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# Presentation: 179864

## 
CAC Meeting
March 9, 2000

Bet Zimmerman
BNL Environmental Services Division

- CAC Meeting
- March 9, 2000
- Bet Zimmerman
- BNL Environmental Services Division

**Update on ****Groundwater Protection Program**

## Elements of BNL Groundwater Protection Program

- PROTECTION

- Prevent

- Communicate

- Monitor

- Restore

## BNL Environmental Management System

- Groundwater Protection Management Plan

- Groundwater Monitoring Improvements Plan

- Groundwater Contingency Procedure

## Groundwater Protection

- 1998 Groundwater Monitoring Improvements Plan identified areas that could potentially impact groundwater
- 23 locations that catch/stop protons included
- g-2
- E-20 beam catcher

## C-A Complex and Monitoring Wells

- RHIC (5)

- 912 (6)

- BAF

- BLIP

- J-10

- G-2

- Transfer Tunnel

- AGS Booster

- Former U-Line

- E-20

- LINAC (4)

## Update on g-2

- Installed 4 permanent wells
- Sampling
- Modeling
- Designated
- Area of Concern

## E-20 Beam Catcher

- Part of AGS ring
- Used from 1984-1999 to capture protons that move out of acceptable pathway, reduce dose to workers
- Replaced in 1999 with J-10
- Poured concrete roof, soil-crete cover
- Near E-20, Environmental Restoration Geoprobes detected tritium and sodium-22 at 1/30 of the Drinking Water Standards
- Two new wells installed downgradient in 1999
- Initial results varied from nondetect to about 1/4 of the Drinking Water Standards.

## E-20 Beam Catcher

- 4 Geoprobes installed
- Highest results in one well:
- 40,400 pCi/L tritium (Drinking Water Standard is 20,000 pCi/L)
- 704 pCi/L sodium-22 (Drinking Water Standard is 400 pCi/L)
- Estimate plume is 25 feet wide

## E-20 Beam Catcher Corrective Actions

- E-20 inactive--J-10 replacement has improved groundwater protection design.
- Water-impermeable cover installed on E-20.
- Modeling and more Geoprobes planned to:
- Ensure optimal design of monitoring program.
- Provide input for longer-term strategy to manage contamination and protect drinking water supply.

## BNL Groundwater Protection Program

- Improved designs prevent/minimize leachate.
- Tritium from g-2, E-20 not currently threatening any drinking water wells on- or offsite.  Will monitor closely. Contamination not expected to move off the BNL property at detectable levels.
- PRIMARY GOAL: control or prevent pollution at the source to protect groundwater quality.
- Planning a roundtable to talk about what, when and how to communicate environmental monitoring data.
- More info at _http://www.esh.bnl.gov/esd/gw.htm_
# Presentation: 867772

## USDASensitive Security Information

**DR 3440-2**
**April 2004**

## SSI Definition

- Unclassified information that if publicly disclosed could be expected to have a harmful impact on the security of person, place or property.

## Document Markings

- Top and Bottom
- Portion Marking if in a Classified Doc
- Cover Sheet when in transport.

## Cover Sheet

## Protections with Label

- Public Release Review
- FOIA Exemptions can apply
- Create Legislation through Appropriations Bill.
- TSA – 49 C.F.R. Part 1520

## USDA SSIPossibilities

- Key Management Itineraries/Schedules
- Building Vulnerabilities
- Guard Post Orders
- Select Agent Pathogen Locations
- IG Investigations
- USDA Computer Infrastructure Details
- Rural Development Management Control Reviews that reveal vulnerabilities

## USDA SSIPossibilities (Continued)

- SCIF Standard Operating Procedures
- ARS Report “Strategic Research Targets to Potential American Livestock & Poultry from Biological Threat Agents
- COOP Relocation Sites
- Security Assessments of USDA Non-BSL-3 Laboratories.
- Local Pathogen Inventories for USDA Non-BSL-3 Laboratories.
- USDA Security Classification Guide

## “What is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)”?

- Unclassified information that may be withheld from the public because disclosure would cause a foreseeable harm to an  interest protected by FOIA
-    exemptions 2-9

## FOIA Exemption Categories

- 9 Exemptions:
- Classified information
- Records related solely to internal rules & practices of DoD
- Records specifically required by statute to be withheld
- Records concerning trade secrets or privileged commercial information

## FOIA Exemption Categories

- Records concerning information considered privileged in litigation
- Records which contain information which would invade personal privacy
- Records containing law enforcement information
- Records containing information about regulation of financial institutions
- Records containing data about wells
# Presentation: 363187

## BES Activities following LANSCE – IPNS reviewIran L. ThomasBESAC MeetingFebruary 26-27, 2001 

**BES Activities following ****LANSCE – IPNS review**Iran L. ThomasBESAC MeetingFebruary 26-27, 2001

## BES Activities following LANSCE – IPNS review

- BES Activities following LANSCE – IPNS review

- Met with John Browne and Steve Younger to discuss the review
- Based on this discussion, John Browne wrote BES on January 4, 	2001, giving a very strong, positive response to the presentation 	given to BESAC
- John Browne described 7 actions, which you will hear more about 	later
- Among these, John Browne requested a pause in the building of 	instruments so that LANSCE could focus on operating existing  	instruments

## BES Activities following    LANSCE – IPNS review

- To continue the efforts of the remaining two instruments, we have asked for proposals from university groups
- Because of the timing these instruments will be built for the SNS
- Once LANSCE has addressed the concerns of the Panel, BES will continue building instruments at LANSCE
- Even after the SNS is completed, the US will very likely need the capacity at LANSCE

## BES Activities following 
 LANSCE – IPNS review

-  LANSCE – IPNS review

- The first two spectrometers, HIPPO and SMARTS, are complete and 		being commissioned.
- VERTEX (originally called HELIOS) and SABER (originally called 		HERMES) are the two spectrometers that were to be built as part of 	the LANSCE upgrade.
- A review held in December 2000 determined that the designs and plans 	for SABER and VERTEX were adequate and merited funding.
- BES has encouraged the two spectrometer development teams to submit 	proposals for these instruments through universities an are expecting 	proposals from Penn State for SABER and possibly from CalTech for 	VERTEX.  The instruments will be designed for the SNS.
# Presentation: 335923

## Quality System: Putting it all together

- Where do I go from here?

