BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
FUNCTION GAL_FLAT,IMAGE,ANG,INC,CEN,INTERP = interp
;+
; NAME:
;	GAL_FLAT
;
; PURPOSE:
;	Transforms the image of a galaxy so that the galaxy appears face-on
; EXPLANATION:
;	Either a nearest-neighbor approximations or a bilinear interpolation 
;	may  be used.
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;	RESULT = GAL_FLAT( image, ang, inc, [, cen, /INTERP ] )  
;
; INPUTS:   
;	IMAGE  - Image to be transformed
;	ANG  - Angle of major axis, counterclockwise from Y-axis, degrees
;		For an image in standard orientation (North up, East left)
;		this is the Position Angle
;	INC - Angle of inclination of galaxy, degrees
;
; OPTIONAL INPUTS:
;	CEN - Two element vector giving the X and Y position of galaxy center
;		If not supplied, then the galaxy center is assumed to coincide
;		 with the image center
;
; INPUT KEYWORDS:
;	INTERP - If present, and non-zero, then bilinear interpolation will be
;		performed.  Otherwise a nearest neighbor approximation  is used.
;
; OUTPUTS:
;	RESULT - the transformed image, same dimensions and type as IMAGE
;
; METHOD:
;	A set of 4 equal spaced control points are corrected for inclination
;	using the procedure POLYWARP.   These control points are used by 
;	POLY_2D to correct the whole image.
;
; REVISION HISTORY:
;	Written by R. S. Hill, SASC Technologies Inc., 4 December 1985
;	Code cleaned up a bit    W. Landsman      December 1992
;	Converted to IDL V5.0   W. Landsman   September 1997
;-

  if ( N_params() lt 3 ) then begin  
      print,'Syntax - result = gal_flat( image, ang, inc, [ cen, /INTERP ])'
      print,'ANG - Position Angle of major axis (degrees)'                
      print,'INC - Inclination of galaxy (degrees)'
      return, -1
  endif 

  if not keyword_set( INTERP ) then interp = 0

  angr = (ang+90)/!RADEG
  tanang = tan(angr)
  cosang = cos(angr)
  cosinc = cos(inc/!RADEG)
;                                    Parameters of image
  dims = SIZE(image)

  if N_elements(cen) NE 2 then begin 

      xcen = dims[1]/2.0                  ;Center
      ycen = dims[2]/2.0
      if not !QUIET then message,'Galaxy nucleus assumed in image center',/CONT

  endif else begin

      xcen = cen[0]
      ycen = cen[1]

  endelse
;                                    Equation of rotation axis
  b = ycen - xcen*tanang
;                                    Fiducial grid (as in ROT_INT)   
  gridx = xcen + [ [-1,1], [-1,1] ] * dims[1]/6.0
  gridy = ycen + [ [-1,-1], [1,1] ] * dims[2]/6.0      
;                                    Distorted version of grid
  yprime = gridx*tanang + b            ;Equation of major axis
  r0 = (gridy-yprime)*cos(angr)        ;Dist of control pts to major axis
  delr = r0*(1.0-cosinc)               ;Correct distance for inclination
  dely = -delr*cos(angr)               
  delx =  delr*sin(angr)
  distx = gridx + delx
  disty = gridy + dely
;                                    Parameters of undistorted grid
  x0 = dims[1]/3.0
  y0 = dims[2]/3.0
  dx = x0                              ;In this case only
  dy = y0
;                                    Do it
  polywarp, distx, disty, gridx, gridy, 1, kx, ky
  RETURN,poly_2d( image, kx, ky, interp, MISSING = 0)
  end
Sender: lang@wings.glerl.noaa.gov
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:28:25 -0400
From: Greg Lang <lang@genie.glerl.noaa.gov>
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: eegle-kites@wings.glerl.noaa.gov
Subject: Comparison of turbidity from St Joe Water Intake during 1998, 1996 plume events

Brian Eadie put together a plot of turbidity measured at the St. Joseph
Water Treatment Plant intake during the 1996 and 1998 plume events.
Given that the initial EEGLE proposal was based on the 1996 plume event,
it is interesting to view the magnitude and duration of turbidity during
the 1998 plume event.  Check it out at:

   http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/eegle/projects/p08/stjoewat.html

There is also a link to this plot on the EEGLE Products Page, under
"Findings":
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/eegle/products/

Greg
--
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     Gregory A. Lang
     EEGLE Data/Web Manager
     NOAA/Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
     2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
     Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945

     TEL:    (734) 741-2250
     FAX:    (734) 741-2055
     E-Mail: lang@glerl.noaa.gov
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
734 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

MSC005-100045-
/O.CON.KLIX.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-060810T0045Z/
AMITE MS-
734 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR AMITE COUNTY...

AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 10 
MPH.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS 
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3107 9061 3128 9062 3128 9074 3128 9091
      3107 9090

$$


92/JSS
Comment 04110715

From: DaniK@insightbb.com
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:29 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,

Why is it that I have been told by experts to read the labels on everything I consume, but you don't allow those facts on the alcohol beverages I drink? I am writing to you today to urge you to allow alcohol beverage companies to include this information on their products' packaging. 

