BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**October 24, 2008 Contact: Lou Fintor, Spokesman**

**For Immediate Release 0300-501-2640**

**131/2008**

**U.S. and Pakistan Sign \$341 Million Agreements to**

**Assist Pakistan's Development**

***Islamabad, October 24, 2008**:* Mr. James Kunder, Acting Deputy
Administrator, for the United States Agency for International
Development's (USAID), and Mr. Shaukat Tarin, Economic Affairs Advisor
to Prime Minister Gilani, today signed six amendments totaling \$341
million to the bilateral agreements between the United States Government
and the Government of Pakistan. These assistance agreements are a
cooperative effort between the two countries to support economic growth,
education, health, governance and earthquake reconstruction in Pakistan.

In 2008, the United States Government, through USAID, provided a total
of \$406 million in assistance to Pakistan.

According to Mr. Kunder "...The agreements we signed today in
partnership with the government of Pakistan, will strengthen the
education system, improve maternal and newborn health services, prevent
the spread of major infectious diseases, create employment, and develop
more independent and democratic institutions." Mr. Kunder added that
"...the strategic partnership between the United States and Pakistan is
of vital importance and we are committed to sustaining assistance to aid
Pakistan in tackling some of its greatest challenges affecting
development."

Mr. Kunder is meeting with representatives and leaders in various fields
to hear their views about Pakistan's development and US assistance
programs.

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*(For more press releases, please visit our website:
http://islamabad.usembassy.gov)*
February 26, 2005

The President\'s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform\
1440 New York Avenue NW\
Suite 2100\
Washington, DC 20220

Dear Panel Members:

I believe the panel should try to achieve the following goals in
reforming our tax system:

1.  Encourage investing by eliminating the capital gains tax.

2.  Emphasize savings and investment by eliminating the death tax
    penalty.

3.  Encourage research and development by creating tax incentives.

4.  Make American companies more competitive around the world with tax
    incentives for corporate headquarters location here in the U.S. and
    for acquiring overseas competitors.

5.  Encourage investment in new technology and machinery by eliminating
    depreciation schedules and allowing them to be expensed 100% in the
    first year.

6.  Encourage job related training and professional development by
    making those expenses 100% deductible.

Sincerely,

Michael A. Jacobs

447 Tierra Verde Lane

Winter Garden, FL 34787
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# REQUEST FOR PRINCIPAL'S APPROVAL 

# University of California Human Subjects Approval Number 2001-2-40

## Michigan State University Human Subjects Approval Number IRB#00-045

To School Principals:

Hands-on Universe (HOU) is a national program for science curriculum
development and teacher enhancement centered at the Lawrence Hall of
Science, University of California at Berkeley.

HOU, in partnership with the Third International Math and Science Study
(TIMSS) project at Michigan State University, is conducting a National
Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored research project on best methods of
professional development for grades 9 -- 12 school science, mathematics,
and technology teachers.

**[\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_]{.underline}**,
a teacher from your school, has applied to participate in an HOU course
this summer, and to join our NSF educational research project. This
course offers 3 academic semester units of postgraduate science credit
through University of California at Berkeley Extension. To accurately
measure the effectiveness of professional development methods, TIMSS
statisticians require that students in this teacher's classroom complete
a brief pre-test before and post-test after the teacher presents the HOU
curriculum materials. All materials have been approved by the Committees
for Protection of Human Subjects at the University of California and at
Michigan State University.

After the curriculum materials have been taught for 15 hours over a
duration of about two months, the teacher will receive a stipend from
NSF upon completion of the post-test by students. Additional benefits
and requirements are discussed in the HOU brochure.

Thus, we request your permission for this teacher's students to be
tested. We anticipate that each test will require less than 30 minutes
of class time. Although the study may involve some classroom
observation, there will be no video or audio taping of any kind.
Further, all student information will be kept strictly confidential. The
required Principal's Approval form is included with this letter. Please
return this form to the address above. This is crucial, as the teacher
will not be allowed to participate without the principal's signature.
For further information about our program, please call Ms. Andrys
Basten, HOU project manager, at (510) 642-0552. Our website is
<http://hou.lbl.gov/> Thank you for your interest and support.

> **Alan D. Gould Carlton R. Pennypacker**
>
> **Project Co-Director Project Co-Director**
**[Influenza Immunization Consent Form]{.underline}**

Influenza vaccinations, "flu shots," are being offered to USDA
Washington, D.C. area employees and contractors. As always,
***individuals who are pregnant, over 60 years of age, and those with
chronic illnesses such as heart, lung, or kidney disease, diabetes, or
compromised immune systems have the greatest need for increased
protection*** against the flu and should receive the vaccine.

