indicated that they are not in compliance. LASO and LSO plan to conduct
the required reviews by the end of June 2004. NSO indicated that they
are in the process of implementing procedures and processes for nuclear
work including training. NSO indicated that they will be in compliance
with 5480.20A in the Device Assembly Facility by the end of 2003, and
for the subcritical experiments by the end of 2004.

Several Site Offices reported local resource issues and a common desire
to leverage training resources from the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) Service Center to provide assessment support for
required DOE Order 5480.20A reviews. We will ensure these resources are
provided to achieve compliance with the Order requirements. Individual
site responses are included in the enclosure.

We share the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's (DNFSB) concern
regarding NNSA oversight of site-level training programs. We will notify
DNFSB upon completion of the reviews of the Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Nevada Test Site
training and qualification program. Corrective actions and
implementation schedules provided in the enclosure are intended to
resolve the identified issues.

If you have any questions, please call me or have your staff contact
Emil Morrow, NNSA Federal Technical Capability Agent at (202) 586-5530.

Sincerely,

***Everet H. Beckner***

***Deputy Administrator***

***for Defense Programs***

[Enclosure](../AttachedFile/TB03O02A_enc.pdf)

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Time-resolved x-ray measurements of

polaron dynamics of charge-ordered Nd~1/2~Sr~1/2~MnO~3~

I. Kang, S. Johnson, A. Lindenberg, R. Falcone

University of California, Berkeley, CA

(510)486-5173, (510)486-7588, ikang@grace.lbl.gov

Th. Missalla, P. Heimann

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

K. H. Kim, S--W. Cheong

Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

The nature of the perovskite manganite materials at the phase boundary
is of great interest due to the pronounced competition between
double-exchange ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetic charge-ordering.
The subtle balance of the two competing forces causes the materials to
be especially sensitive to external perturbation. We explore the
dynamics of the charge-lattice coupling of the materials by
time-resolved x-ray diffraction technique. The charge-transfer
transition triggered in a half-doped manganite by ultrashort laser
pulses is observed to induce strong lattice distortion. The origin of
the distortion is Jahn-Teller active modes of the manganese octahedra.
The photo-induced lattice distortion expands the crystal along *c*-axis
while contracting the basal plane. The observed anisotropy is indicative
of orbital ordering and strong inter-orbital coulomb interaction.
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**§1.462 Confidentiality restrictions.**

\(a\) *General*. The patient records to which §§1.460 through 1.499 of
this part apply may be disclosed or used only as permitted by these
regulations and may not otherwise be disclosed or used in any civil,
criminal, administrative, or legislative proceedings conducted by any
Federal, State, or local authority. Any disclosure made under these
regulations must be limited to that information which is necessary to
carry out the purpose of the disclosure.

\(b\) *Unconditional compliance required*. The restrictions on
disclosure and use in §§1.460 through 1.499 of this part apply whether
the person seeking the information already has it, has other means of
obtaining it, is a law enforcement or other official, has obtained a
subpoena, or asserts any other justification for a disclosure or use
which is not permitted by §§1.460 through 1.499 of this part. These
provisions do not prohibit VA from acting accordingly when there is no
disclosure of information.

\(c\) *Acknowledging the presence of patients: responding to requests*.

\(1\) The presence of an identified patient in a VA facility for the
treatment or other VA program activity relating to drug abuse,
alcoholism or alcohol abuse, infection with the HIV, or sickle cell
anemia may be acknowledged only if the patient's written consent is
obtained in accordance with §1.475 of this part or if an authorizing
court order is entered in accordance with §§1.490 through 1.499 of this
part. Acknowledgment of the presence of an identified patient in a
facility is permitted if the acknowledgment does not reveal that the
patient is being treated for or is otherwise involved in a VA program or
activity concerning drug abuse, alcoholism or alcohol abuse, infection
with the HIV, or sickle cell anemia.

\(2\) Any answer to a request for a disclosure of patient records which
is not permissible under §§1.460 through 1.499 of this part must be made
in a way that will not affirmatively reveal that an identified
individual has been, or is being diagnosed or treated for drug abuse,
alcoholism or alcohol abuse, infection with the HIV, or sickle cell
anemia. These regulations do not restrict a disclosure that an
identified individual is not and never has been a patient. (Authority:
38 U.S.C. 7334)

**§1.463 Criminal penalty for violations.**

Under 38 U.S.C. 7332(g), any person who violates any provision of this
statute or §§1.460 through 1.499 of this part shall be fined not more
than \$5,000 in the case of a first offense, and not more than \$20,000
for a subsequent offense. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 7332(g))
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**RENOVATIONS PLANNED FOR NATIONAL LANDMARK**

LASALLE, Ill. -- July 19, 2007 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Development has approved a loan guarantee of \$500,000 to The
Hegeler Carus Foundation.

