BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                 March 21, 1991
(Phone:  202/453-1547)                                                      
 
 
RELEASE:  91-46
 
SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY WINS AXAF CONTRACT
 
        NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., has selected
the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., for negotiations
leading to award of a contract to design, develop and operate a science support
center for the space-based Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF).
Scheduled for launch in 1998, AXAF will be the third in NASA's series of
Earth-orbiting Great Observatories.
 
        The primary role of the science center will be to provide a service to
the international scientific community by developing and overseeing an
observation program for the X-ray telescope and by managing reception and
distribution of the data it collects.
 
        In addition, the facility will provide support during development of
the X-ray telescope and its complement of sensitive instruments, for testing
and verification of ground support systems, for calibration of the instruments
and for those orbital operations that relate to the science instrument data.
 
        The science center will serve as the primary focal point for the
observer community using the X-ray telescope.  Services it will provide for
users or potential users will include:
 
        o  Assistance in the preparation of observing proposals;
 
        o  Support for scientific observations, including planning the
           best observing strategy for study of specific objects;
 
        o  Processing and distribution of scientific data; and,
 
        o  Offering users appropriate software and computer resources,
           so they can most effectively and efficiently use the data.
 
        The  cost-reimbursement for the AXAF Science Center is at a proposed
cost of $86.7 million.  The contract is for a 10-year period of performance,
spanning the design, development and testing of the telescope as well as
support to its launch and early years of science mission operations.
 
        A major readiness milestone for the AXAF Science Center will be to
provide support for ground-based calibration tests in 1995.  The center must
be fully operational to support the telescope's launch in 1998.  Location of
the facility is to be determined by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
as part of this effort.
 
        The Marshall center, which manages the AXAF program for NASA, will
manage the contract.  The AXAF program is under the direction of NASA's Office
of Space Science and Applications, Washington, D.C.
import java.awt.*;
// Main reactor applet

public class Reactor extends java.applet.Applet 
											implements NotifyParent
{
	Display	plot;
	ControlPanel ctrl;
	public String debug = "DEBUG";

	final double BMAX = 12.5;
	Inductive tok;
	final int WALL = 0;
	final int PAUX = 1;
	final int COE  = 2;
	final int COST = 3;
	
	final int MAX = 20;
	double[] R;
	double[][] Y;

	public void init() {
			setLayout(new BorderLayout());
			plot = new Display(this, "Major Radius (m)", "");
			plot.setXmin(7.0);
			plot.setXmax(9.0);
			plot.setYmin(0.0);
			plot.setYmax(2.0);
			add("Center", plot);
			ctrl = new ControlPanel(this);
			add("East", ctrl);
			tok = new Inductive();
			R = new double[MAX];
			Y = new double[4][MAX];
			updatePlots(ctrl.getHH(),ctrl.getbN(),ctrl.getnnGW(),ctrl.getBmax());
			}
	
	public void update()
	{updatePlots(ctrl.getHH(),ctrl.getbN(),ctrl.getnnGW(),ctrl.getBmax());
	}
	
	void updatePlots(double HH, double bN, double nnGW, double Bmax)
	{double Rmin = plot.getXmin();
	double Rmax = plot.getXmax();
	double step = (Rmax - Rmin) / (double)(MAX - 1);
	double Rc = Rmin;
	for(int i=0;i<MAX;i++)
		{R[i] = Rc;
		tok.SetConstantInductiveFlux(Rc, Bmax);
		tok.Set_HH_bN_nnGW(HH,bN,nnGW);
		Y[WALL][i] = tok.RelativeWallLoading();
		Y[PAUX][i] = tok.RelativePaux();
		Y[COE][i]  = tok.RelativeCOE();
		Y[COST][i] = tok.RelativeCapitalCost();
		Rc += step;
		}

	plot.AddData("WL",   WALL, Display.WHITE, MAX, R, Y[WALL]);
	plot.AddData("Paux", PAUX, Display.RED,   MAX, R, Y[PAUX]);
	plot.AddData("CoE",  COE, Display.BLUE,  MAX, R, Y[COE]);
	plot.AddData("Cost", COST, Display.GREEN, MAX, R, Y[COST]);
	
	plot.redraw();
	}
	
	public void paint(Graphics g)
	{updatePlots(ctrl.getHH(),ctrl.getbN(),ctrl.getnnGW(),ctrl.getBmax());
	plot.redraw();}
	
}
000
WWUS84 KMOB 101946
RFWMOB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
246 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA AND
COASTAL WALTON AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURATION CRITERIA WILL NOT BE
SATISFIED...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT MONDAY FOR
THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF
ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA DUE TO MARGINALLY LONG DURATION OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...HOT CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS SLIGHTLY
DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION.  AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY BUT DURATION CRITERIA WILL
ONLY BE MARGINALLY SATISFIED OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION ON MONDAY.
TEMPERATURES RETURN TO MORE SEASONABLE LEVELS FOR TUESDAY
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WHILE MOISTURE INCREASES
SLIGHTLY...KEEPING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS.