## Quality System Essentials

**Occurrence Management**

**Information Management**

**Quality System Essentials**

## Guidelines

- NCCLS GP26-A3: Laboratory Quality Management System
- NCCLS HS1-A2: Healthcare QMS Model
- ISO 15189

## Implementing a QS

- Gap analysis
- Phase in over time
- Getting buy-in and support
- Management
- Staff

## Gap Analysis

- For each QSE
- What pieces do we have in place?
- What is missing?
- What are the quick fixes?
- What will be more difficult to do?
- Prioritize approach to fill the gaps

## Documents and Records

- What is missing?
- Policies
- Processes
- Procedures
- Forms
- Are our procedures up-to-date?  Are they complete /comprehensive?
- Do we have a document control system?

## Equipment

- Acquisition and installation
- Validation
- Maintenance and function checks
- Calibration and use
- Troubleshooting and repairs
- Records

## Purchasing and Inventory

- Critical supplies and services
- Reagents, calibrators, controls
- Referral lab services
- Vendor qualifications
- Contracting
- Inventory control
- Procurement process

## Specimen Management 

- Collection
- Transport
- Handling
- Referral
- Storage
- Disposal

## Quality Control

- Calibration
- Control range verification
- Monitoring
- Corrective action
- Forms/records

## Assessment

- Enroll and participate in PT for every test?
- Internal audit process
- External audits
- Quality indicators

## Personnel

- Job descriptions
- New employee orientation
- Training – new employees, new procedures or policies
- Competency assessment program
- Continuing education policy

## Organization

- QS plan
- Responsibilities
- Quality committee
- Monitoring compliance

## Facilities and Safety

- Biosafety plan
- Risk assessment
- Emergency procedures
- Incident reporting

## Work AssignmentsEach laboratory:

- Identify 3 gaps in your QS that you can address during the next 6 months
- Describe how you will address these gaps
- What needs to be done?
- Who will be responsible?
- What resources will be needed?

- Develop a timeline with milestones outlining how you will address these gaps

## Example – Gap 1: Competency assessment program

- What needs to be done?
- Write policy
- Write procedure describing how competency will be evaluated and at what frequency
- Develop forms to document assessment for each employee

## Assign responsibilities

- Supervisor – write policy and procedure
- Lab Director – sign-off
- Lead tech – develop draft forms
- Supervisor – review, revise and approve forms
- Supervisor – implement assessment and document

## Develop timeline

## Progress evaluation 

- Outline plan
- Identify tasks
- Allocate time
- Assign responsibility
- Review plan and accomplishments periodically
- Write progress report by 6 months
# Presentation: 066984

## MAGE-OM API

**Developer Boot Camp**
**August 18-19, 2005**
**MAGE-OM API Development Team**
**SAIC**

**P****RESENTER:****	****J****UERGEN ****L****ORENZ**

## Gene Expression Specification

**October 2003**
**Version 1.1**
**Formal/03-10-01**

## Overview

## Learning Objectives

- Upon completion of this session, you will be able to:
- Retrieve public experiments from caARRAY using the MAGE-OM API. (20 min)
- Retrieve a specific public experiment from caARRAY using the MAGE-OM API. (10 min)
- Retrieve more detailed information about a specific public experiment from caARRAY using the MAGE-OM API. (10 min)
- Retrieve data of a specific public experiment from caARRAY using the MAGE-OM API. (20 min)
# Presentation: 406525

## CplantTM UpdateFourth Workshop on Distributed SupercomputingNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA

- Rolf Riesen
- March 9, 2000

## Overview

- Not enough time to talk about most aspects of CplantTM
- Concentrate on areas I’m currently involved in. Please talk to people at workshop about I/O, distance computing, applications, DRM, etc.
- Distributed versus parallel systems
- Current and newest Cplants
- Portals 3.0

## Distributed & Parallel Systems

**Distributed**
**systems**
- hetero-
- geneous

**Massively**
**parallel**
**systems**
- homo-
- geneous

- Legion\Globus

- Beowulf

- Berkley NOW

- Cplant

- Internet

- ASCI Red
-       Tflops

- Gather (unused) resources
- Steal cycles
- System SW manages resources
- System SW adds value
- 10% - 20% overhead is OK
- Resources drive applications
- Time to completion is not critical
- Time-shared

- Bounded set of resources
- Apps grow to consume all cycles
- Application manages resources
- System SW gets in the way
- 5% overhead is maximum
- Apps drive purchase of equipment
- Real-time constraints
- Space-shared

**Tech Report SAND98-2221**

- SETI@home

## Phase II Production (Alaska)

- 400 Digital PWS 500a (Miata)
- 500 MHz Alpha 21164 CPU
- 2 MB L3 Cache, 192 MB RAM
- 16-port Myrinet switch
- 32-bit, 33 MHz LANai-4 NIC
- 6 DEC AS1200, 12 RAID (.75 Tbyte) || file server
- 1 DEC AS4100 compile & user file server
- Integrated by Compaq
- 125.2 GFLOPS on MPLINPACK (350 nodes)
- would place 53rd on June 1999 Top 500

