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# Presentation: 395984

## 
Laser Hazard Analysis of SNL Laser 
Weapon Simulator Components &
 Modifications Made to Bring them to Class 1

Arnold “Gus” Augustoni
1128 Lasers, Optics & Remote Sensing

Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1423
(505) 845-8950

**Laser Hazard Analysis of SNL Laser **
**Weapon Simulator Components &**
** ****Modifications Made to Bring them to Class 1**
**Arnold “Gus” Augustoni**
**1128 Lasers, Optics & Remote Sensing**
**Sandia National Laboratories**
**Albuquerque, NM 87185-1423**
**(505) 845-8950**

## Weapon Simulator Laser Emitting Components Evaluated

**Weapon Simulator Laser Emitting Components Evaluated**

## Direct Fire (Weapon) Simulators     ANSI Std. Z136.6-2000 (4.2.5)

## SNL Policy - Force-On-Force Exercise 

**SNL Operational F-O-F Laser Requirement**
**	****All Lasers Must Be **
**Class 1**

## Class 1 Laser Operation Documents

_**General Laser Operations**_
- 	FDA-CDRH, _Compliance Guide for Laser Products_
- 	21 CFR 1040, _Laser Product Performance Standard_
**	****ANSI Standard Z136.1-2000, **_**for Safe Use of Lasers**_
- 	ACGIH, _Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances &    _	_Physical Agents & Biological Exposure Indices_
**	**_**Outdoor Laser Operations**_
**	****ANSI Standard Z136.6-2000, **_**for Safe Use of Laser Outdoors**_
- 	FAA 7400.2D Chapter 34, _Outdoor Laser/High Intensity Light _	_Demonstrations_

## Weapon Simulator - Laser Parameters

## MPE(s) for Pulsed 904 nm            ANSI Std. Z136.1-2000 (8.2.3) 

## Class 1 Allowable Emission Limit       ANSI Std. Z136.1-2000 (3.2.3.4.1(2))

## Comparison of Class 1 AEL for 904 nm

## AEL Per Pulse – Unaided Viewing

## Laser Classification Measurements         ANSI Std. Z136.1-2000 (9.2.1.1)

_**Unaided Viewing **_**   ****(Table 8 for: 400 nm < ******** < 1400 nm)**
**Limiting Aperture: 7 mm**
**Distance to Aperture: 10 cm**
_**Aided Viewing**_**    ****(Table 9 for: 400 nm < ******** < 1400 nm)**
**Limiting Aperture: 50 mm**
**Distance to Aperture: 2 m**
**Transmission: 70%  ****(700 nm < ******** **_**<**_** 1400 nm)**

## Set Up – Unaided Viewing

## Maintenance Manual Range Setting

## Model AM5010A LMG                                      Exit Beam: 8x5 mm

##  Laser Hazard Class vs. Range Setting- Rifle & LMG  (unaided)

## Laser Hazard Class vs. Range Setting- HMG    (unaided)

## AM3000 Pistol (45 Cal) Laser       -      Unaided Viewing

## Class 1 Fix for AM3000 Pistol Weapon Simulator   

##  Model LTE 2055 Controller

**Controller – “God Gun”**

## Model LTE 2055 Controller – “God Gun”     Exit Beam: 16x12 mm

## Model LTE 2056 Controller

## Model LTE2056 Hand Held Controller         Exit Beam: 20x16 mm

## Model LTE2056 Hand Held Controller Fix     Exit: ~8 mm Diameter

## “AS IS” Results with Fixes

## Conclusions
# Presentation: 688175

## ELECTRONIC
PUBLICATION
WATCH

(ePUBWATCH)

**PUBLICATION**
**WATCH**
**(ePUBWATCH)**

## ePUBWATCH

**What is an ePublication Watch?**
**   ****An ePublication Watch ****(ePUBWATCH)**** is an electronic means to communicate with the U.S. Postal Service regarding delivery issues reported by your subscribers.**

## ePUBWATCH 

**National Launch Dates ****(7,500 DUC Sites)**
_**September 9, 2002**_
**	****Capital Metro ****	****	****	****Southeast**
**	****Eastern ****	****	****	****	****Southwest**
**	****Northeast****	****	****	****	****Western**
**	****Pacific**
_**October 14, 2002**_
**	****New York Metro****	****	****	****Great Lakes**

## ePUBWATCH

**DESIRED OUTCOME**
**	****Periodical Mailers**
**Retention of Subscription Renewals**
**Tracking System**
**	****Postal Service**
**Customer Satisfaction**
**Area Oversight**
**Delivery Unit Compliance**

## ePUBWATCH

**CURRENT STATUS**
**	****            ****(Week ending November 2, 2002)**
**No. of Registered Publishers****	****     ****	****- 189**
**No. of Publishers Entering**
**      ****	****ePUBWATCHs or Complaints ****	****-   71**
**	****	****	****	****	****  ****Total Usage****	****-   38%**

## ePUBWATCH

**NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS**
**           *****(Week ending November 1, 2002):***
**	****	****Daily****	****	****   ****	****  ****	****  99**
**	****	****Weekly****	****	**** ****	****354**
_**Monthly**__**	**__**	**__** **__**	**__**433**_
**	****	****	****	****	****886****	****          886**
**(Complaints Only)**
**Other****	**** Frequencies****	****196               **_**196**_**	****            ****	****	****	****       1,082**

## ePUBWATCH

## ePUBWATCH

**TOTAL ePUBWATCHs**
**          *****(As of Friday, November 1, 2002)***
**	****Active****	****	****	****577**
**      ****Upcoming****	****	****	****  21**
**      ****Closed****	****	****	****200**
**      ****Incomplete****	****	****  88**

## ePUBWATCH

## ePUBWATCH

**TOTAL COMPLAINTS**
**          *****(As of Friday, November 1, 2002):***
**      ****Daily****	****	****	****	****  80**
**      ****Weekly****	****	****	****	****829**
**      ****Monthly****	****	****	****	****  43****	**
**      ****Other Frequencies ****	****  ****	****440**** **

