BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
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## Panel Discussion

*Facilitated by Kent Thornton, **FTN Associates, Ltd.*

- ReVA-MAIA Conference: Using Science to Assess Environmental Vulnerabilities

## What are the top three challenges / problems that you are facing today?

- What are the top three challenges / problems that you are anticipating in five years?
- What are the top three challenges / problems that you are anticipating in ten years?

##     What should we focus on to make the biggest positive impact?

-     What should we focus on to make the biggest positive impact?

## What information and/or tools do you need most?

- Did anything presented here meet that need?

##     How can we best communicate and transfer ReVA-MAIA science and tools to you? We want them to be used in decision-making!

-     How can we best communicate and transfer ReVA-MAIA science and tools to you? We want them to be used in decision-making!

## How important is it that uncertainty be quantified?

-  How “certain” do you need to be?
- How “certain” are you with current information and tools?

##     Did the conference provide any information that might change / impact decisions and possibly improve outcomes?

-     Did the conference provide any information that might change / impact decisions and possibly improve outcomes?

##    Local politicians are motivated by desires for (1) political power and (2) resources (i.e., $, employment) for the jurisdiction. How do you use the information our assessment tools produce to effectively mediate competition among jurisdictions and encourage effective political collaboration?

-    Local politicians are motivated by desires for (1) political power and (2) resources (i.e., $, employment) for the jurisdiction. How do you use the information our assessment tools produce to effectively mediate competition among jurisdictions and encourage effective political collaboration?

## The End
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## Incidence Angles and FiltersSteve Kent, Mar 29, 2003

- Angle of incidence varies with position on focal plane
- Effective wavelength varies across focal plane
- Effective wavelength varies within a single filter
- Bandpass varies
- Beam size is 5.4o - bandpass width also varies.
- How to calibrate
- Can filters be tuned to minimize the impact?  Should they?

## Slide 2

## Size of effect

- Incidence angle of central ray varies from 8o to 16.7o over annulus of imager
- Δλ/λ = sec(θrefracted) - 1
- Variation is .002 to .010 over full focal plane
- Variation is .0064 among 6 optical filters of same flavor measured at filter center.
- Variation is .005 within worst filter (corner to corner)
- Calibration error: Bessel B filter, SN at z=0 calibrated vs. WD ==> 6% if not corrected.

## Correction Techniques

- Measure filter bandpass for each filter before launch - apply k-corrections to every measurement
- Need to know approximate spectral type of every object (high accuracy not needed)
- How well can filter bandpasses be measured?
- Wavelengths of bandpass edges are most important
- What is variation in actual bandpass across a filter?

## Should filter be tuned to incidence angle?

- Yes, only if
- Manufacturing tolerances are small compared to wavelength shifts (my understanding is no - what is the real (Δλ/λ)*rms* for each of the 9 filters bands?)
- No, if
- Filters can be measured accurately enough
- k corrections are known well enough (and even this may be a red herring)

## Recommendations

- Rely on natural dispersion of filter wavelengths, rank order and place in appropriate place in focal plane
- Reorder layout of IR filters

- Flip left-right
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## <footer>

- <date/time>

**TEAM Leafy Spurge Organization**

**PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS**
**USDA - ARS   -----   Gerry Anderson**
**USDA - APHIS    -----   Lloyd Wendel**

**PROGRAM MANAGEMENT**
**APHIS/ ARS/ State Dept of Ag/ Forest Service/ Private landowners**
- Sets** **program direction & determines distribution of resources

**OPERATIONS**
**APHIS --- Bob Richard**
- Responsible for  the design & IPM of the
- Program’s central component - Biocontrol

**ASSESSMENT**
**MT State Univ.**
**Univ. of WY**
**NDSU**
**MO State Univ.**
**Extension**
- Develops baseline population info about the target plant, biocontrol, agents, and key indicator plant species.
- Monitors change.

**SUPPORTING RESEARCH**
**MT State Univ.**
**ND State Univ.**
**Univ. of WY**
- Individual Projects (basic & applied)
- that contribute to the understanding
- & management of the Leafy Spurge.

**TECHNOLOGY **
**TRANSFER**
**ARS**
**BLM**
**Extension Service**
**Weed & Pest Districts**
- Develop multi-level awareness
- of the program & timely distribution of program findings.

**Investigations on the**
**effects of Plant Pathogens **
**against Leafy Spurge**

**Studies to determine the **
**effect of Cultural Control **
**Practices on Leafy Spurge**

***Aphthona***** spp. flea beetle (adult)**

***Aphthona***** spp. larvae**
**feeding on root bud**

**Study Site , Dietz Ranch, Sentinnel Butte, ND**
**Note: Spurge depression from *****Aphthona***** spp.**
**(Center)**

**Leafy Spurge root, buds,**
** ****and shoots**

**Field data collection utilizing permanent transects, GIS, and GPS technologies to monitor changes in the plant community as a result of various control strategies**

_**TEAM**_** Leafy Spurge**
_**T**_**he **_**E**_**cological **_**A**_**reawide**** **_**M**_**anagement of Leafy Spurge, A Cooperative Integrated Pest Management**
** ****(IPM Project Co-Directed by USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and USDA Animal Plant Health Service (APHIS).**
**Robert D. Richard and Lloyd E. Wendel**

**Before - July 1994**
***Aphthona***** spp. released**
**on Forest Service land Bozeman, MT**

**After- August 1995**
**Same location**
**Note: Spurge reduction as**
**a result of flea beetle feeding**

**Poster created by Lana King - TEAM LS**
**USDA-ARS**
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## Slide 1

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## Duration of useful skill

- Half a day longer in 2007
- Than in 2005

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## ECMWF implementation Nov. 6, 2007