The funding the foundation received is part of Rural Development's
community facilities guaranteed loan program. As part of the guaranteed
program, Rural Development partners with a local lender and agrees to
financially back a loan to the recipient. The partnership with Rural
Development reduces the risk sustained by the local lender who can in
turn offer better loan terms to the borrower.

The Hegeler Carus Foundation was established in 1995 to encourage and
support cultural activities. The foundation's current facility is the
Hegeler-Carus Mansion that was built in about 1874 by Edward Hegeler
where his daughter and her husband, Paul Carus, resided. The mansion
currently serves as the primary location for the Hegeler Carus
Foundation.

Loan funds will be used to renovate a second house that was built by
Edward Hegeler for his oldest son and his family in 1903. The house will
be restored to what is believed to be near its original condition. The
newly restored house along with the original mansion will form The
Hegeler Carus Museum complex. The complex will be used as a public
facility and will provide tours, concerts, meeting space, and receptions
for the local community. The existing facility is a national landmark.
When restoration is completed on the new facility, it will also be
eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

"It is the mission of Rural Development to improve the quality of life
of rural residents. Sometimes this is achieved by looking to and
investing in the future of a community," said Douglas Wilson, State
Director for Illinois Rural Development, "but there are times when we
accomplish that by preserving the past."

Rural Development offers a variety of direct and guaranteed rural credit
programs for community facilities, single and multi-family housing,
water and sewer systems and business development. Further information on
their programs is available at their website,
[www.rurdev.usda.gov/il/](http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/il/).

\#
**DA 06-1571**

**Released: August 1, 2006**

**MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES EXTENSION**

**OF CERTAIN FILING DEADLINES**

The Media Bureau (Bureau) announces an extension, until Friday, August
11, 2006, for the filing of the following forms:

-   **FCC Form 303-S** -- Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station
    Licenses. California Television Stations.

-   **FCC Form 396** -- Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Report.
    California Television Stations.

-   **FCC Forms 323/323E --** Biennial Ownership Reports. California,
    North Carolina and South Carolina Television Stations; and Illinois
    and Wisconsin Radio Stations.

-   Consolidated Database System (CDBS) users have experienced
    electronic filing difficulties during the past several days. This
    filing extension is designed to provide a reasonable opportunity for
    impacted licensees and CDBS users to timely file these forms.

A petition to deny a California television station license renewal
application filed after August 1, 2006, will be due ninety days from the
release of the public notice accepting for filing the renewal
application.[^1] Some applicants, permittees and licensees may have
experienced difficulties in timely filing amendments, settlements, and
contracts. The Bureau will waive these requirements in appropriate
circumstances.

> For further information, contact the Audio Division at 418-2700 or the
> Video Division at

418-1600.

Adopted by Deputy Chief, Media Bureau

> **- FCC -**

[^1]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 73.3516 (e) (1).
**Memorandum**

From: Carey A. Johnston, P.E.

USEPA/OW/OST

ph: (202) 566 1014

johnston.carey@epa.gov

To: Public Record for the 2006 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

EPA Docket Number OW-2004-0032

Date: 18 July, 2006

Subject: Final Statewide Oil and Gas EIS and Proposed Amendment of the
Powder River and Billings RMPs

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), in a Final
Environmental Impact Statement analyzing coal bed methane extraction,
warns that "clayey" soil, like that in the Tongue River Valley, is
vulnerable to damage from high SAR water (see OW-2004-0032-03148
"Montana FEIS, Soils Appendix SOI-1").

For example, the MDEQ FEIS cautioned that unregulated discharge of CBM
water would cause "\[s\]urface water quality in some watersheds \[to\]
be slightly to severely degraded, resulting in restricted downstream use
of some waters," (see OW-2004-0032-03148 "Page 4-72, Montana FEIS").
**Recent Gains and Losses in Maryland Stream-Gaging Network**

The Maryland stream-gaging network has had some ups and downs in
2005-2006. Eight long-term stream gages were threatened with
discontinuation due to lack of State and local funding in the fall of
2005. The affected gages are on Big Elk Creek, Casselman River,
Piscataway Creek, Zekiah Swamp Run, St. Mary's River, St. Clements
Creek, Morgan Creek, and Unicorn Branch. Two of these eight have since
been funded by the State---DNR agreed to support the gage on Big Elk
Creek and MDE agreed to support the gage on Casselman River. Following
an unsuccessful attempt to identify potential new funding partners, the
other six gages were discontinued in February 2006. However, in May
2006, DNR agreed to provide support for restarting these six
discontinued gages beginning in July 2006.

In addition, gages in Baltimore City on Maidens Choice Run and Gwynns
Run, and a Baltimore County gage on Minebank Run, were discontinued as
planned in October 2005. A long-term gage on the Potomac River at
Shepherdstown was discontinued in the spring of 2005 due to funding
problems. On the positive side, new gages were started on Stony Run in
Baltimore City in the spring of 2005, on Powder Mill Run and Scotts
Level Branch in Baltimore County in the fall of 2005, and on Sand Spring
Run on the campus of Frostburg State University in the spring of 2005.

