BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
**NOMINATE**

**Writers and Producers for a**

**2009 Voice Award**

­

If you know of a production (or have created or contributed to a
production) that will have been released between **October 1, 2007**,
and **March 15, 2009**, that offers a dignified, respectful, and
accurate depiction of people with mental health problems, please
nominate it for a 2009 Voice Award. Nominations are open to anyone, are
free, and there is no limit to the number an individual can submit.

**TO NOMINATE**

To nominate a film or TV show, please complete the following form to the
best of your knowledge. If possible, please send a DVD or videocassette
of the production you are nominating with the nomination form.

**Title of production:**

**Made for:** \_\_\_TV \_\_\_Film

**Format of production:** \_\_\_Series \_\_\_Episode \_\_\_Feature
\_\_\_Documentary

**Type of production:** \_\_\_Drama \_\_\_Comedy \_\_\_Reality
\_\_\_Other (please specify):

**Date and time of initial public release:**

TV: (date and time program aired) Film: (date you saw the film)

**Outlet of initial public release:**

TV: (name of network or station) Film: (movie studio)

**Name(s) of writer(s) and producer(s)** (if known):

**Episode name or number** (if applicable):

**How does this production meet the [dignified]{.underline},
[respectful]{.underline}, and [accurate]{.underline} criteria?**

**Your name and contact information** (optional---you may nominate
anonymously):

Name:

Address:

Phone and/or e-mail:
Evidence that tree line has moved with past warm and cold periods also
establishes that climate exerts an important control on species
distributions. In the Sierra Nevada studies based on multiple proxy
sources \-- such as tree ring morphology and dating ([LaMarche
1974]{.mark}, Lloyd and Graumlich 1993, [Scuderi 1993]{.mark}) and
geomorphic and tree stump data from Mono lake ([Stine 1990,
1994]{.mark}) -- provide evidence that regionally synchronous treeline
decline occurred ca. 1800 BC, ca. 1100 AD, and ca. 1500 AD (Graumlich
and Lloyd 1996). The first event correlates with an extremely wet
period, which was initially warm, and then very cold. The second event
correlates with a warm dry period. The third event corresponds to the
"Little ice age" when glaciers advanced to their greatest extent since
the Pleistocene. To predict tree species distributions, we must
therefore understand the combined effects of temperature and moisture on
recruitment and mortality. Increasing temperatures in the 20^th^ century
caused a decrease in growth as well as a decreased ability to take
advantage of periods of higher moisture availability in eastern Sierra
Nevada limber pine stands (Millar et al 2005). Whitebark pine, a
treeline species, appears to be especially sensitive to temperature:
Pollen records from the Rocky Mountains indicate that was abundant in
the early Holocene and adept at colonizing bare mineral soil. During the
Mid-Holocene warming, however, it appears to have been confined to high
elevation sites and did not substantially recover its range during the
subsequent cooler late-Holocene (Baker, R 1989). In the eastern Sierra
Nevada, whitebark pine growth in the krummholz zone is positively
related to decadal and centennial scale variability in 20^th^ century
minimum mean monthly temperatures (Millar et al 2004). These kinds of
patterns establish climate as the dominant control of the distribution
of many Sierran and North American Cordillera tree line species over
millennial, centennial, and decadal time scales. \[Insert comment about
how future changes are likely to be even more abrupt, pointing to the
likleyhood of mortality in existing trees, and the need to investigate
recruitment.\]

The effect of recent warming on subalpine and alpine species is already
apparent. In the White Mountains limber pine is actively recruiting
above the old bristlecone snag treeline (Connie Millar, USFS, personal
communication) and alpine forbs that do not frequently reproduce
sexually may be declining \[check this for accuracy\] (Van de Ven). In
the Sierra, the lower limit for pika has risen 1700\' to 9,500\'
since1900, while the Great Basin has lost 25% of its recorded pika
populations in the past 50 years. Warming and its affect on subalpine
and alpine vegetation is considered a prime cause (cites??). In the
eastern Sierra Nevada,
***[Details of Developmental Assignment]{.underline}***

**1. Title of Assignment:** Information Technology Policy and Planning
Tasks in the NESDIS Office of the Chief Information Officer.

**2. Level of Responsibility** (e.g., GS13, GS14, SES or equivalent pay
band): ZP-IV (equivalent to GS 13/14) or ZP-V (equivalent to GS-15).

3.  **Host Office**:

NOAA Satellite and Information Service, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.

1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD (SSMC1)

4.  **Timeframe:**

Earliest expected start date is August 2006; duration is 4 months.

5.  **Assignment Description** (include goals/objectives/expected
    outcomes):

The mission of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) is to understand and predict changes in the Earth's environment
and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our
Nation's economic, social, and environmental needs. NOAA's Satellite and
Information Service (NESDIS) supports this mission by delivering
accurate, timely, and reliable satellite observations and integrated
products and by providing long term stewardship for global environmental
data.

Due to the extensive use of information technology (IT) throughout the
NESDIS enterprise, the NESDIS Office of the Chief Information Officer
(OCIO) is responsible for ensuring that proper utilization and
management of IT resources are applied in a methodical and uniform
manner to support overall mission goals and objectives. The OCIO is
composed of 15 federal staff and approximately 20 contract team members.