FLZ001-003-005-110400-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0060.000000T0000Z-070610T2300Z/
/O.UPG.KMOB.FW.A.0049.070611T1700Z-070611T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.FW.W.0061.070611T1700Z-070611T2300Z/
INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
246 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT MONDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT MONDAY. THE
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
DURATION CRITERIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE SATISFIED.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

FLZ002-004-006-008-102100-
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.W.0060.000000T0000Z-070610T2300Z/
/O.CAN.KMOB.FW.A.0049.070611T1700Z-070611T2300Z/
COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
COASTAL WALTON-
246 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN
CANCELED FOR MONDAY AS WELL AS THE DURATION CRITERIA FOR LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE SATISFIED.

$$
From: Mabel Pattison [mabel_@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 9:43 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 and Docket 00D-1598

Genetically Engineered Products MUST be labeled and tested for safety!

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE:
I accidently inhaled a strong amount of bug spray as the florida truck was 
spraying our neighborhood for mosquitos.  I experienced a pain in the left 
side of my body.  Not associating this with the spray, I thought to myself 
that I might be experiencing cancer.  Later in the week I overheard a 
neighbor talking to someone that she had pain in an area on her left side.  
She went to the doctor because she thought something serious was wrong.  He 
did tests and took x-rays but could not find a problem.  I was relieved 
because I knew it was from the bug spray.  I close my windows when I know 
the truck is coming around to spray the area. (By the way - I do not smoke, 
nor drink alcoholic beverages, nor take any medicine.)

ANOTHER INCIDENT: I again felt the pain in the same place and thought to 
myself "this cannot be - I have not been exposed to spray".  But I had been 
putting a lot of soy powder in my orange juice.  Oh-Oh The sow powder is 
probably genetically altered.  I called the company and indeed it is 
20%-$40% altered soy.  (Previously I was taking soy from a herbologist with 
no problems but I had run out and went to a health food store to get some).  
I talked to a lady on the phone about v-8 veg juice, she did not know if v-8 
used genetically altered ingredients or not, however she and her daughter 
had been having lots of problems similar to mine.  It so happens they love 
taco's (she had been unaware of the Taco Bell problem) and popcorn.  Well 
she said she went to the doctor and he could find nothing wrong.  She was 
very thankful to me because she said it clears up a lot of her problems now. 
  I talked to another friend and she said she experienced the same symptoms 
I did. She eats a lot of popcorn.  Since then she stopped.

YOU MUST let us make our food choices.  PLEASE - You must require labeling 
of genetically altered food.  We are in a food crisis.  I did not even know 
about animal products in cow feed etc. until the mayhem in England.  I 
assumed that we fed our livestock grain.  What a dummy I am. Pretty soon we 
will not be able to even plant seeds to grow our own gardens because we will 
have no idea if they have been genetically altered.

THIS is an EMERGENCY - Demand labelling. You, me and our families depend on 
you doing what is right.

Mabel Pattison
St Cloud, Fl 34771
mabel@compuserve.com
or
mabel_@hotmail.com

http://www.oscstudent.cc.fl.us/mpattison
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington             June 12, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

David Drachlis
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(Phone: 256/544-0031)

RELEASE: c02-m

NASA EXTENDS SHUTTLE EXTERNAL TANK CONTRACT 
WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN TO SEPTEMBER 2008

     NASA has extended to September 2008 its six-year, $1.15 
billion contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems, New 
Orleans, to provide 35 Super Lightweight External Tanks for 
the Space Shuttle Program. 

Under the modified contract, the 35 tanks will be produced at 
a rate of not less than six per year, versus the eight per 
year agreed upon in the original contract issued in October 
2000. The modification adds $341 million to the contract.

The contract includes the manufacture, assembly, test and 
delivery of the Super Lightweight Tanks and the operations 
and maintenance of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New 
Orleans. The contract also includes activities at NASA's 
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., and Kennedy 
Space Center, Fla. This is the sixth contract for production 
of tanks and the first to be comprised totally of Super 
Lightweight Tanks. 

This latest version of the tank, which flew for the first 
time in June 1998, is the same size as the tank it replaces, 
but is about 7,500 pounds (3,401.9 kilograms) lighter. Since 
the tank goes almost to orbit, every pound of weight saved is 
equivalent to a pound of increased payload. The weight 
reduction allows the Space Shuttle to carry more payload.

The Super Lightweight Tank features major changes in 
materials and design. Its liquid hydrogen tank and the liquid 
oxygen tank are constructed of a new aluminum lithium, a 
lighter, stronger material than the metal alloy used to 
manufacture previous External Tanks.

