BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**Southern Resident Killer Whale Workshop**

**[Breakout Session Report]{.underline}**

**Session Name: Prey Quality -- Contaminants**

**Session Date: January 22, 2004**

**Research Question #1:** What are the effects of elevated contaminant
levels on growth, reproduction, and survival? \[vote count\]

> [Method 1]{.underline} -- Based on results of data mining, biopsy in
> order to obtain an inter- and intra-comparison of contaminants across
> KW populations \[4\]
>
> [Method 2]{.underline} -- Build on ongoing work with harbor seals (as
> a integrator) to correlate effects (ties into current research by
> Jeffries et al. \[4\]
>
> [Method 3]{.underline} -- Data mine information (i.e., inter- and
> intra-comparison of contaminants across KW populations) to identify
> data gaps \[2\]
>
> [Method 4]{.underline} -- Literature and data survey for effects on
> marine mammals (e.g., Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP))
> \[1\]
>
> [Method 5]{.underline} -- Use harbor porpoise as surrogate \[1\]
>
> [Method 6]{.underline} -- Obtain tissue samples from odontocetes
> carcasses from areas of known contaminants \[*not part of vote ...
> added during second discussion*\]

**Research Question #2:** What are the sources of contaminants for
killer whales?

> [Method 1]{.underline} **--** Model food web pathways \[5\]
>
> [Method 2]{.underline} -- Document and measure contaminant levels in
> prey \[5\]
>
> [Method 3]{.underline} -- Expand geographic range of harbor seal work
> (coordinate with prey efforts) \[4\]
>
> [Method 4]{.underline} -- Obtain biopsy information and understand
> patterns \[3\]
>
> [Method 5]{.underline} -- Conduct ambient air monitoring amidst killer
> whale in presence/absence of whale watch activity \[1\]
>
> [Method 6]{.underline} -- Data mine all known data (including early
> samples)

**Research Question #3:** What are known factors that would exacerbate
the effect of bioaccumulated contaminants?

*\[The group identified factors including: disease, food limitation,
behavior (road rage), life stage, social status, air quality, and water
quality; they also indicated this would need significant information
before answering the question; they also indicated a challenge would be
to assess the various combinations of factors.\]*

> [Method 1]{.underline} **--** Literature review
>
> [Method 2]{.underline} **--** Wait for results of Research Question #1

**Other Research Questions:**

-   What are the contaminant loads of different individuals?

-   Do/have contaminant levels changed over time? How? What is the rate
    of change?

-   What other contaminants should we be looking at?
**Newport Water District Open House Celebration**

![](media/image1.jpeg){width="4.895833333333333in"
height="3.4743055555555555in"}

**From left to right: Ronald C. Lambert, Jr., Community Programs
Director, USDA Rural Development;\
Thomas Todd, Superintendent, Newport Water District; Alan Campbell, Vice
Chair and Clerk, Newport\
Water District Board of Trustees; Donald Briggs, Treasurer, Newport
Water District Board of Trustees; George Phelps, Trustee, Newport Water
District Board of Trustees; Michael Noyes, Staff Assistant, Office\
of Senator Susan M. Collins; and Mark Kontio, Maine Staff Assistant,
Office of Senator Olympia J. Snowe**

![](media/image2.jpeg){width="1.90625in" height="1.4375in"}On May 10,
USDA Rural Development staff, the Newport Town Manager, Trustees,
Congressional staff, and the public gathered at Newport Water District's
Open House Celebration to celebrate clean water provided by the
District.

"Most people just turn on the faucet without realizing all that goes
into it," said Aaron Newhall, Chief Operator of Newport Water District,
who gave visitors a tour of the facility. It is obvious that much effort
is needed to preserve the pristine condition of drinking water. The
District monitors the water weekly for the presence of lead, chlorine,
iron, and phosphates.

![](media/image3.jpeg){width="2.0208333333333335in"
height="1.5208333333333333in"}

The water is treated using a technique called slow sand filtration.
Comprised of a bed of sand which is supported by a layer of gravel, slow
sand filtration is a process by which impurities are filtered out of
water by using a top-down gravity process. The process is a form of
natural, biological water treatment and removes solids, precipitates,
and turbidity (muddiness) from the water. This effective process has
been in use for over a century in Europe.

![](media/image4.jpeg){width="2.375in" height="1.14375in"}USDA Rural
Development has invested over \$5.1 million in the Newport Water
District since 1984 for water system improvements.
UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

The National Park Service, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, announces the availability of
a Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment, for a proposal
prepared by J. M. Huber Corporation to re-enter and drill a lateral
sidetrack on the Shelton A-2X gas well within Lake Meredith National
Recreation Area, Texas.

