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The Office of AIDS Research requests the contractor to perform a wire
transfer for \$590,000 to support the *Antiretroviral Treatment in Lower
Income Countries (ART-LINC)* Collaboration for an extended period of two
years. The ART-LINC Collaboration is expected to provide answers to
scientific questions recognized as key to assessing the effectiveness of
Antiretroviral regimens and related care in resource-limited settings.
These funds will provide participants with support for travel and
per-diem expenses to include funding to host the upcoming annual
steering group meeting and advisory committee meetings.

Description of Work:

The contractor will perform the following task.

● Perform a wire transfer for \$590,000.

a.  Banking Name: Berner Kantonalbank Bern

> b\. Bank Address: Bundesplatz 8, CH-3011 Bern
>
> Finanzverwaltung des Kantons Bern
>
> Munsterplatz 12
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> CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

c\. Konto Nr/Account No: 20.164.851.0.25

Clearing No: 790

SWIFT: KBBE CH 22

IBAN: CH45 0079 0020 1648 5102 5

b.  AU Gunsten/in favour of: Universitat Bern/University Bern

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OD:OAR:watts-greenk:klwg 301-435-7544 11/14/2023

Official File Located in OAR Admin: 5635 Fishers Lane; -
NCATS-Antiretroviral Treatment in Lower Income Counties (ART-LINC)
Collaboration, Domus #2746

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May 18, 2001

**FCC SEEKS COMMENTS ON COMPREHENSIVE REFORM EFFORTS**

The Federal Communications Commission is initiating a comprehensive
reform effort in order to ensure that the institution operates
efficiently, effectively and responsively. That effort is guided by the
following four goals:

1.  To develop a clear substantive policy vision, consistent with the
    various communications statutes and rules to guide agency
    deliberations.

2.  To emphasis management that builds a strong team, produces a
    cohesive and efficient operation, and leads to clear and timely
    decisions.

3.  To develop our independent technical and economic expertise through
    recruitment, training and employee development.

4.  To realign the organizational structure to conform to the realities
    of a dynamic and converging marketplace.

Mary Beth Richards has been named Special Counsel to spearhead the
reform project. Over the next several weeks, she will be collecting
ideas and suggestions for ways to achieve this goal.

Please send suggestions to:

Mary Beth Richards

Special Counsel to the Chairman

Room 8-C750

445 12^th^ Street, SW

Washington, DC 20554

News media contact: David Fiske at 202-418-0513.

\- FCC -
Blood Products Advisory Committee Meeting

June 13-14, 2002

II\. Uniformed Donor History Questionnaire

References

1\. Sharyn L. Orton, Victoria J.Virvos, and Alan E. Williams. Validation
of selected donor-screening questions: structure, content, and
comprehension. Transfusion 2000;40:1407-1413.

2\. Alan E. Williams, Ph.D., , Sharyn L. Orton, MSPH, PhD. \"There\'s
something About Blood\": A Scientific Perspective on Blood donor
Qualification. Blood Safety in the New Millennium. American Association
of Blood Banks, 2001.
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Quadrature - Figure 2

LASCO/C2 images from (a) 22 May, (b) 26 May, and (c) 1 June 1997. The
white line shows the equator and the direction to Ulysses, 10^o^ north
of the equator. The streamer belt was confined to the equator during
this entire interval, but changed appearance. There was a bright,
isolated streamer during 21-25 May and also from 29 May -- 1 June.
During 26-28 May the equatorial streamer broadened into a fan (or
"forest") made up of sevearl rays without an obvious isolated streamer.
This forest is interpreted as a result of viewing the streamer belt more
from the side than from along the belt.

The quadrature date was 26 May, when Ulysses lay exactly off the limb of
the Sun with respect to SOHO.

The direction to Ulysses was *just inside* the boundary of the bright
streamer at 5 R~SUN~.

Solar minimum conditions existed throughout the observations.

(Suess et al., *JGR*, **105**(A11), 25033-25051, 2000)
Request for NFMCC Collaboration Funding for HTS Magnet R&D

OUTLINE

As part of the expanded National R&D for a Muon Collider, The BNL AA
Group proposes a study of HTS magnets needed for a Collider. The
specific areas of study are:

1.  Characterization of newly available HTS materials.

2.  The development of 50 T solenoids for final muon cooling. The work
    would cover both the magnet design and simulations of cooling using
    such magnets, including the matching and re-acceleration required.

3.  The development of small moderate field but high current density
    solenoids for use in Guggenheim of ring cooling with emittance
    exchange. Again, the work would cover both the magnet design and
    simulations of cooling using such magnets.

4.  The design of dipoles and quadrupoles for the Muon Collider Storage
    Ring. An open mid-plane NbSn combined function magnet design has
    been studied by the BNL magnet group. The use of HTS materials needs
    more study.

The work would be done in collaboration with Fermilab, LBNL and Muons
Inc., and would benefit from the experience in the BNL superconducting
magnet group using BSCCO tape in prototype RIA magnets.

PLAN

The initial phase of the effort would be devoted to item 1, together
with some conceptual design and simulation work on items 2 -- 4.

A later phase including the construction of prototypes still requires
definition. It is anticipated that the prototype work on the 50 T magnet
will become a collaborative effort with the other labs, probably lead by
FNAL.. The construction of a prototype of item #3 could reasonable
become an objective for the BNL group. The funding request below would
only cover the first phase.

PROPOSED FUNDING

100 k\$ per year for a postdoc, or part time collaborator

100 k\$ per year for MST and engineering support from the BNL SMD.

