BEE-spoke-data/govdocs1-by-extension huggingface dataset:
Machine generated contents note: Contents -- 1 Markets for Transport in the Midwest and Sources of Transport Services in the Early 187O's -- Steamers and Railroads from Chicago 6 -- Summary: Market Definition and Sources of Transport Services 10 -- 2 Prerequisites and Effects of a Successful Cartel -- Requirements for Loyalty to a Cartel 14 -- The Results of a Successful Cartel 21 -- Measuring Reasons and Results 22 -- 3 The Beginning of Cartel Control of Trunk-Line Railroad Rates, 1871 to 1879 -- The Effects of Collusive Rates, 1871 to 1874 30 The Effect of Collusive Rates Upon Grain Markets, -- 1871 to 1874 32 -- The Entry of the Baltimore and Ohio into Chicago and the Collapse of the Agreement, 1874 to 1876 39 -- The New Trunk-line Rate Agreements, 1876 to 1879 50 -- The Consequences for the Shippers of Cartel Instability, 1875 to 1879 63 -- The Consequences for the Railroads of Cartel Instability, 1875 to 1879 71 -- 1 -- 13 -- 25 -- vii -- viii CONTENTS -- 4 Elaborate Trunk-Line Cartels and the Control of Rates, 1880 to 1886 -- Harmony in 1880 and Rate Wars in 1881 80 -- The Pooling of Revenues and Joint Control of Rates During 1882 and 1883 91 -- Independent Railroads and a Breakdown in the Rate Agreement, 1884-1885 95 -- Last Attempts to Set and Maintain Rates, -- 1885-1886 103 -- The Resulting Structure of Through and Local Rates 106 -- 5 Trunk-Line Railroad Rates and the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887 to 1899 -- The Act to Regulate Commerce of 1887 111 -- The Interstate Commerce Commission's Standards -- for "Just and Reasonable" Rates 113 -- The Interstate Commerce Commission's First Attempts at Enforcement 115 -- The Trunk Lines' Initial Adjustments to Interstate Commerce Commission Regulation 119 Cartel Control of Long-Distance Rates, 1887 -- to 1890 125 -- Strengthened Regulation and Strict Cartel Control of Rates, 1891 to 1893 144 -- Regulation and Cartellization: The Weakening of Regulation and the Disruption of Rates -- in 1894 153 -- Regulation and Cartellization: Evasion of Regulation and the Rate Demoralizations of 1894-1895 164 Regulation and Cartellization: The Strengthening of Cartellization and Effective Control of Rates -- in 1896 176 -- The Destruction of Regulation and Cartellization, 1897 to 1899 183 -- 6 The Effects of Regulation and Cartelization, 1887 to 1899 -- 79 -- 110 -- 193 -- CONTENTS ix -- Appendix to Chapter 11: Price Strategies to 205 -- Promote Cartel Stability, by Daniel Orr -- and Paul W. MacAvoy -- Statistical Appendices 221 -- Selected Bibliography 267 -- Index 273.
FUNCTION qget_string, dummy
;+
; NAME:
;     QGET_STRING
; PURPOSE:
;     To get a string from the keyboard without echoing it to the screen.
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;     string = QGET_STRING() 
;
; INPUTS:
;     None.
;
; OUTPUTS:
;     string   The string read from the keyboard.
;
; SIDE EFFECTS:
;     A string variable is created and filled.
;
; PROCEDURE:
;     The IDL GET_KBRD functions is used to get each character in
;     the string.  Each character is added to the string until a
;     carriage return is struck.  The carriage return is not appended
;     to the string.  Striking the delete key or the backspace key
;     removes the previous character from the string.
;
; NOTES:
;     For a widget password procedure see 
;     http://www.dfanning.com/tip_examples/password.pro
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
;     Written by Michael R. Greason, STX, 8 January 1991.
;     Work for Mac and Windows IDL  W. Landsman    September 1995
;     Converted to IDL V5.0   W. Landsman   September 1997
;-
;                       Variable definitions.
;
 st = bytarr(1)                                 ; String variable.
 n = 0

 IF !VERSION.OS_FAMILY EQ "unix" THEN dun = 10B $       ; Unix version of CR.
                           ELSE dun = 13B       ; All other version of CR.
wt = 1                                          ; Wait for key to be struck?
del = 127B & bs = 8B                            ; Delete, backspace keys.
;
;                       Loop, gathering characters into the string until
;                       a carriage return has been struck.
;
REPEAT BEGIN
;
;                               Get next character.
;
        ch = byte(get_kbrd(wt))
        ch = ch[0]
;
;                               If it isn't a carriage return, process it.
;
        IF (ch NE dun) THEN BEGIN
;
;                                       If it isn't a delete or backspace,
;                                       append it to the string.
;
                IF ((ch NE del) AND (ch NE bs)) THEN BEGIN
                        IF (n LE 0) THEN BEGIN
                                st[0] = ch
                                n = 1
                        ENDIF ELSE BEGIN
                                st = [st, ch]
                                n = n + 1
                        ENDELSE
                ENDIF ELSE BEGIN
;
;                                       It's a delete/backspace.  Remove the
;                                       previous character.
;
                        IF (n GT 0) THEN BEGIN
                                n = n - 1
                                IF (n GT 0) THEN st = st[0:(n-1)]
                        ENDIF
                ENDELSE
        ENDIF
;
ENDREP UNTIL (ch EQ dun)
;
;                       Finished.
;
IF (n LE 0) THEN st = '' ELSE st = string(st)
RETURN, st
END
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                                        CODE PACKAGE NAME:  ANTE (ANTE-BELLM)
                                        COMPUTER:    IBM 360/75/91
                                        DATE:        10/1/70
                                        DOWNLOADED TO DISKETTE: 12/92

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NOTE: THE ANTE PACKAGED HERE WILL NOT READ A DICTIONARY IN FILE 1.  RSIC 
      ALTERED THE ENDF/B CROSS SECTION DATA NECESSARY FOR THE PACKAGED SAMPLE
      PROBLEM (O AND N) SO THAT THE PARAMETER NWD WAS CHANGED.  THE NEW VALUES
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Soloman, R. C., D. R. Parsons, D. A. Wright, B. K. Colbert and C. Ferris (1975).  
Environmental inventory and assessment of Navigation Pools 24, 25, and 26, Upper 
Mississippi and Lower Illinois Rivers. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment 
Station, Technical Report Y-75-1.
	