Two opportunities for work assignments are available within the NESDIS
OCIO in the areas of enterprise architecture or data
networking/telecommunications. The candidate will have the opportunity
to a) lead a project in developing the project plan for the
consolidation of the NESDIS data networking and telecommunications
infrastructure or b) lead a project to identify, categorize and
inventory all the information systems used within the NESDIS IT domain.
Participants will be required to develop policies and utilize program
management skills for the execution and accomplishment of each
assignment.

**6. Potential Benefit to LCDP Participant** (e.g., leadership
competencies/skills to be used - see list of OPM leadership competencies
at [www.opm.gov/ses/define.html](http://www.opm.gov/ses/define.html)):

The LCDP participant will gain skills in the following leadership
competencies as a result of participating in this developmental
assignment:

Business Acumen/Technology Management

Building Coalitions/Communications - Written Communication, Oral
Communication, Partnering

Results Driven/Problem Solving

**7. Any other considerations, special requirements or comments**:

Some travel outside of the Washington, DC area may be required to visit
NESDIS field locations.

***[Contact Information]{.underline}***

8.  **Assignment Contact Person** (name and email address):

Zachary G. Goldstein, Chief Information Officer, NESDIS

Zachary.Goldstein@noaa.gov

**9. Host Office Phone Number**:

301-713-9220
**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.7388888888888889in"
height="0.7458333333333333in"}

**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION** News Media Information: (202)
418-0500

**445 12th STREET, S. W.** Fax-On-Demand: (202) 418-2830

# WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov

# ftp.fcc.gov

#  December 10, 2003 

> []{.mark}
>
> Relocation of Gettysburg Office Off-Site Mailroom

*1280 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325*

*Hours of Operation: 8:00AM to 4:30PM*

Effective December 18, 2003, the new address for the Gettysburg Office
Off-site Mailroom will be 1280 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325.

The required "ship to" address for all overnight mail couriers, i.e.,
FED EX, UPS, and Airborne [must]{.underline} be 1280 Fairfield Road,
Gettysburg, PA 17325. Items with the incorrect address will be re-routed
by the courier, resulting in a probable delay of several days.

No address change is required for United States Postal Service
deliveries. The USPS will accept and divert all mail addressed to 1270
Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325, to the new off-site mailroom.

The new address for the Gettysburg, PA off-site mailroom facility does
not affect applications or any other filings requiring a fee. Feeable
filings should be sent to the address as noted in the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau Fee Filing Guide.
(http://wireless.fcc.gov/csinfo/feeinfo.html)

Please address any questions concerning this Public Notice to Robin
Hewitt, Administrative Operations Specialist, at rhewitt@fcc.gov or
717-338-2535.

-FCC-

PUBLIC NOTICE

Federal Communications Commission

1270 Fairfield Road

Gettysburg, PA 17325
March 12, 2001

Gregg P. Skall, Esq.

Pepper & Corazzini, LLP

1776 K Street, N.W., Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20006-2334

David D. Burns, Esq.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2400

Mark J. Prak, Esq.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP

1600 First Union Capital Center

150 Fayetteville Street Mall

Raleigh, NC 27601

In re: WGNI(FM), Wilmington, NC, Fac. ID 8581

WQSM(FM), Fayetteville, NC, Fac. ID 8582

WFNC(AM), Fayetteville, NC, Fac. ID 8583

WMNX(FM), Wilmington, NC, Fac. ID 8584

WFNC-FM, Lumberton, NC, Fac. ID 41311

WRCQ(FM), Dunn, NC, Fac. ID 34826

File Nos. BAL/BALH-19991005AAT-AAY

Assignment of Licenses

Dear Counsel:

The staff has under consideration: (1) the above captioned applications
proposing to assign the licenses of stations WGNI(FM), Wilmington, NC,
WQSM(FM) and WFNC(AM), Fayetteville, NC from Cape Fear Broadcasting
Company and WMNX(FM), Wilmington, NC, WFNC-FM, Lumberton, NC and
WRCQ(FM), Dunn, NC from C.F. Radio, Inc.[^1] to Cumulus Licensing Corp.
("Cumulus"); (2) a petition to deny the assignment of WGNI(FM) and
WMNX(FM) filed by Ocean Broadcasting, L.L.C. ("Ocean");[^2] (3)
responsive pleadings; and (4) Ocean's January 24, 2001 request to
withdraw its petition. Ocean also submitted an affidavit certifying,
pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §73.3588(a), that neither the petitioner or the
principals has received or will receive any money or other consideration
for that withdrawal of the Petition to Deny.

We grant Ocean's request to withdraw its petition and, after reviewing
the merits of the petition, find no substantial and material question of
fact that would warrant further inquiry. In addition, we have reviewed
the assignment applications and find Cumulus to be otherwise fully
qualified as a Commission licensee and that grant of the applications is
consistent with the public interest.

#  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, That, the petition to deny filed by Ocean Broadcasting, L.L.C. IS DISMISSED and the applications to assign the licenses of stations WGNI(FM), Wilmington, NC, WQSM(FM), Fayetteville, NC, and WFNC(AM), Fayetteville, NC from Cape Fear Broadcasting Company (File Nos. BAL/BALH-19991005AAT-AAV) and WMNX(FM), Wilmington, NC, WFNC-FM, Lumberton, NC, and WRCQ(FM), Dunn, NC from C.F. Radio, Inc. (File Nos. BALH-19991005AAW-AAY) to Cumulus Licensing Corp., ARE GRANTED. 