***People allergic to chicken eggs and those who have had a previous
adverse reaction to the flu vaccine should not receive the vaccine.
People who have a moderate or severe illness with a fever should wait
until their symptoms lessen to get vaccinated.***

The influenza vaccine composition for 2006-07 consists of Type A New
Caledonia/20/99 (H1N1)-like virus, Type A Wisconsin/67/2005 (H3N2)-like
virus (A/Wisconsin/67/2005 and A/Hiroshima/52/2005 strains), and Type B
Malaysia/2506/2004/-like virus (B/Malaysis/2506/2004 and B/Ohio/1/2005
strains). The vaccine we dispense consists of inactivated viruses that
cannot give you the flu.

**[INFLUENZA VACCINE CONSENT / REGISTRATION FORM]{.underline}**

I have read the information given to me about the influenza vaccine. I
agree to receive the flu vaccine.

**NAME:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
AGENCY:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**SIGNATURE:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
DATE:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE**

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Date:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Manufacturer: Novartis\_\_\_\_ GlaxoSmithKline\_\_\_\_\_
SanofiPasteur\_\_\_\_\_**

**Lot#\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Vaccination Center:**

**USDA Health Unit \_\_\_\_\_\_ USDA Health Unit \_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Room 1411 Room 2-L140**

**1400 Independence Ave., S.W. 5601 Sunnyside Ave**

**Washington, D.C. 20250 Beltsville, MD 20705**
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# Legislative Bulletin..............................................September 14, 2006

**Contents:**

**Democrat Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 2864**---The Water
Resources Development Act

Democrat Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 2864---The Water Resources
Development Act (*Melancon, D-LA*)

**[Order of Business]{.underline}**: The motion to instruct was offered
yesterday, September 13, 2006, and the recorded vote was rolled to
today.

**[Summary]{.underline}**: The Melancon motion would instruct House
conferees on the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 2864) to agree to
provisions that will protect communities located in the coastal areas of
Louisiana and Mississippi from the storm surge of a category 5
hurricane.

NOTE: Motions to instruct are never binding upon conferees.

**[Additional Background]{.underline}**: On July 14, 2005, the House
passed H.R. 2864 by a vote of 406-14:
<http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll378.xml>. On July 19, 2006, the
Senate amended the bill and passed it by voice vote. On September 13,
2006, the House agreed by unanimous consent to disagree to the Senate
amendment and request a conference with the Senate.

The House-passed version of H.R. 2864 contains more than a dozen
individual projects for Louisiana and an entire title devoted to
Louisiana coastal ecosystem protection. The bill also contains about a
dozen individual projects for Mississippi.

The Senate-passed version of H.R. 2864 contains about 16 individual
projects for Louisiana and about a half-dozen for Mississippi. One
project specifically aimed at hurricane and storm damage reduction in
the Senate bill is the "Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana"
project with a federal cost of \$546.3 million. Furthermore, Section
1003 of the Senate-passed bill contains a variety of projects aimed at
hurricane and storm damage reduction in Louisiana. The Senate bill would
also amend several existing projects to incorporate the goals of Gulf
Coast storm protection.

To read the RSC Legislative Bulletin on H.R. 2864, as it came to the
House floor, which would authorize \$10.3 billion in mostly local water
projects over ten years, please visit this webpage:
[http://www.house.gov/pence/rsc/doc/07-13-05\--water%20resources%20development%20WRDA.pdf](http://www.house.gov/pence/rsc/doc/07-13-05--water resources development WRDA.pdf).

**[Committee Action]{.underline}**: A motion to instruct does not get
referred to a committee.

**[Cost to Taxpayers]{.underline}**: The motion itself would yield no
new costs to taxpayers.

**[RSC Staff Contact]{.underline}**: Paul S. Teller,
<paul.teller@mail.house.gov>, (202) 226-9718
**Guidelines for Drafting a Closing Argument**

**Purpose:** To persuade the jurors to adopt your view of the
significance of the evidence and your view of the case. Attorneys are
free to **argue the merits** of their case: *AAs we know from Witness
A=s compelling testimony, Event X occurred, which clearly establishes
who should be held responsible in this case.@*

*To the jurors*: You have seen and heard the factual evidence in this
case. I would like to review with you the key evidence presented today.

1\. Factual
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How it supports your case
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2\. Factual

Evidence
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Evidence
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How it supports your case
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Comments on the credibility of witnesses:

1\.

2\.

3\.

How do the puzzle pieces of evidence and testimony fit into a compelling
whole? This is your narrative of what happened.
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Bottom Line: Why should the jurors decide in favor of your client?
**Process for Resolving Potential ADA Violations**

**Resulting from DoD Joint OIG Audits**

**Effective, June 1, 2007**

This process serves as the procedures to correct potential ADA
violations identified in audits by the DoD OIGs.