The External Tank, which holds the liquid hydrogen fuel and 
liquid oxygen for the Shuttle's three main engines, is the 
largest single component of the Space Shuttle and the only 
part of the Shuttle that is not reused. Standing 154 feet 
tall (approximately 50 meters), the gigantic rust-colored 
tank is taller than a 15-story building and as wide as a 
silo, with a diameter of about 27.5 feet (approximately 8 
meters). 

During launch, the tank also acts as the structural backbone 
for the Shuttle orbiter and Solid Rocket Boosters attached to 
it. The first tank of the sixth production is scheduled for 
delivery to the Kennedy Space Center this year. Marshall is 
NASA's key leader for development of space transportation and 
propulsion systems.

                         -end-
NEWS                                    December 10, 1996

JOHN NAKAHATA WILL BE NAMED ACTING  CHIEF,
FCC'S COMPETITION DIVISION
      
     John Nakahata will be named Acting Chief of the Competition Division of the FCC's
Office of General Counsel.  Nakahata had served since May as Senior Legal Advisor to FCC
Chairman Hundt.  

     As Senior Legal Advisor, Nakahata also advised Chairman Hundt on common carrier
issues, including the implementation of the local competition provisions of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.  Previously, Mr. Nakahata served as the Chairman's legal
advisor for mass media and cable issues.

     "John has played an invaluable role in helping me and the Commission as a whole to
meet and beat our Telecom Act deadlines and to do so with unanimous votes," said Hundt. 
"Through his hard work and wise counsel, he has earned the respect of everyone at the
Commission, members of the industry, state and local officials and public interest groups. 
He has a firm grasp of the issues facing the Commmission as it continues to implement
Congress' pro-competitive, deregulatory vision.  He will bring to this new role his
knowledge of and experience working with all areas of the Commission and I look forward
to continuing to benefit from his advice, especially as we move forward to complete the local
competition trilogy and address Bell entry into long distance."

     Prior to coming to the FCC, Mr. Nakahata was the staff director of the Subcommittee
on Regulation and Government Information, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. 
The subcommittee was chaired by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT).  In that position,
Mr. Nakahata worked on a variety of issues relating to government management and
effective regulation, including the issue of labeling of violent content in video games, liability
reform, and investigation of government waste.  Mr. Nakahata also advised Senator
Lieberman, who was an original cosponsor of the Cable Television Consumer Protection Act
of 1992, on telecommunications issues.

     Prior to his position with Senator Lieberman, Mr. Nakahata was an associate at the
law firm of Jenner & Block in Washington D.C.  Earlier, he served as a law clerk for the
late Judge John Pratt, U.S. District Court for D.C.  Mr. Nakahata holds a B.A. from
Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Harvard University.  He lives with his wife Pam Smith
and daughter Eileen in Alexandria.

  -FCC-
From: JEsther@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 9:07 PM
To: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: downded animals

Re: Docket No. 98P-0151/CP1

To Whom It May Concern:

Please help us end the insidious downed

animal trade.  Since downed animals comprise

such a small percentage of animals

slaughtered, and prohibiting their marketing

will cause no undue economic hardship, I

implore you to help us eradicate their

horrendous and unnecessary pain and

suffering.

Besides, animals who are too sick or injured

to stand should not be even allowed to enter

the human food' chain.  In addition to this,

it poses an increased risk for bacterial

contamination. There is even evidence that

some downed animals may be afflicted with a

form of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy

aka mad cow disease), a disease which has

been linked to a fatal human illness (CJD or

Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease).

It is literally impossible to move downed

animals humanely.  They are callously pushed

and shoved with tractors or dragged with

chains-inhumane processes which cause

injuries ranging from bruises and abrasions,

to broken bones and torn ligaments.

Since industry experts have estimated that

90% of downed animals can be prevented with

better care and handling, removal of downed

animals will provide an incentive for the

industry to prevent downed animals in the

first place.

Sincerely,

Judith Fish, 5134 Heron Ct. Coconut Creek, Florida 33073

                    

                    

* * * * * * * * * *
From: David E. Ross [david@rossde.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 4:15 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: S7-11-04: 

Comments:

1. Yes, the fee should be mandatory, universal, and uniform.

2. The exceptions should NOT include unanticipated financial
emergency.  This is too hard to verify and too easy to contrive or
even fake.

3. The exceptions should include any purchases made via automatic
transfers of dividends from other funds from the same fund group.  I
own several funds in the Vanguard Group.  Dividends on several of
them are automatically transferred to one of them.  In this case, I
should not be inhibited from withdrawing the amounts transferred.

4. Vanguard already imposes a similar fee on some of its funds.  On
some funds, the fee is applied only on redemptions via phone or
Internet but not via letter sent through postal mail, for more than
two redemptions in 12 months.  It should be mandatory that any such
fee (either through proposed rule 22c-2 or on a funds own
initiative) must be applied uniformly without regard for how the
customer initiates the transaction.  Vanguard's exemption for
redemptions via letter and postal mail puts customers living on the
Pacific coast at a disadvantage with respect to customers close
enough to Vanguards offices to have next-day delivery of postal
mail.  No such exemption should be allowed.  

