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### Take a DVD Tour of America's National Wildlife Refuges 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering three low-cost video
tours of select national wildlife refuges on DVDs, great gifts for any
occasion.

In Volume 1, you'll thrill to the takeoff of endangered whooping cranes
at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, marvel at the profusion of
ducks and other waterbirds at Wisconsin's Horicon Refuge, track the
stealthy and secretive red wolf in the swampy tracks of Pocosin Lakes
Refuge in North Carolina. The DVD is a video tour of eight national
wildlife refuges.

Volume 2 takes you to New Mexico's annual fall crane extravaganza at
Bosque del Apache Refuge and Noxubee Refuge in Mississippi, where you'll
be serenaded by the sounds of languid southern bayous. The video covers
six refuge tours, hosted by none other than Teddy Roosevelt himself!

In Volume 3, travel from Vermont's watery Missisquoi Refuge to the
parched deserts of Cabeza Prieta Refuge along the Arizona-Mexico border.
You'll explore the diversity of wildlife habitats that have been
protected by the National Wildlife Refuge System, making the United
States the envy of the world for. Six refuges are featured, from Alaska
to Massachusetts.

Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the "America's Wildest Places" DVD collection can
be ordered on the Web at
[https://vcart.velocitypayment.com/fws/]{.underline}. Each DVD costs
\$6, or \$18 for the set of three. Postage and handling are an
additional \$2.50, regardless of the number of DVDs ordered. Proceeds
help recoup the cost of materials and production.
Dear Mr. Bryan Whitener and members of the Technical Guidelines
Development Committee,

After attending many meetings and being involved in many discussions,
I\'m convinced that paper ballots are the only way to go.  Get ALL
voting machines and computers out of our election process - period. 
Paper is cheap and anybody smart enough to vote has already been trained
in how to vote with paper.  Everybody learns how to fill in circles when
taking tests while in grade school.

We must change the way we vote all across the U.S.  We must go back to
using paper ballots and much public scrutiny.

The only thing that is supposed to be secret in voting is the
individual\'s choices of candidates.  As in accounting, EVERYTHING else
should be open to scrutiny and audit and be VERY PUBLIC!  And I\'m also
against random sampling.  EVERY vote should be counted by hand before
the vote can be certified.  That is an automatic failsafe procedure. 
Nobody will bother to run a scam if they know that it will be futile in
the end.

Therefore, I advocate that the B.O.E. send a ballot to every registered
voter; who then either mails it back to the B.O.E, or better yet,
PERSONALLY deposits it into a locked ballot box at the normal polling
place on election day (no waiting??? except to be signed in as is
currently done); where the ballot is then publicly hand counted in the
precinct polling place at the end of the day; with the results publicly
posted immediately; with the ballots re-locked into the ballot box to be
transported to the main B.O.E. office for secure storage in case of a
need for another re-count.

There should be safeguards and precautions built in at every step of the
process; i.e. video cameras AND human witnesses to watch the voter sign
in and deposit the ballot in the box; video cameras AND human witnesses
to watch the votes being counted in the precincts and the B.O.E.
office.  As is done now, special procedures and safeguards can be set up
for absentee ballots and the small percentage of disabled persons who
cannot get to the polls.

Please feel free to call me with any questions or for clarification of
any point.

Thanking you for your time and kind consideration in this matter, I am -

Sincerely yours,

Clyde Michael Morgan

P.O. Box 274

Swannanoa, NC 28778-0274
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[OLD WIFE'S TALE:]{.underline} You will lose a tooth for every baby.

# 

TRUTH: Infection in your gums may cause your baby to be born too soon or
too small!!

If your gums bleed, or are red and swollen, you may have gum disease
(periodontal disease).

Scientists are finding that when a pregnant woman has periodontal
disease she may be 7 times more likely to have her baby too early!!

Even if you don't have any signs, you could still have gum disease. It
is important to go to the dentist as soon as you know you are pregnant.

A healthy mouth could make a big difference to your baby.

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### Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. - Dental Clinical and Prevention Support Center

2214 North Central Avenue, Suite 100, Phoenix, Arizona 85004

Phone: 602-307-1576 Fax: 602-258-4825
**SEPARATE STATEMENT OF**

**COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS, APPROVING**

 

Re:       *In the Matter of Implementation of Section 224 of the Act;
Amendment of the Commission's Rules and Policies Governing Pole
Attachments*, WC Docket No. 07-245, RM-11293, RM-11303, Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (Oct. 31, 2007)

 

While implementing pole attachment policy is one of the drier and more
technical issues the Commission faces, it is also essential to ensuring
that we have a competitive broadband market.  I have said for some time
that I believe we need to act in an expeditious fashion to resolve
petitions before the agency that would clarify the rules that apply to
the rates, terms and conditions for broadband providers' access to
poles. I am pleased that the Commission heads down this road today with
an expansive Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that tees up the many
pole-related issues sitting before us. It may be hard to imagine, but
relatively simple tweaks to our current rules could greatly assist in
unleashing the deployment of competitive broadband throughout the
country. Goodness knows how badly we need that!  I look forward to
quickly completing a record upon which the Commission can act, and I am
pleased to support this item.
**From Haven to Home:**

**350 Years of Jewish Life in America**

The year 2004 marks the 350^th^ anniversary of the first Jewish
settlement in America. [From Haven to Home]{.underline} celebrates this
important occasion by bringing together an eminent group of Judaic
scholars who take stock of American Jewish life, from the arrival of the
first small group in Manhattan in 1654 to the present.

