BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
Moving Ahead

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SPEAKS ON ROADWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION IN COMMUNITIES

During the past several years, there has been a growing commitment
within the highway community to build a better understanding of
transportation system performance from the perspective of the user.
Moving Ahead: The American Public Speaks on Roadways and Transportation
in Communities presents the results of a study based on three public
surveys the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted in 2000.

The study objectives were designed to:

Provide national measures of public satisfaction with the nation's
highways, community transportation systems and options, and access to
and travel on Federal lands.

Describe travel patterns.

Understand how community transportation systems affect where people live
and work and, thus indirectly affect

community development.

Identify the public's priorities and preferred approaches to solving
transportation.

The findings include information on public opinion about characteristics
of the transportation system and measures of customer satisfaction.
Highlights from the study include:

*Levels of Satisfaction*

Sixty-five percent of highway travelers are satisfied with the major
highways they travel most. This represents an increase of 15 percentage
points since completion of a similar 1995 study conducted by the
National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ), formerly the National
Quality Initiative.

Increases in traveler satisfaction were found in areas such as pavement
conditions, safety, bridge conditions, visual appeal, and travel
amenities. The survey also identified safety as an area of importance to
the public.

*Areas for Improvement*

While two out of three people are satisfied with the overall condition
of the highway system, travelers pointed to several areas that require
attention.

Most respondents think their community's transportation system could
improve in meeting the needs of most people, people with disabilities,
and children and young adults who do not drive.

Travelers want more improvements to traffic flow, continued improvements
in pavement conditions, and

more effective ways to deal with or to decrease traffic in work zones.

Travelers also want highway projects that are more sensitive to local
communities and transportation enhancements in their communities such as
transit services and bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

Maintenance response time also emerged as an area of concern that should
be monitored for opportunities

for improvement.

Visitors to national parks and national forests were very satisfied with
access to and within these areas

but expressed a desire for improving driving safety, primarily through
providing more roadway signs and

pavement markings.

*For more information*

The report ***Moving Ahead: The American Public Speaks on Roadways and
Transportation in Communities*** is posted on the Internet at:

[www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/movingahead.htm](http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/movingahead.htm)

**Contact FHWA**

FHWA Office of Travel Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.202-366-1548

FHWA Office of Asset Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.202-366-6503
**§3.753 Public Health Service.**

Disability compensation may be paid concurrently with retirement pay to
an officer of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, who
was receiving disability compensation on December 31, 1956, as follows:

\(a\) An officer who incurred a disability before July 29, 1945, but
retired for nondisability purposes prior to such date.

\(b\) An officer who incurred a disability before July 29, 1945, but
retired for nondisability purposes between July 4, 1952, and December
31, 1956.

\(c\) An officer who incurred a disability between July 29, 1945, and
July 3, 1952, but retired for nondisability purposes between July 4,
1952, and December 31, 1956.

\[26 FR 1604, Feb. 24, 1961\]
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Mr. Kenneth S. Butcher

The National Institute of Standards

And Technology

Weights and Measures Division

Law and Metric Group

100 Bureau Drive MS 2000

Gaithersburg MD 20899-2000

> November 18, 2002
>
> Dear Mr. Butcher,
>
> Subject: Metric Only Labeling
>
> The European Commission welcomes the NIST Metric Program. The United
> States is the only country in the world that does not accept
> metric-only labeling, even though the US was one of the founding
> States of the Metric Convention in 1875.
>
> From 1999, all products on the European Union market must be metric
> labeled.
>
> Even though EU Member States do not use non-metric sizes any more, the
> transition period, during which the mention of additional non-metric
> units on labels is tolerated, will run till the end of 2009. After
> 2009, the EU will allow only metric indications, which is in
> accordance with international standards.
>
> The European Commission is of the opinion that a uniform worldwide
> system of measurements can only be achieved if the US follows the rest
> of the world and adopts the International System.
>
> The European Commission therefore looks forward to the day when
> metric-only labeling is accepted allover the US.
>
> Sincerely,

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> Petros Sourmelis
>
> Counselor, Head of Trade Section

2300 M Street NW Washington, DC 20037-1434 Telephone: (202) 862-9500 I
Fax: (202) 429-1766
Committee on Ways and Means

H.R. 1308, The All-American Tax Relief Act of 2003

Summary

# Increases the child credit to \$1,000 per eligible child through 2010. The \$1,000 child credit is scheduled to sunset in 2005. It will gradually increase back to \$1,000 by 2010. H.R. 1308 ensures that the child credit stays at the \$1,000 level through 2010. *The provision provides \$57.3 billion of tax relief over 11 years.* 

-   **[Eliminates the marriage penalty in the child
    credit]{.underline}**. The phase-out thresholds of the child credit
    create a marriage penalty for married couples with incomes over
    \$110,000. Millions of children are denied the child credit because
    of this penalty. H.R. 1308 eliminates the marriage penalty by
    raising the phase-out threshold for married couples to \$150,000.
    *Eliminating this marriage penalty provides \$20.4 billion of tax
    relief to middle-income families over 11 years*

# Accelerates the increase in the refundable child credit. Under present law, the child credit is refundable by an amount equal to 10% of earned income in excess of \$10,500. The 10% rate is scheduled to increase to 15% in 2005. H.R. 1308 accelerates this increase so that the 15% rate takes effect in 2003 instead of 2005. *The provision increases child credit payments by \$3.5 billion over 11 years.*

-   **[Provides tax relief and enhances tax fairness for Members of the
    Armed Forces]{.underline}.** H.R. 1308 includes the military tax
    relief provisions that have passed the House and are awaiting action
    in the Senate. These provisions include capital gains tax relief on
    home sales, tax-free death gratuity payments, and tax-free dependent
    care assistance for members of the military. *These provisions
    provide \$836 million of tax relief to members of the Armed Forces
    over 11 years.*

-   **[Suspends the tax-exempt status of designated terrorist
    organizations]{.underline}**. H.R. 1308 provides that the tax-exempt
    status of an organization is automatically suspended during any
    period in which the organization is designated as a terrorist
    organization or is listed in or designated by an Executive Order as
    supporting terrorism.

