BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Tammi Schone - (605) 352-1102

# RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES VALUABLE ASSISTANCE[ *BDM Culmination Event Held* ]{.underline}

**(Britton, South Dakota -- April 25, 2006)** Curtis Anderson, United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Deputy
Administrator for Rural Utilities programs was in South Dakota to
participate in an Earth Day recognition event for BDM Rural Water
System. Today's announcement highlights the importance that President
Bush places on a strong environmental policy that is compatible with a
growing, healthy economy.

"USDA Rural Development applauds the BDM Rural Water System for their
active role in bringing quality water into parts of rural South Dakota,"
Anderson said. "The leveraging of funds to take on a project of this
extent reflects a strong sense of foresight and commitment to the
prosperity of its rural communities by all partners involved."

The BDM Rural Water System, located in the northern part of South
Dakota, has been involved in an expansion project into eastern Marshall
and Roberts Counties. Over the past several years, BDM has been the
recipient of federal funds totaling \$9.3 million, in addition to
leveraged funds received from state and local governments, and Indian
Health Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs. The combined partnership
of funds has assisted them with completing four phases of a multi-phased
project. Making water available to rural areas has helped keep families
in areas that otherwise might have been deserted.

"We recognize the local efforts which go into making a project of this
magnitude come to fruition. Federal funds have assisted with new storage
reservoirs, replacement of water lines, and construction of additions to
BDM's treatment facility and the hook-up of additional users," said
South Dakota State Director Lynn D. Jensen of USDA Rural Development.

"Rural Development has played a major role in securing funding and
making these projects happen in eastern Marshall and Roberts Counties,"
said David Wade, Manager for the BDM Rural Water System. He continued,
"We look forward to working with Rural Development in our next project
of expanding to the Hecla area and also internally,"

USDA Rural Development Business and Community Programs Director Doug
Roehl and Area Director Bruce Jones also attended the event. USDA Rural
Development has ten offices in the state that assist rural communities.
Office locations include a state office in Huron, along with area
offices in Aberdeen, Huron, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls,
Sturgis, Watertown, and Yankton.

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

**- USDA -**
REPAYMENT OF UNSPENT FUNDS by CHECK

(Section 416(b)/Food for Progress/McGovern-Dole)

TO: Director, Food Assistance Division

USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service

STOP 1034

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20250-1034

From:

Subject: Agreement
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, Budget
Number \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_,

Country \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

In accordance with the above referenced Agreement and Budget, we hereby
return to USDA the unspent amount of
\$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. This includes
administrative funds in the amount of
\$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_; internal transportation,
shipping and handling funds in the amount of
\$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_; interest in the amount of
\$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_; and projects/technical
assistance (under McGovern-Dole only) of
\$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

If repaying under a Food for Progress or 416(b) program, please **make
the check payable to** the **Commodity Credit Corporation**. If repaying
under a McGovern-Dole International Food for Education program, please
make the check payable to USDA's **Foreign Agricultural Service**.

Also provide the following information on the check:

1\. Agreement number:

2\. Country:

3\. Type of Program (Section 416(b) or Food for Progress or
McGovern-Dole)

4\. Type of Cost:

Please mail the check to:

Director, Food Assistance Division

USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service

1400 Independence Avenue, SW, STOP 1034,

Washington, DC 20250-1034

Sincerely,

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Tax Reform Comments

For

The President\'s Advisory Panel on Tax Reform

Submitted by:

David Murphy, Taxpayer

1047 Sylvia Lane

Tampa, FL 33613

03/07/05

Comments For Tax Reform

Category: Individual

David Murphy

1047 Sylvia Lane

Tampa, FL 33613

03/07/05

1\. Simply: If every member of Congress cannot prepare their own taxes
(and *they* make the law), it is the wrong system. Why should a family
or family business be forced to pay an outside vendor \$500 to \$1000
just to comply with a system that is over 8 million words long?

2\. Depreciation tables are outdated and not fair. How can we be
expected to depreciate furnishings and machinery for 10 years, when (a)
items are no longer built to last, and (b) technology items like
computers and peripherals antiquate in a matter of months, not years? We
are discouraged from purchasing new equipment!

3\. We must change to a consumption based tax system and stop taxing
productivity. With NO EXEMPTIONS, a national sales tax rate can be 1% or
less. The tax should be applied at all levels, on the exchange of money
for any goods and services, from purchase and sale of raw materials, to
final product or service. Do the math - at 1%, it will work. The poor
pay less. The rich pay more. Illegals will pay the tax, even if
unscrupulous employers pay them in cash. Except for a handful of states,
the infrastructure to collect the tax is in place already. If you are
worried about an underground economy (person to person transactions),
may I remind you that we already have over 30% non-compliance with the
present system. A 24% tax on only select items (big ticket items) will
kill the housing market and auto manufacturing, which are driving our
economy. Exemptions will also fuel special interests. Tax
[everything]{.underline} at 1%.