The contributors examine a wide range of topics, including the early
history of the American Jewish community and the various significant
phases of Jewish immigration, which saw the initial group of
twenty-three burgeon into a thriving community of several million by the
early twentieth century. Also addressed is the role of Jews in the Civil
War and in World II , anti-Semitism in American Jewish women, and
American Jews and politics. The essays are amply illustrated with items
from the collection of the Library of Congress's Hebraic Section, among
the Hebrew bible printed in America and the first Yiddish American
cookbook, as well as selections of photographs, prints, diaries, maps,
and sheet music.

Central to the Jewish experience in America is that opportunity,
religious liberty, equality, and pluralism. The continuity of the faith,
in fact, depends on it. From Haven to Home---is therefore also the story
of America and American ideals.

Available from the [Library of Congress Sales
Shop](http://www.lcstore.com/).

George Braziller, INC. in association with the Library of Congress

Hardcover, 9 x 12', 192 pages130 Color illustrations

Price \$50.00

ISBN 0-8076-1537-4

Softcover, 9 x 12', 192 pages130 Color illustrations

Price \$35.00

ISBN 0-8076-1537-4
**Subject:** Launch Report - Flight No. 559 N

**Date:** 18 September 2006

**Flight No.:** 559 N

**Organization / Experimenter:** NASA Langley Research Center / Dr.
Martin Mlynczak

**Description of Experiment:** The Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the
Troposphere (FIRST) instrument is a NASA-unique instrument capable of
observing infrared emission from the earth at wavelengths between 15 and
100-um, measuring approximately 50% of the energy leaving the planet.
FIRST will observe the long-wave infrared emissions from water vapor
originating in the upper troposphere to better understand the earth\'s
greenhouse effect, and observe the radiative effects of cirrus clouds at
these far-infrared wavelengths that have not been previously observed.
This flight also will be a coordinated data gathering under-flight for
the CALIPSO satellite.

**Launch Site:** Fort Sumner, NM

**Date / Time Launched:** 18 September 2006 / 15:53 Z

**Balloon:** W11.82-3E-11

**NSBF No.:** 983

**Mil Thickness:** 0.8 Mil.

**Balloon Weight:** 3,080 lbs.

**Experiment Weight:** 2,507 lbs.

**Suspended Weight:** 3,848 lbs.

**Gross Inflation:** 7,620 lbs.

**Free Lift:** 10%

**Float Altitude:** 108.5 Kft

**Terminate Date / Time:** 18 September 2006 / 23:23 Z

**Impact Date / Time:** 19 September 2006 / 00:09 Z

**Location of Impact:** 35-20.1 N / 102-50.7 W (49 nm west northwest of
Amarillo, TX)

**Total Flight Time (Hours, Minutes):** 9 hours and 16 minutes

**Condition of Payload:** Good

**Remarks:** The mission is an operational and science success. All
preflight desired requirements were exceed. The payload was launched
smoothly in calm wind conditions. The ascent, float, and termination
were normal. Parachute separation was performed using manual procedures
in clear weather conditions. The aircrew reports the payload is in
excellent conditions. The science group has reported excellent data
collection, including during the CALIPSO under-flight. The recovery crew
is the scene, and the recovery will be completed tomorrow morning.
**22 de enero de 1999**

**FEMA-DR-1247-PR 155Gs**

#### Mantenga el techo en su lugar: conectores y cubiertas

**SAN** **JUAN, P. R.** --- No importa el diseño que escoja para el
techo de su vivienda, cuánto resistan un huracán dependerá de cómo
conecte los elementos del techo a las paredes y los cimientos. La idea
es transmitir las fuerzas ascendentes de los vientos huracanados hacia
abajo por las paredes y a los cimientos amarrando todos los elementos.
Esto se hace con amarras y conectores.

Hay que reforzar las paredes de hormigón con varas de refuerzo de acero
(varillas) insertadas en los bloques y amarrado a los cimientos. El
colocar varillas adicionales sobre las paredes provee un método para
amarrar la pared al techo. Puede usar amarras de acero galvanizado o
"conectores contra huracanes" anclados a la viga de enlace para este
propósito. Para las paredes de armazón de madera use conectores de metal
para amarrar el techo a las paredes y las paredes a los cimientos.
Instale los conectores contra huracanes con los clavos que especifica el
fabricante. Para evitar la corrosión, cúbralos con molduras o píntelos.

El tamaño correcto de los conectores depende de tres factores: la
inclinación del techo, la altura sobre la inclinación y la corriente
ascendente de vientos huracanados calculada a 100 mph. La corriente
ascendente típica durante un huracán puede ser de 1,000 a 2,000 libras
por conexión de vigueta-pared. Puede encontrar las cargas de trabajo
seguras para cualquier conector en el catálogo del fabricante.