## Phase III Production (Siberia)

- 624 Compaq XP1000 (Monet)
- 500 MHz Alpha 21264 CPU
- 4 MB L3 Cache
- 256 MB ECC SDRAM
- 16-port Myrinet switch
- 64-bit, 33 MHz LANai-7 NIC
- 1.73 TB disk I/O
- Integrated by Compaq and Abba Technologies
- 247.6 GFLOPS on MPLINPACK (572 nodes)
- would place 40th on Nov 1999 Top 500

## Phase IV (Antarctica?)

- ~1350 DS10 Slates (NM+CA)
- 466MHz EV6, 256MBRAM
- Myrinet LANai 7.x
- Will be combined with Siberia for a ~1600-node system
- Red, black, green switchable

## Red, Black, Green

*to external net*

*Service and I/O nodes*

*to internal classified net*

*to internal unclassified net*

*Service and I/O nodes*

*Diskless compute nodes*

*Service and I/O nodes*

## Portals 3

- Low-level message-passing layer (not a wire protocol)
- API intended for library writers, not application programmers
- Based on Portals in use on ASCI Red. API/implementation redesign for full-featured OS and COTS networks
- Zero-copy
- OS bypass
- Application bypass
- Tech report SAND99-2959

## http://www.cs.sandia.gov/cplant
# Presentation: 001914

## Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools

- Nelson Colbert, Science Instructional Specialist
- Richmond Public Schools
- Richmond, VA

## Strong Leadership

## Strong Leadership

- Surveyed the needs of the schools to increase high expectations.
- Developed a statement of positive change-“Moving from Good to Great”.
- Invited the community, parents,  businesses, colleges and universities to provide input in the instructional program.

## Strong Leadership

- Changed leadership in the administration in central office, schools, and classrooms.
- Established a leadership academy/institute to train administrators.
- Implemented “Charting the Course”, a process for visiting all schools in the system for monitoring instructional data.
-  Established leadership teams, consisting of department heads and lead teachers.

## Strong Leadership Goals

- Increased student achievement.
- Provided strong leadership for effective and efficient operations.
- Enhanced capacity building professional development.
- Increased parent and community satisfaction.
- Strengthened collaboration with stakeholders.
- Provided safe and nurturing schools.

## Improving Instruction

##  “Quick Wins” for Improving Instruction

- Reviewed data for improved instruction.
- Created an “Observations Checklist” for immediate feedback.
- Created a “Look For” booklet for principals.
- Established “Rapid Response” teams based on immediate needs.
- Improved security plans for all schools.
- Provided elementary teachers with a half-day for weekly planning.
- Introduced a 90-minute instructional block  in secondary schools.

## Improving Instruction

- Collected data to set instructional goals:
- Teacher and student attendance
- Content
- Professional development
- Benchmark and SOL assessments
- Introduced A” Balanced Scorecard” that focused on goals and evaluations.
- Revised and aligned the curriculum.
- Introduced a system-wide Instructional Model along with         Study and Test Taking Skills.

## Building a Committed Staff

- Staffed middle schools with  core content teachers.
- Established programs to train and recruit new teachers.
- Met with teachers during planning time to assist with instructional planning.
- Provided free content classes to elementary teachers.
- Provided an incentive plan for new teachers.
- Formed SPMT (School Planning-Management Teams) to give staff input .

## The End
# Presentation: 539361

## Mouse Models

**	****In mouse embryos, NIDDK researchers have demonstrated that the Edg1 gene is vital to maintaining the integrity of developing blood vessels. The mouse embryo on the left has normal Edg1 gene expression. The mouse embryo on the right lacks Edg1 and has leaky blood vessels, causing hemorrhages in the placenta and the embryo. By using knockout mice to gain an understanding of basic developmental processes, scientists will shed light on developmental problems that lead to diseases and disease complications. Photo: Dr. Richard Proia, NIDDK.**
*	**From: NIDDK Recent Advances & Emerging Opportunities*: *Cross-Cutting Science *

| Edg1/S1P1,
Edg3/S1P3,
Edg5/S1P2 Knock-out | Gene  for sphingosine phosphate 1 (Edg1/S1P1), Edg3/S1P3, or Edg5/S1P2 deleted.  Suitable for determining the functions of sphingosine phosphate and the respective receptors. |
| --- | --- |
| Edg3/S1P3-Edg5/S1P2
Double Knock-out
 | Gene for both Edg2/S1P3 and EDG5/S1P2 deleted.  Suitable for determining the functions of sphingosine phosphate and the Edg3/S1P3 and EDG5/S1P2 receptors |
| Edg1/S1P1
Conditional Knock-out
 | Gene for  Edg1/S1P1 surrounded by loxp sites. Suitable in determining the functions for sphingosine phosphate and the Edg1/S1P1 receptors |
| BRCA1 Tumor Suppressor Conditional Knock-out  | Germline mutations of BRCA1. Suitable for breast, and possibly ovarian, tumorigenisis studies |
| DPC4-null Tumor Suppressor | Gene for the Dpc4 gene contains a targeted disruption.  Suitable for tumor suppressor SMAD4/DPC4 studies involving epiblast proliferation and mesoderm induction |
| FGFR3 receptor Knock-in | FGFR3 is a receptor for Fibroblast Growth Factor signals known to play multiple functions in many biological processes. Suitable to study functions of FGF/FGFR3 signals |
| IGF-1 Knock-out
 | IGF-1tissue-specific gene deleted.  Suitable for studying insulin resistance and the role of IGFs in cancer |
| Mutants lacking ganglioside GM3 and having enhanced insulin sensitivity | GM3 ganglioside is a negative regulator of insulin signaling,.  Suitable for studying a therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes |
| Transgenic mouse expressing dominant negative IGF-I receptor causing Type 2 Diabetes | This mouse model develops by producing insulin resistance in muscle leading to defects in liver fat and pancreas and simulates metabolic syndrome/prediabetes and type 2 diabetes |
# Presentation: 518365

## Cutting Across:Building caBIG City

- Cutting Across:Building caBIG City

## Interoperability

- Biologists are from Mars, Clinicians are from Venus (and Computer Scientists are from Neptune).
- So what?  It’s a small world, after all.  We’re all members of the municipal authority.
- Compatibility Happens!

