BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
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height="0.9583333333333334in"}

**The REAL ID Act**

The House passed H.R. 418, the REAL ID Act, on February 10, 2005, by a
vote of 261-161.

The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, enacted by
Congress in December 2004, implemented the core recommendations of the
9/11 Commission, including measures to improve border security and
establish tougher federal identification guidelines through minimum
standards for drivers\' licenses. House Judiciary Chairman Jim
Sensenbrenner introduced H.R. 418 earlier this year to enact certain
immigration restrictions that were dropped from the final intelligence
overhaul bill.

Specifically, H.R. 418 would impose a much higher standard on
individuals seeking political asylum to demonstrate why it should be
granted. In addition, the bill would require completion of a fence on
the Mexico border near San Diego that has been delayed because of
environmental concerns. The bill also would impose new, more stringent
national requirements on the issuance of driver\'s licenses and identity
cards. The House passed H.R. 418 by a vote of 261-161.

While I agree we should be doing more to secure our borders, I think the
provisions of H.R. 418 were not well conceived. The asylum requirements
would prove too onerous for those with legitimate asylum claims. The
bill\'s driver\'s license provisions would impose a significant unfunded
mandate on states. The exemption provisions intended to permit the
completion of the border fence near San Diego were written so broadly
that they could result in exempting other projects from regulatory
requirements without a sufficient rationale. For these reasons, I voted
against the bill.

In March, the House passed a supplemental spending bill for aid to
countries stricken by the December 26, 2004, tsunami, and for military
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.  House Republican leaders were
successful in attaching H.R. 418 to the spending bill, which the Senate
also passed in April.  A conference committee met to work out the
differences between the two versions of the legislation.  The final
product of the spending bill retained most of the REAL ID Act
provisions, excluding those relating to the bond of aliens in removal
proceedings.  The House approved the conference report on May 5^th^ by a
vote of 368 to 58.  On May 10, 2005, the Senate unanimously approved
this legislation, and the president signed it into law the next day. 
Although I had reservations about several of the provisions of REAL ID,
I voted to approve the conference report because I felt that I had to
support the supplemental spending bill.
**17th CISM World Military Teakwondo Championship**

**18-26 September 2006**

**Seoul, Korea**

**"USA CAPTURES TWO BRONZE"**

**A total of 349 competitors representing 32 Nations participated in the
17^th^ CISM World Military Taekwondo Championship. The 8 members of the
USA team performed well, but only managed to walk away with two bronze
medals. Army PFC Jamielle Toyato, Fort Hood TX, won the bronze in the
flyweight division and team mate Army Reserve SSG Jonathan Fennell, Fort
Jackson, SC, took the bronze on the welter weight division.**

**Team Roster:**

  ------------------------------ ---------- --------- ------------------------
  **NAME**                       **RANK**   **SVC**   **DOB**

  SMITH, RONALD A.               PFC        ARMY      FORT SILL, OK

  TOYOTA, JAMIELEE Y.            PFC        ARMY      FORT HOOD, TX

  RIDER, WILLIAM                 SPC        ARMY      FORT CARSON, CO

  BAILEY, MATTHEW                SRA        AIR FORCE PETERSON AFB, CO

  BARTLETT, DAVID                SSG        ARMY      FORT CARSON, CO

  FENNELL, JONATHAN              SSG        ARMY      USAR, FORT JACKSON, SC

  KANDEWEN, MICHAEL              SGT        ARMY      CAMP HUMPREYS, KOREA

  OSTRANDER, STEVEN              SPC        ARMY      FORT CARSON, CO

  KIM, BONGSEOK (Coach)          CW2        ARMY      FORT HOOD, TX

  CARTER, BRADFORD (Asst)        CIV        AIR FORCE LAWRENCEVILLE, GA

  BERWAGER. CLAUDIA (Team        CIV        ARMY      FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PA
  Captain)                                            

  ALLMON, THOMAS A. (Chief of    COL        ARMY      FORT MYER, VA
  Mission)                                            

  SULLIVAN, WILLIAM (Referee)    CIV        N/A       CALDWELL, NJ

  BARE, ANTHONY (Trainer)        MAJ        ARMY      FORT KNOX, KY
  ------------------------------ ---------- --------- ------------------------

**The following is a summary final results by country:**

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**Evolution of Easterly Waves** - the initial recommendation would be
target waves with vorticity centers as follows:

-   For systems with likely precipitation systems north of 13 N: 15-19
    W,

21-25W, 33-39 W.