If funding were available this year, the work could start now, but a
funding start on 08, as the MERIT experiment ends, would not be
unreasonable.
**Systematic approaches to chromatin dynamics in gene regulatory
coding**.

Arndt Benecke, Ph.D.

Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques & Interdisciplinary Research
Institute, Paris, France

A priori comprehension of the gene regulatory code in eukaryotes based
on genomic sequence alone is impossible due to: (i) bi-fold degeneration
of the DNA-code, (ii) nonlinear signal integration by transcription
coregulators, and (iii) under-determination.

Chromatin dynamics provide through covalent histone modifications a
third information- and time-scale of nuclear coding. Gene regulation in
an intact cell therefore is the integration of DNA-sequence,
epigenetics, and chromatin dynamics.

In order to identify primary gene regulatory circuits and their
plasticity, a systemic approach including chromatin dynamics is
consequently required.

We have begun to formalize chromatin dynamics based on mean-field and
single-molecule reaction kinetics and nonlinear thermodynamics and
amended resulting models to numerical enumeration. Subsequently, using
analytical methods, a computationally obligatory reduction in complexity
of resulting time- and spacetime-dependent graphs is being realized.
Resulting probability vectors for spacetime evolution of the chromatin
dynamics can then be superimposed upon actual genomes and integrated
with complex search heuristics and functional genomics data via the
a\[c\]e - [a]{.underline}nnotation of
[c]{.underline}omplex/[c]{.underline}ombinatorial
[e]{.underline}nhancers - platform which will be presented during the
talk.

Our approach is systemic, modular, and open. Its descriptive and
predictive accuracy intensifies in pace with increasingly available
systematic experimental data, and should contribute to the deciphering
of gene-regulatory code.
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Jim Rogers (202) 690-4755 USDA

Jeanne Pipicello (207) 832-0343 UMCE

**USDA CO-SPONSORS** **NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CARCASS DISPOSAL**

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2006\--Agricultural officials and emergency
first-responders will meet in December at the National Symposium on
Carcass Disposal to discuss emergency and large-volume livestock carcass
disposal.

In the last decade, a number of animal disease outbreaks worldwide have
created a need for those charged with protecting animal health to
understand the dynamics of carcass disposal. The foot-and-mouth disease
outbreak in the United Kingdom, chronic wasting disease in North
America, and the avian influenza outbreaks in Asia have all presented
unique challenges in regards to large volume carcass disposal during a
crisis. This symposium, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, will bring together researchers, policy makers and first
responders; to learn, discuss and evaluate issues and to research
projects, policies and response options related to animal carcass
disposal.

Highlights of the symposium include:

-   Biosecurity and pathogen research;

-   

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-   Wildlife and marine carcass disposal research, experiences, and
    challenges;

-   

-   Carcass disposal technology case studies, issues, and research;

-   

-   Past experience/lessons learned; and

-   

-   Planning for catastrophic events.

The symposium will be held at the Sheraton College Park Hotel in
Beltsville, Md.,

Dec. 4--7 during normal business hours. This symposium is open to the
public, however, there is a fee of \$275, and registration is required
for all attendees. To register, visit
[www.composting.org](http://www.composting.org/) or contact the
Knox-Lincoln County Office, University of Maine Cooperative Extension's
Jeanne Pipicello at (207) 832-0343.

Other co-sponsors of this event include the Maine Compost Team, the
Cornell Waste Management Institute, the Iowa State Cooperative
Extension, the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease
Defense at Texas A & M, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture,
the Penn State Cooperative Extension, the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Friends of Agricultural Research--Beltsville.

Please direct additional symposium questions to Mark Hutchinson at (207)
832-0343 or <markh@umext.maine.edu>.

\#
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**Federal Communications Commission**

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

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

# **MASS MEDIA BUREAU**

**IMPLEMENTS**

**CONSOLIDATED DATABASE SYSTEM (CDBS) ELECTRONIC FILING OF**

**THE BROADCAST STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE, THE BROADCAST**

**EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY MODEL PROGRAM REPORT,**

**AND THE BROADCAST EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY**

**PROGRAM REPORT FORMS**

**Released: November 29, 2000**

The Broadcast Statement of Compliance (Form 397), the Broadcast Equal
Employment Opportunity Model Program Report (Form 396-A), and the
Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Program Report (Form 396) now are
available on the Radio and Television Broadcast Station Consolidated
Database System (CDBS) online electronic forms filing system. This
enables broadcasters to file these forms electronically with the
Commission. Effective November 27, 2000, users can access this system
*via* the Internet from the Mass Media Bureau's Web Site at:
**http://www.fcc.gov/mmb**. Form 396-A became available for electronic
filing on August 7, 2000. Paper filing of Form 397 and Form 396 also
will be permitted until May 26, 2001. Paper filing of Form 396-A will be
permitted until February 4, 2001.

Instructions for use of the electronic filing system are available in
the CDBS User's Guide which can be accessed from the electronic filing
web page at: **http://www.fcc.gov/mmb**. Special attention should be
given to the details of the applicant account registration function and
the form filing function.

Internet access to the CDBS public access system at the Commission's Web
Site requires that the user have, at a minimum, a browser such as
Netscape version 3.04 or Internet Explorer version 3.51.

For technical assistance in running the system or to report technical
problems with the system, please contact the CDBS Help Desk at (202)
418-2MMB.