## Vocabularies and Common Data Elements

- Give me your word on that
- Say what you mean; mean what you say
- Models, meta-models, and metaphysics of meaning
- Register once, run anywhere

## Architecture

- Good Designs and Best Practices
- Security and Identity
- Laying down the roadway:
- 	ca**G**rid: the “**G**” in caBI**G**

## Data Sharing and Intellectual Capital

- Study participant consent under IRB and HIPAA rules
- Attribution and authorship
- Licensing
- Forum for debating socialism, capitalism, altruism, and egoism

## Training

- Technology is a means, not an end
- The full measure of success in caBIG is adoption
- Learning is cool!

- You can get anything you dig, at NCI’s caBIG.
- You can get anything you dig, at NCI’s caBIG.
- Dial right in to a telecon,
- ‘Cause we hope that cancer will soon be gone!
- You can get anything you dig, at NCI’s caBIG.
# Presentation: 676160

## ECH

**VLT Future Role(s)**
**DOE, August 25, 2005**
**Richard Temkin, MIT**
**Physics Dept., Plasma Science and Fusion Center**
**on behalf of CPI, GA, MIT, UMCP, UW**

## Key R&D Thrusts

**1 MW, 120 GHz Gyrotron for ITER**
**Transmission Line and Launcher R&D**
**Gyrotron Reliability Studies**
**Modeling and Code Development**
**Tunable and Multimegawatt Gyrotron R&D**

**Key R&D Thrusts over next 5 years for ECH**

## Descriptions of R&D thrusts

**1 MW, 120 GHz Gyrotron for ITER**
**R&D of the Start-up Gyrotrons for the ITER ECH System. **
**Includes gyrotrons, local controller and power**
**Transmission Line and Launcher R&D**
**R&D of efficient transmission lines and windows for high power ECH systems, including ITER and other domestic / international machines.**
**Gyrotron Reliability Studies**
**R&D to improve gyrotron lifetime.**
**Studies of window brazing, collector fatigue, etc.**
**Modeling and Code Development**
**Improved modeling tools of gyrotrons and components for mode converters, transmission lines, launchers.**
**Tunable and Multimegawatt Gyrotron R&D**
**Tunable gyrotrons, including small (~ 3 GHz) and wide range (~ 30 GHz) tuning.**
**Higher power gyrotrons, up to 2 MW, then later up to 3 to 5 MW for future ECH systems.**

## Current Spending

|  | FY05 VLT Funding |
| --- | --- |
| 1 MW, 120 GHz Gyrotron for ITER | $475k |
| Transmission Line and Launcher R&D | $150k |
| Gyrotron Reliability Studies | $275k |
| Modeling and Code Development | $230k |
| Tunable and Multimegawatt Gyrotron R&D | $288k |
| Total | $1418k |

## R&D Thrusts and the VLT Mission

|  | ITER Base machine | R&D needed for ITER to be successful | ITER as test bed (TBM, etc) | Next generation technology (for current and future machines) | Longer Term R&D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 MW, 120 GHz Gyrotron for ITER | X | X |  |  |  |
| Transmission Line and Launcher R&D | X | X |  |  | X |
| Gyrotron Reliability Studies | X | X | X
 | X | X |
| Modeling and Code Development |  |  |  | X | X |
| Tunable and Multimegawatt Gyrotron R&D |  |  | X | X | X |
# Presentation: 192702

## "Stars As Suns: Unraveling  Long-Term Solar Variability Through Stellar Dynamo Modeling" PI: Piet  Martens, Co-I: Dibyendu Nandi, Graduate Student:  Andres Munoz (Montana State University) Collaborators: Antonia Wilmot-Smith and Gunnar Hornig St. Andrews, UK), Sarah Lakatos (Villanova), Piyali Chatterjee (Bangalore)

- Time-Delay Reduced Dynamo Model Reproduces Maunder Minima

- PUBLICATIONS:
- "Meridional Circulation and the Solar Magnetic Cycle", Nandy, D. 2004a,  Invited Review, Proceedings of the SOHO 14 / GONG 2004 Meeting on Helio-  and Asteroseismology: Towards a Golden Future, European Space Agency  Publications Division, Editor: D. Danesy, ESA SP-559, Page 241.
- "Exploring Magnetic Activity from the Sun to the Stars", Nandy, D. 2004b,  Solar Physics, Volume 224, 161.
- "Low-order Stellar Dynamo Models", Wilmot-Smith, A.L., Martens, P.C.H.,  Nandy, D., Priest, E.R., & Tobias, S.M. 2005, Monthly Notices of the Royal  Astronomical Society, Volume 363, 1167.
- "A Time Delay Model for Solar and Stellar Dynamos", Wilmot-Smith, A.L.,  Nandy, D., Horning, G., & Martens, P.C.H. 2006, in preparation.