4\. This change MUST be accompanied by the abolition of the 16^th^
Amendment. We cannot allow even the possibility of a dual system to
exist. Europeans currently face middle class income taxes of 50% to 60%,
in *addition to* national VATs and GSTs as high as 16%. They have
stagnant economies and double-digit unemployment.

Thank you,

David Murphy

Tampa, FL 33613
**DA 03-2599**

**Released: August 6, 2003**

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU GRANTS UPPER AND LOWER PAGING BAND
LICENSES

**AUCTION EVENT NO. 40**

**Report No. AUC-40 (Auction No. 40)**

On July 25, 2003, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announced that
it was prepared to grant the application for the licenses listed in
Attachment A to the winning bidder of Upper and Lower Paging Band
Licenses (Auction 40) provided that the applicant made final payment
before the deadlines established by the Commission.[^1] The final
payment deadline was August 8, 2003.[^2]

Final payment was received for these licenses by the payment deadline.
Accordingly, by this Public Notice we announce the grant of the Upper
and Lower Paging Band Licenses listed in Attachment A. We grant these
licenses pursuant to Section 309(a) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C.
§ 309(a), and section 0.331 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §
0.331, because it will service the public interest, convenience and
necessity.

This Public Notice contains the following Attachments:

Attachment A: Application the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is
Granting.

Attachment B: Instructions for Searching for the Application Listed in
Attachment A Using ULS.

Attachment C: Instructions for Searching for Granted Licenses Listed in
Attachment A Using ULS.

Attachment D: Instructions for Accessing the FCC Network Using Windows
95/98.

For further information, the news media should contact Meribeth
McCarrick, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-0654. For questions regarding
legal matters and licensing

issues, contact Evan Baranoff, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
Commercial Wireless Division,

Policy and Rules Branch, at (202) 418-7142.

[^1]: *See* Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces It is Prepared
    to Upper and Lower Paging Band Licenses Upon Full and Timely
    Payment, *Public Notice*, DA 03-2470 (rel. July 25, 2003).

[^2]: *See id.*
Before the

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In the Matter of ) File No.: EB-02-TP-207

> )

Fenix Broadcasting Corp. ) NAL/Acct. No. 200232700008

Licensee, Station WWFE(AM) )

Miami, Florida ) FRN 0006-1648-67

## FORFEITURE ORDER

**Adopted: August 2, 2002** **Released: August 7, 2002**

By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:

1.  In this *Forfeiture Order* ("*Order*"), we issue a monetary
    forfeiture in the amount of twenty-one thousand dollars (\$21,000)
    to Fenix Broadcasting Corp. ("Fenix"), licensee of Station WWFE(AM),
    Miami, Florida, for willful violation of Sections 11.35(a), 17.51,
    and 73.49 of the Commission's Rules ("the Rules").[^1] The noted
    violations involve Fenix's failure to have Emergency Alert System
    equipment operational on March 28, 2002, failure to exhibit tower
    lights from sunset to sunrise, and failure to enclose antenna towers
    having radio frequency potential at the base within effective locked
    enclosures.

2\. On May 7, 2002, the District Director of the Commission's Tampa,
Florida Field Office issued a *Notice of Apparent Liability for
Forfeiture* ("*NAL*")[^2] in the amount of \$21,000 to Fenix. Fenix has
not filed a response to the *NAL*. Based on the information before us,
we affirm the forfeiture.

3\. **ACCORDINGLY,** **IT IS ORDERED THAT**, pursuant to Section 503(b)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, ("the Act"),[^3] and
Sections 0.111, 0.311 and 1.80(f)(4) of the Rules,[^4] Fenix
Broadcasting Corp. **IS LIABLE FOR A MONETARY FORFEITURE** in the amount
of \$21,000 for willfully violating Sections 11.35(a), 17.51, and 73.49
of the Rules.

4\. Payment of the forfeiture shall be made in the manner provided for
in Section 1.80 of the Rules[^5] within 30 days of the release of this
*Order*. If the forfeiture is not paid within the period specified, the
case may be referred to the Department of Justice for collection
pursuant to Section 504(a) of the Act.[^6] Payment shall be made by
mailing a check or similar instrument, payable to the order of the
"Federal Communications Commission," to the Federal Communications
Commission, P.O. Box 73482, Chicago, Illinois 60673-7482. The payment
should note NAL/Acct. No. 200232700008, and FRN 0006-1648-67. Requests
for full payment under an installment plan should be sent to: Chief,
Revenue and Receivables Operations Group, 445 12th Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554.[^7]

5\. **IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT** this *Order* shall be sent by regular
mail and by certified mail, return receipt requested, to Fenix
Broadcasting Corp., 330 S.W. 27^th^ Avenue #207, Miami, Florida 33135.

