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  2020
  Crim. No. H-04-25 (S-2)
From: Pat Pallas [pat@xeaglex.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:41 PM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: Misuse of Antibiotics in farm animals

Attention: Jane E Henny M.D.

Dear Dr. Henny,

I am writing to urge you to support the reporting of anitbiotic use on
healthly animals as proposed
by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

When I was 26 years old I developed a severe case of pneumonia and was in
danger of having to
leave my two small children to the care of an irresponsible husband; thanks
to the effectiveness
of pennicillin I survived that illness. I shudder to think what is going to
happen as drugs like sulfa,
pennicillin, and the other modern 'miracle' drugs lose their effectiveness
through careless misuse.

And I am particulaly appalled that agriculture would squander these drugs
which have been such
a boon to modern medicine.  Surely you, as an M.D. feel the danger as well.

I hope you will examine the proposal of the UCS to document this misuse of
our precious antibiotic
medicines so we can begin to do something to prevent the loss of these
lifesaving medicines.

Sincerely,
Patricia M Pallas
2067 33rd Avenue
San Francisco, CA  94116

P.S. If you are unfamiliar with the report of the Union of Concerned
Scientists, this link will take
       you to their webpage.

http://www.ucsusa.org/
Tuning matvec library.
        ======================
      I. Introduction
  Modern computers supports a hierarchy of memory. We can consider three
level model of memory: registers (fastest), cache memory (medium), RAM
memory (slow). Modern processor can make several tens of multiplications for
time of getting operands from main memory. So efficient implementation of
elemantary vector/matrix operations: dor product, product of a mastrix and
a vector, matrix product, matrix inversion is far from elementary. If an
operand is not found in cache, this event is called cache miss, data will
be requested rom main memory and processor will wait for completeion of
this operation. The purpose of optimization is to minimize the number of cache
misses. It can be achived by immplementing such a modificaion of alogrithm
which performs operations under block of vectors and matrix. At the same
time such algoritms will have low performance at low dimensionns due to
overheads for groupping operands in blocks. An effricient procedure matches
several algorithms which have the optimal perfomance at a range of dimensions.
  Some operations, f.e. multiplication of rectangular matrixes, is done
in highly optimized BLAS library. However, this library does not support
operations under symmetric matrixes in upper triangular representation.
Matvec library provides a set of highly optimized routines for these
operations whcih in turn call BLAS routines.
      II. How to tune.
  Matvec supports a set of parameters which describes dimensions for
block algorithms. Optiomal value of these parameters depends on an
architecture of the specific processor. There is a program matvec_test
which execute specific routine under consideration and measures its
performance. A user can change values of the matvec parameters, compile
the routien under consideration, link matvec_test with new version of matvec
linrary and run a test. Parameters are located in file
$MK5_ROOT/include/matvec.i . Upon completion tuning these paramters should be
copied to $Mk5_ROOT/local/solve.i file since matvec.i is a temporary file.
Then Calc/Solve should be re-compiled and re-linked with use of command
$MK5_ROOT/support/make_all_mk5
     III. Parameters to be tuned.
1) MUL_MM_IT_S ( C_s = A_r * B_r(T) ) where is A_r, B_r are rectangular
               matrices, C_s is a square symmetric matric un upper triangular
               representation.
   DB2__MUL_MM_IT_S -- maximal dimension when result C_s is first held in memory
                       as a rectangular matrix and them isx transform to
                       a sym. matrix.
   DB3__MUL_MM_IT_S -- Block size.
2) MUL_MM_TI_S ( C_s = A_r(T) * B_ ) where is A_r, B_r are rectangular
               matrices, C_s is a square symmetric matric un upper triangular
               representation.
   DB2__MUL_MM_T_S -- maximal dimension when result C_s is first held in memory
                       as a rectangular matrix and them isx transform to
                       a sym. matrix.
   DB3__MUL_MM_TI_S -- Block size.
...  document will be completed later ...
Leonid Petrov
20-MAY-2003 18:12:45
FXUS63 KGLD 260830
AFDGLD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
230 AM MDT MON MAY 26 2003

FORECAST PROBLEMS WILL BE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH HOW FAST MAXES WARM UP.