***with a beneficial increase in model activity globally, but in particular in the tropics.***
***The main changes included in this cycle are: ***
***New formulation of convective entrainment and relaxation timescale· ***
***Reduction in free atmosphere vertical diffusion· ***
***New soil hydrology scheme· ***
***New radiosonde temperature and humidity bias correction· ***
***Increase in number of radio occultation data from COSMIC· ***
***Assimilation of AMSR-E, TMI, SSMIS window channels (clear sky)· ***
***Assimilation of SBUV (NOAA-17, NOAA-18) and monitoring of OMI ozone data***
***tested in research mode January to May 2007, ***
***in pre-operational runs June to September 2007. ***
***The new cycle shows ******improved scores for the extra-tropical southern hemisphere throughout the forecast range, and for the northern hemisphere in the first half of the forecast. ***
***There is a substantial improvement to the lower tropospheric winds in the tropics compared to observations. ***
***Surface weather parameters have improved in the new system, ***
***reduction in the biases of 2m temperature mainly over the Americas ***
***better precipitation forecasts over Europe. ***

***ECMWF implementation Nov. 6, 2007***

## Slide 19
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## THE CLEAN AIR INVESTMENT FUND 

- BACKGROUND & KEY FEATURES

## REGULATORY FOUNDATIONS

- Implementation plan accompanying July 1997 presidential directive on implementing new NAAQS
- Chapter 9, Economic Incentive Program Guidance, January 2001

## BASIC RATIONALE

- An additional air quality management tool to address high control costs based on “polluter pays” principle
- Can assist in shifting emissions reduction burden to lower-cost sectors, especially where trading may not be feasible
- May be used to invest in innovative technologies and programs
- May also address distributional inequities by helping target reductions

## PRIMARY APPROACH:COST RELIEF VALVE

- State sets cost threshold for an emissions standard
- Regulated sources pay into fund in lieu of incremental reductions that exceed control cost threshold
- Fund administrator invests in emissions reduction projects at lower-cost, possibly unregulated, sources

## IMPORTANT GUIDANCE ELEMENTS

- COST THRESHOLD:
- Requires analysis of potential contributing and compensating sources
- Provides examples and options for threshold-setting methodology
- ASSURANCES
- Provides examples and options for covering any potential “gap” in compensating reductions

## IMPORTANT GUIDANCE ELEMENTS (cont.)

- REQUIRED PROVISIONS
- Reductions must meet fundamental integrity elements
- Design must include an automatic suspension mechanism
- Design must demonstrate environmental benefit
- Design should include restrictions on use of AELs

## KEY FINDINGS: NEW HAMPSHIRE “TEST”

- Provides regulated sources with increased cost certainty
- Extremely flexible re: emissions reduction standards, and size, number of targeted sources
- Can help state or locality meet an emissions reduction goal at notably lower costs than traditional regulation

## SIMILARLY STRUCTURED PROGRAMS

- Air Quality Investment Program (California South Coast AQMD)
- NOx Emission Reduction Fund (New Hampshire)
- The Climate Trust (Oregon)

## AN INVITATION

- EPA assistance available to any state interested in developing a clean air investment fund
- Contact:
- Brian Cook
- Department of Government, Clark University
- (508) 793-7360
- bcook@clarku.edu
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## Slide 1

## Why Focus on High-tech?

**Notes:**
While there are many programs that address energy efficiency in buildings, there is no program that focuses exclusively on laboratory energy use. This is the reason EPA and DOE have established the Labs21 program. It is important because laboratories are highly-specialized environments with unique ventilation requirements which requires special attention. 

LBNL research finds labs often consume 10 times as much energy as office buildings. EPA’s own experience suggests that the typical laboratory uses at least 5 times as much energy and water per square foot as the typical office building due to intensive ventilation requirements and other health and safety concerns. 

30 percent reduction – based on experience of EPA and others.

## Why Focus on Laboratories?

- Laboratories are energy intensive
- On a square foot basis, labs often consume five to ten times as much energy as a typical office building
- Most existing labs can reduce energy use by 30%  or more with existing technology
- Important to California High Tech Industry (and schools)
- Labs are not typically speculative buildings

**Notes:**
While there are many programs that address energy efficiency in buildings, there is no program that focuses exclusively on laboratory energy use. This is the reason EPA and DOE have established the Labs21 program. It is important because laboratories are highly-specialized environments with unique ventilation requirements which requires special attention. 

LBNL research finds labs often consume 10 times as much energy as office buildings. EPA’s own experience suggests that the typical laboratory uses at least 5 times as much energy and water per square foot as the typical office building due to intensive ventilation requirements and other health and safety concerns. 

30 percent reduction – based on experience of EPA and others.

## Laboratory Research Activities

- Energy Efficiency Success at LBNL
- Formulation of Applications Team (A-Team)
- Research Roadmap developed for PIER
- Performance Metrics and Benchmarking
- Low Pressure Drop Air Distribution Design
- Laboratory Design Guide
- Laboratory Design Intent Tool
- High Performance Fume Hood
- Fume Hood Calculator

## Labs21 Activities

- Primary Deployment Mechanism
- Technical Support for Labs21
-   Industry Partnerships
-   Training programs
-   Tool Kit
-   Benchmarking

## Meeting Goals

- Awareness
- Formulate strategy for greater integration from R&D to Deployment
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## Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature,Size, and Velocity of Drops in Sprays

-  This laser-based, non-intrusive diagnostic instrument can 		measure temperature (refractive index) of individual spherical 		droplets in complex reactive sprays while simultaneously 		measuring size and velocity
-  Applications have included burning droplet streams, swirl-		stabilized spray flames, and multi-component non-reactive   		sprays
**                             ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
-  Received orders for $500K worth of equipment in July 1995
-  Sold to universities (Carnegie Mellon) for use on spray 		combustion studies
-  Sold to aerospace industry for use in rocket injector studies
-  Inquiries from Japan, China, France, and Korea
-  Contributed to an expanded new location