5. The five-day holding period should be market days, not calendar
days.

6. Funds should be required to include the fee when computing sales
loads, commissions, or other charges levied when fund shares are
redeemed. That is, the charges should be based on the lower amount
remaining to be paid the customer, after subtracting the 2% fee.

7. Better clarification is needed to ensure the 2% fee is retained
by the fund for the benefit of the remaining share holders and is
not to be used for the benefit of the fund management.

David E. Ross
Oak Park, CA 91377

David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>  

I use Mozilla as my Web browser because I want a browser that 
complies with Web standards.  See <http://www.mozilla.org/>.
Secretary Glickman to Visit Wichita, Discuss Child Nutrition Issues and Trade With China
                                           Release No. 0156.00
Media Advisory
                                            Not for publication
                                     For planning purposes only
                                    Andy Solomon (202) 720-4623
                                          andy.solomon@usda.gov
SECRETARY GLICKMAN TO VISIT WICHITA, DISCUSS CHILD NUTRITION ISSUES AND TRADE
WITH CHINA
     WASHINGTON, May 11, 2000   Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will
travel to Wichita, Kansas on Monday, May 15, 2000.  He will first visit a
local elementary school to discuss USDA's efforts to promote good nutrition
among children.  Next, in an event sponsored by the Kansas Alliance for Go
Trade, Secretary Glickman will address local business leaders to promote the
potential benefits to Kansas of expanded trade with China.  The Secretary led
a Presidential Mission to China just two weeks ago.  Finally, Secretary
Glickman will address the Wichita Rotary Club.
     The following events are open to the press --
Monday, May 15, 2000
          8:45 a.m. Eats breakfast with students, teachers, and parents.  Makes
          remarks to help promote good nutrition and better learning among
          schoolchildren.
          Hyde Elementary School, cafeteria
          201 North Oliver
          Wichita, KS
               10:00 a.m.     Addresses Kansas Alliance for Go Trade event on what permanent
               normal trade relations with China means for Kansas.
          Wichita State University
          Hughes Metropolitan Complex, gymnasium
          5015 East 29th Street North (29th and Oliver)
          Wichita, KS
               12:00 p.m.     Addresses the Wichita Rotary Club
          Convention Hall, Room 210
          225 West Douglas
          Wichita, KS
                               ###
-.6
9
Alabama
dis here was all Marse Ikes place. Marse Ikes gin got outer fix and we couldnt git it fixed. Colonel Lee had two gins and one of tern was jes below old Turnerhouse. Recolleck a big old hickory
tree? Well dars whar it was.
	UI was plenty big nough to drive de mules to de gin. Set on de lever and drive em, jes lak a glasses mill, so dat night Marse Ike told us he want everybody go wid him to Colonel Lees gin nex morning, and didnt want nobody to git out and go ahead of him. Dat held up de ginning; made us not to go to de ginhouse tell sunup.
	t1Us got de mules and jes waited.!Twixt daylight and sunup, us all standing dar at de gate and we heared a little fine horn up d~e road. Us didnt know what it meant coming to de house. And bimeby Mr. Beesley, what live not fur from Marse Ike, he rode up &~nd had five dogs, five nigger dogs, what dey call em, and aoon as he come, Marse Ikes hose was saddled up and Marse Ike and him rode off down de road and de dogs wid ein, head of us. Us followed icng behind em, stay close as deylow us, to see what dey was up to. When dey got close to de ginhouse, ginhouse right side de road, dey stop us and Mr. Beesley told old Brown to go ahead. Old lirown was de lead dog and had a beil on him and. dey was fasten to~ecjcier wid a rod, jes lak steers, He turn em loose, and den }~e popped de whip and hollered at old Brown and told him nigger. C1~ i*own hollered lak he hit. He want to go. A~d dey was a fence on bofe sides made it a lane, so he put old Brown over de fence on de ~4nhouse side, and told Brown to  go ahead . He went ahead and run all aroun1 de ginhouse and dey let him in de gin~room and he gTahhl~~ in de cottonseed in a hole.
	Den somebody holler uiriea Jim,
	1 looks and I didnt see him. Didnt nobody see hirn, but
%================================================================
%  Program: testing complete TCA cycle for DvH
%  By Yinjie Tang.   Dept of Chemical Engineering, UC-Berkeley
%  Email:  YJTang@lbl.gov 
%
%
% The program includes main function using simulated annealing 
% method to narrow down the searching range.  The fminsearch
% function is used for get the local minimal solution
%=================================================================

clear all

global exch C13 v PredGlu PredAsp Predser  Predsuc test  Vnew

% initial guess value based on the measurement
v(6)    = 80;   	v(19) = 2.1;   v(8) = 3;      v(11) = 2.1;      v(7)=5;            
v(2)    = 5;        v(17) = 4;    v(4) = 3;      v(18) = 2.1;   
Vnew=v;
test=100;
% annealing temperature determines the range of solutions.
T6=10; T8=10;  T19=5; T4=10;  T7=10; T11=5;  T2=7; T17=10; T18=4; 