Plans are underway to restart two discontinued gages in July
2006---Pocomoke River near Willards and Town Creek near Oldtown---and to
establish new gages on Evitts Creek and Fifteenmile Creek. The Pocomoke
gage will be supported by DNR and the three western Maryland gages will
be supported by the Pennsylvania DEP. Also, DNR plans to support a gage
on Corsica River in the summer of 2006, and MDE plans to support a gage
on Little Blackwater River, also this summer. Finally, a proposal has
been submitted in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service to initiate
two to three new gages in the Gunpowder River watershed in late 2006.
**Subpart D---Universal Adjudication Rules That Apply to Benefit Claims
Governed by Part 3 of This Title**

*Authority*: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless otherwise noted.

*Source*: 66 FR 18195, Apr. 6, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.

*General*

3.2100 Scope of Applicability 3.2100-1

3.2130 Will VA accept a signature by mark or thumbprint? 3.2130-1

**§3.2100 Scope of Applicability.**

Unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this subpart apply only to
claims governed by part 3 of this title. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a)).

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 45(1)
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**NOTIFICATION**

[Addendum]{.underline}

The following communication, dated 16 February 2006, is being circulated
at the request of the Delegation of the [United States]{.underline}.

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

The FDA Interim Final Rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/165 has been adopted
as a final rule and will take effect on 22 May 2006.

Food Labeling: Health Claims; Soluble Dietary Fiber From Certain Foods
and Coronary Heart Disease.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adopting as a final rule,
without change, the provisions of the interim final rule that amended
the regulation authorizing a health claim on the relationship between
beta-glucan soluble fiber from whole oat sources and reduced risk of
coronary heart disease (CHD) by adding barley as an additional source of
beta-glucan soluble fiber eligible for the health claim. FDA is taking
this action to complete the rulemaking initiated with the interim final
rule.

DATES: This rule is effective 22 May 2006. The Director of the Office of
the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 of certain
publications in 21 CFR 101.81(c)(2)(ii)(A)(5) as of 23 December 2005.

Full text of this addendum and final rule are online at URL:

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-4703.htm

**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**
Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee

Food and Drug Administration

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD

## **Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer**

# **Agenda for March 19, 2002**

**8:00 Call to Order, Introductions:** M. Michael Wolfe, M.D., Chair

> **Meeting Statement:** Thomas H. Perez, M.P.H., Executive Secretary
>
> **Opening Comments:** Victor F.C. Raczkowski, M.D., M.Sc.
>
> Acting Director, Division of Gastrointestinal and Coagulation Drug
> Products

**8:15 Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Colorectal Cancer** - - Anil K.
Rustgi, M.D., T.Grier Miller Associate

Professor of Medicine and Genetics; University of Pennsylvania

**8:45** **Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance** - - David A.
Lieberman, M.D., Chief, Division of

Gastroenterology, Oregon Health Sciences University

**9:15** **Overview of Chemoprevention Trials** - - Bernard Levin, M.D.,
Vice President for Chemoprevention,

Professor of Medicine, UTMD Anderson Cancer Center

**9:45** **Benefit and Risk Analysis for Chemoprevention of Sporadic
Colorectal Cancer** - -

> Mark Avigan, M.D., C.M., Medical Officer, Division of Gastrointestinal
> and Coagulation Drug Products

**10:15** **Break**

**10:30 Questions Regarding Presentations**

**11:00 Open Public Hearing**

**12:00 Lunch**

**1:00 Introduction to Questions** - - Mark Avigan, M.D., C.M.

Medical Officer, Division of Gastrointestinal & Coagulation Drug
Products

**1:10 Charge to the Committee** - - Victor F.C. Raczkowski, M.D., M.Sc.

> Acting Director, Division of Gastrointestinal & Coagulation Drug
> Products

**1:20 Discussion of Questions**

**3:15 Break**

**3:30 Discussion of Questions -- continued**

**5:30 Adjourn**

**Consultants:**

Curt D. Furberg, M.D.

Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Scott Lippman, M.D.

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

**Guest Experts:**

Bernard Levin, M.D.

Vice President for Chemoprevention

Professor of Medicine, UTMD Anderson Cancer Center

John A. Baron, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Community and Family Medicine

Dartmouth Medical School

David F. Ransohoff, M.D.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alex Krist M.D.

Dept. of Family Practice

Virginia Commonwealth University

Barnett Kramer, M.D.

Associate Director for Disease Prevention

Office of Disease Prevention, National Institutes of Health

Anil K. Rustgi, M.D.

Chief of Gastroenterology

University of Pennsylvania

David A. Lieberman, M.D.

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology

Oregon Health Sciences University

###### Industry Representative:

George S. Goldstein, M.D.