Sincerely,

Linda Blair

Chief, Audio Service Division

Mass Media Bureau

[^1]: Cape Fear and C.F. Radio are commonly owned entities.

[^2]: Ocean is the licensee of stations WRQR(FM), WMFD(AM), and
    WAHH(AM), Wilmington, North Carolina and WAZO(FM), Oak Island, North
    Carolina. Ocean is also the approved assignee of the license of
    WLGX(FM), Carolina Beach, North Carolina; however, that transaction
    has not been consummated.
Day : 12/07/02

Latitude: 28°04.79 N

Water depth: 1051 m

Core number: **MD02-2562**

GMT time: 04:02

Longitude: 89°08.41 W

Location: Kane Spur

Corer type: Calypso core

Corer length: 35 m

Core length: 26.09 m

**Observations** 

Corer condition: Good

Core condition: Good

**Sections and Sampling **

*Number of sections recovered and conditions:*

18 sections of 1.5m were recovered; the last section measures 59 cm

A 10 cm section was taken on each section, some other on section III, IX
.A 20 cm section was taken on sections I, II, V, VIII, XIII, XIV

*Onboard sampling and post cruise processing:*

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

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

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

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

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

## Summary of physical and sedimentological observations

*Dominant lithologies:* Greenish to light greenish gray layered silty
clay. Some bioturbation. Rare to absent foraminifers. Some layers are
composed of fining upward silty clay.

*Minor lithologies*: None.
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**Contact: Cameron
Hardy                                                                      
July 24, 2007**

**(202) 224-6441 or (202) 557-4237**

**Barrasso's State Offices Open for Business**

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyo., has opened five state
offices throughout Wyoming with the goal of providing citizens with the
finest constituent services. The Senator's offices are located in
Casper, Cheyenne, Rock Springs, Riverton and Sheridan.\
\
"Providing assistance to Wyoming folks as they deal with the federal
government is one of the most important services I can provide as a U.S.
Senator," Barrasso said. "I am passionate about helping constituents get
the attention and aid they need."\
\
Below is the contact information for Barrasso's state offices:

**[Casper]{.underline}**

100 East B Street

Suite 2201

P.O. Box 22201

Casper, Wyoming 82602

\(307\) 261-6413

**[Cheyenne]{.underline}**

2120 Capitol Avenue

Suite 2013

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001

\(307\) 772-2451

**[Rock Springs]{.underline}**

2632 Foothill Boulevard

Suite 101

Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901

\(307\) 362-5012

**[Riverton]{.underline}**

325 West Main Street

Suite F

Riverton, Wyoming 82501

\(307\) 856-6642

**[Sheridan]{.underline}**

2 North Main Street

Suite 206

Sheridan, Wyoming 82801

\(307\) 672-6456
**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.7388888888888889in"
height="0.7458333333333333in"}

**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION** News Media Information: (202)
418-0500

**445 12th STREET, S. W.** Fax-On-Demand: (202) 418-2830

# WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 Internet: [http://www.fcc.gov](http://www.fcc.gov/)

# ftp.fcc.gov

#  DA 01-2619

**November 8, 2001**

> FCC Announces Gettysburg Office Off-Site Mailroom

*Rear entrance of 35 York Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325*

*Hours of Operation: 8:00AM to 4:30PM*

In light of the recent events over the past few months, the Gettysburg
Office has moved its mailroom off-site to the rear entrance of 35 York
Street, Gettysburg.

Effective immediately, all overnight mail couriers, i.e., FED EX, UPS,
Airborne, and so forth, require the "ship to" address for the FCC
Gettysburg Office to be Rear entrance 35 York Street, Gettysburg, PA
17325. For a temporary period, up until November 30, 2001, the
Commission itself will divert overnight courier deliveries, still being
shipped to the previous mailroom address (1270 Fairfield Rd.), to the
new off-site mailroom at 35 York Street.

No address change required for United States Postal Service deliveries.
The USPS will accept and divert all mail addressed to 1270 Fairfield
Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325 to the new off-site mailroom.

This new off-site mailroom facility does not affect applications or any
other filings requiring a fee. Feeable filings should be sent to the
address as noted in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Fee Filing
Guide.

The Commission finds it necessary at this time to make these changes to
its procedures to protect the health and safety of its employees and
therefore finds good cause to make them effective as expeditiously as
possible in accordance with this notice.

Please address any questions concerning this Public Notice to the
Building and Facility Management Specialist at <rhewitt@fcc.gov> or
717-338-2535.

-FCC-

PUBLIC NOTICE

Federal Communications Commission

1270 Fairfield Road

Gettysburg, PA 17325
**NAME:** rsam

**PURPOSE:** To manually enter sand-fraction (sieve and rapid sediment
analyzer; [Figure 1](#Figure1), [Figure 2](#Figure2), and [Figure
3](#Figure3)) and gravel fraction data via the keyboard.

**USAGE:** rsam afile_name

**VERSION:** 11/3/1998

**DESCRIPTION:** This version of the program, which was written in "c"
and compiled with DJGPP (v. 2.01), will run under Windows 95/98 in the
Born-Again-Shell (Bash). For each file named, the user is prompted for a
set of project identifiers. These will remain constant for each file. If
the file named exists, data are appended to the file. Otherwise, the
file will be created. All prompts are self‑explanatory.