Putting Serving Facts labels on alcoholic beverages will enable me as a consumer to make more informed and responsible decisions about drinking. 

Consumers want the TTB to take action on this matter. Please, do your job and allow alcohol beverage companies to put nutritional information on their containers. 

Thank you very much for your consideration.


Sincerely,

Danielle Kelly
3120 Chateau Ct.
Rockford, Illinois 61103
 cc: 
Representative Don Manzullo
Senator Dick Durbin
Senator Barack Obama
Commissioner Don Adams
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     Is anything a secret? each tale cries 
                 out to be told
     Skeletons light up closets, black sheep stand 
                 out in the fold
     Murderers leave clear footprints, never a 
                 perfect crime.
     You can learn to make nuclear weapons in 
                 magazines for a dime
     Unidentified flying objects appear 
                 from outer space
     Maneuvered by R2D2, described 
                 by the human race.
     Are cooks best recipes secret? You'd 
                 better believe they're not
     They enter national contests and describe 
                 every herb in the pot
     Diarists reveal pet vices, make sure 
                 they're locked up tight
     Never disclose them to anyone but leave 
                 keys in plain sight.
     Anonymous craves to be noticed in 
                 spite of concealing the name
     Indulging in legend clandestine,
                 aspiring to nation-wide fame.
     A poetess hides in the attic, too shy
                 to appear in print
     Was there ever a writer of anything
                 who never gave others a hint
     Of desiring to win all prizes at 
                 Conference at Ocean Park, Maine?
     There never was and never will 
                 be - a secret is out once again.


     Note: Gram did pretty well in Poems on Trees 1983.  This was written
           for 1984.
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ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
942 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009