## ePUBWATCH

**OBSTACLES**
** ****	****Budget Cuts**
** ****	****IT- Related Problems**
**        ****	****	****Old Infrastructure**
**         ****	****	****Support**
**	****Delivery Unit Compliance**

## ePUBWATCH

**TIMELIME – FY-03**
**Future Activities:**
**   ****Bi-Weekly Frequency Coming**
**    ****Establish Other Desired Frequencies**
**              ****and Funding Source**
**   ****Ensure Adequate Funding for 2004 Budget**
# Presentation: 425266

## What is a peer reviewed journal?ISAJE Workshop

- Richard Pates
- Wales UK

## Peer reviewed journals

- “A journal is a periodical that an identifiable intellectual community regards as a primary channel of communication of knowledge in its field and as one of the arbiters of the authenticity or legitimacy of that knowledge”
-     (Lafollette,1992)

## Peer Reviewed Journals

- Bring valuable information to the public
- Set the agenda for a field of study
- Establish intellectual standards
- Provide a forum of communication among scientists
- Provide an historical record of a particular area of knowledge

## Peer reviewed journals 

- In other words:-
- A forum for the presentation of scientific ideas and research.
- Used by people in a specific field to gain knowledge.
- Designed to be reliable and unbiased
- Designed to offer a high level of academic rigour and at the forefront of a field of knowledge

## Peer reviewed journals

- All research reports and other papers are refereed by at least two independent reviewers.
- These are people of standing in their field who do not know the author (papers are reviewed anonymously) and should have no academic bias.

## Peer reviewed journals

- Where there is disagreement between two reviewers regarding the quality of the paper a third reviewer will be used.
- Journals are “owned” by the publisher and run by an editorial board who will often do the work voluntarily.

## Peer reviewed journals 

- Peer reviewed journals represent the highest quality of scientific publishing because of the independence of the editorial board and the method of selecting papers for the journal.
- Peer reviewed journals are the method most of us in the scientific community use to update our knowledge.

## Other publications

- Abstracting journals
- “House” journals
- News and information journals
- “Evangelising” journals

## Abstracting journals

- Publish abstracts of papers published in variety of journals
- Useful way of scanning what has been published recently
- Usually organised by topic
- May include papers not included in databases such as Psychlit or Medline

## House Journals

- Published by an organisation to promote particular views or products or may be the journal of a society.
- May have an element of peer review but not necessarily accessible to people wishing to publish
- May commission most of their work.

## News Journals

- Provide a digest of what is happening eg with policy etc.
- May have original papers
- May be partly peer reviewed
- Need to be published frequently for topicality
- May contain adverts for jobs, books, courses etc

## News journals

- Often read by professionals in the field alongside peer reviewed journals because of the news element.
- A valuable source of information eg “Druglink “in the UK

## Evangelising publications

- Published to promote a viewpoint eg from the users perspective or to promote certain perspectives
- Unlikely to be peer reviewed
- Quality varies across publications
# Presentation: 878404

## Acquisition Process

*Acquisition Process*

- The acquisition process begins when the needs are defined; the process ends when the contractual instrument is closed out.

## Rules and Regulations

*Rules and Regulations*

- Federal Acquisition Regulations
- Comptroller General Decisions/GAO Reports
- FEMA Acquisition Regulations
- Acquisition Management Manual 4100
- Agency Instructions on Procurement (PRB 1610.5)
- Internal AQ Guidance

## Acquisition Instruments

*Acquisition Instruments*

- Governmentwide Commercial Credit Card (IMPAC)
- Purchase Orders
- Delivery Orders
- Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)

## Acquisition Process Steps

*Acquisition Process Steps*

- 1.	Preparation of 40-1, 60-1a, or 60-1.  (PO)
- 2.	Solicitation of quotes.  (CO)
- 3.	Award.  (CO)
- 4.	Receipt/inspection of items or services.  (PO)
- 5.	Approval of invoice.  (PO)
- 6.	Close Out (CO & PO)

## Acquiring Goods and Services

*Acquiring Goods and Services*

- 1.	Define the Requirement (PO)
- 2.	Prepare the Documentation (PO)
- 3.	Identify the Method (CO)
- 4.	Conduct Solicitation and Award (CO)
- 5.	Monitor the Contract (PO)
- 6.	Approve Payments (PO)
- 7.	Close Out (PO & CO)
# Presentation: 702614

## NRDC Comments to BOSC on the Use of Default Assumptions and Uncertainty Factors in EPA Risk AssessmentsFebruary 2, 2005

- Jennifer Sass, Ph.D.
- Senior scientist, Health and Environment
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Washington, DC, 20005
- tel: 202-289-2362, fax: 202-289-1060, email: jsass@nrdc.org

- NRDC comments to BOSC Feb05

## finalize the 2003 Draft Cancer Guidelines and Supplemental

- expand default assumption of susceptibility of early life-stages for mutagenic carcinogens, to also include non-mutagenic carcinogens
- provide clarity on what constitutes “adequate” data to depart from default assumptions of linearity at low doses of mutagenic carcinogens

- NRDC comments to BOSC Feb05

## require consistently rigorous consideration of all plausible modes of action, consideration of alternate pharmacokinetic models, and full consideration of the effects on all life stages and sensitive populations when departing from default uncertainty factors

- require consistent application of default assumptions, particularly where critical data are lacking

- NRDC comments to BOSC Feb05

## require thorough documentation of the underlying assumptions in mathematical models used in risk assessment

require substantial evidence to categorize agents as ‘not likely’ to be carcinogenic to humans

require consistent consideration of toxic degradates where data are available, or invoke defaults appropriately to adjust for an incomplete database

- require thorough documentation of the underlying assumptions in mathematical models used in risk assessment
- require substantial evidence to categorize agents as ‘not likely’ to be carcinogenic to humans
- require consistent consideration of toxic degradates where data are available, or invoke defaults appropriately to adjust for an incomplete database

- NRDC comments to BOSC Feb05
# Presentation: 669110

## Tipranavir ResistanceBackup Slides

**Lisa K. Naeger, Ph.D.**
**Kimberly Struble, Pharm.D.**
**Division of Antiviral Drug Products**
**Food and Drug Administration**