ObjNew=100; objective=100;

% generate different initial guess values globally to find the final solution 
for j1=1:50,

% we used an modified simulate annealing method.  When the objective function is improved, annealing temperature will drop by 10%    
%assuming annealing rate is 0.9    

if (ObjNew<=objective) 
T6=T6*0.9;   T8=T8*0.9;  T19=T19*0.9; T4=T4*0.9;  T7=T7*0.9; T11=T11*0.9;  T2=T2*0.9; T17=T17*0.9; T18=T18*0.9;  objective=ObjNew;  
end   

for j2=1:50,
    
%Exchage coefficient
exch=(rand-0.01)^2;

%labeled CO2 fraction
C13=(rand-0.01)^2;

% get the inital guess of unknown flux within its reasonable range
v6   = Vnew(6) + T6*(rand-0.5);   	               % flux Pyr to acetate	
v8   = Vnew(8) + T8*(rand-0.5);                    % flux Pyr to Malate
v19  = Vnew(19)+ T19*(rand-0.5);                   % flux Pyr to alanine, valine
v4   = Vnew(4) + T4*(rand-0.5);                    % flux Pyr to OAA
v7   = Vnew(7) + T7*(rand-0.5);                    % flux to OAA-->CIT
v11  = Vnew(11)+ T11*(rand-0.5);                   % flux to OXO-->Glx
v2   = Vnew(2) + T2*(rand-0.5);                    % flux Pyr to PP pathway and EMP pathway
v17  = Vnew(17)+ T17*(rand-0.5);                   % flux to glyoxlate shunt
v18  = Vnew(18)+ T18*(rand-0.5);                   % flux to extra cellular succinate/fumurate

% vv is unknown flux vector
vv=[exch C13 v8 v6 v19 v4 v7 v11 v2 v17 v18];
[a,FVAL,EXITFLAG,OUTPUT]=fminsearch('DvHfminC1J5', vv);

if (ObjNew >test) 
    ObjNew = test;  ExchNew= a(1);  C13New = a(2); 

    %the optimal solutions 
    Vnew       = v;
    PredGluNew = PredGlu;      
    PredAspNew = PredAsp;
    PredserNew = Predser;
    PredsucNew = Predsuc;

end
end
end
% show the results.
    ObjNew
    Vnew       
    PredGluNew 
    PredAspNew 
    PredserNew 
    PredsucNew
March 05, 2008

Rachel Prucey 
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 
650-604-0643
Rachel.L.Prucey@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 08_17AR

NASA EXPLORER SCHOOL OPENS DOORS TO HUNDREDS FOR DISCOVERY NIGHT

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., -- Edward Harris Jr. Middle School, Elk Grove, 
Calif., will transform itself into an epicenter of discovery and 
science activities next week and invites community members and news 
media to join the fun. Participants can enjoy building and launching 
rockets, making “goop,” playing math and science games, and entering 
a raffle for a chance to win prizes.

Edward Harris Jr. Middle School was selected to be a NASA Explorer 
School (NES) in 2007 and will continue to partner with NASA for the 
next two years. NASA sponsors the NES program to help educators and 
students join NASA's mission of discovery through educational 
activities and learning opportunities that are tailored to promote 
career explorations in science, mathematics and technology. 

WHAT: An opportunity to witness NASA Explorer School students from 
Edward Harris, Jr. Middle School learn and play during a family night 
of science and fun. Activities will include games, launching rockets, 
making “goop,” and participating in teacher-led breakout sessions: 
Mars Bound, Rockets, Smart Skies and Seeds in Space. 

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. PDT, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 
- 6:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. PDT: Doors open 
- 6:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. PDT: First round of breakout sessions
- 7:20 p.m. – 7:50 p.m. PDT: Second round of breakout sessions
- 7:50 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. PDT: Raffle awards 

WHERE: Edward Harris Jr. Middle School, 8691 Power Inn Road, Elk 
Grove, Calif. 95624

For information about the NASA Explorer School Program, visit: 

http://explorerschools.nasa.gov

	
-end-
SOHO Daily Meeting Minutes for Friday, 14 July 2000

FOT REPORT
----------
Spacecraft Status:       Nominal
Spacecraft Anomalies:    None
Accomplished Activities: NOM HGA, VIRGO, SWAN, New Tracking Star
Planned Activities:      RSL, VIRGO, CELIAS, New Tracking Star

Upcoming Operations: 7/18  Momentum Management and Stationkeeping Maneuver

Ground Anomalies: 
  195/0003  Wayward command. D24. 6 CMDs retransmitted. 8 minute CMD delay

SOLAR STATUS
------------
  There was an X5.7 flare from AR 9077 near central meridian today, 
with peak soft X-ray emission at ~ 10:24 UT. Connected with this 
event there is a clear EIT wave and a halo CME.