In accordance with section 9.52(b) of Title 36 Code of Federal
Regulations, the Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment are
available for public review and comment in the Office of the
Superintendent, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, 419 East
Broadway, Fritch, TX 79036, the NPS Environment and Public Comment
(PEPC) web page (http://parkplanning.nps.gov), and the Lake Meredith
N.R. A. web page (http://www.nps.gov/lamr/index/htm). A limited number
of copies are available from the Superintendent, Lake Meredith National
Recreation Area.

Comments must be received by close of business on February 2, 2006 to be
accepted. The National Park Service is asking for your input in this
matter and looks forward to receiving your thoughts and comments.
Comments can be mailed to Superintendent, P. O. Box 1460, Fritch, TX
79036-1460.
COURTNEY RANKIN

**Assistant Professor of English**

**American Public University System**

**Charles Town, West Virginia**

**and**

**Adjunct Professor**

**Fort Hays State University**

**Hays, Kansas**

**courtandty@ucom.net**

Ms. Courtney Rankin is an Assistant Professor of English at American
Public University System in Charles Town, West Virginia, and an Adjunct
Professor of English at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. She
has been teaching for 13 years and at the college level for nearly 9
years.

Ms. Rankin's experience includes the traditional classroom and
Interactive Television as well as the virtual. She teaches composition
and literature classes. Despite the numerous conferences and workshops
she has attended, Ms. Rankin's true calling is teaching. She teaches
some 650 students per year, reading and grading 12,000 pages of student
work each year. She is responsible for developing several different
literature courses including one called *Folklore of the World*, and she
is currently developing a new course based on King Arthur legends
tentatively called *King Arthur: Medieval Gangsta and his Possy.*

Ms. Rankin teaches a variety of students, but she primarily serves those
who serve the United States in the Armed Forces. For Ms. Rankin,
teaching is not just a job; it is a calling, a passion, an obsession, a
fascination, a way of life.

Ms. Rankin holds a B.A. in history from the University of Texas and an
M.A. in English from Fort Hays State University. She has begun her Ph.D.
in literature and criticism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
**An Auto Configuration System for the GMSEC Architecture and API**

Arturo Mayorga

Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Code 583\
8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD, 20771\
arturo.mayorga@nasa.gov\
Phone: (301) 286-3702\
FAX: (302) 286-0245

Abstract

*GMSEC is a conglomeration of tasks built around a message bus
architecture established in 2001 to coordinate ground and flight data
systems development and services at GSFC. The auto configuration system
provides ubiquitous configuration management for all components running
on a mission operation center. This is accomplished by creating a set of
GMSEC compliant Configuration Management Agent (CMA) tools, extensions
to the GMSEC API as well a self configuring middleware (GMSEC Message
Bus). Automatic configuration is part of the autonomic computing model
being developed for net generation missions at GSFC.*

*The core of the system is handled by a special*

*purpose middleware design and implementation. The\
GMSEC Message Bus is the central part of the entire\
system. It handles all communication between the CMA and the GMSEC API
core extension. The CMA is a GMSEC component that uses the Message Bus
for communications. Similarly, the GMSEC API core extension uses the
GMSEC Message Bus to communicate with any present CMAs in the network.*

*The GMSEC Message Bus has become the middleware of choice for
prototyping, developing and testing GMSEC components. The CMA and GMSEC
API core extensions are currently in prototype status. This is because
the product and the idea are still quite young. The first set of users
is expected to emerge in the near future as the awareness of the system
spreads\
out.*
APPENDIX 3

APPENDIX 3. LISTING OF DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS THAT MAY BE USED IN

THE COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For work items to be funded with CIAP funds, the appropriate

development account number that relates to an individual work item is

entered on Form HUD-52825, Comprehensive Assessment/Program Budget.

Listed below are the development accounts that may be used in CIAP.

Account Number Development Account Title

1408 Management Improvements

1410.1 Nontechnical Salaries

1410.2 Technical Salaries

1410.4 Legal Expense

1410.9 Employee Benefit Contributions

1410.10 Travel

1410.19 Sundry (advertising costs only)

1415 Liquidated Damages

1430.1 Architectural and Engineering Fees

1430.2 Consultant Fees

1430.6 Permit Fees

1430.7 Inspection Costs

1430.19 Sundry Planning Costs

1440.1 Property Purchases

1440.2 Condemnation Deposits

1440.4 Surveys and Maps

1440.5 Appraisals

1440.6 Title Information

1440.8 Legal Cost-Site

1440.10 Option Negotiations

1440.12 Current Tax Settlements

1440.19 Sundry Site Costs

1450 Site Improvements

1460 Dwelling Structures

1465.1 Dwelling Equipment - Nonexpendable

1470 Nondwelling Structures

1475.1 Nondwelling Equipment - Office

Furniture and Equipment

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APPENDIX 3

Account Number Development Account Title

1475.2 Nondwelling Equipment - Maintenance

Equipment

1475.3 Nondwelling Equipment - Community Space

Equipment

1475.7 Nondwelling Equiment - Automotive

Equipment

1475.9 Nondwelling Equipment - Expendable

(only in conjunction with

HUD-approved force account labor)

1495.1 Relocation Costs - Moving Families and

Individuals

1495.2 Moving Businesses

1495.3 Additional Relocation Payments

\- Individual and Families

1495.4 Small Business Displacement Payments

1495.5 Relocation Services

For definitions of the above accounts, refer to the Low-Rent Housing

Accounting Handbook 7510.1. Additional guidance on Development

Accounts 1408, 1410.9 and 1410.10 is provided below:

1408 Management Improvements. This account shall be

charged with all costs incurred by the PHA for

management improvements after modernization

program approval, including non-technical

salaries, technical salaries, employee benefit

contributions, and consultant fees.