- May 19, 2005

- FDA Antiviral Advisory
- Committee Meeting

## Proportion of Responders by IQ

| 
IQ | TPV
N=513 |
| --- | --- |
|  | All |
| Median = 76 |  |
| < 76 | 29%
(44/150 |
| > 76 | 64%
(97/151) |
| Quartiles |  |
| 0.4 – 29 | 24%
(18/74) |
| >29 - 76 | 34%
(26/76) |
| >76 - 189 | 55%
(4276) |
| >189 | 73%
(55/75) |
# Presentation: 324693

## Introduction to U.S. ATLAS Facilities 

**Rich Baker**
**Brookhaven National Lab**

## Tier 1 Facility at BNL

- Home Page: http://www.acf.bnl.gov/
- Note Link – New Users: Getting Started Guide
- Also – Submit Problem Report
- ~60 Dual Processor Linux Nodes
- 16 Available for Interactive Login
- Limited Temporary Local Disk Space /home/tmp/
- ~10 TB NFS Disk Space – Visible from All Nodes
- 250 GB Home Directories: /usatlas/u/, Initial 500 MB Quota
- 500 GB Work Area: /usatlas/workarea/
- 870 GB Scratch: /usatlas/scratch/
- ~500 GB AFS Disk Space – Accessible Worldwide
- User Directories: /afs/usatlas/users/, Initial 200 MB Quota
- HPSS Tape System
- LSF and CONDOR Batch Systems

- R. Baker                        US ATLAS Computing Workshop

- August 27, 2003

## Facility Network/Firewall

***E450***

**(NFS Server)**

***Dual Intel***

***Dual Intel***

***HPSS***

***CORE***

***Server***

***Backup***

***Server***

***US***

***ATLAS***

***HPSS***

***Server***

***atlas00.usatlas.bnl.gov***

***~10 TBytes***

***FibreChannel***

***RAID Disk***

**US ATLAS Tier 1 Facility**

**62  Intel/Linux**

***Dual 1GHz/700/450 MHz***

***100 Mbit Ethernet***

***9940***

***Tape***

***Drive***

***US ATLAS***

***AFS Servers***

***AFS***

***~500 GBytes***

***RAID Disk***

***US ATLAS Equipment***

***RCF Infrastructure***

***~50 GBytes***

***JBOD Disk***

***Web Servers***

***RCF Tape***

***Silo***

***SSH***

***Gateways***

***Gigabit***

***Capable***

***US ATLAS***

***Switch***

***NIS/DNS/DTS***

***Servers***

**.**

**.**

**.**

**.**

**.**

**.**

***Gigabit Connections***

***to Data Servers***

***RCF***

***LAN***

**OC12 WAN**

**OC12 WAN**

***atlas02.usatlas.bnl.gov***

- R. Baker                        US ATLAS Computing Workshop

- August 27, 2003

## Access to the Tier 1 Facility

- For Interactive Login, You MUST Use SSH
- Free (Windows) SSH Client Available at http://chefax.fe.up.pt/putty/download.html
- > ssh atlasgw.bnl.gov
- SSH Gateway Nodes – Very Minimal Services
- To Login to Linux Farm:
- > rterm -i acas+
- This takes you to least loaded interactive node
- Kerberos 5 and AFS tokens automatically created
- .cshrc Will Set Up “Standard” HEP Environment
- Copy /afs/usatlas/users/rbaker/.cshrc if Needed

- R. Baker                        US ATLAS Computing Workshop

- August 27, 2003

## User Web Pages

- Primary US ATLAS Web Server www.usatlas.bnl.gov
- User Pages Can Be Created
- In Your AFS Area, Create: /afs/usatlas/users/username/WWW/
- This Directory is Visible as: http://www.usatlas.bnl.gov/~username/
- 200 MB Initial Quota on Your AFS Area

- R. Baker                        US ATLAS Computing Workshop

- August 27, 2003

## File Transfers to Other Sites

- Special Gateway Node: aftpexp.bnl.gov
- Currently the supported transfer methods on the network transfer servers are as follows:
- SCP
- SFTP
- Ssh protected FTP
- BBFTP (Preferred for Large Files)
- Outbound FTP
- Documentation: http://www.acf.bnl.gov/UserInfo/Facilities/DataTransfer/NetworkTransfers/

- R. Baker                        US ATLAS Computing Workshop

- August 27, 2003
# Presentation: 380713

## Ambient and SourceTechnologyIntegration 

-  Dennis K. Mikel
- EPA-OAQPS-AQAD

## Concept 

- Why initiate technology integration?
** **Limited Funds
-  Limited Manpower
-  Time and effort

## Task #1 Team Building

** **
-  **We formed an internal team **
**Ambient Air Monitoring Group**
**Measurement Technology Group**
**We looked at different technologies **
**Chose one we felt we could have success**

## Task #2 Initiate technology integration project

** ****We contacted:**
**Cooper Environmental – X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Experts**
**Met One Instruments – Beta Attenuation Monitors (BAM) Technology**
**California Air Resources Board - Operate Met One BAMs**
**We created a partnership!**

## Technology Integration

- Cooper XRF Technology

- Met One EBAM

- Met One Mylar backed Tape – Teflon Coated

## Results of Collaboration

## Long Term Plan

- Development of the semi-continuous multi-metals for fence-line and ambient applications
- Lowering Detection Levels for formaldehyde and 1,3 BD using Cascade Lasers – ORD development
- Pneumatic Focusing Gas Chromatography

## Multi-metals Fence-line – Ambient Applications

- The Xact Ambient Air Toxics Monitor (Xact AATM) measures the ambient concentration of metals
-  Based on uses X-ray fluorescence
-  Sampling times for this instrument range from one to four hours.
- The Xact AATM measures metals in the pg/m3 concentration range.
-   _[ ](http://www.cooperenvironmental.com/+sid+)_

## MID-IR  Cascade Laser System

*Uses Tunable Infrared Laser Differential  Absorption *
*Continuous automated operation*
- Detection Limit   (pptv)
- Formaldehyde	  60 Butadiene	     	  80
- Acrolein	    	120

## Pneumatic Focusing Gas Chromatography (PFGC) 

- Air sample compressed
- and injected directly on column in a specially designed GC
-  GC is constructed within a fully functional personal computer
- FID-VOC sensitivity of 50 ppt

##   Technology Integration Toolbox

**Research**

**SBIR**

- ORD

- An Intelligent Approach to Technology Integration!!!