-   **[Provides tax relief for astronauts who die on space
    missions]{.underline}**. H.R. 1308 extends the income and estate tax
    relief provisions of the "Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of
    2002" to astronauts who lose their lives in a space shuttle mission,
    including those who lost their lives in the space shuttle Columbia
    disaster. *The provision provides approximately \$500,000 of tax
    relief over 11 years.*
[VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY OF THE TRIPLET STATE OF DEUTERATED
THYMINE.]{.underline} [Kristin I. Mertel^1^,]{.underline} Dr. Bern
Kohler^2^, Patrick Hare^2^, Dr. Chris Fasano^1^, Dr. Michael
Kroupa\*^1^. Monmouth College^1^, Department of Physics, Monmouth, IL
61462, Ohio State University^2^, Department of Chemistry, Columbus, OH
43210. <mkroupa@monm.edu>.

While it is well established that nucleic acids exposed to UV light
experience singlet excited electronic states that ultimately lead to
photodamage, little is actually known about the photochemical pathways
that lead to this phenomena. The purpose of this research was to study
the photophysics of the ground and triplet states of deuterated thymine
in deuterated acetonitrile (ACND~3~) using Fourier Transmittance IR
(FTIR) Spectroscopy and Nanosecond Transient Resonance IR (TRIR)
Spectroscopy to gather insight into the nature of this mechanism and for
comparison purposes with non-deuterated thymine in ACND~3~. A water-free
deuterated sample was successfully made and analyzed, which exhibited a
triplet peak around 1589.6 cm^-1^ and redshifted carbonyl bleaches at
1721.4 cm^-1^ and 1674.1 cm^-1^. Also, comparing the ground state
spectra of deuterated and non-deuterated thymine revealed a shift of the
*v*N-H bands, usually at 3293.6 cm^-1^, to what could be *v*N-D bands at
2696.0 cm^-1^ and 2606.0 cm^-1^. The vibrational data looks promising;
however more research of the lowest energy triplet state of deuterated
thymine is necessary to distinguish it from the vibrational spectra of
the singlet state and photoproducts in Femtosecond Transient IR
spectroscopy.

Supported by the NSF-REU Program at Ohio State University.
**§1.941 Suspension of collection activity.**

\(a\) VA may suspend collection activity on a debt when:

\(1\) It cannot locate the debtor;

\(2\) The debtor's financial condition is expected to improve; or

\(3\) The debtor has requested a waiver or review of the debt.

\(b\) Based on the current financial condition of the debtor, VA may
suspend collection activity on a debt when the debtor's future prospects
justify retention of the debt for periodic review and collection
activity and:

\(1\) The applicable statute of limitations has not expired; or

\(2\) Future collection can be effected by administrative offset,
notwithstanding the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations
for litigation of claims, and with due regard to the 10-year limitation
for administrative offset prescribed by 31 U.S.C. 3716(e)(1); or

\(3\) The debtor agrees to pay interest on the amount of the debt on
which collection will be suspended, and such suspension is likely to
enhance the debtor's ability to pay the full amount of the principal of
the debt with interest at a later date.

\(c\) Collection action may also be suspended, in accordance with
§§1.911, 1.911a, 1.912, and 1.912a, pending VA action on requests for
administrative review of the existence or amount of the debt or a
request for waiver of collection of the debt. However, collection action
will be resumed once VA issues an initial decision on the administrative
review or waiver request.

\(d\) When VA learns that a bankruptcy petition has been filed with
respect to a debtor, in most cases the collection activity on a debt
must be suspended, pursuant to the provisions of 11 U.S.C. 362, 1201,
and 1301, unless VA can clearly establish that the automatic stay does
not apply, has been lifted, or is no longer in effect. VA shall seek
legal advice immediately from either the VA General Counsel or Regional
Counsel and, if legally permitted, take the necessary steps to ensure
that no funds or money are paid by VA to the debtor until relief from
the automatic stay is obtained. (Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3711; 38 U.S.C.
501).

\[52 FR 42110, Nov. 3, 1987, as amended at 69 FR 62199, Oct. 25, 2004\]
**TASK DESCRIPTION**

Period covered: 12/11/2006 -- 03/10/2007 - Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli

Contractor should issue 3 subsistence checks @ \$1,500.00 to Dr. Anthony
Vecchiarelli for a total of \$4,500. Adherence to the US Tax Laws as
applicable to foreign visitors, Social Security Number or TIN Number
will be provided either during the above time period or upon departure
from appointment.