Los paneles de acero ondulado galvanizado son el tipo de techo más usado
en Puerto Rico por su bajo costo de mantenimiento, fácil instalación y
no lo ataca la polilla. Un techo de metal instalado correctamente debe
durar más de 20 años. Los paneles de metal son igualmente duraderos,
pero puede que el fabricante no los garantice si están cerca de la
costa.

Hay que instalar los techos de metal con tornillos que penetren las
alfajías perpendicularmente a las vigas de soporte de 2" x 4" sobre
madera prensada tratada de al menos media pulgada de ancho. Hay que
asegurar las planchas de techo con tornillos galvanizados en vez de
clavos.

El techo elastométrico es un revestimiento de látex, acrílico o silicón
"pintado" sobre madera prensada tratada de ¾" del tipo lengüeta y
ranura. Una ventaja del techo elastométrico es que se pueden construir
las canales directamente en el techo. Con los techos de acero
galvanizado las canales tienen que colgar por separado, lo que las hace
más vulnerables a los daños por el viento.

Estudie las ventajas y desventajas de cada tipo de techo y hable con los
dueños de viviendas y contratistas que los hayan usado. Puede que su
contratista sea la clave a la instalación correcta. Si los techos de su
compañía sobrevivieron los huracanes Hortensia y Georges, es muy
probable que entiendan cómo usar las técnicas de mitigación adecuadas.

*Para más información, visite una ferretería o una oficina regional de
la Administración de Reglamentos y Permisos (ARPE).*
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**Special Attention of: Notice:** H 2006-07

All Homeownership Center Directors Issued: June 20, 2006

All REO Directors

All Real Estate Owned Branch Chiefs Expires: June 30, 2007

All Management and Marketing Contractors
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Cross Reference: Housing Notice 03-19

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Subject: Extension of Housing Notice H 2005-14, Lead Disclosure
Requirements and Addendum Format

Housing Notice H 2005-14 was issued July 1, 2005, with an expiration
date of

July 31, 2006. The program is hereby extended to June 30, 2007.

If you have any questions regarding this Housing Notice, please contact
Ivery Himes

at 708-1672.

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Brian D. Montgomery, Assistant Secretary for Housing-

> Federal Housing Commissioner

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**HSIP Distribution:** W‑3‑1, W‑2(OGC)(H)(Z), W‑3(A)(H)(ZAOO), W‑4(H),
R‑1, R‑2, R‑3, R‑3‑1(H)(RC), R‑3‑2, R‑3‑3, R‑6, ‑6‑1, R‑6‑2, R‑7,

R‑7‑1, R‑7‑2, R‑8, R‑8‑1
**Procedure for Obtaining Waiver of SCN/TIN\
Minimum Advance Lead Time**

If the minimum advance lead time set forth in Table 1 of NWSI 10-1805
cannot be provided and/or an earlier implementation is deemed necessary,
a waiver must be obtained. **Send all requests for a waiver to the OCWWS
Notification Coordinators at <nws.hq.ocwws.notify@noaa.gov>, who will
review the request and forward it to the OCWWS director for approval.**

The following information must be included in the email:

1.  The number of days of advance lead time required by Table 1.

2.  The number of days of advance lead time being given (calculated
    based on the notice being transmitted within 2 business days after
    the OCWWS Notification Coordination team receives approval of waiver
    from the OCWWS Director and assumption that the OCWWS Director's
    approval will take 2 business days).

3.  The reason/s why a waiver is being requested and why such a waiver
    is justified.

4.  The anticipated impact/s upon the user (e.g., necessity for system
    adjustments).

5.  The proposed language to be included in the national service change
    or technical implementation notice explaining why minimum advance
    lead time is not being given. The OCWWS Notification Coordinators
    will decide if inclusion of such language in the notice is
    appropriate and/or necessary.

> Examples of language:
>
> *The effective date of this change is sooner than specified by NWS
> Policy (NWS Instruction 10-1805). The reduction of the normal advance
> lead time was approved because this change was recently requested by
> local user and minimal changes to software will be necessary.*
>
> *The effective date of this change is sooner than specified by NWS
> Policy (NWS Instruction 10-1805). The shorter advance lead time was
> necessitated by \[software/hardware/??? problems\] and was approved
> because current users will not have to make any significant
> adjustments to accommodate the change.*

Attach the following documents to the email:

1.  A copy of the proposed service change or technical implementation
    notice.

2.  A copy of the required Request to Transmit Service Change or
    Technical

Implementation Notice.