**[Components will be responsible for:]{.underline}**

1.  Processing 1081 adjustments correcting the charged fiscal year to
    the appropriate fiscal year and report transactions to Treasury
    through the normal SOA/SOT process.

2.  Prepare MIPR document(s) that adjusts the dollars on the charged
    fiscal year and cites the correct fiscal year. The Component must
    also provide a modification of the Memorandum for the Record that
    certifies the funds to the three part test below. If the Component,
    because of system constraints, can not process a correcting MIPR,
    then they can prepare a Memorandum for the Record (MFR) which cites
    the administrative need to adjust the MIPR and cite another fiscal
    year which corrects the potential ADA. All documents must be signed
    by the funds holder. It must also state the following:

The funds committed and prepared for MIPR No. XXXXX, totaling \$XXX.XX,
issued by this office on XX/XX/XX to the XXXXX (Agency) were properly
funded by X, (i.e. Operations & Maintenance (O&M) funds).

The transfer of these funds must meet **[all three]{.underline}** of the
items below:

▪ At the time of the original obligation, funds were available in the
correct appropriation;

▪ At the time of correction to FYXX funding, this is today's date;

▪ And, at all times between the original obligation and the current
date.

3.  All of this documentation will be forwarded to the DoD Comptroller's
    office to be reviewed by the DoD OGC and will then be provided to
    the corresponding Trading Partner.

**[Trading Partners will be responsible for:]{.underline}**

1.  Receiving correction packages from DOD Comptroller's Office.

2.  Annotating their internal source documents.

**DOD Correction Package per MIPR**
**Comments to EPA: Docket EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0025**

**"National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Aircraft Public Water
Systems; Proposed Rule"**

IDEXX Laboratories supports and applauds the US EPA's effort to amend
and consolidate the federal NPDWRs as they pertain to aircraft public
water systems under the SDWA in an effort to better protect public
health.

It is our hope that, as a result of these amendments, aircraft
microbiological monitoring will follow the current, and revised, TCR and
SWTR and establish monthly monitoring limits for each aircraft using
appropriate microbiological and disinfection indicators (i.e.
*E.coli*/coliform and HPC, respectively). Doing less than 1 test per
month for each aircraft would not be in the interest of consistently
protecting public health. Current and proposed revisions of EPA Rules
advocate the use of *E coli* over fecal coliforms, based on scientific
evidence demonstrating *E coli* as the best indicator of fecal
contamination.^1,2^ Therefore; fecal coliforms should be removed from
consideration for this Rule.

We feel that accurate and rapid methods should be part of the proposed
ADWR and that this type of monitoring will truly protect public health
without putting undue burden on the aircraft carriers.

IDEXX Laboratories manufactures EPA-approved, accurate, easy-to-use,
rapid and cost-effective tests to quantify *E. coli*/coliforms
(simultaneous) and HPCs, which could be used to great benefit in the
proposed ADWR. Colilert^®^, Colilert-18^®^, Quanti-Tray^®^ or
Quanti-Tray^®^/2000 along with SimPlate^®^ for HPC are manufactured by
IDEXX Laboratories and are EPA approved. Sample collection and testing,
when performed by appropriate laboratory personnel, would provide timely
and accurate results in accordance with current EPA Rules.

Again, we applaud the EPA's initiative in the development of the ADWR.
We very much appreciate the opportunity to be part of this process and
to continue to be a partner with the EPA, and other stakeholders, in the
protection of public health through safe drinking water.

**Contacts:**

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

Dr. L. Manja R. Blazer; Manager, Government Affairs & Market Development

<Manja-Blazer@idexx.com>

Ms. Patsy Root; Regulatory Affairs Specialist

<Patsy-Root@idexx.com>

One IDEXX Drive

Westbrook, ME 04092

1-207-556-8947

1-207-556-4865 (fax)

1.  Edberg, S.C., Rice, E.W., Karlin, R.J., Allen, M.J.(2000).
    Escherichia coli: the best biological drinking water indicator for
    public health protection. *J. Appl. Microbio.* **88**:106S-116S.

2.  Doyle, M.P., Ericson, M.C. (2006). Closing the Door on the Fecal
    Coliform Assay. *Microbe*. **1(4)**:162
**Patient Chart v1.5 Patch 3**

**Release Announcement**

From: Eaton, David J. (IHS/NPA)\
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:27 AM\
To: IHS - OIT SET (IHS); IHS - OITHELP (IHS); IHS - RPMSDIST (IHS);
IHS - ISC ONLY; Loughran, Michael J (IHS/NPA)\
Subject: New Released Patch BPC Patient Chart v1.5 Patch 3

The contents of BPC Patient Chart v1.5 patch 3, are listed below.

The patch 3 files have been forwarded to the all IHS area office
systems.