Please forward the checks to:

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> **THE AMERICAN LIBRARY, KOLKATA**

**Cordially invites you to a film show**

***THE HOUSE OF MIRTH***

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> **ON**

**Friday, May 30, 2008, 3:30 P.M.**

> **Venue: Lincoln Room, American Center**

**38A, Jawaharlal Nehru Road**

**Calcutta 700071**

**Please confirm your participation to: Rita Sen Choudhury (Ph:
3984-6398)**

***Please note that bags, cameras etc. will [NOT]{.underline} be allowed
inside the American Center.***

**WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?**

(131 min. / Black & White)

The film is an adaptation of Edward Albee\'s play where Richard Burton
and Oscar winner Elizabeth Taylor play a New England couple whose
marriage hangs by a thin thread of self-deception, vicious verbal
jousting, and embittered mutual need. George Segal and Sandy Dennis (who
also won an Oscar) play the younger, unsuspecting couple who awkwardly
witness the devastating rivalry of their hosts. The DVD features an
insightful commentary track by Haskell Wexler, whose black-and-white
cinematography deservedly won an Academy Award. *\--*

**Director: [Mike
Nichols](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=Mike Nichols/104-5043791-0206319)**

> **Writers: [Edward Albee](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016361/) (play)\
> [Ernest Lehman](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499626/) (screenplay)**

**Cast**

**Eli[zabeth
Taylor](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=Elizabeth Taylor/104-5043791-0206319),
[Richard
Burton](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=Richard Burton/104-5043791-0206319),
[George
Segal](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=George Segal/104-5043791-0206319),**

**[Sandy
Dennis](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=Sandy Dennis/104-5043791-0206319),**

[**Agnes
Flanagan**](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=Agnes Flanagan/104-5043791-0206319)
January 13, 2003

## BROADCAST STATION TOTALS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002

AM STATIONS 4804

FM COMMERCIAL 6173

FM EDUCATIONAL 2354

**TOTAL 13,331**

UHF COMMERCIAL TV 755

VHF COMMERCIAL TV 583

UHF EDUCATIONAL TV 254

VHF EDUCATIONAL TV 127

**TOTAL 1,719**

CLASS A UHF STATIONS 485

CLASS A VHF STATIONS 106

**TOTAL 591**

FM TRANSLATORS & BOOSTERS 3825

UHF TRANSLATORS 2640

VHF TRANSLATORS 2094

**TOTAL 8,559**

UHF LOW POWER TV 1595

VHF LOW POWER TV 524

**TOTAL 2,119**

**TOTAL BROADCAST STATIONS 26,319**

**- FCC -**
Solicitation No. AHRQ-07-10042 (Limited Sources Competition)-

Adding Clinical Data to Statewide Administrative Data: Pilot Projects

Solicitation No. AHRQ-07-10043 (Limited Sources Competition)-

Adding Clinical Data to Statewide Administrative Data: Planning Projects

**Pre-Proposal Bidder\'s Conference Call**

**June 13, 2007 1:00 pm - 3:00 EDT**

**210-839-8505 (Toll); 888-677-1802 (Toll-free)**

(Restrictions may exist when accessing toll free number

using a mobile telephone.)

**Passcode: HCUP; Leader: Megan Myers**

**Agenda**

1:00 - 1:05 Introduction

Gayle McClelland, Contracting Officer, AHRQ

1:05 - 1:10 Review of bidders\' required qualifications

Gayle McClelland, Contracting Officer, AHRQ

1:10 - 1:15 Differences between Federal grants and Federal contracts

Gayle McClelland, Contracting Officer, AHRQ

1:15- 1:30 Review of Request for Proposal (RFP) sections

Gayle McClelland, Contracting Officer, AHRQ

1:30 - 2:55 Questions from potential bidders (by section of the RFPs)

HCUP Partners (Answers by AHRQ staff)

2:55 - 3:00 Closing remarks

Gayle McClelland, Contracting Officer, AHRQ

**Note:** HCUP Partners are advised to read the RFPs prior to the
conference call and to have a copy of the RFPs with them during the
call. There will be no minutes taken of the call discussion, so
participants are advised to take notes as needed. However, answers to
all written questions provided to Gayle McClelland by June 15, 2007 12
noon EST will be posted as an amendment to the solicitation on AHRQ's
web page: [www.ahrq.gov](http://www.ahrq.gov/) under "Funding
Opportunities," "Contracts" and the Federal Business Opportunities web
page: [www.fedbizopps.gov](http://www.fedbizopps.gov/)
Oral Presentation 1A-01

**What Have We Learned from Federal R&D Programs in Biomass?**

David Morris, Vice President

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

1313 5th St. SE

Minneapolis, MN 55414

Phone: 612 379 3815; Fax: 612 379 3920; [Email:
dmorris@ilsr.org](http://www.ilsr.org/)

The federal biomass program is over 25 years old. Total expenditures for
R&D are over \$1 billion. Tax expenditures are over \$8 billion. What
have we learned from its successes and failures? What public policies
and expenditures are necessary to make the transition to an economy
where plants are a significant source of fuels and industrial products
and where the cultivation of those plants benefits the cultivators and
rural communities here and abroad?
**The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002**

**Key Facts**

The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002, prohibits the partial-birth
abortion procedure unless the procedure is necessary to save the life of
the mother. The Act imposes a maximum of two years imprisonment and/or a
fine on whoever performs a partial-birth abortion. The Act also
establishes a civil cause of action against the abortionist for the
father of the infant, and if the mother is a minor at the time of the
abortion, the maternal grandparents of the infant.

**[Partial-Birth Abortion Procedure]{.underline}:**

*Forcibly turns* the child into the breech\--feet first\--position;

*Pulls* the *living* child out of the mother by the leg until only the
head is left inside;

*Stabs* the child in the base of the skull, and *sucks out* the brain
with a vacuum;

*Pulls* the now-dead child out of the mother.

