BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
00-PRA-022

Good Practices

U.S. General Services Administration

Public Buildings Service

GSA\'s PBS created the Good Practices program to highlight the processes
and initiatives that have improved the organization's results in its
nine performance measures:

-   Customer Satisfaction

-   Indirect Costs as a Percentage of Revenue

-   Leasing Costs Compared to Industry

-   Funds from Operations

-   Cleaning Costs Compared to Industry

-   Construction -- Deviation from Budget

-   Non-revenue Producing Space

-   Maintenance Costs Compared to Industry

-   Construction -- Construction on Schedule

For each of the 9 measures, the Good Practices program has identified
regional offices, field offices, and specific facilities with superior
results and has documented the processes and practices that led to their
improvement. The goal is for other offices to use the Good Practices to
improve their operations.

Thus far, PBS has documented over 100 Good Practices and has established
an internal web site dedicated to accessing and publicizing these Good
Practices. In a survey of employees, two-thirds were aware of the
program, while one-third had applied one of the Good Practices in their
organization and had improved results.

For additional information, contact Mr. Henry Singer at (202) 501-1447
or via e-mail at henry.singer@gsa.gov.
**PUBLIC NOTICE**

**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION**

**445 12th STREET, S.W.**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554**

####### 

September 12, 2000

**CORRECTION TO ATTACHMENT A**

###### C AND F BLOCK BROADBAND PCS SPECTRUM AUCTION 

##### SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 29, 2000, 

##### RESCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 12, 2000;

**DA 00-2038, RELEASED SEPTEMBER 6, 2000**

**REVISED LIST OF AVAILABLE LICENSES**

**COMMENT SOUGHT ON RESERVE PRICES OR MINIMUM OPENING BIDS AND**

###### OTHER PROCEDURAL ISSUES

**Report No. AUC‑00-35-D (Auction No. 35)**

The following attachment corrects and replaces Attachment A of Public
Notice DA 00-2038

released September 6, 2000. Specifically, the bidding category for four
(4) licenses was incorrectly listed as "closed." The following four
licenses are "open" to all bidders because they are licenses for
operation on spectrum that was available but unsold in Auction No. 22.

> CWB352C3 -- Plattsburgh, NY
>
> CWB352C4 - Plattsburgh, NY
>
> CWB398C3 - Salisburg, MD
>
> CWB398C4 - Salisbury, MD

For further information concerning this proceeding, contact the Auctions
& Industry Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Craig
Bomberger, Auctions Analyst, at (202) 418-0660; or Lisa Stover, Project
Manager, at (717) 338-2888.

-- FCC
**§21.58 Redetermination of employment handicap and serious employment
handicap.**

\(a\) *Prior to induction into a program.* A determination as to
employment handicap, serious employment handicap, or eligibility for a
program of employment services will not be changed except for:

\(1\) Unmistakable error in fact or law; or

\(2\) New and material evidence which justifies a change.

\(b\) *After induction into a program.*

\(1\) The Department of Veterans Affairs will not redetermine a finding
of employment handicap, serious employment handicap, or eligibility for
a program of employment services subsequent to the veteran's induction
into a program because of a reduction in his or her disability rating,
including a reduction to 0 percent:

\(2\) The Department of Veterans Affairs may consider whether a finding
of employment handicap should be changed to serious employment handicap
when there is an increase in the degree of service-connected disability,
or other significant change in the veteran's situation;

\(3\) A redetermination of employment handicap, serious employment
handicap, or eligibility for a program of employment services will be
made when there is a clear and unmistakable error of fact or law.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3102, 3106)

\(c\) *Following rehabilitation or discontinuance.* A veteran's
eligibility and entitlement to assistance must be redetermined in any
case in which:

\(1\) The veteran is determined to be rehabilitated to the point of
employability under the provisions of §21.190;

\(2\) The veteran is determined to meet the requirements for
rehabilitation under the provisions of §21.196; or

\(3\) The veteran's program is discontinued under the provisions of
§21.198, except as described in §21.198(c)(3). (Authority: 38 U.S.C.
3102, 3111)

**§21.59 Review and appeal of decisions on eligibility and
entitlement.**

A veteran may appeal decisions of the Vocation Rehabilitation and
Employment staff on eligibility and entitlement to rehabilitation
services to the Board of Veterans Appeals as provided in §19.2 of Title
38, CFR. However, the veteran or an accredited representative, on his or
her behalf, may request administrative review by Central Office prior to
filing an appeal to BVA. A case already on appeal to BVA may not be
referred to Central Office for administrative review or advisory
opinion. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3107(c))

\[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 66 FR 44053, Aug. 22, 2001\]
**For Immediate Release Contact: Thomas Cavanagh**

\(386\) 947-5287

<thomas.cavanagh@erau.edu>

**Embry-Riddle Offers New Scholarship for Civil Air Patrol Members**

**Daytona Beach, Fla., July 16, 2007 --** Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University -- Worldwide Campus and the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) have
agreed to partner on a scholarship program for active members and cadets
of the CAP admitted to a Worldwide Campus degree program. The \$500
scholarship opportunity applies only to new Embry-Riddle students
admitted after June 30, 2007, and attending a Worldwide Campus or
enrolling in a Worldwide Online degree program.