> Data are written to the file when all sand and gravel data have been
> entered. Data are entered as two separate groups: sand being phi 4 to
> phi 0, gravel being phi ‑1 to phi ‑5. Each phi group must sum to 100
> +‑ 0.1%. Otherwise, the user is prompted to re‑enter the phi group.
> When the sample weight is equal to the coarse weight, the user is not
> prompted to enter gravel data.
>
> The program may be aborted at any time by hitting the "Control C" key.
>
> Entering a "period" at the lab number prompt closes the program and
> saves the input.

**FILES:** sedlab.h

**SEE ALSO:** rsam.c getcoars.c getids.c rsetup.c rprint.c
/utils/iolib.c

**DIAGNOSTICS‑BUGS:** Each response will have a maximum field length as
specified in sedlab.h . If the user response is too long, the program
will specify the maximum number of characters allowed for the current
response.

**AUTHOR/MAINTENANCE:** Janet J. Fredericks, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA 02543/Larry Poppe, U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS), Woods Hole, MA 02543

[]{#Figure1 .anchor}FIGURE 1

![](media/image1.png){width="4.5625in" height="6.25in"}

Figure shows the basic design of a rapid sediment analyzer (RSA modified
from Schlee, 1966.

[]{#Figure2 .anchor}FIGURE 2

![](media/image2.png){width="4.604166666666667in" height="6.25in"}

Correlation chart showing the relationships between phi sizes,
millimeter diameters, size classifications (Wentworth, 1922), and ASTM
and Tyler sieve sizes. Chart also shows the corresponding intermediate
diameters, grains per milligram, settling velocities, and threshold
velocities for traction.

[]{#Figure3 .anchor}FIGURE 3

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height="6.416666666666667in"}

Photograph of a rapid sediment analyzer. This instrument (Schlee, 1966)
uses a pressure transducer to monitor the settling of sediment with
time. A amplifier demodulator on the shelf next to the settling tube
relays electrical information to and analog-to-digital converter in the
computer.
Rate Schedule INT-FT3

(Rate Extension Rate Order No. WAPA-108 )

for 230/345-kV Firm Transmission

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

PACIFIC NORTHWEST-PACIFIC SOUTHWEST INTERTIE PROJECT

[SCHEDULE OF RATE(S) FOR LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM
230/345-KV]{.underline}

[FIRM POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION SERVICE]{.underline}

[Effective]{.underline}:

The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after
December 31, 2003, and will remain in effect through December 31, 2006,
or until superseded, whichever occurs first.

[Available]{.underline}:

Within the marketing area served by the Pacific Northwest-Pacific
Southwest Intertie Project (AC Intertie) 230/345-kV transmission system.

[Applicable]{.underline}:

To firm transmission service customers where capacity and energy are
supplied to the AC Intertie 230/345-kV transmission system at points of
interconnection with other systems and transmitted and delivered, less
losses, to points of delivery on the AC Intertie 230/345-kV transmission
system pursuant to the applicable firm point-to-point transmission
service agreement and the rates referred to below.

[Character and Conditions of Service]{.underline}:

Alternating current at 60 Hertz, three-phase, delivered and metered at
the voltages and points of delivery established by contract over the AC
Intertie 230/345-kV transmission lines.

[Long-Term Rate on the AC Intertie 230/345-kV Transmission
System]{.underline}:

For transmission service of longer than one year, the rate to be in
effect December 31, 2003, through December 31, 2006, is \$12.00 per
kilowatt per year for each kilowatt delivered at the point of delivery,
as established by contract, payable monthly at the rate of \$1.00 per
kilowatt per month.

[Short-Term Rates on the AC Intertie 230/345-kV Transmission
System]{.underline}:

For transmission service up to one year, the maximum rate to be in
effect from December 31, 2003, through December 31, 2006, is as
follows:Yearly: \$12.00/kW

Monthly: \$ 1.00/kW

Weekly: \$ .23/kW

Daily: \$ .03/kW

> Hourly: \$ .00137/kWh

Discounts may be offered from time-to-time in accordance with Western=s
open access transmission service tariff.

[Billing]{.underline}:

The rates listed above will be applied to the amount of capacity
reserved, payable whether utilized or not.

[For Losses]{.underline}:

Capacity and energy losses incurred in connection with the transmission
and delivery of capacity and energy under this rate schedule shall be
supplied by the customer in accordance with the transmission service
agreement.

[Billing for Unauthorized Overruns:]{.underline}

For each billing period in which there is a contract violation involving
an unauthorized overrun of the contractual firm power and/or energy
obligation, such overrun shall be billed at 10 times the above rate.
Notice of Availability of Funds to Support Clinical trials on the Safety
and Effectiveness of Products for Rare Diseases

**Notice Number: NOT-FDA-06-001**

**Key Dates**\
Release Date:   November 15, 2006

**Issued by\
Food and drug Administration
(**[http://www.fda.gov](http://www.fda.gov/)**)**

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Orphan Products
Development (OPD) is pleased to announce the availability of funds for
fiscal year (FY) 2008 grant awards to support clinical trials on the
safety and effectiveness of products for rare diseases and conditions.
Contingent on availability of FY 2007 and FY 2008 funds, it is
anticipated that \$14.2 million will be available for new applications,
competing awards, and non competing continuation awards. The next due
date for receipt of FY 2008 grant applications is February 7, 2007.