1410.9 Employee Benefit Contributions. This account

also shall be charged with unemployment

compensation, as required by State law, related

to costs of terminating employees hired on a

temporary basis for modernization.

1410.10 Travel. This account shall be charged with

travel expense of PHA officials and employees

traveling on official business in connection with

\(1\) HUD-approved CIAP training, and (2) CIAP

application development and implementation in the

State of Alaska.

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DA 04-2454

August 4, 2004

**WRC-07 ADVISORY COMMITTEE**

**RESCHEDULES THIRD MEETING**

**IB Docket No. 04-286**

The third meeting of the Advisory Committee for the 2007 World
Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07 Advisory Committee) originally
scheduled for September 27, 2004, as announced by public notice DA
04-1763 on June 23, 2004, has been rescheduled for November 10, 2004.
Holding this meeting on a later date allows more time for the working
groups of the WRC-07 Advisory Committee to progress their work on the
WRC-07 agenda items.

The third WRC-07 Advisory Committee meeting is now scheduled to be held
on November 10, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, in the Commission
Meeting Room (TW-C305), 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The
draft agenda of the meeting included with the original public notice is
again attached herewith. This meeting will be open to the public.

The Commission\'s WRC-07 worldwide web site (http://www.fcc.gov/wrc-07)
contains the latest updated information and agendas on all scheduled
meetings and Advisory Committee matters. Documents of all WRC-07
Advisory Committee and working group meetings are available for public
inspection and photocopying at the FCC\'s Reference Information Center,
445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C. (telephone:
202-418-0270, TTY: 418-2555). In addition, copies of the documents can
be purchased through the FCC\'s duplication contractor, Best Copy and
Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-B402,
Washington, DC, 20554; Telephone (202) 488-5300; Fax (202) 488-5563; TTY
(202) 488-5562. Best Copy and Printing, Inc. may be reached by e-mail at
fcc@bcpiweb.com or via BCPI's web site at: **www.bcpiweb.com**

For additional information please contact Alexander Roytblat, Director
of the FCC\'s WRC-07 Team, at 418-7501 or Linda Dubroof, Deputy Chief of
the International Bureau\'s Strategic Analysis and Negotiations
Division, at (202) 418-2150.

**AGENDA**

**Third meeting of the WRC-07 Advisory Committee**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**445 12th Street, S.W., Room TW-C305**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**November 10, 2004; 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon**

1.  Opening Remarks

2.  Approval of Agenda

3.  Approval of the Minutes of the Second Meeting

4.  Reports on Recent WRC-07 Preparatory Meetings

5.  NTIA Draft Preliminary Views and Proposals

6.  Informal Working Group Reports and Documents relating to:

    a.  Consensus Views and Issues Papers

    b.  Draft Proposals

7.  Future Meetings

8.  Other Business
Comments on

EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0588

RED: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0108

The following comments are provided by Pathfinder Irrigation District
and are submitted by Dennis Strauch, General Manager.

Comments are made on the proposed amended labeling language.

1.  Label Change- (Description) Application Restrictions: Certified
    Applicator Requirements. Proposed Language-"At least two certified
    applicators must be at the application site and able to maintain
    visual contact with all certified applicators participating in the
    application."

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1)  **Comment- All of the District's applicators are licensed through
    the State of Nebraska to apply Magnacide H (acrolein) and
    participate annually in the training provided by Baker Petrolite.
    Currently we have two licensed applications on site to setup for an
    application and teardown at the end of and application. One
    applicator is present during the application, which can last 4-6
    hours. To have two applicators present for that time period would
    hinder the District's ability to complete its other work duties and
    result in unnecessary costs to the District.**

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2.  Label Change (Description) Application Restrictions. "Maximum number
    of applications: 8 application per year."