*Figure 5. Chaotic solutions to (2.2) along the parametrized path (3.1) at Ω= 1.8 showing (a) the activity cycle, characterized by bursts of activity between varying periods of very low activity, and (b) x(t) (solid) and z(t) (dotted*).
# Presentation: 480257

## Case Study 2:Hazardous Waste Characterization at a DOE Laboratory Treatment and Storage Facility

- Case S-2

## DOE  Hypothetical National Laboratory

**15 miles from a city of 3 million**
**Rural area when built**
**Now surrounded by a rapidly growing suburban population**
**5 miles of land, much forested**
**Laboratory performs research in nuclear non-proliferation, energy, environmental sciences, and other scientific and technical fields**

- Case S-2

## DOE  Hypothetical National Laboratory

**Because it is a laboratory, HNL generates a wide variety of waste streams, many of them subject to RCRA.**
**RCRA regulation at HNL is by the State Department of Environmental Quality**

- Case S-2

## Lab Worker

- Case S-2

## Case Study 2:  Hazardous Waste Characterization

**The objective of this case study is to develop a system to minimize sampling costs and still have the data needed to correctly manage HNL’s RCRA wastes.**

- Case S-2
# Presentation: 130143

## TRAIL TO GET TO RESOURCES 

**ON PHPARTNERS**
**Screen captures show you the way**

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- Community Assessment

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**See correct URL on bottom of next slide**

## Community Assessment

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## Community Assessment

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# Presentation: 906576

## Session 19Climate Variability –Atmospheric Composition—Water Cycle

**Review Comments by**
**Ellis Cowling**

## Reactive Nitrogen (Nr)

- Nr includes all
- Biologically active
- Photochemically reactive
- Radiatively active nitrogen compounds
- Nr also includes
- Inorganic oxidized forms (NOx, HNO3,
- 		 N2O, NO3-)
- Inorganic reduced forms (NH3, NH4+)
- Organic compounds (urea, amines, amino 	 acids, proteins, nucleic acids, etc.)

## The History of Nitrogen --Nr Creation, Haber Bosch!--

**N-Nutrient**

**N-Discovered**

**BNF**

*****1898, Sir William Crookes, president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

**N****2**** + 3H****2**** **
**--> 2NH****3**

## Nr Findings  - General

- Today, human-induced production and release of Nr into the environment is ~160 Tg N/yr -- about 15 times greater than the human contribution in 1860 -- and still growing.
- The largest contemporary global Nr sources are:
- a) production and use of NH3 by the Haber-Bosch process (~100 Tg N/year; mostly for synthetic N fertilizers),
- b) widespread planting of nitrogen-fixing legumes (~35 Tg N/yr), and
- c) production of energy through combustion of fossil fuels (~25 Tg N/yr).

## The Nitrogen

_**Atmosphere**_

**Terrestrial Ecosystems**

**Aquatic Ecosystems**

_**Human Activities**_

**Groundwater **
**Effects**

**Surface water**
**Effects**

**Coastal**
**Effects**

**Stratospheric**
**Effects**

**Greenhouse**
**Effects**

**Energy**
**Production**

**PM &**
**Visibility**
**Effects**

**Ozone**
**Effects**

**Agroecosystem Effects**

**NH****x**

**Food**
**Production**

**NO****x**

**NO****x**

**Crop**

**Animal**

**People **
**(Food; Fiber)**

**Soil**

**NO****3**

**The Nitrogen**
** ****Cascade**

**NH****3**

**N****2****O**

**N****2****O**

- --Indicates denitrification potential

**N****org**

**Forests &**
**Grassland**

**Soil**

## Findings: Nr and Food Production 

- On-farm forage and feed grain N-use efficiency of food animals varies greatly:
- 	~50-60% for fish
- 	~40-50% for poultry and eggs
- 	~35-40% for dairy
- 	~30-40% for swine
- 	~15-30% for beef
- The remainder (~40-85%) of feed-grain Nr can be reused as manure-based fertilizer but often is lost as air emissions of aerosol-forming NH3, global-warming N2O, or water discharges.

## Recommendations to CCSP authors:-- In Chapter 5, both crop and animal agriculture should be included among the important sources of greenhouses gases. -- The title and content of Chapter 9 should be expanded to include both the nitrogen cycle and the carbon cycle rather than just the carbon cycle of the earth.

## Recommendations to CCSP authors:-- The largest uncertainty associated with the discussion draft of the CCSP is uncertainty about the amount of funding that will be available to implement the plan.-- To maximize the potential for increased funding, carefully selected  “success stories” should be included in the April 2003 draft – demonstrating significant cost savings and other public benefits from earlier global change research achievements in  the United States and abroad.
# Presentation: 217400

## Pack Bay Oxygen Depletion due to OBIGGS Leaking

- William CavageAAR-440 Fire Safety BranchWm. J. Hughes Technical CenterFederal Aviation Administration

- International Systems Fire Protection Working GroupCAA House London, England UK June 23-24, 2005

## Planned Research

- To support potential future OBIGGS certification, Fire Safety Research wants to study the effect of large NEA leaks from an OBIGGS in a bay on the depletion of oxygen in the bay and surrounding areas
- Use the 747SP ground test article and FAA OBIGGS to study problem in 747 pack bay
- Instrument pack bay with 8 oxygen gas samples (two in each bay) as well as 2 additional movable samples
- Mainly concerned with injury to ground service and maintenance personnel
- Study the effect of purity and size (# of ASMs being used) of leak, the effect of opening doors and panels, and the difference in system running and not running