**[Pain Inflicted Upon Child]{.underline}:** It is well documented that
the partial-birth abortion procedure inflicts terrible pain upon the
baby being killed. In his testimony before the Constitution Subcommittee
on June 15, 1995, Professor Robert White, Director of the Division of
Neurosurgery and Brain Research Laboratory at Case Western Reserve
School of Medicine, stated that "\[t\]he fetus within this time frame of
gestation, 20 weeks and beyond, is fully capable of experiencing pain."
After specifically analyzing the partial-birth abortion procedure, Dr.
White concluded that "*\[w\]ithout question, all of this is a dreadfully
painful experience for any infant subjected to such a surgical
procedure."*

**[Partial Birth Abortion Practice]{.underline}:** It is a matter of
public record that this type of abortion is performed:

at least *several thousand times* per year in the United States; mainly
on the *healthy babies of healthy mothers.*

primarily in the *fifth and sixth month* of pregnancy \-- that is the
*second trimester* \-- although sometimes in the third trimester;

Contrary to past assertions, Ron Fitzsimmons, executive director of the
National Coalition of Abortion Providers, admitted in 1997 that he and
leaders of other pro-abortion groups were well aware that partial-birth
abortions are performed routinely during the fifth and sixth months. "In
the vast majority of cases, the procedure is performed on a healthy
mother with a healthy fetus that is 20 weeks or more along," Mr.
Fitzsimmons said. (*The NY Times*, 2/26/97)

**[Medical Necessity]{.underline}** Hundreds of ob-gyns and
fetal/maternal specialists, along with former Surgeon General Koop have
come forward to *unequivocally* state that "partial-birth abortion is
***never medically necessary to protect a mother's health or her future
fertility***." In fact, the procedure can significantly threaten a
mother's health or ability to carry future children to term. The
American Medical Association has said the procedure is "not good
medicine" and is "not medically indicated" in any situation.
**Notes from Science on a Sphere Users Meeting**

**Day 1 (1/22/07):**

**8:45 a.m.**

Meeting was started with introductions and greetings.

John McLaughlin (NOAA Office of Education) presented a PowerPoint
presentation.

Carrie McDougall (NOAA Office of Education) presented a PowerPoint
presentation.

Horace Mitchell (NASA Goddard) made a brief oral presentation. The
following are some of the points he addressed:

-   Spoke of the enthusiasm that exists around Science on a Sphere (SOS)

-   Addressed that many of the science centers are interested in how to
    get more datasets for use with SOS

-   SOS an excellent tool that allows science centers to extract science
    for the public

-   Enthusiastically set tone for meeting as an opportunity to get SOS
    users and creators together

-   Felt that a key question that should be addressed is where in the
    content stream does NOAA stop and the museums begin

-   Expressed the need to archive and share data

**9:30 a.m.**

Meeting was moved to SOS exhibit

David Himes (NOAA Earth System Research Lab/SOS Team

The first matter addressed was the new updates for SOS. The following
items were discussed:

-   New update is referred to as 2.1.5

-   The release date was 12/2006

-   The new version is currently at Boulder, JMU, Bishop, Alpena and
    Maryland

-   New version includes "dynamic rendering" that allows direct display
    of cylindrical visualizations

-   Dynamic rendering is made possible through new cards and faster
    computers

-   Dynamic rendering eliminates SOS rendering step, a step that
    prevented the use of SOS during old rendering process

-   Dynamic rendering offers the following advantages- saves disc space,
    saves time, less fuss

-   Another new feature is Dynamic Display Control- allows for more
    flexibility when displaying information on SOS

-   Dynamic Display Control allows easier manipulation of visualizations
    while SOS is in use, example is rotating sphere so orientation of
    poles is changed while in use

-   New version supports the use of MPEG files- saves disc space,
    reduces clutter, and makes storage of case data easier. The
    limitation of MPEG is that there is a trade off between resolution
    and frame rate. As resolution increases, frame rate decreases

-   SOS rendering is still possible and in fact should be used when both
    a high frame rate and high resolution are needed

-   Automation control- this is an existing feature that provides for
    network control of SOS, the new version is more robust. This allows
    users to write custom applets for sphere. This feature allows SOS to
    be controlled like a VCR or TV.
MCNPX Physics Models

The following two plots illustrate various combinations of MCNPX physics
models used to calculate differential cross sections and residuals.

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height="4.495833333333334in"}

The double differential cross sections of neutron production from 1.2
GeV protons on Pb-208 using 6 MCNPX model combinations are plotted
above. The models are Bertini / Dresner (default), Bertini / ABLA,
ISABEL / ABLA, INCL / ABLA, INCL / Dresner, and CEM2k.

The plot command is:

rmc inp91m loglog xlim 1 1300 ylim 1e-6 2 fix c 13 lab \"def B-D\" &

title 1 \"1.2 GeV Protons on Pb-208\" title 2 \"Neutron Angles 180 - 0
degrees\" &

cop rmc inp92m lab \"Bert-ABLA\" cop rmc inp93m lab \"Isab-ABLA\" &

cop rmc inp94m lab \"INCL-ABLA\" cop rmc inp95m lab \"INCL-Dres\" &

cop rmc inp96m lab \"CEM2k\"

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height="4.495833333333334in"}

The residual nuclei of ^80^Hg production from 1.2 GeV protons on Pb-208
using 6 MCNPX model combinations are plotted above.