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2)  **Comment- Pathfinder Irrigation District utilizes a maintenance
    program for the treatment of pondweed with Magnacide H. By making
    treatments more often with lower rates the District is able to
    better control the pondweed with the use of less product overall.**
**DA 08-2562**

**Released: December 15, 2008**

Tom W. Davidson

Counsel for Hoak Media of Wichita Falls Licensee, LLC

1333 New Hampshire Ave, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

Re: MB Docket No. 05-317

Dear Mr. Davidson:

By letter dated October 10, 2008, Hoak Media of Wichita Falls Licensee,
LLC ("Hoak"), licensee of KAUZ-TV, Wichita Falls, Texas requested an
extension of its waiver of Section 339(a)(2)(D) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, to prohibit satellite subscribers from
receiving or conducting a digital signal strength test of KAUZ-DT's
digital signal.[^1] The Commission granted the original digital signal
testing waiver based on the fact that the station's digital signal
coverage was limited due to the necessity to use a side mounted
antenna.[^2] The Commission has granted the licensee two six-month
extensions.[^3] In its most recent extension request, the licensee
states it continues to experience reduction of coverage due to its use
of a side mounted antenna and that it is prevented from installing a top
mounted digital antenna because its analog antenna is currently
installed in that position and will continue to operate there until
February 17, 2009 when the digital transition takes place.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Hoak's request IS GRANTED and the first
permissible date for digital testing for KAUZ-DT IS EXTENDED until
February 18, 2009. No further extensions of this waiver should be
necessary.

Sincerely,

Barbara A. Kreisman

Chief, Video Division

Media Bureau

[^1]: *See* 47 U.S.C. § 339 (a)(2)(D)(viii), as amended by Section 207
    of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of
    2004 ("SHVERA"), 47 U.S.C. § 339.

[^2]: *See Waiver of Digital Testing Pursuant to the Satellite Home
    Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004*, 22 FCC Rcd 12918,
    12927 (MB 2007).

[^3]: See Waiver of Digital Testing Pursuant to the Satellite Home
    Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, 23 FCC 396, 402
    (MB 2008); Letter to Tom W. Davidson, DA 08 1284 (June 6, 2008).
####### Magnetic race-track memory - a Storage Class Memory

Stuart Parkin

*IBM Almaden Research Center**,** 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA 95120*

A proposal for a novel storage-class memory is described in which
magnetic domains are used to store information in a "magnetic
race-track". The magnetic race track is comprised of tall columns of
magnetic material arranged perpendicularly to the surface of a silicon
wafer. The domains are moved around the race-track by current pulses
using the phenomenon of spin momentum transfer: experiments
demonstrating the current induced moment of domain walls in magnetic
nano-wires will be discussed. The domain walls in the magnetic
race-track are read using magnetic tunnel junction sensing devices
arranged in the silicon substrate. The magnetic shift register promises
a solid state memory with storage capacities and cost rivaling that of
magnetic disk drives but with much improved performance and reliability.
**TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT**

**WHAT: D-110 Expanded Dispatch Recorder (EDRC)**

Course Description:

The course is designed to train potential dispatch recorders on the
structure of an expanded dispatch organization and to effectively
perform within that organization. It will provide the student with a
working knowledge of the purpose and process of completing the resource
order and other dispatch forms. It will also provide instruction on
established dispatch procedures.

Objectives:

• Describe the purpose and organizational structure of an expanded
dispatch, and the role of the dispatch recorder within the organization.

• Demonstrate skill in completing a Resource Order Form, mob and demob
fire resources, complete dispatch forms and follow procedures for those
forms, and use a resource locator system to track resources.

Target Group:

Individuals who have had no previous training or experience in the
dispatch function and who will be called upon as needed to assist in the
expanded dispatch organization.

**COURSE PREREQUISITES**

**None**

> **WHEN: June 25^th^ and 26^th^, 2007; Class starts at 1000 on 25^th^**
>
> **Optional attendance: June 27^th^ -- ROSS workshop**
>
> **The training is a 16 hour course**

**WHERE: North Dakota Interagency Dispatch Center**

**3425 Miriam Avenue**

**Bismarck, ND**

**NOMINATIONS: Nomination Deadline is June 14, 2007**

**All nominations must be approved by Agency and sent by them to the
following address:**

> **North Dakota Interagency Dispatch**
>
> **3425 Miriam Ave**
>
> **Bismarck, ND 58501**
>
> **Attn: Andy Randall**
>
> **Phone: 701-333-0263**
>
> **FAX: 701-333-0269**
>
> **e-mail: <Andrew_Randall@fws.gov>**
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION

FILED BY VERIZON

**Report No. NCD-1459 July 20, 2007**

Re: NETWORK CHANGE NOTICE RECEIVED

Verizon, an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed notice
that public notice of network changes has been provided through its
publicly accessible Internet site. Specific network change information
can be obtained on the Internet at:

[**http://www22.verizon.com/regulatory/reg_ntw_dscl.html**](http://www22.verizon.com/regulatory/reg_ntw_dscl.html)

The incumbent LEC\'s notice refers to the change's shown below:

**● Verizon will replace Copper Feeder Facilities with Fiber Optic Cable
and Digital Loop Carrier**

**Systems in Richwood, WV**

The network changes identified herein shall not be implemented within
six months of the date it was filed with the Commission. *See* 47 C.F.R.
§ 51.331.

