BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
Table 2. Analysis of variance

  ---------- ---------------- ------------ ------------- ---- --------- -- ------- ---- --
                              Analysis of                                               
                              variance                                                  

  Source     Sum-of-squares   df           Mean-square        F-ratio      P            

  Rock type  39.209           15           2.614              6.050        0.000        

  Error      1691.494         3915         0.432              n.a.         n.a.         
  ---------- ---------------- ------------ ------------- ---- --------- -- ------- ---- --
**Action Items from Group C of the Southern Thunder Workshop**

Subject of discussion: **Management of WES cases, training, and
assessment**

Group Members: **Tom Bradshaw, Jason Burks, Greg Patrick, Bernard
Meisner, Mike Coyne, Cindy Mueller.**

1)  **AWIPS Archiver change** (Meisner)

    a.  The current archiver in AWIPS allows local data but because the
        Lightning data is on a high temporal frequency it does not get
        archived properly. Currently if an office makes changes to the
        archiver to accommodate for this it gets wiped out with each
        build. So we need to be able to change the temporal frequency
        with which the local data sets archiver gets run.

    b.  This change would greatly facilitate the development of WES
        cases using this new lightning data.

    c.  This training material would be used to train additional staff
        and staff and offices to get total lightning.

2)  **Develop a single case study to introduce people to using total
    lightning data.** (Darden and Patrick)

    a.  This WES case with supporting materials would be an introduction
        to using total lightning data in operations.

    b.  This could be based off existing visitview, but would contain a
        WES case.

3)  **Develop layout and support material for a blind study.** (Burks)

    a.  This is meant to assess quantitatively the impact of total
        lightning.

4)  **Identify and catalog cases of value for LMA.**

    a.  Focus on identifying and packaging WES cases which support Total
        lighting use in various case types: low to moderate severe, cell
        classification (shower or thunderstorm) for aviation at both FWD
        and HUN.

5)  **Discuss thank you email after filling out survey, to try to
    encourage more submissions of surveys.**

6)  **Attempt to assess impact of total lightning on other forecast
    areas such as aviation.** (Patrick)

    a.  Expand current surveys to include other areas like impact to
        aviation.

7)  **Use WES cases to obtain additional LMA surveys.**

8)  **Raise profile of total lightning with OHX and BMX** (Coyne)

9)  **Appeal to research community to work some forecast shifts to try
    to assess further uses for the total lightning.**

10) **Review case studies and event review with researchers for
    comments.**
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:

April 12, 2004 Linda Haller, 202-418-1408

## 

##  

## FCC proposes to STREAMLINE reporting requirements for 

## U.S. INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS

Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Commission proposed to simplify the
reporting requirements for carriers providing U.S. international
telecommunications services in order to ensure the usefulness of the
data collected by the Commission. Carriers are currently required to
file traffic and revenue reports, circuit-status reports, and toll data
regarding international telegraph service. In a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM), the Commission seeks comment on the continued need
for these reports in light of changes in the market for
U.S.-international telecommunications services since the Commission's
last comprehensive review of the reporting requirements in 1992. The
NPRM seeks comment on a variety of streamlining suggestions, including
whether to establish a \$5 million revenue threshold for a carrier to
file annual traffic and revenue reports for pure resale services;
consolidate certain reports and filing dates; and remove the requirement
for U.S. carriers to report their contracts with foreign carrier
correspondents concerning the division of international tolls for
telegraph communications.

Comments on the proposals are due 60 days after publication of the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register, with reply
comments due 30 days later.

Action by the Commission March 24, 2004, by Report and Order (FCC
04-70).  Chairman Powell, Commissioners, Abernathy, Copps, Martin, and
Adelstein.

 

IB Docket No. 04-112

-FCC-

International Bureau Contacts: John Copes (418-1460) or David Krech
(418-7443).
[Slide 1]{.underline}

**Lab Results Receipt**

The slide shows a circle of icons. Proceeding clockwise from the upper
left, they are a fax machine, a doctor treating a patient's arm, a
microscope, another fax machine, an open binder full of tabbed pages, a
phone, and a person drawing a caduceus.

[Slide 2]{.underline}

**Labs to EHR's: Many to Many**

Typical EHR Environment

At the left are three microscopes. At the right are three computers.
Nine two-way arrows connect microscopes to computers, covering every
possible combination.

[Slide 3]{.underline}

**Labs to EHR's: One to Many**

At the left are three microscopes. At the right are three computers. For
each microscope, a two-way arrow forks into three and points to and from
every computer.