The MCNPX tally plot command is:

rmc inp91m tal 8 free u linlog xlim 80180 80210 10 ylim .0001 .01 &

title 2 \"Pb Residuals 80180-80210\" lab \"def B-D\" &

cop rmc inp92m tal 8 lab \"Bert-ABLA\" cop rmc inp93m tal 8 &

lab \"Isab-ABLA\" cop rmc inp94m tal 8 lab \"INCL-ABLA\" &

cop rmc inp95m tal 8 lab \"INCL-Dres\" cop rmc inp96m tal 8 lab
\"CEM2k\"

The input file producing these INCL / ABLA results is:

Test of p(1.2GeV)+Pb(208)

1 1 -11. -1 imp:h 1

2 0 1 imp:h 0

1 so .01

mode h n

sdef par h erg=1200 vec 0 0 1 dir 1

m1 82208 1

phys:h 1300 j 0

phys:n 1300 3j 0

print

prdmp 2j -1 2

nps 100000

f8:h 1

ft8 res 1 99

fq8 u e

fq1 e c

\*c1 167.5 9i 17.5 0 T

e1 1 50log 1300 T

fc1 \*\*\* neutron angle spectra tally \*\*\*

f1:n 1

ft1 frv 0 0 1

c lca 2 1 1 23 1 1 0 1 0 \$ default

c lea 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 \$ default

lca 2 1 0 23 1 1 0 -2 2 \$ INCL4

lea 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 \$ ABLA
**VQEG Meeting**

***Rome 14-18 June 2004-05-19***

**Venue**

ISCTI (Istituto Superiore delle Comunicazioni e delle Tecnologie
dell'Informazione)

Laboratorio Ufficio IV (Multimedia Terminals)

6th floor, room 615

**Location:**

Ministero delle Comunicazioni (Italian Communication Ministry)

Viale America 201

Roma (EUR)

**Were we are:**

The ISCTI occupies a wing of the Italian Communication Ministry, located
in the EUR area, south of Rome.

EUR is a residential/office area, full of shops, restaurants and
services, full of green and in front of a wide lake and park (see map
here below).

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height="3.9097222222222223in"}

**How to reach Rome**

Rome has a main International Airport: Fiumicino (FCO) "Leonardo da
vinci"

Some "Low Cost" airlines lands to the smaller airport "Ciampino" (mainly
for flights from Europe)

**Taxi**

From Fiumicino Airport to Rome EUR the fare should be around 35 to 40 €.

From Fiumicino Airport to Rome centre the fare should be around 45 to 50
€.

Fares from Ciampino are higher (around 60€)

Downtown to EUR fares are around 20 to 30 €. (Metro is 1,5 €).

**How to reach us**

The Italian Communication Ministry entrance, on Viale America 201, is
right in front of the Metro line B station "EUR Palasport" (see map here
below).

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height="3.2041666666666666in"}

**Train from Airport**

The train service from Fiumicino to Rome Downtown is around 15€ and
there is a train every 20 minutes. It takes around 25 to 30 minutes with
the direct train to Termini central station.

Please note that there two trains, a direct one to Termini central
station and a train with several stops. If you plan to go from Fiumicino
to EUR, you have to choose a train that stops at the station "San
Paolo", then change to the Metro line B (direction "Laurentina") and
exit at the station "EUR Palasport".

**Hotel**

I found a good hotel (Hotel Borromeo), downtown and very close to Metro
line B station "Cavour".

Our travel Agency ("The Partner") gave me the price of 130€ per night
(single room).

You can book a room by email sending a message to the attention of Mr.
Sergio at the address: <thepartner@libero.it> specifying your arrival
and departure dates.

Please note that they will request you a credit card number to confirm
the booking.

Be quick, Rome is very busy on June....

**Weather**

Climate is very good in June, temperature is ranging from 17 to 25 C°.

**Attire**

ISCTI is a working place, informal dressing is accepted.
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Name: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Address: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

RSA 141-C:14-a, I provides that: "Any person subject to an order to
submit a specimen under RSA 141-C or for examination, immunization,
treatment, isolation, or quarantine, or any other order of the
Commissioner under this chapter may request a hearing in the superior
court to contest such order...."

I am subject to an Order of Isolation or quarantine issued by the
Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to RSA 141-C:11.

I hereby request a hearing in the superior court to contest this order.

I understand that the submission of this completed form to the law
enforcement official or other person who served this order on me shall
be considered a filing with the superior court.

I understand that it is the responsibility of the law enforcement
official or other person who served this order on me or other person
responsible for maintaining me in isolation to promptly deliver this
request for a hearing to the superior court in the county in which I am
being held in isolation.

I understand that I have the right to a hearing within 48 hours of the
time this request for a hearing is made.

I understand that I can be held in isolation or quarantine while the
hearing is pending.

I understand that I cannot be examined or provided medical treatment
against my will while the hearing is pending.

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Signature of Person Requesting Hearing Date and Time of Signature
**Border and Customs Protection Responsibilities**

Border security responsibilities include the enforcement of immigration
and customs regulations, the prevention of drug smuggling, and stopping
the flow of illegal weapons into the U.S.

**MISSION FUNCTIONS**

The primary border security operational functions include:

1.  Operating ports of entry to ensure immigration and customs laws and
    regulations are observed by persons and material entering the
    country through these authorized entry points

2.  Monitoring border areas between ports of entry to detect
    unauthorized entry by immigration and customs violators attempting
    to bypass legal ports of entry. (These areas include both land and
    maritime/coastal borders and their associated airspace.)