**Collaborate with Vendors and S/L/T**
# Presentation: 704472

## Post - Auction Procedures

- FM Broadcast Auction
- (Auction No. 62)

- Linda Sanderson Auctions Marketing Specialist, ASAD
- Lisa Scanlan, Assistant Chief, Audio Division

## Disclaimer

- 	Nothing herein is intended to supersede any provision of the Commission's rules or public notices.  These slides should not be used as a substitute for a prospective applicant's review of the Commission's relevant orders, rules, and public notices.  Prospective applicants must familiarize themselves thoroughly and remain current with the Commission's rules relating to the FM Broadcast service, rules relating to application and auction procedures, and the procedures, terms and conditions contained in the Auction No. 62 public notices.

## Closing Public Notice(FedEx Mailing)

- Released approx. 2-3 business days after the auction closes
- Includes:
*List of winning bidders and bid amounts for each permit*
*Payments (bid withdrawal and down payments) owed by each bidder and/or refunds due*
*Instructions for when and how to make down payments and file FCC Form 301*

## SOLD! What happens next?

- Down payments will be required to be on deposit within 10 business days after the release of the Closing Public Notice.
- Within 30 calendar days after the release of the Closing Public Notice FCC Form 301 must be filed electronically.

## Down Payments

- Must have on deposit with Mellon Bank sufficient funds to cover 20% of net amount of winning bid(s) plus any withdrawn bid payments
- Due within 10 business days of Closing PN release

## Method of Payment

- Wire Transfer only
- Fax FCC Form 159 to Mellon Bank at least one hour before sending wire transfer
- Must use same FCC Registration Number (FRN) used on Form 175

## FCC Form 301 – Application for Broadcast Construction Permit

- Submit a Form 301 for each FM allotment for which you are winning bidder
- File Form  301 electronically through Media Bureau CDBS electronic filing system
- Feeable
- Post-auction long forms require certain auction-related exhibits

## Accepted for Filing Public Notice

- Released by Media Bureau during course of long-form review.
- Will use CDBS “Broadcast Applications” public notices, listing application as “Accepted for Filing.”
- Triggers the ten day Petition to Deny period

## Ready to Grant Public Notice

- Released after pleading cycle
- Includes:
- 	-List of applications ready for grant
- 	-Instructions for when and how to make final payments
- Final Payments due within 10 days

## Grant Public Notice

- Will use CDBS “Broadcast Actions” public notices, listing application as granted.
- Permit is mailed to permittee’s address.
- Three year construction period.
# Presentation: 118616

## OREGON  NRCS LINE STAFF STRUCTURE 

**STATE CONSERVATIONIST**
**Bob Graham**

_**STAFF LEADERS**_

**MLRA (Soils)-Chad McGrath**

**Inventory & Assessment (Snow & NRI)-Jon Lea**

**Technology (SRC)-Russ Hatz**

**Programs-Bill White**

**Operations-Danny Burgett**

**State Administrative Officer-Lesley Kelly**

**Public Affairs-Sara Magenheimer**

**Implementation (SCE)-Dave Dishman**

**Partnership Liaison-Meta Loftsgaarden **

**LEADER FOR FIELD OPERATIONS-Pedro Ramos**

**LINE**

**STAFF**

_**BASIN TEAMS**_

**NORTH COAST TEAM-Bob Pedersen**

**CEN. COAST UPPER WILLA. TEAM-Gary Briggs**

**SOUTHWEST TEAM-Scott Zimmerman**

**LOWER WILLAMETTE TEAM–Leo Preston **

**DESCHUTES TEAM-Gina Kerzman, acting**

**HIGH DESERT TEAM-Kevin Conroy**

**JOHN DAY UMATILLA TEAM-Jay Gibbs**

**SNAKE RIVERN TEAM-Greg Kuehl**

**Watershed Planning-Tom Makowski **

**Executive Assistant-Cec Cullison **

- April 2007
# Presentation: 288486

## Lower Mississippi Valley Initiative (LMVI)

**Presentation to **
**GOMP Policy Review Board **
- Ron Harrell
- December 12, 2002

## What is it?

- Presently, a loose association of agriculturally based entities in 8 states:
- 	AR, KY, LA, MS, MO, OK, TN, TX
- Consisting of:
- Extension Service, Farm Bureau, Agriculture Commissioners, Natural Resources Conservation Service

## Recognizing Need

- Where agricultural contributions are a concern, agriculture should be in the lead

## Factors Contributing to Concerns

- AGRICULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO:
- Total Maximum Daily Loads
- Nutrient Enrichment – Hypoxia
- Other Concerns
- Wetlands, Fish and Wildlife Habitat, Riparian Buffers, Water Development and Conservation, Invasive Species

## Overall Objective

- Demonstrate that the agriculture will reduce nonpoint source loadings without regulation if:
- Planning and implementation is locally led
- A sound science approach is used
- Economic viability is maintained by providing needed incentives to support private actions that yield public benefits

## Specific LMVI Objectives

- Increase public awareness of the importance of agriculture (Homeland Security)
- Frame agricultural profitability - environmental stewardship linkage
- Advocate a science based non-regulatory approach
- Affect key conservation - related provisions of the 2002 Farm Bill
- Establish technical and financial funding requirements for achieving needed conservation
- Identify essential research and technical assistance needed for success

## Organization

- Existing MOU among partners within the states.
- Future - Need umbrella organizational charter, by-laws, 501 (3)c status to cover all 8 states as an entity?