[Slide 4]{.underline}

**Lab to Portal: One to One**

At the left are three microscopes. At the right are six computer icons,
the upper three of which have someone seated at them. Above those three
are the words Non-EHR's Web Access. In the center is an oval containing
an icon labeled Lab Portal. To the left of the oval, a two-way arrow
splits into three and points to and from every microscope. Leftward
arrows point from the three occupied computers to the oval. Two-way
arrows connect the three unoccupied computers to the oval.

[Slide 5]{.underline}

**Lab to Rio: One-to-one Interface Slash Many-to-Many Data Sharing**

In the center is an oval labeled RHIO, or Rio. A pair of two-way arrows
connects it at the left to two microscopes. At the right, two-way arrows
connect the oval to the words and icons for PHR, Public Health Entities,
Ambulatory EHR's, Hospital, and Non-EHR Practitioner.
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For information please contact:

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Telephone: 404-736-2831

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**Labor Department Sues Plan Officials Of Production Workers Local 148
for Engaging in Multiple Prohibited Transactions**

**NEW YORK** -- The U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint on Jan.
17, 2003, alleging multiple violations of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act (ERISA) by plan officials for the Production Workers Union
Local 148 welfare and pension plans.

Named as defendants were Joseph Nardone, Jr., the current plan
administrator, who, in 1998, was removed from his position as the
local's president as well as from his position as the trustee for the
welfare and pension plans, and Ralph Somma, president of Brueton
Industries, a contributing employer to the plans who is the current
employer-trustee.

"This action demonstrates our commitment to protect the hard-earned
benefits of American workers," said Francis Clisham, director of the
department's New York Regional Office of the Employee Benefits Security
Administration, which investigated the case.

According to the department's suit, filed in federal district court in
Newark, N.J., the defendants imprudently caused the welfare plan to
purchase property for \$300,000, intended for use as a parking lot near
the funds' office, on the same day that the seller purchased the
property for \$125,000.

The department's complaint also alleged that the defendants caused the
welfare plan to pay benefits for Sylvia Nardone even though she was not
eligible to receive benefits; the defendants caused the plans to
improperly pay for Nardone, Jr.'s attorney representing him in the Local
148 trusteeship litigation; the defendants caused the welfare plan to
pay the salary plus expenses for former Local 911 president Edward
Bigham, Jr., even though he did not perform commensurate services for
the plan, and that Nardone Jr. caused the welfare fund to pay for
expenses incurred by the pension plan providing benefits to employees of
the union and the plans from February 1996 through July 1999.

The department is seeking to restore to the plans all losses,
permanently bar the defendants from serving any ERISA-covered plans, and
remove Sylvia Nardone as an eligible welfare plan benefit recipient. The
department is also seeking to have the local union repay the plans for
the fees paid to Nardone Jr.\'s attorney. Finally, the department seeks
to offset the individual retirement plan account balances of Nardone Jr.
and Somma to repay amounts they owe to the plan.

The membership of Local 148 includes of a variety of factory workers in
the five boroughs of New York, New Jersey and Long Island. In 1997,
Local 148 absorbed the membership of United Services Employees Union
Local 911. The Local 148 membership has fluctuated over the years. In
1997, there were approximately 2000 members.

Employers and workers can contact the New York Regional Office at
1-212-337-2462 or EBSA's toll free number**, 1-866-444-EBSA (3272),**
for help with any problems relating to private-sector pension and health
plans.

\# \# \#

(Chao v. Joseph Nardone, Jr., Ralph Somma, et al.)

Civil Action No. CV-03-181 (William J. Martini)
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**4.127**

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**4.133**

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**Chart 4.134 -- 4.135**

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**4.141**

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**Chart 4.142A -- 4.142**

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**4.142**

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HQ 953309

June 3, 1993

CLA-2 CO:R:C:T 953309 SK

CATEGORY: Classification

District Director

U.S. Customs Service

40 South Gay Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

RE: Application for Further Review of Protest No. 1303-92-100269;

19 CFR 174.24; protest denied where matter has previously been

ruled on by Customs and no new facts or legal arguments are

presented in the application for further review.

Dear Sir:

The above-referenced protest was forwarded to this office

for further review. We have considered the protest and our

decision follows.

Protestant\'s request for further review may be summarily

dismissed. The scope of review in this protest is on

administrative record, and protestant has not presented any new

evidence or legal arguments in support of the assertions

presented in the protest.

As mandated in 19 CFR 174.24(c), the Customs Service will

not grant further review of a protest which involves matters

previously ruled upon by Customs in which no new facts or legal

arguments are presented. In the instant case, protestant

disputes the holding in New York Ruling Letter (NYRL) 865310,

dated August 1, 1991, in which Customs classified a nonwoven

filtering material as a filter or straining fabric under

subheading 5911.40.0000, HTSUSA. That ruling was affirmed in

Headquarters Ruling Letter (HRL) 950493, dated September 29,

1992\. HRL 950493 gave a detailed response as to why such

filtering material was properly classifiable under subheading

5911.40.0000, HTSUSA.