***AEROMETRICS, INC.******SUNNYVALE, CA***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**     ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-  High Speed Research (HSR), Advanced Subsonic 			Transport (AST), icing and in rocket injector research and 	gas turbine combustion research
-  Prototype rainbow thermometer delivered to Lewis and 		integrated with existing two component Phase Doppler 		Particle Analyzer

- 1989 Phase 2; SS-109; 3/29/96

- Lewis Research Center

**Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature,****Size, and Velocity of Drops in Sprays**
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## P2 Reporting Process

- Overview/Invitation   Don Lentzen
- Survey Results    Bruce Campbell
- Process of change   Josh Silverman

## 2004 P2 Performance

- Don Lentzen

## 2004 Corporate Summary

- Most P2 goals have been met at least 1 year early thanks to your efforts
- After steadily declining from 1993, most waste streams have reached a plateau
- We are now taking a fresh look at our work and developing goals
- You all are invited to suggest changes in what is important to track and how to track

## Low-Level Radioactive Waste

**2005 Goal**

**Low-Level Radioactive Waste**

## Transuranic Waste Generation

**2005 Goal**

**Transuranic Waste Generation**

## Hazardous Waste Generation

**2005 Goal**

**Hazardous Waste Generation**

## Sanitary Waste Generation

**2005 Goal**

**Sanitary Waste Generation**

## Low-Level Mixed Waste

**2005 Goal**

**Low-Level Mixed Waste**

## Summary of 2004 Performance

| Types of Waste | % Reduction Made in 2004 | 2005 Goal % (from baseline) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transuranic | 81 | 80 |
| Low-Level Radioactive | 74 | 80 |
| Low-Level Mixed | 91 | 80 |
| Hazardous | 94 | 90 |
| Sanitary Waste | 77 | 75 |

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

## Slide 12

## Invitation to help shape the Data Call future

- Revise the reporting platform
- Some data elements are fixed
- Some will be dictated to us in the future
- Comment on current forms and data collection process
- Site EMS – sanitized for sharing
- What is important to your site - tracking wants/needs
- Progress on EMS goals, targets and objectives
- Other parameters your site follows
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## American Psychiatric AssociationCouncil on Aging

- Neuropharmacological Drug Products
- Psychophamacological Drugs Advisory Committee
- Psychiatric and Behavioral Disturbances Associated with Dementia
- Food and Drug Administration
- March 9, 2000

## American Psychiatric Association

- Presenters
- Christopher C. Colenda, MD, MPH
- Chair: Council on Aging
- Jacobo Mintzer, MD
- Chair: Committee on Ethnic Minority Elderly

## Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

- The above term does not define a specific clinical entity for purposes of drug development
- The central question for the committee is whether there is sufficient scientific evidence that specific psychiatric symptoms are fundamental manifestations of the Alzheimer’s disease, and thus warrant drug development or indication

## Conceptual Model of Disease

**Initiation of the Etiological Process**

**Initiation of Pathological Process**

**Clinical Detection of the Disease (Onset of Signs and Symptoms)**

**Outcome of the Disease**

- Induction

- Promotion

- Expression

- Latency

- Kleinbaum, Kupper, Morgenstern: Epidemiological Research. 1982; pp 21-22.

## Criteria Used to Assess Available Evidence Supporting a Causal Interpretation

- Hill AB: Principles of Medical Statistics. 1971

## Circadian-Rhythm Disturbances(Sleep-Wake Disturbances)

## Psychosis Due to DAT

- Hill AB: Principles of Medical Statistics. 1971

## Benefits of Establishing Appropriate Targets for Pharmacological intervention

- Psychoactive drugs are widely used in DAT
- “Off label” use expose patients to severe side effects without evidence of possible benefit
- Labeling will provide information on therapeutic targets and safety information specific to the targeted population

## Benefits of Establishing Appropriate Targets for Pharmacological intervention

- The establishment of specific labeling will provide with a strong incentive for the development of safer and more effective compounds to treat these difficult  psychiatric syndromes

## Conclusion

- Psychiatric syndromes are part of the core manifestation of DAT
- There is enough scientific evidence to support the labeling for psychosis, alteration in circadian rhythm and depression as valid targets for pharmacological intervention in DAT
- Other psychiatric syndromes should be considered as scientific evidence becomes available
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## Reporting the Air Quality Story: What Works

- Local Media
- How to get Air Quality in Print

- Howard Libit

- Baltimore Sun

## Baltimore Sun

- Cover metro Baltimore, Maryland and beyond
- Daily circulation: 310,000
- Sunday circulation: 470,000
- www.baltimoresun.com

## Air quality on the weather page

## Up close on theweather page

## Who writes about air quality?

- Environment reporters
- Science reporters
- Health and fitness reporters
- Neighborhood reporters
- Any reporter who might be assigned a daily weather story

## Types of Air Quality Stories

- (What we’re writing
-  about already)

## “Bad” Weather Days

## “Bad” Ozone Days

- Source: Baltimore Sun, June 27, 2001; June 11, 2002; June 26, 2003.

## Tips for Health

- Source: Baltimore Sun, July 20, 2003.

## Tips for Health

- Source: Baltimore Sun, July 20, 2003.

## Unhealthy Air Sources

- Source: Baltimore Sun,
- September 7, 2001.

## Air Quality & the EPA

- Source: Baltimore Sun, August 28, 2003; December 25, 2003.

## Air Quality & the EPA

## Toxic Chemicals

- Source: Baltimore Sun, June 1, 2002; July 2, 2003.