## Present Status

- Regrouping now that Farm Bill has passed.
- Organize to establish more official status.
- Establish operating procedures.
- Develop an Action Plan.
- Serve as a prototype for rest of MS RB

## Operating Procedure

- Proposal - demonstrate on a watershed basis how locally led can add much value
- Discussion of Proposed Approach (Handout)

## How do we get organized

- Develop Plan of Work
- Emphasize - Agents of Change (impact on concerns)
- Support Locally Led:
- Use WS Coordinators (ex. Tensas River)
- Creed
- Engage LMVI partners (LA ex. - Master Farmer, Watershed Agents, BMP booklets)
- WS Planning - form interagency teams

## Non Agric. Partners Roles

- Participate in:
- Selecting high priority watersheds
- Funding Watershed Coordinators
- Staffing and Funding Interagency Planning Teams
- Implementation of BMP’s
- Monitoring
- Research, Technology Development
# Presentation: 367568

## Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan

**AKA:**

**IRRL**

**Rate Reduction Refinance**

**IRRR**

**Streamline Refi**

**IRR**

**RRR**

**IRRRL**

**“****Earl”**

## One-Time Restoration

- What to submit for restoration of entitlement
- Completed and signed VA Form 26-1880
- Proof of payoff of the loan
- Old Certificate of Eligibility (if available)
- Written statement from veteran

- LP-Denver

## Slide 3

## Slide 4

## Reminder!

- VA guarantees the loan, _not_ the condition of the property!

- LP-Denver

## Is the property structurally sound?

**Is the property**** structurally sound?**

- LP-Denver

## It’s time to

**It’s time to**

**FIND**

**THE**

**FRAUD!**

- LP-Denver

## Energy-Efficient Modifications

**Solar heating systems**
**Solar heating and cooling systems**
**Caulking and weather stripping**
**Furnace efficiency modifications**
**Clock thermostats**
**New or additional insulation**
**Water heater insulation**
**Storm windows and/or doors**
**Heat pumps**
**Vapor barriers**

- LP-Denver

## Post Test

**1.  True**
**2.  False**
**3.  True**
**4.  False**
**5.  False**

**6.  False**
**7.  False**
**8.  True**
**9.  False**
**10.False**

**How did you do?**

- LP-Denver

## Homeowner

**Assistance**

**Programs**

- LP-Denver
# Presentation: 033969

## MNM Fatal 2007-29

- Fall of Person Accident
- October 25, 2007 (California)
- Cement Operation
- Iron Worker Helper (Contractor)
- 19 years old
- 20 weeks experience

## Overview

- The victim was fatally injured when he stepped on
- wooden planking covering an opening on the coal
- mill tower deck. The planking gave way and he fell
- through the hole 57 feet to the ground below. The
- victim and two co-workers were attempting to line
- up an air receiver tank for a dust collector on the
- fifth level of the tower.

## Slide 3

## Causal Factors

- Contractor management policies and procedures were inadequate and failed to ensure that persons could safely work on the deck of the fifth level of the coal mill tower. The wooden platform covering the opening was not substantially constructed and maintained in good condition.
- Contractor management policies and work procedures failed to ensure that fall protection was properly used by persons where there was a danger of falling.
- Contractor management policies and work procedures failed to ensure that persons were aware of safety hazards not immediately obvious. No barricades or warning signs were posted at the approaches to the opening on the deck.

## Best Practices

- Ensure that floor openings are protected by railings, barriers, or covers that are properly constructed, installed securely, and maintained to control all hazards.
- Ensure that areas are barricaded or have warning signs posted at all approaches if hazards exist that are not immediately obvious.
- Examine your work places for all possible hazards and correct them before you perform work.
- Remember and use SLAM: Stop, Look, Analyze, and Manage.
# Presentation: 814412

## GRID Facilities Department Meeting

## Slide 2

## Safety

- Thank FGS for always working safely when doing equipment moves.
- Issues for Me?

- Grid Facilities Dept

- 2007-08-08

## Purchasing

- Sole Source / Justification for Limited Procurement:
- Required any time that you are “limiting” the procurement (Dell laptop, Cyclades terminal server, Belkin omniview kvm switch).
- Not required:
- Qty 2 x 3.5” disk, 500 GByte capacity, 16 MByte buffer, 7200 rpm, sata interface.
- Abbreviated Implementation Plan (AIP):
- Only required for “systems” (desktops, laptops, servers, etc.)
- Not required for “small amounts” of peripherals (disks, cd/dvd rom, memory, monitors, etc.)
- Note to Approver:
- Optional - can provide additional information/justification to the approving management chain.
- Note to Buyer:
- Optional - can provide additional information to the purchasing agent.

- Grid Facilities Dept

- 2007-08-08

## Campus Grid Workshop

- Purdue and FermiGrid
- Tomorrow 10-4 in FCC1
- Agenda -
- _[https://indico.fnal.gov/conferenceTimeTable.py?confId=1105](https://indico.fnal.gov/conferenceTimeTable.py?confId=1105)_

- Grid Facilities Dept

- 2007-08-08

## Stuff

- I am on vacation Aug 11-26
- WLCG/CHEP Aug 31 – Sept 7
- Keith will be acting department head
- Goal setting in September
- Grid School Planning in September

- Grid Facilities Dept

- 2007-08-08

## Questions

- Anything For Me???????

- Grid Facilities Dept

- 2007-08-08
# Presentation: 845237

## Lesson 5

- Handling Program Complaints

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- There are two kinds of program complaints:
- Formal
- Informal

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Formal Complaints
- 	Complaints about our program delivery that are _put in writing_ and make reference to discrimination as a reason for the complaint.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Formal Complaints continued
- It _will not be_ addressed by NRCS.
- It _must_ go to the Secretary of Agriculture.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Formal Complaints continued
- 	Will cause an investigation of not only a single incident, but also of other services in your office and throughout the state.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Formal Complaints continued
- 	It is not a good idea to suggest an individual put their complaint based on discrimination in writing.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Formal Complaints continued
- This will trigger a formal complaint.
- Most complaints can be handled as an informal complaint.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Informal Complaints
- 	Those complaints about our program delivery that are _not put in writing_ and make reference to discrimination as a reason for the complaint.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Information Complaints continued
- 	Should be addressed by an NRCS employee through conversation at the level it is received.  Most complaints are resolved this way.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Information Complaints continued
- 	If the complaint cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of the customer, the NRCS employee should ask for assistance from their supervisor instead of converting it to a formal complaint.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Probable Grounds
- 	With respect to the Civil Rights compliance in delivery program, discrimination must be found to be valid with respect to one or more of the following grounds:

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- Probable Grounds continued
- Race
- Color
- National Origin
- Sex
- Handicap
- Age

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- What you should do
- Familiarize yourself and the staff with the difference between formal and informal complaints.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- What you should do continued
- Direct all informal complaints, those in writing and based on discrimination, through supervisory channels to the Secretary of Agriculture.