As an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, CAP performs 95% of the nation's
inland search-and-rescue missions and provides many critical emergency
services, including aerial reconnaissance for Homeland Security.
Embry-Riddle, a world leader in aviation and aerospace education since
1926, is committed to providing this important volunteer operation
access to the many degree programs offered online and through its more
than 130 Worldwide Campus locations. CAP's 56,000 members include 22,000
cadets between the ages of 12-21.

Interested applicants for the \$500 scholarship need to verify active
membership in CAP and write one paragraph stating why they would like to
attend Embry-Riddle. For undergraduate programs, the scholarship will be
applied as a \$166.67 discount for each of the first three courses
taken. For graduate programs, the scholarship will be applied as a \$250
discount for each of the first two courses taken. Applications will be
accepted on an ongoing basis.

Scholarship recipients must maintain satisfactory academic standards of
progress and may use other sources of financial aid, within the
established rules. This scholarship does not apply to either of
Embry-Riddle's residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., or Prescott,
Ariz. For more information on the Embry-Riddle CAP scholarship, contact
Dr. Thomas Cavanagh at <thomas.cavanagh@erau.edu> or (386) 947-5287.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide began in 1970 as a branch of the Daytona Beach
Campus at Ft. Rucker, Ala., with 20 students, primarily military working
adults. Since then, the program has become one of the largest
off-campus, regionally accredited colleges in the United States, with
over 45,000 alumni. The Worldwide organization educates more than 27,000
students through classroom, online, or hybrid undergraduate and graduate
degrees and certificate programs.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully
accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers
more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences,
Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The university educates more than
32,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at
residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., Daytona Beach, Fla., and
Worldwide at more than 130 centers in the United States, Canada, Europe
and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information,
visit [www.erau.edu](http://www.erau.edu/).
# Michigan State University -- Contact List 2007

The following is a list of contact information for personnel in your
program. Please verify that the contact information listed is correct,
and add any new contact information. Please be sure that \"track
changes\" is on before making any changes.

Norbert Kaminski

Program Director

Michigan State University

Center for Integrative Toxicology

315 Food Safety and Toxicology Building

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: 517-353-3786

Fax: 517-353-8915

kamins11@msu.edu

Carol Chvojka

Program Manager

Michigan State University

Center for Integrative Toxicology

165C Food Safety and Toxicology Bldg.

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: 517-432-3313

Fax: 517-355-4603

chvojka@msu.edu

Melvin E. Andersen

CIIT Centers for Health Research

Division of Computational Biology

6 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 12137

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Phone: 919-558-1205

Fax: 919-558-1300

mandersen@ciit.org

Stephen A. Boyd

Michigan State University

Center for Microbial Ecology

Department of Crop and Soil Science

532 Plant and Soil Science Bldg.

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: 517-355-0271 x1252

Fax: 517-355-0270

boyds@msu.edu

Rory B. Conolly

National Center for Computational Toxicology

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

109 TW Alexander Drive

Mail Code B205-01

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

conolly.rory@epa.gov

Patricia E. Ganey

Michigan State University

Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology

214 Food Safety and Toxicology Building

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: 517-432-1761

Fax: (517) 432-2310

ganey@msu.edu

John J. LaPres

Michigan State University

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

East Lansing, MI 48824-1319

Phone: 517-432-9282

Fax: 517-353-9334

lapres@msu.edu

Russell S. Thomas

CIIT Centers for Health Research

Division of Computational Biology

6 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 12137

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Phone: 919-558-1311

Fax: 919-558-1300

rthomas@ciit.org

James M. Tiedje

Michigan State University

Center for Microbial Ecology

540E Plant & Soil Science Bldg.

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: 517-353-9021 x1287

Fax: 517-353-2917

tiedjej@msu.edu

James E. Trosko

Michigan State University

Pediatrics and Human Developmental

246 Food Safety and Toxicology Building

East Lansing, MI 48824-1302

Phone: 517-432-3100 x188

Fax: 517-432-6340

james.trosko@hc.msu.edu

Timothy R. Zacharewski

Michigan State University

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

241 Food Safety and Toxicology Building

East Lansing, MI 48824-1319

Phone: 517-355-1607

Fax: 517-353-9334

tzachare@msu.edu

Gerben J. Zylstra

Rutgers University

Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment

Cook College

316 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road

New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520

Phone: 732-932-8165 x320

Fax: 732-932-0312

zylstra@aesop.rutgers.edu
**Remarks of FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin**

**Common Sense Media Awards**

**Washington, D.C.**

**September 6, 2006**

*As Prepared for Delivery*

Hello everyone. I am Kevin Martin, Chairman of the FCC. I want to salute
Elmo and all of his friends at the Sesame Workshop for doing such a
great job with children's programming. It is so important to have
quality shows on television that parents can watch with their children.

Tonight I have the privilege of honoring an icon in the history of
television and extraordinary leader in public service, Newton Minow.