## Dust Particles

## Communicating with the Local Print Press

- (How to get your stories into the newspaper)

## Deadlines

- Advance notice
- Don’t wait until 5 p.m. to pitch daily story ideas
- Call back (promptly!)

## Providing Information

- Don’t limit access only to PR people. Make scientists available to talk, too.
- Give us the raw data, not just copies of the pre-made charts.
- To avoid mistakes, encourage reporters to call back with “late-breaking” questions (even after hours).

## Helpful Hints

- Don’t over-sell stories.
- Remember the competitive nature of the media.
- Don’t wait for deadline stories to meet reporters. Get to know them in advance.
- Be persistent. Don’t give up. Keep pitching ideas.

## Contact Information

- Howard Libit
- Baltimore Sun
- 410-332-6464
- 410-752-6049 (fax)
- howard.libit@baltsun.com
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## Working Wonders

- Jane Linder
- February 14, 2007

## Project Management 101

- Achievable scope
- Plan, assign, follow up
- Focus on execution
- Manage rationally
- March to the finish line and declare victory

## Achievable scope?

- Reality

- Imagination

## Achievable scope?

## Plan, assign, follow up?

## Plan, assign, follow up?

## Focus on execution?

## Focus on execution?

| Air Quality Index Levels of Health Concern | Numerical Value | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Good | 0-50 | Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.  |
| Moderate | 51-100 | Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.  |
| Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 101-150 | Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.  |
| Unhealthy | 151-200 | Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.  |
| Very Unhealthy | 201-300 | Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.  |
| Hazardous | >300 | Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.  |

## Manage rationally?

## Manage rationally?

## March to the finish and declare victory?

## March to the finish and declare victory?

## Working wonders

## Working wonders

- Thank you
- Jane Linder
- jane.linder@progressbd.com
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## NIH WORKFORCEBy Race & EthnicityData as of March 31, 2005

- NIH Data Source: Data Warehouse
- TOTAL:  17,999

**CENSUS 2000**
**CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (CLF)**

**NIH**

## General Biological Science (GS-401)By Race & EthnicityData as of March 31, 2005

- NIH Data Source: Data Warehouse
- TOTAL:  2,219

**CENSUS 2000**
**CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (CLF)**

**NIH**

## General Health Science (GS-601)By Race & EthnicityData as of March 31, 2005

- NIH Data Source: Data Warehouse
- TOTAL:  1,852

**CENSUS 2000**
**CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (CLF)**

**NIH**

## Medical Officer (GS-602)By Race & EthnicityData as of March 31, 2005

- NIH Data Source: Data Warehouse
- TOTAL:  1,811

**CENSUS 2000**
**CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (CLF)**

**NIH**

## Nurse (GS-610)By Race & EthnicityData as of March 31, 2005

- NIH Data Source: Data Warehouse
- TOTAL:  1,006

**CENSUS 2000**
**CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (CLF)**

**NIH**

## Chemistry (GS-1320)By Race & EthnicityData as of March 31, 2005

- NIH Data Source: Data Warehouse
- TOTAL:  718

**CENSUS 2000**
**CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (CLF)**

**NIH**
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## RH for the eastern domain

## RH for the western domain

## Temperature for the eastern domain

## Temperature for the western domain

## Vector Wind for the eastern domain

## Vector Wind for the western domain

## Height (Z) for the eastern domain

## Height (Z) for the western domain

## 500 hPa RH for FH = all  (west and east ensembles)

## 500 hPa Temperature for FH = all  (west and east ensembles)

## 500 hPa Vector Wind for FH = all  (west and east ensembles)

## 500 hPa Height for FH = all  (west and east ensembles)
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## Top Ten U.S. Specialty Crop Exports by Value

**Almonds**
**$1297**

**Wine**
**$735**

**Table**
**Grapes**
**$455**

**Apples**
**$365**

**Frozen**
**Potato**
**Fries**
**$362**

**Oranges**
**$331**

**Lettuce**
**$279**

**Walnuts**
**$241**

**Raisins**
**$195**

**Grape-**
**fruit**
**$217**

**Million**

**Top Ten U.S. Specialty Crop Exports by Value**

**Fiscal Year 2004**

**Source:  Bureau of the Census, DOC**
**Note- U.S. fiscal year is October-September.**
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## Recalibrating and Combining Ensemble Predictions

**Recalibrating and Combining Ensemble Predictions**

**PIs: Lisa Goddard, Simon J. Mason and Michael K. Tippett **(IRI)
**       ****Malaquias Pe****ñ****a and ****Huug van den Dool** (NCEP/NOAA)

- Goal: To develop and evaluate a seasonal forecasting system that takes advantages of the latest innovations in multi-model combination, pattern correction and recalibration of forecast distributions

**Notes:**
* Working with ensemble mean (spread by ... ) – most work so far has been with GPH and 2mT more closely represented by Gaussian
* Another important aspect is building up hindcasts
	for MOS corrections
	for performance weighting in MM
	for realistic skill expectations
  (w/ AGCMs can go back farther than CGCM hindcasts)

## New Method:

*1. Recalibrate models individually before combination*
*	**** **Spatial bias correction*
*	**** **Local bias correction**2. Incorporate T & P co-variability in bias corrections*
*3. Experiment with complexity of combination method*
*4. Apply to CGCMs (i.e. CFS, ENSEMBLES) and AGCMs (those forced with predicted SSTs)*
*5. Produce full probability distribution*

_***Current Method***_*:*
*- Performance-based weighting of models, including “climatology” as a model*
*- Historical performance (for weights) from AMIP-type runs*
*- Produces 3-Category forecasts (i.e. Terciles)*

## 1. Model Calibration: Spatial Bias Correction

- 1. **Model Calibration**: Spatial Bias Correction

*CCA performed regionally. Results are smoothed along overlapping areas.*

**Notes:**
Mountains and coastlines not properly resolved. Standing waves mislocated. Teleconnection patterns not captured faithfully.
Improvement looks better for forecast, because there is more to improve – implicitly also fixes biases related to SST forcing.

