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**UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**AGENCY:** Rural Telephone Bank, USDA.

**ACTION:** Staff Briefing for the Board of Directors.

**TIME AND DATE:** 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 5, 2001.

**PLACE:** Europe Room 8, Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin, 1500 Epcot
Resorts Boulevard, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

**STATUS:** Open.

**MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED:**

1.  Current telecommunications industry issues.

2.  Contracts for financial and legal advisors to the Privatization
    Committee.

3.  Transferability of Class C stock to a stockholder\'s subsidiary
    company.

4.  Schedule for stockholders\' meeting in year 2001.

5.  Administrative issues.

**ACTION:** Board of Directors Meeting.

**TIME AND DATE:** 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 6, 2001.

**PLACE:** Europe Room 8, Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin, 1500 Epcot
Resorts Boulevard, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

**STATUS:** Open.

**MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:** The following matters have been placed on
the agenda for the Board of Directors meeting:

1.  Call to order.

2.  Action on Minutes of the November17, 2000, board meeting.

3.  Report on loans approved in the first quarter of FY 2001.

4.  Report on financial activity for the first quarter of FY 2001.

5.  Privatization Committee report.

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6.  Clarification on stock policy regarding the transferability of Class
    C stock to a stockholder\'s subsidiary company.

7.  Consideration of resolution to establish a date and place for the
    biennial meeting of stockholders, and the \"as of date\" for
    determining voting rights.

8.  Adjournment.

**CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:** Roberta D. Purcell, Assistant
Governor, Rural Telephone Bank, (202) 720-9554.

Dated: January 18, 2001

Signed by Christopher A. McLean

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Christopher A. McLean,

Governor, Rural Telephone Bank.
The Association for Cultural Equity

The Alan Lomax Archive

450 West 41^st^ Street, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10036

PH: (212) 268-4623 FAX: (212) 279-3710

Ercilia Moreno Chá (Investigadora INAPL)

Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano

3 de Febrero 1378

C1426BJN Buenos Aires

Argentina

January 4, 2006

Dear Dra. Moreno Chá,

Copies of works that you recorded were part of the large research
library of recordings assembled by Alan Lomax. They were housed at the
Alan Lomax Archive in New York, NY until March of 2004 when they were
moved to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. There they will be
heard, admired, and studied by people from all over the world. The
Library of Congress has agreed to make it a priority to preserve and
digitize this important collection.

We have been asked by the American Folklife Center to contact all the
collaborators and contributors to Alan Lomax's collection. You will find
enclosed with this letter a Contact/Heir Information Form. Please fill
it out and return it to us so that we can forward this information to
the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Also, you will
find two copies of a list of the above mentioned materials. Please keep
one for your records, and return the other with the Contact/Heir
Information Form.

The purpose of the enclosed form is to identify your present and correct
contact information so that we may inform the Library of Congress.
Anyone who wishes to use these materials for any non-commercial or
commercial reasons would then be instructed by the American Folklife
Center at the Library of Congress to contact you directly to receive
permission for that specific use. Please supply your primary contact
information on the form. If you would like to supply a list of
additional contacts or relatives please do so at the bottom of the form.

For future updates to your contact information, please address all
correspondence to: Director, The American Folklife Center, Library of
Congress, Thomas Jefferson Bldg, Rm LJG49, 101 Independence Ave. SE,
Washington, D.C. 20540-4610.

A copy of this letter was sent to you last year but we have not yet
received a reply. If you have any questions please feel free to call me
at (901) 508-6631 or Anna Lomax Wood (Alan's daughter) at the Alan Lomax
Archive.

With kind regards,

Bert Lyons

Artist/Collaborator/Estate Relations

Alan Lomax Archive

CC: Anna Lomax Wood

Jeffrey A. Greenberg, Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP
**Vulnerability Assessment and Security Plan**

**Certification Form for 49 CFR Part 172**

Railroad carriers that have already completed a vulnerability assessment
and developed and implemented a security plan in accordance with 49 CFR
part 172 can use this form as their certification and submit it as part
of their grant application. All railroad carriers that use this
certification form must be able to provide both the vulnerability
assessment and security plan upon request.

I, [\[insert name\]]{.underline}, as [\[insert title\]]{.underline} of
[\[insert name of freight railroad carrier\]]{.underline}, certify that
a vulnerability assessment has been completed and a security plan has
been developed and implemented. This vulnerability assessment and
security plan is in compliance with 49 CFR part 172.