NCZ003-019-121115-
SURRY-WILKES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO
942 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY
NIGHT...
.OVERNIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN CLEARING. BREEZY WITH LOWS IN
THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH...INCREASING TO 60 MPH.
.THURSDAY...SUNNY AND WINDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WEST WINDS
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR AND WINDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...DECREASING TO
40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT
AND VARIABLE. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. 
.SATURDAY...CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF
RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. COOLER WITH HIGHS AROUND 50. CHANCE OF
RAIN 70 PERCENT. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. 
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. 
.PRESIDENTS DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50. 
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN MOSTLY
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW AND RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 20S. TEMPERATURE RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. 
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. 
$$
6o                  Travels over Land
and Lymes, and in the Vales Cheftnut and large Nut-Trees as
well as Vines grew wild. From hence we went forwards and came
to a very high Rock, fliarp-pointed at the top, and by reafon of its
fleepnefs impoffible to be climbed: On one fide of which about half
way up is an Idol Temple, which is hewen out of the Rock; it hath
four Windows, and inftead of Idols, we faw four Stone Statues in a
fitting pofture: It is not a little to be wondered how it was poffible
for any Men to come there, andjperform fuch a great piece of Work j
the Rock on that fide being fo extraordinary fteep, that a Moufe can-
not get up it: This Temple according to the report of the Inhabi-
tants hath been built feveral hundred Yeais.
CHAP.   XIH.
Arrival at the great Chinefe Wall, which is exaftly deferihed. Our
pajfage through it into the FaHey. Coming to the City of Galchan*,
and Entertainment of the Amlaffador there. Chinefe Mufick very
difagreeahk. Furniture of the Talks, and ^manner of eating of the
Chinefe. How their Meats am dijhed u]h Herhs ufual in the Chi-
aefe Scops. Manner of carving in the Ordinaries, The Chinefe
Drink. Preparation to the afling a Play. Beginning of the fame.
Whhh is a reprefentation of a deceafed Kingy in honour of whom the
Flay was compofed. End of the Play, and the Amhaffadors fetting
forwards on his Journey. Arrival at Xungunxa, and proceeding for**
wards. Of  famous Cloyfter in the Province of Peking. Pilgrimage
thither, how performed. Practice of an Idolatrous Priejl. Arrival
m a City inhabited only hy the Kings Concuhines.
m
ON the x;th of Oftofar we reached forne Watch-Towers on the
Pinacles of the Rocks, from whence we got fight of the Zagan
Crim7 that is the great Wall, which we came to on the fame Day. This
ically feems to be one of the Wonders of the World About 500 Fa-
thom from this famous Wall is a Valley, each fide of which was pro
vided with a Battery of hewen Stone, from one of which to the other
% Wall about three Fathom high is erected, with an open entrance as
the Print exprefles it. Paffing through this fore Wall, we came to
the entry of the great Wall, through a watch Tower, about eight
fathom high, arched over with hewen Stone, and provided* with
M% Doors fhengthned with Ironj the Wail runs horn Eaftte Wef>,
acrois
MI0165  
1.  PROFILE VIEW FROM SOUTH 
2.  PROFILE VIEW FROM NORTH 
3.  WEST PORTAL OF BRIDGE LOOKING EAST 
4.  EAST PORTAL OF BRIDGE LOOKING WEST 
5.  THROUGH WAY VIEW EAST TO WEST 
6.  NORTH WALKWAY FROM EAST TO WEST 
7.  SOUTH SIDE WALKWAY FROM WEST END LOOKING EAST 
8.  NORTH SIDE WALKWAY VIEWED FROM WEST END 
9.  BRIDGE RAIL BALUSTRADE OF CAST IRON WITH LACED RAILING 
10.  EYEBAR PIN CONNECTION JOINING VERTICAL SUSPENSION STRINGER WITH LATERAL BRACING MEMBERS 
11.  BUILDIE'S PLAQUE MOUNTED ABOVE WEST PORTAL 
12.  NORTH WALKWAY UNDER SIDE VIEW 
13.  UNDERSIDE OF THROUGHWAY SHOWING MAIN CHORDS, SUSPENSION EYE-BAR PIN CONNECTORS, LOWER CHORD EYEBARS AND LATERAL BRACING MEMBERS 
14.  BRIDGE ABUTMENT AND ARCH TRUSS MOUNTING PLATE SHOWING EYE-BAR CONNECTION AND EYE-BAR PIN LOCATION 
15.  BRIDGE ABUTMENT BENEATH THROUGHWAY 
16.  LOWER CHORD EYE-BAR ASSEMBLY 
17.  EYE-BAR PIN ASSEMBLY DETAIL GOSSET PLATE AND WALKWAY CANTILEVER MEMBER 
18.  CLOSE-UP OF EYEBAR PIN ASSIMBLY VIEWED FROM BELOW BRIDGE 
19.  Photocopy of drawing (source not stated) showing BRIDGE PLAQUE 
20.  Photocopy of drawing (from Sault Ste. Marie, MI city archives) showing ELEVATION AND SECTIONAL VIEW OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS, 1981 
21.  Photocopy of drawing (from Sault Ste. Marie, MI city archives) showing ROADWAY ACROSS SECTION DETAILS
Implementation of FFS Remote Data Entry 
To: "Joanne C Taylor, Secretary (Typing), Reston, VA" <jctaylor>,
        "Janet N Arneson, Secretary (Typing), Reston, VA" <jarneson>,
        "Barbara J Gunderson, Human Resources Mgmt. Asst., Reston, VA" <bjgunder>,
        "Betty J Dodds, Secretary, Reston, VA" <bjdodds>,
        "Carole Nethaway, Secretary (OA), Reston, VA" <ccnethaw>,
        "Alice C Dilandro, Secretary (S), Reston, VA" <dilandro>,
        "Sandra E Mitrani, Secretary, Reston, VA" <smitrani>,
        "Patricia A Powers, Accounting Technician, Reston, VA" <papowers>,
        "Judy L Claussen, Specifications Writer, Reston, VA" <jlclauss>
cc: "Catherine L Hill, ACH/Operations, Reston, VA" <clhill>,
        "Alice A Sabatini, Administrative Officer, Reston, VA" <aasabati>,
        "Michele L O'Meara, FINANCIAL SPECIALIST, Reston, VA" <momeara>,
        "Amy C Cornwell, Admin Ops Asst, Reston, VA" <accornwe>,
        "Kelly L Bradley, SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPEC, Reston, VA" <kbradley>,
        "William G Shope Jr., Chief, Br. of Oper. Support, Reston, VA" <wgshope>,
        "Isabelle Halley des Fontaines, Chief, Br. Admin. Mgmt. Sys., Reston, VA" <ihalley>,
        "Norman E Schmidt Jr., Chief, Br. of Human Res. Mgmt., Reston, VA" <nschmidt>,
        "Connie F Magaha, Chief, Mgmt Support Section, Reston, VA" <cfmagaha>
Subject: Implementation of FFS Remote Data Entry 
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 15:32:02 -0400
From: "Kelly L Bradley, SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPEC, Reston, VA" <kbradley>

Headquarters training for FFS Remote Data Entry was held this week. 
Beginning Monday, May 6, 1996, any financial documents needing a document 
number should be placed in the inbox marked "RDE" in Amy Corwell's office 
(Room 5A-231). Document numbers will be assigned on the document itself 
rather than over the phone.

Listed below are new procedures that you will need to note:

Requisitions/POs: Amy will provide a document number and will return to 
the requesting office for further processing. Once the PO is cut, the 
finance copy should be forwarded to Amy for obligation.

Invoices: After certification, please forward the original to Amy rather 
than OFM.

Training Forms: When preparing the Training Form, please ensure the 
Billing address includes Mail Stop 442 rather than OFM's (MS 270). Amy 
will need to provide a document 
number for these as well.

This means all of the documents above will no longer be entered into AIS. 
Amy will be paying or obligating these documents in FFS and they will be  
reported the next day in AIS reports.

Federal Express, Self Service Store invoices, and Travel Voucher 
procedures remain the same.

These procedures are subject to change. Suggestions are welcome.  I can 
be reached at x5040 if there are any questions. 

Thanks for everyone's assistance and support in this effort.