For further information, please contact the EEO Staff at (202) 418-1450

F C C -
**A Possible Pathway for Organic Synthesis and**

**Implications for Protostellar Systems**

Natasha M. Johnson

AstrochemistryLab and Goddard Center for Astrobiology

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, MD 20771

USA

<natasha.johnson@gsfc.nasa.gov>

Mildred G. Martin

Department of Chemistry

Catholic University of America

# USA 

Jason P. Dworkin

Astrochemistry Lab and Goddard Center for Astrobiology

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

# USA 

Joseph A. Nuth, III

Astrochemistry Lab and Goddard Center for Astrobiology

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

# USA

# 

# 

The processes that generated the organic compounds found in carbonaceous
meteorites are unknown in any detail. Furthermore, the pathways these
compounds followed from the interstellar medium to the collapsing
protostellar nebula are not well understood. One robust and likely
formation route involves Fischer-Tropsch type (FTT) reactions that
generate organics by hydrogenating carbon monoxide via surface-mediated
reactions. Dust grains condensing into a protostellar nebula would have
provided the surfaces to promote the reaction of H~2~, N~2~ and CO into
both volatile organics and a coating of macromolecular species that also
promotes the formation of organics. Although the reaction should be most
efficient in the innermost regions of the nebula this does not pose
significant problems, as the reaction products and the coated grains can
migrate back out to the far reaches of the nebula, thus seeding the
entire nebula with organics.

We use lab-synthesized amorphous Fe- and Mg- silicate grains as the
solid for these reactions and circulate CO, N~2~, and H~2~ gas over
these grains at specific temperatures (400-500°C). During these
reactions, the grains are coated with organics and the reaction rate and
the chemistry changes as the coating progresses. We analyze the samples
as follows: a.) real-time FTIR gas measurements, b.) GCMS analyses of
cold-trapped volatiles at various heating times, and c.) solid samples
harvested at different times are subjected to extraction techniques as
well as pyrolysis GCMS. The coatings were composed of macromolecular
organic phases and the volatiles produced included aliphatics and some
aromatics.
General Schedule

**Asian Specialists visiting Singapore Airshow 2008**

**February 19-24, 2008**

## Monday, February 18 

## 

8:15 a.m. Country Briefing for AES Trade Mission participants & SA2008
exhibitors.

Venue: Hotel (tbd)

10:30 a.m. to AES 1-on-1 Appointments

5:00 p.m. Venue: Hotel (tbd)

6:30 p.m. to AES Networking Reception

8:00 p.m. Venue: Hotel (tbd)

## 

## 

##  Tuesday, February 19

8:30am to AES 1-on-1 Appointments (continues)

12:00 p.m. Venue: Hotel (tbd)

1:00 p.m. AES Participants travel to SA2008 show site

2:30 p.m. to AES 1-on-1 Appointments (continues) or AES participants
walk 5:30 p.m. the show floor

## Wednesday, February 20

8:00 a.m. AES & CS staff travel to SA2008 show site

9:30a.m. -- 5:30p.m. AsiaNow Showtime

Venue: SA2008 Show Site

6:30 p.m. -- 8:30p.m. U.S. Industry Reception hosted by Ambassador
Herbold

> Venue: Hotel (tbd)

## Thursday, February 21

8:00 a.m. AES & CS staff travel to SA2008 show site

9:30a.m. -- 5:30p.m. AsiaNow Showtime

Venue: SA2008 Show Site

Evening Free

## Friday, February 22

8:00 a.m. AES participants travel to SA2008

Evening Free

## Saturday, February 23

A.M./P.M. End of Program - AES & CS Regional staff depart Singapore
**[DENNIS W. DUPUIS]{.underline}** -- Deputy Fire Use and Fuels, DOI
Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Interagency Fire Center, Boise,
Idaho.

> Mr. Dupuis has spent his career working in Indian Country. Dennis
> started his career with BIA in 1978 working on the White Mountain
> Apache Indian Reservation. Here he gained extensive experience in the
> planning, application, and monitoring of prescribed fire while
> employed as a presale forester and silviculturist. Dennis transferred
> to the BIA, Albuquerque Area Office in 1986 where he was employed as
> the Area Silviculturist. Dennis provided silvicultural and forest
> management planning technical assistance and oversight to tribes
> located in New Mexico and southern Colorado. Dennis transferred back
> to his home in 1993, to work as the Forest Manager at the Flathead
> Indian Agency located in Pablo, Montana.
>
> The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes compacted the Agency's
> forestry program in 1995. In 1996, Dennis took a job under the
> forestry compact as a Division Manager in the Tribes' forestry
> program. He renewed his interest in fire and was selected to the
> Tribes' Fire Management Officer position in 1999.
>
> Dennis left the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in August 2001
> after accepting the Deputy Fire Use and Fuels job for the BIA-NIFC.
> Dennis currently provides national oversight and direction in the
> implementation of the National Fire Plan and the Bureau's fire use,
> Wildland Urban Interface and Hazardous Fuels reduction program.
>
> Mr. Dupuis has participated on the Fire in Ecosystem Management (FIEM)
> Steering Committee since 1996. He has a B.S. degree from the
> University of Arizona and a certificate of continued education in
> ecology and silviculture from Northern Arizona University, University
> of Utah, and Colorado State University. He is a faculty member of FIEM
> and has presented in several other fire and silvicultural courses held
> regionally in the west.
# Acknowledging is Encouraging - THANK YOU

We would like to express our Thanks to those agencies that submitted
nominations for the annual EPAct Award. Also, we wish to give special
Thanks to the individuals who volunteered and served on the selection
committee. Those were Bernard Tewey (SSA), Joe Gerhart (TSA), John Smith
(GSA), Louise Henderson (BLS), Rebecca Edmonds (DOJ), Sandra Blackwell
(DOC), Veronica Busby (AID), and William Lehman (TVA). Their commitment
to the federal fleet community is admirable. Their work was not easy
since there were 11 extremely well qualified applicants.