## Lesson 5 – Handling Program Complaints

- What you should do
- Handle all informal complaints, those that are not in writing and are based on discrimination, at the local level.
# Presentation: 405266

## Where are we so far?

- Mike Asmus – SRH/RCPM
-                                           6-21-2007

## Second round of testing is now underway by the development team.

- Testing by select WFOs and possibly a few of the COOP observers should start by the end of the summer.
- New system should be available to start the transition from WxCoder II to WxCoder III by the end of the calendar year.
- Data from WxCoder III and IV-ROCS will be shared forming a single database.

## Slide 3

## The Welcome page.  This is where the observer starts.

## Slide 5

## Slide 6

## Slide 7

## Slide 8

## Slide 9

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

## Slide 12

## Slide 13

## Slide 14

## Slide 15

## Slide 16

## Slide 17

## Questions ?

- Start importing basic metadata from the CSSA.
- Develop method to move the data from WxCoder III to the TOC (gateway) and then on to all users to include NWS and our customers.
- Training the NWSREPs and the volunteer observers will be completed before the system becomes operational.
- Develop the documentation.
# Presentation: 063391

## Science Using SAM-Grid

## The Science

- Experiments have begun utilizing the technologies provided by SAM-Grid to aid in the production of real scientific results in the quest to further understand our universe.

## CDF

- Currently testing SAM-Grid
- For user analysis
- For Monte Carlo Production
- 17 SAM Stations on and offsite
- Several more planned for remote installation

## D0 – W Boson Pair Production

- Allows us to test the structure of the standard model of particle physics
**25** candidate events observed
**Good agreement** with theoretical predictions

**First observation** of W boson pair production in proton-antiproton collisions

## D0 - Reconstruction

- Improved resolution in J/Ψ resonances.
- Important in detector calibration and B physics studies.

- Improved detection of signal of the Λb decaying to Λ and J/Ψ.
- Important in understanding current theoretical predictions of lifetimes of B baryon compared with B mesons.

## D0 – Rare & Beautiful Decays

- Bs particle decays are rare
- Data shows decays of several particles but not Bs
- Rules out many theoretical models predicting particles that would result in a rate larger than we observe in our data

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## MINOS 

- Preparing to use SAM-Grid
- Have two test SAM stations on Linux PCs
- Plan to deploy 2 stations initially in production
- Can access files in AFS space.
- One station will be configured to read those files
- Can then sort file list first
- SAM has been interfaced to the MINOS offline framework which uses ROOT
- Deployment offsite (of Fermilab) is being worked on
# Presentation: 739010

## The Department of Defense   Laboratory Based Global Influenza SurveillanceProgram

- Linda C. Canas
- Brooks City-Base, TX
- (210)536-1679

## Population Based
	   Surveillance

Naval Health Research Center
San Diego, California

- 	   Surveillance
- Naval Health Research Center
- San Diego, California

- DoD Global Influenza Surveillance
-  AF Institute for
- Operational Health
- Brooks City-Base
- San Antonio, Texas

-    Influenza Surveillance

## Routine & Annual Reports; End of Season business meeting

**DoD GEIS**

** **

**Laboratory**

**Funding & Guidance**

**Routine & Annual Reports; ****End of Season business meeting**

**Supplies and Instructions**

**Program **
**Guidance**
**& routine **
**reports**

**Collect and ship Samples**

**Info entered into AF database**

**Flu Isolated**

**Conventional Laboratory Methods**

**Sentinel Sites**

**Notification**

**CDC**

**Vaccine**
**Decisions**

**Selected Samples**

- DoD Global Influenza Surveillance
-                                    .................*IN  ACTION*

**Epi Services Branch **

## 2003-2004 Influenza Sentinel Sites

## SENTINEL SITES

**RAF Lakenheath, U.K.**
**Ramstein AB, Germany**
**Sheppard AFB, TX**
**Travis AFB, CA**
**Yokota AB, Japan**
**Deployed**
**Al-Udeid AB, Qatar**
**Ganci AB, Kyrgyzstan**
_**Overseas Research Sites**_**      **
**Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), ****THAILAND, NEPAL, MALDIVES**
**Naval Medical Research Institute Detachment (NAMRID)**
**     ****PERU, ECUADOR, BOLIVIA, ARGENTINA, NICARAGUA****  **
**Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), ****UGANDA**

**Army (1)**
**Tripler AMC, HI**
**Navy/Coast Guard (6)**
**NAB Little Creek, VA**
**NH Yokosuka, Japan**
**NMC San Diego**
**NH Pearl Harbor, HI**
**NH Bremerton**
**CGS Ketchikan**
**Air Force (18)**
**Andersen AFB, Guam**
**Air Force Academy, CO**
**Andrews AFB, MD**
**Aviano AB, Italy**
**Elmendorf AFB, AK**
**Hickam AFB, HI**
**Incirlik AB, Turkey**
**Kadena AB, Japan**
**Kunsan AB, R.O.K. **
**Maxwell AFB, AL**
**McGuire AFB, NJ**
**Misawa AB, Japan**
**Osan AB, R.O.K.**