CONTENTS OF DISTRIBUTION

1\. bpc_0150.03k KIDS file

2\. bpc_0150.03n Installation notes

3\. bpc0150client.03.ZIP WinZip file

Patch tested at: Consolidated Tribal Health, Shingle Springs Tribal
Health and Northern Valley.

This patch includes the fixes and modifications listed below.

• Ability to print the Intake document separate from the Encounter Form

• Label changes on the Suicide Form

• Case Admit Date disabled on Treatment Plan Form

• Modifications to Group functionality to allow user to select specific
type of No-Show POV

• Modifications to Group to calculate time spent in group and activity
time accurately when a group member no-shows

• Double-clicking prevented on single-click controls, which would cause
application to hang

• Enforcement of allowing only selection of active codes in various
dictionaries, e.g. Location, Community, CPT, Drug Codes, etc.

• Inactive entries are removed from the MRU when selected

• Screen out inactive charts when entering a Group; screen them and
clear out when duplicating a Group

• Screen out inactive codes when duplicating a Group: Provider (primary
and secondary), POV, CPT, Location, Community, and Activity

• Skip deactivated entries defined in the MHSS SITE PARAMETERS file
(Community and Location)

and notify the user about the inactive fields and instruct checking the
site parameter file

• Microsoft Installer (MSI) to facilitate installation of client at
multiple workstations
April 17, 2008

Marissa Hernandez

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

425 I St. NW, Suite 1000

Washington, D.C., 20536

Re: Comments to DHS Docket No. ICEB-2006-0004 by UE Local 1421

Dear Ms. Hernandez:

The United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE) Local
1421 would like to submit the following comments in opposition to the
proposed supplemental rule on Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who
Receive a No-Match Letter. UE Local 1421 represents a number of workers
in Southern California who work in a variety of manufacturing factories,
producing products such as liquid detergents, plastic bottles and
industrial wire.

In the course of our work, we have unfortunately seen repeated examples
of how no-match letters are used by unscrupulous employers. These
employers have used the no-match letters to scare workers who were in
the process of organizing unions, seeking to better their wages and/or
benefits, complaining about unsafe workplaces, or otherwise exercising
their rights under U.S. law. The employers had no interest in actually
ascertaining whether the workers were legally authorized to work in the
U.S. and in some cases eagerly threatened to fire and even did fire
workers without any proof they should not have been working.

Keeping this history of the abuse of no-match letters in mind, UE Local
1421 strongly opposes the Department of Homeland Security's reissuance,
without any substantive change, of the Safe Harbor Procedures for
Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter for the following reasons:

1\) The rule will cause a further undermining of labor rights.

2\) The rule runs counter to the purpose of the Social Security program
and will overburden the Social Security Administration.

3\) Even the proposal of the rule has already resulted in the firing of
lawfully authorized workers; the implementation of the rule will cause a
far greater number of such improper firings.

4\) The supplemental rule does not appear to address the fundamental
issues raised by the federal court which blocked implementation of the
original rule.

5\) It is ludicrous that any branch of our federal government is
considering implementing a rule which could cause widespread firing of
employees, thereby removing a huge portion of producing and purchasing
power from our economy at a time when our country is already facing
extremely difficult economic conditions.

Our country is clearly in need of comprehensive immigration reform. But
a rule such as this is a terrible way to attempt a stopgap solution. UE
Local 1421 urges the complete withdrawal of the proposed rule.

Sincerely,

Bryan Martindale

President, UE Local 1421
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rich Carter

April 15, 2003 (202)225-5821

**Crane-Rangel-Manzullo Bill Would Cut Taxes for**

**Manufacturers, Encourage More U.S. Production**

WASHINGTON \-- U.S. House Small Business Committee Chairman Don Manzullo
(R-IL) has introduced legislation to repeal the troubled FSC/ETI tax
relief program for U.S. exporters and replace it with a corporate tax
rate reduction that rewards U.S. production and creates American jobs.

The Job Protection Act of 2003, co-authored by Chairman Manzullo and
U.S. Reps. Phil Crane (R-IL) and Charles Rangel (D-NY), would especially
help small manufacturers with facilities based in the United States.
Under the Crane-Rangel-Manzullo bill (H.R. 1769), a manufacturer\'s
35-percent corporate income tax rate effectively drops to 31.5 percent
if its products are produced solely in the United States. Other
companies would receive a sliding-scale effective rate reduction based
on the value of their U.S. production of eligible products compared to
the value of their worldwide production.