## 747 Pack Bay Gas Sample Locations

- x

- x

- x

- x

- x

- x

- x

- x

- X

**-  Fixed gas sample location**

**OBIGGS**
**Location**

## Table of Potential Tests

| Test  | NEA % | Number of ASMs | Test Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 8 | 6 | Run System Until Pack Bay [O2] Stabilizes;
Open Pack Bay 3 with OBIGGS Off |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Run System Until Pack Bay [O2] Stabilizes;
Open Pack Bay 4 with OBIGGS Off |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Run System Until Pack Bay [O2] Stabilizes;
Open Pack Bay 4 with OBIGGS On |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Run System Until Pack Bay [O2] Stabilizes;
Open Pack Bay 2 with OBIGGS Off |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Run System Until Pack Bay [O2] Stabilizes;
Open Pack Bay 1 with OBIGGS Off |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Additional Data . . . |
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## World Production of Crustaceans and Mollusks

**World Production of Crustaceans and Mollusks**

*Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations*

*FAS, USDA*

*Source:  Global Trade Atlas, with FAS estimates. *

## U.S. Landings of Crustaceans and Mollusks

**U.S. Landings of Crustaceans and Mollusks**

*Source: Fisheries of the United States, National Marine Fisheries Service*

*FAS, USDA*

## World Production and U.S. Commercial Landings of Crustaceans and Mollusks

**World Production and U.S. Commercial Landings of Crustaceans and Mollusks**

*FAS, USDA*

*Source:  FAO & NMFS*

## U.S. Exports of Crustaceans and Mollusks 
Grew to a Record $883 Million in 2005

**U.S. Exports of Crustaceans and Mollusks **
**Grew to a Record $883 Million in 2005**

*FAS, USDA*

*Source:  Global Trade Atlas*

## World Exports of Mollusks and Crustaceans
Reached a Record $22 Billion in 2005

**World Exports of Mollusks and Crustaceans**
**Reached a Record $22 Billion in 2005**

*FAS, USDA*

*Source:  Global Trade Atlas, with FAS estimates.*

## Leading World Exporters of Mollusks and Crustaceans in 2005

**Leading World Exporters of Mollusks and Crustaceans in 2005**

*FAS, USDA*

*Source:  Global Trade Atlas, with FAS estimates.*

## World Imports of Mollusks and Crustaceans

**World Imports of Mollusks and Crustaceans**

*FAS, USDA*

*Source:  Global Trade Atlas*

## U.S. Led Top World Importers of Mollusks and Crustaceans in 2005 
with  Imports of $6.7 Billion

**U.S. Led Top World Importers of Mollusks and Crustaceans in 2005 **
**with  Imports of $6.7 Billion**

*FAS, USDA*

*Source:  Global Trade Atlas*
# Presentation: 855526

## Comparing GEOID99 to the GSD95 Canadian geoid model

- Dru A. Smith
- Daniel R. Roman
- National Geodetic Survey, U.S.A.
- Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the CGU
- Banff, Alberta, Canada

## Topics of Discussion

- Models: NGS (USA) and GSD (Canada)
- Comparison and discussion
- Future plans

## G99SSS: NGS gravimetric model

- 2.6 Million gravity points
- 30 arcsecond DEM
- 1 arcsecond DEM for PNW USA
- EGM96 underlying structure
- Faye anomalies (not Helmert)
- 1-D FFT
- Geocentric (ITRF96/GRS-80)

## New for G99SSS (vs. G96SSS)

- KMS98 altimetry
- Ellipsoidal solution to the Stokes Integral (Fei and Sideris)
- Multi-band 2-D FFT TCs
- 3 arcsecond TCs for PNW USA
- 1 arcminute resolution
- North to 58 degrees

## New for G99SSS: Ellipsoidal solution to the Stokes Integral

- Fei, Z.L. and M.G. Sideris, 2000: A new method for computing the ellipsoidal correction for Stokes’s formula, *Journal of Geodesy*, in review.
- Significant reduction in N/S tilts

## Ellipsoidal Corrections used in G99SSS (cm)

## New for G99SSS: Multi-band 2-D FFT TCs

- Lowers N/S errors in TCs; Not as good as 1-D FFT
- In PNW (3 arcsecond):
- 10 areas (5 x 2)
- 18 x 18 degrees (keep 6 x 6)
- Overlap: 2 degrees E/W and N/S
- In CONUS (30 arcsecond)
- 3 areas (1 x 3)
- 164 x 46 deg (keep 76 x 17)
- Overlap: 8.5 degrees N/S

## Basic Statistics of TC Differences 

- Basic Statistics of TC Differences
- using overlapping 2-D FFT regions

## GEOID99: NGS hybrid model

- Begin with G99SSS
- 6169 (NAD 83) GPS heights on (NAVD 88) leveled benchmarks inside USA
- Collocation and transformations
- Non-geocentric:
- NAD 83 <--> NAVD 88

## PICTURE OF 6169 GPSBMS

## PICTURE OF GEOID99

## G99BM: NGS geocentric hybrid model

- Need a geocentric hybrid model to compare to GSD95 (geocentric)
- G99BM = geocentric GEOID99
- Transformed NAD 83 into ITRF96

## G99SSS/G99BM vs GSD95

- Re-grid GSD95 from 5’ to 1’
- G99BM valid only inside USA

## <footer>

## G99SSS - GSD95

- Ave = -63 cm +/- 33 cm
- Trend: 0.15 ppm (72 cm E/W)
- Detrended:
- Ave = 0 cm +/- 19 cm
- PNW, BC, Hudson Bay remain outliers

## G99BM - GSD95

- Valid in USA only
- Ave: -78 cm +/- 49 cm
- New issues:
- WA/OR tilt
- New England rise

## Conclusions

- E/W tilt remains, but reduced from 150 cm to 72 cm
- GPS on BM do not significantly help the NGS/GSD disagreement
- Data differences in altimetry, and DEM yield systematics that cause tilts
- NGSDEM99 in PNW
- Quebec DEM