SATELLITE CONTINUING TO SHOW AN AMPLIFIED PATTERN FROM THE CENTRAL
PACIFIC INTO NORTH AMERICA. IN FACT...FEATURES IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
EVEN LOOK TO BE RETROGRESSING SOME. AIR MASS HAS COOLED OVER THE
LAST 24 HOURS. CONVECTION YESTERDAY STAYED TO THE WEST OF THE
FORECAST AREA. MOISTURE WAS PLENTIFUL THROUGH 700 MB. HOWEVER...THE
FACTOR KEEPING THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF OUR AREA WAS THE
DRIER AIR ABOVE 700 MB AS SEEN PER SATELLITE AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS.

AT JET LEVEL...MODELS ARE UNDERDOING SPEEDS BEHIND UPPER TROUGH NOW
APPROACHING THE WEST COAST. AT MID LEVELS...ETA/NGM WERE TOO HIGH
WITH HEIGHTS WITH THE RIDGE JUST TO OUR WEST. GFS WAS A LITTLE
UNDERDONE IN SPOTS BUT WAS MORE REALISTIC. ALSO GFS WAS HANDLING
UPPER SYSTEM OVER NEW MEXICO THE BEST AS WELL. GFS IS SLOWER TO
BUILD IN HIGHER HEIGHTS AS WELL. CONSIDERING CURRENT PATTERN WOULD
THINK THIS IS MORE REALISTIC. AT LOW LEVELS...ETA/GFS TENDED TO
OUTDO EACH OTHER IN DIFFERENT AREAS. WILL GIVE A SLIGHT EDGE TO THE
ETA SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS HANDLING INCOMING FRONT THE BEST...
AND LOW LEVEL DEWPOINTS THE BEST. IN GENERAL...WILL GO WITH A BLEND
OF GFS...MORE FOR MID AND UPPER LEVELS...AND ETA AT LOWER LEVELS.

FOR TODAY/TONIGHT...MODELS SHOWING A SHORTWAVE COMING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND MAINLY AFFECTING THE EXTREME
WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. BEST MOISTURE THROUGH 500 MB
REMAINS OVER EASTERN COLORADO. CONSIDERING THE TRAJECTORY OF
ANYTHING THAT DOES FORM ALONG WITH DRIER MID LEVEL AIR ABOVE 700
MB...WILL CONFINE SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
COLORADO COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. MAV GUIDANCE LOOKS TO
WET...AND ESPECIALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND CHANCE POPS AS FAR EAST AS
MCCOOK AND HILL CITY. CLOUD COVER SHOULD HANG AROUND IN THE WEST LIKE
THE DAY SHIFT THOUGHT. WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR TWEEKS TO CURRENT MAXES.
GFS LOOKS TOO COOL.

FOR TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN WITH A
ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE TO MOVE THROUGH. DRY AIR CONTINUES ABOVE 500
MB. SO WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST. WILL HAVE SOME CLOUDS TO START
THE DAY. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING WARMING AIR MASS...RIDGING...AND
SOME PREFRONTAL WARMING...WILL TEND TO GO SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN THE
GFS/MAV.

FOR WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS
INTO THE AREA STRONGLY. ETA IS SLOWER IN BRINGING FRONT
THROUGH...AND DOES NOT BRING IT THROUGH UNTIL VERY LATE IN
THE NIGHT AFTER THE AIR MASS HAS HAD A CHANCE TO STABILIZE. THINK GFS
IS TOO AGGRESSIVE/FAST WITH FRONT CONSIDERING HOW STRONG THE MID AND
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS. CONSIDERING ABOVE...LACK OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL
DYNAMICS...AND DRY MID LEVEL AIR MASS...WILL REMOVE ALL PRECIPITATION
FROM THIS TIME PERIOD. BECAUSE OF ABOVE REASONING...WILL GO SLIGHTLY
WARMER THAN THE MAV.

NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE 4 TO 7 PERIOD AT THIS TIME.

.GLD...NONE.

$$

BULLER
Fade Tool

Fades between 2 images interactively. Useful for identifying temporal
changes or the spatial correspondance between features on different
types of image data. An example is comparing a solar magnetogram with
a solar chromospheric image.

Two source windows are required, these provide the two images that
the fade will use. Use the 2 link buttons to define these or enter
the numbers directly in the boxes labeled sources. To use a link button,
first press the button (once) and then move the mouse to the window
you want to link to (with the mouse buttons up). Then press the left
mouse button once. There should be a confirming beep and the window
number will appear in the appropiate text box.

The fade tool must be "initialized" after selecting the source images.
This step constructs some data structures that are used for the actual
fade display. The source windows/images can be modified without affecting
the fade results. Use the "init" button to initialize. If a modified
image is needed, press the init again after making the change. The
smaller of the two source images determines the size of the fade window.