-   For systems with precipitation expected to be south of 13 N: 13-19
    W, 25-31 W, 31-37 W*. (Note: The Guinea coast is about 10 N 13 W, so
    if a strong system is expected to exit the coast there, it may be
    desirable to sample it shortly after it emerges.)*

Note that precipitation is far more likely near NPOL than near TOGA for
any wave and often between waves; e.g. squall lines.

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Figure courtesy of Mike Douglas illustrating *one* possible flight
pattern for an EW mission. Obviously, if the African Easterly Jet (AEJ)
was north of Sal, the pattern would be extended northward. If there is
evidence of a vortex, a possible option is for an in situ module at
lower levels as illustrated. If there is convective weather near the
TOGA radar, more time would be spent in that vicinity. Altitudes would
be mostly 35-40Kft to get best science output from dropsondes.
**§3.212 Unexplained absence for 7 years.**

\(a\) If satisfactory evidence is produced establishing the fact of the
continued and unexplained absence of any individual from his or her home
and family for a period of 7 years or more and that a diligent search
disclosed no evidence of his or her existence after the date of
disappearance, and if evidence as provided in §3.211 cannot be
furnished, the death of such individual as of the expiration of such
period may be considered as sufficiently proved.

\(b\) No State law providing for presumption of death will be applicable
to claims for benefits under laws administered by the Department of
Veterans Affairs and the finding of death will be final and conclusive
except where suit is filed for insurance under 38 U.S.C. 1984.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 108)

\(c\) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a finding of death
made by another Federal agency will be accepted if the finding meets the
requirements of paragraph (a) of this section.

\[26 FR 1573, Feb. 24, 1961, as amended at 27 FR 1899, Feb. 28, 1962; 52
FR 19349, May 22, 1987; 61 FR 56626, Nov. 4, 1996\]

**Cross reference:** Evidence of dependents and age. See §3.204.
**National Irrigation Water Quality Program**\
U.S. Department of the Interior

Reconnaissance Investigation of Water Quality, Bottom Sediment, and
Biota Associated With Irrigation Drainage in the Belle Fourche
Reclamation Project, Western South Dakota, 1988-89. USGS Water Resources
Investigations Report 90-4192, 1991. 113p, 22 fig, 17 tab, 55 ref.

Roddy, W.R.; Greene, E.A.; Sowards, C.L.

Water, bottom sediment, and biota were sampled during 1988 within the
Belle Fourche Reclamation Project and adjacent areas in western South
Dakota. The investigation was conducted to determine the concentrations
of major ions, selected trace elements, and pesticides in water, bottom
sediment, and biota, and to compare the analytical results to various
guidelines for environmental protection and to available baseline
information. Concentrations of dissolved solids in water delivered to
the project area exceeded drinking-water criteria and increased within
the project area. Maximum constituent concentrations generally were
measured during the non-irrigation season at Horse Creek above Vale and
at the Belle Fourche River near Sturgis, two sites receiving irrigation
drainage. Only four pesticides (alachlor, atrazine, cyanazine, and
prometone) were detected in water samples, and all were present at small
concentrations. Concentrations of selected trace elements (arsenic,
barium, molybdenum, selenium, and uranium) in bottom sediment were near
or exceeded the upper range of concentrations measured for soils of the
western United States. Pesticide concentrations in all samples of bottom
sediment were less than laboratory analytical reporting limits.
Concentrations of aluminum, arsenic, mercury, and selenium in whole-body
fish tissue were greater than baseline values or values that are
expected to occur in South Dakota. Generally, the maximum value of most
elements in fish tissue occurred at the Belle Fourche River near Sturgis
sampling site. This site is downstream of irrigation drainage and has
been affected by mine tailings deposited from historical mining in the
Black Hills. No elevated concentrations of organochlorine pesticides or
polychlorinated biphenyls were measured in the biological samples.