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**Signature** **Date**
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**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES** default Public Health Service

Food and Drug Administration

Rockville, MD 20857

> August 12, 2003
>
> Dennis Shi
>
> OUO Entertainment Corporation
>
> 133-31 39th Suite C18
>
> Flushing, New York 11354
>
> Dear Mr. Shi:
>
> Your petition requesting the Food and Drug Administration to approve a
> laser light show, was received by this office on 08/11/2003. It was
> assigned docket number 2003V-0359/VAR 1 and it was filed on
> 08/11/2003.Please refer to this docket number in future correspondence
> on this subject with the Agency.
>
> Please note that the acceptance of the petition for filing is a
> procedural
>
> matter in that it in no way reflects an agency decision on the
> substantive
>
> merits of the petition.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jennie Butler
>
> Director, Division of
>
> Dockets Management Branch
**§17.1005 Payment limitations.**

\(a\) Payment or reimbursement for emergency treatment under 38 U.S.C.
1725 shall be the lesser of the amount for which the veteran is
personally liable or 70 percent of the amount under the applicable
Medicare fee schedule for such treatment.

\(b\) Reimbursement or payment for emergency treatment may be made only
for the period from the beginning of the initial evaluation treatment
until such time as the veteran could be safely discharged or transferred
to a VA facility or other Federal facility. For purposes of payment or
reimbursement under 38 U.S.C. 1725, VA deems it safe for the veteran to
be transferred once the veteran has become stabilized. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 1725)

\[66 FR 36470, July 12, 2001, as amended at 68 FR 3404, Jan. 24, 2003\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 14(1)

**§17.1006 Decisionmakers.**

The Chief of the Health Administration Service or an equivalent official
at the VA medical facility of jurisdiction will make all determinations
regarding payment or reimbursement under 38 U.S.C. 1725, except that the
Fee Service Review Physician or equivalent officer at the VA medical
facility of jurisdiction will make determinations regarding §17.1002(b),
(c), and (d). Any decision denying a benefit must be in writing and
inform the claimant of VA reconsideration and appeal rights. (Authority:
38 U.S.C. 1725)
# H.R. 167 (108th) - Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

## Overview

The government and people of Israel recognize Jerusalem as the eternal
and undivided capital of Israel. Jerusalem has been the spiritual and
cultural center of the Jewish people for the past 3000 years.

Jerusalem is the seat of the Israeli government, and since 1950 has been
Israel's capital. Across the globe, U.S. embassies are routinely
headquartered in that nation's capital. Indeed, of the nearly 200
nations with which the United States has diplomatic relations, Israel is
the only country where we neither recognize its capital, nor have our
embassy located in that city

It's long past time for the United States to recognize the Israeli
capital by making it the center of our governmental and diplomatic
efforts. Israel is, after all, one of America's closest allies and the
only democracy in the Middle East.

## Background

In 1995, Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act by overwhelming and
bipartisan margins. This bill required that the embassy move by May 31,
1999. However, President Clinton issued a waiver on June 17, 1999,
postponing the move. By invoking the waiver, he avoided the financial
penalty that accompanied his decision not to move the embassy by the
legal deadline. The policy provisions of law remain in place - Jerusalem
should remain an undivided city and should be recognized as the capital
of the State of Israel.

[H.R. 167]{.underline}

1.  The United States shall not operate a United States consulate or
    diplomatic facility in Jerusalem unless such consulate or diplomatic
    facility is under the supervision of the United States Ambassador to
    Israel.

2.  Any official document of the United States Government that lists
    countries and their capital cities shall identify Jerusalem as the
    capital of Israel.

3.  For purposes of the registration of birth, certification of
    nationality, or issuance of a passport of a United States citizen
    born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary of State shall, upon
    the request of the citizen or the citizen\'s legal guardian, record
    the place of birth as Israel.

Essentially, these provisions were enacted last year as part of the
State Department Authorization bill (H.R. 1646, 107th). However, the
provisions are only valid for funds authorized by the bill, whereas H.R.
167 would be permanent law.

**For more information, contact the office of Rep. Thomas Reynolds at
202-225-5265.**
**Parrallel Exact Stochatic Simulator**

Currently the applicability of Gillespie's exact stochastic simulation
algorithms to large scale genetic regulatory network models, whole-cell
models, and multi-cell models is limited by simulator performance.
Although improvements to these algorithms have been made by Gibson and
Bruck, the simulation time required to model a single cell-cycle of E.
Coli still remains on the order of years. Other more efficient
techniques exist for simulating complex biochemical models such as the
use of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations,
approximate stochastic simulation, and chemical langevin equations, but
these techniques can ignore or corrupt the representation of noise
(stochastic fluctuation), an emerging area of study that is believed to
be a critical factor in analyzing and characterizing biochemical system
behavior. To improve exact stochastic simulator performance, we will
attempt to parallelize Gillespie's algorithms based on techniques that
have been previous applied to parallel discrete event simulation. We
will then attempt to model a large biologically-significant problem on
various supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Student\'s Name: Trayvon D. Leslie