These studies are intended to provide acceptable data to the FDA that
will substantially contribute to the approval of new products, or new
indications for already marketed products. In the FDA OPD grants
program, products for rare diseases and conditions (orphan products) are
defined as drugs, biologics, medical devices, and medical foods
indicated to treat or diagnose a rare disease or condition with a
prevalence of fewer than 200,000 people in the United States.

A complete text of the FDA request for applications (RFA) is available
in the *Federal Register (FR)* notice, dated December 19, 2005, or at
[www.fda.gov/orphan/grant](http://www.fda.gov/orphan/grant) . FDA will
support the clinical studies covered by this notice under section 301 of
the Public Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241).

**Inquiry**

Regarding the program aspects of this notice, please contact:

Debra Y. Lewis, O.D.,

Director, OPD Grants Program (HF-35)

Office of Orphan Products Development;

FDA

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 6A-55

Rockville, Maryland 20857;

Phone: 301-827-0059; e-mail: debra.lewis@fda.hhs.gov.

Regarding the administrative and financial management aspects of this
notice, please contact:

Usha Ganti,

Chief Grants Management Officer,

Division of Contracts and Grants Management (HFA-500),

Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services

FDA

5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2107

Rockville, Maryland 20857

Phone: 301-827-7182; e-mail: usha.ganti@fda.hhs.gov.

To request a copy of the December 19, 2005 *FR* notice, please phone the
OPD office at 301-827-3666/1-800-300-7469 or send a fax request to
301-827-0017.

**Information by E-Mail/Website**

Subscribers to the FDA orphan products information listserv receive
relevant *Federal Register* notices, up-to-date lists of orphan
designations and approvals, and newsworthy items of interest to the
orphan products community. Subscribe at:
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For more information regarding the Office of Orphan Products Development
please visit the following website: <http://www.fda.gov/orphan>
Special Attention of: **Transmittal for Handbook No: 335.1 REV-3**

**Issued: April 21, 2004**

1.  This Transmits: HUD Handbook 335.1 REV-3, Merit Staffing Policy

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2.  Significant Changes: This handbook establishes the Departmental
    Staffing Policy for employees. It incorporates changes in 5 CFR 335
    that have taken place since 1986.

3\. Cancellation: This cancels HUD Handbook 335.1 REV-2, dated September
1, 1986.

4.  Filing Instructions:

Remove: Insert:

HUD Handbook 335.1 REV-2 HUD Handbook 335.1 REV-3 dated, September 1,
1986 dated, April 21, 2004

**Distribution:** W-3-1 HUD-23
On May 1, 2003, the State Civil Aviation Authority of the Russian
Federation (SCAA) in cooperation with the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) opened a new Visual Flight Rule (VFR) route to the
Russian Far East. This route allows general aviation pilots to fly from
Alaska to Providenyia Bay, in the Russian Far East. Three years in the
development, the route is a joint product of cooperation between FAA,
SCAA and the Alaska Airmen's Association. The new route is published in
the Russian Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) and by U.S.
notam, and will be include in the Alaska Supplement to the AIM soon.
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**COORDINATING COMMITTEE**

**Paul Kurtz**, Ph.D.---Chairman, Center for Inquiry

Prof. Emer., SUNY at Buffalo

**Barry Karr**---Exec. Dir., Center for Inquiry

**Elizabeth Daerr**---Exec. Dir., CFI/Washington, DC

**Toni Van Pelt**---Policy Director, Office of Public Policy

**Ronald Lindsay**, Ph.D., J.D.---Legal Director

**Stuart D. Jordan**, Ph.D.---Senior Staff Scientist, Laboratory

for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA

**David Koepsell**, Ph.D., J.D.---Exec. Dir., Council for

Secular Humanism

**Steven C. Lowe**---Washington Area Secular Humanists

**Ken Marsalek**---Washington Area Secular Humanists

**Chris Mooney**---author

**Matthew Nisbet**, Ph.D.---Asst. Prof. (Communications),

American Univ.

**Edward Tabash**, J.D.---Chair, First Amendment Task Force

**NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD**

**Baruj Benacerraf**, Ph.D.---Nobel Laureate (Physiology and

Medicine)

**Paul Boyer**, Ph.D.---Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)

**Herbert Hauptman**, Ph.D.---Nobel Laureate (Chemistry),

SUNY at Buffalo

**Steven Weinberg**, Ph.D.---Nobel Laureate; Prof. (Physics),

Univ. of Texas at Austin

**Stephen Barrett**, M.D.---Chairman, Quackwatch, Inc.

**Jo Ann Boydston**---former exec. dir., John Dewey

Foundation

**Gwen Brewer**, Ph.D.---Prof. Emer., Univ. of Calif. at

Northridge

**Arthur Caplan**, Ph.D.---Prof. (Bioethics), Univ. of

Pennsylvania

**Daniel C. Dennett**, Ph.D.**---**Prof. (Philosophy), Tufts Univ.

**Edd Doerr---**Exec. Dir., Americans for Religious Liberty

**Ann Druyan**---author, CEO, Cosmo Studios

**Martin Gardner**---author and editor

**Adolf Grünbaum**---Prof. Emer. (Philosophy),

Univ. of Pittsburgh

**Peter Hare**, Ph.D.---Prof. Emer. (Philosophy),

SUNY at Buffalo

**James A. Haught**---Exec. Editor, *The Charleston Gazette*

**David Helfand**, Ph.D.---Prof. (Astronomy), Columbia Univ.

**Gerald Holton**, Ph.D.---Prof. (Physics), Harvard Univ.

**Leon Jaroff**---former science editor, *Time* and *Discover*

**Daniel & Amber Kelleher**---entrepreneurs, Kalispell, MT

**Virginia & Tom Knapp**---Vero Beach, FL

**Lawrence Krauss**, Ph.D.---Prof. (Physics and Astronomy),

Case Western Reserve Univ.