In both protestant\'s submission to Customs when requesting a

reconsideration of NYRL 865310, and in the current application

for further review, protestant states that the merchandise at

issue is not classifiable under subheading 5911.40.0000, HTSUSA,

because: 1) it is not a straining cloth of a kind used in oil

\- 2 -

presses and the like; and 2) this material is more specifically

provided for in subheading 5911.90, HTSUSA, as other articles for

technical uses.

As no new evidence or legal arguments were presented to this

office in protestant\'s application for further review, the

criteria for further review as set forth in 19 CFR 174.24(c) has

not been met. Therefore, based on the foregoing, this protest

should be denied in full. A copy of this decision should be

attached to the CF 19 Notice of Action to satisfy the notice

requirement of section 174.30(a), Customs Regulations.

Sincerely,

John Durant, Director
Task Description:

Firm shall issue one paper check in the amount of \$4,440. Funds are in
support of the Clinical Research Training Program at Duke University
Medical Center, Durham, NC. Funds will support subsistence payments for
a student sponsored by this program.

It is required that each check be accompanied by a letter identifying
the student and ID to ensure that the funds are properly credited. This
identifying information will be given at the time of the award.

[Check shall be made payable to:]{.underline} Duke University

[Check shall be mailed to:]{.underline}

Duke University

Office of the Bursar

Box 90035

NIH Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, Room B 1 L408

Durham, NC 27708

Check should be issued and delivered as soon as possible after award.

\[Preparer: Fran Wagstaff, NIH/NIEHS, 919-541-4182\]
Poster Presentation 1A-25

> **Fungal Upgrading of Wheat Straw for Straw-Thermoplastics
> Production**

[Tracy P. Houghton]{.underline}, David N. Thompson\*, J. Richard Hess,
and Jeffrey A. Lacey

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory,

P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203

Phone: (208) 526-3977; Fax; (208) 526-0828; E-mail: <thomdn@inel.gov>

Michael P. Wolcott, Anke Schirp, Karl Englund, David Dostal, and Frank
Loge

Washington State University

Pullman, WA 99164-1806

> Straw thermoplastic composites are not economically competitive with
> similar wood-based composites because of high feedstock transportation
> and storage costs, high surface area fines, and poor penetration of
> the plastic into the lignocellulose matrix. White rot fungi
> selectively remove hemicellulose and lignin, and could potentially be
> effective in distributed treatments or while in storage, as an
> upgrading step for production of improved feedstock for straw
> composites.
>
> Bench-scale experiments were performed to bracket moisture and
> degradation time using *Pleurotus ostreatus* to upgrade unsterile
> straw stems. Overall degradation was better at higher moisture and
> inoculum loads. Longer treatments gave progressively smaller gains in
> xylan removal. Selectivity for xylan degradation, indicating the
> competitiveness of *P. ostreatus*, was better at lower moisture,
> higher inoculum, and shorter duration. Stems were treated with *P.
> ostreatus* at 40 mg/g stems and 160% gravimetric moisture for 0, 6,
> and 12 weeks. Treated and untreated straw stems, high density
> polyethylene (HDPE), lubricants, and maleated polyethylene blends
> (MAPE) were varied in composite formulations to evaluate the relative
> impact of these variables on the extruded product. The composite
> evaluation included physical and mechanical properties, evaluation of
> the composite structure, and quantification of the crystallization of
> HDPE/MAPE.
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[EDUCATION]{.underline}

\[8/2004-current\] Virginia Polytechnic and State University

-Current GPA: 3.5 after 83 completed credit hours on a 4.0 scale.
Courses of study include: double major in Engineering Science and
Mechanics and Applied Computational Mathematics.

\[ 8/2002 -6/2004 \] Menchville High School

Advanced Diploma

> \- graduated sixth in class of 390 with a 4.27 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
> Qualified for both National Honor Society and French National Honor
> Society Seals along with a Community Service Seal.

[WORK EXPERIENCE]{.underline}

\[ 06/06-08/06\] Oakridge National Laboratory

*Intern through the Research Alliance in Math and Science*

> \- Conducted research on the carotid artery, abdominal aortic
> aneurysms and the mechanical properties of the artery wall.

\[ 10/04-present\] West End Market

*Fighting Gobbler Sports Grill*

> \- Promoted to student supervisor in September 2005. Duties include
> running the shop during hours and closing the shop at night.

\[ 12/2002-present \] Steve's Steak House

*Hostess/Waitress/Manager*

\- After a year was made dining floor manager, in charge of the wait
staff and bus boys. Tasks included waiting on tables, scheduling,
customer interaction, and closing.

\[ 6/2001-8/2002 \] Ft. Bliss Commissary

Bagger

> -Self employed after completing training.

[ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS]{.underline}

-   Participate in hall community service projects for East Campbell
    Hall.

-   Member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

-   Received Dean's List every semester at Virginia Tech.

-   Recipient of the Adam's Scholarship for the 2005-2006 school year.

-   Work with Microsoft Word, Works, Excel, Autodesk, Matlab, and both
    Java and C++ languages.

-   Recipient of the Gilbert and Lucille Seay Sholarship for the
    2006-2007 year

-   Big Sister in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program Aug 2006-present

    [REFERENCES]{.underline}

-   Toni Lolos-employer for 3 years (757)595-9483

-   Matthew McDonough-family friend AFROTC (518)879-6139

-   Richard Ward --mentor ORNL (865)574-5449

-   Kara Kruse --mentor ORNL (865)574-5154
NY D84974

December 10, 1998

CLA-2-61:RR:NC:TA:354 D84974

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.: 4203.21.8060; 6116.10.0800

Mr. Gary Schloss

Tabar, Inc.

58 Pine Street

New Canaan, Connecticut 06840

RE: The tariff classification of gloves from Sri Lanka, Thailand

or China.

Dear Mr. Schloss:

In your letter dated November 18, 1998, you requested a

tariff classification ruling.

Two samples were provided for review. Style MS-06 is a

lined glove with a complete palmside from fingertips to wrist

constructed of sheepskin leather, the balance of the glove is

made of knitted nylon fabric. The glove features fourchettes,

sidewalls which are reinforced with leather overlays on the lower

portion closest to the thumb, synthetic leather overlays on the

backside upper thumb which serve as a sweat and snot wipe, a

partially elasticized wrist, ribbed knit cuffs, precurved fingers

and a hook and clasp. The cumulation of features show a design

for use in the sport of cross country skiing.

Style BG810 is a lined glove with a complete palmside from

fingertips to wrist constructed of a textured PVC coated knitted

polyester fabric, the thumb/forefinger crotch is reinforced with

overlays of this coated fabric. The balance of the glove is made

of woven nylon fabric which is coated on the underside, except

for the backside 2 ply fleece fabric thumb which serves as a

sweat and snot wipe. The glove features fourchettes, an

elasticized wrist, a drawstring closure at the the gauntlet cuff,

precurved fingers, \"Cannondale\" printed across the backside

knuckle area and a hook and clasp. The cumulation of features

show a design for use in the sport of winter bicycling.

The applicable subheading for style MS-06 will be

4203.21.8060, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTS), which provides for Articles of apparel and clothing

accessories, of leather or of composition leather: gloves,

mittens and mitts: specially designed for use in sports: other

. . . other. The rate of duty will be 4.9 percent ad valorem.

The applicable subheading for style BG810 will be

6116.10.0800, HTS, which provides for Gloves, mittens and mitts,

knitted or crocheted: impregnated, coated or covered with

plastics or rubber: other gloves, mittens and mitts, all the

foregoing specially designed for use in sports, including ski and

snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts. The rate of duty will be

4.4 percent ad valorem.

This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177

of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).

A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above

should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time

this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions

regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Brian

Burtnik at 212-466-5880.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski

Director,

National Commodity

Specialist Division
**[Region 10 - Northwest/Arctic Region]{.underline}**

**Dana Harmon**\
Branch Chief, IT Solutions

e-mail: <dana.harmon@gsa.gov>

4040 Wheaton Way,\
Suite 111\
Bremerton, WA 98310-3565

Telephone: (360) 475-6812\
Fax: (360) 782-2012

**Mary Morrissey**\
Branch Chief, IT Solutions

e-mail:M[ary.morrissey@gsa.gov](mailto:mary.morrissey@gsa.gov)

4040 Wheaton Way,\
Suite 111\
Bremerton, WA 98310-3565

Telephone: (360) 475-6822\
Fax: (360) 782-2022

**Ed J. DePaoli**\
Director, Network Services\
\
e-mail:\
<ed.depaoli@gsa.gov> 400 15th Street, SW\
Room 1028\
Auburn, WA 98001-6599\
\
Telephone: (253) 931-7506\
Fax: (253) 931-7507
August 17, 2004

Refer to: HOTO-1

Mr. David McKee

Director of Member Services

American Traffic Safety Services Association

15 Riverside Parkway, Suite 100

Fredericksburg, VA 22406-1022

Dear Mr. McKee:

Thank you for resending your letter dated April 1 and we apologize that
it somehow got misplaced. In your letter, you have asked us to provide
an official interpretation on the applicability of the Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to private property open to public
travel. The following answers are provided to the three questions
addressed in your letter:

1.  Some roads open to public travel are privately owned. Does the
    manual apply to these roads? The MUTCD does not apply unless States
    have adopted legislation to require traffic control devices on their
    private roadways open to the public to be in conformance with the
    MUTCD. The last paragraph of MUTCD Section 1A.07 addresses the
    subject of roads that are privately owned and also open to the
    public. The MUTCD encourages States to adopt a legislative code
    similar to Section 15-116 of the Uniform Vehicle Code which
    indicates that traffic control devices intended to regulate, warn,
    or guide traffic shall not be installed unless the devices conform
    with the State manual and the MUTCD. At present, there are 17 States
    with such laws.

2.  Does public travel include the access ways and parking lots of
    shopping centers? Yes, public travel would include the access ways
    and parking lots of shopping centers. States should address these
    specific locations in their State codes and statutes.

3.  Does public travel include the access ways, travel ways and parking
    lots of other facilities open to the public (e.g., office parks)?
    Yes, office parks could also be included in the definition of a
    private property open to public travel. The decision to include
    certain locations such as office parks in the legislative code is
    made at the State and local level.

In addition to the questions addressed in your letter, you also
expressed your preference that a new Part be developed within the MUTCD
addressing urbanization issues. We will keep that in mind and we
certainly appreciate your offer to work with us towards this new Part.
For record-

2

keeping purposes, we have assigned the following official ruling number
to your request for interpretation: \"I-44(Intr.)---Applicability of
MUTCD to Private Property Open to Public Travel.\" Please refer to this
number in future correspondence.

> Sincerely yours,

Regina McElroy

Regina S. McElroy

Director, Office of Transportation

Operations

FHWA:HOTO-1:FRanck/LLBrown:62192:8-10-04

cc: HOTO-1 HOTO-1(FRanck/LLBrown/Swainwright)

Mr. Bob Garrett, NCUTCD Mr. Roger Wentz, ATSSA

Mr. Jim Baron, ATSSA All Resource Centers HDA-VA(2)

Chron 3408 Reader 3408

DF(I-44(Intr.)---Applicability of MUTCD to Private Property Open to
Public Travel)

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Appendix C6

Specimen Collection

## FRESH SPECIMENS

-   All fresh specimens received from the Operating Room should be
    received room 2C533 with the proper identification labels.

-   The labels should include, name of the patient, unit number, tissue
    type, number of the specimen and site.

-   Each container should have two identification labels.

-   Fresh specimens should be placed in the refrigerator labeled \"For
    Surgical Pathology Specimens\" in bldg 10, room 2C533.

-   For specific questions regarding specimens contact the Surgical
    Pathology

> Office (6-2441), Bldg 10, Room 2N212

-   For Hematopathology specimens please contact the Fellow On-Call or
    the Hematopathology office at 6-0183. Lymph node biopsies should be
    delivered to the Hematopathology Section, Bldg 10, Room 2N110
    directly for fresh tissue procurement.

-   For any questions regarding tissue submission after 5:00 PM on
    weekdays or on weekends or holidays, please contact the On-Call
    Resident through the page operator (6-4567).

[FIXED SPECIMENS]{.underline}

-   Specimens obtained in the clinics should be fixed in formalin unless
    otherwise specified and brought to the Surgical Pathology Service,
    Histology Lab, Bldg 10, Room 2A28, with a corresponding requisition
    form. Specimens without requisition forms will not be processed
    until proper identification of the specimen is received in the
    laboratory.

-   Containers should be properly identified with labels showing, name,
    unit number of patient, type of specimen, site of biopsy.

-   Containers filled with formalin or other fixative should have a
    label identifying the fixative (i.e. 10% formalin)

INFECTIOUS SPECIMENS should be properly labelled and bagged.

[REQUISITION FORMS]{.underline}

[ALL]{.underline} specimens must be received with proper MIS requisition
forms: These forms must have the following information:

Request number

Name of Patient, DOB, Age, Sex, Unit Number

Intitial diagnosis, Protocol number, Institute

Name of Physician & Name of Physician entering the request
N021021

January 11, 2008

CLA-2-39:OT:RR:NC:N2:221

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.: 3923.30.0090

Ms. Irma Ruiz

Logfret

101 Park Avenue

Hoboken, NJ 07030

RE: The tariff classification of a cryogenic shipping container from
France

Dear Ms. Ruiz:

In your letter dated December 5, 2007, on behalf of Cryogena, France,
you requested a tariff classification ruling. The sample that you
submitted is being returned as requested.