School Student Attends: Alabama A&M University

Name(s) of Mentor(s): Nagiza Samatova

Division: Computater Sciences and Mathematics Division

Program: Research Alliance in Mathematics and Sciences
# University of South Florida, College of Public Health -- Graduate Certificate in Disaster Management 

The University of South Florida, College of Public Health, is offering a
Graduate Certificate in Disaster Management. The Graduate Certificate in
Disaster Management serves to increase the knowledge of public health
and other professionals to manage preparation, response and recovery
activities resulting from natural and man-made disasters. The
certificate program prepares students to fill an increasing need for
professionals to develop knowledge of international, nation, state,
regional, county and local planning; coordinate and manage functions;
design and improve emergency/disaster management capabilities; and
control operations of major catastrophic disasters. The certificate also
increases the managerial and leadership skills of public health
professionals working with international refugees and displaced
populations after a disaster.

To earn the graduate certificate students must complete five courses (3
credits hours each) for a total of fifteen credit hours.

Required Courses:

PHC 6182 Overview of United States & International Emergency/Disaster
Management (Fall) (3 credits)

PHC 6185 Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Planning Concepts (Fall) (3
credits)

PHC 6184 Emergency/Disaster Recovery (Spring) (3 credits)

PHC 6186 Public Health Emergencies in Large Populations (Spring) (3
credits)

PHC 6945 Supervised Field Experience (Summer) (3 credits)

The Graduate Certificate in Disaster Management is offered online.
Prerequisites include a Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited
institution. Students applying for admission must document that they
have the graduate level knowledge to enroll in the certificate courses.
For international students a copy of their degree that is equivalent to
the Bachelor's degree along with certified copy of their transcript is
required. Up to 12 semester hours of the certificate program may be
applied, contingent upon departmental approval, towards a graduate
degree.

The University of South Florida is accredited by the Commission on
Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

For more information:

> Contact: Dr. Wayne Westhoff
>
> University of South Florida
>
> Department of Global Health
>
> Global Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action
>
> College of Public Health
>
> 13201 Bruce Downs Blvd
>
> Tampa, FL 33612-3805
>
> Ph: (813) 974-6621
>
> Fax: (813) 974-9980
>
> Email: <wwesthof@hsc.usf.edu>
>
> Additional Information:
> [www.outreach.usf.edu/gradcerts/certificates/disaster](http://www.outreach.usf.edu/gradcerts/certificates/disaster)
>
> Additional Phone: Boo Kwa, Ph.D., Ph: (813) 974-6635, Email:
> <bkwa@hsc.usf.edu>
>
> Update: 12/26/06

**"Please note: Some of the Web sites linked to in this document are not
federal government Web sites, and may not necessarily operate under the
same laws, regulations, and policies as federal Web sites."**
HOME SAFETY CHECKLIST

1.  Do you have emergency phone numbers of police, fire, doctors, and
    utilities near your telephone for immediate access?

2.  Are your stairs and your entire home free of clutter?

3.  Make sure all areas of the home are well lit (all rooms, hallways,

> stairwells, entrances).

4.  Do you know how to turn off the gas and electric in an emergency?

5.  Do you have an approved fire extinguisher in your home?

> Do you know how to use it?

6.  Do you have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors with

> good batteries in them?

7.  Remove all throw rugs in your home.

8.  Are railings and stairways secure?

9.  Are your tub and shower slip proof?

10. Do you have a well-stocked first aid kit and an emergency light

> (with good batteries) within easy reach in an emergency?

11. Is your home as secure as possible?

12. Do you have an emergency evacuation plan?
**DA 07-4623**

November 15, 2007

Keith H. Fagan

Vizada Satellite, Inc.

1101 Wootton Parkway

10th Floor

Rockville, MD 20852

Re: Call Sign E000284

File No. SES-LIC-20070416-00479

File No. SES-AMD-20070920-01300

Dear Mr. Fagan:

On April 16, 2007, Vizada Satellite, Inc. (Vizada)[^1] filed the
above-captioned application through the International Bureau Filing
System (IBFS) seeking a license to operate 1,000 Inmarsat C half-duplex
mobile earth terminals (METs). Vizada proposes to use the terminals to
communicate with Inmarsat-3F2 (15.5^o^ W.L.), Inmarsat-3F3 (178.1^o^
E.L.), and Inmarsat-4F2 (52.75^o^ W.L.) satellites. Vizada amended the
application on September 20, 2007. In the amended application, Vizada
seeks authority to operate land-based Inmarsat C terminals in the
1525-1544 and 1626.5-1645.5 MHz bands and maritime Inmarsat C terminals
in the 1525-1545 and 1626.5-1646.5 MHz bands. It also seeks authority to
operate maritime Inmarsat C terminals in the 1544-1545 and 1645.5-1646.5
MHz bands for distress and safety communications.