\"This bill will keep manufacturing jobs in the United States and create
more work in America because it delivers the most tax relief to those
companies who do the most work on our shores,\" Manzullo said. \"The
Crane-Rangel-Manzullo bill obviously helps small manufacturers the most
because they are more likely to base their production here in America.
That\'s great news for our struggling economy, since our small
businesses create 75 percent of all new jobs each year.\"

The FSC/ETI tax program for U.S. exporters has been ruled an unfair
trade subsidy by the World Trade Organization. The European Union has
been given the authority to invoke \$4 billion in retaliatory tariffs
annually against U.S. exports if the FSC/ETI tax program is not repealed
by the end of 2003. The Crane-Rangel-Manzullo bill not only repeals the
FSC/ETI program, but provides transitional relief to U.S. companies who
entered contracts contingent on the tax program\'s benefits.

The legislation is part of Chairman Manzullo\'s mission this year to
restore manufacturing in America. Since July 2000, more than 2.2 million
manufacturing employees lost their jobs, 12 percent of the overall
manufacturing workforce. Manzullo believes the restoration of
manufacturing, especially small manufacturing, is necessary for
America\'s overall economic recovery. The huge numbers of laid-off
manufacturing employees need their jobs back in order to buy new cars,
go on vacations, and spend their money in other ways that invests back
into our economy and creates more jobs.

\"We must put our manufacturers back to work if we are to have a real
economic recovery in America,\" Manzullo said.

(END)
# HOMOGENEOUS CATALYTIC REFORMING OF BIOMASS USING THE WATER GAS SHIFT REACTION, [Andrew W. Robertson^2^]{.underline}, P. C. Ford^1^, G. Macala^1^, C. Holtgrewe^1^, A. Iretski^2^, University of California Santa Barbara^1^, Department of Chemistry and Bio-Chemistry, Santa Barbara, CA , 93106, Lake Superior State University^2^, Department of Chemistry, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783, ford@ucsb.edu

Currently, hydrogen gas is predominantly created industrially from the
steam reforming of natural gas and the break down of fossil fuels and
other long chain hydrocarbons. The availability of fossil fuels is
diminishing, thus a new technique for production of H~2~ is needed. One
such technique that could potentially be utilized is the water gas shift
reaction (WGSR). By combining H~2~O and CO, under the correct pressure
and temperature, H~2~ and CO~2~ gases can be produced. When reacted in
the presence of a catalyst, the activation energy is lowered pushing the
reaction towards the products. Bio-molecules such as glucose and
fructose can be effectively broken down into CO in the presence of base.
This CO is then utilized in the Water Gas Shift Reaction in the presence
of H~2~O and a catalyst, effectively producing H~2~:

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The research mainly investigates the efficiency of several
Ruthenium/Rhodium carbonyls and chlorides as the catalytic species.
These species include but are not limited to Ru~3~(CO)~12~, RuCl~3~ and
RhCl~3~. A series of other complexes were also utilized to test their
ability to carry out the WGSR. These species included Iridium and
Molybdenum complexes. Ford et al. have previously studied these species
in the work preformed with homogeneous catalysis of the Water Gas Shift
Reaction. To make the solution, 2mL of H~2~O, 6mmol of NaOH, and 8mL of
4-picoline were used. As well, 1mmol of the desired bio-molecule, and
0.05mmol of the catalyst were added to the system. These species varied
depending on the experiment being conducted. The mixture was heated to
120^o^C and the gas phase products were analyzed using a Gas
Chromatograph. Most catalysts used were not water-soluble and thus to
ensure the homogeneous nature of the solution, the organic solvent
(4-picoline) was utilized, The main purpose of this investigation is to
determine varying conditions in which a high production yield of H~2~ is
achieved. As well speculation to a detailed mechanistic pathway has been
made. It was found that H~2~ gas and CO~2~ were in fact produced
suggesting the activation of the WGSR. Finally, after heating of the
solution, the CO gas is present within the reaction flask suggesting the
effective break down of certain bio-molecule.

A. W. Robertson was supported by MRSEC Program of the National Science
Foundation under Award No. DMR00-80034, and the Center for the
Activation and transformation of Strong Bonds (CATSB)
HEADQUARTERS

CIVIL AIR PATROL NATIONAL CAPITAL WING

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY

200 MCCHORD STREET, SUITE 122

BOLLING AFB DC 20032

**11 September 2007**

**MEMORANDUM FOR NATCAPWG CADET ADVISORY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES**

**DCP**

**CS**

**CV**

**CC**

**FROM:** C/SMSgt Jake Dang, CAP

**SUBJECT:** CAC Meeting Minutes for 11 September

1\. Listed below are the minutes for the NATCAPWG Cadet Advisory Council
meeting of 11 September, which was held at Wing HQ from 1930 -- 2116
hours.

2\. OPENING BUSINESS: Meeting began at around 1930 hours.