**Open Public Hearing Participants:**

Robert Sandler, M.D.,

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sylvia Kleiman
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Civil Air Patrol

# UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY

2400 Wright Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53704-2572

Phone (608) 242-3069 Fax (608) 242-3068

MEMORANDUM FOR WISCONSIN WING 1 May, 2005

FROM: WICC

SUBJECT: Check pilot (CP) Mission Check Pilot (MCP) Instructor Pilot
(IP) Authorization

The following personnel are appointed Wisconsin Wing Check Pilots, as
indicated, provided they remain current and qualified per CAP and FAA
regulations.

## WI 001

**HQ Wisconsin Wing**

Clair Jowett, MCP

Larry Stys, CP, IP, MCP

Larry Nack, MCP

**WI 004**

**Dodge County Composite Squadron**

Jim Yaroch, CP, IP, MCP

## WI 012

**Chippewa County Senior Squadron**

Ron Michaud, CP, IP

Brad Smith, MCP

David Crane, CP,IP,MCP

**WI 037**

**La Crosse Composite Squadron**

Harold Moe, CP, IP, MCP

Harland Getter, MCP

Bonnie Berg, CP, IP, MCP

Fred Petersen, CP, IP, MCP

Jeffrey Sedlock, MCP

Amanda Spangler, CP, IP, MCP

Mikael Asfoor, CP, IP

Andrew Svoboda, CP, IP

Blake Forsythe, CP, IP

## WI 048

## Waukesha Composite Squadron

Dean Dolance, MCP

Donald Martinson, MCP

Steve Schutt, CP, IP

Dean Klassy Sr, MCP

## WI 049

**Twin County Composite Squadron**

Bill Kazen, MCP

Jason Lauzer, CP, IP

James Mc Namara, CP, IP, MCP

**WI 053**

**Wild River Composite Squadron**

Harold Burton, CP, IP, MCP

## WI 055

## Fox Cities Composite Squadron 

Robert Gedemer, MCP

William Schulz, CP, IP

## WI 057

**Col. R. C. Jaye Memorial Composite Sqdn.**

Jeffrey Wagoner, MCP

## WI 058

**R. I. Bong Composite Squadron**

Tim Braman, MCP

Donald Carlson, MCP

Terry LeSage, CP, IP

## WI 086

## Milwaukee Senior Support Sqdn. 10

Thomas Mescher, CP, IP, MCP

Carl Koeling, CP, IP, MCP

Clem Dahlke, CP, IP

Dan Donovan, CP, IP, MCP

## WI 151

**Green County Composite Squadron**

Clarence Peters, MCP

## WI 153

**Klitzman Memorial Composite Squadron**

Robert Ward, CP, IP, MCP

Paul J. Vanderbloemen, CP, IP

Michael Arnold, CP, IP

**WI 156 (MESS)**

**Milwaukee Emergency Ser. Comp. Squadron**

Andy Stockhausen, MCP

Christopher Moreau, MCP

## WI 161

**Eau Claire Composite Squadron**

Sumner Scott, MCP

Dan Ries, CP, IP

Bill Ingram, MCP

Jon Kamstra, MCP

Michael Mueller, MCP

## WI 166

**248^th^ Tactical Air Squadron**

Sherwood Williams, CP, IP, MCP

Robert Day, CP, IP

Conrad Eggers, MCP

Jeff Thompson, MCP

## WI 169

**Brown County Composite Squadron**

Roger Lison, MCP

Roy Shwery, CP, IP, MCP

Jon Drayna, MCP

David Goetz, MCP

## WI 183

**Stevens Point Composite Squadron**

John Thompson, CP, IP, MCP

Donald Slusarski, CP, IP, MCP

Harold Dolan, CP,IP

## WI 194

**Rib Mountain Composite Squadron**

Mark Strobel, MCP

William Bergs, MCP

Lavern Syring, CP, IP, MCP

Rick Bowe, MCP

Beverly B. Cornelius, CP, IP, MCP

## WI 197

**Door County Senior Squadron**

Richard Follmer, CP, IP, MCP

Clair Jowett, Colonel, CAP

Wisconsin Wing Commander
Required Report - public distribution

**Date:** 8/19/2004

**GAIN Report Number:** FR4041

FR4041

**France**

**Biotechnology**

**French Biotech Supporters Try to Defend Test Plots from Destruction**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Besa L. Kotati

U.S. Embassy

**Prepared by:**

Xavier Audran

**Report Highlights:**

For the first time, about 50 scientists and farmers tried to protect
biotech test plot from being destroyed on August 15. However, they were
rapidly outnumbered, insulted and got some knocks from 550 demonstrators
who destroyed 2 test plot belonging to Monsanto and to Biogemma. The
French police intervened to separate the two groups, took photos and ID
of the demonstrators who are expected to be called to Court in
September. Several high level scientists from the French Agronomical
Research Institute as well as for the first time, both French Minister
of Agriculture and Research, have condemned the destructions.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Paris \[FR1\]

\[FR\]