Kelly
FXUS66 KOTX 102136
AFDGEG

EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WASHINGTON
230 PM PDT TUE JUN 10 2003

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IS MOVING THROUGH THE INLAND
NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THIS TROUGH PASSES TO OUR EAST
A WEAK RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. A TROUGH IS THEN
FORECAST TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

.DISCUSSION...
.TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...A DYNAMIC SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS MOVING
THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON AT THIS TIME AND HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. ONCE THE WAVE PASSES TO
OUR EAST AND WE LOSE OUR DAYTIME HEATING THE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. A WEAK RIDGE IS FORECAST TO
BUILD OVER THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO A DRY DAY
EXCEPT THAT A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ARE POSSIBLE.
BY WEEKS END A DEEP TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST
BRINGING MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THIS WILL
KEEP THE WEATHER UNSETTLED THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A TROUGH WILL LIE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD KEEPING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS EACH DAY. CC


...THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRODUCT CONCERNING WARNINGS AND FORECASTS
IS VALID ONLY AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE. THE LATEST WARNING AND
FORECAST INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND IN THE APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS...

GEG 049/075/050/076/047/071 201123
COE 048/074/049/075/046/070 201124
PUW 047/075/048/075/045/071 20-123
LWS 051/081/054/080/051/076 20--22
CQV 048/077/048/077/045/073 31-124
SPT 044/073/044/076/043/071 311124
WWP 044/072/044/072/042/069 311124
MWH 050/081/050/082/049/077 100012
EAT 053/080/051/079/050/075 20--22
OMK 050/079/050/080/048/076 20--22


$$
376           THE  TRAIL OF  '98
fought for me. She drove off all the other girls. We talked together, we drank together, we " played the tables " together, but nothing more. She would coax me with the prettiest gestures, and cajole me with the sweetest endearments; then, when I steadfastly resisted her, she would fly into a fury and flout me with the foulness of the stews. She was beautiful, but born to be bad. No power on heaven or earth could have saved her. Yet in her badness she was frank, natural and untroubled as a child.
It was in one of the corridors of the dance-hall in the early hours of the morning. The place was deserted, strewed with debris of the night's debauch. The air was fetid, and from the gambling-hall down below arose the shouts of the players. We were up there, Blossom and I. I was in a strange state of mind, a state bordering on frenzy. Not much longer, I felt, could I keep up this pace. Something had to happen, and that soon.
She put her arms around me. I could feel her cheek pressed to mine. I could see her bosom rise and fall.
" Come," she said.
She led me towards her room* No longer was I able to resist. My foot was on the threshold and I was almost over when------
" Telegram, sir."
It was a messenger. Confusedly I took the flimsy envelope and tore it open. Blankly I stared at the line of type. I stared like a man in a dream. I was sober enough now.
First Author: Baker, D. N.,

Co-Authors: Lepping, J. B. Blake, L. B. Callis, G. Rostoker, H. J. Singer, and G. D. Reeves,

Title: A strong CME-related magnetic cloud interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere: ISTP observations of rapid relativistic electron acceleration on May 15, 1997,

Reference: Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2975, 1998.

Reference Type: Published Journal

CEPPAD: true

CAMMICE: false

RAPID: false

Abstract: 
A geoeffective magnetic cloud impacted the Earth early on 15 May 1997. The cloud exhibited strong initial southward interplanetary magnetic field (Bz~-25 nT), which caused intense substorm activity and an intense geomagnetic storm (Dst ~-170 nT). SAMPEX data showed that relativistic electrons (E ~> 1.0 MeV) appeared suddenly deep in the magnetosphere at L=3 to 4. These electrons were not directly "injected" from higher altitudes (i.e., from the mag-netotail), nor did they come from an interplanetary source. The electron increase was preceded (for ~2 hrs) by remarka-bly strong low-frequency wave activity as seen by CANOPUS ground stations and by the GOES-8 spacecraft at geostationary orbit. POLAR/CEPPAD measurements support the result that high-energy electrons suddenly appeared deep in the magnetosphere. Thus, these new multi-point data sug-gest that strong magnetospheric waves can quickly and effi-ciently accelerate electrons to multi-MeV energies deep in the radia! tion belts on timescales of tens of minutes.
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TORRANCE-SAN MIGUEL-SANTA FE-
527 PM MDT MON OCT 20 2008
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA FE...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL AND NORTH CENTRAL TORRANCE
COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY 
RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS 
THUNDERSTORM ON I-40 JUST EAST OF CLINES CORNERS.
LAT...LON 3506 10547 3489 10544 3488 10545 3487 10544
      3472 10542 3471 10601 3498 10594 3520 10568
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 251DEG 27KT 3492 10565
$$
44
Douglas Isbell
Headquarters, Washington, DC                    November 25, 1997 
(Phone:  202/358-1753)

Elizabeth Carter
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 
(Phone:  650/604-2742)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N97-85

LUNAR PROSPECTOR MISSION BRIEFING SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 4

     A press briefing on the upcoming Lunar Prospector mission to the Moon and 
its scientific goals has been scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 4, 1997, at 1 p.m. 
EST in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 300 E St., SW, Washington, DC.  The 
briefing will last approximately one hour and will be broadcast live on NASA 
Television.  