Chairman Minow and I are connected in several ways. First, his daughter,
Martha, was my and my wife's first professor at Harvard Law School.
Second, I want to make clear that Newt, not I, was the youngest Chairman
of the FCC.

But seriously, as FCC Chairman, Newt, more than anyone, stressed the
importance of making high quality programming available on television.

He focused the country's attention on the subject with his famous 1961
speech decrying the "vast wasteland" of television. Newt emphasized that
he was speaking not only as the Chairman of the FCC, but as a television
viewer and as the husband and father of television viewers.

Many years later, Newt said that he was surprised that the speech was
remembered more for the "vast wasteland" phrase than for its emphasis on
the public interest, which is what he intended. In the speech Newt told
broadcasters that since the TV industry possessed the most powerful
voice in America, it was essential to make that voice "ring with
intelligence and leadership."

In challenging broadcasters to do better, Newt emphasized that more than
ratings should govern what is on television. Television could and should
enrich people's lives. Newt had tremendous insight when he first spoke
out. Television had an enormous impact on the public then, and its
influence on our society has only increased over the years.

But it was not just his insight; it was his courage in publicly daring
the industry to achieve a higher vision that has served as a role model
for me. And while the industry was shocked and outraged, he stood firm.

Years later, when asked how he handled the industry's response, he
stated, "When you are 35, you are less concerned about consequences then
when you're 65."

While his point may be true, taking on an industry at any age is a
daunting task.

I have personally been inspired by Newt\'s courage in this area. In
fact, it was in reflecting on his "Vast Wasteland" speech several years
ago that I first set forth what I thought the industry should do to give
parents more tools for parents to control the media: broadcasters should
adopt a "Family Hour" and cable operators should give parents more
control over their programming.

And so it is now my profound honor to present Newton Minow with the 2006
Common Sense Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations.
Day: 06/07/02

Latitude: 27°37°95 N

Water depth: 615 m

Core number: **MD02- 2541**

GMT time: 21 :37.95 N

Longitude: 92°12.74 W

Location: Tunica Mounds

Corer type: Calypso core

Corer length: 45.30 m

Core length: 35.34 m

**Observations** 

*Corer condition :*

Corer bent at 10m

*Core condition :*

**Sections and Sampling **

*Number of sections recovered and conditions :*

24 sections recovered, the last section measures 84 cm, good conditions.

A section of 10 cm was taken at the bottom of every 1.5 m section, 2 10
cm section were taken on section I, VII, and X.

*Onboard sampling and post cruise processing :*

-   Both the working and archive halves will be stored at Texas A&M
    University

-   the 10 cm sections were taken for pore water analysis, (
    microbiology, and SO~4~^-^, Cl^-^, CH~4~, ^14^C, DIC) (MBARI,
    Univ.Tokyo)

-   several bags were recovered : 1 core catcher, 1 core top

-   MST magnetic susceptibility, gamma ray attenuation and p-wave
    measurements were made downcore, at a resolution of 2cm. Colour
    measurements were taken every 2 cm.

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-   USGS core measurements and activities : Elec. Resist ; Vane Shear ,
    water content, (USGS-WH), Headspace Gas (USGS-Menlo Park), Thermal
    conductivity ( Univ.Victoria)

## Summary of physical and sedimentological observations

*Dominant lithologies:* interval 0-4.5m consists of greenish gray to
dark greenish gray silty clay with abundant foraminifera (upper 2.2m) to
greenish gray to dark greenish gray silty clay; interval 4.5-35.34m
consists of dark gray clay with foraminifera, in most parts with faint
layering; bioturbated.

*Minor lithologies*: black organic-rich streaks common, several pyrite
concretions
# Security

# Description of Issue

Unprecedented security challenges have evolved since the events of
September 11, 2001. The need for improved homeland defense, highlighted
by the threats of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, created new
and complex security issues that must be surmounted to ensure the
protection of our critical energy resources and infrastructure. These
have made it necessary for the Department to reassess and strengthen its
security postures.

# Actions Taken & Remaining

In May 2004, the former Secretary of Energy announced a set of sweeping
new initiatives to improve security across the Department's nationwide
network of laboratories and defense facilities, particularly those
housing weapons-grade nuclear material. The Department's continued
completion of these initiatives will ensure the Department has a clear
strategic security plan outlining the Department's future security
course, conducts ongoing threat analyses to establish the framework for
continually improving security protective measures and enhances the
physical security of our facilities. In FY 2006, a number of actions
were taken to improve security across the Department. These actions
focused on implementing the necessary improvements to meet the current
Design Basis Threat Policy to include revising vulnerability
assessments; evaluating, testing and deploying security technologies;
and implementing the elite protective force model. Through an integrated
approach, the Department is working to coordinate site mission,
operations, security technologies and the elite protective force to
provide more robust security protection measures at a lower overall
cost. The Security Technologies Demonstration at the Idaho National
Laboratory included this approach and the results of this successful
demonstration are being combined with a review of security protection
measures. This approach will be initiated throughout the Department to
build an efficient security program that is also flexible to meet both
today's threat and tomorrow's challenges.