## FUTURE PLANS

- Helmert Anomalies, not Faye
- GPS on BM through all of North America
- Re-adjustment in 2003(?)
- Density anomalies
- 1 arcsecond DEM over all of CONUS (USGS)
- Possibly NA (SRTM)
# Presentation: 529918

## Energy Security Implications

_**Session Chair –**__** **__**Walter Short, NREL**_
- Energy and Political Stability	Gary Jones, Sandia Labs
- Energy and Water 		Allan Hoffman, Winrock					International
- Discussion Period

## Energy Security ImplicationsEnergy and Political Stability

_**Gary Jones, Sandia National Laboratories**_
- What are the connections between terrorism, political stability, and economic development?
- What is the role of energy systems in supporting political stability?
- In social/infrastructure development?
- In economic development?
- What are the technology, policy, and market issues to be addressed?
- How well do we understand these issues?
- What additional data, information, or analyses are needed?
- What can go wrong?

## Energy Security ImplicationsEnergy and Water

_**Allan Hoffman, Winrock International**_
- What are the current and projected water needs around the world?
- What are the related strategic interests to the U.S?
- What are the implications for energy-systems development?
- What are the relative costs and benefits of different energy resources or technologies for meeting water needs?
- What additional data or analysis is needed?

## Energy Security Implications –  Discussion

_**Initial Questions**_
- What are the key links between security (energy and other) in the U.S. and global energy systems development?
- How much do U.S. security impacts depend on what energy resources and technologies are used in global energy systems development?
- What are the security pros and cons related to the role of renewables in global energy systems development?
- What key questions regarding this issue deserve further study?
# Presentation: 679893

## Computing S&T Council

**Gordon Bell Prize**

**Gordon Bell Prize**

**World Record**
**143 GFlops**

**World Record**
**281 GFlops**

**World Record**
**Teraflops**

**R&D 100**
**Parallel Software**

**R&D 100**
**Dense Solvers**

**R&D 100**
**Aztec**

**R&D 100**
**Meshing**

**R&D 100**
**Signal Processing**

**Patent**
**Parallel Software**

**Patent**
**Meshing**

**Patent**
**Decomposition**

**Karp Challenge**

**Patent**
**Paving**

**1987**

**R&D 100**
**Storage**

**SC96 Gold Medal**
**Networking**

**Chosen Top Technical Center at****Sandia, DOE Self-Assessment****1998****	****	****	****1999**

**Computing S&T Council**
***A Sustained Record of World-Class Science***

**PCASE Award**
**Rich Lehoucq**

**Gordon Bell Prize**

**Patents (2)**
**Overset grids**
# Presentation: 318485

## Developments of IHEP

- Yu.Chesnokov

## 1. Simulation results of channeling and reflection collimation in Tevatron (based on I.Yazynin report)

- Improvement of efficiency of
- Collimation due to channeling:
- Good factor, narrow angular region

- Improvement of efficiency due to
- multi-reflection: Less factor,
- but more wide angular range.

## 2. IHEP variants  of channeling and reflection crystals.

## Results of testing of IHEP multi-reflectors in beam line (CERN H8).

- Enhancement (approximately in 7 times) of reflection effect of protons
- with 400 GeV energy in multicrystal. The  total angle  of reflection is
- 70 microradian  at efficiency of process over 90 %.

**Courtesy of H8-RD22**

## Testing of multi-reflectors in circulating beam of 70 GeV Protvino accelerator.

- the Total effect of multireflection and channeling
-  is seen as a double structure of the extracted beam.

## We think: for further developments of crystal collimation at Tevatron new working places for crystals (that is new addition goniometer) are absolutely  needed.

## Conclusion: IHEP contribution:

- IHEP can participate in simulations of Crystal collimation at Tevatron and already has some preliminary result.
- We ready to deliver our variant of channeling and reflector- crystals.
- We can participate in manufacturing of new goniometer. For this we need
- Financial support 100 k$ and period of time about 6-9 monthes.
# Presentation: 027741

## REVIEW 

- STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES

## STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (SOP) REVIEW

- Obtain DB wage decisions online
- Pre-construction conferences optional
- Project Wage Decision Sheets
- Eliminate unnecessary or duplicative processes 

**Notes:**
1.  Agency option.  Agency remains responsible to maintain current/applicable WD
  Note the asterisk!  HUD isn’t saying “don’t perform pre-construction conferences”
 No longer required: Notice of construction start; final compliance report; date-stamping of payrolls; date/initial payrolls upon review

## SOP REVIEW

- Maintain enforcement file system
- Target on-site interviews
- Streamline payroll reviews 

**Notes:**
File System:		Do keep payrolls and basic records for three years after project completion/resolution of
			violations; Do maintain files in auditable fashion
Payroll Reviews:	It isn’t possible to perform 100% payroll reviews, so target reviews & look for serious violations
			and falsification.