     The third flight in NASA's Discovery Program of lower-cost, highly focused 
Solar System exploration missions, Lunar Prospector is scheduled for launch at 
8:32 p.m. EST on Jan. 5, 1998, from Spaceport Florida's new Launch Complex 46 in 
Cape Canaveral, FL.  
The small robotic mission is designed to provide the first global maps of the 
Moon's elemental surface composition and its gravitational and magnetic fields. 

     Participants in the press briefing are scheduled to include:
  
*     Dr. Carl B. Pilcher, acting solar system exploration director, Office of 
Space Science, NASA Headquarters, who will speak on the purpose and goals of the 
Discovery Program;

*     Mr. G. Scott Hubbard, Lunar Prospector mission manager from NASA's Ames 
Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, who will describe the development of Lunar 
Prospector and its mission operations;

*     Dr. Alan Binder, principal investigator for Lunar Prospector and head of 
the Lunar Research Institute, Gilroy, CA, who will discuss the mission's five 
science instruments and their related research goals, and

*     Dr. Michael Drake, director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 
University of Arizona, Tucson, who will give an overview of current scientific 
understanding of the Earth-Moon system and provide insights into the value of 
Lunar Prospector data for the study of the origin and evolution of the Solar 
System.

     The briefing will include a short demonstration of the new Lunar Prospector 
web site on the Internet, which will enable the public to view user-friendly 
visualizations of science data transmissions from the spacecraft at the same 
time they are first seen by mission scientists.

     The Web site is located at the following URL:  

               http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/

     NASA Television is available on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85 degrees West 
longitude, with vertical polarization.  Frequency is on 3880.0 megahertz, with 
audio on 6.8 megahertz.  Reporters who wish to observe and participate in the 
live broadcast of the press conference remotely may do so at participating NASA 
field centers.

                          -end-
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MOZ000-ARZ000-OKZ000-
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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/04/08 1230Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 1215Z  HANNA
.
LOCATION...MISSOURI...ARKANSAS...OKLAHOMA...
.
ATTN WFOS...LZK...SGF...TSA...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...ABRFC...
.
EVENT...CONVECTIVE WEDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE OZARKS PRODUCING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
.
SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...WELL DEFINED CONVECTIVE WEDGE HAS BEEN
ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE OZARKS REGION OF NW AR FOR THE
LAST 2 HOURS AND MANUAL SATELLITE ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT 1-3" OF RAIN
HAS FELL OVER THE APPROXIMATE AREAS OF BENTON/CARROLL/MADISON COUNTIES.
.
LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A NNE/SSW ORIENTED VORTICITY
LOBE EXTENDING FROM E IA THROUGH W MO THAT IS AIDING IN SYNOPTIC
DESTABILIZATION OVER THE REGION.  IN ADDITION, A BROADLY DIFFLUENT MID
AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW BETWEEN A SOMEWHAT AMPLIFYING EASTERN TROF AND
RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES IS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT.
SLOW MOVING/STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK
WITH PER RECENT GPW/GOES DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATERS OF NEAR 2.0".
.
VEERING LLJ CONTINUES TO FEED MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE BACK END
OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEX AND THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR CONTINUING CONVECTIVE
REGENERATION NEAR THE VIC OF BENTON COUNTY.  THE LAST SEVERAL IMAGES IT
DOES APPEAR AS THOUGH BACK END OF COMPLEX HAS MADE SOME SE PROGRESS BUT
STILL OVERALL CLOUD CANOPY CONTINUES TO COOL AND EXPAND ON LATEST 1215Z
IMAGERY WHICH SUGGESTS INTENSIFYING RAINFALL RATES DOWNSTREAM NEAR S
CARROLL/N MADISON ESE TO SEARCY COUNTY.  LOCAL AREA SOUNDINGS SHOWING
A HIGHLY PRECIP EFFICIENT PROFILE WITH DEEP MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT AND
LITTLE CLOUD LAYER SHEAR WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCAL 2.0"/HR RAINFALL RATES.
.
BELIEVE OVERALL PATTERN OF BROADLY DIFFLUENT MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW,
SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A UPSTRAEM DIFFLUENT THICKNESS PATTERN
SHOULD CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
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SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
.
SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/
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LAT...LON 3656 9225 3624 9151 3573 9205 3545 9346 3560 9424 3582
9465 3619 9474 3654 9367
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NNNN
Salary Table 2003-DCB
	INCORPORATING THE 3.10% GENERAL SCHEDULE INCREASE AND A LOCALITY PAYMENT OF 12.74%
                 FOR THE LOCALITY PAY AREA OF WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE, DC-MD-VA-WV
		(INCLUDING ST. MARYS COUNTY, MD)
                                (Total Increase: 4.27%)