**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION**

David H. Solomon

Chief, Enforcement Bureau

[^1]: 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.35(a), 17.51, and 73.49.

[^2]: *Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture*, NAL/Acct. No.
    200232700008 (Enf. Bur., Tampa Field Office, released May 7, 2002).

[^3]: 47 U.S.C. § 503(b).

[^4]: 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311, 1.80(f)(4).

[^5]: 47 C.F.R. § 1.80.

[^6]: 47 U.S.C. § 504(a).

[^7]: *See* 47 C.F.R. § 1.1914.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Tammi Schone - (605) 352-1102

# WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA HEAD START RELOCATES HEADQUARTERS *[USDA Rural Development Funds of \$212,500 Assists With the Project]{.underline}*

**(Belle Fourche, SD -- July 19, 2007)** USDA Rural Development Manager
Nancy Clarke met with Technology for the Rural Enhancement of
Communities (TREC) officials to award \$212,500 in loan and grant
funding for the purchase and remodeling of an existing office building
in Belle Fourche. The upgraded facility will house the administration
for TREC - Badlands Head Start/Early Head Start (BHS/EHS) programs.

TREC is the 501(c) (3) grantee for Badlands Head Start/Early Head Start
funding from the US Department of Health & Human Services Administration
for Children and Families. BHS/EHS programs provide home-based Early
Head Start services to eligible families in Perkins, Harding, and Butte
Counties, as well as either home based and/or center based Head Start
services for eligible families in Corson, Perkins, Harding, Shannon, and
Bennett Counties. Rural Development community facility loan funds of
\$185,000 and grant funds of \$27,500 will be leveraged with an
applicant contribution of \$20,000 for the purchase and remodeling of
the facility.

"On behalf of the TREC Board, BHS/EHS Policy Council and staff, I would
like to say that we are extremely thankful for the support we have
received from the USDA Rural Development office, the Head Start Region
VIII office, BHS/EHS' families and our Community Partners in making this
purchase possible. We are also excited about the opportunities that are
being presented through this purchase for TREC -- Badlands Head
Start/Early Head Start programs," said Douglas Jacobson, Executive
Director for TREC.

Mike Jaspers, USDA Rural Development State Director stated, "These
federal funds will ensure the continuation of a valuable educational
service for our children," said Jaspers. "Last Year alone, BHS/EHS
provided service to 266 children in six counties in western South Dakota
including Butte, Perkins, Harding, Corson, Shannon and Bennett."

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

**-USDA-**
**Lesson Info**

-   **Lesson Number:** FPPD-LL-0046

-   **Lesson Date:** 29-Nov-2000

-   **Submitting Organization:** GSFC (415)

-   **Submitted by:** Ray McGlynn

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

Requirement for Command & Telemetry List Documentation during Subsystem
CDRs

**Description of Driving Event:**

One item that is often misunderstood at Subsystem CDR, is the importance
of the Command & Telemetry (C&T) List covering a subsystem to be
presented at Subsystem CDR. Actually, the subsystem C&T list should be
submitted, understood, approved, and put under configuration management
at the time of the Subsystem CDR. The latter should be written into the
Subsystem CDR Review requirements of the contract. The question
specified in the Rationale Section below should be an agenda item of
that review. All changes to the configured C&T list after that review
(there is often a pressure to reduce sample rates) should likewise be
well reviewed and understood.

**Lesson(s) Learned:**

The Subsystem CDR is likely to be the last time, that a large group of
subsystem experts is convened to assess the design characteristics,
operations, and risks associated with the specified design. Associated
with the operations and risks of that design is the following important
question that must be addressed by that group of experts. If the
subsystem, or any component of that subsystem, does not perform or
behave in the anticipated way, does the telemetry afford the information
(data points selected, and sample rates) required to debug, understand
and if necessary correct for the anomalous behavior? Such design items
as the placement of thermistors (from which data is telemetered), or the
sample rate of a digital servo error measurement must be understood and
controlled by the subsystem experts, and not allowed to be changed
arbitrarily by someone who is only responsible for a system data rate
budget.

**Recommendation(s):**

A CM controlled version of Command and Telemetry List documentation
should be part of the subsystem CDR data package. In order to
comprehensively evaluate subsystem design and assess
operability/diagnostic capabilities this information must be available.