Pursuant to Section 25.112(a)(2) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.
§25.112(a)(2), we dismiss, as improperly filed, the portion of the
amended application that seeks authority for maritime terminals. Section
25.109(c) of the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. § 25.109(c), indicates
that ship earth stations in the Part 80 Maritime Mobile Satellite
Service are not licensed pursuant to Part 25. Rather, mobile earth
stations on ships operating in the 1626.5-1645.5 MHz frequency band are
authorized pursuant to Section 80.51 of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R. §80.51. See also 47 C.F.R. §80.377. Applications for maritime
terminals should be filed by eligible applicants (see 47 C.F.R. §
80.1185) through the Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's
Universal Licensing System (ULS)[^2] rather than through the
International Bureau Filing System (IBFS).

Accordingly, pursuant to Section 25.112(a)(2) of the Commission's rules,
47 C.F.R. §25.112(a)(2), and Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules on
delegations of authority, 47 C.F.R. §0.261, we dismiss the
above-captioned application to the extent listed above.

Sincerely,

Scott A. Kotler

Chief, Systems Analysis Branch

Satellite Division

International Bureau

[^1]: This application was initially filed by Telenor Satellite, Inc.
    Telenor Satellite, Inc. changed its name to Vizada Satellite, Inc.

[^2]: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/licManager/login.jsp
**Pedestrian Safety Tips for Children**

-   Young children often cannot judge the speed, distance, and size of
    oncoming vehicles. Teach them that it's best to allow an oncoming
    vehicle to pass, and then wait for a new green light or **WALK**
    signal.

-   The green light or **WALK** signal means that children should stop
    at the curb or edge of the road, look both ways for oncoming
    traffic, and then --- if it's safe --- they can cross the street.
    Having the **WALK** signal or green light does not guarantee that
    cars will stop. Pedestrians must always look for oncoming traffic
    even when they have the right of way. Remember to look left, right
    and left again before crossing the street.

-   Always stop at the curb and look for cars in all directions before
    entering the road. When looking left-right-left, make sure to look
    for turning vehicles, too.

-   Before crossing the street, children may want to wait for a "fresh
    green light." This means that they wait for the next new **WALK**
    signal if the **DON'T WALK** sign is flashing. Doing this gives them
    the most time to cross.

-   If children are in the middle of the street and the **DON'T WALK**
    signal flashes, they shouldn't stop or return to the curb or edge of
    the road. They should continue to walk at their maximum comfortable
    pace until they reach the other side. Teach them not to run; they
    might fall.

-   And remember - children crossing the street should be accompanied by
    an adult whenever possible.
Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 10/16/2006

**GAIN Report Number:** RO6021

RO6021

**Romania**

**Livestock and Products**

**Classical Swine Fever Update**

**2006**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Susan Reid

U.S. Embassy Romania

**Prepared by:**

Monica Stroe

**Report Highlights:**

Romania will resume vaccination against Classical Swine Fever in feral
and domestic pigs. The inoculation process will start effectively on
November 1, 2006 in individual households, and on January 1, 2007 in
commercial farms.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Sofia \[BU1\]

\[RO\]

**Classical Swine Fever**

In September 2006, the European Union's Permanent Veterinary Committee
approved the request of the Romanian Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety
Authority to resume vaccination against Classical Swine Fever.
Vaccination will resume effectively on November 1, 2006 in individual
households, and on January 1, 2007 in commercial farms.

In January 2003, Romania stopped vaccinations in individual households,
and in January 2006 stopped vaccinations in commercial farms. These
actions were taken to comply with EU requirements.

Consequences have been negative, with 416 outbreaks reported this year,
affecting 4,200 pigs. All cases were identified in individual
households, and none in commercial farms. The current situation is
alarming, so the Veterinary Agency will introduce an identification
system consisting of two different vaccines: the marker vaccine ("M")
and the C virus vaccine ("V"), which is alive but weak. This system will
allow full traceability and will ensure that meat products from
vaccinated animals are consumed only within Romania.

A clear, formal distinction will be made between raising hogs on a
commercial farm and an individual household (with fewer than 20 pigs).
All pigs originating in commercial farms, and which have already
contacted the virus, will be slaughtered. Pigs raised by householders
and small farmers may be vaccinated and their meat used only for
individual or local consumption within the village of origin.

Romanian swine exports to European countries have been prohibited since
January 1, 2003. They will be permitted when swine fever is eradicated
and vaccinations have completely stopped for at least six months.

The EU will provide Romania with vaccines to effectively carry out its
vaccination programs. The provision of these vaccines will be funded
through the EU Veterinary Fund.
![](media/image1.wmf){width="1.2347222222222223in" height="1.375in"}An
Example of a Laboratory's Brief History:

Beneficial Insects Introduction Research

Newark, Delaware

1917 Japanese Beetle Laboratory organized by USDA in Riverton, NJ
shortly after the discovery of the beetle on plants in 1916.