\*Belle Fourche Project; \*Irrigation effects; \*South Dakota; \*Water
pollution sources; \*Water quality; Biota; Bottom sediments; Surface wat
Poster Presentation 3-27

**Production of Biodiesel Fuel**

**by Transesterification of Rapeseed Oil**

Gwi-Taek Jeong^1^, [Don-Hee Park]{.underline} ^1,2^, Ki-Young Byun^1,^
Choon-Hyoung Kang^1^,

Woo-Tai Lee^1^, Chung-han Yoon^3^, Byung-Chul Choi^4^, Hae-Sung Kim^5^,
Un-Taek Lee^6^

^1^Faculty of Chemical Engineering

^2^Institute of Bioindustrial Technology

^3^Dept. of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering

^4^School of Automotive Engineering

Chonnam National University

Kwangju 500-757, KOREA

^5^Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Myongji University

# Yongin 449-728, KOREA

^6^Onbio Corporation

Pucheon-Si, Kyunggi-Do, 421-150, KOREA

Phone: 82-62-530-1841, Fax: 82-62-530-1849, E-mail:
<dhpark@chonnam.ac.kr>

Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) show large potential applications as
diesel substitutes, and they are known as biodiesel fuel. Biodiesel fuel
as a renewable energy is an alternative that can reduce energy
dependence on petroleum and air pollution. Several processes for the
production of biodiesel fuel have been developed. Transesterification
process under alkali-catalysis and short-chain alcohol gives high level
yield of methyl esters in short reaction times.

In this research, transesterification of rapeseed oil was investigated
to produce the FAMEs. Experimental reaction conditions included molar
ratio of oil to alcohol (1:3 to 1:10), concentration of catalyst (0.5 to
1.5%), types of catalysts (sodium methoxide, NaOH and KOH), reaction
time (within 1 hr), and reaction temperature (40 to 70 C). The
conversion ratio of rapeseed oil enhanced with the alcohol-oil mixing
ratio and with the reaction temperature.
G50 PCR PURIFICATION

1.  With sterile 1000 ul pipette tip, suck up the equivalent of 45 ul of
    G50 resin and place either into the individual spin columns
    (Millipore #UFC30HV25) or 96 well plate (Milipore #MAHVN4550) that
    have the 0.45 uM filter pore size.

2.  Add 300ul of HPLC water to each and hydrate 2-3 hours or overnight
    at room temperature in a Ziploc bag with wet paper towel. Long
    storage is at 4 C.

3.  Bring to room temperature when ready to use. Spin columns for 3
    minutes at 14,000 to remove most of the water; spin plates at 2,300
    for 5 minutes.

4.  Place a sterile receiving tube or plate underneath either the column
    or plate. Add 20 ul of Exosapped product or plasmid to the center of
    the dried, packed resin.

5.  Spin for 1-2 minutes at 14,000 for columns, 5 minutes at 2,300 for
    96 well plates.

6.  Use product immediately for restriction enzyme digests, sequencing,
    etc. or store at --20 C.

7.  Your DNA is now desalted.

Millipore Columns

Mfr #: UFC30HV25

Description: Ultra free spin columns

Size: 25/pk

Price: \$39.52

G50 POWDER-Sigma

Mfr #: S5897

Description: Sephadex G50 fine

Size: 25g

Price: \$60.47
Vietnam Era Veterans\' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) of 1974 (38
USC 4212)

Vietnam era veterans, special disabled veterans, and veterans who served
on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a
campaign badge has been authorized are protected in employment by the
Vietnam Era Veterans\' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended,
38 U.S.C. 4212.