**Evidence of Recurrence Control Effectiveness:**

**Applicable NASA Enterprise(s):**

Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology

Earth Science

Human Exploration and Development of Space

Space Science

**Applicable Crosscutting Process(es):**

Provide Aerospace Prods & Capabilities: Evaluation

Communicate Knowledge

**Additional Key Phrase(s):**

Configuration Management

Flight Operations

Flight Equipment

Ground Operations

Ground Equipment

Spacecraft

**Can this lesson be included in the International Safety Lessons
Learned (ISLL) Database?** No

**Submitted by:** Ray McGlynn

**Mail Stop/Code:** GSFC 415

**Lesson Author (if different):** David K. Martin

**Phone Number:** 301-286-3232

**E-Mail Address:** David.K.Martin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

**Lesson Date:** 11 / 21 / 2000
Insights into ocean redox evolution from metals and metal isotopes

Ariel D. Anbar

*Department of Geological Sciences*

*Arizona State University*

*Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404*

*USA*

anbar@asu.edu

Timothy W. Lyons

*Department of Earth Sciences*

*University of California, Riverside*

*USA*

The stable isotope geochemistry of transition metals is emerging as a
powerful new approach to examine environmentally-induced changes in
metal biogeochemical cycling. Applied to the Precambrian, this approach
is now providing important and provocative information about ocean redox
evolution. For example, iron isotope data in sedimentary sulfides
provide compelling evidence in support of the "three stage" model of
ocean redox evolution (1), while molybdenum isotopes point to extended
deep-sea anoxia during the mid-Proterozoic as compared to today (2).
Quantitative interpretations, while elusive, will develop as research in
modern depositional systems improves the calibration of ancient
signatures.

Complementary advances are emerging from research into metal abundances
in ancient sediments. Transition metal abundances have long been
recognized as important indicators of ocean and atmosphere redox, the
most spectacular example being the cessation of widespread BIF
deposition after \~ 1.8 Ga. However, limited understanding of
sedimentary metal geochemistry and a general paucity of data hampered
more general interpretations of measurements in Precambrian sediments.
This situation is changing as a result of extensive "ground truthing" in
Paleozoic and young marine settings and expansion of the Precambrian
database (3).

This presentation will provide an overview of these recent developments,
emphasizing how studies of iron and molybdenum isotopes and redox metal
abundances in ancient black shales are deepening our understanding of
secular changes in ocean oxygenation.

1.  Rouxel et al., *Science*, **307**: 1088 (2005).

2.  Arnold et al., *Science*, **304**: 87 (2004).

3.  Algeo and Lyons, *Paleoceanography*, in press.
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION

FILED BY BELLSOUTH

**Report No. NCD-1293 August 2, 2006**

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://interconnection.bellsouth.com/**](http://interconnection.bellsouth.com/)

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

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

  20060119 Revision       Replace Copper          Hohenwald, TN
  20030177                Facilities with Fiber   
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    

  20060120 Revision       Replace Copper          Shelbyville, TN
  20040064                Facilities with Fiber   
                          Optic Cable and Digital 
                          Loop Carrier Systems    
  ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------

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:

Steven D. Long

Assistant Manager/Federal Regulatory

BellSouth D.C., Inc.

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

Washington, DC 20036-3351 Phone: (202) 463-4107

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-**
INSURANCE\--IMMUNITY FROM TORT LIABILITY (1852.228-80) (SEPT 2000)

If the offeror is partially or totally immune from tort liability to
third persons as a State agency or as a charitable institution, the
offeror will include in its offer a representation to that effect. When
the successful offeror represented in its offer that it is immune from
tort liability, the following clause(s) will be included in the
resulting contract:

\(a\) When the offeror represents that it is partially immune from tort
liability to third persons as a State agency or charitable institution,
the clause at FAR 52.228-7, Insurance\--Liability to Third Persons, and
the associated NFS clause 1852.228-81, Insurance\--Partial Immunity From
Tort Liability, will be included in the contract.

\(b\) When the offeror represents that it is totally immune from tort
liability to third persons as a State agency or as a charitable
institution, the clause at NFS 1852.228-82, Insurance\--Total Immunity
From Tort Liability, will be included in the contract.

(End of provision)
American Myth and the Spectatorship of SF Films:

Reviewing *Star Wars* and \"Deep Space Homer\" of *The Simpsons*

Youngjeen Choe (Chung-Ang Univ.)