After initializing, the fade slide bar is used to fade between the 2
images. The display is a weighted average of the values at each pixel.
Each end of the scale corresponds to 100% of one of the images. Halfway
is a 50-50 mix. An auto fade can also be started via the auto button.
This loops forever between the two images, or until the "stop" button
is pressed. The stop button is just the auto button temporarily re-
labled. A delay time between successive faded displays can also be
specified. This delay time is adjusted using the box labeled "delay".
It can be changed while the fade is looping to slow down or speed up
the rate.

The fade result is displayed in a dedicated window (#15). The size of
this window is made to fit the first result of an "init". It may be
too large or small for another case but can be manually re-sized to fit.

Note that other functions can be severely slowed down
while running a fade loop (using auto fade).

To get rid of this window, press help again. To get
rid of the blink tool window and this window, press
dismiss.
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FGUS86 KMFR 150015
RVSMFR
  
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
415 PM PST SAT FEB 14 2009

ELK CREEK   - NE TRAIL      
   MOST RECENT READING: 2.51 FT /   120.0 CFS  AT  03:30 PM.

ROGUE RIVER - AT EAGLE POINT
   MOST RECENT READING: 2.46 FT /  1210.0 CFS  AT  02:00 PM.

BEAR CREEK - AT MEDFORD
   MOST RECENT READING: 2.75 FT /    50.6 CFS  AT  03:15 PM.

ROGUE RIVER - BELOW GOLD RAY        
   MOST RECENT READING: 1.39 FT /  1590.0 CFS  AT  03:45 PM.

ROGUE RIVER - AT GRANTS PASS     
   MOST RECENT READING: 1.52 FT /  1627.5 CFS  AT  03:15 PM.

APPLEGATE DAM RESERVOIR RELEASES
   MOST RECENT READING: 1.26 FT /   144.6 CFS  AT  03:30 PM.

APPLEGATE RIVER - NEAR APPLEGATE       
   MOST RECENT READING: 1.25 FT /   131.0 CFS  AT  03:15 PM.

APPLEGATE RIVER - AT WILDERVILLE     
   MOST RECENT READING: 2.24 FT /   253.1 CFS  AT  03:15 PM.

ILLINOIS RIVER - NEAR KERBY           
   MOST RECENT READING: 4.62 FT /   803.7 CFS  AT  03:45 PM.

ROGUE RIVER - NEAR AGNESS          
   MOST RECENT READING: 3.60 FT /  3181.6 CFS  AT  03:30 PM.

SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER - AT TILLER          
   MOST RECENT READING: 2.59 FT /   660.0 CFS  AT  03:30 PM.

COW CREEK - NEAR RIDDLE          
   MOST RECENT READING: 2.30 FT /   451.5 CFS  AT  03:15 PM.

SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER - NEAR  RIDDLE          
   MOST RECENT READING: 4.44 FT /  1112.4 CFS  AT  02:00 PM.

SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER - NEAR WINSTON         
   MOST RECENT READING: 5.87 FT /  1620.0 CFS  AT  03:00 PM.

DEER CREEK - AT ROSEBURG        
   MOST RECENT READING: 3.15 FT /   103.5 CFS  AT  03:00 PM.

SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER - AT ROSEBURG        
   MOST RECENT READING: 6.13 FT /  1827.6 CFS  AT  02:00 PM.

NORTH UMPQUA RIVER - NEAR WINCHESTER      
   MOST RECENT READING: 3.42 FT /  2488.0 CFS  AT  03:30 PM.

ELK CREEK - NEAR DRAIN           
   MOST RECENT READING: 1.65 FT /   104.3 CFS  AT  03:00 PM.

UMPQUA RIVER - NEAR ELKTON          
   MOST RECENT READING: 5.40 FT /  4540.6 CFS  AT  03:15 PM.

UMPQUA RIVER - AT   REEDSPORT       
   MOST RECENT READING: 10.71 FT /     MSG CFS  AT  03:00 PM.

SOUTH FORK COQUILLE - AT MYRTLE POINT    
   MOST RECENT READING: 10.99 FT /   972.3 CFS  AT  03:30 PM.

NORTH FORK COQUILLE - NEAR MYRTLE POINT    
   MOST RECENT READING: NOT AVAILABLE.

COQUILLE RIVER - AT COQUILLE        
   MOST RECENT READING: 8.61 FT /  3361.0 CFS  AT  03:30 PM.

SPRAGUE RIVER - NEAR BEATTY          
   MOST RECENT READING: 2.37 FT /   117.0 CFS  AT  03:15 PM.


FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS...VISIT OUR WEB PAGE OR 
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Pioneer Venus Ionospheric Model 1984
------------------------------------

Author: 	R. F. Theis, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

Parameter: 	Electron density and temperature 

Brief Description:
The model is based on Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) data from the 
orbiter electron temperature probe (OETP) from the first seven Venus 
years (12/78 - 12/82). About 35,000 data points are used to describe 
the electron density and temperature in the Venus ionosphere in the
altitude range from 150 km up to the ionopause (about 500 km in daytime 
and about 3000 km at nighttime). Whereas an earlier model (Theis et al., 
1980) used spherical harmonics to describe the solar zenith variation,
this model uses error functions. Thirty-two coefficients are needed for 
the electron temperature model and 26 coefficients for the electron density. 

NSSDC ID: 	MI-94A 

References:

R. F. Theis, L. H. Brace, and H. G. Mayr, Empirical Models of the Electron
Temperature of the Venus Ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res. 85, 7787, 1980. 

R. F. Theis, L. H. Brace, R. C. Elphic, and H. G. Mayr, New Empirical 
Models of the Electron Temperature and Density in the Venus Ionosphere 
with Applications to Transterminator Flow, J. Geophys. Res. 89, 1477, 1984.
Unpack camac data, hardware trigger bits:

$OFF781_INC/camac_bk.inc
	*  $Log: camac_bk.inc,v $
	* Revision 1.6  1997/03/20  15:59:02  kushnir

$OFF781_SRC/unpack_camac.F
	*  $Log: unpack_camac.F,v $
	c Revision 1.10  1997/07/16  01:20:16  krueger

*
* -- 100% crate, #21
*
   creadout_1 = .true.

   camac_plu_ic  -- PLU C(21)N(12)A(0) decision output
*--
*			Event Scalers:
*
   camac_ev_time -- Event Time [100 kHz]
   camac_trig_nr -- trigger number
   camac_beam_ev -- Beam since last event
   camac_time_ev -- Time since last [53 MHz]
*--
*		T1 level trigger latch
*		======================
T  camac_trig_b0 -- 'A'
T  camac_trig_b1 -- 'B'
T  camac_trig_b2 -- 'C'
*--			H1(3) Latch words
   camac_h1_0    -- H1-
   camac_h1_1    -- H10
   camac_h1_2    -- H1+
*--			H2(4) Latch words
   camac_h2_0    -- H2-
   camac_h2_1    -- H20
   camac_h2_2    -- H2+
   camac_h2_3    -- H2++
*--			100% crate 8-bit ADC
   cam_1_adc_i1  -- IC_1 - Interaction counter 1
   cam_1_adc_i2  -- IC_2 - Interaction counter 2
   cam_1_adc_v5  -- V5   - Interaction counter/Veto Interaction in SVX
   cam_1_adc_s4  -- S4   - Beam Counter/ Interaction in Pb target
*
* --   1% crate, #23
*
   creadout_2 = .true.
*			  1% crate Latch module 1
L  camac_la_11    -- 'A' -- Misc. trigger labels
L  camac_la_12    -- 'B' -- T2 SubTrigger Type and Labels (t2_dec_mlu.c)
L  camac_la_13    -- 'C' -- T1 SubTrigger Type and Labels (t1_dec_plu.c)
*
*--			  1% crate 12-bit ADC
*
   camac_adc_i1   -- IC_1 - Interaction counter 1
   camac_adc_i2   -- IC_2 - Interaction counter 2
   camac_adc_v5   -- V5   - Interaction counter/Veto Interaction in SVX
   camac_adc_lz   -- Level Zero - Base Line for pedestal compensation
   camac_adc_ch04 -- -X- unused
   camac_adc_ch05 -- -X- unused
   camac_adc_ch06 -- -X- unused
   camac_adc_ch07 -- -X- unused
   camac_adc_ch08 -- -X- unused
   camac_adc_ch09 -- -X- unused
   camac_adc_ch10 -- -X- unused
   camac_adc_s4   -- S4 - Beam Counter / Interaction in Pb target
*
*			BTRD Amplitudes
*
   camac_adc_btrd00 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd01 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd02 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd03 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd04 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd04 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd05 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd06 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd07 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd08 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd09 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd10 -- 
   camac_adc_btrd11 -- 
*			  1% crate Latch module 1
L  camac_la_21    -- 'A'
L  camac_la_22    -- 'B'
L  camac_la_23    -- 'C'
*
   camac_rt_rmh   -- Readout time RMH
   camac_rt_fsda  -- Readout time FSDA
QUESTION:
We are working on our Mars proposal and are not sure how to protect 
delicate instruments during the trip.  Any suggestions - especially 
what has been used to stabilize your instruments during flights.