The law requires that employers with Federal contracts or subcontracts
of \$25,000 or more provide equal opportunity and affirmative action for
Vietnam era veterans, special disabled veterans, and veterans who served
on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a
campaign badge has been authorized.

A Vietnam era veteran is a person who (1)served on active duty for a
period of more than 180 days, any part of which occurred between August
5, 1964 and May 7, 1975, and was discharged or released with other than
a dishonorable discharge; (2)was discharged or released from active duty
for a service connected disability if any part of such active duty was
performed between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975; or (3) served on
active duty for more than 180 days and served in the Republic of Vietnam
between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975.

A special disabled veteran is a person who is entitled to compensation
under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a
disability rated at 30 percent or more; or, rated at 10 or 20 percent,
if it has been determined that the individual has a serious employment
disability; or, a person who was discharged or released from active duty
because of a service-connected disability.

As a part of affirmative action, Federal contractors and subcontractors
are required to list with the local State employment service all
employment openings except for executive and top management jobs; jobs
which the contractor expects to fill from within; and jobs lasting 3
days or less.

If a covered veteran believes he/she has been discriminated against by a
Federal contractor or subcontractor, he or she may file a complaint.
Complaints may be filed with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs (OFCCP) or through the local Veteran\'s Employment
Representative at a local State employment service office.

If any covered veteran believes a contractor of the United States has
failed to comply or refuses to comply with contract provisions relating
to the employment of veterans, the veteran may file a complaint with the
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION

FILED BY BELLSOUTH

**Report No. NCD-1081 March 16, 2005**

Re: NETWORK CHANGE CERTIFICATION RECEIVED

BellSouth, an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed
certification that public notice of network change has been provided
through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section
51.329(a) of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
*See* 47 C.F.R. § 51.329(a). Specific network change information can be
obtained on the Internet at:

[**http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/notifications/network/index.html**](http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/notifications/network/index.html)

The incumbent LEC\'s certification refers to the changes shown below.

  ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
  **Number**              **Type of Change**      **Location of Change**

  20040374                Replacing Copper        Rome, GA
                          Facilities with Fiber   
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    

  20040375                Replacing Copper        Madison, TN
                          Facilities with Fiber   
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    

  20040376                Central Office          Jackson, AL
                          Conversion              
  ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------

The network change 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:

Mary L. Henze

Assistant Vice President - Federal Regulatory

BellSouth

1133-21^st^ Street, N.W., Suite 900

Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 463-4109

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, DC 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-**
LIDC/RIDER PI Phone Call, October 26, 2007

Sam Armato, Kim Glynn, Tony Reeves, Mike McNitt-Gray, Chuck Meyer, Nick
Petrick, Chuck Fenimore, Paul Kinahan, Binsheng Zhao, Barbara Croft,
Larry Clarke

1.  Go over IDRI/RIDER agenda for November 5^th^

More of a logistical review than a deep scientific review. We have to
justify why we are doing this.

Sam - what is the ultimate goal of the meeting?

Larry -- we are trying to reactivate ramping up the RIDER with links to
the imaging workspace and the IRAT, with a larger scale than what we are
currently doing. So we want to see unity, collaboration, productivity.

RIDER Review

Discuss projects, but project out through the next year into numbers
after another year.

Nick P -- may have some images from microCT too.

Chuck -- phantoms have to with studying bias.

Mike -- the phantom measurement show the cooperation and feedback
between all the parties.

Nick -- there will be more interesting nodules in the future. This gives
experience with phantoms, especially useful for evaluating software
tools.

Paul -- getting bias and variance data, now for 2 manufacturers. The
third should be available within a month. Also working with MIRC field
center issues, on the way to getting the data into the NCIA. He also has
a patient with several imaging sessions and can see the differences.
Would like to tap into the IRAT network to get some of their data. He
will make a pitch for this. How much time to take on mentioning AAPM
task force? ACR physics committee is now being supportive.