Incumbent LEC contact:

Ann D. Berkowitz

Associate Director - Federal Regulatory Advocacy

Verizon

1300 I Street, N.W.

Suite 400 West

Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: (202) 515-2539

The original filing is available for inspection and copying at the FCC
Public Reference Room, Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., Suite CY‑A257,
Washington, D.C. 20554.

For further information, contact Carmell Weathers, (202) 418-2325
(voice), or
[**carmell.weathers@fcc.gov**](mailto:carmell.weathers@fcc.gov) (email),
of the Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. The TTY
number is (202) 418-0484.

**-FCC-**
[Link to
GCH-0008](http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/lops/GCH-0008LOPS.doc)

[Link to
GCH-0046](http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/lops/GCH-0046LOPS.doc)

[Link to
GCH-0057](http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/lops/GCH-0057LOPS.doc)

Legal Opinion: GCH-0097

Index: 2.265

Subject: Governmental Immunity Endorsement Waiver

May 18, 1994

MEMORANDUM FOR: MaryAnn Russ, Director

Office of Assisted Housing, PH

FROM: Michael Reardon, Assistant General Counsel, GCH

SUBJECT: Assisted Housing Risk Management Association (AHRMA)

Governmental Immunity Endorsement Waiver

This responds to your February 14, 1994, memorandum requesting our views

with respect to AHRMA\'s January 13, 1994, letter to Roger Braner
seeking

further consideration of its request for waiver of the ACC requirement
that

each liability insurance policy shall prohibit the insurer from
defending any

tort claim on the ground of immunity of the PHA from suit.

By memorandum dated July 2, 1993, we advised that, since PHAs which

self-insure would not be barred from the defense of sovereign immunity,

extending this exception to nonprofit insurance entities owned and
controlled

by PHAs could be construed as justified. You now are considering waiving
the

ACC requirement for AHRMA and for other similarly situated PHAs and ask

assistance in defining the criteria for exempting insurance pools
similar to

AHRMA from the ACC requirement for waiver of the sovereign immunity
defense in

tort cases. AHRMA contends that it is inequitable to treat pools of PHAs
that

are too small to self-insure in a manner different from the large PHAs
that

are able to self-insure.

A persuasive basis for exempting the pools is, we believe, to be found

in the Illinois and Iowa statutes which provide that participation by a
PHA in

either self-insurance programs or government risk programs shall not

constitute a waiver of the defense of sovereign immunity. These are the
two

States in which AHRMA operates. We do not believe that there is a
conflict

between the State law provisions granting immunity and the ACC
requirement to

waive this defense, noting particularly that the Illinois statute
expressly

permits waiver of immunity.

Since your February 14, 1994, memorandum indicates agreement with

AHRMA\'s contention that the pools should be treated the same as the
PHAs that

self-insure, you may wish to consider the following alternatives: (1) a
broad

exemption for all nonprofit insurance pools that are not organized as

insurance companies, or (2) a narrower exemption limited to pools in
States

where, under State law, PHA pools have the same status as self-insurance

programs with respect to the defense of sovereign immunity.
**The Wireless Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output Channel:**

**Measurements, Double-Directional Parameters, and Capacity**

Christoph F. Mecklenbräuker

**ftw.,** Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Tech Gate Vienna,
A-1220 Austria

cfm@ftw.at

SESSION III: Antennas and Propagation (Tuesday March 05, 2002)

ABSTRACT

Results obtained from several indoor-office and outdoor (urban and
rural) channel measurements in the 2GHz band are presented including a
high speed vehicular outdoor field trial. We aim at the identification
of the radio propagation MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) channel
and the characterisation of its spatio-temporal properties. In the
trials presented in this contribution, the double-directional channel
parameters for the arrival- and departure angles are estimated using two
antenna arrays: a fifteen-element uniform circular array for
transmission and an eight-element uniform linear array at the receiver
side. We estimate the delays, arrival and departure angles and the
temporal dynamics of the signal space.

The Directions of Arrival (DoA) and Directions of Departure (DoD) are
estimated by a Conditional Maximum-Likelihood Estimator (CMLE). The CMLE
is one of the simplest to implement and has considerably lower numerical
complexity than the Maximum-Likelihood Estimator (MLE) for several
wavefronts carrying stochastic signals.

MIMO systems have raised quite some interest recently through their
ability to transport high data-rates in rich scattering environments.
While the former work mainly focused on (Monte-Carlo) simulations of the
offered capacity in a random, independently Rayleigh-fading channel, the
performance of systems operating in a real-world environment can only be
assessed with appropriate measurements. While the assumption of rich
scattering allowed statistical evaluations culminating in high capacity,
this assumption cannot be verified in many practical propagation
environments.