The sample is identified as a GyroTainer® cryogenic shipping container.
It is specially adapted for express shipments of products kept in liquid
nitrogen, such as biological materials. The shipping container is
supplied in a kit form. It consists of a plastic container tank that
sits in a gyroscopic structure. The assembly fits snugly inside the
included cardboard box. The gyroscopic frame allows the container to
stay upright despite any movement of the packaging box. The container is
a tank constructed with a plastic liner and a foam plastic exterior. It
includes a foam plastic plug and a twist-on lockable cap. The tank has a
capacity of 2.4 liters of liquid nitrogen. A plastic frame attached
around the top half of the container fits into a gyroscopic support
formed by a frame piece that surrounds the container and that interlocks
with two trihedrons. There are six foam sleeves, one covering each arm
of the two trihedrons. When assembled properly, the foam sleeves fit
snugly against the sides of the cardboard box, keeping the gyroscopic
frame securely in place. The container swivels freely in the framework
to remain upright despite any jostling or movement.

You propose classification in subheading 9018.20 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for
ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories
thereof.  This packaging container clearly is not ultraviolet or
infrared ray apparatus used in the medical, surgical, dental or surgical
sciences.  Such apparatus is typically the actinotherapy apparatus used,
for example, in treating skin diseases, as described in Harmonized
System Explanatory Note V-8 to heading 9018.

The applicable subheading for the GyroTainer® cryogenic shipping
container will be 3923.30.0090, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS), which provides for articles for the conveyance or
packing of goods, of plastics...carboys, bottles, flasks and similar
articles, other. The rate of duty will be 3 percent ad valorem.

Duty rates are provided for your convenience and are subject to change.
The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying duty rates are
provided on World Wide Web at http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/.

This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the
Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).

A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be
provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is
imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact
National Import Specialist Joan Mazzola at 646-733-3023.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski

Director,

National Commodity

Specialist Division
Sirs:

A quick comment on the need for verifiable paper trails.  I am only an

amateur programmer, but I know full well that in either of the two

languages that I know I could write code to change whatever percentage
of

the vote I wanted to the candidate of my choice.  In light of this there

is no question that verifiable recountable paper trails are absolutely

necessary for any public election system.  The idea that private

corporations with their own political stances can be charged and

entrusted with our elections is patently absurd.  How on earth did we

ever get to the point where this is even a question?  The Democracy is
in

total danger of being seized at the ballot box.  God help us.

Randolph A. Gaul

Baltimore, Md
Poster Presentation 1A-21

Wet Storage & Transport---The Past is Prologue

Joseph E. Atchison ^1\*^ and James Hettenhaus^2^

^1^Atchison Consultants, Inc.

7635 Albert Tillinghast Drive

Sarasota, FL 34240

Phone: 941-377-3922; Fax: 941-371-7637; E-mail:
[atchconsul@comcast.net]{.underline}

^2^c.e.a. Inc.

3211 Trefoil Drive

Charlotte, NC 28226

Phone: 704-541-9508; Fax: 704-541-4764; E-mail:
[jrhetten@ceassist.com](mailto:psavoie@grr.ulaval.ca)

One pass harvest of grain and stover, wet storage and rail transport to
the processor appear to be advantageous, with a delivered cost less than
\$30/dt while returning \$35/acre income to the farmer. This system has
been successfully used by the non-wood pulping industry for 50 years.
Wet storage, 65 to 80% moisture offers significant advantages over
bales:

-   2x dry density

-   10% storage area

-   Low, 3%, loss of holocellulose

-   Removes 70% of solubles

-   Nutrient recycled to fields

-   Reduces process ash

-   More consistent feedstock

-   Higher feedstock quality

-   Will not burn

-   Fits one-pass harvest

Process economics are improved with a wet, more consistent feedstock
with less solubles and ash. If the solubles extracted in storage can
recycle nutrients removed in the residue, another advantage is gained
over bales. Adapting wet storage and rail transport practices now used
for bagasse to stover reduces traffic, increases the collection area and
the economic plant size. Traffic is cut by 1/3 for 50% solids feedstock,
1/5 for 70% moisture and 1/2 for bales.

Dried, compact feedstock better fits gasification and co-firing.
However, compaction increases delivered cost to \$50/dt or more, and
densification inhibits wet processing. Pellets need to be
'reconstituted' by soaking in water to shorten digestion time for
hydrolysis---the Sugar Platform for production of fuels, chemicals and
materials.