ANSWER from Guy Beutelschies on February 1, 2000:
There are a couple of steps that we take in protecting delicate instruments:

1)	Identify the forces acting on the instruments.  Flying through
space is very benign, but launch and landing can shake up things pretty
well.

2)	Determine if the entire spacecraft can be protected.  For landing,
some of our options include airbags (like Mars Pathfinder), or retro
rockets with spring loaded and crushable legs (like Mars Polar Lander).
The crushable part of the legs is basically a telescoping tube with a
material like styrofoam (except much stiffer) in it that absorbed the
energy as you compressed it.

3)	Identify specific places that need to be protected.  One of the
ways we provide additional protection is to use thick rubber-like washers
underneath the mounting bolts that will absorb some of the shock.  Other
ways are to use small springs or pistons similar to a car's shock absorber.

4)	Design the instrument to be more tolerant to shocks.  Often there
are more rugged materials and technologies that can be used, although they
are typically more expensive (which is one reason why space missions cost
so much).
A Texas Missionary.                            159
with whom he holds counsel, and they plot the capture
of Gabriel. They are surprised by Mary and Joseph
wh* are on their journey to Bethlehem, and at sight of
whom Lucifer and his confederates flee, saying;
"Ya Maria sale del templo,
Y Jose viene a su lado,
Abra su boca el abismo,
Sepulta a un desdichado, etc.
"Already Mary leaves the temple,
And Joseph is by her side.
Open your mouth, Hell!
And bury an unfortunate.
"Upon their arrival at Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph
go from door to door, begging shelter for the night,
while the shepherds are singing:
"Un pobre hombre y una doncella,
Que ai lugar hemos venido,
Abran nos de caridad,
Den nos siquiera posada, etc.
"A poor man and a maid
Who to this place have come,
Open to us for charity's sake,
Give us at least a shelter.
"And they invariably received for reply:
"Pues ninguno puede entrar,
Porque no quiere mesonero,
Solo que traiga dinero,
Con que lo pueda pagar, etc.
"No one can enter here,
Because the innkeeper does not wish it,
Unless you bring money,
With which to pay for it, etc.
"At last they find shelter in the stable, and are
glad to rest their weary feet, and the shepherds begin
singing":
From: Back, Birger B. [back@anl.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11:36 AM
To: moore@phy.anl.gov
Subject: Solenoid Spectrometer on Web

Attachments: solenoid_web.pdf; solenoid_schematic.eps

Frank,

Could you do me a favor to put the DOE proposal for the solenoid
spectrometer on the ATLAS web page (with a link right under the one for
CARIBU. I've attached a sanitized version of the proposal in PDF format,
as well as a schematic drawing of the spectrometer, that can be posted
in the text.

The heading for the page should read something like this:

Title: Solenoid Spectrometer to Study Reactions with Short-Lived beams 

A new concept has been developed for simple reactions with radioactive
beams. It is ideally adapted to the `inverse kinematics' regime
necessary for
nuclear structure studies in an exotic domain of great current interest.
The
concept is based on a superconducting solenoidal spectrometer with
uniform axial
field.  The target and detector are both on the solenoid axis in the
field
with the reaction products bent back to the axis.  The
target-to-detector
distance and the energy of the particles translate into the desired
information of excitation energy and center-of-mass angle.

Such a device has a number of attractive features: greatly improved
effective resolution, large solid angle, compact detectors and
electronics,
and easy particle identification.  It is well suited to experiments that
probe the structure of the exotic nuclei that are currently of high
interest: single-nucleon transfer reactions, pair transfer, inelastic
scattering, or even knockout reactions.

The device will consist of a 0.5-m bore, and 1.5 m long 5 T
superconducting
solenoid, similar to the MRI magnets used in hospitals.  It will
be commissioned, tested and used at ATLAS with secondary short-lived
beams.
It also has the potential of being moved to other facilities with
short-lived secondary beams if such a move is warranted. Construction
and
use of the device will also provide valuable experience in a technique
that
is very relevant to the scientific program of RIA.

A proposal to develop and build such a spectrometer has been submitted
to the D.O.E Office of Nuclear Physics on October 1, 2004 and is
presently under consideration. A slicktly abbreviated version of the
proposal can be found here.