The wideband measurements of the high-speed trial show a dominant
line-of-sight component and low angular spread for both, DoAs and DoDs,
allowing to anticipate only limited diversity gain.
**Airport Worksheet (Santa Fe)**

**Santa Fe, NM Municipal (SAF)**

![](media/image1.png){width="2.43125in"
height="2.408333333333333in"}Coord: N35-37.00; W106-05.28

Elev: 6348 MSL

Pat. Alt: 7344 MSL

Mag.Var: 12 E

ATIS: 128.55 (505) 438-3150

Ground:

Tower: 119.5 (07:00 to 21:00)

VOR: SAF, 110.6, 333, 4.7NM SE

APP: ABQ Ctr. 132.8

FSS: ABQ 122.2

Unicom: 122.95

CAP: Shiprock 1211 148.15MHz

Facilities:

MillionAir (505) 471-2700

AV / Phillips 100LL

WXBrief: (800) 992-7433

ASOS: (505) 474-3117

Tower: (505) 471-3810

CAP Tel: (505) 471-5784

## Self-Conducted Proficiency Flight Checklist

### Preflight

-   Flight Release

-   AFM/POH Review

-   Preflight Inspection

### Flight Tasks

-   Clearing Turns 3,000 feet AGL

-   720 steep turn (45-50 bank) Left

-   720 steep turn (45-50 bank) Right

-   Maintain 100 feet, 5 heading slow to 1.2 V~SI~ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_Knots

-   1.2 V~SI~ turn Left 90 / Altitude within 100 feet

-   1.2 V~SI~ turn Right 90 / Altitude within 100 feet

-   Maintain 5 heading slow to stall warning / Recover (min. Alt. loss)

-   Extend Flaps, Stall Onset, Maintain Heading & Altitude

-   Left 90 / Altitude within 100 feet, Extended Flaps

-   Right 90 / Altitude within 100 feet, Extended Flaps

-   Clearing Turns 3,000 feet AGL

-   1.2 V~SI~ 30 turn to stall warning onset. Recover straight ahead
    (min. Alt. loss)

-   Normal Landing (touch & go)

-   Short field Landing (Full Stop)

-   Soft Field Take Off

-   Soft Field Landing (Full Stop)

-   Short Field Take Off

### Post Flight

-   Secure Aircraft, Post Flight Inspection

-   Flight Time Reports

-   Review Performance
**RHIC Spin Report for DOE: Outline of the W section: 2.3.4**

1.  Naïve pQCD picture/expectation of generation of QCD sea to be flavor
    symmetric (g -\> qqbar)

2.  Unpolarized result on u/d: flavor asymmetry in unpolarized sector

3.  Non-perturbative QCD approach to account for this effect and discuss
    expectation for polarized case

4.  Means to probe the flavor structure in the polarized sector:

    a.  DIS (e.g. SMC): Discuss limitations

    b.  RHIC SPIN case through W production (Figure 1: Feynman graph)

5.  Discuss reconstruction of W with RHIC detectors (non-hermetic) and
    argue for leptonic asymmetries (RHICBOS) besides reconstruction of W
    rapidity. Stress forward direction

6.  Show expectation for STAR (Figure 2) / PHENIX (Figure 3)

7.  Summarize importance of this measurement in QCD: QCD sea production
    mechanism
**Biological Agents in the Mail Center - Glossary**

The following terms are intended to assist you with understanding the
terms used in this course.

**Active immunization** - the act of artificially stimulating the body
to develop antibodies against infectious disease by the administration
of vaccines or toxoids.

**Anaerobic** - living, active, or occurring in the absence of free
oxygen.

**Antitoxin** - An antibody formed in response to and capable of
naturalizing a biological poison; an animal serum containing antitoxins.

**Cutaneous** - relating to the skin.

**Cyanosis** - a bluish or purplish coloration of the skin and mucous
membrane due to deficient oxygenation of the blood.

**Dyspnea** - shortness of breath associated with disease of the heart
or lungs.

**Hematemesis** - vomiting of blood.

**Hemoptysis** - coughing up blood from the lungs or bronchial tubes as
a result of pulmonary or bronchial hemorrhage.

**Incubation period** - the interval between exposure and the
development of symptoms.

**Malaise** - an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often
indicative of the onset of an illness; a vague sense of mental or
physical ill being.

**Petechiae** - minute hemorrhagic spots in the skin, which does not
blanch by, pressure.

**Vaccine** - a suspension of attenuated live or killed microorganisms
(bacteria, viruses, or rickettsiae), or fractions thereof, administered
to induce immunity and thereby prevent infectious disease.
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**JUSTIFICATION:**

Assistance is requested to provide subsistence and travel funds for two
students who are coming from Turkey to assist with surveying what is
needed to make our Sensis system MR compatible and to explore the
wireless signal transmission possibilities. We have come across these
two students who already know each other and form a great team,
complement each other perfectly in terms of their education and
interest. One has experience in filtering and circuit design. Another
has extensive experience in wireless communications. We interviewed them
extensively and came to the decision that both of them will be valuable
additions in supporting our research team.