On August 15 and 16, about 550 demonstrators led by Green party
politicians destroyed two more plots of biotech corn in Central France.
The first one happened on July 2004 (See GAIN Report \# FR4036 dated
8/5/2004). As for previous destructions, the event had been announced in
the press. And as for previous events, the French police filmed and took
photos of the demonstrators and registered their identity but did not
prevent them to uproot the plants. Two demonstrators were nevertheless
arrested and will be called to court on September 30 for "destruction of
private property" and "rebellion". More are expected to be called to
court in forthcoming weeks. One of the plot belonged to the Biogemma
company (a subsidiary of the French cooperative Limagrain) while
Monsanto had developed the other one. Both companies have voiced their
deep concerns and announced that they will sue the demonstrators and ask
for financial compensations. Biogemma also said that if the French
police keep its non-intervention attitude, it might sue the State for
not protecting private property.

However, for the first time, about 50 scientists and farmers tried to
protect the Biogemma plot. Wearing tee-shirts labeled "stop the test
plots destructions", they tried to engage discussions with the
demonstrators. However, they were rapidly outnumbered. Demonstrators
yelled insults and some knocks were exchanged. The French police quickly
intervened to separate the two groups.

Several high level scientists from the French Agronomical Research
Institute have condemned the destructions. For the first time, both
French Minister of Agriculture and Research have condemned the
destructions.
A Cooperative Agreement is the basis for developing mutual understanding
and respective responsibilities between NOAA and a qualifying
educational institution in the employment of students for the Student
Career Experience Program (SCEP). The SCEP is a planned, progressive
educational program that provides for the integration of a student's
academic studies and Federal work experience with the potential of
non-competitive conversion into the Federal career service.

Institution: University of Maryland - Eastern Shore

Institution Contact: Dr. Joseph Okoh

Chairman

Department of Natural Sciences

Backbone Rd.

Princess Anne, MD 21853-1299

\(410\) 651-6040
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Tammi Schone - (605) 352-1102

# TOWN OF COLTON RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF \$222,000

*[Funds to Assist With Street Repairs]{.underline}*

**(Colton, South Dakota -- September 21, 2006)** The United States
Department of Agriculture Rural Development has approved a community
facility direct loan in the amount of \$222,000 to the City of Colton.
The funding will be used to repair, reconstruct and resurface a
centrally located street in Colton.

"Enhancements made to a rural community's infrastructure improves the
quality of life for individuals in the area and increases the potential
for future growth. USDA Rural Development takes pride in working with
the local leadership to make advancements that support community
beautification. " said Acting State Director Tim B. Potts.

The City of Colton has two blocks of street that are in bad shape and
the current water lines located in the area have posted health and
safety concerns. The federal funding will be leveraged with a state
contribution of \$88,146 and an applicant contribution of \$39,854 to
upgrade the storm sewer, water main, sanitary sewer and resurface the
street. This street is the backbone of the Colton business community, is
a farm-to-market street during harvest and provides primary access to
the Colton Park.

"This project has needed to be done for quite some time. We appreciate
that Rural Development was able to help with the financing of this
project and was able to get the funding available within the short time
span we were working with. Our city council and finance officer have
spent a lot of time exploring all aspects of funding this project and we
feel that we have accomplished our goals," said Dian Hoven, Mayor of
Colton.

USDA Rural Development Area Director Trace Davids, Rural Development
Manager Kevin Strickler and Rural Development Specialist Diane Sieperda
also attended the event. USDA Rural Development has ten offices in the
state that assist rural communities. Office locations include the state
office in Huron, along with area offices in Aberdeen, Huron, Mitchell,
Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Sturgis, Watertown, and Yankton.

USDA Rural Development's mission is to deliver programs in a way that
will support increasing economic opportunity and improve the quality of
life of rural residents. As a venture capital entity, Rural Development
provides equity and technical assistance to finance and foster growth in
homeownership, business development, and critical community and
technology infrastructure. Further information on rural programs is
available at a local USDA Rural Development office or by visiting USDA's
web site at [http://www.rurdev.usda.gov](http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/).

**- USDA -**
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**Evidence-Based Disease Prevention Program**

**Lead Organization:** Florida Department of Health

**State Unit on Aging:** Florida Department of Elder Affairs

**Project Title:** Implementation of Evidence-Based Prevention Programs

**Project Period:** September 30, 2006 to July 31, 2009

**Health Unit Contact: State Unit on Aging**

Barbara Gray Karen Pelham

4052 Bald Cypress Way 4040 Esplanade Way, Suite 235H

Tallahassee, FL 32399-1744 Tallahassee, FL 32399

\(850\) 245-4444 ext 2847 (850) 414-2307

**Project Overview**

The grantee, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Elder
Affairs proposes to implement the Stanford Chronic Disease
Self-Management Program (CDSMP) and the Spanish Arthritis
Self-Management Program (SASMP) and other evidence-based self management
programs. The project's goal is to provide evidence-based interventions
for arthritis and other chronic conditions to the maximum number of
people ages 60 and older that are at risk for and can benefit from the
interventions.