Larry -- Give it some attention.

Paul -- pharma support?

Larry -- Jeff Evelhoch will be there and is interested in the topic.

Larry -- Ed Jackson will be speaking about where they are going; there
is no data yet.

Larry -- is the NIST variance work far enough along for comments or
should it be part of Chuck Meyer's talk?

Chuck F. -- thinks he will not be ready to talk about it on the 5^th^.
He can say what NIST is working.

Larry -- could give an overview of NIST's intent, briefly.

Chuck F -- the RECIST evaluation is a secondary issue.

Tony -- could mention CRPF database and the data is available.

Larry -- Chuck M could point to its existence and intent to analyze it.

Larry -- Larry S is coming and will discuss repeat studies. Fred Prior
will talk Monday on what NCIA is doing and about image markup.

Larry -- share slides?

Sam -- probably do not need to do, since redundancy will help make the
points.
> ![](media/image1.wmf) FAA WILLIAM J. HUGHES

TECHNICAL CENTER

#  AWARD NOTIFICATION

AWARDED TO (ADDRESS):

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

320 Panama St.

Stanford, CA 94305

DATE OF AWARD:

7/18/08

CONTRACT OR GRANT AMOUNT:

\$1,832,719.00

**CONTRACT AWARD NO.:**

**     **

**GRANT AWARD NO.:**

08-G-007

GRANT OR CONTRACT PERFORMANCE PERIOD (DURATION):

12 months

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

Stanford, California

SUMMARY OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

The research objective is to provide vertical guidance for approaching
aircraft worldwide based on the new signals from modernized GPS and the
other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), provide more robust
navigation capabilities during the ionospheric storms associated with
the peaks of the solar cycle that occur in 2022 and 2033, and enable
receivers with more strength against radio frequency interference.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (OPTIONS-TIME AND DOLLARS,
IMPORTANCE/SIGNIFICANCE):

     

**NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE**

**CONTRACTING OFFICER:**

     

**NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE GRANTS OFFICER:**

**Michael Latyn, 609-485-6336     **

**ROUTING SYMBOL OF THE REQUISITIONING ORGANIZATION: AJP-7950**

**Note: If a Grant, please fill out the appropriate Grants information.
If a Contract, please fill out the appropriate Contracts information.**

**Please complete the following information for Grants:**

**PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (P/I) (NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL
ADDRESS):**

**Dr. Per Enge, 650-723-2853. penge@stanford.edu**

**FAA TECHNICAL MONITOR (NAME, ORGANIZATION, PHONE NUMBER AND**

**E-MAIL ADDRESS: Ted Urda, 202-493-5197**

**TITLE OF GRANT: \"Maximizing Aviation Benefits from Satellite
Navigation\"**

**GRANT COMPLETION DATE: 7/17/09**
*Poster Presentation 6-34*

**Ethyl Alcohol Production Optimization by Coupling Genetic Algorithm
and Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network**

[Elmer Ccopa Rivera\*]{.underline}, Aline C. da Costa and Rubens Maciel
Filho

Faculty of Chemical Engineering, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP),

CP 6066, Campinas, CEP 13081-970, SP, Brazil

Phone: 19-37883970 email: elmer@feq.unicamp.br

In this work, genetic algorithms (GA) and multilayer perceptron neural
network (MLPNN) were used in combination with modeling and simulation to
optimize an extractive alcoholic fermentation process. The objective is
to maximize productivity and conversion in the fermentor. A comparison
is made between the performances of two models when the process is
optimized using a real-coded and binary-coded genetic algorithms. This
first one is a deterministic model, whose kinetics parameters were
experimentally determined as functions of the temperature, the second is
a non-linear model represented for a MLPNN. The optimization results are
compared and the efficiency of the genetic algorithm is demonstrated.
Besides, the result demonstrated the prediction accuracy of MLPNN. Thus,
MLPNN showed to be a very powerful and flexible tool well suited for
modeling the fermentation process due to an implicit corrective action
arising from the training methodology and the associated estimation
procedure. In addition to establish optimal conditions for operation,
the present methodology also makes possible to predict both conversion
and productivity when the system is disturbed in some way. This is
useful no only for the additional knowledge supplied about the process,
but also for fermentation monitoring and control.
**CAP Robert Rice Brewer Memorial Scholarship**