## N=2946

**N=2946**
**Pos=1310**
**Flu A=941**

## Asia/Pacific: Isolates

**N=319**
**Pos=128**
**Flu A = 91**

## North America: Isolates

**N=2178**
**Pos=1036**
**Flu A=739**

## South America:  Isolates

**N=217**
**Pos=61**
**Flu A=26**

## Europe: Isolates

**N=174**
**Pos=74**
**FluA=64**

## Deployed:  Qatar and Afghanistan

**N=58**
**Pos=21**
**Flu A=21**

## Percent Positive Isolates by Type

## Percent of Positive Isolates

## Slide 14

## Summary 2003-2004

- Overall this has been an exceptional year
**Monotype season** more so than past 5 years
- A/H3N2 in most locations
- Few Influenza B and A/H1N1.  No H5/H7 at this point.
- Molecular Analysis
- H3N2 viruses:  **nearly 100% variant from vaccine strain**
# Presentation: 904909

## Implementation of SFFAS 6 & 8

***FY 98 and Beyond***
***Code BFZ, Financial Management Division, NASA HQS***

## SFFAS 6 Accounting for Property, Plant and Equipment	

***SFFAS 8***
*** ******Supplementary Stewardship Reporting***

## Capitalization Threshold

***$5K to $100K***
***Change in Accounting Estimate***
***Removed Items Under $100K***
***Materiality of Impact Upon Future Years’ Depreciation Expense - $290M***

## Depreciation - Equipment

***Group/Straight-line Depreciation***
***Useful Lives - FSC Groups***
***Beginning Balances (10/1/97) - Accumulated Depreciation***
***“******Older” & “Younger” than Useful Life***
***“******Mid-Year” Convention for Acquisitions***
***Orbiters***

## Depreciation - EquipmentContractor-held

***PIC 98-12, Q&A on Web Site***
***NASA Contractor Property Team***
*** ******Ability to Provide Data***
***Mutual Understanding of Process***
***10/1/97 Beginning Balances***
***“******Sample” Contractors = 93% All Depreciable PP&E***

## Depreciation - EquipmentContractor-held

***9/30/99 NF1018 Data “Verification”***
*** ******5 “Sample” Contractors - Visits***
***Other “Sample” Contractors - Q & A by Phone, E-mail***
***Other Contractors - Each Center Contacted 2 - Visit or Phone***

## FY98 Results

***FY97 PP&E Account Balance $27.6B***
- 	- ***+ Assets In Space $16.5B***
***	******-  Change In Capitalization Threshold ******	******	******  $2.9B***
***	******-  Accumulated Depreciation $19.7B***
***	******-  Annual Depreciation Expense $2.0B***
***	******+ Acquisitions Net Of Disposals $2.2B***
***	******-  Heritage Assets $0.3B***
***	******-  Property Not In Use $0.3B***
***FY98 PP&E Net Asset Value $20.9B***

## Next Steps

***NASA FAR Supplement 1845 & 1852 Revision***
***NF1018 Reporting Same as FY98, except:***
***Identify Heritage Assets***
***PIC***
***“******Training”  ***
***“******Verification” ***

## Heritage Assets

***SFFAS #8 - PP&E of Historical, Natural, Cultural, Educational or Artistic Significance***
***Multi-use are General PP&E***
***Include in NF1018 Values, Identify & Describe***
***Center Evaluate and Consult With Contractor, HQS***

## Information Sources

***NFS -***
***Current:***
***http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/ 1845.htm***
***Proposed:***
***http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/ a990517c.html***
***NF1018 -***
***http://www.hq.nasa.gov/fmm/forms/nf1018.htm***
***Q & A -***
***http://www.hq.nasa.gov/fmm/docs/QA1.htm***
# Presentation: 677766

## BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE  AND PERIPHYTON MONITORING IN THE SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN IN FLORIDA 3:  SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS

**BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE  AND PERIPHYTON MONITORING IN THE SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN IN FLORIDA 3:  ****SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS**

## Objectives

**  ****Spatial Trends****  Temporal Trends****  Benthic Macroinvertebrates****  Periphyton****  Water Quality**** **

## Best Available Data  1989 - 2003

- Hester-Dendy sampler

- Periphytometer

**Best Available Data  1989 - 2003**

## Application

**  ****Expand knowledge on ****   ecological forcing factors****   (e.g., eutrophication)****  Provide supporting information****   for habitat control points for MFLs****  Define temporal baselines for MFLs**** **

## Spatial Trends

**  ****Principal Component Analysis****    to display multi-dimensional data ****    in 2 dimensions**** **

## PCA Results

**  ****Principal Component Analysis****    **** **

## PCA Results

**Factor 1****	****+ Ablabesmyia ramphe (.35)****	****+ Tribelos fusicorne (.31)****	****+ Slavina appendiculata (.25)****Factor 2****	****- Stenonema exiguum (.32)****	****+ Hydropsyche rossi (.31)****	****+ Corydalus cornutus (.28)****    **

## Factor 2

- Factor 1

- Upper
- Santa Fe

- Lower
- Santa Fe

- Upper
- Suwannee

- Lower
- Suwannee

- With

## Slide 9

## Seasonal Kendall-Tau Trends  Powerful       - remove seasonal effects      - adjust p values for autocorrelation  Quantitative      - estimate rates of change  Robust       - non-parametric      - meta-analysis 

## SRWMD

-   **Water quality sites**
-   **Wq / biology sites**
** ****Inactive biology sites**

**SRWMD**

**SUW010**

**SUW100**

**SUW130**

**SUW150**

**SUW240**

## Species

**Species**
**Richness**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

## Abundance

**Abundance**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

- 65 / yr

- 68 / yr

- 220 / yr

- 140 / yr

- 38 / yr

## 1994

**1994**

**2003**

## Conductivity

**Conductivity**
**(umhos/cm)**
**40 - 400**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

- 19 / yr

- 26 / yr

- 18 / yr

- 12 / yr

## Alkalinity

**Alkalinity**
**(mg/L)**
**40 - 400**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

- 0.3 / yr

- 8 / yr

- 7 / yr

- 5 / yr

## Color

**Color**
**(PCU)**
**0 - 500**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

- 34 / yr

- 33 / yr

- 30 / yr

- 18 / yr

## TSS

**TSS**
**(mg/L)**
**0 - 10**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

- 0.8 / yr

- 0.8 / yr

- 0.5 / yr

- 0.7 / yr

- 0.5 / yr

## DO

**DO**
**(mg/L)**
**4 - 10**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

- 0.3 / yr

## Slide 20

## NO2 + NO3

**NO****2**** + NO****3**
**(mg/L)**
**0 – 1.2**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

- 0.07 / yr

- 0.09 / yr

## Total P

**Total P**
**(mg/L)**
**0 – 0.8**

- 010

- 100

- 130

- 150

- 240

- 0.02 / yr

- 0.02 / yr

- 0.02 / yr

## Bottom Line

**  ****Expand knowledge on ****   ecological forcing factors****   (e.g., eutrophication)****  Provide supporting information****   for habitat control points for MFLs****  Define temporal baselines for MFLs**** **
# Presentation: 017563