The service change or technical implementation notice will be
transmitted when the OCWWS Notification Coordination team receives
approval of a waiver from the OCWWS Director.
**National Irrigation Water Quality Program**\
U.S. Department of the Interior

Agricultural Drainwater Impacts on Birds of the Salton Sea

S.L. Goodbred, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\
D.A. Audet, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

ABSTRACT

The Salton Sea (Sea) is a large inland hypersaline lake in southwest
California surrounded by two intensive agricultural valleys,\
Imperial and Coachella. The purpose of this study was to determine
impacts of agricultural drainwater on aquatic birds. A variety of
biological samples were collected throughout the Sea for chemical
analysis. In situ bioaccumulation studies were also conducted. Results
show significant bioaccumulation of Se, B and DDE in food chains.
Selenium was found in 5% of black necked stilt eggs above the 8 µg/g DW
embryotoxic threshold. DDE found up to 31 µg/g WW in eggs of several
resident birds caused eggshell thinning. Colonial nesting birds along
the south shore were reduced from 1,776 in 1987 to only 19 in 1991. A
recent die-off of 150,000 eared grebes may be related to contaminants.
Selenium in grebe livers has increased almost 400% (12.7 - 41.2 µg/g DW)
from 1989 to 1992. These impacts of drainwater will likely be
exacerbated as continuing conservation of irrigation water could
increase selenium as much as three times.
**Session II -- Cereal Science, Whole Grain Foods and Processing --
Poster II-11**

**Genotype and Environment Influence on the Concentration of
Avenanthramides in Australian Oat Varieties**

Pamela Zwer^1)\*^, Robert Asenstorfer ^2)^, Michelle Lorimer^3)^,
Michelle Williams^1)^, Sue Hoppo^1)^, and Peter McCormack^1)^

^1)^ South Australian Research and Development Institute, Innovative
Food and Plants, National Oat Breeding Program, Adelaide, South
Australia

^2)^ The University of Adelaide, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine,
Waite Campus, South

Australia

^3)^ South Australian Research and Development Institute, Innovative
Food and Plants, Food Safety, Adelaide, South Australia

\*Corresponding author: PH: 61 8 8303 9485; E-mail:
<zwer.pamela@saugov.sa.gov.au>

**Abstract**

Value adding to the oat crop is an important breeding priority in the
National Oat Breeding Program. Because avenanthramides are unique to oat
and have antioxidant activities that are of interest for food
applications, this research project was initiated. Genotypic and
environmental differences have been characterised for varieties grown in
the northern hemisphere, but not for Australian varieties and
environmental conditions. The objective of this research is to determine
the magnitude of genotypic differences in Australian oat varieties and
to characterise environmental effects at a low and high rainfall site
and a site infected with cereal cyst nematode (CCN). Ten Australian
varieties were selected from trials grown at three sites in South
Australia: Minnipa, 325 to 350 mm rainfall; Riverton, 450 to 500 mm
rainfall; and Winulta, infected with CCN. The field trials had three
replications and the laboratory trial had two replications. Samples were
milled and 250mg of flour was extracted twice in 2.5 mL of 70% acetone
for twenty minutes, the extracts combined and 2p, 2c, and 2f
avenanthramide concentrations measured by HPLC. The avenanthramides 2p,
2c, and 2f were identified according to their spectra and position on
the chromatogram compared to the synthetic standard,
N-\[4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-(E)-cinnamoyl\]anthranilic acid (Bratt et
al., 2003). A two-phase experimental design was considered which allows
for potential sources of variation from both the laboratory and the
field. Total avenanthramide concentration averaged over the 10 varieties
was 24.8µg/g at Minnipa, 22.9µg/g at Winulta, and 15.3µg/g at Riverton.
The variety concentrations for the three avenanthramides ranged from
Mitika at 11.56µg/g to Yallara at 28.7µg/g. Although this is only one
year of data, the results indicate that locations with higher levels of
biotic and abiotic stress induced higher levels of avenanthramides in
the selected varieties. There are also significant differences in total
avenanthramide concentration in the 10 Australian varieties selected for
this study.

Bratt et al. 2003. J Agric Food Chem 51: 594-600.
Poster Presentation 3-31

> **The Modeling of Alcoholic Fermentation at High Glucose
> Concentrations**
>
> Amauri A. Ferreira, Valéria V. Murata and [Eloízio J.
> Ribeiro]{.underline}

School of Chemical Engineering

Federal University of Uberlândia

Av. João Naves de Ávila, 2160

Campus Santa Monica, Bloco K

Uberlândia. MG. Brazil, CEP 38400 902

Phone: 55-21 34 3239 4292; Fax: 55-21 34 3239 4188; E-mail:
<ejribeiro@ufu.br>

The vehicles in Brazil, a large ethanol-producing derived from sugar
cane, have long used a gasoline blend containing ethanol, a effective
fighter of air pollution. The expansion of this clean-air technology
depends of the optimization and control of ethanol plants. The
mathematical modeling is an important tool to predict the dynamic
composition profiles in the batch fermentation process and to reduce the
number of lab on-site assays that tests each batch of ethanol. The
dynamic model of batch fermentation by *Saccharomyces cerevisiae* using
glucose at concentration from 60 to 300 g/L is presented. The specific
growth rate decreases at high substrate and product concentrations due
to the toxic effect on the biomass. The reaction rate is written
according to Levenspiel & Han model. The ethanol and glucose
concentrations of 115 and 450 g/L respectively inhibited the cellular
growth. The maximum specific rate of cellular growth was 0.28 h^-1^. The
simulated and experimental dynamic profiles of concentration of ethanol,
cells and substrate showed a good fitting in the studied interval, in
spite of the gap between the predicted and experimental end values due
to the observed low nitrogen concentration in the medium.
FDA Public Workshop on Clinical Trial End Points in\
Primary Brain Tumors

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public workshop on
end points for primary brain tumors. Issues identified in the workshop
will be further discussed before the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee
(ODAC) and thereafter will be detailed in FDA Guidance Documents.