We are requesting that each student be provided with a
travel/subsistence funding of \$7000/person, totaling in \$1400 overall.
The travel/subsistence of \$7000 per student shall then be divided into
3 separate payments throughout the course of their stay in the amount of
\$2333.33 per payment.
123 FERC ¶ 61,210

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

May 28, 2008

In Reply Refer To:

Northern Natural Gas Company

Docket No. RP08-320-000

Northern Natural Gas Company

1111 South 103rd Street

Omaha, NE 68124

Attention: Dari R. Dornan, Senior Counsel

Reference: Waiver Request

Ladies and Gentlemen:

1.  On April 23, 2008, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) filed a
    petition for limited waiver of Northern's FERC Gas Tariff (Tariff)
    in order to resolve an imbalance election error of Superior Water,
    Light & Power (Superior). Section 32 (F) of Eighth Revised Sheet No.
    269 of Northern's General Terms and Conditions (GT&C) states that
    shippers have until the 12^th^ business day of the month to elect
    which imbalance resolution mechanism(s) they will use and the
    volumes associated with each mechanism. Any volumes not designated
    to be resolved through the mechanism(s) will be cashed out, by
    default.

2.  Northern asserts that Superior did not make an imbalance resolution
    election by April 16^th^, the 12^th^ business day imbalance election
    deadline for March. Northern states that Superior typically elects
    to resolve imbalances using the imbalance-to-storage mechanism. On
    April 21, 2008, a Superior representative contacted one of its
    service representatives, and acknowledged an error made by Superior.
    Northern points out, however, that a change to election type after
    the deadline is outside the timeframes allowed by Northern's Tariff.
    Northern, therefore, requests a waiver of its Tariff to allow
    Superior to resolve its March 2008 imbalance volumes using the
    imbalance-to-storage option rather than by the cashing-out the
    balance. Northern notes that the error was made inadvertently by
    Superior, and that it has not billed the imbalance volumes yet.
    Northern states that no party will be harmed by approval.

3.  The Commission noticed Northern's filing on April 25, 2008, allowing
    for protests as provided by section 154.210 of the Commission\'s
    regulations. Pursuant to Rule 214, 18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2007), all
    timely filed motions to intervene and any motions to intervene
    out-of-time filed before the issuance date of this order are
    granted. Granting late intervention at this stage of the proceeding
    will not disrupt this proceeding or place additional burdens on
    existing parties. No party filed a protest or adverse comments.

4.  For good cause shown, we grant Northern a limited waiver of the
    imbalance mechanism election deadline set forth in section 32(F) of
    its GT&C. Granting this waiver will allow Superior to resolve its
    March 2008 imbalance using the imbalance-to-storage option, as
    intended, and will not harm other shippers on Northern's system.

By direction of the Commission.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

cc: All Parties

Gregory Porter

Vice President and General Counsel

Northern Natural Gas Company

1111 South 103^rd^ Street

Omaha, Nebraska 68124

Frank X. Kelly

Steve Stojic

Gallagher, Boland & Meiburger, L.L.P.

818 18^th^ Street, N.W., Suite 800

Washington, DC 20006-3520
[Link to
GCH-0070](http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/lops/GCH-0070LOPS.doc)

[Link to
GCH-0071](http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/lops/GCH-0071LOPS.doc)

[Link to
GCH-0077](http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/lops/GCH-0077LOPS.doc)

Legal Opinion: GCH-0049

Index: 2.600

Subject: Bond Refunding for Three Pre-FAF Projects

March 31, 1992

Mr. Peter R. Dwars

Director

Illinois Housing Development

Authority

401 N. Michigan Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60611

Dear Mr. Dwars:

This is in response to your letter of January 21, 1992,

concerning the refunding of the bonds for three pre-FAF projects.

It is your opinion that under the existing Annual Contributions

Contract (ACC) and Housing Assistance Payments Contract (HAP) for

each project, no basis exists for HUD to unilaterally reduce

contract rents as a result of the mortgage rate reduction that

will result from a refunding. You plan to reduce the interest

rates payable by the owner on the loans to an interest rate to be

established on the basis of negotiations between the Authority

and the owner of each development.

The contract rents in part reimburse the owner for the cost

of producing the units. Therefore, it is appropriate that the

contract rents be reduced to reflect this reduced cost when the

project is refinanced to prevent the owner from receiving a

financial windfall in the form of excessively high contract

rents. The applicable contracts take such an eventuality into

account.

Section 1.9(e) of the HAP Contract for one of the projects,

dated 11/75, provides:

If the actual debt service under the permanent financing is

lower than the anticipated debt service on which the

Contract Rents were based, the Contract Rents currently in

effect shall be reduced commensurately, and the amount of

the savings shall be credited to the Project Account. . . .