3.  Tracking border violators to determine scope of illegal activity and
    third party involvement

4.  Intercepting smuggled goods and apprehending violators

5.  Investigating illegal arms exports, narcotics smuggling, immigration
    fraud, and other violations

6.  Monitoring the border for tunnels used for smuggling and
    unauthorized entry

7.  Conducting intelligence activities and trend analyses

PRINCIPAL AGENCIES INVOLVED

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) --

Responsible for investigating immigration and customs violations

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) --

Responsible for controlling border areas between ports of entry

> **Merged Group Responsibilities**

Include the enforcement of immigration and customs regulations, the

prevention of drug smuggling, stopping the flow of illegal weapons into
the

United States, protecting the U.S. Maritime Domain and Maritime

System, monitoring the transportation of hazardous material from point
of

origin to final destination, and performing damage assessment if
necessary.

> **MISSION FUNCTIONS**

1.  Monitoring border areas, between ports of entry to detect
    unauthorized entry by immigration and customs violators attempting
    to bypass legal ports of entry.

2.  (Border areas include both land and maritime/coastal borders and
    their associated airspace.)

3.  Intercepting smuggled goods and apprehending violators

4.  Investigating illegal arms exports, narcotics smuggling, immigration
    fraud, and other violations

5.  Conducting intelligence gathering and trend analyses

6.  Protecting U.S. population centers, critical infrastructure,
    maritime borders, ports, coastal approaches, and the boundaries and
    seams among them

7.  Protecting the U.S. Marine Transportation System while preserving
    the freedom of the U.S. Maritime Domain for legitimate pursuits

8.  Monitoring railroad tracks, bridges, and pipelines for structural
    integrity

9.  Providing Damage Assessment and internal and perimeter surveillance
    of rail yards
# DA 00-1327

### Released: June 16, 2000

**COMMISSION'S AUDIT INDEPENDENCE STANDARDS**

## NOW EFFECTIVE

On December 1, 2000, the Common Carrier Bureau's Accounting Safeguards
Division (ASD) released Responsible Accounting Officer Letter 28,
*Auditor Independence*, (RAO 28) that adopted independence standards for
audits performed pursuant to Part 32 and Section 64.904 *et seq*. of the
Commission's rules. The new standards mirror those recently promulgated
by the Independence Standards Board for financial audits. Specifically,
auditors must at least annually a) disclose to ASD in writing all
relationships between the auditor and its related entities and the
carrier and its related entities that in the auditor's professional
judgment may reasonably be thought to bear on independence; b) confirm
in writing to ASD that in its professional judgment it is independent of
the carrier; and c) discuss its independence with ASD.

Because RAO 28 imposes new or modified information collection
requirements, ASD noted that it could not take effect until approved by
the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-13. OMB approved the RAO 28 on
May 19, 2000. *See* OMB No. 3060-0927 and the Commission published a
notification of OMB's approval in the Federal Register on June 9, 2000.
*See* 65 FR 36693.

Auditors must satisfy the three requirements above for all Part 32 and
Section 64.901 *et seq.* engagements currently underway. This means that
all year 2000 Cost Allocation Manual auditors, for example, must comply
before the end of this calendar year.

Questions about RAO 28 or this *Public Notice* should be directed to
Mark Stone at (202) 418-0816.
**Making Energy Efficiency Pay Off**

Two national wildlife refuges-- San Andres Refuge in New Mexico and
Ottawa Refuge in Ohio -- have received national awards for innovations
in energy efficiency.

San Andres Refuge, cited for its innovative renewable energy program by
the Departments of the Interior and Energy, installed a solar-wind
energy system that meets about 80 percent of the energy demands of the
headquarters facility. San Andres Refuge was spending about \$3,000 a
year on energy for its small headquarters. Refuge manager Kevin Cobble
worked with El Paso Electric, which installed a meter that runs
backwards when the refuge produces more power than it consumes. A refuge
staff member and a volunteer installed solar panels and an electrician
applied the finishing touches.

Cobble says the 30-foot-tall wind generator also attracts a lot of local
visitors. The refuge is enclosed within the White Sands Missile Range
and so is closed to the public, but the headquarters is located about 15
miles outside the refuge boundary.

In Ohio, Ottawa Refuge continued the refuge legacy of "green building"
awards with a Sustainable Design prize from the Department of Energy for
its 13,000-square-foot visitor center. The new center has cut energy
usage in half as compared to its 1940s-era predecessor. The building
includes high-efficiency lighting controlled by motion and daylight
sensors, radiant floor heating, point-of-use hot water heaters, tinted
windows, "super" insulation, a reflective metal roof, natural linoleum
flooring, carpeting with a high content of recycled materials, and
rainwater gardens and holding ponds.
FAULKNER INFORMATION SERVICES

GSA DISCOUNTED PRICE OFFERING

> ***GS-02F-0131N • June 13, 2003 -- June 12, 2008***

#######  GSA Schedule 76 

**[FACCTS]{.underline}** Special

# Web or CD ROM GSA Discounted 

# User Licenses Price 

**Single User** \$4,883

###### Add\'l Users \$514/ea 

### Workstation \$8,170 

**10 User** \$8,713

###  *Add\'l Users* *\$298/ea* 

**Site (Small)** \$17,431

*(Up to 50 Users)*

**Site (Large)** \$28,873

*(up to 100 Users)*

**Enterprise** \$49,027

*(up to 250 Users)*

*Add\'l Users\*\** *\$90/ea*

.

**\*\*Additional quantity discount of 2% for 350 or more users; and 5%
1,000 or more users**

**NOTES:**

1\. The discounts being offered to GSA represent [the lowest price
offered to any class of customer]{.underline}.