The science fiction was established as a typical genre of the American
popular culture by the monumental releases of two series: *Star Wars*
and *Star Trek*. Based on the popular science discourse, these two
series have functioned as an ideological apparatus for re-appropriating
Frontierism which reflects the essential values of American myth.
Arguably, the SF genre owes its success mainly to the increasing
popularity of science during the 1960s and 1970s, which was well
represented in the space project of NASA. This power of popular science,
however, tends to weaken in the 1990s as the public interest in NASA\'s
project gradually decreases. \"Deep Space Homer,\" an episode of *The
Simpson*\'s fifth season, reflects the changing attitude of the American
audience toward the new American hero created in the SF series of
popular science in the previous popular culture.
***BLM News***![](media/image1.png){width="1.1826388888888888in"
height="0.9125in"}

NEVADA STATE OFFICE NO. 2004-42

FOR RELEASE: Monday, May 24, 2004

CONTACT: Chris Hanefeld, (775) 289-1742 or Maxine Shane, (775) 861-6586

**BLM Sponsors June Meetings in Tonopah and Pioche on**

**Yucca Mountain Railroad Corridor Withdrawal**

On June 22 and 23, citizens have an additional opportunity to offer
comments and suggestions on a proposed withdrawal and land use
authorizations associated with a proposed railroad corridor to the Yucca
Mountain geologic repository in southern Nevada.

Representatives of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host open
houses in Tonopah on June 22 and in Pioche on June 23. The Tonopah
public scoping meeting is at the Convention Center, 301 W. Brougher, and
the Pioche meeting is in the Lincoln County Courthouse, 1 North Main.
Both public scoping meetings will be in the open house format and are
set for 1 to 3 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Representatives of the
Department of Energy (DOE) will attend both meetings to discuss the
proposed railroad corridor with members of the public.

The BLM received an application in December 2003, from DOE to withdraw
public lands along a 319-mile route from Caliente to the proposed Yucca
Mountain repository site in Nevada from surface entry and mining. The
withdrawal is to evaluate lands for the potential construction,
operation and maintenance of a rail line. The Caliente Rail Corridor
would be for transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste to a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain.

-MORE-

BLM Sponsors June Meetings in Tonopah and Pioche -- 2222

Land use plan amendments may be necessary in four BLM land use plans
whether the BLM grants a withdrawal or an alternative, such as granting
a right-of-way for the rail line. The four plans are the Caliente and
Schell Management Framework Plans and the Tonopah and Las Vegas Resource
Management Plans.

Information obtained at the June meetings will assist BLM as it works on
a land use planning amendment and associated environmental impact
statement. Comments will be considered as input to the proposed
withdrawal and the associated environmental impact statement. Comments
received in Tonopah and Pioche will be considered equally with comments
received at five meetings held by the DOE in May in Amargosa Valley,
Goldfield, Caliente, Reno and Las Vegas.

Written comments on the withdrawal or land use plan amendments or the
associated environmental impact statement may be sent to Dan Netcher,
Ely Field Office, BLM, BC33, Box 33500, Ely, Nevada 89301-9408. Comments
are requested by June 30, 2004.

For further information, write the BLM at the address above or call
Netcher at 775 289-1872.

-30-
**[WOUND CARE AND MANAGEMENT]{.underline}**

  ----------------------------- ------ -----------------------------------
  **Wound Care and**                   

  **Management**                       **Wound assessment and treatment
                                       suggestions.**

                                       **Includes care and management of
                                       pressure**

                                       **ulcers, stasis ulcers, traumatic
                                       wounds,**

                                       **surgical wounds and burns.**

                                       

                                       

  **Days & times\...**                 **By appointment:**

                                       

  **Location\...**                     **4^th^ Floor, Room D450**

                                       

  **Coordinator(s)\...**               **Carol Austin RN, CWOCN**

                                       **Ext. 5550, pager 779-3926**

                                       

                                       **Billie Lane RN, CWOCN**

                                       **Ext. 5179, pager 779-0211**

                                       

  **Department(s)\...**                **Nursing (CS/118)**

                                       

  **Open to\...**                      **Veterans**

                                       

  **How to enroll\...**                **Any health care staff may enter a
                                       consult**

                                       **into CPRS to Enterostomy.**

                                       

                                       **Co-pay charges may apply for
                                       Veterans in**

                                       **Enrollment Priority Groups 7 &
                                       8.**
  ----------------------------- ------ -----------------------------------

![](media/image1.png){width="0.7506944444444444in"
height="1.6576388888888889in"}

Additional Patient Education materials are available here:
<http://www.phoenix.va.gov/phoenix/patients/patiented.asp>,\
or visit our website at: <http://www.phoenix.va.gov/>.
**Edward B. Knipling\
**Administrator 

Dr. Knipling is a native of Texas, but grew up primarily in the
Washington, D.C. area. He earned his B.S. in 1961 in forestry from
Virginia Tech University. He received his M.A. in 1963 and Ph.D. in 1966
in plant physiology from Duke University.