 

**Date:** January 20, 2006

**Time:** 8:00 a.m. -- p.m. (TBD)

** **

**Address:** North Bethesda Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

5701 Marinelli Road

> North Bethesda, Maryland 20852
>
> Phone: (301) 822-9200
>
> Fax: (301) 822-9201
>
> Toll-Free: 1-800-859-8003

**Metro Access**: Closest Metro stop is **White Flint Metro Station** on
the RED line. Hotel is approximately 1 block away walking West on
Marinelli Road (across Rockville Pike/Rte 355).

**Registration:** No registration is required to attend the meeting.
Seating will be available for 225 people on a first-come, first-served
basis.

 

**For further information, contact:**

Linda Burbank, Office of Oncology Drug Products, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993.  Phone: 301-796-1335.  Email:
<burbank@cder.fda.gov>
Poster Presentation 6A-50

Hot-Washing of Pretreated Corn Stover Using Integrated Sunds Horizontal
Screw and Jaygo Pretreatment Reactors with Pneumapress Automatic
Pressure Filter

[Melvin P. Tucker]{.underline}\*, Nicholas J. Nagle, Edward Jennings,

Robert Lyons, Richard Elander

Biotechnology Division for Fuels and Chemicals

# National BioEnergy Center

# National Renewable Energy Laboratory

1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401

# Ph: 303/384-6264; Fax: 303-384-6877; E-mail: <melvin_tucker@nrel.gov>

A 200 kg (dry) per day Sunds (now Metso) horizontal screw pretreatment
reactor integrated with a 130-L Jaygo high solids paddle type reactor
configured as a surge tank, and a Pneumapress^®^ model 3-C276 automatic
pressure filter was used to wash pretreated corn stover and yellow
poplar sawdust with hot water at greater than 130°C. The pretreated
biomass slurries were not allowed to cool below 130°C before
"hot-washing". Pretreatment was carried out at temperatures near 190°C,
sulfuric acid concentrations between 0.5% and 2.5 wt-% and residence
times of approximately 1 to 5 min. Pretreatment sugar yield, and
hot-wash Pneumapress performance, lignin removal from solid residues,
and enzymatic digestibilities of hot-washed filter cakes will be
reported.
J

JAUNDICE-ICTERUS

Jaundice-Icterus is the yellow discoloration of the skin, the white of
the eyes, and mucous membranes due to obstruction in the bile ducts (the
tubes that convey the yellow liquid secreted by the liver). The
obstruction may be due to inflammation of the bile ducts (cholangitis),
or may result from gallstones, pressure from tumors, or malignant
disease of the liver and gallbladder.

# **Underwriting Requirements**

An APS (VA Form 29-8158) is required.

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  Infectious or catarrhal jaundice                 Rate as Hepatitis

  Other jaundiced -- present                       250

  History                                          RFC
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# NOTICE

The IRS Taxpayer Service Specialist, Ms. Bobbette L. Abeyta, will be
available to the public on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 from 9:00 to 12:00
a.m. and from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Alianza Uruguay-Estados Unidos,
Paraguay 1217, Montevideo. Please make sure you bring the necessary
forms with you to the appointment.

IRS Website: WWW.IRS.USTREAS.GOV

# AVISO

La Sra. Bobette L. Abeyta, Especialista en Servicios Impositivos, IRS,
atenderá al público el día miércoles 2 de marzo de 2005 de 9:00 a 12:00
y de 13:00 a 16:00, en la Alianza Uruguay-Estados Unidos, Paraguay 1217,
Montevideo. No olvide presentarse a la entrevista con los formularios de
impuestos correspondientes.

Sitio de IRS en internet: WWW.IRS.USTREAS.GOV
FAA-2007-29291

91.169 IFR Flight Plan: information required

Part 91.169 has never required the type of IFR departure to be annotated
on the IFR flight plan. Departures with a name have historically been
placed in the route of flight or issued by name by the ATC facility in
the IFR clearance. Other unnamed departures have never been annotated
and this lack of information has led to confusion between pilots and
controllers. I therefore suggest that 91.169 require a pilot to annotate
the type of departure desired either by name and/or computer code or
placing notes in the remarks section of the flight plan.

Suggested wording;

91.169 (a) (3) Departure information. Annotate the desired named/coded
departure as the first entry in the route of flight on an IFR flight
plan. Annotate the desired use of an obstacle departure procedure (ODP)
in the remarks section of an IFR flight plan.
Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 10/27/2004

**GAIN Report Number:** FR4057

FR4057

**France**

**Biotechnology**

**French President Announces Framework Law on Biotech Crops**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

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

U.S. Embassy

**Prepared by:**

Marie-Cecile Henard/Xavier Audran

**Report Highlights:**

The French President officially announced that the government plans to
shortly present a biotech legislation to the Parliament. This bill will
not only be the transposition into national law of the EU Directive
2001/18, but it will also include provisions on biotech and non-biotech
coexistence and a proposal to create a new French biotech committee to
assess biotech products at the national level in France.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Paris \[FR1\]

\[FR\]

Although usually very quiet on the biotech issue, the President stated
in his speech that biotech crops provide hopes to feed the world, fight
against diseases, increase non-food uses, enhance food quality or lower
the uses of products harmful for the environment. Alluding to the recent
biotech test plot destructions, Chirac questioned why one should
renounce to those benefits.