A. Representatives present:

C/1Lt James Flanagan, DC-053, Chairman

C/2Lt Jeremy Omard, DC-801, Vice Chairman

C/SrA Thomas Lester, DC-801, Recorder

C/TSgt Kristopher Atabaki, DC-053

C/TSgt Daniel O'Connell, DC-026

C/CMSgt Casey Banaszak, DC-033

C/2Lt Michael Sanders, DC-045

C/SMSgt Jake Dang, DC-026

B. Lt Col Larry Mercker, NATCAP CAC Senior Advisor, was present

3\. OLD BUSINESS

A. 1^st^ Ballot for Chairman conducted at 2004 hours. C/1Lt Flanagan is
voted permanent Chairman

B. 2^nd^ Ballot for Vice Chairman conducted at 2009 hours. C/2Lt Omard
is voted permanent Vice Chairman

C. 3^rd^ Ballot for Recorder conducted at 2052 hours. C/SrA Lester is
voted permanent Recorder

D. Read/review bylaws. Proposed changes:

1\. Primary and alternate representatives are appointed by June 15. Term
ends the following year on 31 August \[Section 3.1\]

2\. Elections for Chair/VC/Recorder are held before 1 July. Recorder is
now its own position and perhaps there will be an Alternate Recorder
\[Section 4.1\]

3\. Uniform will be blues (short sleeve), optional tie, and ribbons.
Long sleeves are optional during the winter \[Section 5.2\]

4\. "In person" meetings will be held in conjunction with Commander's
call to improved attendance. Electronic Meetings will be held during
months when "In person" meetings are not scheduled.

5\. The "Cadet Oath" is no longer recited \[Section 5.6\]

4\. NEW BUSINESS

A. Discuss possible ideas/proposals

B. Discuss a possible wing-wide recruiting event

C. Develop a Cadet Emergency Services training plan with the wing staff

D. Discuss with the wing commander the need for more cadet orientation
flights (glider/powered).

E. Discuss possible Ideas for Cadets acquiring there pilots license

5\. ADJOURN. The Council adjourned at 2116 hours. The date and time of
the next meeting is to be determined.

JAKE DANG, C/SMSgt, CAP

NATCAP CAC

National Capital Wing
**Priority Missions -** based on NAMMA Announcement of Opportunity and
PI abstracts

**EEW:** Evolution of Easterly Waves, requiring multiple missions for a
specific disturbance

**PP:** Precipitation Processes, especially comparative observations in
continental vs. maritime regimes, and/or in clean vs. dusty environments

**SAL**: Composition and vertical structure of the Saharan Air Layer,
especially in dust outbreaks

**CS/C:** Underflights of A-Train, especially CloudSat/Calipso

Proposed Allocation of Missions/Flights (*Note: Not mutually exclusive-
combinations likely*)

EW: 4 desired (12 flights) 4 minimum (8 flights)

PP: 5 desired (5 flights) 3 minimum (3 flights)

SAL: 5 desired (5 flights) 3 minimum (3 flights)

CS/C: No dedicated missions. 5 segments desired 3 minimum. *Note:
Segments about 10 minutes each for cloud observations, 30-40 minutes if
primary target is aerosols in the SAL)*
**ADVOCACY AND TRAINING CENTER**

**1116 BEDFORD ST.**

**CUMBERLAND, MD 21502**

**301-777-7987 (PHONE AND FAX)**

**STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF FACETS OF SSI PROJECT WITHOUT FUNDING:**

[SSA]{.underline}:

\*Meet with SSA district or local primary office managers to:

\--discuss work of outreach staff involved in assisting homeless adults
with SSI/SSDI claims

\--determine methods of collaboration to make these claims move more
smoothly, e.g., (1) possible use of address of outreach staff's agency
for claimant to use if needed; (2) submission of 1696 Appointment of
Representative form with each homeless person's claim; (3) setting
appointments so that outreach agency staff don't have to wait with a
person to submit claim; (4) ask SSA to consider assigning particular
claims representatives to serve this population. This would facilitate
communication for agencies' staffs and claimants alike, and (5) if DDS
agrees, have cases flagged for claims examiners there to know claimant
is homeless.

[DDS]{.underline}:

\*Meet with DDS medical relations officer to: (1) determine how to
facilitate provision of medical evidence; (2) work to ensure that
contact between claims examiners and outreach agency staff is optimal;
(3) ask DDS to consider having claims examiners contact claimant's
representative for additional information before a claim is denied; and
(4) ask DDS to consider assigning particular claims examiners to flagged
cases.

[PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY]{.underline}:

\*In meeting with SSA, ask SSA for clear guidelines re: current
presumptive eligibility rules.

\*Ask SSA/DDS to consider a pilot project in which SSA and DDS train
community staff re: SSI/SSDI eligibility and authorize presumptive
eligibility similar to the SSI Outreach Project process to determine if
this could assist more effectively. Alternatively, SSA and DDS can train
outreach staff to complete application forms with homeless people who
are unable/unwilling to come to the SSA office or to do a phone
interview.