Done over regional bixes – smoothed in areas of overlap

RPSS here is relative to original model distribution (x-val)
(so, 0 means ‘as good’ as original raw model result)

Same Model : Simulations
		   Hindcasts (more room for improvement) – will see this later

## 5. Produce PDF: Flexible format of information

- 5. Produce **PDF:***** ***Flexible format of information

**Probability Distribution Function (relative to climatological PDF)**

*Could add user-defined category**or threshold boundaries to **illustrate probability of those.*

**Cumulative Probability Distribution**

**Probability of Exceedance**

**Notes:**
Forecast PDF shift is clearly exaggerated for illustration purposes.
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## Stray Light Estimates

- M.Lampton
- U.C.Berkeley Space Sciences Lab
- Jan 2002

## Unwanted photons at a pixel

- Directly-viewed Zodiacal light
- Starlight+Zodi scattered off Primary
- Starlight+Zodi scattered off spider
- Sunlight scattered into telescope
- Earthlight scattered into telescope
- Internal glints and leaks

## Diffuse NIR foreground

## Directly-viewed Zodiacal light

## Starlight+Zodi scattered off Primary

## Starlight+Zodi scattered off spider

- Spider legs are obstructions that block pupil
- obstructions cause small angle scattering
- therefore broaden point spread function
- this effect is considered part of PSF calc
- Reflections from spider leg structure
- these are NOT small angle, nor diffraction
- these would be significant stray light sources
- can be eliminated by tapering or shielding

## Sunlight scattered into telescope

- A
-            B

- sunlight

## Earthlight scattered into telescope

- Earthshine

## Internal glints & leaks

- Stovepipe will surely require outer and inner baffle blades
- Bottom-stovepipe inner baffle ring serves as a field stop at the cassegrain quasifocus
- This field stop keeps all sources beyond nominal field from illuminating the coffin:
- This number is very encouraging! These photons are our science!
- Game plan: this limited FOV limits stray light within coffin.  This field stop, being in nearly complete darkness, is far more effective in killing “hat+stovepipe” edge rays than any forward baffle blocking of those same rays.

## Use stovepipe inner baffles and cassegrain quasifocus stop to block off-axis rays; don’t rely solely on the forward outer baffle (it’s bright!)

## Reverse Ray TracingViewpoint is point near edge of GigaCam;goal is to identify & quantify all irradiances visible to pixel

## Slide 12

## Explanation

- Coordinate angles (v,w) are direction cosines measured from viewpoint; approximately same as radians.
- Outermost  blue region is the cryostat, contributes negligibly to our noise level
- Red zone within that is the interior of the coffin and the rear of the primary -- warm!  Causes noise!
- Green zone within that is a reflected scene, might be partly warm (needs separate ray trace)
- Blue zone within that is the sky!
- Central tiny red zone with four red spider arms is the sky blocked by the secondary mirror assembly and hat.
# Presentation: 919331

***Data from Public Health Laboratory Information System (PHLIS).**

**     ****0**

** ****3,000**

** ****6,000**

** ****9,000**

**12,000**

**15,000**

**18,000**

**21,000**

**24,000**

**27,000**

**30,000**

**Year**

**1974**

**1979**

**1984**

**1989**

**1994**

**1999**

**Unknown**

**Other**

**Enteritidis**

**Typhimurium**

**Outbreak caused**

**pasteurized milk, IL.**

**by contaminated**

***SALMONELLA***

**- reported isolates by serotype and year,* United States, **

**1974-1999**** **

**Reported Isolates**
# Presentation: 743484

## IDENTITY THEFT“How Safe Is Your Good Name”

***Presenter: Robert “Wayne” Ivey***
***Florida Department of Law Enforcement***
***Resident Agent in Charge***
***Melbourne Field Office***

## Presentation Overview

**ID Theft Defined**
**Scope of The Problem**
**ID Theft At The National Level**
**What Drives ID Theft**
**Points of Compromise **
**Criminal Activity and ID Theft**
**How We Gain Control**

## What is ID Fraud?

**Involves the use of personal identifying information of a “person” to commit fraud**
**Ranges from unauthorized use of a credit card or check to a comprehensive takeover of another person’s identity**
**Result in the loss of assets, creditworthiness, and “good name”**
**Criminalized in Florida by §817.568 Florida Statutes**

## Personal Identifiers

**Name, date of birth, social security number, address, phone number, driver’s license number, passport number, etc.**
**Financial Identifiers – Credit Card numbers, bank account numbers, pins, etc.**

## Scope of the Problem

**ID Fraud can claim many victims, including credit grantors and the individuals whose identities are stolen**
**No one is immune from victimizations**
**Merchants**
**Employers**
**Court system**
**Financial institutions**

## Scope of the Problem

**ID Fraud is the fastest growing crime in the country if not the world**
**not new but technology has streamlined the process**
**vast amounts of information readily available**
**able to secure credit and goods instantaneously through the Internet**
**Electronic commerce makes it more difficult to investigate**

## The Impact Of Identity Theft At The National Level

## Slide 8

## Slide 9

## What Drives ID Theft?

***FACTOR # 1   ***
***FACTOR # 2***
***FACTOR # 3***

## Slide 11

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## How Theft of Personal Identifiers Occurs

***Points of Compromise***

## Types of Identity Theft Crimes

**Credit Card / Access Device Fraud**
**Skimming**
**Check Fraud**
**Bank Fraud**
**False Identification Fraud**
**Public Assistance Fraud**
**Mortgage Fraud**
**Passport / Immigration Fraud**