The winner of the Alternative Fuels, Conservation, and Awareness Award
is SMSgt Rex A. Curry (Air Force). He received his award at the Awards
Luncheon and Keynote Presentation at IMEAC in Portland, Oregon on June
26, 2003.
**Important Information for Human Resources Management (HRM) Staff **

Concerning Revisions of FE-6 Claim Forms for Death Benefits

## FLYER

> Benefits 04-11

April 26, 2004

### TO: Chief, HRMS

######## SUBJ: Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program: Revisions of FE-6, Claim for

########  Death Benefits, and FE-6 DEP, Statement of Claim-Option C Family Life Insurance

This Flyer announces the issuance of the Office of Personnel
Management's (OPM) Benefits Administration Letter (BAL) 04-201.

The Office of Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance recently revised
the claim forms for FEGLI life insurance benefits. The two forms, FE-6
\"Claim for Death Benefits\", and FE-6 DEP \"Statement of Claim-Option
C\" were revised to update IRS tax language for backup withholding, and
to make a MetLife money market account available to a greater number of
beneficiaries. The revised forms are dated April 2004. **Previous
editions are not usable**.

You can download the revised FE-6 and FE-6 DEP by going to
<http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/pubslist/index.asp>.

BAL 04-201 is available for viewing and downloading at
<http://www.opm.gov/asd/htm/2004/04-201.asp>.

Office of Human Resources Management

Worklife and Benefits Service (058)

# VA Headquarters -- Washington, DC
**Winncom Technologies, Hala Nr 1, Stoisko #34**

**[http://www.winncom.com](http://www.winncom.com/)**

Firma Winncom Technologies jest dystrybutorem rozwiązań szerokopasmowych
i sieci Wi - FI na potrzeby usług transmisji danych i VoIP.

Winncom Technologies oferuje pełne spektrum produktów bezprzewodowych i
służących do obsługi głosu, w tym punkty dostępowe, mosty, routery,
modemy, anteny, wzmacniacze oraz okablowanie. Firma jest także
producentem nowych produktów i akcesoriów bezprzewodowych: wydajnych
anten, radia dalekiego zasięgu oraz pogodoodpornych obudów urządzeń.

Firma Winncom wspomaga swoich partnerów we wdrażaniu różnorodnych
rozwiązań, począwszy od prostej bezprzewodowej biurowej sieci,
skończywszy na gigabitowych łączach wysokiej przepustowości. Firma
oferuje na tych rynkach usługi wsparcia i instalacji rozwiązań poprzez
partnerstwa z firmami typu VAR oraz integratorami, obsługując klientów
na różnych rynkach wertykalnych -- zdrowia, bezpieczeństwa publicznego,
przemysłu.

Poza centralą w USA, w stanie Ohio, firma Winncom Technologies posiada
biura w Europie, Rosji oraz krajach Azji Centralnej.

Firma Winncom Technologies poszukuje firm zainteresowanych współpracą
partnerską w zakresie wszystkich oferowanych technologii.
# Parents & Teachers

# 

# Student Activity

# 

# Damage Detector

You need your body parts! The chemicals in inhalants can change how your
brain and other important body systems and organs work---and how well
inhalant abusers can play, think,

and act.

Have students read all of the facts about inhalants in the "Facts on
Drugs" section. Then follow the instructions below.

List A includes six body parts you depend on. List B includes six body
functions for these parts. List C includes situations where individuals
experience loss of function due to inhalant abuse. Write each of the 18
parts, functions, or chemicals on an index card and tape to the backs of
18 students. Note: this can work if you have more or fewer
students---simply adjust accordingly.

Based on what you've learned about inhalants, have students find their
matches. Each person needs to match his or her body part from List A to
the body function from List B. Then, have those two students find the
person who has the index card with the matching loss of function.

After everyone has found their matches, discuss the importance of the
functions and make a list of daily activities that require these
functions.

## 

## List A---Body Parts 

Write each of these body parts on an index card.

A. bone marrow

B. cerebellum

C. cerebral cortex

D. hippocampus

E. myelin

F. noradrenaline

##### 

##### List B---Functions

Write each of these definitions on an index card.

A. part of the brain involved in memory formation

B. fatty layer that protects nerve fibers so messages travel quickly and
correctly

C. part of the brain that helps to solve complex problems and plan ahead

D. part of the brain that controls movement and coordination

E. neurotransmitter or chemical messenger that regulates heart rate

F. material that makes red blood cells, which carry energizing oxygen to
the body and brain

## List C---Situations where inhalant abuse causes a breakdown in function

Write each of these situations on an index card.

A.  As your friends finish the one-mile run in gym class, you are
    physically exhausted and lag behind and struggle to finish.

B.  During the first day of chemistry class you fail to recall the name
    of your new lab partner, even though it was mentioned to you
    numerous times.

C.  While you are relaxing, listening to your favorite artist on your
    MP3 player, you notice a muscle spasm in your leg.

D.  You struggle to start your research paper that is due next Friday,
    unsure of where to begin and how to organize it.

E.  During the latest line dance craze, you consistently misstep and go
    off-balance, stepping on your friend\'s toes.