Dr. Knipling served in the U.S. Army 1966-68, conducting research on
remote sensing of environment. He began his career with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in 1968
as a research plant physiologist in Gainesville, Florida. He has also
served as Area Director for ARS in Stoneville, Mississippi (1975-78),
and in Fresno, California (1978-82), and Associate Deputy Administrator,
National Program Staff, Beltsville, Maryland (1982-88). Dr. Knipling
served as Director of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center,
Beltsville, Maryland (1988-89) and served as Deputy Administrator of the
National Program Staff, Beltsville, Maryland, until October 1996. Dr.
Knipling served as Acting Administrator for ARS from October 1996 to
November 1997. Dr. Knipling was appointed Associate Administrator of ARS
in December 1997. Dr. Knipling was appointed Acting Administrator of ARS
in December 2001. Dr. Knipling was appointed Administrator of ARS in
July 2004.
### Poster Presentation 5-21

**Relationship Between Secondary Metabolites Production and Batch Growth
Kinetics of *Monascus purpureus* sp.**

# Daniela Gerevini Pereira\*, Sandra Bilbao Orozco, Beatriz V. Kilikian

Department of Chemical Engineering -- EPUSP

CP 61548 CEP 05424-970, São Paulo -- BRAZIL

Phone: 55 11 3091 2282; Fax: 55 11 3091 2284; E-mail:
[danisol@yahoo.com](mailto:gisele.miyashira@poli.usp.br)

*Monascus purpureus* sp., synthesize useful secondary metabolites like
pigments, a hypocholesterolemic agent (lovatastin) and antibiotics.
Among the pigments, the red ones has been used for coloring foods,
specially meat and sausage products, being an important substitute for
the highly toxic nitrite.

Kinetics of growth and red pigment production of *M. purpureus* CCT 3802
were achieved in liquid medium cultures (Bio Flo III, New Brunswick
Scientific, SL), having as variable agitation frequencies (N = 500 and
700rpm) and dissolved oxygen level (DO controlled at 10% and higher than
70%). In each culture, the level of N and DO, results different values
of maximum specific oxygen uptake rate, q~O2máx~, observed during the
exponential phase of the cultures. There is a direct correlation between
q~O2~ and DO, as usually observed in other processes.

The lowest value of q~O2máx~ (about 2.45 mmol O~2~/g cell/h) and DO
(10%) is associated with low value of red pigment production and
specific growth rate (μ~x~ = 0.11 h^-1^). The low red pigment
production, in this situation, is likely to be due to the dissolved
oxygen limitation. Under values of q~O2máx~ higher than presented above,
the red pigments production was increased, although the citrinin (toxic
metabolite) and yellow pigments (synthesized whit the same pathway of
the red pigments), were increased in a higher proportion.

In this work, appropriate values of DO and q~O2~, were determined in
order to enhance (more than three times) the ratio between red pigment
production and citrinin production**.**
**STATEMENT OF**

**COMMISSIONER JONATHAN S. ADELSTEIN**

*Re: Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008*,
MD Docket No. 08-65

Through this Order, the Commission fulfills its obligation under Section
9 of the Act to collect regulatory fees to recover the agency's costs of
operating. Regulatory fees, which cover the costs of our user
information services and our enforcement, policy, rulemaking, and
international activities, are not insubstantial. Moreover, despite the
significant changes in the communications industry and the Commission's
regulatory priorities, the Commission has not conducted a sweeping
review of the regulatory fee methodology since 1994. For these reasons,
I have issued a yearly call for the Commission to conduct a thorough
review of our regulatory fee policies. So, I am pleased that this Order
and Further Notice finally does so, seeking comment broadly on the need
for changes in the regulatory fees for individual services.

I am pleased that the Commission finally acknowledges that our
methodology for calculating regulatory fees paid by submarine cable
operators is impaired and requires revision. We must ensure that we take
action to adopt a revised methodology to be effective for FY 2009. These
providers, who have argued that the current fee structure results in
certain operators paying fees that can approach the wholesale prices
they receive from their consumers, originally sought changes to the fee
structure over two years ago. So, while I fully support our efforts to
address regulatory fees more broadly, as we propose in the attached
Further Notice, I also support our decision to impose a specific
deadline for addressing the submarine cable fee structure, and I
encourage the Commission to move forward quickly to implement changes
which are long overdue.

For these reasons, I approve this Order and Further Notice.
**Loihi Metagenomics: Search for Neutrophilic Iron Oxidation genes.**

Ashita Dhillon

*The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and
Evolution*

*Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543*

adhillon@mbl.edu

Katrina Edwards

*Geomicrobiology Group* *Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry*

*Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543*

Eric Webb,

# Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543

Dan Rogers

*Geomicrobiology Group* *Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry*

*Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543*

Mitchell L Sogin

*The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and
Evolution*

*Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543*

Iron (Fe) is the most abundant redox active element in solar system, and
the second most abundant redox active element in Earth's crust. The
capacity for Fe-oxidation occurs widely amongst members of both
prokaryotic domains of life. The activities of Fe-oxidizing bacteria
(FeOB) exert critical influence on many major elemental cycles including
the carbon (C) cycle. Despite their importance in biosphere-geosphere
processes, the fundamental biology of Fe-oxidation remains the poorest
understood of any of the major metabolic pathways in the microbial
world. FeOB are difficult to culture, none have been amenable to genetic
manipulations, and obtaining appropriate biomass for biochemical work is
often unreasonably difficult.