The Biotech Bill to be presented to the Parliament is expected to
include the 2001/18 provisions as well as provisions on the coexistence
of biotech and non-biotech crops. Moreover, the proposed legislation
would create a biotech committee.

In the European Union, only Denmark and Germany have taken national
measures to set clear rules on biotech and non-biotech coexistence. In
France, the French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) is in charge of the
discussion on coexistence measures, especially for corn, because corn
would likely be the first biotech crop to be commercially produced in
France.

The proposed new biotech committee will be led by the French MinAg,
working with the French Ministry of Ecology, and the French Ministry of
Research. The biotech committee will include the existing Genetic
Engineering Committee ("Commission du Genie Genetique"), the
Biomolecular Engineering Committee ("Commission du Genie
Biomoleculaire"), the biovigilance committee ("Comite de Biovigilance").
In addition, the project is to include a new committee into the new
biotech committee that would discuss the sociological and economical
aspects of biotech products.

It is noted that, in mid-October 2004, the French National Assembly
created an information Parliamentary work group to review and examine
potential environmental and sanitary impacts of the authorizations of
biotech test plots. The Chair of the Parliamentary work group is
Parliamentarian Jean-Yves Le Deaut (Socialist), organizer of the biotech
citizen conference in 1998, and generally favorable to biotechnology.
November 18, 2005

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**SUPPORT FREEDOM IN THE MIDDLE EAST**

**SUPPORT THE U.S.-BAHRAIN F.T.A.**

By choosing a path of moderation in a troubled region, the Kingdom of
Bahrain has become a valuable partner in our efforts to bring freedom
and democracy to the Middle East. Bahrain has implemented significant
political, economic and social reforms over the past few years,
including the adoption of a new constitution to transform the country
from a hereditary emirate to a constitutional monarchy, the creation of
a bicameral legislature, and the grant of suffrage to all citizens over
eighteen years of age. Bahrain has also made significant labor reforms
and has dismantled its Arab League Boycott of Israel.

The people of Bahrain have shown bravery and foresight by taking these
steps, and their leadership has demonstrated the importance of
democratic reform to others in the Middle East. In order to build on
this momentum and to help freedom spread throughout the region, the
United States should strengthen our relationship with this staunch ally
through the enactment of the U.S.-Bahrain FTA. Trade will help to
encourage further reform in Bahrain and bring our people closer together
to forge friendships, cultural exchanges and mutually prosperous
endeavors. In this way, it will help pave the path to a more secure and
productive future for our countries and citizens.

We urge you to join our support of the U.S.-Bahrain FTA.

> Sincerely,

/s Paul Ryan /s Gregory Meeks

Member of Congress Member of Congress
**Subpart O --- Revision of Decisions on Grounds of Clear and
Unmistakable Error**

*Source*: 64 Fed. Reg. 2139, Jan. 13, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 32(1)

**§20.1400 Rule 1400. Motions to revise Board decisions.**

\(a\) Review to determine whether clear and unmistakable error exists in
a final Board decision may be initiated by the Board, on its own motion,
or by a party to that decision (as the term "party" is defined in Rule
1401(b) (§20.1401(b) of this part) in accordance with Rule 1404
(§20.1404 of this part).

\(b\) All final Board decisions are subject to revision under this
subpart except:

> \(1\) Decisions on issues which have been appealed to and decided by a
> court of competent jurisdiction; and
>
> \(2\) Decisions on issues which have subsequently been decided by a
> court of competent jurisdiction. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 7111)

\[64 FR 2139, Jan. 13, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 73414, Dec. 30, 1999\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 38(1)

**§20.1401 Rule 1401. Definitions.**

\(a\) *Issue*. Unless otherwise specified, the term "issue" in this
subpart means a matter upon which the Board made a final decision (other
than a decision under this subpart). As used in the preceding sentence,
a "final decision" is one which was appealable under Chapter 72 of title
38, United States Code, or which would have been so appealable if such
provision had been in effect at the time of the decision.

\(b\) *Party*. As used in this subpart, the term "party" means any party
to the proceeding before the Board that resulted in the final Board
decision which is the subject of a motion under this subpart, but does
not include officials authorized to file administrative appeals pursuant
to §19.51 of this title. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 7104(a))

**20.1402 Rule 1402. Inapplicability of other rules.**

Motions filed under this subpart are not appeals and, except as
otherwise provided, are not subject to the provisions of part 19 of this
title or this part 20 which relate to the processing and disposition of
appeals. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a))
**GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA**
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> **BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT**

**BZA APPLICATION NO. 16519:**

## As Director of the Office of Zoning, I hereby certify and attest that on [MAR - 3 2000 ,]{.underline} a copy of foregoing Determination and Order in BZA Application No 16519 was mailed first class, postage prepaid, or via D C Government interoffice mail, to the following parties and persons who appeared and participated in the public hearing concerning the matter:

> Christopher H Collins Richard C Massey

Wilkes, Artis, Hednck & Lane, Chartered Office Director, Real Estate

1666 K Street, N W , Suite 1100 Office of Foreign Missions

Washington, D C 20006-2897 United States Department of State

> Washington, D C 20520
>
> Linda K Bumbalo, Chair David A Catania

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1D Councilmember At-Large

> P O Box 53342 Council of the District of Columbia Washington, D C
> 20009 441 -4th Street, N W , Suite 712 Washington, D C 20001
>
> Jun Graham Andrew Altman, Director

Ward One Councilmember Office of Planning

Council of the District of Columbia 801 North Capitol Street, N E ,

441-4th Street, N W , Suite 718 Suite 4000

Washington, D C 20001 Washington, D C 20002

Andrea C Ferster Ronald S Mlotek

1100 Seventeenth Street, N W, 10th Floor Chief Legal Counsel

> Washington, D C 20036 Office of Foreign Missions United States
> Department of State 2201 C Street, N W
>
> Washington, D C 20520-2238
>
> **(202) 727-6311**
**§3.1004 \[Reserved\]**

**§3.1005 \[Reserved\]**

**§3.1006 \[Reserved\]**

**§3.1007 Hospitalized incompetent veterans.**

Where an award of disability pension for an incompetent veteran without
dependents was reduced under §3.551(b) because of hospitalization,
institutional or domiciliary care by the Department of Veterans Affairs,
or an award of disability pension, compensation or emergency officers'
retirement pay was discontinued under former §3.557(b) (as applicable
prior to December 27, 2001) because the veteran was hospitalized by the
United States or a political subdivision and had an estate which equaled
or exceeded the statutory maximum, and the veteran dies before payment
of amounts withheld or not paid by reason of such care, no part of such
amount will be paid to any person. The provisions of this section are
applicable to amounts withheld for periods prior to as well as
subsequent to the rating of incompetency. The term "dies before payment"
includes cases in which a check was issued and the veteran died before
negotiating the check. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5503)

\[39 FR 30349, Aug. 22, 1974, as amended at 66 FR 48561, Sept. 21, 2001;
68 FR 34543, June 10, 2003\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference:** 47(2), 57(1)

**§3.1008 Accrued benefits payable to foreign beneficiaries.**

In case of death of the payee of any check in payment of periodic
monetary benefits (other than insurance and servicemembers' indemnity)
accruing under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs,
while the amount thereof remains in the special deposit account
established by Pub. L. 828, 76th Congress, such amount will be payable
under section 3 of that act. (31 U.S.C. 125) However the accrued amount
will be payable only if the person on whose behalf checks were issued
and the person claiming the accrued amount have not been guilty of
mutiny, treason, sabotage, or rendering assistance to an enemy of the
United States or of its allies.

\[26 PR 1609, Feb. 24, 1961, as amended at 62 FR 35970, July 3, 1997\]
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**[Lewiston and Auburn]{.underline}**.

Starting south of Lewiston, where the Maine Turnpike crosses the
Androscoggin River. Follow the Turnpike easterly to the intersection
with the Old Lisbon Road. Follow the Old Lisbon Road northwesterly to
the intersection with Webster Street. Follow Webster Street
northwesterly to the intersection with East Avenue. Follow East Avenue
northeasterly to the intersection with Russell Street. Follow Russell
Street northwesterly, crossing the Veteran's Memorial Bridge into
Auburn.

In Auburn, follow Mount Auburn Avenue northwesterly to the intersection
with Park Avenue. Follow Park Avenue southerly to Court Street, follow
Court street southwesterly crossing Route 11 onto Manley Road. Continue
southwesterly on Manley Road to the intersection with Rodman Road.
Follow Rodman Road southeasterly to Washington Street. Follow Washington
Street southerly to the Danville Corner Road. Follow the Danville Corner
Road southeasterly to the intersection with the Maine Turnpike. Follow
the Turnpike northeasterly to the point of beginning.

In all cases, the boundary between eligible and ineligible areas is the
centerline of the road or street named.
**[Biofuel Climatic Risks Zoning in Brazil]{.smallcaps}**

Eduardo Delgado Assad, Phd

Agroclimatologist

Embrapa - Brazil

www.cnptia.embrapa.br

According to Brazilian Agriculture Ministry, agricultural losses in
Brazil until 1995 were mainly due to drought during the reproductive
phase (60% of all cases) and very humid periods during harvesting (30%)
caused by the unknown of the rainfall distribution that led to the wrong
habit of planting immediately after the first spring rainfall. To reduce
these climatic risks, the Ministry of Agriculture and the EMBRAPA are
coordinating since 1996 the Agricultural Risks climatic Zoning Program
destined to define planting calendars to guarantee at least 80% of
certainty of having an adequate water supply for rice, beans, corn,
soybean, wheat, cotton, coffee, apple, manioc, and crops without
artificial irrigation. The planting periods were defined through the
simulation of a climatic water balance that gives an index of water
supply using historical rainfall data, minimum 20 years daily rain data
base, potential evapotranspiration, physiological characteristics of
each crop and water retention by the soil, in many different types of
Brazil soils.