Feedstock supply area can be economically expanded by locating
additional collection sites for rail shipment. Transport costs 200 to
300 miles from the plant are estimated to be about \$10/dt compared to
\$15/dt or more trucking cost. Increasing plant size to 6 million dt
lowers the operating cost by 33% or more. Delivering 12 million dt with
rail transport helps close the gap between petroleum refineries
averaging over 100,000 barrels per day.
**Microbial Motility and Morphological Biomarkers**

Dawn Y. Sumner

*Geology Department*

*University of California, Davis*

*1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616*

*U.S.A.*

[sumner@geology.ucdavis.edu](mailto:youremailaccount@xxx.xxx.xx)

The search for biomarkers on Earth and other planets requires
distinguishing uniquely biological features from those produced by
either biotic or abiotic processes. One uniquely biological response to
physical and chemical processes is directed motility. When motility
produces preservable features, evidence for life can be recognized in
the rock record, and biological behaviors may be extracted; footprints
can record travel patterns. The structure of some microbial communities
is also influenced by motility. When can these structures provide useful
biomarkers?

Many microbial structures are morphologically indistinguishable from
those created by abiotic processes such as diffusion. However, peaks,
cones, and ridges produced by microbial motility may be uniquely
biological. Migration of bacteria up diffusion gradients can produce
cell distributions that cannot be produced without sensing and directed
motility, e.g. cannot be produced abiotically. These biological
structures form in diverse communities across very broad environmental
conditions; peaked mats grow in deep subglacial lakes, shallow hot
spring pools, and upper intertidal flats. This constancy in morphology
suggests that peaked structures arise directly from fundamental
microbial responses to their environment, specifically motility to
optimize growth. These responses are likely universal behaviors of
small, mobile organisms in environmental gradients caused by metabolic
activity and environmental resource supply. By characterizing how peaks
form in modern systems and comparing them to the morphology of ancient
microbial structures, one can develop the framework for identifying
morphological biosignatures and interpreting microbial behavior from the
remnants of structures preserved in the rock record.
**Remote Sensing of Homochiral Organics in Comets**

**Using Circular Polarization**

Ludmilla Kolokolova

*Department of Astronomy*

*University of Maryland*

*College Park MD 20742*

*U.S.A.*

<ludmilla@astro.umd.edu>

Interest in circular polarization of light scattered by cosmic dust was
ignited by the discovery of high values of circular polarization in
star-forming regions and their possible connection to a fundamental
problem of astrobiology related to chirality of organic molecules.
Specific of terrestrial bio-molecules is that they contain only
left-handed amino-acids and right-handed sugars, which is called
homochirality. Photolytic processes involving circular polarization may
provide a viable mechanism for chiral selection of biologically
significant molecules (e.g., Bonner & Bean, *Origins of Life and
Evolution of the Biosphere*, **30**, 513, 2000; Meierhenrich & Thiemann,
*ibid,* **34,** 111, 2004). This idea received an impetus after an
excess of left-handed amino-acids was detected in meteorites (see, e.g.,
Pizzarello & Cronin, *Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta*, **64**, 329, 2000),
allowing us to suppose that primitive bodies of the Solar System,
including comets, are reservoirs of homochiral organics. Their presence
can be remotely detected and studied using circular polarization of the
light scattered by these bodies, particularly, by comet dust. We discuss
recent observations of circular polarization for comets Hale-Bopp and S4
LINEAR (Kiselev & Rosenbush, in *Photopolarimetry in remote sensing*,
Springer, 2004). These observations revealed rather high and stable
values of circular polarization in cometary atmospheres, and provided
spatial distribution of circular polarization within the coma and its
dependence on the phase angle. Our computer modeling of light scattering
by particles that contain optically active materials shows that the
observational data can be explained by the presence of chiral organics
in cometary dust.
**DESERT MANAGERS GROUP**

**HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WORK GROUP**

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**

# CALENDAR YEAR 2002

**Work Group Accomplishment 1** (Five Year Plan Goal 14). *Ensure the
orderly and efficient operation of the DMG and its work groups.*

1.  The Hazardous Materials Work Group remained active; we met four time
    during the year -- in Barstow in February, at Black Rock in May, in
    Ridgecrest in August, and in Riverside in November; we had
    representatives that reported on work group activities at all
    regular and special DMG meetings; and continued to foster federal,
    state, and local partnerships and develop a desert-wide constituency
    to support work group goals throughout the year.

2.  We sponsored, co-sponsored or provided regional technical training
    for participating agencies to include an 8-hour annual hazardous
    waste operations and emergency response (HAZWOPER) refresher
    training in Riverside in June 2002; a 3-day EPA hazardous materials
    sampling training course in Riverside in May 2002; and a 2-day
    environmental crime scene investigations training course in
    Riverside in September 2002.