                                Effective January 2003

                             Annual Rates by Grade and Step

GS     1          2         3         4         5        6          7        8        9       10

1     17152     17725     18295     18863     19434     19770     20332    20900    20923    21456
2     19285     19743     20382     20923     21158     21780     22403    23025    23647    24270
3     21042     21743     22444     23146     23847     24548     25249    25950    26652    27353
4     23621     24408     25195     25982     26769     27556     28343    29130    29917    30704
5     26429     27309     28190     29070     29951     30831     31712    32592    33473    34353
6     29459     30441     31423     32405     33387     34369     35351    36333    37315    38297
7     32736     33828     34919     36010     37102     38193     39284    40376    41467    42558
8     36255     37464     38672     39881     41089     42298     43506    44715    45924    47132
9     40044     41379     42714     44049     45383     46718     48053    49388    50723    52058
10    44098     45568     47039     48509     49979     51449     52919    54389    55859    57329
11    48451     50067     51682     53298     54913     56529     58145    59760    61376    62991
12    58070     60006     61942     63877     65813     67749     69685    71620    73556    75492
13    69054     71357     73659     75961     78263     80565     82867    85169    87472    89774
14    81602     84323     87043     89764     92484     95204     97925    100645    103366    106086
15    95987     99186     102386     105586     108785    111985    115184   118384   121583   124783
FVRIER 1699. EXPLORATIONS ET SONDAGES     235
heures et demie, nous rebandasmes de bord, le cap au nord-ouest et  l'ouest-nord-ouest, d'un mesme vent d'ouest-sud-ouest et de sud-ouest. Entre onze heures et midy, la bis-cayenne arriva  bord de la Badine, qui n'avoit rien descouvert,  ce que nous dit M. d'Iberville. On vit un islet au nord-ouest de nous, quatre lieues, et d'autres au sud-ouest qui formoient un grand enfoncement. Nous trouvasmes tousjours dix brasses; on prit hauteur : 29 degrez 55 minutes. Une heure et demie aprs midy, nous virasmes de bord d'un vent d'ouest quart de nord-ouest, le cap au sud-ouest quart de sud. Sur les trois heures, les vents estant venus  la bande du sud-est, nous arrivasm.es sur l'islet qui nous restoit au nord-ouest. Nous mouillasmes, sur les cinq heures, par huit brasses et demie d'eau, fond de vase, bonne tenue. Trois lieues au sud-est du dit islet, nous trouvasmes les mares est et ouest; toute la nuit les vents ont battu  l'ouest, beau frais.
Le dimanche 8e, sur les six heures du matin, M. de Surgres est all dans la petite felouque reconnoistre un islet qui nous restoit  l'ouest-nord-ouest et un autre qui nous restoit au sud. Nous trouvasmes les mares est et ouest; les vents ont est variables.
Le lundy 9e, sur les neuf heures du matin, nous appa-reillasmes d'un vent d'est avec nostre petit hunier et nostre artimon, pour aller mouiller  l'abry d'un islet qui nous restoit au sud, qui est le vent le plus  craindre dans cette coste. Nous mismes en travers, pendant une horloge, en attendant que le petit traversier fust all sonder devant nous. Sur le midy, nous mouillasmes par les sept brasses fond de vase,  une lieue et demie dudit islet, au sud.
Le mardy 10e, sur les huit heures du matin, les vents estant
MONOTONOUS DAYS IN THE BESIEGED  CITY.   185
republicanism. They managed to overthrow M. Thiers
and drive him out of the presidency. While it did not
change the form of the government, yet it elected a
President deadly hostile to a republic, who selected
ministers equally hostile, and who did everything in
their power to overthrow the government which they
were bound by every obligation of honor and good
faith to sustain. But that assembly was to come to an
end.
In the fall of the year 1877, a new election for mem-
bers of the assembly was to take place. The two par-
ties, Monarchical and Republican, were brought face to
face at this election, and the world has never seen a
more bitter contest or a fiercer political struggle.
Though in comparative retirement, M. Thiers gave the
Republican party the benefit of his wise counsel, while
Gambetta was its right arm, arousing everywhere the
utmost enthusiasm by his arguments and his eloquence.
It was in the height of this terrible struggle that M.
Thiers suddenly died at St. Germain-en-Laye. His
body was soon moved to his residence in the Place
St. Georges, in Paris, and his funeral took place on
Sunday, September 8th, 1877. As I had perfected all
my arrangements to leave France for my return home
on the following Monday, I went to the Place St.
Georges, before the hour of the funeral, to take leave
of Madame Thiers, and her sister, and it was there
that I met Gambetta for the last time. He spoke to
me in accents of the deepest emotion of the affliction
that M. Thiers's death had caused, and of the irrepara-
ble loss that France had sustained by the sudden de-
mise of that great man, coming as it did at the moment
of the fiercest political struggle that had ever taken
place in France.
December 19, 2006


The Honorable Susan Bodine
Assistant Administrator for 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460

Re: Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Rule (40 C.F.R. Sec. 112)

Dear Assistant Administrator Bodine:

The Office of Advocacy would like to congratulate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for responding to small business and taking a major step toward reducing their regulatory and paperwork burden by announcing changes to the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) rule. EPAs amendments will increase overall compliance while reducing the regulatory burden on facilities that handle a small volume of oil and that have a history of no reportable discharge.