We constructed a metagenomic library from Loihi seamount a volcano that
is part of Hawaiian archipelago. The vent fluid is characterized by high
concentration of CO~2~ and Fe (II). Approximately 8,500 clones were
screened for orange phenotype. Two clone with the desired coloration
were found and were sequenced along with an orange clone from
*Marinobacter* fosmid library. All the fosmid showed the presence of the
*hemA* gene. We are currently doing biochemical studies with the fosmids
as *E. coli* the host has the *yacK* gene which is a multicopper oxidase
protein with ferroxidase activity.
22‑50322-503.  [Jurisdiction; exceptions]{.underline}

A.  The small claims division has concurrent original jurisdiction with
the justice court in all civil actions in which the debt, damage, tort,
injury or value of the personal property claims either by the plaintiff
or defendant does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars,
exclusive of interest and costs, and in actions in which a party seeks
to disaffirm, avoid or rescind a contract, or seeks equitable relief,
and the amount at issue does not exceed two thousand five hundred
dollars.

B.  The small claims division does not have jurisdiction over the
following:

1.  Those matters excluded from justice court jurisdiction as provided
in section 22‑201.

2.  Actions involving claims of defamation by libel or slander.

3.  Actions in forcible entry, forcible detainer or unlawful detainer.

4.  Actions for specific performance.

5.  Actions brought or defended on behalf of a class.

6.  Actions requesting or involving prejudgment remedies.

7.  Actions involving injunctive relief.

8.  Traffic violations and other criminal matters.

9.  Actions against this state, its political subdivisions or an officer
or employee of the state or its political subdivisions in his official
capacity. 22‑503
**DA 08-1184**

**Released: May 19, 2008**

**NOTICE OF NON-STREAMLINED DOMESTIC 214 APPLICATION GRANTED**

**WT Docket No. 07-274**

Pursuant to section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
47 U.S.C. § 214, and sections 0.91, 0.291, and 63.03 of the Commission's
rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 63.03, the Wireline Competition
Bureau (Bureau) approves the application of United Companies, Inc. (UCI)
and General Communication, Inc. (GCI) to transfer control of the
domestic common carrier transmission lines of UCI's subsidiaries,
Unicom, Inc., United Utilities, Inc., and United-KUC, Inc., to GCI.[^1]
No commenters opposed grant of the application.

The Bureau finds, upon consideration of the record, that the proposed
transfer will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity and,
therefore grants the requested authorization.[^2] Pursuant to section
1.103 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.103, the consent granted
herein is effective upon the release of this Public Notice. Petitions
for reconsideration under section 1.106 or applications for review under
section 1.115 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.106, 1.115, may
be filed within 30 days of the date of this Public Notice.

For further information, please contact Jodie May at 202 / 418-0913,
Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.

-- FCC **--**

[^1]: *General Communication, Inc. and United Companies, Inc. Seek FCC
    Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations*, WT
    Docket No. 07-274, Public Notice, DA 07-4902 (rel. Dec. 6, 2007)
    (*Public Notice*).

[^2]: Applicants did not seek streamlined treatment for the domestic
    section 214 application under section 63.03(b) of the Commission's
    rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.03(b). In light of the multiple applications
    before the Commission in this transaction and the public review
    associated with them, the Bureau concluded, pursuant to section
    63.03(c) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.03(c), that the
    domestic application would be accepted as a non-streamlined filing.
    *Public Notice* at 2. The Applicants have stated that GCI does not
    presently offer local exchange service in any of the communities
    served by the UCI subsidiaries, and that the existing local service
    territories of the Applicants are neither overlapping nor adjacent.
    *Id*. at 2.
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# FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