3.  We supported an illegal dumping workshop in Bakersfield in October
    2002 sponsored by the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

**Work Group Accomplishment 2** (Five Year Plan Goal 2). *Clean up and
restore illegal dumps that pose a public health or environmental threat
and reduce the incidence of illegal dumping in the future.*

2.1 We populated the illegal dumpsite database by using the BLM's
national technical service

contractor, Dynamac; 118 sites were identified and visited in the
field - this information will

be used to produce a list of priority sites for clean-up.

2.2 We coordinated the cleaned-up of six large legacy illegal dumps
sites \[Nipton, Route 66 sites

(Amboy, Chambless, and Essex), Crevasse/Hi Vista, and Vidal\] funded
under a cost share

Program (AB-2136) with the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

2.3 We completed 4 of 6 planned cleanups funded by the Farm and Ranch
Grant program in San

Bernardino County near Landers in November 2002.

2.4 We met with representatives from the Keep California Beautiful
program in June 2002 and

are working to develop new partnerships with them.
**Airport Worksheet (Clovis)**

**Clovis, NM Municipal (CVN)**

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N34-25.59; W103-04.71

Elev: 4216MSL

Pat. Alt: 5014 MSL

Mag.Var: 10 E

CTAF: 122.8

VOR: TXO 122.2 240 12.6NM

APP: ABQ Ctr. 126.85

Cannon AFB CT 120.4

ATIS 119.1

FSS: ABQ 122.5

CAP: Shiprock 148.15MHz

Facilities:

Blue Sky Aviation (505) 389-1272

Phillips 100LL (6am-dark)

WXBrief: (800) 992-7433

Tel: (505) 769-7890

CAP Tel: (505)

**Pilot / Observer Worksheet**

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+-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+
| **Target              | **Position           | # Remarks             |
| Description**         | (***Lat/Long***)**   |                       |
+-----------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+
|                       | N ° '/W ° '          |                       |
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|                       | N ° '/W ° '          |                       |
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|                       | N ° '/W ° '          |                       |
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# Redacted Report

1\) Carrier and flight number: ATA Flight 4757, LAX-HNL

2\) Date and Time of the incident: 01 September 2006

3\) Description of the animal (including name if applicable): Grey tabby
cat with white belly.

> Name: Haka

5\) Narrative Description of the incident: Haka arrived in HNL as a
Pet-In-Cabin. The Gate Agent received Haka from owner and proceeded down
the ramp to deliver Haka to the Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) Ramp
Lead. The Ramp Lead advised the Gate Agent to set the soft-sided kennel
down, next to the belt loader, while he retrieved a golf cart to
transport the kennel to quarantine. The Ramp Lead left the kennel
unattended for few minutes. Upon return to the belt-loader, the ramp
worker lifted the kennel and did not see the cat. The ramp worker called
the ATA agent to verify if there was a cat in the kennel. Agent
confirmed same. The Ramp Lead informed the Worldwide Flight Services
Supervisor immediately. The WFS Supervisor noticed the top of the
soft-sided Dan-carry (kennel), which is attached by Velcro, was open. We
assume the cat pawed his way out through the Velcro opening and escaped.

6\) Narrative Description of the cause of the incident: The Pet-In-Cabin
should not have been unattended at any time. The gate agent should have
kept the pet carrier in the jet-bridge until the ramp worker retrieved
it for transport to quarantine. In an event that the pet then escaped,
it would have been easier to capture in a confined area. Because the pet
was taken to the ramp and left unattended, it was probably frightened by
all the activities and loud engines and therefore escaped the vicinity.
ATA holds WFS entirely responsible for this series of events.

7\) Narrative Description of any corrective action taken in response to
the incident: WFS initially assisted by escorting Ms. Souza on the ramp
to locate her lost cat. The cat is still missing. WFS posted flyers
regarding lost cat around the HNL International Airport. WFS has
reiterated with their staff the proper procedures to handle pets being
taken to quarantine, which were not followed in this case. ATA Airlines
is tendering financial responsibility and liability entirely to
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in this matter.
**[APPENDIX B]{.underline}**

**[FIGURES FOR PM STAFF PAPER, CHAPTER 5, SECTION ON
VISIBILITY]{.underline}**

**[Chicago, IL Images]{.underline}**

**Figure 5-11. Chicago, IL - \< 10 g/m^3^ PM~2.5~**

**Figure 5-12. Chicago, IL - 15 g/m^3^ PM~2.5~**

**Figure 5-13. Chicago, IL - 20 g/m^3^ PM~2.5~**

**Figure 5-14. Chicago, IL - 25 g/m^3^ PM~2.5~**

**Figure 5-15. Chicago, IL - 30 g/m^3^ PM~2.5~**

**Figure 5-16. Chicago, IL - 35 g/m^3^ PM~2.5~**

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