F.  Your heart races uncontrollably every time you sit down to take a
    test at school, causing increased stress.
**U.S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE\
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE\
IDAHO**

**operation and maintenance REQUIREMENTS\
steel pipeline\
code 430-ff**

Landowner/Operator

Job Location

County SWCD Farm/Tract No.

Referral No. Prepared By Date

**OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS**

A properly operated and maintained irrigation pipeline is an asset to
the farm. This irrigation pipeline was designed and installed to
transmit water to place of use. The estimated life span of this
installation is at least 10 years. The life of this pipeline can be
assured and usually increased by developing and carrying out a good
operation and maintenance program.

This practice will require performance of periodic maintenance and may
also require operational items to maintain satisfactory performance. A
good operation and maintenance program includes:

-   Check to make sure all valves and air vents are set at the proper
    operating condition so they may provide protection to the pipeline.

-   Maintain the design depth of cover over the pipeline and backfill
    around structures.

-   Limit traffic over the pipeline to designated section that were
    designed for traffic loads. Avoid travel over pipelines by tillage
    equipment when the soil is saturated, avoid any subsoiling operation
    that may disturb the pipeline.

-   Maintain vigorous growth of vegetative coverings.  This includes
    reseeding, fertilization and application of herbicides when
    necessary. Periodic mowing may also be needed to control height.

-   Remove all foreign debris that hinders system operation.

-   Drain the system and components in areas that are subject to
    freezing. If parts of the system cannot be drained, an antifreeze
    solution may be added.

-   Eradicate or otherwise remove all rodents or burrowing animals.
    Immediately repair any damage caused by their activity.

-   Check exterior coatings on above-ground and on-ground pipeline
    installations. Repair any damage immediately.

-   Where sacrificial anodes are used for cathodic protection, check
    their condition on a regular basis as outlined in special O & M
    requirements. Replace as necessary.

Special operation and maintenance requirements
Analysis and Comparison of Spectrum Measurements performed in Urban and

# Rural Areas to Determine the Total Amount of Spectrum Usage

Allen Petrin^(1)^, Paul G. Steffes^(2)^

^(1)^ Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, 777 Atlantic Dr., Atlanta, GA,

USA, 30332-0250; me@allenpetrin.com; 404-509-4501 (phone); 404-894-5935
(fax),

^(2)^ Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, 777 Atlantic Dr., Atlanta, GA,

USA, 30332-0250; ps11@prism.gatech.edu; 404-894-3128 (phone);
404-894-5935 (fax)

This paper will introduce the analysis of two broadband spectrum
studies, presenting and comparing the level of spectrum usage. Two
broadband spectrum studies were performed in urban Atlanta, GA and rural
North Carolina over the frequency range from 400 MHz to 7.2 GHz. Over
several months spectrum usage was measured in several azimuthal
directions and in different linear polarizations for each of the two
spectrum studies. These studies produced a database with five billion
spectrum measurements. This database was analyzed with an advanced
algorithm to determine the level of active spectrum usage. The detection
method employed was designed at the Radio Spectrum Engineering Lab
(RSEL) located at Georgia Tech and is optimized to detect signals that
are marginally above the receiving system's thermal noise floor. The
sophisticated algorithm uses the spectrum study's multidimensional
aspect to achieve significantly better performance than conventional
threshold detection. The results of this analysis can be used to
identify areas of the spectrum that are unused or underused, creating
opportunities for the use of frequency agile radio technologies.
# Professional Development Workshops

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# February 10-Newton's Laws 

# Time: 1pm-3pm

-An explanation of Newton's Laws

-Hands-on activity teachers will be able to use with their students

# February 24--NASA Resources/Mission Geography 

# Time: 1pm-3pm

The three publications, *Mission Geography K-4, Mission Geography 5-8,
and Mission Geography 9-12,* will contain curriculum support materials
focused on the development of key grade-level-appropriate geography
skills including remote sensing and map/image interpretation. This
three-year project is using existing NASA data and images where possible
to engage students in active, \"hands-on\" inquiry, modeling the
scientific method and developing students' understandings of
environment-society relations and earth science.
([www.missiongeography.org](http://www.missiongeography.org/))

# March 10-Rocketry 

# Time: 9am --12pm

-An explanation of the principles of rocketry

-Hands-on activities of rocketry (building and launching rockets)

# April 8 Lunar Certification Workshop 

# Time: 8am-5pm

Teachers will attend lectures the history of the Apollo missions,
geology of the moon, and meteorites participate in hands-on activities.
They will learn the procedures on borrowing lunar and meteorite sample.

**April 22- 2005 Earth System Science Teachers Workshop**

See link below

http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/2005workshop.php

Space is limited. To register or for more information call (301)
286-8570 or send an email to <bwtaylor@pop100.gsfc.nasa.gov>.
January 9, 2008

BLM

Re: Proposed WOPR

To All Concerned:

I am writing to express strong opposition to most if not all elements of
the proposed WOPR. As a resident of the Willamette Valley for more than
32 years, I find these proposals run counter to the well-being of the
land, our citizens, and the delicate web of wildlife that will be
affected. The vast number of new roads alone, which would be built under
this revision, is completely unacceptable.

The current proposed WOPR represents a disaster for recreation,
ecosystems, and even the local economy. This is because the proposed
changes are largely irreversible and certainly unsustainable. We have to
get past a "temporary fix" mentality if we want to create any kind of
desirable future for this region.

How do the formulators and backers of the WOPR propose to explain the
inevitable negative effects to their grandchildren? The current
president's policies have already done more than enough damage to our
generation's legacy. I am ashamed and embarrassed at the greedy mindset
that reigns over this country. Stop it already!