NNSA continued the implementation of processes, procedures and
technologies to fully implement the Enhanced Design Basis Threat.
Resource and planning documents were developed for the Diskless
Workstation Conversion Secretarial initiative. During FY 2006, NNSA also
continued work with various programmatic and administrative elements to
meet portions of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 access
controls requirements. NNSA also continued to address specific security
operations and personnel issues identified by the IG and GAO.

# Expected Completion

Long-term correction is expected due to the continuing nature of
security threats.
**Part 61**

**VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program**

**Authority**: 38 U.S.C. 501, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2061, 2064, 7721 note.

**Source**: 68 Fed. Reg. 13594, March 19, 2003, unless otherwise
indicated.

**--- Index ---**

Agreement and funding actions 61.61-1

Application for per diem 61.31-1

Applications for capital grants 61.11-1

Applications for technical assistance grants 61.51-1

Awarding special needs grants 61.44-1

Awarding technical assistance grants 61.54-1

Capital grants---general 61.10-1

Definitions 61.1-1

Financial management 61.66-1

General operation requirements for supportive housing and service
centers 61.80-1

Inspections 61.65-1

Life Safety Code capital grants 61.20-1

Matching funds for capital grants 61.16-1

Notice of Fund Availability 61.60-1

Obtaining additional information and awarding capital grants 61.15-1

Outreach activities 61.81-1

Payment of per diem 61.33-1

Per diem---general 61.30-1

Procedural error 61.63-1

Program changes 61.62-1

Purpose 61.0-1

Ranking non-capital grant recipients for per diem 61.32-1

Rating criteria for capital grant applications 61.13-1

Rating criteria for special needs grant applications 61.43-1

Rating criteria for technical assistance grant applications 61.53-1

Recovery provisions 61.67-1

Religious organizations 61.64-1

Resident rent for supportive housing 61.82-1

Selecting applications for capital grants 61.14-1

Site control for capital grants 61.17-1

Special needs grants application 61.41-1

Special needs grants---general 61.40-1

Technical assistance grants---general 61.50-1

Technical assistance reports 61.55-1

Threshold requirements for capital grant applications 61.12-1

Threshold requirements for special needs grant applications 61.42-1

Threshold requirements for technical assistance grant applications
61.52-1
**NOAA's Undersea Research Program**

**Science Dive Activities** **1988-2003**

  ----------- ------------- ---------- ----------- -------------- --------------
  Year        Submersible   ROV        SCUBA       Participants   Affiliations

  1988        530           317        2392        448            180

  1989        526           350        7397        583            202

  1990        581           316        4945        616            157

  1991        797           296        7469        1223           253

  1992        697           442        7357        1344           336

  1993        613           215        9815        1462           344

  1994        668           360        11608       1361           321

  1995        434           474        9842        972            377

  1996        161           456        5171        860            319

  1997        201           196        5916        832            287

  1998        373           202        7670        607            202

  1999        167           196        11782       721            182

  2000        119           245        14797       1015           227

  2001        130           428        9714        950            195

  2002        274           330        10325       876            235

  2003        147           330        10325       758            190

  MEAN        401           322        8533        908            250

  TOTAL       6418          5153       136525      14528          4007
  ----------- ------------- ---------- ----------- -------------- --------------

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Dear Senator Mack,

I just missed the deadline. I have submitted several months ago to
Speaker Dennis Hastert a plan for a very easy simple tax code. Please
contact him for the plan I submitted.

Other items to put in the new tax code.

1\. Go back to the Gold Standard. FDR was a conniving rat to confiscate

all the gold. Now we have \'funny money\' called treasury notes, what a
joke!@!!!!!!

2\. Get rid of the IRS and their power to legislate by regulation on a

whim!!!!!!!! It is not their money, it is ours, we work for and earned
it. It is our to keep!!!!

3\. All retirement funds, primary homes, IRAs, annuity plans,

unemployment and disability benefits, and social security shall be tax
exempt!!!!

4\. A flat tax of not more that 2%, no deductions for anything.

5\. The government should be able to meet the constitutionally mandated

obligations with 1-2% of the GDP. I have to live within my income limits
and so should both federal and state governments!!!!

6\. No more with holding from paychecks. People can set up tax accounts

with their banks to pay their taxes at the end of the year.

7\. Anyone who does not pay the tax loses their citizenship!

8\. People can freely donate to the government to the programs that they

believe in and they can give more than the required 2% at anytime if
they so chose.

9\. The legalized extortion and harassment that is now in force will

cease.

10\. Taking peoples homes and property, their retirement and other
meager

savings puts people in a pauper\'s prison just like it did in the 18th
and 19th centuries. When you make people homeless and push them into
poverty by raping their life savings you make them dependent on the
state.

Please do this for the American people!!!!!

Sonia E Harden

Former Congressional Candidate 2002

CD10 California - Libertarian Party
GRANTEE LETTERHEAD

DATE

Executive Secretary

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

U.S. Department of Commerce

1401 Constitution Ave., NW, Room 2111

Washington, D.C. 20230

Dear :

In accordance with the Foreign-Trade Zones Act and the regulations of
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, this letter constitutes the annual report
covering the operation of Foreign-Trade Zone \# \_\_\_\_\_, City, State.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, \_\_\_\_\_\_, FTZ \# \_\_\_\_\_
was inactive. The current status of the zone project is
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Efforts being made to
market and utilize the zone are as
follows:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

If you have any questions regarding this report, please contact \[name\]
(phone , FAX ).