In memory of Robert Rice Brewer, 2 full scholarships will be awarded to
2 Cadets who meet the eligibility criteria below to participate in the
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Aeroscholars on-line Aviation
Science course.

**Course description:**

High-school age learning course at home or in the classroom provides
in-depth learning in an easy-to-use format. In addition to the online
content, web assistance is available nine hours a day, Monday through
Friday, to assist students with content questions or course
guidance. The course utilizes the Civil Air Patrol *Journey of Flight*
textbook.

EAA Aeroscholars program provides students with:

-   2 college credits and option toward high school science elective

-   a quality introductory experience to on-line learning

-   awareness of career-related opportunities in the field of aviation

-   FAA Private Pilot written examination preparation and sign-off
    following course II.

-   one-year EAA student membership and the monthly EAA publication,
    *Sport Aviation*.

-   2007 Course Registration: September 4th -- October 15th

-   Course completion: January 11^th^, 2008

-   Total course fee: \$440

-   [www.aeroscholars.com](http://www.aeroscholars.com/)

**Cadet Eligibility Criteria:**\
The following criteria applies to the Robert Rice Brewer Memorial
Scholarship:\
\
**1.**  Be a current CAP member;\
**2.**  Must be a high school sophomore, junior, or senior;\
**3.**  Possess and maintain an academic and discipline standard of a
"B" average;

**4.** Understand that upon receiving a scholarship, cadet must complete
the

course; failure to do so may result in ½ reimbursement of funds;

**To Apply:** Please send the attached application to HQ CAP/OR Attn:
Dr. Jeff Montgomery, 105 S. Hansell St. Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332, or
fax 334-953-6891. Please use the additional comments section of the
application to include any other comments that you feel may enhance your
chances of receiving a scholarship; including mentioning financial need.
Please refer any questions to <jmontgomery@cap.gov>.

Deadline to apply: September 1, 2007.

**Robert Rice Brewer**

**September 29, 1920 -- February 8, 1945**

Robert Rice Brewer was born in Birmingham, Alabama on 29 September 1920,
the second son of Frank G. Brewer and Nina B. Rice.

Several months after graduating from Auburn University with a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Business Administration, Robert joined the U.S. Army.

As a Staff Sergeant with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (of the
82^nd^ Airborne), he jumped over Normandy on D-Day 1944 and was captured
on Day Three. He later died of wounds in a German POW camp on 8 February
1945.

Robert was very athletic, loved young people, served with the Boy Scouts
and as a lifeguard at summer camps in the Birmingham area.

His name is on the Wall of the Missing at the Netherlands American
Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Netherlands. He was awarded a Bronze
Star and a Purple Heart.
**Pb Isotopes in ca.** **2.32 Ga shales, South Africa: Evidence for
oxidative continental crust weathering**

**Gerald D. Pollack^1^, Eirik J. Krogstad^1^, and Andrey Bekker^2^**

^1^ -- Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree
Center Ave. SE, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA

^2^ - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251
Broad Branch Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20015-1305 USA

The rise of atmospheric oxygen to a level above 10^-6^ PAL is
constrained between 2.47 and 2.32 Ga based on multiple S-isotope
analyses of early diagenetic pyrite in shales of the Dales Gorge Member,
Western Australia and Rooihoogte-Timeball Hill Formations, South Africa.
It is further inferred that the oxidative part of the Fe and S cycles
started by 2.32 Ga based on S- and Fe-isotope data for pyrite from the
Rooihoogte-Timeball Hill Formations. However, the nature of the rise of
atmospheric oxygen to high levels and whether the oxidative part of the
U-cycle started at that time is not known. Here, we present results of a
Pb isotope study of the same shale samples from the Rooihoogte-Timeball
Hill Formation, which provide an independent test whether oxidative
weathering of continental crust started prior to their deposition.