## Slide 17

## Slide 18

## Who Is At Fault?

***Financial Institutions***
***Credit Card Companies***
***Lending Organizations***
***Credit Bureaus***
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## Methodology

** ****Tracking to downstream end of CC-1 with ASTRA**
** ****Using PI parameters (possibly) suited for 3.2nC/bunch and bunch compression**
** ****Egun @ 40MV/m, -12****°; CC-1 @ 60MV/m, -15° (wrt max. acceleration)**
** ****Also, egun @40MV/m, -8°; CC-1 @ 20MV/m, -20° (wrt max. acceleration)**
** ****Dark current originating uniformly on 16mm dia. Mo cathode plug**
** ****Also, dark current originating uniformly from 5mm dia cathode**
** ****Using gaussian approximation to “Han” time distribution ****(see next slide)**
** ****I(t) = A*sin****2.5****(wt)*exp(-B/sin(wt));  B=5**
**       ****~ A*exp(-.5*t****2****/********2****)**
** ****Using apertures from R. Andrew’s drawings**
** ****Using ABCI to calculate collimator wakefield **
** ****Verified with MAFIA by R Wanzenberg**

## PITZ Dark Current Measurements (Han, et al, EPAC04)

**Measurements made at screen 1 about 78cm from photocathode**

- old
- new
- new

**“****6 times worse than previous rf gun”**

## FLASH/PITZ Dark Current Measurements Summary (Han, et al, 2006)

**40 – 42 MV/m;  **
**dark current measured 78cm from photocathode**

**PITZ**

**FLASH**

## A0 Dark Current Measurements (Hartung, et al, PAC01)

**Gun @ 35MV/m; dark current measured 45 cm d.s. of gun**

## Dark Current Time Distribution @ Cathode

**RF phase (deg)**

## Dark Current Intensity vs. Distance from Cathode (table)

** ****Egun @ 40MV/m, -8****°; CC-1 @ 20MV/m -20° (wrt max. acceleration)**
** ****Dark current originating uniformly on 5mm dia. cathode**
** ****10k electrons at photocathode**

## Dark Current Intensity vs. Distance from Cathode (table)

** ****Egun @ 40MV/m, -12****°; CC-1 @ 60MV/m -15° (wrt max. acceleration)**
** ****Dark current originating uniformly on 16mm dia. Mo cathode plug**
** ****2K electrons at photocathode**

## Dark Current Intensity vs. Distance from Cathode (graph)

** ****Egun @ 40MV/m, -12****°; CC-1 @ 60MV/m -15° (wrt max. acceleration)**
** ****Dark current originating uniformly on 16mm dia. Mo cathode plug**

## Transverse Wakefield from Collimator (from ABCI)

**gaussian bunch, ********z********1.8mm**** **

**1.0 cm dia:   peak wake = 750 V/pC/m**
**1.2 cm dia:   peak wake = 520 V/pC/m**
**1.4 cm dia:   peak wake = 370 V/pC/m**
**1.6 cm dia:   peak wake = 270 V/pC/m**
**1.8 cm dia:   peak wake = 200 V/pc/m**
**2.0 cm dia:   peak wake = 160 V/pC/m**

**Note:  these calculations agree with MAFIA calculations done by R. Wanzenberg**

## Beam Alignment Criteria at the Collimator

**Limit transverse jitter of downstream beam to < .1********y************  ********coll****<20********rad.**
**Using average wake field ~ 1⁄2 peak wake field; 3.2 nC; P****beam****=4.7 MeV/c**
**2 cm dia. collimator:   ********y****jitter**** < 380 ********m**
**1 cm dia. collimator:   ********y****jitter**** < 80 ********m**
**Limit emittance blowup downstream beam to < 10%.**
****** ********/******** < ********x/************  ********coll**** less stringent than previous criterion**
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## FAR DETECTOR:    Alec Habig   

- Cosmic ray & Atmospheric  operations continue with >99% livetime this week
- _NEAR DETECTOR_:    Alec Habig
- Dust cleanup from Minerva ceiling work complete
- LCW Chiller skid maintenance under way
- Will resume normal cosmics and calibration operations when chiller work completes on Wednesday

- example
- atmospheric
-  CC
- interaction
- (yesterday
- at Soudan)‏

-  interaction
- vertex

-  exits
- detector

- Hit times
- match upward
- hypothesis

## BEAM SYSTEM EFFORTS:	 	Mike Andrews Shutdown Coordinator

- Target Pile Chiller & Dehumidification Installation / Startup
- Chiller turned on successfully. Fermilab staff training last week.
- Much wiring completed for new target chase Dehumidifier system. Required several days beyond estimates.  Vendor here now for start-up. – thru Nov. 8.   Completing work for remoting controls. -
- Evaporation system installation nearing completion. Controls in progress. Not essential for beam start-up
- Target hall has been secured; interlock testing accomplished.
- Thermal imaging of horn strip-lines completed. Horns powered.
- Pre-target power supplies turned on (some work is required for E:V118 ps.)