INSTRUMENT STATUS
-----------------
CDS:	Due to the flare, CDS turned off their NIS high voltage.
        They will monitor the "proton blizzard" and resume operations 
        when it is over.  Tentative plans for the weekend are
        (sun allowing !):
         - Friday - Synoptic, NIS MCP Monitoring, CME Watch on AR9070 
                    (07:34-21:42 UT), and GIS MCP Monitoring
	 - Saturday - Synoptic, Sunspot Oscillations (7-17:30 UT) and
         	      Off limb corona (North) from 18:35 to 23:50 UT,
	 - Sunday - Synoptic, Off-limb corona (South) from 06:46-11:50 UT
                    Energetic Events from 12:10 to 23:05 UT 

UVCS:	UVCS ramped down detectors this morning after seeing
	unusually high counts in their OVI detector at ~ 10:45 UT.
        They'll investigate and wait until the "proton blizzard" is over
        before resuming operations.
 
LASCO:	Nominal.  C2 and C3 synoptics, keeping an eye on the images.  Their
        images are saturated with particle hits and the compression is not
        effective, therefore may have to command later for buffer maintenance.

EIT:	Nominal.  See the movies on the Web, they are impressive.
        195 Angstrom CME watch and synoptics.

MDI:	Nominal.  Finished tuning load last night and went into high
        resolution mode -- so they caught the flare (!) Saturday morning 
        they will switch to full disk mode.

TRACE:	Nominal.  TRACE will continue to follow AR 9077 throughout 
        the weekend and into Monday.
Neves, R. J., J. R. Weaver and A. V. Zale (1985).  An evaluation of host fish 
suitability for glochidia of Villosa vanuxemi and V. nebulosa (Pelecypoda: 
Unionidae). American Midland Naturalist.  113:13-19.
	
Fish species congeneric with previously identified hosts, as well as exotic 
fishes (Xiphophorus variatus and Tilapia aurea) and the mosquitofish Gambusia 
affinis, were exposed to glochidia of Villosa vanuxemi or V. nebulosa to 
determine whether phytogenetically similar fishes can serve as hosts. Glochidia 
of V. vanuxemi metamorphosed on black Cottus baileyi, mottled C. bairdi and 
slimy C. cognatus sculpins, and glochidia of V. nebulosa metamosphosed on 
spotted Micropterus punctulatus, largemouth M. samoides and Suwannee M. notius 
basses and the mosquitofish. Exotic fishes were unsuitable hosts. A review of 
previous in vivo and in vitro studies suggests that chemical components of the 
blood serum in fishes, as yet unidentified, dictate host suitability to specific 
glochidia.
From: Center for Food Safety [action@foodsafetynow.org]
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 4:20 PM
To: FDA Commissioner
Cc: president@whitehouse.gov; vice.president@whitehouse.gov;
fdadockets@oc.fda.gov; fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Oppose the New FDA Regulations on GE Foods!

FDA Commissioner 
Dockets Management Branch (HFA 305)
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fisher's Lane, rm. 1061
Rockville, MD 20852

RE: Docket No. 00N-1396, and 00D-1598

Dear FDA,
  
I don't understand why issues like this are not common sense to policy 
 makers.  Although GE foods allow many profitable advantages, the long run 
is not yet known and for that reason i do not consume such products.  i 
have many rights as a US citizen inwhich i am VERY thankful for so why do 
i not have the right to know EXACTLY what seed my food was grown from and 
what the companies reseach has shown?
I am aware that these foods could be toxic to not just myself but to other 
species on this planet. with the recent scare in europe i am very 
concerned with this issue.  our food and water is the staple for our 
survival. yet time again i do not believe they are treated with the 
respect that is given to the large corporations that are playing god with 
our future.  i understand why we need to research ways to grow more food 
to feed the world. but our farming practices, ei: factory farming of 
livestock and GE crops, have the potential to destroy essential ecosystems 
and that is a practice that i do not wish to participate in.  

Your proposed rules ignore serious concerns, and appear to be a decision 
made to convenience industry at the expense of public health and the 
environment. I will not accept your attempt to make me a guinea pig of 
these untested foods, and I trust you will take my concern along with the 
thousands of others into serious consideration.

Sincerely,
Tera James

1020 Lake St.
Kent, OH. 44240

tera james
1020 lake st.
kent, oh, 44240

CC: 
The President
Vice President Dick Cheney
FDA Dockets Management [Docket No. 00N-1396]
Senator Mike DeWine
Senator George Voinovich
Representative Sherrod Brown
Representative Thomas C. SawyerFDA Dockets Management [Docket No. 00D-1598]

To the recipient -- this fax/email message has come to you via the Center 
for Food Safety web site -- a public tool for providing input on food 
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contact CFS at (202)547-9359 or email office@centerforfoodsafety.org with 
any questions.  Thank you.