2\. Revised March 1, 2004 to reflect reduction of Industrial Funding Fee
by .25%

3\. FACCTS is an acronym for Faulkner's Advisory on Computer and
Communications Technologies information service covering the computer
and communications industry

**116 Cooper Center**

**7905 Browning Road, Pennsauken, NJ 08109**

**Phone: 856-662-2070 Fax: 856-662-0905**

**E-Mail:** <faulkner@faulkner.com>

> **Web: www.faulkner.com** ![](media/image1.png){width="0.53125in"
> height="0.53125in"}

FAULKNER INFORMATION SERVICES

GSA DISCOUNTED PRICE OFFERING

> ***GS-02F-0131N • June 13, 2003 -- June 12, 2008***

#######  GSA Schedule 76 

**[Security Management Practices (SMP)]{.underline}** Special

# Web or CD ROM GSA Discounted 

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**Single User** \$534

###### Add\'l Users \$499/ea 

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###  *Add\'l Users* *\$179/ea* 

**20 User** \$4,190

A*ddl Users \$110/ea*

**50 User** \$6060

*Add\'l Users \$65/ea*

**NOTES:**

1\. The discounts being offered to GSA represent [the lowest price
offered to any class of customer]{.underline}.

2\. Revised March 1, 2004 to reflect reduction of Industrial Funding Fee
by .25%

**116 Cooper Center**

**7905 Browning Road, Pennsauken, NJ 08109**

**Phone: 856-662-2070 Fax: 856-662-0905**

**E-Mail:** <faulkner@faulkner.com>

> **Web: www.faulkner.com** ![](media/image1.png){width="0.53125in"
> height="0.53125in"}
Relative Size and Distance

Grade Level: Middle School

Of all the planets in our solar system, we are the only one that has a
moon that "appears" to be the same size as the sun. Of course, this is
just an illusion. The moon is many, many times smaller than the sun.
But, the sun is also many, many times farther away from the Earth. Now
the Earth's orbit around the sun is almost, but not quite a perfect
circle so the sun will appear slightly bigger and slightly smaller over
the course of a year depending on where the Earth is in its orbit. It is
actually closer to the sun when the northern hemisphere is in the dead
of winter (go figure!). And, the moon's orbit is also slightly
elliptical so it will appear larger or smaller depending on where in its
orbit it is. Using the tables below, can you convince yourself that the
moon and sun are, in fact almost identical in apparent size in the sky?
All diameters and distances are in km. Eccentricity is unitless.

# Earth Moon Sun

Diameter 12,756 3,476 1,392,000

Orbital 0.0167 0.0549

Eccentricity

Minimum 3.633 x 10\*\*5 1.471 x 10\*\*8

Distance

From Earth

Maximum 4.055 x 10\*\*5 1.521 x 10\*\*8

Distance

From Earth

Now use the equation of eccentricity for an ellipse: e\*\*2 = 1 --
(b\*\*2 / a\*\*2) to calculate apogee and perigee for the moon and
aphelion and perihelion for the Earth.

What is the minimum percentage of the sun that the moon can cover?

Under what conditions will the moon cover the entire sun?
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height="1.2833333333333334in"}

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Auth

July 13, 2005 202-225-2071

**FOXX AMENDMENT PROTECTS STUDENT PRIVACY**

WASHINGTON -- Today, United States Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.-5) offered
and passed an amendment to the Higher Education Act to protect college
students from unnecessary government intrusion into their personal
lives.

"The privacy of the individual is one of the main tenets on which our
great nation was founded," said Rep. Foxx in a subcommittee markup this
morning. "It is a fundamental protection that we hold dear, and this
amendment will help ensure that privacy isn't threatened simply because
a student chooses to enroll in college."

The congresswoman's amendment would prohibit the Department of Education
from creating a federal database of information on nearly every facet of
college students' lives.

"If implemented, this federal database would take 'big brother' to a
whole new level," said Rep. Foxx. "I'm sure those who proposed this
system are well-intentioned, but creating a federal database of personal
student information is an unacceptable way to go about measuring
education trends."

The Chairman of the House Committee on Education & Workforce, Rep. John
Boehner (R-Ohio) praised Rep. Foxx in a committee press release today.
"It is essential that we enact safeguards to ensure students' personal
information is protected, and I applaud Rep. Foxx for offering this
important amendment to protect individual student privacy rights," he
said.

**\###**
University of Tennessee, Center for Homeland Security and
Counterproliferation -- Developing Homeland Security Program

The University of Tennessee, Center for Homeland Security and
Counterproliferation in conjunction with the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory is developing a program to bring significant technology and
valuable expertise of scientists and researchers, and national security
experts to local, state, and federal homeland security related agencies.
Initial focus will be on service delivery through established law
enforcement network, city and county governments as well as emergency
responder agencies, fire departments and other public service agencies.
The Center will also provide technology, training, and technical
assistance a wide variety of state, federal, and local agencies involved
in terrorist and other catastrophic incidents.