[STAFF RESOURCES]{.underline}:

\*Arrange collaboration with mental health providers re: consultative
evaluations, psychiatric evaluations to determine if
psychiatrists/psychologists would be willing to do such evaluations on a
limited number of individuals.

\*Form coalition of outreach/agency staff who are serving this
population so as to ensure that all services that individuals need are
provided.

\*Form agreements among agencies that a certain percentage of existing
staff's time will be devoted to SSI/SSDI claims.

\*Provide means for staff to conduct outreach, even if it means vehicle
sharing.

[TRAINING:]{.underline}

MANY WORKERS MISUNDERSTAND THE DISABILITY DETERMINATION PROCESS.

CLEAR, COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING OF STAFF IS CRITICAL. SSA AND DDS CAN
PROVIDE TRAINING. IN ADDITION, CLINICIANS WHO HAVE EXPERTISE IN
PROVIDING/DEVELOPING MEDICAL EVIDENCE AND WHO HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH
COMMUNITY WORKERS' CONSTRAINTS, SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED TO PROVIDE
TRAINING. WHILE THIS IS A COST, IT IS MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE IMPACT
SUCH TRAINING CAN HAVE.

Yvonne M. Perret

Summer, 2003
**LIVINGSTONE**

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Temporary instruments site and construction of the apron ongoing in the
background. Picture taken facing North. Livingstone Air Port.

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Picture taken facing West. Livingstone Air Port,

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Picture taken facing South. Office building in the background
Livingstone Air Port.

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Picture taken facing East. The instruments are scattered between the
apron and office building on this temporary site. Livingstone Air Port.

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ALMOS Automatic Weather Station with Visibility sensors, Rainfall gauge
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**Region 10 and Alaska Native Training and Technical Assistance
Network**

**Family and Community Partnership Conference Call**

**Wednesday October 19, 2005**

**2:00 pm -- 3:00 pm PST (Oregon and Washington)**

**1:00 pm -- 2:00 pm (Alaska)**

**3:00 pm -- 4:00 pm MST (Idaho)**

**AGENDA**

> I. Motivational Interviewing Working Toward Family Partnership
>
> a\. Guest Speaker -- Tonya Benton, MA, Motivational Interviewing
> Trainer
>
> II\. Questions and Answers

III. Future Topics for Upcoming Conference Calls

> Call Toll Free: 888-791-1856

Pass Code: 67155

**RSVP to Louise Gill, T/TA Family and Community Partnership Specialist
at**

[**lgill@acf.hhs.gov**](mailto:lgill@acf.hhs.gov)

**or call (206)615-3647 by October 18, 2005.**

**Please provide your name, position title, program name and a phone
number where you can be reached.**
**§3.51** \[Removed\]

**§3.52 Marriages deemed valid.**

Where an attempted marriage of a claimant to the veteran was invalid by
reason of a legal impediment, the marriage will nevertheless be deemed
valid if:

\(a\) The marriage occurred 1 year or more before the veteran died or
existed for any period of time if a child was born of the purported
marriage or was born to them before such marriage (see §3.54(d)), and

\(b\) The claimant entered into the marriage without knowledge of the
impediment, and

\(c\) The claimant cohabited with the veteran continuously from the date
of marriage to the date of his or her death as outlined in §3.53, and

\(d\) No claim has been filed by a legal surviving spouse who has been
found entitled to gratuitous death benefits other than accrued monthly
benefits covering a period prior to the veteran\'s death. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 103(a))

\[26 FR 1567, Feb. 24, 1961, as amended at 27 FR 1215, Feb. 9, 1962; 32
FR 13224, Sept. 19, 1967; 41 FR 18299, May 3, 1976\]

**Cross reference:** Definition, marriage. See §3.205(c).
REGULATORY AMENDMENT

3-01-4

Regulation affected: 38 CFR §3.309

Effective Date of Regulation: July 9, 2001

Date Secretary Approved Regulation: April 19, 2001

Federal Register Citation: 66 FR 23166

The purpose of the following information on this new VA regulation is to
inform all concerned why it is being promulgated. This information is
not regulatory.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has amended its adjudication
regulations concerning presumptive service connection for certain
diseases for which there is no record during service. This amendment is
necessary to implement a decision of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
under the authority granted by 38 U.S.C. 1116 that there is a positive
association between exposure to herbicides used in the Republic of
Vietnam during the Vietnam era and the subsequent development of Type 2
diabetes. The intended effect of this amendment is to establish
presumptive service connection for that condition based on herbicide
exposure.

Approved: April 19, 2001.