Pb isotopic compositions of eleven whole-rock black shales have been
determined for the ca. 2.32 Ga Rooihoogte-Timeball Hill Formations of
the Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa. The lead isotopic ratios lie
between 16.8 and 20.8 (^206^Pb/^204^Pb), 15.8 and 16.2
(^207^Pb/^204^Pb), and 35.9 and 39.8 (^208^Pb/^204^Pb). The
^207^Pb/^204^Pb - ^206^Pb/^204^Pb array seems to date from the Early
Proterozoic, therefore the time-integrated thorogenic and uranogenic
lead growth was established at this age. This time-integrated lead
growth implies that the shales had an average Th/U of about 2.5. This is
lower than Th/U ratios measured in Archean shale suites or estimated for
the Archean-Proterozoic average upper crust (Taylor and McLennan, 1985).
This indicates that these samples were enriched to some extent in
uranium with respect to thorium and lead at the time of deposition. In
the modern ocean, U-enrichment in reducing environments corresponds to
uranyl ion reduction from seawater, which is delivered to the ocean by
oxidative weathering of continental crust. Our data indicate that the
oxidative part of the U-cycle also started by ca. 2.32 Ga and suggests
that, by then, sufficient oxygen levels existed in the atmosphere for
oxidative weathering of continental crust.
**The FBI, US Postal Inspectors and state and local authorities are
investigating more than 30 threatening letters that have been received
at financial institutions in NY, NJ, Washington, DC, Ohio, Illinois,
Colorado, Oklahoma, Georgia, California and Texas.  Most of these
letters contain a powder substance with a threatening communication.  At
this point, field and laboratory tests on the powder have been negative.
Should your any part of your institution (corporate offices, branches,
etc.) receive one of theses letters please contact your local FBI office
and ask for the WMD Coordinator.**
**Part 8**

**National Service Life Insurance**

**Authority**: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1901--1929, 1981--1988, unless otherwise
noted.

**Applications**

**§8.0 Definitions of terms used in connection with title 38 CFR, part
8, National Service Life Insurance.**

\(a\) *What does the term "good health" mean?* The term *good health*
means that the applicant is, from clinical or other evidence, free from
any condition that would tend to:

\(1\) Weaken normal physical or mental functions; or

\(2\) Shorten life.

**Note to Paragraph (a):** Conditions that would affect "good health"
are diseases or injuries or residuals of diseases or injuries. A
"residual" is a disability that remains following the original disease
or injury.

\(b\) *What does the term "good health criteria" mean?* The term *good
health criteria* means the underwriting standards that determine whether
a person is in good health. "Good health criteria" are based whenever
possible, as far as practicable, on general insurance usage.
"Underwriting" is the process that sets the terms, conditions, and
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Dear Dr. Odenkirk:

I am a curator of invertebrates at the Lake Biwa Museum in Shiga

Prefecture, Japan. I am writing to you because you seem to be the person

\"in charge\" of northern snakeheads in Virginia. My attention was
caught by

an article from the Washington Post that was reprinted in The Japan
Times

newspaper here: \"Alien snakeheads threaten Potomac River\'s prized game

fish.\" Apparently officials in Virginia and Maryland are afraid of

possible negative effects of northern snakehead on largemouth bass. To
me,

viewing the situation in Lake Biwa, where both species live as
introduced

species, this seems to be an extremely unlikely outcome. Largemouth bass

are the lesser partners in a bluegill/bass plague that have taken over
the

shallow shore waters of Lake Biwa at the expense of many kinds of

indigenous and endemic fishes since the 1970s. Northern snakeheads were

introduced long before, in the 1930s, and there was a period when they
did

undergo a population explosion in the lake, but then declined. Northern

snakeheads are still present in the lake, but you can hardly go
purposely

fishing for them nowadays. They certainly are no threat to the
largemouth

bass population here (if only!).