## Federal Leadership Development Council 

- Cognitive Styles and Leadership
- LT Will Brooks

## Introduction 

- Cultivating Winning Attitudes
- Goals:
- Learn your dominate cognitive style
- Understand strengths, challenges, and motivators of each styles
- Apply this knowledge to your leadership style

## Agenda

- Take test to understand your traits
- Review characteristics of each trait
- T = “Otter”
- E = “Lion”
- A = “Golden Retriever”
- M = “Beaver”

## Test 

- Take Test
- What is your dominate trait?

-    M

-    E

- T

-     A

-    E

- A

- T

- M

- T

## T = Otter

- Skills:
- Naturally persuasive/influential
- Risk Taker
- Thrive on Change
- Open/direct/outgoing

## T = Otter

- Challenges
- Pushy
- Restless/Struggle with managing multiple priorities
- Tend to dominate / need to listen more

## T = Otter

- Motivators
- Respect
- Recognition (reinforce _good_ behaviors)
- Desire to be creative

## E = Lion

- Skills
- Practical
- Bottom line oriented
- Very, Very direct
- Goal oriented
- Economical
- Accountability

## E = Lion

- Challenges
- Overly stubborn (need to flexible)
- Overly critical
- Overly insensitive

## E = Lion

- Motivators
- Control/Responsibility
- Like people who try & don’t make excuses
- Technology
- Mastery
- Play to Win

## A = Golden Retriever

- Skills
- Team oriented/ “Glue”
- Caring individuals
- Desire to help people
- Save things
- Incredible memories when it comes to people

## A = Golden Retriever

- Challenges
- Too “other” oriented
- Too indecisive
- Can’t say “No”

## A = Golden Retriever

- Motivators
- Need to earn respect of others and be “liked”
- Want closeness/ to see others as friends/family
- Want coaches/teachers/mentors
- Motivated by kindness
- Very Auditory

## M = Beaver

- Skills
- Mysterious/complicated
- Need to be right and on time
- Need rituals/routine
- Planners/organizers/exacting/precision
- Calm/cool under pressure
- Introverted/reserved
- Good listeners/thinkers and doers
- They watch everything you do! And they don’t forget ...
- Follows rules/policies/procedures

## M = Beaver

- Challenges
- Trouble trusting people/thinks others incompetent
- Hard to get to know
- Perceived to be slower at projects
- Perceived as overly perfectionistic
- May shutdown when upset

## M = Beaver

- Motivators
- Want to work with other who strive for excellence
- See excellence as a habit
- Want independence
- Usually most successful working with their own
- Love info/ they want the details
- Better able to de-stress alone

## Summary

- Learned your major trait
- Learned new approaches for working with others

## Questions?

## Where to Get More Information

- Cultivating Winning Attitudes
- Rockhurst University, Continuing Education Inc. (1-800-344-4613)
- James A. Westrick	jwestrick1@mindspring.com
# Presentation: 769270

## Growth and Physical Properties Measurements of Novel Condensed Matter MaterialsJohn J. Neumeier, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT   DMR0504769

* **We have measured thermal expansion of the 39 K superconductor MgB**2** using a novel high-resolution technique.  These measurements are being conducted on a high-quality polycrystalline sample.  Measurements on single crystals will begin in late 2005.  *
* **At the phase transition to the superconducting state, the sample length exhibits an anomalous expansion.  The results suggest that certain phonon modes dominate the thermal expansion, and that they are connected to the occurrence of superconductivity.*

**Notes:**
Shown in this slide are very high-resolution thermal expansion measurements on the 39 K superconductor MgB2.  Please note the length scale bars shown in the insets.  These indicate the change in length of our 3.6 mm long sample, and give a sense of the amazing resolution of our experiments.  Our thermal expansion cell is made of fused quartz, which has among the smallest known thermal expansions.  Typically, thermal expansion cells are made of copper.  However, since the thermal expansion of our cell is very tiny, the corrections made for differential thermal expansion effects required to correct the data shown in the left panel are 60x smaller than if a thermal expansion cell made of copper were used.

## Growth and Physical Properties Measurements of Novel 

**(in 2005):  ***Three graduate students: Ben White, Richard Bollinger, and Hirotoshi Terashita (now a postdoc in Jülich, Germany); two undergraduate students through our NSF REU program: Elizabeth Huynh, a junior from DePaul University and Randy Krogstad from Montana State; and one visiting scholar: Carlos Dos Santos from Lorena, Brazil.*

**Growth and Physical Properties Measurements of Novel **
**Condensed Matter Materials**John J. Neumeier, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT   DMR0504769

**Single Crystal Growth with our Optical Image Furnace**
**(purchased through the NSF Instrumentation for**
**Materials Research Program DMR0315809):**
*Our REU student from 2005, Elizabeth Huynh, grew *
*single crystals of Pr(Sr)MnO**3**, LaGaO**3**, and CaMnO**3*
*during 9 weeks of our REU program.  Three of her crystals *
*are shown below on millimeter paper.*

**Notes:**
The Brazilian visitor is funded through the Brazilian agency CAPES.  He is conducting thermal expansion measurements on the NaxCoO2 system.  
The optical image furnace uses two elliptical cavities: the lamps are at one focal point, the sample at the other.  A video feedout to a computer allows observation of the crystal growth in real time.