The Agricultural Zoning is already concluded from the 21 States of
Brazil that correspond together to more than 90% of the Brazilian
agricultural production. The governmental financial agents are using the
planting calendars as official support to decide about the agricultural
financing that comprehends up to US\$ 9 billions per year.

Actually, this program recommends the planting calendars in more than
5300 counties, with 13 different crops, and identified 25 different rain
zones in the country. In the last two years the priority was defined to
finalize the studies of climatic risk zoning to the principal biofuel
cultures like soybean, cotton, sunflower, Castor seed and with
characteristics of ethanol from sugar cane. The objective of this work
is to present the bases of climatic risk zoning of Brazil and the space
extension for the principal energetic cultures. The proposal is to
identify what, when and where to plant the biofuel products.
**Logistical support for visit of Exchange Scientist from Vietnam:**

A young, foreign scientist from Vietnam has been approved as an Exchange
Scientist under the Short-Term Scientist Exchange Program (STSEP) to
visit the laboratory of Dr. Esta Sterneck, Laboratory of Cell and
Developmental Signaling, NCI-Frederick, from October 1, 2008 to March
31, 2009.

Contractor is expected to provide one check in the amount of \$1808
every month (see dates noted above). Initial check cannot be sent until
authorized by Project Officer; once visa/passport documents have been
reviewed.

Project Officer will provide work order to cover this visit and include
instructions regarding when and where to send the checks, contact
information on visitor and host, etc.
**§3.853 Incompetents; estate over \$25,000.**

\(a\) Effective November 1, 1990, through September 30, 1992, where a
veteran:

\(1\) Is rated incompetent by VA, and

\(2\) Has neither spouse, child, nor dependent parent, and

\(3\) Has an estate, excluding the value of the veteran's home, which
exceeds \$25,000, further payments of compensation shall not be made
until the estate is reduced to less than \$10,000. The value of the
veteran's estate shall be computed under the provisions of §13.109 of
this chapter. Payment of compensation shall be discontinued the last day
of the first month in which the veteran's estate exceeds \$25,000.

\(b\) Where payment of compensation has been discontinued by reason of
paragraph (a) of this section, it shall not be resumed for any period
prior to October 1, 1992, until VA has received evidence showing the
estate has been reduced to less than \$10,000, or any criterion of
paragraph (a)(1) or (2) of this section is no longer met. Payments shall
not be made for any period prior to the date on which the estate was
reduced to less than \$10,000, or a criterion of paragraph (a)(1) or (2)
of this section was no longer met.

\(c\) If a veteran denied payment of compensation under paragraph (a) of
this section is subsequently rated competent for more than 90 days, the
withheld compensation shall be paid to the veteran in a lump-sum.
However, a lump-sum payment shall not be made to or on behalf of a
veteran who, within such 90-day period, dies or is again rated
incompetent.

\[56 FR 65852, Dec. 19, 1991, as amended at 68 FR 34543, June 10, 2003\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference: 57(1)**

**§3.854 Limitation on payments for minor.**

Benefits will not be authorized to a fiduciary recognized or appointed
for a child, by reason of its minority, for any period subsequent to the
day preceding the date on which the child will attain its majority under
the law of the State in which the child resides. Payments on or after
that date, if otherwise in order, will be made direct to the child, if
competent, or, if incompetent and direct payment under §3.850 is not in
order, to a fiduciary appointed for the child as a mentally incompetent
adult.

\[39 FR 34533, Sept. 26, 1974\]
DA 04-1341

> Released: May 13, 2004

NOTICE OF PROHIBITED PRESENTATIONS IN THE MATTER OF UNLICENSED OPERATION
IN THE TV BROADCAST BANDS; ADDITIONAL SPECTRUM FOR UNLICENSED DEVICES
BELOW 900 MHZ AND IN THE 3 GHZ BAND

(ET DOCKET NO. 02-380 )

Notice is hereby given that written prohibited presentations concerning
the above‑referenced proceeding (ET Docket No. 02-380) have been
received by the Commission beginning May 7, 2004. Section 1.1203 of the
Commission\'s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.1203, prohibits the making of any
presentation, whether ex parte or not, to decision‑making personnel
concerning any matter listed on the Commission\'s Sunshine Agenda until
the Commission releases the text of a decision or order relating to that
matter. The instant presentations addressed the merits of ET Docket No.
02-380, which was included in the Commission\'s Sunshine Agenda by
Public Notice dated May 6, 2004. Accordingly, under Section 1.1212 of
the Commission\'s Rules, 47 C.F.R § 1.1212, these presentations, and any
similar presentations also received during the Sunshine Agenda period,
shall be associated with, but not made a part of, the record in ET
Docket No. 02-380.

The full texts of these documents are available for public inspection
amd copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY‑A257,
Washington, DC, 20554. These documents may also be purchased from the
Commission\'s copy contractor, Qualex International, Portals II, 445
12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY‑B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone
202‑863-2893, facsimile 202‑863-2898, e-mail qualexint@aol.com. These
documents may also be viewed on the Commission\'s Home Page (HYPERLINK
https://haifoss.fcc.gov/cgi‑binlws.exe/prod/ectslcomSrch v2.hts).

Action by Office of General Counsel, Administrative Law Division