**Elizabeth Loftus**, Ph.D.---Distinguished Prof. (Psychology),

Univ. of Calif. at Irvine

**Paul MacCready**---President, Aerovironment Inc.,

Pasadena, Calif.

**Elie A. Shneour**, Ph.D.---Biosystems Research Inst.

**Peter Singer**, Ph.D.---Prof. (Philosophy), Princeton Univ.

**Jill Tartar**, Ph.D.---Director of Research, (SETI)

**Carol Tavris**, Ph.D.---Fellow, American Psychological Assn.

**Lionel Tiger**, Ph.D.---Prof. (Anthropology), Rutgers Univ.
NY G80045

August 14, 2000

CLA-2-62:RR:NC:TA:358 G80045

CATEGORY: Classification

TARIFF NO.: 6209.20.5050; 6211.42.0060

Kris Spurbeck

Target Corporation

1000 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, MN 55403

RE: The tariff classification of a jumper from Bangladesh

Dear Ms. Spurbeck:

In your letter dated July 24, 2000 you requested a classification
ruling.

Submitted styles SC-JUM-11I, sized for infants, and SC-JUM-10, sized for
toddlers, are identically designed to be worn over a blouse or a shirt.
This sleeveless, denim garment of 100% cotton fastens together at each
shoulder by means of VELCRO, and is adjustable around the lower edge by
means of an elasticized drawstring threaded through each side of the
hemline and an accompanying plastic tightener. A closed pocket is
located at the front and the back of the garment.

As you have requested, the sample garments are being returned.

The applicable subheading for style SC-JUM-11I will be 6209.20.5050,
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides
for babies' garments..., of cotton, other, other, other, other; and for
style SC-JUM-10 will be 6211.42.0060, which provides for ...other
garments, ...girls', of cotton, jumpers. The duty rates will be 9.5 and
8.3 per cent ad valorem, respectively.

The jumper falls within textile category designation 239 for infants and
within 359 for toddlers. Based upon international textile trade
agreements products of Bangladesh are subject to quota and the
requirement of a visa.

The designated textile and apparel categories and their quota and visa
status are the result of international agreements that are subject to
frequent renegotiations and changes. To obtain the most current
information, we suggest that you check, close to the time of shipment,
the [U.S. Customs Service Textile Status Report]{.underline}, an
internal issuance of the U.S. Customs Service, which is available at the
Customs Web site at www.customs.gov. In addition, the designated textile
and apparel categories may be subdivided into parts. If so, visa and
quota requirements applicable to the subject merchandise may be affected
and should also be verified at the time of shipment.

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

A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be
provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is
imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact
National Import Specialist Kirschner at 212-637-7079.

Sincerely,

Robert B. Swierupski

Director,

National Commodity

Specialist Division
**Expanding Environmental Health Initiatives Within the Local Community
Without Compromising Core Environmental Health Functions: Executive
Summary**

Susan G. King, M.S.

Public and environmental health agencies are experiencing budgetary cuts
or flat funding at a time of increased need for resources to incorporate
new and enhanced initiatives.

Apparent public health threats including emerging zoonotic diseases,
food-borne illness from agricultural products, lead in our children's
toys, terrorism and natural disasters have increased. Demands for
protection from unregulated facilities such as tanning salons and tattoo
parlors have increased. Regulatory standards for existing programs such
as drinking water have increased. Demands for the reduction of
environmental pollutants in natural resources and living space
environments have increased. These increased demands challenge
environmental health agencies which are today struggling to maintain
core environmental health functions while experiencing reduced staffing
and the loss of institutional knowledge.

Only an innovative and comprehensive response to this challenge by the
environmental health agencies will enable them to meet the continually
moving finish line that defines good public health. As public and
environmental health resources are cut back due to a reduction and
reallocation of funds within municipal budgets, the environmental health
agency must seek other means to maintain core environmental health
programs and incorporate new environmental health initiatives and
demands. The environmental health agency must also maintain the
confidence of the constituency which it serves in an ever-increasing
media driven public arena and continue to motivate and attract devoted
and talented staff.

Consequently, the focus of this project year has been a three-pronged
strategy which includes:

-   the development of an environmental health awareness campaign,

-   increasing the advisory capacity for the environmental health
    agency, and

-   improving the performance of the local health unit by employing
    "best practices" and developing the workforce.

> This strategy will lay the groundwork for the implementation of
> expanded public health initiatives while maintaining the integrity of
> core mandated functions.
Presbyterians for Restoring Creation (PRC) is a group whose mission is
to promote environmental awareness within the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.). We have approximately 650 members. From time to time the
Steering Committee on behalf of the membership addresses issues of
national and international importance.