Anthony J. Principi,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 38 CFR part 3 is amended as
follows:

PART 3\--ADJUDICATION

Subpart A\--Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation

1\. The authority citation for part 3, subpart A continues to read as
follows:

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

2\. In Sec. 3.309, paragraph (e), the listing of diseases is amended by
adding \`\`Type 2 diabetes (also known as Type II diabetes mellitus or
adult-onset diabetes)\'\' between \`\`Chloracne or other acneform
disease consistent with chloracne\'\' and \`\`Hodgkin\'s disease\'\' to
read as follows:

Sec. 3.309 Diseases subject to presumptive service connection.

\* \* \* \* \*

\(e\) \* \* \*

Type 2 diabetes (also known as Type II diabetes mellitus or adult-onset
diabetes)

\* \* \* \* \*

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a) and 1116).
FRICTION, FRACTURE, FATIGUE AND CREEP AT THE NANOSCALE

S.Putterman^1^, J. Escobar^1^, R. Budakian^2^

^1^Physics Department, University of California, Los Angeles CA 90095

^2^IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose CA95120

As the size of a device shrinks, interactions at surfaces become more
important in determining its response to external forces. So, at the
nano-scale, friction is a force to be reckoned with. Furthermore,
friction is a naturally nano-scale phenomenon. Even when macroscopic
surfaces are brought into contact, friction is due to spontaneously
arising domains of interaction that have nanometer dimensions. We have
found that electronic processes are a key aspect of friction. For
example, by using techniques that measure and image charge exchange
between metal-insulator surfaces in relative motion, we have found that
stick-slip friction is accompanied by charge transfer events. The charge
is bunched at the stick locations and is proportional to the force
jumps. The constant of proportionality is measured in
electron-volts/angstrom and has a small variance over a large range of
slip sizes suggesting that macroscopic friction at these interfaces
originates from intrinsic electronic interactions. Use of a friction
force microscope along with measurement of the electrical conductance of
two macroscopic gold surfaces brought into contact indicates that
nano-scale junctions \[or cold-welds\] spontaneously form over a long
time scale that can reach 60seconds. The effective Young's modulus of
these junctions has been measured from angstroms to tens of nanometers.
At the angstrom level the modulus is 100 times larger than at the
mesoscale. Again bonding controls frictional interactions. The dynamics
of longitudinal rupture \[the pull off force\] of these spontaneously
forming junctions matches the dynamics of stick-slip friction. Various
quantum mechanical signatures characterize the junctions which form
between macroscopic bodies brought into contact. The manner in which
uniformly applied stresses focus down to nanoscopic domains to create
friction, should also provide insight into the processes which govern
the failure of materials. For instance, creep and plasticity of stressed
materials can be due to internal friction mediated by the surfaces that
separate different crystal domains. The irreversible build-up of these
internal slip events can eventually lead to failure. Via use of an
interference microscope capable of angstrom resolution, we are searching
for the smallest \'creep\' event \[the hydrogen atom of creep and
hysteresis\] in small stressed samples such as metallic laminas and
cleaved mica. We are also trying to determine if the bond rupture theory
of stick-slip friction provides insight into the mechanism of crack
initiation.
## **Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring**

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## **Deal Profile:** Rural Portfolio, Transfer to Non-Profit, Tax Credits, Bonds, and FHA Claim Payment. OMHAR fixed the claim amount, allowing the properties to benefit from the additional funds.

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## [Overview]{.underline}

OMHAR has developed and implemented solid policies that encourage owners
to bring additional funds to a restructuring, resulting in a better
outcome for residents at no additional cost to the insurance fund.

## [Characteristics]{.underline}

This transaction consisted of a portfolio of 350 units spread throughout
seven rural and suburban assets, originally owned by a for-profit, and
transferred to the new non-profit owner as part of the recapitalization.

## [The Solution]{.underline}

A Mark-to-Market payment of claim on the FHA insured first was combined
with a bond financed 223(a)(7) first mortgage and tax credits to achieve
the needed rehab and recapitalization. Particulars included:

-   OMHAR permitted the payment of claim to be fixed at a 'baseline'
    amount, derived from the economics of a conventional first mortgage.
    The application of bond-rate financing created a larger supportable
    first. When coupled with the fixed claim payment, this resulted in
    higher sources at closing, which were applied to the needed rehab.

-   \$3.4 Million in rehab, 18% funded by OMHAR and the remainder paid
    for from tax credits.

-   \$6.8 Million in unsupportable debt was reduced to \$3.6 Million in
    new bond-financed FHA-insured first mortgage debt.

-   State affordable housing funds enabled the existing owner to exit
    the program; a new non-profit was able to step in.

## [The Consequences]{.underline}

Although preservable solely through the FHA claim payment, the marriage
of credits and bond financing with the FHA payment of claim allowed for
a more substantial rehab than would otherwise have been possible. These
seven properties now have conservative underwriting, new ownership, and
an infusion of needed capital for repairs and upgrades.