___________________________________________________________________________
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NASA Photo ID: STS057-90-009      File Name: 10073299.jpg

Film Type: 70mm CN                Date Taken: 07/01/93

Title: STS-57 Earth observation of King Sound in northwest Australia

Description:

STS-57 Earth observation taken aboard Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, 
is of King Sound in northwest Australia.  Roebuck Bay with the city of
Broom  on its northern shore is south of King Sound.  Sediment in the sound
is  deposited by the Fitzroy River, which is the major body draining the 
Kimberley Plateau about 200 miles to the west.  The extent of the tidal
flats  around the Sound is indicated by the large white areas covered with
a salty  residue.  According to NASA scientists studying the STS-57 Earth
photos,  northwest wind gusts are ruffling areas of the water's surface at
the mouth  of King Sound and in neighboring Collier Bay.  Therefore the
water is less  reflective and dark.  The higher reflectance on the
brightest areas is caused  by biological oils floating on the surface and
reducing the capillary wave  action.  The scientists point out that the
oils take the forms of the  currents and eddies in the picture.  These
eddies indicate that the water  offshore is moving at a different speed
than the water along the coast.   Lacepede, the small island off the coast,
has a phytoplankton bloom nearby,  where nutrient-rich deeper waters have
been mixed with the surface waters in  sufficient quantities for bloom to
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Report No. MM-812          MASS MEDIA ACTION       March 10, 1994

       BELLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, PARIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
     DISTRICT GRANTED ITFS LICENSES TO SERVE DENNISON AND SUMNER, TX

     The Commission has granted the applications of Bells
Independent School District and Paris Independent School District
for Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) facilities on
Channels C1-C4 to serve Dennison, TX, and Sumner, TX, respectively. 
It denied the competing application of Silo Public Schools to serve
Kenefic, OK.

     All applicants were qualified to be licensees and the
Commission made its decision based on a comparison of the three. 

     It found Bells and Silo entitled to four points for being
local, three for being accredited, two for observing the four-
channel limitation for a total of nine points each.  Paris was
entitled to four points for being local, three points for being
accredited, two points for observing the four-channel limitation
and one point for proposing at least 21 hours of formal educational
ITFS programming per channel per week, for a total of ten points. 
Therefore, Paris was the preferred applicant.  The Commission
noted, however, that because the application filed by Bells was not
mutually exclusive with that of Paris, it could be granted as well.

     Action by the Commission March 4, 1994, by Memorandum Opinion
and Order (FCC 94-49).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello and
Barrett.

                               - FCC -

     News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 632-5050.
     Mass Media Bureau contact: Marsha Evans at (202) 632-9356.
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                the eight-day mission. Two solar arrays were stowed on the
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                Hadfield, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. This was the
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March 7, 1969

Dr. J. George Harrar
Preeident of tho Rockefeller Foundation
111 West 50th Street
New York, New York 10020

Dear Dr. Harrar,

   I am writing again to press you with what is now a conrete
suggestion about promoting mote innovative approaches to plant
breading.

   This is to aok your foundation people to organize a brain
storming conference on the relevance of new techniques and findings,
which include: l.aomatic call fusion (nom Dr. Hildebrandt'e article
enclosed), 2. production of haploid genotypes and their aubeequent
doubling, 3. rescuing otherwioe inviable hybrids by embryo culture
(me Brink and Cooper, Botanical Review Vol. 13, Page 423-541, 19471,
4. biochemical genetic manipulation of plant genotypes in cell culture
BuninobAA to the isolation and testing of clones, 5. the constructive
use of engineerad viruses.

   I do not neceesarily coee any panacea out of this, and I fully realize
that the teeting and validation of new genotypee is a much more costly
and laborious process than the production of new genetic variants.
The field is, however, remarkably backward overall.

-._ :
. .

   I realize that the most effective impetus to such an event would
arise if I &able to take a mre direct and personal interest in
having it come about. I would then for example attempt to document in
more detail the justification for it.         a

   I regret that I am not in a position to do this nor to take too
energetic a role in organizing cluch a conference but I would be happy
to play at least some part in it if it could be arranged to be held on
thie campus. This remark should not discourage you from proceeding in
another direction if the basic idea is a eound one. Another way to get it
going might be to ask Dr. James D. Watson in hie capacity aa director
of the Biology Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor.

   There are, I BLPP 8wIe, at leaet a half a dozen people of great
intellectual insight who could contribute to this problem but who have
never yet given more than a moments thought to it. X would see that the

over


2 -

program ought to start with a first phase coaslsting of a kind of
briefing, namely an attempt to lay out the basic problams in eystematic
form eo that they can be understood by good biologiste who are not
profeseional plant breeders. Even if nothing else cume out of it such
an organization of the problem would have an tiportant value of its own.