___________________________________________________________
Birger Back, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
Ph: (630) 252-3618 E-mail: Back@anl.gov
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QUESTION:
Will the elephant seals attack the penguins, and will the penguins attack
the elephant seals?

        From Amanda M., Fifth Grader/Ms. Landmann's Class
        Rio del Mar school 
        Aptos, California 

ANSWER from Donna Patterson, Research Assistant, Bill Fraser's Team
            Palmer Station, Antarctica
            Thu, 20 Feb 1997 15:42:54 -0500
            
Hello Amanda,

No, the elephant seals will not attack the penguins.  Elephant seals 
feed mostly on fish and squid, so they are not considered to be 
predators of penguins.  Elephant seals go on long foraging trips, 
then "haul out" on land and will rest for several days.  When they 
haul out, they look for level ground close to the beaches, which 
sometimes turns out to be nearby penguin colonies.   Elephant seals 
will occasionally trample penguins on their nests or chicks while 
looking for a flat place to lie.   When they are this close to 
penguins, we have seen penguins nip at their flippers or tails.  The 
penguins are not really attacking, more likely they are trying to 
defend their territories.  

Thanks for your question!
Donna
New VCPs UIWG Meeting Notes
Presenter: Xiangbao Jing
30 November 2005

GSD Attendees: Xiangbao Jing, Jim Ramer, Leigh Cheatwood, Woody Roberts,
               Joe Wakefield, Carl Bullock, Jim Fluke, Joanne Edwards
Teleconference Attendees: Mike Masig, Greg Stump, Greg Noonan, Peter Wu,
               Ed Mandel, Jim Hile, Mike Istok, Eric (Southern Region)

New VCPs for OB7
----------------

Xiangbao gave a brief overview of the web-material illustrating the
addition of the three new Volume Coverage Patterns (VCP) in the RPS List
Editor. The new VCPs are VCP211, VCP212, and VCP221.

Discussion
----------

- Noted the new VCPs 'View' menu.

- Discussion revolved around the slider bar on the second image in the
  presentation material. In looking at the image, it is not apparent that
  there are VCPs for the TDWR radars, that is, VCP80 and VCP90. Should the
  dialog box be made large to eliminate the slider bar and show all the 
  VCPs? Or, does the fact that the slide bar is there with room to slide,
  imply that there are more selections? It was pointed out that the VCP112
  has not been implemented and should be removed from the list. If by 
  removing it from the list does the first of the two VCP for TDWR radars
  appear so that the user can see that there is indeed VCPs for the TDWRs.

- The order of the VCPs was also discussed. Currently they are not 
  numerical. They are grouped by clear air versus storm mode. Suggested
  that they should be put in numerical order with identifiers indicating
  if the VCP was for a WSR-88D radar versus a TDWR radar. It was decided
  that they should be left as is.

Action Items
------------

Decision was made to first remove VCP112 from the available selections and see
if the TDWR radar VCP patterns (VCP80) appears in the list giving the user
a visual that there are VCPs for the TDWR radars.

Respectively Submitted,
Susan M. Williams
Variable       Count     Valid     Min        Max        Mean       Stdev     
avhrr_ch1      14400     14373     1.58       76.62      15.810014  14.300021 
avhrr_ch2      14400     14373     0.77       75.46      13.924427  14.048602 
avhrr_ch3      14400     14373     -23.35     35.8       21.918135  5.236945  
avhrr_ch4      14400     14373     -47.54     28.02      12.115739  10.362775 
avhrr_ch5      14400     14373     -48.62     24.1       10.448392  9.987724  
cloud          14400     11588     2          127        36.92242   34.273897 
cloudx         14400     10084     1          3          2.462416   0.803441  
graphics       14400     141       2          12         8.085106   2.149715  
rel_azimuth    14400     14373     39.27      133.83     51.508346  18.441466 
sat_zenith     14400     14373     0.02       69.24      40.387115  20.378485 
sst            14400     14373     -44.22     37.29      16.25326   11.534383 
sun_zenith     14400     14373     45.42      65.25      55.687275  4.170835  
sst_masked     14400     2785      21.12      29.68      26.083989  1.830096
You are invited to attend a special Lecture on Monday, August 20th.
TIME: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION: The Lipsett Auditorium
SPEAKER: Jun Shen, Ph.D., speaking on recent 3 T c13 MRS work. Abstract below.
Chief, Unit on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Molecular Imaging Branch, NIMH
Director, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Core Facility, NIMH

TITLE "Development of high field MRS techniques for studying neurochemistry in vivo"
ABSTRACT: In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) directly measures chemically specific information. It is the only noninvasive technique for measuring concentration of metabolites from the living brain. When combined with administration of 13C-labeled substrates (e.g., glucose), many metabolic fluxes can be studied in vivo. Starting from the early 1990s, in vivo MRS has been experiencing numerous and exciting technological advances. The availability of high field MRI scanners for both human and animal studies has spurred rapid growth in developing novel techniques to expand the scope of in vivo MRS with dramatically improved sensitivity and spectral/spatial resolution.