## Current projection:  NuMI beam Friday 16 Nov. evening.

- Decay pipe Helium effort
- Fill system piping complete.
- Monitoring and controls installation in progress
- Helium Safety progress
- ES&H documentation (8 documents) & internal reviews‏ completed
-  NuMI/MINOS ES&H committee review ongoing – need for He fill.
- SAD review ongoing -  need for beam approval.
- Decay pipe He fill now planned for 9 - 13 November
- Vacuum pump down weekend of 9-11 Nov. He fill 12-13 Nov.
- Requires unoccupied NuMI target area underground
- Install & Seal R-Blocks & T-Blocks over Horns 14-15 Nov
# Presentation: 377612

## EuroPVM/MPI 2002

**9****th**** European PVM/MPI ****Users‘ Group Meeting**

## EuroPVM/MPI 2002

**EuroPVM/MPI 200****2**

- Jack Dongarra, Dieter Kranzlmüller, Peter Kacsuk, Jens Volkert
- Joh. Kepler University Linz, Austria
- Jointly with 4th DAPSYS Workshop
- 160 Participants (from Australia to Venezuela)
**10****th**** EuroPVMMPI Sept. 29-Oct. 2 2003****Venice, Italy**

## EuroPVM/MPI Overview

- 50 (+25) Papers Springer LNCS Proceedings
- 6 Best Papers: Intl. Journal HPCA (Spring 2003)
**Recent Advances in PVM & MPI**:
- Applications & Parallel Algorithms
- Implementations & Extensions
- Programming Tools
- Performance Analysis & Optimization

- EuroPVM/MPI 2002

## EuroPVM/MPI Observations

- Message Passing is IMPORTANT
- PVM and MPI are accepted and used
- Message Passing and Grid Computing
- Tutorial: MPI on the Grid (W. Gropp/E. Lusk)
- Message Passing Future:
- MPI-2 Extensions: Available and Requested
- Hybrid Programming Model: MPI+OpenMP
- Fault Tolerance, ...

- EuroPVM/MPI 2002

## EuroPVM/MPI 2002

**9****th**** European PVM/MPI ****Users‘ Group Meeting**

**http://www.gup.uni-linz.ac.at/pvmmpi**
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- The ***people shall have the right to fish upon and from the public lands of the State and in the waters thereof,*** excepting upon lands set aside for fish hatcheries, and no land owned by the State shall ever be sold or transferred without reserving in the people the absolute right to fish thereupon; ***and no law shall ever be passed making it a crime for the people to enter upon the public lands within this State for the purpose of fishing in any water containing fish that have been planted therein by the State***; provided, that the legislature may by statute, provide for the season when and the conditions under which the different species of fish may be taken.
- Article 1, Section 25  California State Constitution

## California’s Experience

- Clearly California is Ground Zero when it comes to assaults on access to the ocean for recreational anglers.
- California has had the strongest freedom to fish language in the nation.
- What was missing was for the impacts of recreational fishermen to be singled out from the impacts of industrial fishing gears.

## Insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”

- Sportfishing response to MPAs has been consistent
- “Throwing rocks at the process has it’s limitations”

## “If you are getting run out of town on a rail, get to the head of the crowd and act like you are leading the parade”

- Conservation Goals are Our Goals
- If we do not help set policy, others will do it for us.*

## Frame the Debate

- Define the Terms – Define the Debate
- Our Challenge:  “Those people who never wet a line, but need to know that their resources are protected”
- 				Mark Robson, April 13, 2005
- The hearts and minds of the general public will decide in the long run.

## OCEAN PARKS: 

**Geographic areas that include the Fishery Management that Sportfishing has sought for more than a Century.**
**Access and Opportunity**
**Big Fish and Abundant Fish**

-      For a “Field and Stream” Editorial nearly 100 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt wrote:
-     “It is axiomatic to say there will be no hunting and no fishing unless we, the people, demand conservation.  We are not aiming at the European idea of conservation, where there are great preserves for the use of a few individuals.  What we are striving for in this country is to preserve our animals, birds and fish so that the average American can have the opportunity for life in the open.”

## How Can We Apply This Same Conservation Ethic to Our Oceans?

- In the Spirit of “Teddy Roosevelt” DEMAND Conservation.
- Support the Bush Administration’s Action Plan for the Oceans.
- “Ocean Parks” offer the Perfect Vehicle to apply the Conservation Ethic to our Oceans.
- IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM !!!
# Presentation: 514719

## MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

***Resources for Training***

## by

- Joanne Bankston, Ph.D.
- Kentucky State University
- Cooperative Extension Program

- Joanne Bankston, Ph.D.

## GETTING STARTED

- Developing programs on mortgage foreclosure for Extension assistants and agents
- Explore federal and state resources for up-to-date information
- Spreading the word ASAP

## FEDERAL FORECLOSURE INFORMATION

- Website for seeking solutions to foreclosure issues:
- _[www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo/foreclosure.htm](http://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo/foreclosure.htm)_
- Link to foreclosure centers and housing counselors

## Website links to agency publications

- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Justice
- Federal Housing Administration
- Federal Trade Commission

## NeighborWorks America

- Created to preserve homeownership
- Foreclosure counselors around the nation
- Outreach Campaigns to reach struggling homeowners
- Collaborates w/ local leaders to create intervention programs

## Other Foreclosure Resources

- Federal Housing Administration website:
- _[www.fha.gov](http://www.fha.gov/)_
- Hope for Homeowners – created by Congress to help those at risk of default and foreclosure refinance into more affordable loans
- _[www.hopenow.com](http://www.hopenow.com/)_
- Hope Hotline 1-888-995.HOPE

## State ResourcesThe KY Housing Corporation

- Provides:
- Affordable housing opportunities
- Lower-than market mortgages
- Down payment assistance
- Homeownership education

- Counseling
- Housing production financing
- Rental assistance
- Housing production financing
- Rental assistance
- Programs for homeless
- www.kyhousing.org

## KY Homeownership Protection Center

- Designed to help KY households avoid foreclosure who are on the brink of losing their homes
- Administered by KHC
- Network of counselors and counseling agencies
- Provides information on mortgage foreclosure solutions & workout plans
- www.protectmykyhome.org

## KY Hownership Protection Center Works w/ KY Families

- Helps families to:
- Understand foreclosure process and causes
- Develop plan to address
- Find resources to address needs
- Learn to manage finances
- Determine options for preventing foreclosure
- Avoid predatory lending
- Find alternative housing solutions if foreclosure occurs
# Presentation: 675409