One of our other curators, Dr. Katsuki Nakai, is a specialist on the

introduced species problem in the lake, with special attention to the

largemouth bass. He is also fluent in English. It might be worth your
while

to have an e-mail conversation with him about bass-vs-snakehead as seen

from the other side. I wonder whether Virginia and Maryland wildlife
officials

have paid sufficient attention to the Japanese experience with northern
snakeheads.

I know there is almost nothing on the subject available in English,
aside from a long-outdated history offered in Yaichiro Okada\'s
monograph. I don\'t expect either of you

have sent any fact-finding missions here, but the Lake Biwa area might
be a

good place to start.

My own work with northern snakeheads was to include them in a

parasitological survey of most (62) of the Lake Biwa area\'s fish
species.

Among its parasites are two that most likely accompanied it from Korea
or

Manchuria, namely a nematode in the caeca (Pingus sinensis) and a

gill-parasitic lernaeid copepod (Lamproglena chinensis). These results
are

published, but in Japanese in places aimed at the public, not in a

scientific journal. \[And by the way, the largemouth bass and bluegill
here

evidently have 4 kinds of North American monogeneans on them;
information

published in the same way.\] Also, in Japan (but no record in Lake Biwa
to

date), snakeheads are reputed to be one of the more notorious hosts of a

nematode whose larva causes gnathostomiasis (discolored subcutaneous

burrows) in humans if they consume infested snakehead sashimi. Have your

parasitologists or those in Maryland found anything introduced along
with

your snakeheads?

Sincerely, Mark J. Grygier, Ph.D. General Research Scientist and Head

of Museum Studies Research Section
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A Comparison of Photometric Precision Between three different reduction
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The NASA SWIFT mission contains both a Gamma ray and UV-optical (UV/OT)
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Blazars are among some of the brightest Gamm Ray objects in the sky. I
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and 1ES 2344+514. I have tested 3 different reduction techniques: the
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HOUSING PRODUCTION AND MORTGAGE CREDIT - FHA

TRANSMITTAL 4210.1 REV

June 25, 1975

1\. This Transmittal Transmits:

Revised HUD Handbook 4210.1, Homeownership for Lower-Income Families

Section 235(i) - Basic Instructions.

2\. Explanation of Material Transmitted:

The revised pages reflect statutory and administrative provisions of

the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. In addition minor

editorial corrections have been made. The following paragraphs have

been revised: Paragraph 1-3, Homeownership Counseling; Paragraph 3-2,

Income Limits; Paragraph 3-3, Recertification of Income; 3-4, Asset

Limitations; Paragraph 3-10, Preference for Displacees; and Paragraph

3-11, Tenure of Residence.

Section 518(b) instructions are now contained in Chapter 3 of

Handbook 4070.1, Constructions Complaints and Section 518(a) and (b).

3\. Filing Instructions:

Remove: Insert:

Handbook 4210.1, dated 1/73 Handbook 4210.1 REV

and 4210.1 Changes dated dated 6/75

10/26/73, 12/5/73, 5/6/74 and

11/20/74

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(Acting Assistant Secretary for

Housing Production and

Mortgage Credit - FHA

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4210.1 Rev.

HOMEOWNERSHIP

FOR

LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES

SECTION 235(i)

BASIC INSTRUCTIONS

JUNE 1975

PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

AND

HUD STAFF

A HUD HANDBOOK

HOUSING PRODUCTION AND MORTGAGE CREDIT-FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20410
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\(b\) The veteran is financially liable to the provider of the emergency
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\(c\) The veteran has no coverage under a health-plan contract for
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