The SPCC program is designed to prevent spills of oil into waterways, and to contain spills after they occur. Facilities subject to the program must develop spill prevention plans designed to prevent and minimize such discharges. Working in partnership with the Office of Advocacy and the Office of Management and Budgets Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, EPA realized that its 2002 rule put an unnecessary burden on firms that did not significantly contribute to the oil spill problem EPA was attempting to address. The revised rule adopts the small facility approach first raised by the Office of Advocacy in a June 2004 comment letter and reflects other refinements suggested by the Office of Advocacy in a February 2006 comment letter to the EPA.

Reducing unnecessary regulatory burden in this manner has the effect of freeing up resources businesses need to grow and stimulate the economy.  In addition, overall compliance for small firms will be improved by allowing such firms to self-certify their oil spill plans, rather than require a review and certification by a professional engineer.

The Office of Advocacy appreciates the sensitivity EPA has shown toward small businesses covered by the SPCC rule, and looks forward to working with EPA to reduce further the regulatory burden on small businesses. Special thanks go to Debbie Dietrich, Craig Mattheissen, and the entire SPCC team for this large effort in promulgating this relief in an expeditious manner.  We look forward to further collaboration on SPCC II.

Sincerely,

Thomas M. Sullivan
Chief Counsel for Advocacy

Kevin Bromberg
Assistant Chief Counsel
cc:  Steven Aitken, Acting Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Date: 3 Sep 1998 12:24:55 -0400
From: "Haskell, Ben" <bhaskell@ocean.nos.noaa.gov>
Subject: More FLORIDA KEYS Bleaching

Below are my snorkeling observations on 8/25/98 of coral bleaching in 
the Western Sambo Ecological Reserve in the lower Florida Keys along 
an offshore to inshore transect. Not meant to be a comprehensive account 
of all corals.

Definitions:
Intensity of bleaching (whiteness): low, moderate, heavy, mortality 
Cover of bleaching: X%

Offshore Buttress Zone:
Depth: 35'
Temp: 26C (this seems low to me but that's what YSI meter read at 35', 
30C at surface)
Overall bleaching: moderate, 60-80% bleaching cover
M. annularis: moderate to heavy, 50-80% cover
C. natans: moderate, 40-60% cover
Sid. sid: light
A. cervicornis: mod-heavy, 60-80%

Reef crest:
Millepora: heavy, 100% cover
A. palmata: heavy, 80%

Back Reef:
A. palmata: heavy, some mortality with algal overgrowth, 90% cover

Offshore patch reef (behind back reef):
Temp: 31C
Depth: 20-30'
Sid. sid: heavy, 80-100% cover (note difference between here and offshore)
E. fastigiata: moderate

Mid Channel Patch Reef (in Hawk's Channel- our equivalent to a lagoon 
except deeper and chronically turbid- contains many luxuriant patch reefs 
with immense soft corals (2 m high)):
Depth: 10'
Temp: 31C
M. cavernosa: moderate, 60-80% cover
M. ann.: moderate, 60-80% cover
TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  4547
SUBJECT: GRB060117 - ATCA 3/6cm radio limits - correction
DATE:    06/01/18 23:06:53 GMT
FROM:    Brian Schmidt at RSAA, ANU (MSSSO)  <brian@mso.anu.edu.au>

Brian Schmidt (ANU), Mark Wieringa (ATNF),
Dale A. Frail (NRAO), and Alicia Soderberg (CalTech)
report on behalf of a larger collaboration

"We observed the field of GRB 061117 (GCN 4533, GCN 4538) with the 
Australia Telescope Compact Array at 4.8 and 8.6GHz beginning January 
18.4 UT. We detect no sources in a 20" box around the OT position (GCN 
4536) of 21:51:36.13 -59:58:39.1 (J2000)  to an approximate 4 sigma 
limit of 0.6 mJy at both frequencies. "

We would like to thank the Director and Staff of the Australia Telescope 
National Facility for obtaining these observations as part of a Target 
of Opportunity Program.
620              DIARY  OF THE WAR
Oct.   IT-Baltic Fleet anchors off the Danish coast. Oct.   18.Baltic Fleet passes through the Great Belt. Oct.   20.Baltic Fleet proceeds to the North Sea. Oct.   21-22.Baltiq Fleet at midnight fires pn Huix
Fleet. Oct,   22.The Supreme Prize Court at St. Petersburg releases the
Allanton. Oct.   24.Urgent representations addressed by the British to the
Russian Government. Preliminary orders for mutual support and co-operation
sent to  the  Mediterranean,  Channel, and   Home
Fleets. Oct.   25.The Tsar sends a message to the King expressing his
extreme regret, Oct.   26.Baltic Fleet arrives at Vigo.
Japanese seize trenches on the Ehrlungshan glacis. Oct.   28.Mr. Balfour, at the Southampton meeting of the National
Union of Conservative Associations, announces that
an  International  Commission  of Inquiry is to be
constituted in accordance with the provisions of The
Hague Convention.
Four Russian officers left behind at Vigo, Oct.   29.Baltic Fleet begins to arrjve at Tangier, Oct.   31.Japanese gain possession of the glacjs crests of Ehrlungshan, Sungshushan, and the North Fprt of East
Keekwanshan. Nov.    2.Sir Charles Hardinge submits the British proposals for
the constitution of the Commission of Inquiry, Nov.    4.Foreign Office statement on contraband. Nov.    5.Russia accepts the draft proposals pf Great Britain, but
difficulties are subsequently raised. Baltic Fleet leaves Tangier. General Linievitch appointed to command First and
General   Kaulbars  appointed   to  command  Third
Manchurian Army-No v.  10.Admiral Alexeieff arrives in St, Petersburg. Admiral Folkersahm's division at Suda Bay. Nov.   12.Admiral Rozhdestvensky at Dakar till Nov. 16. Nov.  14.Japanese Six per Cent, Sterling Loan (second series)
for 12,000,000 issued in London and New York
at 90.
Nov.  15.Board of Trade Inquiry opened at Hull. Nov.  16.Russian destroyer Raztpropni blown up by her commander at Chifu. Nov. 17.Supplementary division of the Baltic Fleet leaves Libau,
QUESTION
A recent "Space Camp" poster I received stated that one square mile of 
sunlight weighs 3lbs. Can you explain this please?