1928 Japanese Beetle Laboratory moved to Moorestown, NJ, and the
Oriental Fruit Moth Laboratory was organized at Moorestown. These were
the predecessors of BIIR.

1934 Foreign explorations and introductions of beneficial insects were
consolidated at Moorestown, NJ in the Division of Foreign Parasite
Introduction.

1937 Quarantine facility enlarged at Moorestown.

1953 In the organizational change associated with the creation of ARS,
the Moorestown laboratory became part of the Agency's Entomology
Research Branch (latter changed to Entomology Research Division in
1957).

1973 USDA Beneficial Insects Research Laboratory moved from Moorestown,
NJ to Newark, DE (October).

2003 Present - BIIR celebrates its 30^th^ year at Newark; marking 69
years since its organization (1934) and 75 years from its ancestry.

**Benefits of Classical Biological Control Research**

**USDA-ARS Beneficial Insects Introduction Research**

1960 - 1995

  -------------------------------------- --------------------------------
  [Insect Pest Controlled]{.underline}   [Annual Savings]{.underline}

  alfalfa weevil                         \$ 90,000,000

  pea aphid                              \$ 36,000,000

  cereal leaf beetle                     \$ 18,000,000

  alfalfa blotch leafminer               [\$ 15,000,000]{.underline}

  Total                                  \$159,000,000
  -------------------------------------- --------------------------------

**Once your history is complete, don't forget to send it in to
headquarters so it will be included in a compilation of all such
histories. To do this, visit the 50^th^ anniversary web site off the
main ARS web page www.ars.usda.gov.**
For Immediate Release: News Media Contact:

February 10, 2005 Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511

e-mail: rosemary.kimball@fcc.gov

THREE NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO

FEDERAL-STATE JOINT CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED SERVICES

Washington, DC -- The Commission has appointed three new members to the
Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services. They are the
Honorable Paul G. Afonso, Chair, Massachusetts Department of
Telecommunications and Energy; the Honorable Larry S. Landis,
Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; and the Honorable
Connie O. Hughes, Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
These members fill vacancies on the Joint Board created by recent
departures.

The Joint Conference was convened in 1999 as part of the Commission's
ongoing efforts to ensure that advanced services are deployed as rapidly
as possible to all Americans. It serves as a forum for an ongoing
dialogue between the Commission, state regulators, and local and
regional entities regarding the deployment of advanced
telecommunications capabilities. It is comprised of commissioners from
state public utilities commissions and from the Federal Communications
Commission and is chaired by FCC Commissioner Kevin J. Martin.

The appointments fill the positions recently vacated by Nanette
Thompson, Regulatory Commission of Alaska; Irma Muse Dixon, Louisiana
Public Service Commission; and Bob Rowe, Montana Public Service
Commission.

Action by the Commission February 8, 2005, by Order. (FCC 05-25).
Chairman Powell, Commissioners Abernathy, Copps, Martin and Adelstein.

\- FCC -

CGB contact: Alice Elder at 202-418-2168 (voice), <alice.elder@fcc.gov>
(email).

CC Docket No. 99-294

To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities
(Braile, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to
<fcc504@fcc.gov> or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at
202-418-0531 (voice), 202-418-7365 (TTY).
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

**Rural Electrification Administration**

**BULLETIN 1751H-405**

**SUBJECT: [Digital Transmission Systems]{.underline}**

**TO:** REA Telephone Borrowers

REA Telephone Staff

**EFFECTIVE DATE:** Date of Approval

**EXPIRATION DATE:** Seven years from the effective date

**OFFICE OF PRIMARY INTEREST:** Transmission Branch, Telecommunications
Standards Division

**PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS:** This Bulletin replaces the following Bulletin
and Telecommunications Engineering and Construction Manual (TE&CM)
Sections:

> Bulletin 1751H-405, *Digital Span Lines*
>
> TE&CM Section 954, *Digital Terminals & Multiplexers*
>
> TE&CM Section 958, *Digital Cross-Connect & Drop & Insert Systems*

**FILING INSTRUCTIONS:** Discard the following Bulletin and TE&CM
Sections and replace with this Bulletin:

> Bulletin 1751H-405, *Digital Span Lines*
>
> TE&CM Section 954, *Digital Terminals & Multiplexers*
>
> TE&CM Section 958, *Digital Cross-Connect & Drop & Insert Systems*

Also file along with 7 CFR 1751 and on REANET.

**PURPOSE:** To provide information on digital transmission systems,
including a description of system components and basic guidelines for
the design of transmission systems. The document assumes the reader is
familiar with the topics of basic telephony and digital transmission.
All information in this bulletin is advisory.