The objectives for year one are to:

-   Conduct master trainer and leader trainings for CDSMP in several
    areas in the state

-   Conduct leader training for the SASMP around the state

-   Conduct CDSMP and SASMP classes around the state

**Target Population**

At-risk individuals age 60 and older

**Anticipated Outcomes**

Positive changes in health care utilization, social/role activities,
disability, energy/fatigue, self-rated health, exercise behaviors,
cognitive symptom management, communication with physicians, and health
distress.

**Evaluation**

The Florida Department of Health will evaluate the program using both
qualitative and quantitative data. The design includes a formative
component, a summative (outcomes) component and a report, which
summarizes the two.

**Involvement of Community-Based Organizations**

Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service of South Palm Beach County, Inc.,
Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc., and
the Broward County Elderly and Veterans and Services Division.
**[Software Definition for an "EHR-Ready" Site]{.underline}**

Prepared in support of Electronic Dental Record and Chronic Care Model
deployment planning.

Patch values approximate -- install most current available patch.

Software infrastructure for RPMS and EHR

> Kernel version 8 patch 1010
>
> Kernel toolkit version 7.3, patch 1002
>
> Fileman version 22 patch 1002
>
> File 200 current
>
> Mailman version 7.1 patch 1004
>
> HL7 version 1.6, patch 1005
>
> Cache version 5.0.13
>
> Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 (on client machines)

Administrative and Clinical Applications required for EHR

> PCC Data Entry v2.0 patch 8
>
> Patient Registration v7.0 patch 5
>
> BGU broker version 1.5
>
> PIMS version 5.3
>
> Laboratory version 5.2, patch 20
>
> Radiology version 5.0
>
> Pharmacy Inpatient Suite version 4.5 (includes Adverse Reaction
> Tracking)
>
> Pharmacy Outpatient version 6, patch 5
>
> Immunization version 8.0 patch 1
>
> Women's Health version 2, patch 9

Other prerequisites for EHR

> VA Lexicon version 2.0
>
> VA Health Summary version 2.7
>
> Visit Tracking
>
> VA Patient Care Encounter
>
> VA Clinical Reminders
>
> TIU version 1.0

The following applications are not strictly required to run EHR, but are
recommended components of the full clinical and business suite for an
RPMS site.

> Third Party Billing (unless site runs a COTS billing package)
>
> Behavioral Health System version 3.0, patch 5 (required for suicide
> reporting and for Behavioral Health components in EHR)
>
> Asthma Register System (required for personal health component in EHR)
>
> Pharmacy Point of Sale
>
> Contract Health Services
>
> Referred Care Information System (required for RCIS components in EHR)
>
> Case Management System
>
> Clinical Reporting System version 6.0
> ![](media/image1.jpeg){width="2.5006944444444446in"
> height="0.5458333333333333in"}

**FOLLETO Nº 5D: CÓMO SABER SI EL BEBÉ RECIBE SUFICIENTE LECHE**

**CÓMO SABER SI EL BEBÉ ESTÁ BIEN**

1.  El bebé quiere comer entre 8 y 12 veces cada 24 horas, inclusive
    durante la noche.

2.  La mamá puede ver u oír que el bebé traga.

3.  El bebé parece satisfecho y contento luego de las tomas.

4.  La madre dice que sus pechos se ablandan mientras amamanta.

5.  El bebé hace caca 3 veces y moja 3 pañales los 3 primeros días, y
    hace caca 4 veces y moja 4 pañales desde el día 4 hasta la semana 4.

6.  La caca del bebé es amarilla y de aspecto granuloso (para el día 3).

**CUÁNDO DERIVAR**

DERIVE a su experto en lactancia designado por WIC si la madre le
informa que:

-   Su bebé no hace las cosas enumeradas arriba.

-   La piel de su bebé está amarilla o ictérica.

-   La orina del bebé es roja o contiene partículas de color rojo.

-   Está intranquila porque no sabe si el bebé está bien o no.
## APPENDIX C5

# Pneumocystis Stain

Use Toluidine Blue O solution (1.5% concentration) for smears, touch
preparations, and paraffin sections.

**Fixation:**

Touch preps, and or smears---Air dry, then fix in 10% formalin or
methanol, 5 min. Wash in running tap water 3 to 5 min. Air dry.

**Use Control Slide:**

1\. Deparaffinize slides---2 changes of xylene---3 min. each.

2\. Absolute alcohol---2 changes---3 min. each.

3\. Air dry slides.

4\. Place slides in sulfation solution---10 min. Agitate slides at
beginning of 10 min. setting and again after 5 min.

5\. Wash in running water for 5 min. Rinse in *distilled* water.

6\. Stain slides in Toluidine Blue O (1.5%) for 3 min. Do not discard!!
Return to bottles.

7\. Dehydrate in ethyl alcohol 95% 2 changes, then 2 changes of 100%
absolute ethanol.