Those who are so concerned over local economic pressures need to put
their efforts into scaling back the military budget to one tenth its
current bloated, wasteful, abominable size. The U.S. would still be the
predominant military force on the planet (not that we have shown any
wisdom or restraint with such power!), and it would not affect our
so-called "national security" in the least. It **would**, however, help
to prevent the continuing rape of our lands.

Yours most sincerely,

Vip B. Short

1448 E. 22^nd^ Ave.

Eugene, OR 97403
# PCNS Invited Speakers for March 13, 14, 2001

Helena Chui, M.D.

Department of Neurology

University of Southern California

Los Angeles

Steven DeKosky, M.D.

Department of Neurology

Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

University of Pittsburgh

3811 O'Hara Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593

Ranjan Duara, M.D.

Wien Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorder

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Miami Beach Florida 33140

Steven Ferris, M.D.

Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research Ctr.

NYU School of Medicine

550 First Ave.

NY, NY 10016

Mary Ganguli, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry & Epidemiology

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Philip Gorelick, M.D., MPH, FACP

Director, Center for Stroke Research

RUSH Medical College

Chicago Illinois 60612

Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Neurology

Mayo Clinic

200 First St. SW

Rochester MN 55905

Gustavo C. Roman, M.D.

Professor of Medicine/Neurology

The University of Texas Health Science Center

School of Medicine at San Antonio

7703 Floyd Curl Drive

San Antonio, Texas 78284-7883
**NASA Macquarie University Pilbara Education Project: A hi-tech
approach to astrobiology education**

Carol Oliver

*Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University Biotechnology
Research Institute*

*Macquarie University*

*Building E8C 153, North Ryde, NSW 2109*

*AUSTRALIA*

<coliver@els.mq.edu.au>

Jennifer Fergusson

*Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre*

*Macquarie University*

*North Ryde, NSW 2109*

*AUSTRALIA*

<Jennifer.fergusson@det.nsw.edu.au>

Geoffrey Bruce

*NASA Learning Technologies, Planners Collaborative,*

*NASA Ames Research Center*

*Moffet Field, Ca*

*USA*

<gbruce@mail.arc.nasa.gov>

Tom Gaskins

*Limited Liability Corporation*

*9302 157^th^ Place. Redmond, WA 98052*

*USA*

<tom@tomgaskins.com>

Rhodri Evans

*Centre for Astronomy and Science Education*

*University of Glamorgan*

*Pontypridd*

*WALES*

<rhevans@glam.ac.uk>

A team of educators, communicators, a US television crew and technical
specialists joined around 30 geologists, microbiologists and geochemists
during an international field trip in June/July 2005, to the Pilbara
area of Western Australia where 3.5 billion-year-old stromatolite-like
structures are found, but the biogenicity remains a subject of
scientific debate. All present shared expertises and insights across the
diverse and disparate disciplines, to open students everywhere to the
ongoing nature of science in the making using one of the oldest
astrobiology-related settings on the surface of the Earth.

This experience produced a project that represents a major step towards
science education of the future, both in formal and in informal
settings. It depends on three key aspects: the widespread use of the
Internet, access to inexpensive fast, powerful personal computers in the
home, and NASA's development of a suite of hi-tech education tools. The
resulting Virtual Field Trip tool has drawn together the entire NASA
Learning Technologies suite of tools including 'World Wind', 'Virtual
Lab' and 'What's the Difference'. The Virtual Field Trip is demonstrated
together with discussion on the entry points for users from 'field hand'
tasks through to 'scientist' level development of hypotheses, collecting
of evidence, testing and interpretation from the desktop and the
reaction of the student target audience to the project and tools. The
testing indicated such a project can improve science literacy, even over
a very short period of exposure to the project.
**[Water-Cooled Chillers]{.underline}**

In accordance with the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal
Acquisition Regulations Section 23, and Presidential Executive Order
13123 the vendor shall provide water-cooled chillers that meet or exceed
the latest Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) energy-efficiency
purchasing specifications. Refer to the FEMP Web site at
[www.eere.energy.gov/femp/procurement/](http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/procurement/)
to obtain proper sizing and cost-effectiveness data, operating tips and
other important information.

  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
  **Performance Recommendation for    
  Water-Cooled Chillers -- Effective  
  11/2003**                           

  **Part Load Optimized Chillers**    

  **Compressor Type and Capacity**    **Recommended IPLV (kW/ton)**

  Centrifugal (150 to 200 ton)        0.52 kW/ton or less

  Centrifugal (300 to 2,000 ton)      0.45 kW/ton or less

  Rotary Screw (≥ 300 ton)            0.49 kW/ton or less

  **Full Load Optimized Chillers**    

  **Compressor Type and Capacity**    **Recommended Full Load**

  Centrifugal (150 to 200 ton)        0.59 kW/ton or less

  Centrifugal (300 to 2,000 ton)      0.56 kW/ton or less

  Rotary Screw (≥ 300 ton)            0.64 kW/ton or less
  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
THE EAGLE\'S CHILD Nancy Jean Carrigan

2 S. 526 Williams Road

Warrenville, IL 60555

\(630\) 393-1361

THE EAGLE\'S CHILD

*On seeing Internet pictures*

*taken by the Hubble telescope*

*of the birth of a star in the Eagle Nebula\**

> I saw, with my astonished eyes
>
> a story told in ancient light\--
>
> celestial birth in distant skies
>
> as our Sun-star once took flight.
>
> This nameless star, egg-like it grew
>
> in dull galactic primal dust
>
> until it left the womb as new
>
> stars and poems always must.
>
> Has it, like Sun, a circling globe
>
> with sea-fish, bird, and dexterous ape
>
> who\'se built a clever eye to probe
>
> our mysteries? Does her mind escape
>
> its bounds to ponder ancient light
>
> and move a poet\'s pen to write?
>
> **©1998 Nancy Jean Carrigan**
**40-Zr-90 Review**

**Drafted by J. Chang, KAERI, 2004.**

**Files:**

ENDF/B-VI: Origin 1976, Revision 2001, S. Frankle & P. G. (LANL)

JEF: Origin 1983, latest revision 1990

JENDL: Origin 1984, latest revision 1993.