Wally Beyer 5/5/94

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Administrator Date
REPORT NO: 1256 CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; DECEMBER 3, 1999

SPECIAL RELIEF AND SHOW CAUSE PETITIONS

> Portions of this Public Notice have been produced by the Cable
> Television Branch, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau\'s
> computer-based Data Management systems.
>
> This Public Notice lists those filings processed by the Cable
> Television Branch as registrations pursuant to Section 76.1801 of the
> Commission\'s Rules. Should any of these registrations contain a
> request for special relief, such waiver requests will be handled
> separately through the special relief process. Furthermore, parties
> seeking special relief are advised that such requests must be
> initiated through the special relief provisions of Section 76.7 of the
> Rules.
>
> This Notice also lists special relief and other filings. Files
> containing these petitions can be reviewed in the Commissions
> Reference Information Center, CY Level, 445 12^th^ Street, SW. The
> letter codes following a CSR Number refers to the particular subject
> of the petition. Those currently in use are: A --- ADI; M --- must
> carry; T --- anti-trafficking; E -- effective competition; C ---
> retransmission consent; P --- program access; R --- rate regulation; F
> --- rate freeze; B --- buy-out/buy-through; L --- commercial leased
> access; Z --- technical; S --- significantly viewed; N ---
> nonduplication/syndicated exclusivity/sports deletion; I --- tax
> certificates; D --- small system definition; and X --- cross
> ownership. Many of these filings are subject to the pleading cycle
> rules set forth in §76.7,
>
> while others have their own unique pleading cycle.
>
> It is requested that all responses or statements refer to the FCC
> assigned Community Identification Number; e.g., AL0075.

REPORT NO: 1256 CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; DECEMBER 3, 1999

SPECIAL RELIEF AND SHOW CAUSE PETITIONS

CSR Number Petitioner Communities Code

CSR- 5457-M GARY M. COCOLA Merced & Los Banos, CA No Code

(vs. UACC Midwest Inc.) (KGMC )

CSR- 5458-P KNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. n/a No Code

(vs. WB Tele. Network et al.)

**-FCC-**
**Session III -- Industry/Consumer Perspective and Non-food/Feed
Products -- Talk: Green**

**What Do We Learn from Goldilocks about Adding Value?**

Christopher Green

Senova Limited, 49 North Road, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AS, UK
+44 (0)1223 890777, <chris.green@senova.uk.com>,
[www.senova.co.uk/presentations](http://www.senova.co.uk/presentations)

The agriculture industry has for years been in the economic doldrums,
but now driven by dramatic demand it is emerging with a new vitality and
new markets. The greater access to world markets especially in Asia and
China and the largely unforeseen explosion in bio fuels have given a
much needed new lease of life and resuscitating our bio economy.

Post World War 2, production support policies at National and
International levels were solely aimed at increasing the global food
basket. In practice this meant producing the greatest volumes at the
least cost. Government support mechanisms were in place to underpin this
approach providing and safeguarding income of growers. There is now a
new world order. More open market access and changing diets has lead to
both an unprecedented demand for basic commodities and, for the more
discerning and affluent, more specialist and diverse food products.

Whilst demand has increased and markets expanded, the route to market
has continued to contract. As a consequence there has been a migration
of value from farmer to food store. Against this background oats
continue to be marginalised. Mechanisation heralded the decline of the
working horse population and with it the most valuable, (in terms of
volume), consumer of oats.

Responding to the changing market conditions, oat breeders are
increasingly looking at the unique properties in oats and exploiting
these in the hope to secure an added attraction and with it an added
value to the crop. This strategy may deliver a higher unit value in more
specialised and niche markets but in so doing there is the danger that
the crop will become less competitive. If this is the case then the
spiral of decline will continue.

As with other cereals it is the animal feed sector that is the largest
consumer and it is the feed price that is at the base of the value
pyramid. The oat value pyramid model demonstrates the relationship
between values and volumes. A critical aspect in global oat production
is that many of the traditional oat growing areas where the crop is
grown as an on farm feed are under threat as new markets and new buyers
emerge. Acreage will be lost to the higher yielding crops where longer
term contracts are available, particularly for bio fuels. The
consequence will be that vast areas of oats will be taken out of
production. Crop critical mass will be lost and further polarisation and
specialisation will be inevitable.

So where is the value, which are the best target markets, can we arrest
price migration by adding value?