Respectfully submitted,

Signature

Name (Typed)

Title

Corporation Name

Grantee, Foreign-Trade Zone \# \_\_\_\_\_

\[Grantee\'s Corporate Seal\]
**Session VI -- Plant Breeding, Germplasm Utilization and Cereal
Genomics -- Poster VI-21**

**Breeding Progress in Oat Cultivars of the Czech and Czechoslovak
Origin, Assessment of their Similarity**

Lenka Nedomova

Agricultural Research Institute Kromeriz, Ltd., Havlickova 2782/121,
Kromeriz, 767 01, Czech Republic

tel. +420 573 317 166, E-mail: <nedomova.lenka@vukrom.cz>

**Abstract**

The objective of the work was to collect and evaluate cultivars that
originated or were grown in the Czech Republic and the former
Czechoslovakia. The collection of 69 accessions from the genebank was
enlarged with those from the genebanks in the USA, Sweden, Germany,
Poland, Great Britain, Russia, Lithuania and Hungary. In 2003-2006, a
total of 115 cultivars were evaluated of which, 78 landraces and
obsolete cultivars, 37 advanced cultivars.

Thirty-five morphological, biological, agronomic and quality traits were
evaluated using the National List of Descriptors. The variability and
distribution within the selected experimental set were described for
individual traits. As for morphological traits, the examined accessions
are very similar and in a number of traits some categories are missing.

Based on the period of origin, the cultivars were divided into the two
groups (the cultivars originated before 1945 and those after 1945) and
changes in individual traits during the breeding process were analysed.
The increase was confirmed in the groups of modern cultivars in grain
yield (by 21.3 %), TGW (7.4 %), grain number per panicle (7.0 %), grain
weight per panicle (15.7 %), grain volume weight (7.4 %), sieving 2 mm
(28.0 %), harvest index (26.7 %), resistance to diseases and lodging;
decrease in plant height (17.5 %), length of panicle (15.7 %) and hull
percentage (2.9 %). The period to heading shortened by 3.5 days and to
maturity by 1 day.

Using an analysis of principal components, the traits that contribute
most to a total variability were defined. The scored traits include
grain colour, kernel covering, days to heading, panicle length, plant
height, number of panicle layers, panicle shape and awnedness, and the
metric traits include groat yield, harvest index, grain yield, plant
height, panicle length, days to heading, grain weight per panicle,
percentage of sieving fraction and TGW.

Cluster analysis (Ward´s clustering method, Euclidean distance) was used
to create similar cultivar clusters. Clustering by using scores
according to the list of descriptors and metric data unambiguously
defined hulless cultivars and both methods separated advanced cultivars
from obsolete ones.

**Acknowledgements**

This work was supported by the National Programme on Conservation and
Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and by
research project 1G46065 Enhancement of the value of spring wheat,
winter barley and oats collections for users and improvement of their
management.
Appendix C

Worksheet

Worksheet 1 Build the Planning Team

In establishing a planning team, you want to ensure that you have a
broad range of backgrounds and experiences represented. Below are some
suggestions for agencies to include in a planning team. There are many
organizations, both governmental and community-based, that should be
included when creating a local team. In addition, state organizations
can be included on local teams, when appropriate, to serve as a source
of information and to provide guidance and coordination.

Use the checklist as a starting point for forming your team. Check the
boxes beside any individuals or organizations that you have in your
community/state that you believe should be included on your planning
team so you can follow up with them.

Task A. Create the planning team -- Suggestions for team members.
Date:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Local/Tribal

 Administrator/Manager's Office

 Budget/Finance Office

 Building Code Enforcement Office

 City/County Attorney's Office

 Economic Development Office

 Emergency Preparedness Office

 Fire and Rescue Department

 Hospital Management

 Local Emergency Planning Committee

 Planning and Zoning Office

 Police/Sheriff's Department

 Public Works Department

 Sanitation Department

 School Board

 Transportation Department

 Tribal Leaders

Special Districts and Authorities

 Airport and Seaport Authorities

 Business Improvement District(s)

 Fire Control District

 Flood Control District

 Redevelopment Agencies

 Regional/Metropolitan Planning Organization(s)

 School District(s)

 Transit/Transportation Agencies

Others

 Architectural/Engineering/Planning Firms

 Citizen Corps

 Colleges/Universities

 Land Developers

 Major Employers/Businesses

 Professional Associations

 Retired Professionals

State

 Adjutant General's Office (National Guard)