ANSWER from Alan Federman on April 18, 1996:
The pressure of light (sunlight) is a measurable force. (Those little
radiometers that spin are examples of this.)  if we placed a flat mylar
"sail" 1 mile square in space (some certain distance from the sun) The
force would be equal to attaching a 32 lb weight to a (massless object) in
earth's gravity field. I am assuming this means a force of 32 lbs per second.

Since the force of sunlight is continuous, the solar sail ship could continue
to accelerate as long as the force of sunlight is significant. Theoretically
is is possible to accelerate to a sizeable fraction of the speed of light
using this method. It is also possible to "tack" ie sail at an angle to
the force of the light. By flying a zig-zag it would be possible to
go toward the sun.
State Of Oklahoma 
                     State Banking Department

                          MARCH 21, 1997

                          PRESS RELEASE

Mick Thompson, Oklahoma Bank Commissioner, is issuing this alert to Oklahoma financial
institutions and a warning to the general public concerning financial transactions involving the
"First Lenape Nations Bank", which claims to be headquartered in Anadarko, Oklahoma.  This
entity is not chartered by or licensed to do business in State of Oklahoma.  Commissioner
Thompson advises financial institutions and the general public to exercise extreme caution when
engaging in any transaction involving this entity.

Commissioner Thompson said, "Consumers should be wary of depositing funds with any
institution which is not chartered by a recognized regulatory agency, whose deposits are not
properly insured and whose management is not properly bonded to do such business."
Cavanaugh, J. C., Richardson, W. B., Strauss, E. A., and Bartsch, L. A., 2006,
Nitrogen dynamics in sediment during water level manipulation on the Upper
Mississippi River: River Research and Applications, v. 22, no. 6, p. 651-666.

Abstract: Nitrogen (N) has been linked to increasing eutrophication in the Gulf of
Mexico and as a result there is increased interest in managing and improving
water quality in the Mississippi River system. Water level reductions, or
'drawdowns', are being used more frequently in large river impoundments to
improve vegetation growth and sediment compaction. We selected two areas of
the Upper Mississippi River system (Navigation Pool 8 and Swan Lake) to
examine the effects of water level drawdown on N dynamics. Navigation Pool 8
experienced summer drawdowns in 2001 and 2002. Certain areas of Swan Lake
have been drawn down annually since the early 1970s where as other areas have
remained inundated. In the 2002 Pool 8 study we determined the effects of
sediment drying and rewetting resulting from water level drawdown on (1)
patterns of sediment nitrification and denitrification and (2) concentrations of
sediment and surface water total N (TN), nitrate, and ammonium (NH4+). In
2001, we only examined sediment NH4+ and TN. In the Swan Lake study, we
determined the long-term effects of water level drawdowns on concentrations of
sediment NH4+ and TN in sediments that dried annually and those that remained
inundated. Sediment NH4+ decreased significantly in the Pool 8 studies during
periods of desiccation, although there were no consistent trends in nitrification and
denitrification or a reduction in total sediment N. Ammonium in sediments that
have dried annually in Swan Lake appeared lower but was not significantly
different from sediments that remain wet. The reduction in sediment NH4+ in
parts of Pool 8 was likely a result of increased plant growth and N assimilation,
which is then redeposited back to the sediment surface upon plant senescence.
Similarly, the Swan Lake study suggested that drawdowns do not result in long
term reduction in sediment N. Water level drawdowns may actually reduce water
retention time and river-floodplain connectivity, while promoting significant
accumulation of organic N. These results indicate that water level drawdowns are
probably not an effective means of removing N from the Upper Mississippi River
system.

Keywords: drawdown, Upper Mississippi River, sediment nitrogen,
denitrification, nitrification, nitrogen cycling, Gulf-of-Mexico, estuarine
sediments, nitrification-denitrification, submersed macrophytes, nutrient
dynamics, aquatic sediments, organic-carbon, soil, transformations, systems