A data trawl of oat research reveals a focus on food as opposed to feed.
Perhaps now is the time for greater effort in adding the value at the
base of the pyramid, as after all that is where the first price is
established? This paper addresses these issues and dilemmas.
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**August 2006**

**The Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Construction and
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Copies of the Draft EA and Draft FONSI are available for review by
request to Mr. Blotzer, or at the following locations:

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39529

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######## **Media Release---March 19, 2002**

**[USAID-Sponsored Regional HIV/AIDS Workshop]{.underline}**

**[for Faith-Based Leaders Seeks to Change Course of
HIV/AIDS]{.underline}**

Thirty-eight leaders from faith-based organizations in nine southern
African countries began a three-day HIV/AIDS workshop near Johannesburg
Monday to "alter the course of the epidemic". Sponsored by the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID), the workshop aims
to help delegates in the epicenter of the disease to gain practical
leadership skills in communication, counseling and project management to
help their communities deal with HIV/AIDS. The participants hope they
can also help a new generation to avoid the devastation HIV and AIDS has
wreaked on people in their countries.

The organizers believe faith-based groups exert a powerful influence on
the priorities of society and the policies of national leadership.
Participants are believed to represent millions of Africans. Entitled
"Challenging Faith-Based Communities Towards HIV and AIDS Actions that
Make a Difference", the workshop is part of a series to strengthen the
faith-based sector to manage HIV and AIDS with care, support and loving
deeds that also help reduce prejudices that handicap progress on the
AIDS battlefield.

Opening the conference, Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane urged
the delegates to implement projects in their communities: "The time for
talk is long gone; it's time to act." USAID Deputy Director for South
Africa, Eilene Oldwine, said, "The words, 'HIV and AIDS', are a call to
action, for all of us\...to unite as partners fighting a common enemy
that threatens humanity."

The Archbishop said, "There is a cry for new models of leadership in
Africa\...we need to find and develop the leadership of, for and by
Africans\...looking for leaders who offer service." The Archbishop
reminded the group that "silence permits inaction and is the breeding
ground for stigma". He challenged participants to be bold in breaking
the bonds of silence and labeled silence about sexuality and behavior
that leads to life rather than death as a "sin".

Oldwine pointed out grim regional HIV/AIDS statistics, such as 90
percent of all babies born HIV positive enter the world in sub-Saharan
Africa, that 85 percent of the world's HIV positive women live here, and
that life expectancy in the region has decreased on average by about 20
years. She said the conference is part of USAID's \$3.85 million (more
than R45 million) Regional HIV/AIDS Program working in ten countries to
address high transmission areas at the heart of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

*Further information is available from Reverie Zurba at USAID: (012)
323-8869;*

*Nicky Schaay at POLICY PROJECT: (021) 462-0380; or Anna van Esch: (072)
383-0970*
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# WETLAND CREATION

## PRACTICE INTRODUCTION

**USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service―Practice Code 658**

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### WETLAND CREATION

Wetland creation is the establishment of a wetland on a site that was
historically nonwetland.

### PRACTICE INFORMATION

Wetland creation applies to sites where no natural wetland occurred
historically. These sites contain soils that are not hydric.

This practice does not apply to:

-   a constructed wetland intended to treat point and nonpoint sources
    of water pollution

-   wetland enhancement intended to rehabilitate a degraded wetland

-   wetland restoration intended to return the soils, hydrology,
    vegetative community, and biological habitat to approximate original
    wetland conditions

The purpose of this practice is to create wetland functions and values.

The purposes, goals, and objectives of the creation must be clearly
defined, including the appropriate criteria for the site and purposes.
The soil, hydrology, and vegetative characteristics existing on the site
and the contributing watershed must be documented. Native vegetative
species should be used whenever possible. Water levels can be controlled
to prevent oxidation of organic soils and for vegetation management.

### COMMON ASSOCIATED PRACTICES 

Wetland Creation is commonly used in a Conservation Management System
with the following practices: Dike (356), Structure for Water Control
(587), Grade Stabilization Structure (410), Pond Sealing and Lining (521
A--D), and Use Exclusion (472).

For further information, refer to the practice standard in the local
Field Office Technical Guide and associated practice specifications and
job sheets.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

# **RURAL DEVELOPMENT**

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**01-POL-005**

**Sustainable Army Communities**

**Department of the Army**

**U.S. Army Corps of Engineers**

**[BEST POLICY AWARD WINNER]{.underline}**. The US Department of the
Army developed and implemented a landmark policy to create Sustainable
Army Communities that will improve the mission capabilities and quality
of life for a worldwide network of over 180 Army bases that serve a
population of over one million soldiers, civilians and family members.
The seminal Army Sustainable Army Communities Policy directs that the
principles of Sustainable Design and Development be incorporated into
all actions and decisions affecting Army bases, environmental planning,
community operation and infrastructure projects. The Sustainable Army
Communities initiative will ensure that there is a systematic
consideration of current and future impacts of an activity, product or
life cycle decision on the environment, energy uses, natural resources,
the economy and quality of life of Army bases.