 Board of Education

 Building Code Office

 Climatologist

 Earthquake Program Manager

 Economic Development Office

 Emergency Management Office/State Hazard Mitigation Officer

 Environmental Protection Office

 Fire Marshal's Office

 Geologist

 Homeland Security Coordinator's Office

 Housing Office

 Hurricane Program Manager

 Insurance Commissioner's Office

 National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator

 Natural Resources Office

 Planning Agencies

 Police

 Public Health Office

 Public Information Office

 Tourism Department

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

 American Red Cross

 Chamber of Commerce

 Community/Faith-Based Organizations

 Environmental Organizations

 Homeowners Associations

 Neighborhood Organizations

 Private Development Agencies

 Utility Companies

 Other Appropriate NGOs
**JSC Health Related Fitness 2009**

The Johnson Space Center Health Related Fitness (HRF) program has been
operating for 25 years. There are three HRF courses, a 12-week basic
course (HRF I) which meets four times per year on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays; a 10-week refresher course (HRF II) which meets in the
spring on Tuesdays and Thursdays; and a 10-week advance course (HRF III)
which meets in the autumn on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The courses provide
an equal mixture of education with prescribed exercise. The education
component is a series of 15-20 minute lectures presented twice per week
explaining the role of exercise in health. At each class meeting
students also exercise in accordance with their personalized exercise
programs which were developed on the basis of fitness appraisals of
aerobic power, body composition, muscle strength, muscle endurance and
flexibility. These tests are repeated periodically to track improvements
and to upgrade the exercise prescriptions. The staff is comprised of
exercise scientists with advanced degrees and certifications from the
American College of Sports Medicine.

Medical screening is assumed by the self-report Physical Activity
Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), which is required for enrollment in the
Starport exercise facility. If the questionnaire identifies a problem
(high blood pressure, for example) the applicant is required to obtain
written clearance for vigorous exercise from his or her personal
physician.

All members of Starport are eligible for free enrollment in any HRF
programs. Just call the HRF staff at (281) 483-0301/0302 or email
<larry.t.wier@nasa.gov>.

Classes meet at the Starport exercise facility (Gilruth) at either 6:30
to 7:30 am or 4:15 to 5:15 pm.

**2009 Course Schedule**

**HRF I (MWF) HRF II (T& Th) HRF III (T & Th)**

**[Class Start Finish Class Start Finish Class Start
Finish]{.underline}**

1-09 01/05 03/27 II-28 03/31 06/04 III-16 09/15 11/19

2-09 03/30 06/19

3-09 06/22 09/11

4-09 09/14 12/04

**Personal Consultations and Exercise Prescriptions**

This is a free service for all members of Starport. An ACSM certified
exercise scientist will administer fitness appraisals and use the
results to design individualized training programs with two improvement
goals: aerobic power and muscle fitness. Progressive aerobic programs
will be developed for all aerobic training modes available at Starport
-- outdoor walk/run, treadmill, EFX, Stairmaster, Rower, Total Body
Trainer and the stationary bike. The muscle fitness program is based on
an assessment of the 1-Repetiton maximum for each of the 18 basic
strength training machines. Participants receive a written program
indicating the resistance, repetitions, sets, frequencies and
progression for all levels of strength training. The session lasts about
90 minutes. To schedule a session call the exercise scientist at
Starport (281-483-0301/0302).
######### **BASIC LONG TERM CARE HEALTH FACILITY SURVEYOR TRAINING**

**Hunt Valley, Maryland**

**October 21-25, 2002**

**AGENDA**

# [Monday, October 21]{.underline}

#### Evaluation Code: 100700

7:00 Registration

8:00 Welcome/Overview

8:15 Offsite Survey Preparation

Tab 2

**9:45** **BREAK**

10:00 Offsite Survey Preparation

(Continued)