## Organization of molecular domains through stereochemical steeringT. P. Pearl, North Carolina State University-NSF REU 2006M. Paesler, DMR-0353719, REUSite at North Carolina State University

**Organization of molecular domains through stereochemical steering**T. P. Pearl, North Carolina State University-NSF REU 2006M. Paesler, DMR-0353719, REUSite at North Carolina State University

**115 Å x 115 Å, V****s****= 25 mV, I****t****=100 pA**

**2300 Å x 2300 Å, V****s****= 500 mV, I****t****=100 pA**

## Organization of molecular domains through stereochemical steeringT. P. Pearl, North Carolina State University

- A visiting student from West Virginia University, Matthew E. Koepke, worked along side both the PI and an undergraduate researcher from NCSU, Darryl J. DeWitt.  M. E. Koepke was supported as part of the NSF REU program hosted by our department at NCSU.
- The lab web site http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pearl contains pictures and description of equipment and facilities, and recent research presentations.

**Organization of molecular domains through stereochemical steering**T. P. Pearl, North Carolina State University

**Societal Impact:**
- Understanding the forces that drive organization of molecules at surfaces and interfaces impacts a very broad range of scientific issues including selective catalysts, chemical sensors, and molecule based electronic devices.  In order to utilize molecules for assembling and engineering functional nanoscale architectures, the assessment of dynamics at the single molecule or single molecular domain level is crucial.
# Presentation: 538751

## Prototype Overview

- Limited high-level study of average PI age
- 10 year simulation
- Broke PI population up into 5-year age groups:
- _Group 1_:  35 and Under
- _Group 2_:  36 – 40
- Etc.
- _Group 9_:  71 and Over
- Data from FY80-FY03:
- Ages of PI’s coming in (ingress) and going out (egress).
- Because PI can come back within 5 year period, did not include FY99-03 in calculations.

## Number of PIs in Age Groups(from the NIH Consolidated Grant Applicant File)

## Ingress Data: Number of New PIs in Each Age Group(from the NIH Consolidated Grant Applicant File)

- Note:  Ingress rates for all groups are increasing over time.

## Egress Data: Number of Investigators Leaving the PI Pool (for at least 5 years) (from the NIH Consolidated Grant Applicant File)

- Note:  Egress rates of all groups, except 35 and Under, are increasing over time.  Egress requires absence
- from the PI pool for 5 years or more.

## Forecasting Model Overview:FY98 Start, FY98 Ingress/Egress Values15 Year Average Tenure

- Each “box” represents a 5-year segment.  Three boxes across represents the average 15-year tenure.
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## Deployable Collectors for Advanced Space Power and Propulsion Systems

**ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- Developed fabrication process for flight scale polymer membrane components including solvent seaming, and developed the necessary analytical tools
- Fabricated and verification tested a flight scale inflatable concentrator
- Applied torus design to fabricate inflatable torus for the Air Force
- Developed handling procedures for flight scale membranes

***SRS Technologies***
***Huntsville AL***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
- Air Force Research Laboratory Dual Use Science and Technology (DUS&T) team utilized the focusing concentrator during recent successful thermal vacuum testing at the NASA GRC Solar Simulator facility
- Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) program is utilizing the materials and processes technology to produce high temperature tooling and membrane concentrator system components for the Integrated Ground Testing

- Glenn Research Center
- Space Power, Space Propulsion
- 3-090

**Deployable Collectors for Advanced Space Power and Propulsion Systems**

***Membrane Concentrators During Thermal Vacuum Testing and Ambient Verification Testing***

**INNOVATION**

- 1997 Phase II, NAS3-99105, 7/02
- NASA Contact – Carol Tolbert
- Company Contact – James Pearson

-    An inflatable solar concentrator made of a thin polyimide material

**COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Over $250K in sales to Boeing for technology related to membrane concentrators for space power and propulsion
- The use of membrane materials in commercial satellites for thermal control in large antenna systems
# Presentation: 588393

## Oxidation-Resistant Coatings on Carbon-Carbon (C-C) Composites

**University of New Mexico**

**Julia Szprengiel**
*The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art*
**Alicia Ayala/Ronald Loehman** - mentors

**Goal:**
- To develop oxidation-resistant coatings on
- C-C composites so that they can be used in air at temperatures over 2000°C.
**Significance:**
- Favorable properties of C-C composites such as their large strength-to-weight ratio, low thermal expansion coefficient, resistance to thermal shock, and ability to form complex shapes make them favorable for aerospace and thermonuclear fusion applications.
**Approach:**
- The composition and flow of borosilicate, silica, and zirconia coatings, as well as the combination of these were studied.  Thin film coatings were made in the lab, and applied either manually or by dip-coating (pictured) onto bulk graphite and C-C composites.  SEM, x-ray diffraction, and TGA analysis were used to characterize the coatings.

**Results:**
- Uniform zirconia and silica coatings were obtained.
- When scratched and heat treated, borosilicate, zirconia, and silica coatings proved to be self-healing.
- Results obtained from coatings on bulk graphite will be used to apply the coatings to C-C composites.
- Zirconia, silica, and borosilicate coatings are not oxidation resistant on their own, but can be combined with other coatings such as ZrB2 and HfB2 to improve C-C composite oxidation resistance.

- Bulk graphite

- C-C composite

## During the summer of 2004, 18 students from universities around the USA participated in the UNM REU program in Microengineered Materials.  Of these, 14 were supported by the NSF REU site program, and 4 through other grants at UNM.  The students did hands-on research, attended seminars, did field trips to and Sandia and Los Alamos National Labs and made a total of 3 research presentations attended by faculty and mentors.  The student group was diverse with 8 women and 6 students from minority groups underrepresented in science and engineering.