The goal of the Army Sustainable Communities Policy is to integrate
sustainable design and development concepts into installation planning
and throughout the project planning, programming, design, construction,
operation, and maintenance process. The Army has a leadership and
stewardship role in constructing and operating sustainable
environmentally responsible, cost efficient Army Communities.

For more information, please contact Mr. John J. Krajewski at (703)
428-6170 or by email at John.krajewski@hqda.army.mil.
August 19, 2002

Dockets Management Branch

(HFA-305)

Food and Drug Administration (HFS-830)

Room 1061

5630 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20852

> RE: Docket No. 01N-0548; Food Labeling; Guidelines for Voluntary
> Nutrition Labeling of Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish; Identification
> of the 20 Most Frequently Consumed Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish;
> Proposed Rule. 67 [Federal Register]{.underline} 12918, March 20,
> 2002.

Dear Sir or Madam:

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) appreciates the opportunity to
submit the following comments in regard to the docket referenced above.

The National Fisheries Institute is the USA's largest non-profit trade
association representing all aspects of the fish and seafood industry in
the U.S. NFI's mission includes ensuring an ample, sustainable and safe
supply of seafood products for American consumers. In light of this
mission, we submit the comments herein.

NFI has supported overall FDA's approach to the voluntary nutrition
labeling of fish and believes the resulting guidelines provide valuable
information to food retailers and, ultimately consumers who use the
information to make informed food choices. It has been our pleasure to
assist FDA with nutrition and consumption information concerning the top
20 most frequently consumed fish sold at retail. NFI does not have any
new data to submit at this time concerning the proposed nutrition values
in this Notice but does wish to comment concerning the appropriateness
of allowing a statement about trans fats on the fish listed in the
guidelines.

Specifically, FDA has requested comments on whether or not fish (cooked
without the addition of any ingredients; e.g., fat, breading, or
seasoning) contribute a significant amount of *trans* fat. It is our
understanding that fish contain only negligible amounts of *trans* fat,
or non-detectable levels of *trans* fat. Unlike some animals, fish do
not typically accumulate measurable levels of trans fats as a result of
their metabolized food sources. This would be particularly true of
wild-caught fish. NFI believes that a modification similar to that
proposed for raw fruits and vegetables should be developed in regulation
for fish. Therefore, proposed new 21 CFR §101.45(a)(3)(iv) should be
amended to allow a footnote indicating that fish provide negligible
amounts of *trans* fat.

In addition, NFI is aware that the National Food Processors Association
has submitted comments to this docket that include a recommendation that
the voluntary fish guidelines include an additional listing for Chinook
salmon. NFI agrees with NFPA's view that the species merits separate
inclusion.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposed rule.

Sincerely,

Robert L. Collette

Vice President of Science and Technology
> Poster Presentation 6B-09

**Biorefining Reproductive Organs of Plant Crops**

[George H. Robertson\*]{.underline}, Dominic Wong, Charles Lee, and
William J. Orts

Western Regional Research Center

USDA-ARS

800 Buchanan Street

Albany, CA 94526

Phone: 510-559-5866; Fax: 510-559-5818; E-mail: <grobertson@pw.usda.gov>

In its most general conception, a biorefinery consists of cascades of
operations that segregate mass, separate molecules, and assemble
molecules. The \"bio\" in biorefining suggests the molecules of interest
are of biological origin. By this definition, the farm, the
crop-processing plant, and even a petroleum refinery may be considered
as biorefining operations or part of a biorefinery. One of the results
of biorefining is the creation of concentrated or enriched fractions
that serve as platforms from which additional cascades of biorefining
operations can be applied. For grain, the biorefining may produce oil,
protein, sugar, starch, fiber concentrates and other platforms that add
both to the cost and profitability of the biorefining operation. In
general the choice of the crop, the initial mass segregation, and the
segregation/separation cascade determine the structure of all of the
refining that follows. In US practice, mass segregation strategies are
based on methodology established in past decades, centuries, or
millennia. The methodology is often water-based. New paradigms for
biorefining that emphasize benign conditions are being investigated by
the USDA, Agricultural Research Service within the Quality and
Utilization of Agricultural Products and Energy Alternatives National
Programs. The paradigms emphasize disassembly of crops and utilization
of intermediate platforms as well as the creation of the sugar platform.
The new paradigms are enabled by capitalizing on the use of green
solvents, tailored enzymes along with moderate temperatures that
minimize energy use and undesired products. Two research efforts at WRRC
reflect this vision. In one, the use of chilled ethanol as a replacement
for water in the refining of wheat to starch and protein platforms
creates possibilities for an increased number of very-high-value
crop-component platforms. In another, solid phase or cold hydrolysis of
starch by enzymes evolved to the task will reduce energy demand for
conversion of starch to sugar platforms.