8\. Clear in xylol, 2 changes.

9\. Mount with permount.

**Results:**

*Pneumocystis carinii:* Cysts are a very pale lavender color. Tissue
fragments and debris stain blue. The organisms are often seen clumped
together as dark bodies. Cryptococci are larger in size.

*Sulfation solution:* Place a coplin jar containing 30 cc of glacial
acetic acid in a cold water bath (use ice cubes to chill water). Very
slowly, add l0 cc concentrated sulfuric acid and mix well with glass rod
or pipette. To obtain quality staining, proceed as follows: (A) Do not
mix acids until slides are ready for staining. (B) After mixing of acids
in ice bath, remove for sulfation period. (C) Do not let acid bath
temperature drop to 10°C. Check with thermometer. (D) If acid bath
becomes too cold, there will be no staining.

*Toluidine Blue O solution (0.15% concentration*):

Toluidine Blue O 0.3 gm

Distilled water 60.0 ml

Hydrochloric acid 2.0 ml

Absolute ethanol 140.0 ml

Dissolve dye in water, add acid, then alcohol. Solution is stable.

**Reference:**

*Journal of Clinical Pathology* (1963), 16, 383. Modification by Ruby
Howard for paraffin sections.

**Location of Needed Items:**

1\. Control slides are in box on shelf labeled "Pneumo Controls."

2\. Toluidine Blue O Solution in cabinet over staining set-up.

3\. Sulfuric acid and acetic acid in cabinet under sink.

4\. Methanol---cabinet under sink.

5\. Ice---refrigerator on counter.

6\. 10% formalin---Rm. 2A30.
# *UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE*

***DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION***

#### PHILADELPHIA DIVISION

## 

## MISSION STATEMENT

![](media/image1.png){width="7.6in" height="5.944444444444445in"}

As the Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia Division of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, my role is to lead the men and women of this
division to make a significant difference in the challenges we face -
the battles against drug trafficking, violent crime, and the use of
illegal drugs. My goal is to provide aggressive leadership to ensure
that we maintain a position as the premier drug law enforcement agency
and contribute successfully to the overall mission of DEA throughout the
world. We have committed our time, energy, and professionalism to a
career in government and have selected drug law enforcement as our
focus. I want to encourage all of you to be the best you can be, to work
together as a team, and to help us all successfully meet the difficult
task that lies ahead. In accomplishing that goal, we must keep safety of
our personnel as the number one priority at all times.

Everyone in this division must do their jobs, each in a creative and
aggressive manner, always looking for new and inventive ways to solve
old problems. Our goal is to wage war on drugs. Like soldiers on a
battlefield, we must work as a team. The front line agents cannot
succeed unless they have effective leadership and training. They cannot
succeed without a vast support network of personnel. Without effective
intelligence, the agents are operating in the dark at their peril. When
we succeed, we must tell our story to the community through our
relationship with the media so that the public knows DEA is on the
battlefield, arresting those who choose to traffic drugs. Our goal is to
win this war and we will!

Additionally, the diversion investigators must pursue the illegal
diversion of pharmaceutical drugs. The Demand Reduction Program must
educate the community to recognize the drug problems we face. Our
recruiting personnel must select the best person to do the job. We must
train our employees and develop leaders for the future. All of these
units must work together like a well-oiled machine. We must "***Dare to
be the Best***," both as individuals and collectively as DEA.

In summary, I want to share with you some words of wisdom that I
recently ran across. "When it comes to making your mark in the world,
being sharp isn't enough, for there's a thin line between better and
best and a trail of grinding persistence behind every winner. The point
is not to be sharp, the point is to stay keen." With that, I wish you
all great success in your endeavors ahead.

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> James M. Kasson

Special Agent in Charge

February 2003
February 2008

**Support Fallen Heroes!**

***Cosponsor legislation that makes it a federal crime to desecrate the
grave of a fallen soldier buried on private property.***

Dear Colleague,

Last fall, Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris from Liberty Texas was killed
during his tour of duty in Iraq. At the funeral, this young marine was
honored by his entire hometown for his heroism.

But a few days after his funeral, outlaws desecrated Jeremy's gravesite.
Cemetery officials found flags, posters and floral arrangements ripped
up and strewn about the gravesite. Texas police have arrested a man who
is accused of vandalizing the gravesite in order to resell parts of the
floral arrangements that were left in Jeremy's memory.

This outlaw has been charged with a state felony, but no federal
provision exists that would protect Jeremy's grave from vandalism. While
federal law protects the gravesites of military men and women who are
buried on public property, *it does not protect the gravesites of
service members who are buried on private property*.

I urge you to join me today in supporting H.R. 5131, the Lance Corporal
Jeremy Burris Act, a bill that would amend federal law and make it a
federal crime to vandalize the grave of a member of the Armed Services,
whether that member is buried on public or private property.

Let's make sure the honor of the men and women who have so faithfully
served our country is preserved.