## SOP REVIEW

- Communicate routine reviews informally
- Focus enforcement on willful violators.
- Submit labor standards enforcement reports
# Presentation: 130125

## 
Edward Morris 
Director, Office of Space Commercialization 

***Edward Morris****** ***
***Director, Office of Space Commercialization***

**Space Commerce: *****The Next 5 Years***

## What is US Space Commerce?

- _Commercial Use of Space to benefit US Economy_
- New and existing capabilities
- Unique medium of space
- Non space-based integration
- US Space Commerce Enablers
- Innovation and competition
- International competitiveness
- Market demand and investment
- Space Commerce Market Segmentation
- Government (Public sector funding)
- Commercial (Private sector funding)

***Space Commerce Includes Government and Commercial Customers***

## Space Commerce Key to US Interests

**Space Commerce Key to US Interests**

##  Government Market

_**Current**_
- Customer development and ownership
- High-value, multi-mission, cutting edge, limited production
- Significant programmatic oversight
- Full operational control
- International government agency collaboration

_**5-Year Goal**_
- Commercial approaches for selected requirements
- Single mission focus with higher production rates
- Performance-based acquisitions (e.g. services)
- Degree of operational independence
- International commercial collaboration

***Increased Government Use of Commercial Services***

## Commercial Market

_**Current**_
- Regulatory regimes constrain business opportunities
- ITAR exploited by foreign providers as marketing strategy
- International partnerships focused on government activity
- Limited demand for space commerce services
- Limited availability of private capital

_**5-Year Goal**_
- Regulatory framework that reflects changing markets
- Public outreach on benefits of US capabilities
- International agreements for full market access
- Increased USG demand for space commerce services
- Long-term USG commitments to attract private capital

***US Leadership in International Markets***

## Space Commerce Act of 2007

- OSC focus on USG activities that benefit US Space Commerce
- USG purchase commercial services vs. owned/operated
- Shift oversight approach from constraining to enabling
- Increase international commercial market share
- Proposed legislation updates institutional DOC authorities
- Foster conditions for economic growth and technological advancement
- Represent DOC in interagency activities
- Represent USG in international negotiations
- Promote US geospatial technologies
- Support Positioning, Navigation, Timing (PNT) Policy Organizations

***A Robust and Responsive US Industry that is the World Leader in Space Commerce***
# Presentation: 524318

## MNM Fatal 2004 - 04

- Slip or Fall of Person (Indiana)
- February 26, 2004
- Crushed Stone Operation
- Maintenance Person
- 47 years old
- Six years experience

## Overview

- Maintenance crew was dropping scrap parts through an open door from fourth floor of mill building.
- Barrier railing was removed so an overhead hoist could be used to remove a large piece of pipe.
- Victim lost his balance near edge of opening and fell 56’ to the ground.

## Opening the victim fell through.

**Opening the victim fell through.**

**Distance from 4****th**** floor level to ground was 56 ft.**

## Victim working in this area.

**Victim working in this area.**

## Work area

**Work area**

## Why Did Accident Occur?

- Access door opened so small scrap parts could be thrown out.
- Barrier railing was removed so overhead hoist could be used to remove large piece of pipe.
- No fall protection used where there was a danger of persons falling.

## Sign located in work area.

**Sign located in work area.**

## This guard removed from door opening.

**This guard removed from door opening.**

## Causal Factors

- Victim had not taken safety harness and lanyard with him to the work site.
- Barrier railing removed.
- Procedures in place requiring fall protection to be worn when barrier railing was removed were not followed.

## Best Practices

- Wear fall protection where there is a danger of falling.
- Conduct a risk analysis before starting a task to identify hazards and implement measures to ensure persons are properly protected.
- Train all personnel to help them recognize potential hazards and understand procedures to safely perform tasks.
- Monitor work tasks to reinforce safe procedures and obtain feedback from employees on the use of fall protection systems to ensure their commitment.
# Presentation: 524084

## Address Quality Symposium

**Address Quality Improvement**

## Sessions

**Monday Morning**
**Session 1 – The Big Picture**
**Session 2 – The Expert’s Corner**
**Wednesday Afternoon**
**Session 3 – The Marketer’s Challenge**
**Session 4 – Address Quality Improvement**
**Session 5 – Getting Your Key to Success**

## Key Takeaway in Session 5 

**CD**
**Address Standardization**
**Validation of delivery point **
**AEC Service Level One**
**Statistical analysis of change of addresses **
**One time offer - Offer expires 6/5/06**
**Best Practices in Address Quality**

## Address Quality Specialist Certificate

## Address Quality ImprovementPanel Members

**Jody Berenblatt**
**SVP Postal Strategy **
**Bank of America **
**Sharon Harrison**
**	****	****Technical Director**
**	****	****AT&T Services**
**E. C. Nix**
**National Manager of Presort Operations**
**DST Output**

## Question & Answer

## Thank You

## Address Quality Symposium

**Address Quality Improvement**

**Notes:**
(Leave this slide up as the session ends and people leave)
# Presentation: 479639

## Welcome to the Methyl     Bromide Alternatives          Assessment and              Customer Workshop

## Agenda

- Welcome, Introductions, and Overview
- 	_[Ken Vick](file:///C:/TEMP/USDA%20ARS%20Stakeholder%20meeting%20VICK%200228.ppt)_*, National Program 308 Leader, USDA-ARS*
- External Panel Assessment Report and Discussion
- 	_[Gary ](file:///C:/TEMP/Obenauf/1-308Review06.ppt)__[Obenauf](file:///C:/TEMP/Obenauf/1-308Review06.ppt)_*, Agricultural Research Consulting NP 308 *_[Assessment Panel Chair](file:///C:/TEMP/Obenauf/2-308ReviewRecommendations06.ppt)_
- Break

## Agenda (cont.)

- Critical Use Exemption Process
- 	_[Marta ](file:///C:/TEMP/Montoro-CA_USDA_ARS%20Mtng_CUE.2.28.06.ppt)__[Montoro](file:///C:/TEMP/Montoro-CA_USDA_ARS%20Mtng_CUE.2.28.06.ppt)_*, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency*
- Customer Overviews:
- Florida Crops – *Dan Botts*
- California Strawberry – *Neil Nagata*
- Post-Harvest – *Jim Bair*
- Nursery Crops – *Robert Woolley*
- Floriculture – *Ian Greene*
- Perennials – *Brent Barton*
- Wrap up for the Day
- 	*Rick Bennett, National Program Leader, USDA-ARS *