Sincerely yours,

Joshua Loderberg
Professor of Genetics

JLlrr
From: ncbi-seminar-admin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov on behalf of Wataru Fujibuchi
[wataru@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 11:28 AM
To: ncbi-seminar@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Subject: CBB seminar(Dec 18) announcement

CBB seminar tomorrow(Tue, Dec 18) 11:00am.
Natcher South Conference Room.
 
New Aspects of Gene Regulation on Yeast with Microarray Analysis
Wataru Fujibuchi
 
The advent of microarrays and the availability of completely sequenced
eukaryotic genomes have shown us a new stage of transcriptional regulation
studies. Using microarray analysis, we here focused on two interesting
computational aspects; promoter cis-element searches and chromosomal
localization preferences of expressed genes.
First, we did an evaluation study of how the microarray-based gene clusters
can enhance the identification of true cis-elements, as compared to the
naive traditional pattern searches. We found that although it reduce the
noise level for many elements, we still need to be cautious in handling
cases such as ubiquitous elements, GCN4 or TATA-box.*
We also tested if there are any chromosomal localization preferences of
genes when they are co-expressed. Surprisingly, we found that there is
a high tendency to find co-expressed genes adjacent on the same
chromosome and distant genes on the same chromosome also seem to be
co-expressed. We are currently seeking an interpretation for the
mechanism for this type of gene regulation(?).

_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
_/  Wataru Fujibuchi, Ph.D.,  Computational Biology Branch    _/
_/      National Center for Biotechnology Information         _/
_/   Bldg 45, Rm 6th Floor, NIH, 45 Center Drive, MSC 6510    _/
_/          Bethesda, MD 20892-6510 USA (301)435-5896         _/
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FVXX20 KWBC 100029
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ADVISORY NUMBER: 2004/029
                              
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FCST ASH CLOUD+6H:  NOT AVBL            
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REMARKS: ASH CAN NOT BE SEEN IN THE SATELLITE IMAGERY.  THE
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AF FL200 MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2004JAN10/0630Z.

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David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington, DC                   January 22, 1996
(Phone:  202/358-1730)

VIDEO ADVISORY:  V96-4


CHALLENGER B-ROLL, GALILEO PROBE ANIMATION ON NTV

    Tuesday's NASA Television video news file will air 
background footage on the upcoming tenth anniversary of the 
Space Shuttle Challenger accident. and re-air animation and an 
interview that supported Monday's Galileo probe press briefing.


Video News Files air at noon, 3, 6 and 9 p.m. EST

ITEM #1:  CHALLENGER ANNIVERSARY
    Footage from before and after the Space Shuttle Challenger 
accident.

ITEM #2:  PROBE SURPRISE

ITEM #3:  GALILEO DROPS IN ON JUPITER

ITEM #4:  LIGHTNING ON JUPITER

ITEM #5:  ASTEROID IMPACT ON JUPITER

ITEM #6:  GALILEO'S TARGET

ITEM #7:  INTERVIEW -- DR. RICHARD YOUNG, PROJECT SCIENTIST

    NASA Television is broadcast on Spacenet 2, transponder 5, 
channel 9, C-Band, located at 69 degrees West longitude, with 
horizontal polarization.  Frequency will be on 3880.0 
megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz.

                       -end-
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FOL1~L


FOLK TALES	Mike Lawrence belonged to what he calls tde Murray state In slavery times, He was one of Major William I~ieggett ~urrays fire boys, who was chargedwith the specific duty of brinSl~ve coals to the master whenever he ~wanted to light his pipe. Mike was only asniall lad when war was declared, but he remembers ni~merous stories relating to Mauseas niggers, some of which : are worth rcording. He $pealcs from first hand knowledge1he says, for the things that he tells about happened during his childhood and still stand out clearl~r in his mind.

H ere is one of MikeTs stories:
	..	~ ~	~


	Old 1ohn Drayto~,was de sxnaatest of all de  nigger de Maussa place. He wuk so haad some time dat Maussa jest got to stop him, or he kill heseif. I nebber see sech uh man fer wuk in all my life. Maussa tink uh lot ob i~ni,

	cause he been uh good field hand, beside know lot bout cutting ood (wood) and building fence~ Vthat been more old John play fer ai]. de dance on de planta~in. He  fair (really) mek 1~iddle tqlk. When Maussa gib uh dance he always call pon ;J~ohn. .

	.	Yas, suh dat man sure could play. Wen he saw down on de fiddle and pull out dat june (tune) Oh, de Monkey Marry to de Babboon Sister   he mek  son (parson) dance.

	One day more dan all, Maussa Murray send wud

.	(word) to Jc~hn dat de cow der break out ob de pasture, and he