11:00 General Observation of Facility

Task 5A

**12:00** **LUNCH**

1:15 Kitchen Observations

Tab 6

**2:45 BREAK**

3:00 Quality of Care Overview

> Tab 3

**5:00** **ADJOURN**

**BASIC LONG TERM CARE HEALTH FACILITY SURVEYOR TRAINING**

**Hunt Valley, Maryland**

**October 21-25, 2002**

**AGENDA**

# [Tuesday, October 22]{.underline}

# Evaluation Code: 100701

# 

8:00 Nutrition and Investigative Protocols

**10:00** **BREAK**

10:15 Nutrition and Investigative Protocols

Continued

**11:45** **LUNCH**

## 1:00 Resident Review 

Tab 3

**2:45** **BREAK**

3:00 Resident Review - Continued

**5:00** **ADJOURN**

**BASIC LONG TERM CARE HEALTH FACILITY SURVEYOR TRAINING**

**Hunt Valley, Maryland**

**October 21-25, 2002**

**AGENDA**

**[Wednesday, October 23]{.underline}**

**Evaluation Code: 100703**

8:00 Quality of Life

Tab 5

9:00 Interview Skills

**10:00** **BREAK**

10:15 Quality of Life -- continued

**12:00** **LUNCH**

1:15 Quality of Life -- continued

**2:30** **BREAK**

2:45 Quality of Life -- continued

3:30 Medication Use Evaluation

Tab 4

**5:00** **ADJOURN**

**BASIC LONG TERM CARE HEALTH FACILITY SURVEYOR TRAINING**

**Hunt Valley, Maryland**

**October 21-25, 2002**

**AGENDA**

# 

# [Thursday, October 24]{.underline}

**Evaluation Code: 100704**

8:00 Medication Use Evaluation

**9:45** **BREAK**

10:00 Medication Use Evaluation

**12:00** **LUNCH**

1:15 Principles of Documentation

Tab 10

**2:45** **BREAK**

3:00 Decision Making

Tab 11

**5:00** **ADJOURN**

**BASIC LONG TERM CARE HEALTH FACILITY SURVEYOR TRAINING**

**Hunt Valley, Maryland**

**October 21-25, 2002**

**AGENDA**

**[Friday, October 25]{.underline}**

**Evaluation Code: 100705**

8:00 Enforcement for Nursing Homes

###  Tab 14 

**9:00 BREAK**

9:15 Being an Effective Witness

Tab 12

10:30 Legal Aspects of Surveying

###  Tab 13 

11:30 Mock Hearing

**12:30 ADJOURN**
Peter F. Landrum Research Chemist

U. S. Department of Commerce, NOAA

Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

2205 Commonwealth Blvd

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

[EDUCATION]{.underline}

B.S. California State College, San Bernardino, CA, 1974

Ph.D. University of California, Davis, CA, 1979

[POSITIONS]{.underline}

Research Chemist (2000-present), Supervisory Chemist (1994-2000), Acting
Director GLERL (1996-1997), Research Chemist (1981-1994), Part-time
instructor Eastern Michigan University (1984-1991), Research Associate,
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (1979-1981)

[SCIENTIFIC]{.underline} [AND]{.underline} [PROFESSIONAL]{.underline}
[ORGANIZATIONS]{.underline}

American Chemical Society, Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry (Board Member 1990), Great Lakes Regional Chapter of the
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (President 1986,
Vice-President 1985, Secretary Treasurer 1987-1989), International
Association for Great Lakes Research.

[SELECTED]{.underline} [PUBLICATIONS]{.underline}

Landrum, P.F., E.A. Tigue, S. Kane Driscoll, D.C. Gossiaux, P.L. Van
Hoof, M.L. Gedeon and M. Adler. 2001. Bioaccumulation of PCB congeners
by *Diporeia* spp.: Kinetics and factors affecting bioavailability. *J.
Great Lakes Res.* 27:117-133.

Lee, J-H. P.F. Landrum, L.J. Field, and C-H. Koh. 2001. Application of a
PAH model and a logistic regression model to sediment toxicity data
based on a species-specific water-only LC50 toxic unit for *Hyalella
azteca. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.* 9:2102-2113.

Landrum, P.F., M. L. Gedeon, G.A. Burton, M.S. Greenberg, and C.D.
Rowland. 2002. Biological responses of *Lumbriculus variegatus* exposed
to fluoranthene dosed sediment. *Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.*
42:292-302.

Lee, J-H, P.F. Landrum, and C-H Koh. 2002. Toxicokinetics and
time-dependent PAH toxicity in the amphipod, *Hyalella azteca. Environ.
Sci. Technol.* 36:3124-3130

Lee, J-H, P.F. Landrum, and C-H Koh. 2002 Prediction of time-dependent
PAH toxicity in *Hyalella azteca* using a damage assessment model.
*Environ. Sci. Technol.* 36:3131-3138.
# Session 126. SNAP

## Special, Thursday, January 9, 2003, 10:00-11:30am, 608-609

126.01 [Dark Energy: A Burning Issue in Particle Physics and in
Cosmology](../126.01_AAS_Turner.pdf)

> *M.S. Turner (University of Chicago)*

126.02 [The SNAP Primary Science Mission](../126.02_AAS_Perlmutter.pdf)

> *S. Perlmutter (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), SNAP
> Collaboration*

126.03 [The SNAP Mission Concept](../126.03_AAS_Levi.ppt)

> *M. E. Levi (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), SNAP
> Collaboration*

126.04 [The SNAP Instrumentation Suite](../126.04_AAS_Bebek.ppt)

> *C. Bebek (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), SNAP Collaboration*

126.05 [SNAP Mission Simulation](../126.05_AAS_Bernstein.pdf)

> *G. M. Bernstein (University of Pennsylvania), SNAP Collaboration*

126.06 [SNAP Deep Surveys](../126.06_AAS_McKay.ppt)

> *T.A. McKay (University of Michigan), SNAP Collaboration*
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# 

# Legislative Bulletin....................................................January 31, 2006

**Contents:**

> **H.Res. 655 ---** Honoring the life and accomplishments of Mrs.
> Coretta Scott King and her contributions as a leader in the struggle
> for civil rights, and expressing condolences to the King family on her
> passing.

**H.Res. 655 --- Honoring the life and accomplishments of Mrs. Coretta
Scott King and her contributions as a leader in the struggle for civil
rights, and expressing condolences to the King family on her passing.
--- *as introduced* (Speaker Hastert, R-IL)**

**[Order of Business]{.underline}**: Consideration for the resolution
began on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, under a unanimous consent agreement.
Consideration will be continued on Wednesday, February 1, 2006.

**[Summary]{.underline}**: H.Res. 655 resolves that the House of
Representatives, "honors the life and accomplishments of Mrs. Coretta
Scott King and her contributions as a leader in the struggle for civil
rights, and expressing condolences to the King family on her passing."