In addition, Section 2.7(g) of the HAP Contract for the

other two projects, dated 8-80, provides:

If the actual debt service to the Owner under the permanent

financing is lower than the anticipated debt service on

which the Contract Rents are based, due to lower interest

rates or to a longer term on the permanent financing, the

initial Contract rents, or the Contract Rents then in

effect, must be reduced commensurately and the amount of the

savings credited to the project account.

Section 8(c)(2)(C) of the United States Housing Act of 1937,

as amended, provides:

The Secretary may not reduce the contract rents in effect on

or after April 15, 1987 for . . . projects assisted under

this section (including projects assisted under this section

as in effect prior to November 30, 1983), unless the project

has been refinanced in a manner that reduces the periodic

payment of the owner. (Emphasis added.)

Based on the above, it is our opinion that HUD may

unilaterally reduce contract rents if the owner\'s debt service is

reduced.

Very sincerely yours,

Robert S. Kenison

Associate General Counsel

Office of Assisted Housing

and Community Development

2
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By itself, exercising can lower the cholesterol number. Walking,
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***[Don't Eat Fat!]{.underline}***

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***[Avoid Fried Foods!]{.underline}***

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Baked, boiled and mashed Potatoes

Baked, boiled and roasted skinless chicken

Baked Chips, Low-fat Popcorn, Pretzels

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Baked Corn and Potato Chips, Fat-Free

Ice Cream and Non-Fat Cheese. Look for other Non-Fat foods.

***[Eat More Vegetables and Fruit and]{.underline} [Less]{.underline}
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***[Stay Away from Fast Food!]{.underline}***

These places usually provide items that

contain large amounts of Fat (and Sugar). But if you

MUST go to those places, choose plain hamburgers

([not]{.underline} with cheese or with sauce), Cheese, Canadian

Bacon and/or Vegetable Pizza (NOT with pepperoni,

sausage or hamburger), [grilled]{.underline} chicken sandwiches and

non-fried Chinese and Mexican foods (like chow-mein

and soft burritos).

***[Stay Away from (and Don't Feed your]{.underline}***

***[Family):]{.underline}***

Hot Dogs Bologna Sausage

Luncheon Meats Spam Fatty Canned Meats

Corned Beef Hash Chopped Ham Bacon

Salami Whole Milk Regular Cheese

***[Use Low-Fat Foods like:]{.underline}***

Roast Beef Boiled Ham Tuna in Water

Non-Fat Hot Dogs Low- and Non-Fat Cheese

Low-Fat Canned Meats Turkey Breast

Low-Fat Milk (1% or Skim) Lean Fresh Meats

***[Avoid Using Fat for Flavor!]{.underline}*** Keep away from

using lard, margarine, bacon grease, butter, mayo,

vegetable oil, high-fat cream soups and cheese for flavoring.

Use non-fat items like tomato/spaghetti sauce, Soy

sauce, salsa, ketchup, mustard, bouillon cubes, jams & jellies, garlic,
onions, spices, chili and Pam Spray to

flavor foods.

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# DA 04-1254

##  May 3, 2004

### WIRELESS TELECOMUNICATIONS BUREAU ACTION

### REGION 16 (KANSAS) 700 MHz

**PUBLIC SAFETY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE**

**ANNOUNCES 4.9 GHz PLANNING MEETING**

The Region 16 (Kansas) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee
Chairs announce that the next meeting of the Region 16 (Kansas) 700 MHz
Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will be held Tuesday, June
2nd, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. -- 3:00 p.m., in the Kansas Department of
Transportation meeting room located at 121 W. 21st, Topeka, Kansas.

The meeting of the Region 16 (Kansas) 700 MHz Public Safety Regional
Planning Committee will convene at 10:00 a.m. The purpose of this
meeting is to continue developing a statewide (Kansas) plan for use of
the newly allocated 4.9 GHz frequency spectrum in the State of Kansas.
Users of this frequency spectrum will include personnel in Public
Safety, Public Health, Emergency Management and Utility services.

All eligible public safety providers whose sole purpose or principal
purpose is to protect the safety of life, health, or property in Region
16 would utilize these frequencies. It is essential that not only public
safety, but all government, Native American Tribal, and non-governmental
organizations eligible under Section 90.523 of the Commission's Rules be
represented in order to ensure that each agency's future spectrum needs
are considered in the allocation process.

Interested parties wishing to participate in the planning process for
utilization of the new public safety spectrum in the 4.9 GHz frequency
band are encouraged to attend. For additional information concerning
this meeting, please contact either the Region 16 Chair or Vice-chair
listed below.

Edwin Geer, Chair Captain Ken Justice, Vice-Chair

915 SW Harrison, DSOB 881-W 1220 Enterprise

KDOT Olathe, Kansas 66061

Topeka, Kansas 66612 PH: 785-296-5981

PH: 785-296-5948 FX: 913-782-0429

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