The Center for Homeland Security and Counterproliferation will center
initial efforts for delivery of informational seminars and technical
training across the state of Tennessee and surrounding southeastern
states. Delivery locations in Tennessee and regional areas will include:

-   Tri-Cities (Southwest Virginia)

-   Knoxville/Oak Ridge (Portions of Kentucky & North Carolina)

-   Chattanooga (Northern Georgia & Alabama)

-   Cookeville (Portions of Kentucky)

-   Nashville (Portions of Kentucky)

-   Jackson

-   Martin (Portions of Kentucky)

-   Memphis (Mississippi and Arkansas)

[Homeland Security Training Courses:]{.underline}

-   Incident Management Systems -- 16 hours (1.6 CEUs)

-   First-on-the-Scene -- 8 hours (2.4 CEUs)

-   Basis Emergency Response Technician -- 24 hours (2.4 CEUs)

-   Advanced Emergency Response Technician -- 40 hours (4.0 CEUs)

-   Emergency Response Technician Refresher -- 8 hours (0.8 CEUs)

-   Basics of WMD Materials and Components -- 24 hours (2.4 CEUs)

-   Incident Command System Course -- 4 hours (0l4 CEUs)

-   Emergency Preparedness Course -- 4 hours (0.4 CEUs)

-   Water Security Course -- 4 hours (0.4 CEUs)

-   GIS Emergency Management Applications Overview -- 4 hours (0.4 CEUs)

-   GIS Emergency Management Applications -- 8 hours (0.8 CEUs)

-   Crime Scene Management -- 24 hours (2.4 CEUs)

-   Crime Scene Photography -- 32 hours (3.2 CEUs)

-   Evidence Collection & Submission -- 12 hours (1.2 CEUs)

-   Forensic Mapping -- 24 hours (2.4 CEUs)

-   Footwear and Tiremark Impressions -- 24 hours (2.4 CEUs)

-   Trace Evidence -- 24 hours (2.4 CEUs)

-   Arson/Bomb Evidence Recovery -- 16 hours (1.6 CEUs)

Presently all courses offered are classroom based.

For more information:

> Contact: Macel Ely II
>
> Center for Homeland Security & Counterproliferation
>
> University of Tennessee
>
> 105 Student Services Building
>
> Knoxville, TN 37996-0213
>
> Phone: (865) 740-1748
>
> Email: <mely3@utk.edu>
>
> Additional Information: Website:
> <http://ips.tennessee.edu/homeland.asp>
>
> Update: 1/21/04
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF CANADIAN AIR TAXI OPERATORS

UNDER PART 294

\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

FOR WEEK ENDING February 23, 2007

**Date**

**Name and Address Properly**

**[of Applicant]{.underline} [Filed]{.underline} [Answers
Due]{.underline}**[^1]

**[Registrations Filed]{.underline}**

Kootenay Direct Airlines, Inc.

P.O. Box 1137

Nelson, BC Canada

V1L 6H3 02/20/07 03/20/07

**[Registration Approved]{.underline}**

NONE

**[Other]{.underline}**

NONE

**OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION**

APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN AIR FREIGHT FORWARDERS

UNDER PART 297

FOR WEEK ENDING February 23, 2007

**Type of**

**Name and Address Service Date Answers**

**[of Applicant]{.underline} [Citizenship]{.underline}
[Proposed]{.underline}**[^2] **[Filed]{.underline}
[Due]{.underline}**[^3]

**[Registrations Filed]{.underline}**

NONE

## Registrations Approved

NONE

**[Other]{.underline}**

NONE

**OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION**

APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN CHARTER OPERATORS

UNDER PART 380

\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

FOR WEEK ENDING February 23, 2007

**Type of**

**Name and Address Service Date Answers**

**[of Applicant]{.underline} [Citizenship]{.underline}
[Proposed]{.underline}**[^4] **[Filed]{.underline}
[Due]{.underline}**[^5]

**[Registrations Filed]{.underline}**

NONE

**[Registrations Approved]{.underline}**

NONE

## Other

NONE

[^1]: Section 294.21(b) \-- Objections to registration application. Any
    person objecting to the registration of a Canadian charter air taxi
    operator shall file an objection with the Department of
    Transportation (address: Department of Transportation, Office of
    Aviation Analysis, Special Authorities Division, X-57, 400 7th
    Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590) and serve a copy on the
    registrant by the due date for answers indicated above.

[^2]: F = Foreign Air Transportation, I = Interstate Air Transportation,
    O = Overseas Air Transportation

[^3]: Section 297.21 \-- Persons objecting to the registration by a
    foreign air freight forwarder or foreign cooperative shippers
    association shall file their objections with the Department of
    Transportation, (address: Department of Transportation, Office of
    Aviation Analysis, Special Authorities Division, X-57, 400 Seventh
    Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590) and serve a copy on the
    registrant by the due date for answers indicated above.

[^4]: F = Foreign Air Transportation, I = Interstate Air Transportation

[^5]: Section 380.63 \-- Persons objecting to the registration by a
    foreign charter operator shall file their objections with the
    Department of Transportation (address: Department of Transportation,
    Office of Aviation Analysis, Special Authorities Division, X-57, 400
    Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590) and serve a copy on the
    registrant by the due date for answers indicated above.
**CDC 2006-2007 Influenza Campaign**

***Grandkids* :30 English TV PSA**

**Transcript as Recorded**

BOY: My grandpa said he had to do something very important.

GIRL: Grandma had to go out for just a little bit.

ANNC: The CDC recommends that all seniors get out for their flu shots.

GIRL: He'll be right back.

ANNC: So be sure you protect yourself against influenza.

GIRL: Nana always hurries home.

ANNC: After all, it's important to a lot of people.

BOY: When Grandpa gets back, we're gonna wrestle.

ANNC: Be smart. Be well. Get your flu shot.

BOY: Here he comes!

ANNC: A public service message from the US Department of Health and
Human Services.

SUPER: 1-800-CDC-INFO