We would like to comment on the Draft Report on the Environment recently
released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While the report
is full of useful information and analysis, we are extremely concerned
with what it says and does not say about global warming. To write global
warming off as a "scientific challenge" and to dismiss the scientific
consensus that has emerged about the consequences of warming for humans
and other species represents the triumph of ideology over "best
science."

The public is weary of the tendency in this administration to use
science selectively only when it supports its ideology and interests. In
particular, PRC is deeply troubled by the accounts that the EPA, at the
direction of the White House, deleted portions of the report on global
warming and substituted wording favorable to the oil industry. Assuming
these accounts are correct, it would seem the EPA has become the tool of
vested interests.

The evidence of global warming is all around us. The theory that relates
warming to the release of so-called "greenhouse" gases is well
established. The "best science" is in. Further study, while essential,
will not stop the damage done by reckless burning of fossil fuels. We
are endangering future generations of all species by fiddling around
with endless and redundant studies while Rome burns.

We urge the EPA to restore the deleted sections on climate change and to
recognize the scientific consensus on this issue.

Rebecca Barnes-Davies (PRC Coordinator) for Robert Stivers (PRC policy
and advocacy advisor), on behalf of the Steering Committee

2 Kensington Rd

San Anselmo, CA 94960

prc@sfts.
**Support H.R. 2640, the "NICS Improvement Act"**

Gun owners' organizations such as the National Rifle Association have
long supported instant background checks to screen potentially dangerous
gun buyers, without burdening law-abiding citizens.  The new version of
the "NICS Improvement Act" (H.R. 2640) would improve the National
Instant Criminal Background Check System by ensuring that relevant
federal and state records are available for use by NICS. 

H.R. 2640 would also allow some people now unfairly prohibited from
owning guns to have their rights restored, and to have their names
removed from the instant check system.  Criminal records can be expunged
or pardoned, but mental records currently cannot.  H.R. 2640 would
require agencies to remove records of people who have been found no
longer to suffer from mental illness, and those people would have their
firearms rights restored.

Like previous versions of the NICS Improvement Act, H.R. 2640 makes
other important changes that will improve the background check system
and protect gun owners' rights:

> •       [H.R. 2640 requires removal of expired, incorrect or otherwise
> irrelevant records from NICS.]{.underline}  Today, totally innocent
> people (such as individuals with arrest records, who were never
> convicted any crime) are sometimes subject to delayed or denied
> firearm purchases because of incomplete records in the system.
>
> •       [H.R. 2640 prohibits federal fees for NICS
> checks.]{.underline}  Under current law, only annual appropriations
> riders prohibit the FBI from trying to impose fees by regulation (as
> the Clinton Administration proposed in 1998). 

At the same time it strengthens background checks against those mentally
ill people who may be dangerous, H.R. 2640 does not affect the rights of
any law-abiding person who has received voluntary mental health care. 
Current law only prohibits gun possession by people who have been
"adjudicated as a mental defective" or "committed to any mental
institution," and regulations issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives specifically exclude voluntary treatment from
that definition.

H.R. 2640 is a fair compromise that would improve the background check
system, but not at the expense of Second Amendment rights.  The National
Rifle Association respectfully asks you to support it.  If you have any
questions about this legislation, please contact NRA Federal Affairs at
(202) 651-2560.

**The National Rifle Association Respectfully Urges You to**

**Vote "Yes" on H.R. 2640**
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MAP_UNIT ROCK_CLASS PROVINCE ROCK_GRP PERIOD FOSSIL FOS_REF AGE_EXTRAP

Ctbh SEDCARB 5 LS Lower Cambrian Trilobites

Ct SEDCARB 5 LS Lower Cambrian Trilobites age uncertain

Ccp METSEDSILIC 4 Metasedimentary Lower Cambrian NR age uncertain

Ca METSEDSILIC 4 Metasedimentary Lower Cambrian Skolithus, trilobite
Walcott (1896)

Ch METSEDSILIC 4 Metasedimentary Lower Cambrian Skolithus

Chs METSEDSILIC 4 Metasedimentary Lower Cambrian Skolithus

Cwo METSEDSILIC 4 Metasedimentary Lower Cambrian NR age uncertain

Cwm METSEDSILIC 4 Metasedimentary Lower Cambrian NR age uncertain

Cwmq METSEDSILIC 4 Metasedimentary Lower Cambrian NR age uncertain
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[www.usaid.gov](http://www.usaid.gov/) internet səhifəsində **Public
Affairs*-  Branding Guidelines*** adlı bölməyə nəzər salın.\
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February 8, 2006

John A. Davis, Jr., Chairman

Kevin S. Dion, President

The Cypress Group LLC

921 North Mills Avenue

Orlando, FL 32803

Re: Cash Flow as Collateral for Member Business Loans (MBLs).

Dear Messrs. Davis and Dion:

You have asked if a borrower may assign cash flow as collateral to
satisfy the loan-to-value (LTV) requirements of the MBL rule. Cash flow
may be assigned as collateral for an MBL if its market value can be
established and if its value is sufficient to satisfy the MBL rule's LTV
requirements. Alternatively, a credit union may request a waiver of the
LTV requirements if the cash flow cannot be valued or its value is
insufficient.