If you have any questions or would like to become a cosponsor, please
contact Nicole Hunt on my staff at: 5-6565 or by email at:
<nicole.hunt@mail.house.gov>.  

Sincerely,

 

 

TED POE

Member of Congress
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

APRIL 23, 1974

Office of the White House Press Secretary

[THE WHITE HOUSE]{.underline}

The President today announced his intention to nominate Mary T. Brooks,
of Carey, Idaho, for reappointment as Director of the Mint, Department
of the Treasury, for a term of five years.

Mrs. Brooks has served as Director of the Mint since September 1, 1969.
From 1965 until her appointment in 1969, she served as Assistant
Chairman of the Republican National Committee and as an Idaho State
Senator, having been elected in 1964 and reelected in 1966 and 1968. In
the Idaho Senate she served as Chairman of the Republican Caucus and the
State Affairs Committee.

She was born in Colby, Kansas, and was raised in Gooding, Idaho. Mrs.
Brooks attended Mills College and received her B.A. degree from the
University of Idaho. She is the daughter of former Senator John Thomas
of Idaho and served as his Administrative Assistant prior to his death
in 1945. She also worked in her family's banking chain before its sale
to First Security Corporation and has managed and developed a sheep and
cattle ranch in Muldoon, Idaho.

From 1957 to 1963 she served as a member of the Republican National
Committee and was elected Vice Chairman in 1960. In 1963 she returned to
Idaho to manage her ranch until her election to the Idaho Senate.

Mrs. Brooks has a son and a daughter by her marriage to Arthur J.
Peavey, Jr., who died in a hunting accident in 1941. In 1946 she was
married to Senator C. Wayland Brooks of Illinois. Following his death in
1957, when he was a member of the Republican National Committee, Mrs.
Brooks became a member of the RNC.
FLYER

**051-296**

**July 3, 2001**

**TO: Chief, HRMS**

######## SUBJ: Former Spouse's Application for Survivor Annuity Under the Civil Service Retirement

########  System (CSRS)

This flyer announces the issuance of the Office of Personnel
Management's (OPM) Benefits Administration Letter (BAL) 01-109. The BAL
contains information about the form that a former spouse is to use when
applying for a CSRS survivor annuity.

In the past, former spouses applied for a CSRS survivor annuity by
completing OPM Form 1536. That form is now obsolete and should be
discarded. Former spouses are to apply for a survivor annuity by
completing the regular death benefit application (SF 2800). You can
download/view BAL 01-109 at
[www.opm.gov/asd/pdf/2001/01-109.pdf](http://www.opm.gov/asd/pdf/2001/01-109.pdf).

If you have any questions regarding this flyer, you can call Rod Meader
at (202) 273-9837 or Bruce Ducharme at (202) 273-9832. If you wish, you
may contact Rod or Bruce through the Outlook system.

If your facility is a Shared Service Center (SSC) retirement prototype
site, you should contact the SSC.

Human Resources Management Programs and Policies (051)

Office of Human Resources Management

VA Headquarters - Washington
**Lesson Info**

-   **Lesson Number:** FPPD-LL-0038

-   **Lesson Date:** 14-Nov-2000

-   **Submitting Organization:** GSFC (424)

-   **Submitted by:** Andrea I. Razzaghi

**Subject/Title/Topic(s):**

Pre-Integration Testing Between Instruments and Spacecraft

**Description of Driving Event:**

Problems have been encountered during instrument integration into the
Aqua spacecraft in the area of command and data handling that have
revealed incompatibilities between the spacecraft and instruments.
Discovery of problems of this nature at this point has major impacts to
the project cost and schedule.

**Lesson(s) Learned:**

Perform pre-integration testing between instruments and the spacecraft
using engineering models (or protoflight hardware if available) and/or
high fidelity spacecraft simulators that provide a realistic
demonstration of the command and data handling interfaces. Problems
found prior to instrument delivery to the spacecraft can be addressed
with more flexibility and with less impact to cost and schedule than if
found after integration onto the spacecraft.

**Recommendation(s):**

Plan to perform pre-integration testing between instruments and the
spacecraft using engineering models (or protoflight hardware if
available) and/or high fidelity spacecraft simulators that provide a
realistic demonstration of the command and data handling interfaces.

**Evidence of Recurrence Control Effectiveness:**

**Applicable NASA Enterprise(s):**

#### Earth Science

#### Space Science

**Applicable Crosscutting Process(es):**

PAPAC Sub-Process: Implementation

**Additional Key Phrase(s):**

Configuration Management

**Can this lesson be included in the International Safety Lessons
Learned (ISLL) Database?**

**Submitted by:** Andrea I. Razzaghi

**Mail Stop/Code:** GSFC 424

**Lesson Author (if different):**

**Phone Number:** 301-286-1386

**E-Mail Address:** Andrea.I.Razzaghi.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

**Lesson Date:** 10 / 31 / 2000