BROND: Origin 1988.

1.  Thermal cross section

> The most reliable evaluation for capture cross section is
>
> Mughabghab\[1981\] = 0.011±0.005 b, RI: 0.14 b, b = 6.5±0.2 fm, R' =
> 7.2±0.2 fm
>
> Mughabghab\[2003\] = 0.011±0.005 b, RI: 0.13±0.02 b
>
> Holden\[1998\] = \~0.014 b , RI: 0.2±0.1 b, b = 6.4±0.1 fm
>
> Koester\[1981\] b = 6.5±0.1
>
> Cap RI Fast Cap. Scat. b. R R'
>
> ENDF 0.0112 0.165 17.0 5.76 6.78 7.42 7.42
>
> JEF 0.0111 0.154 14.9 5.87 6.84 7.4 7.4
>
> JENDL 0.0111 0.159 14.5 5.40 6.56 7.2 7.2
>
> BROND 0.0116 0.145 13.1 5.43 6.58 7.2 7.2

2.  Resolved Resonance Parameter

> ENDF is based on Mughabghab\[1981\] upper limit is 90 keV. parameter
> is given up to 300 keV.
>
> JEF is based on Mughabghab\[1981\] but upper limit is 131 keV

JENDL is baed on own evaluation mainly Musgrove\[1977\] and
Boldeman\[1975\], upper limit is 171 keV. Parameter it self is given up
to 300 keV.

BROND is based on Mughabghab\[1981\]; upper limit is 60 keV. Parameter
it self is given up to 208 keV.

3.  Unresolved Resonance Parameters

> Mughabghab\[1981\]
>
> D~0~=6.4±1.1keV, S~0~=0.7±0.2, \<\>=240 meV

D~1~=3.5±0.4 eV, S~0~=4.0±0.6, \<\>=440 meV

> ENDF, JEF, JENDL do not have URR parameter file.
>
> BROND uses energy, spin dependent URR parameters, and upper limit is
> 400 keV

BROND: D~0~ = 6.3 keV, S~0~=0.64, \<\> \~ 66 meV

D~1~ = 4.4 keV, S~1~=3.4, \<\> \~ 160 meV

D~2~ = 2.1 keV, S~2~=1.4, \<\> \~ 67 meV

4.  Capture (high energy)

> ENDF is high comparing the other evaluations below 1 MeV. Above 1 MeV,
> all evaluation is comparable except JEF-2 which displays rapid fall
> after 6 MeV.

5.  Elastic

> All evaluations are comparable.

6.  Inelastic

> BROND and JENDL display reasonable shape.
>
> ENDF diplays strange shape.
>
> JEF-2 is do not fall down at high energy.

7.  (n,)

> ENDF is low than the others.
>
> All others are comparable.

8.  (n,p)

> ENDF is good comparing experimental data.
>
> All are comparable below 15 MeV.

9.  (n,2n)

> JEF-2 do not have (n,2n) data.
>
> All are comparable.

**Recommendation:**

> JENDL-3 is recommendable.

# References

Mughabghab\[1981\], Neutron Cross Sections, Academic Press.

Koester\[1981\] , J. ZP/A, 301, 215, 1981. EXFOR entry 21842.

Holden\[1998\], CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 78^th^ ed., CRC
Press.

Mughabghab\[2003\], INDC(NDS)-440, 2003.
1\. General. This interim notice sets forth the requirements for private
office space allocation. It is effective with all future space
realignments or alterations depending on the availability of space and
funding. This information will also be contained in the upcoming
Administrative Services Handbook.

2\. Private Office Space Allocation - Headquarters.

> a\. Space allocation representing the amount of square footage to be
> provided those Headquarters positions entitled to private offices
> (ceiling-high) are indicated below. The suites of the following
> positions are established in HUD Headquarters at approximately 400
> square feet each: the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant
> Secretaries, Inspector General, General Counsel, Chief Financial
> Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Procurement Officer,
> Director, Enforcement Center, Director, Real Estate Assessment Center,
> Director, Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring, and
> the President, Government National Mortgage Association.

**Maximum**

**Official Organizational Title Square Feet**

> Deputy Assistant Secretary 300
>
> Office Director 300
>
> Deputy Office Director 200
>
> Special/Executive Assistant for Office
>
> Director or above 150
>
> Division Director 150
>
> Supervisory Attorney Advisor 150
>
> Trial Attorney/Attorney Advisor 150\*
>
> Executive Personnel Specialist 150
>
> Employee Relations Specialist 150
>
> Labor Relations Specialist 150
>
> ODEEO Equal Employment Specialist 150
>
> (drafter of equal opportunity decisions, only)
>
> \*In the event space is not available, two Trial Attorneys/Attorney
> Advisors
>
> may be placed in a 225 square foot office.
>
> b\. Non-conventional or systems furniture offices will have less
> square footage than listed above.
>
> c\. Positions not listed above are not entitled to private offices.