> March 29, 2007
>
> **Iraq Veteran Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship**
>
> ***Education Made Possible by VA's Montgomery GI Bill***
>
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> University, is one of the latest additions to that 63-year-old success
> story.
>
> A native of Tulsa, Okla., majoring in political science, Stiner was
> among only 75 college juniors to receive a prestigious \$30,000 Truman
> Scholarship. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation honors
> students who are entering public service.
>
> "VA is proud to see a veteran using the GI Bill receive such a
> prestigious honor," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson.
> "Stiner is a perfect example of how VA's education programs continue
> to work for our newest generation of combat veterans."
>
> "The GI Bill was part of the reason I joined the military," said
> Stiner. "It has enabled me to attend college and really focus on my
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>
> After graduating, Stiner, who began using the Montgomery GI Bill in
> July 2004, plans to pursue a master's degree in public administration
> from the University of Georgia.
>
> In 2000, Stiner enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served four
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> combat instructor of water survival and as a Green Belt martial arts
> instructor. Stiner spent seven months in Iraq.
>
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>
> **Truman Scholar 2/2/2/2**
>
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>
> The GI Bill's educational benefits trace their roots back to June 22,
> 1944, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the GI
> Bill of Rights, which gave veterans financial assistance with advanced
> educational or vocational training. The current version of that
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>
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> \# \# \#
Thejappa Golla specializes in the observational and theoretical studies
of radio phenomena originating from the solar atmosphere and
interplanetary medium. He has authored or co-authored about 40
scientific papers. He has extensively used the Ulysses and Wind high
resolution observations of in situ waves to study the nonlinear
processes in the solar wind. He has developed statistical ray tracing
programs to study the radio emissions from the quiet sun.

Selected Publications

1.  Thejappa, G., and M. R. Kundu, Unusually Low Coronal Radio Emission
    at the Solar Minimum, Sol. Phy., 140, 19, 1992.

2.  Thejappa, G., and M. R. Kundu, The Effects of Large and Small Scale
    Density Structures on the Radio Emission from the Coronal Streamers,
    Sol. Phys., 149, 31, 1993.

3.  Thejappa, G., D. Lengyel-Frey, R. G. Stone and M. L. Goldstein,
    Evaluation of Emission Mechanisms at \$\\omega\_{pe}\$ Using Ulysses
    Observations of Type III Bursts, Astrophys. Journal., 1993, vol.416
    p831.

4.  Thejappa, G., and R. J. MacDowall, Evidence for Strong and Weak
    Turbulence Processes in the Source Region of a Local Type III Radio
    Burst, Astrophys. J., 498, 465, 1998. 5.

5.  Thejappa, G., M. L. Goldstein, R. J. MacDowall, K. Papadopoulos
    and R. G. Stone, Evidence for Langmuir Envelope Solitons in Solar
    Type III Burst Source Regions, JGR, 28279, 104, 1999.

6.  Thejappa, G., and R. J. MacDowall, Langmuir waves in the vicinity of
    interplanetary type II bursts and the Consequences for type II Burst
    Models, Astrophys. J., 544, L163-167, 2000.

7.  Thejappa, G., D.G. Wentzel, and R. G. Stone, Low frequency waves
    associated with Langmuir waves in Solar wind, JGR, 100, 3417, 1995.

8.  Thejappa, G., and R. J. MacDowall, Fragmented Structure of
    interplanetary type II bursts, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 106, 25313
    2001.

9.  Thejappa, G., R. J. MacDowall, E. E. Scime and J. E. Littleton,
    Evidence for electrostatic decay in the solar wind at 5.2 A. U.,
    108, No. A3, 1139, doi:10.1029/2002JA009290, J.Geophys. Res., 2003.

10. Thejappa, G., P. Zlobec, R. J. MacDowall, Polarization and
    fragmentation of solar type II radio bursts, 592, No. 2, p. 1234,
    Astrophys. J., August 1, 2003.

11. Thejappa, G., and R. J. MacDowall, High frequency ion sound waves
    associa with Langmuir waves in type III radio burst source regions,
    Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 11, 1-10, 2004.
**DA 04-3271**

**Released: October 18, 2004**

**NOTICE OF STREAMLINED DOMESTIC 214 APPLICATION GRANTED**

**WC Docket No. 04-364**

The application listed in this notice has been granted pursuant to the
Commission's streamlined procedures for domestic section 214 transfer of
control applications. 47 C.F.R. § 63.03. The Wireline Competition Bureau
has determined that grant of this application serves the public
interest.[^1] For purposes of computation of time for filing a petition
for reconsideration or application for review, or for judicial review of
the Commission's decision, the date of "public notice" shall be the
release date of this notice.[^2]

1.  Domestic Section 214 Application filed for Transfer of Control of
    Closecall America, Inc., to MobilePro Corp., WC Docket No. 04-364,
    DA 04-2991 (rel. Sept. 15, 2004).

> **Effective Date of Grant:** 10/16/04

For further information, please contact Tracey Wilson-Parker, at (202)
418-1394 or Julie Veach, Competition Policy, Wireline Competition Bureau
at (202) 418-1558.

[^1]: *Implementation of Further Streamlining Measures for Domestic
    Section 214 Authorizations,* 17 FCC Rcd 5517, 5529 (2002), para. 22.

[^2]: *Id.; see* 47 C.F.R. § 1.4 (Computation of time).