Your company is a credit union service organization that provides
business loan underwriting, documentation, and portfolio maintenance
services. You state your credit union owners have received requests to
make MBLs where the collateral will be an assignment of a cash flow
stream, such as accounts receivable from a business. You have also
indicated that you will take certain measures in connection with these
loans to enhance safety and soundness. For example, you will analyze the
historical and pro-forma financial performance of the borrower to
determine creditworthiness and the value of the collateral.

With few exceptions, the MBL rule requires all MBLs be secured by
collateral. 12 C.F.R. §723.7(a). This ensures credit unions have a
secondary source of repayment if a borrower defaults on an MBL. The MBL
rule's general LTV requirement is a maximum of 80%, although higher
limits are permitted under limited circumstances. 12 C.F.R.
§723.7(a)(1). The term "value" in the rule's definition of
"loan-to-value ratio" is defined as the market value of collateral used
to secure a loan. 12 C.F.R. §723.21.

While the MBL rule does not specify the kinds of collateral a borrower
may use to satisfy the LTV requirement, collateral must have an
ascertainable market value in order to meet the LTV requirements. If the
market value of proposed collateral cannot be ascertained, then the MBL
for which the collateral is offered as security cannot satisfy the LTV
requirements.

The MBL rule permits a credit union to seek a waiver of the LTV
requirements for a category of loans. 12 C.F.R. §723.10(d). Seeking a
waiver of the LTV requirements is an alternative you may want to
consider if you are unable to establish the market value of the cash
flow that is proposed as collateral for a loan or group of loans. The
MBL rule sets out the information a credit union must provide with a
waiver request and how a regional director will process that request. 12
C.F.R. §§723.11-13.

Please contact Staff Attorney Frank Kressman or me with any questions or
if we can be of further assistance.

Sincerely,

/s/

Sheila A. Albin

Associate General Counsel

GC/FSK:bhs

05-1219

cc: Region III
**Questions re: ED-02-R-0014/NIFL-02-R-002**

**R - Technical Assistance for Research-based Practices in Adult
Literacy**

1.  Will this be a full and open competition? Are there opportunities as
    subcontractors for small business concerns?\
    \
    This competition is open to all responsible and qualified sources.
    Responsible and qualified sources include any qualified applicants
    who meet the criteria set out in the RFP.

2.  Are there any geographic requirements for contractor location?\
    \
    No, NIFL has not set any geographic requirements for this contract.

3.  Who is the incumbent contractor? What is the current contract
    number?\
    \
    The former contract number ED-00-PO-1037 has ended. John Kruidenier
    was awarded the previous contract for Technical Assistance for
    Research-based Practices in Adult Literacy.

4.  Can I get a list of all individuals and organizations (prospective
    bidders) that have requested the above-titled RFP? This information
    could be helpful to contact co-bidders or subcontractors as
    appropriate?\
    \
    A list of vendors will be made available at
    <http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/grants_contracts/contract_R_02.html>
    within two weeks of the RFP release date.

5.  Is there a dollar figure or range of funding for the project work?\
    \
    No dollar figure or range of funding will be released. Offerors are
    requested to submit their best offers. The Government has prepared
    its own independent cost estimate, but does not share that
    information with those outside of Government. The Government
    anticipates issuing a cost-plus fixed fee contract to the contractor
    selected on a combination of factors, including quality and cost.

6.  What is the span of time for this technical assistance project?

> The performance period for this contract is two (2) years with one
> option year. The performance dates may be adjusted along with the
> dates of deliverables based on the issuance of the contract.

7.  Who are the members of the Reading Research Working Group and how
    can I see the draft document Research-Based Practices for Adult
    Basic Education Reading Instruction: A Guide to the Research for
    Reading Professionals?

> The draft document is available online at
> [**http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/research/12-01practice.rtf**](http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/research/12-01practice.rtf).
> The participants in the Reading Research Working Group are listed on
> the first page following the title page of the document.

8.  Are there differences between the solicitation package online and
    the one mailed out to the bidders list?

> These versions of the solicitation package are the same other than
> some formatting differences such as page numbers.
### Ref: CD.sr/58.557 October 30^th^, 2003

***Dr. Friedman***

Guidance and Policy Development Team

MMII/Room 446

Division of Manufacturing and Product Quality

Food and Drug Administration

5630 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20852

USA

Dear Dr. Friedman,

## [Re]{.underline}: "[Sterile Drug Products by Aseptic Processing: Current Good Manufacturing Practice" \[Docket No 2003D-0382\]]{.underline}

I have pleasure in enclosing comments on the Draft Guidance prepared on
behalf of our Members in Europe.

The first part of these comments have been submitted electronically
through the FDA web-based Docket system. However, we were unable to
submit the complete set of detailed line by line comments due to the FDA
transfer to a new ISP provider\*, and I am therefore submitting the file
to you electronically to facilitate any subsequent document editing.

I would like to inform you that the comments will also be sent to the
EMEA (European Medicines Evaluation Agency). On behalf of EFPIA, I would
like to re-iterate the need for a Guideline which is harmonised across
the two regions, and thus enable Member Companies to supply both markets
from the same source.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

\* FDA is in the process of moving to a new ISP. During this transition,
the capability to attach documents to your comment will not be
available.

Yours sincerely,

###### 

###### 

***Chris Dafforn***

Scientific, Technical and Regulatory Affairs

Encl.: EFPIA comments