**[Additional Information]{.underline}:** Born on April 27, 1927,
Coretta Scott King was raised in rural Alabama, was the valedictorian of
her high school class at Lincoln High School, and received a B.A. from
Antioch College in Yellow Springs. While attending Boston's New England
Conservatory of Music, Coretta Scott met and married, Martin Luther
King, Jr. The Kings, who had four children, devoted their lives to the
Civil Rights Movement. Only four days after the assassination of her
husband, Mrs. King "led a march of 50,000 people through the streets of
Memphis, Tennessee." Mrs. King went on to establish the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and spent the remainder
of her life working "to advance the cause of justice and human rights
around the world..." Mrs. King passed away on January 31, 2006, at the
age of 78.

**[Committee Action]{.underline}**: On January 31^st^, 2006, the bill
was introduced and considered on the House floor.

**[Cost to Taxpayers]{.underline}**: The resolution authorizes no
expenditure.

**[Does the Bill Expand the Size and Scope of the Federal
Government?]{.underline}**: No.

**[Does the Bill Contain Any New State-Government, Local-Government, or
Private-Sector Mandates?]{.underline}**: No.

**[RSC Staff Contact]{.underline}**: Joelle Cannon;
<joelle.cannon@mail.house.gov>, (202) 226-9717

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**SAMPLE Op-Ed**

## 425 Words

**"*Click It or Ticket*" This Thanksgiving Weekend**

***Up to 567 National Highway Fatalities Projected***

# During Busy Thanksgiving Weekend

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration projects that as many
as 567 highway fatalities could occur nationwide during the
heavily-traveled 2005 Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

That is why **\[Local Organization\]** is supporting our law enforcement
officials this Thanksgiving as they launch an aggressive *Click It or
Ticket* mobilization to strongly enforce all State safety belt laws.

Thanksgiving weekend kicks off one of the nation's busiest travel
seasons of the year, as families and friends begin to gather for the
first of many year-end holidays. \[Check
[www.stopimpaireddriving.org](http://www.stopimpaireddriving.org/) for
2004 data.\]

Although a record 82 percent of Americans now wear their safety belts
while riding or driving in vehicles, up from 58 percent in 1994, too
many people still do not. According to NHTSA, 31,693 passenger vehicle
occupants died in crashes during 2004 -- and more than half of those
killed were [NOT]{.underline} wearing their safety belts at the time of
the crash.

Too many people, especially teens, young male drivers (age 18 to 34) and
pickup truck drivers still take the attitude, "It will never happen to
me," but fatal crashes can happen, they do happen, and unfortunately,
they will happen this Thanksgiving weekend.

"That's why we are here to remind everyone that we'll be out in force
looking for you if you don't buckle up. This is not about writing more
tickets, but it is about saving more lives."

Thanksgiving is also a good time to remember that children must always
be properly restrained in moving vehicles. Although 99 percent of all
American infants -- under age 1 -- are now restrained, older children
also need to be in the appropriate restraint and properly installed for
their size and age. Unfortunately, 8 out of 10 child restraints are
improperly installed.

One study showed that children who are moved from child safety seats to
the regular vehicle safety belts too soon are four times more likely to
sustain a serious head injury in a crash than those who are correctly
restrained in child safety seats or booster seats. The easiest way to
remember is, "If they are under 4'9" they need to be in a booster seat."

-more-

Because law enforcement officers have seen first hand the severe injury
and death that often result from not wearing a safety belt, they will be
showing zero tolerance for anyone not buckled up this Thanksgiving
weekend. Unless you want to risk a ticket - or worse, your life - please
remember to *"Click It or Ticket."*

\###
**Director Mark Myers Remarks at the Alaska Surveying and Mapping
Conference, Anchorage, AK, February 25, 2008. "Moving the *National Map*
Forward. "**

**Slide 1 -- Introduction**

. Title slide inset -- Alaska land cover from National Land Cover
Dataset 2001

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. At USGS, we've recently developed a science strategy that we believe
will help our organization -- and our country -- address complex
environmental problems.

. Our strategy is based on a systems approach to evaluate broad causes
and consequences of the use and management of natural resources and
earth processes.

. There are six interrelated thematic components - directions -- in our
science strategy that you see listed in this slide.

. The interaction and correlation of these directions both reflect and
reveal the complexity of the Earth's natural, physical, and life
systems. They describe the breadth of our systems approach that calls
upon the full range of USGS science capabilities.

. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach pays dividends in
making our science more relevant to environmental issues in public
policy.

. The seventh component, data integration, is the passport to
transcending a discipline-based approach to science. It brings the other
science directions together in the most basic and, at the same time, the
most productive ways.

-   The key to data integration is place. Once you have established
    [where]{.underline} on earth this characteristic is combined with
    that characteristic, then you begin to establish geographic context
    and you can start to ask how and why such conditions exist at that
    particular location, or a range of locations, and not elsewhere.
    These observations, when carefully considered and tested, can then
    lead to a deeper scientific understanding that can be applied to
    parallel situations.

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