This talk will focus on our recent work in developing high field proton and 13C MRS methods and using them to study brain energetics, glutamate/GABA metabolism and neurotransmitter cycling, as well as in vivo enzymology. Our MRS development at 11.7 Tesla, the highest field strength at which in vivo MRS has ever been attempted, has allowed, for the first time, detection of GABA turnover in vivo. In addition to the static levels of metabolites and metabolic fluxes measured by proton or 13C MRS, our recent discovery of 13C magnetization (saturation) transfer effect of specific enzyme reactions has made it possible to probe the action of several enzymes in vivo, pointing to new directions in 13C MRS technology development and applications.


For further information contact
Holly A. Giesen
Research Psychologist
Associate Program Administrator
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
15K North Drive MSC 2670
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-435-8982
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Subject:
Re: Debuncher Motorized Quad Stands
From:
David Peterson <peterson@fnal.gov>
Date:
Tue, 06 Jan 2004 09:18:10 -0600
To:
Keith Gollwitzer <gollwitz@fnal.gov>

Keith,
Here are some suggestions for the next version:

0) We like the Phoenix connectors and having (most) everything accessible from the aisle.

1) Make limits easier to fine tune.  Instead of set screws on a smooth rod maybe a 
   threaded rod with adjustable stops would allow for finer adjustments.  The limits are 
   critical to operation and I would like a design that will not slip too far if something 
   is loose.

2) Uniform set screw sizes.  If set screws are used, try to make things uniform.

3) Independent LVDT and limit brackets.  The brackets should be directly attached to the 
   moving part of the stand and failure of one bracket should not affect the other.  We 
   see a small LVDT error due to flexing of the bracket.

4) Unipolar LVDT? Maybe? Digikey has LVDTs that run off of 24 VDC and provide unipolar 
   output.  This would simplify wiring and power distribution.

5) H&V same ratio?  Not too important but would help during alignment and test.

6) Reduce backlash.  This is really needed for horizontal motion.

7) Remember motor power restrictions.  We are able to deliver 4 amps at 24 volts and can g
   o to 48 volts if needed.  The present motors are running at about 1 rev/sec. 

Thanks,
Dave


Keith Gollwitzer wrote:
Hello,
   During the Fall 2003 shutdown 10 Debuncher motorized quad stands were installed. I 
understand that there were some problems with the installation of the stands and motors. 
We are going to make 20 more such stands and are reviewing the design of the Debuncher 
motorized quad stands. I am looking for your input. If you can comment on any issues 
concerning the motorized quad stand system and/or make any suggested improvements, 
please send them to me. Steve Werkema and I are still working on getting a mechanical 
engineer assigned.
                               Keith Gollwitzer
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Comment 0417040

From: sclnic@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:25 PM
To: Rulemaking, TTB
Subject: Notice No. 41: Labeling and Advertising of Wines, Distilled
Spirits and Malt Beverages



U.S.  TTB
 

Dear U.S.  TTB,

I urge the TTB to allow alcohol companies to include basic nutritional and serving size information on their labels.
Everything else I eat and drink, including nonalcoholic beverages, food, and even medication, all provide basic consumer facts on their labels. Yet alcohol bottles do not have that information readily available to consumers.

A proposed Serving Facts label would provide the most basic information such as alcohol content, serving size, alcohol per serving, and maybe also calories per serving and total fat, carbohydrates, and protein. 

Consumers want this information and there is no valid reason not to allow alcohol beverage companies to include voluntarily it.
Please allow beverage alcohol companies to put nutritional information on their packages.

Thank you very much for your consideration.