3\. Private Office Space Allocation - Field Offices.

> a\. Space allocation representing the amount of square footage to be
> provided those Field Office positions entitled to private offices
> (ceiling-high) are indicated below.

**Maximum**

**Official Organizational Title Square Feet**

> Secretary's Representative 300

Senior Community Builder 225

Center/HUB Director 225

Deputy Center/HUB Director 150

Office/Program Director 225

Deputy Office/Program Director 150

> Special/Executive Assistant for Office
>
> Director or above 150
>
> Administrative Officer 150
>
> Assistant General Counsel 225
>
> Trial Attorney/Attorney Advisor 150\*
>
> Special Agent-in-Charge (IG) 225

District Inspector General for Audit 225

Division Director 150

Deputy Assistant General Counsel 150

Deputy Special Agent-in-Charge 150

Deputy Inspector General for Audit 150

ODEEO Equal Employment Specialist 150

> \*In the event space is not available, two Trial Attorneys/Attorney
> Advisors
>
> may be placed in a 225 square foot office.
>
> b\. Non-conventional or systems furniture offices will have less
> square footage than listed above.
>
> c\. Positions not listed above are not entitled to private offices.
Poster Presentation 2-44

The Production of Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates Using
Genetically Engineered Saccharomyces Yeast Capable of Co-Fermenting
Glucose and Xylose

[Miroslav Sedlak]{.underline} and Nancy W. Y. Ho\*

Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE)

Purdue University,

1295 Potter Center

West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA

Phone & Fax: 765-494-7046; E-mail: <nwyho@ecn.purdue.edu>

Recent studies have proven ethanol to be the ideal liquid fuel for
transportation and renewable cellulosic biomass to be the attractive
feed-stocks for ethanol-fuel production by fermentation. The major
fermentable sugars from hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass (such as rice
stow, sugarcane bagasse, corn fiber, softwoods, hardwoods, and grasses)
are D-glucose and D-xylose. The efficient fermentation of both glucose
and xylose present in cellulosic biomass to ethanol is essential for
these renewable resources to be used as feed-stocks for bio-fuel
production. The naturally occurring *Saccharomyces* yeasts have proven
to be safe, effective, and user-friendly microorganisms for the
large-scale production of industrial ethanol from glucose-based
feedstocks. However, these yeasts cannot metabolize xylose. Our group at
Purdue University succeeded in the development of the genetically
engineered *Saccharomyces* yeasts that can effectively co-ferment
glucose and xylose to ethanol. This was accomplished by the cloning and
over-expression of three major xylose-metabolizing genes; xylose
reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase, and xylulokinase genes in yeast. In
this presentation, we demonstrate that our stable recombinant
*Saccharomyces* yeast can efficiently ferment glucose and xylose present
in hydrolysates from different cellulosic biomass to ethanol.
**DA 06-508**

**Released: March 3, 2006**

**[CERTIFIED MAIL -- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED]{.underline}**

WEAR Licensee, LLC

WEAR-TV

c/o Kathryn Schmeltzer, Esquire

Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20037-1128

Re: WEAR Licensee, LLC

WEAR-TV, Pensacola, FL

Facility ID No. 71363

File No. BRCT-20040930AII

Dear Licensee:

This refers to your license renewal application for station WEAR-TV,
Pensacola, FL.

In the Children's Television Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-437, 104 Stat.
996-1000, *codified at* 47 U.S.C. Sections 303a, 303b and 394, Congress
directed the Commission to adopt rules, *inter alia,* limiting the
number of minutes of commercial matter that television stations may air
during children's programming, and to consider in its review of
television license renewals the extent to which the licensee has
complied with such commercial limits. Pursuant to this statutory
mandate, the Commission adopted Section 73.670 of the Rules, 47 C.F.R. §
73.670, which limits the amount of commercial matter which may be aired
during children's programming to 10.5 minutes per hour on weekends and
12 minutes per hour on weekdays. *Children's Television Programming*, 6
FCC Rcd 2111, 2118, *recon. granted in part,* 6 FCC Rcd 5093, 5098
(1991). The commercial limitations became effective on January 1, 1992.
*Children's Television Programming,* 6 FCC Rcd 5529, 5530 (1991).

On September 30, 2004, you filed the above-referenced license renewal
application for station WEAR-TV. In response to Section IV, Question 5
of that application, you certify that, during the previous license term,
station WEAR-TV failed to comply with the limitations on commercial
matter in children's programming specified in Section 73.670 of the
Commission's Rules. In Exhibit 19 to the renewal application, you state
that station WEAR-TV exceeded the children's television commercial
limits by one minute on July 26, 1997. You indicate that the violation
occurred in airing a commercial make-good during a children's program,
and maintain that station WEAR-TV has taken corrective actions to
prevent further overages.

It appears from the information before us that the overage in question
was an isolated and inadvertent violation of the children's television
commercial limits. Such *de minimis* violation of Section 73.670 of the
Commission's Rules does not warrant further consideration in connection
with WEAR-TV's renewal application which remains pending at this time.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, a copy of this Letter shall be sent by
First Class and Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested to the licensee
at the address listed above, and to Kathryn Schmeltzer, Esquire, Shaw
Pittman LLP, 2300 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-1128.

> Sincerely,
>
> Barbara A. Kreisman
>
> Chief, Video Division
>
> Media Bureau