Sincerely,

Nicole Hark
538 Garden Ave
Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095
 cc: 
Senator Frank Lautenberg
Senator Jon Corzine
Representative Mike Ferguson
Director Jerry Fischer
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GLOSSARY.	533
coast; Kegikhtutsahuk, Whale Island, near St. Michael's; Itegikhtuhhak, the islets off Golsdva River ; and Kegikhtuk, Besborough Island.
KoLOSHES.  A word applied by the Russians to natives of the Thlinket stock. The peculiar ornament worn by the married women is else-where referred to. This somewhat resembles a trough. The Aleutian word for trough is Kalziga, which, changed to a diminutive in the Russian, became Kalushka (little trough). From this the name Kalbsh was derived by corruption, and, after long usage, was adopted as a name for the Thlinkets by the Russians.
KWIKHPAK.  A term derived from Kweek (a river), and pak (a suffix, meaning large), and used by the Innuit of the Yukon delta to designate one of the sloughs which form the delta. From the circumstance that the Russians usually entered the Yukon by that slough, they naturally, in ignorance of any other name, applied it to the whole river, which is laid down under that name in most Russian charts.
LUVTAK. The Russian name applied to the skin of the sea-lion, or large seal, when prepared for use. It is derived from the Kamshadale lakhtakh meaning the large seal (like phoca jubata) which inhabits Bering Sea. The Innuit name of the same seal is muklok, a word which is also used by the Russians to designate sealskin.
MAHOUT or MAHWrT. -- A word of obscure origin, used by the Russians to designate large-sized line, made from walrus or muklok skin, by the Innuit, and used instead of rope on Norton Sound. It is of very great strength, but becomes soft and flabby if kept wet for any length of time. These lines are cut around the skin, and are some-times two hundred feet long in one piece.
MO-RE.  The Russian word for " sea."
OsERA.  The word meaning " a lake" in Russian.
OSTROF.  An island. Plural Ostrbva, diminutive Ostrovbk, plural Ostrofki, all Russian words.
UsTROG.  The name, of Yakut derivation, used in Russian to denote a stockaded post or village. All the early Russian settlements in Eastern Siberia were thus defended, and called ostrbgi. Thus we have Anadfrsk bstrog, meaning the stockaded village or settlement at Anadyr.
PAPoosx.  The Russian name of a bunch of tobacco-leaves, weighing half a pound, or less, and tied with the stem of one of them, while green.
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CHAPTER IX.
Boyer elected president.His character.Revolution
in the northannexed to the south.Revolution in Spa-
nish part.Union of the whole.Measures pursued
after.Overtures to France.Arrival of French fleet.
Negotiation and independence.Baron Mackau.
Dissatisfaction prevails.British consul-general.Fur-
ther dissatisfaction.Determination not to pay the
indemnity.Voluntary loan attemptedit fails.Ob-
servations on the inefficiency of government.State
of the military.Naval force, etc.
Jean Pierre Boyer, who succeeded the late pre-
sident, Petion, and who consequently became chief
of the countries of his predecessor and of Christophe
united, is a native of Port au Prince, and is about
forty-eight or fifty years of age. He is a mulatto,
but somewhat darker than the people of that class.
His father, a man of good repute and possessed
of some wealth, was a store-keeper and a tailor in
that city. His mother was a negress of the Congo
country in Africa, and had been a slave in the
neighbourhood. He joined the cause of the Com-
missioners Santhonax and Polverel, with whom he
retired, after the arrival of the English, to Jacmel,
when he joined General Rigaud, whom he accom-
panied to France, after the submission of the south
76
A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE.
not of first-rate interest. They are cold and musty,
indeed, with that touching smell of old furniture, as
all apartments should be through which the insatiate
American wanders in the rear of a bored domestic,
pausing to stare at a faded tapestry or to read the
name on the frame of some simpering portrait.
To return to Tours my companion and I had counted
on a train which (as is not uncommon in France)
existed only in the "Indicateur des Chemins de Fer;"
and instead of waiting for another we engaged a vehicle
to take us home. A sorry carriole or patache it proved
to be, with the accessories of a lumbering white mare
and a little wizened, ancient peasant, who had put on,
in honor of the occasion, a new blouse of extraordinary
stiffness and blueness. We hired the trap of an energetic
woman who put it "to" with her own hands; women
in Touraine and the Blsois appearing to have the
best of it in the business of letting vehicles, as well as
in many other industries. There is, in fact, no branch
of human activity in which one is not liable, in France,
to find a woman engaged. Women, indeed, are not
priests; but priests are, more or less, women. They
are not in the army, it may be said; but then they are
the army. They are very formidable. In France one
must count with the women. The drive back from
Langeais to Tours was long, slow, cold; we had an
occasional spatter of rain. But the road passes most
of the way close to the Loire, and there was some-
thing in our jog-trot through the darkening land, beside
the flowing river, which it was very possible to enjoy.