The River and Harbor Act of 3 July 1930 authorized the construction and 
maintenance of a 9-ft-deep by 300-ft-wide channel for commercial navigation of 
the Upper Mississippi and Lower Illinois Rivers. Construction of locks and dams 
supplemented by dredging and bank stabilization was required to maintain the 9-
ft depth, particularly during periods of low flow. An investigation was 
performed by Colorado State University to evaluate the river reaches before and 
after man-made changes and overall changes in geomorphology. Additionally, 
trends of future geomorphic changes that could result from existing and 
potential future developements were addressed with the aid of a mathematical 
simulation model. Vegetation and vegetative successional patterns of the 
floodplain were characterized by the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Vegetation maps 
were produced delineating vegetational communities adjacent to the rivers and on 
islands. An inventory of the animals and their habitats was conducted by 
Southern Illinois University. Seven habitats were distinguished in the 
unprotected floodplain. Based on literature, 49 species of mammals, 286 species 
of birds, and 81 species and subspecies of amphibians and reptiles were expected 
to occur in the study area. Members of the Waterways Experiment Sttion study 
team collected water and sediment samples for chemical and physical analysis and 
biological samples from four habitat types. The data were subjected to various 
statistical analyses to determine if there were differences between habitats and 
sampling dates. Fish samples were collected from the Illinois River by the 
Illinois Natural History Survey and results were compared with literature to 
determine temporal and spatial changes in distribution. The overall impacts of 
operation and maintainance of the 9-ft channel were discussed relative to the 
effects on the biological, chemical, and physical system in the study area. 
Recommendations were made for further studies that are needed to define impact 
more adequately.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
712 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OLUSTEE TO 
ELMER   TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ELMER...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ELMER...HEADRICK...HUMPHREYS...
  MANITOU...OLUSTEE AND TIPTON.

WINDS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3456 9949 3445 9942 3435 9923 3449 9879
      3458 9894 3472 9915

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CAPE SUCKLING OUT 100 NM

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTLINE FORECASTS...

DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION-

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.TODAY...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SW SWELL. 
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.TUE NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. W SWELL. 
.WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 9 FT. W SWELL. 

CAPE DECISION TO CAPE EDGECUMBE-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT...

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.TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SW SWELL. 
.TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SW SWELL.  
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CAPE EDGECUMBE TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER-

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.TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SW SWELL. 
.TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SW SWELL.  
.TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SW SWELL. 
.WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SW SWELL. 

CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO ICY CAPE-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 13 FT. S SWELL. 
.TONIGHT...LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SE 10 KT LATE. SEAS 11 FT. SW
SWELL. 
.TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SW SWELL.  
.TUE NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SW SWELL. 
.WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SW SWELL. 

ICY CAPE TO CAPE SUCKLING-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT. S SWELL. 
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. S SWELL. 
.TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SW SWELL.  
.TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SW SWELL. 
.WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SW SWELL. 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  98-43

          Colleen Mahoney Named Acting General Counsel


     Washington, D.C., April 29, 1998 -- Securities and Exchange
Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt today named Colleen P. Mahoney
Acting General Counsel.  Ms. Mahoney, currently the Commission's
Deputy Enforcement Director, will leave that post on May 11, 1998
and serve as General Counsel until a permanent General Counsel is
named.  Ms. Mahoney succeeds Richard Walker, who will take over
the Commission's Division of Enforcement on May 5, 1998.

     SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt said, "I am delighted that
Colleen has agreed to serve as the Commission's top legal
advisor.  In her 15 years at the Commission, Colleen has
distinguished herself in every position that she has held.
Colleen is a superb lawyer whose intellectual abilities are
matched by her common sense and practical skills.  Her guidance
on any number of upcoming securities and legislative issues will
be invaluable to me and my fellow Commissioners."

     Since 1994, Ms. Mahoney has served as the Deputy Director of
the Division of Enforcement.   Prior to that, Ms. Mahoney served
as Executive Assistant to Chairman Levitt; Chief Counsel of the
Division of Enforcement; and as Assistant General Counsel.  From
1981 to 1983, Ms. Mahoney was a litigation attorney at Steptoe &
Johnson in Washington, DC.

     In 1996, Ms. Mahoney received the Presidential Rank Award
for Distinguished Service, and the SEC Chairman's Award for
Excellence in 1991.  Ms. Mahoney is a summa cum laude graduate of
the American University Law School, and a magna cum laude
graduate of the American University School of Government and
Public Administration.

     After a permanent General Counsel is named, Ms. Mahoney, as
previously announced, intends to leave the Commission and return
to private practice.

                             #  #  #
From: Jim Houle [jhoule@bssn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:26 PM
To: 'rule-comments@sec.gov'
Subject: S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 

Re: File Numbers S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 
Mr. Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street NW,
Washington, DC 20549-0609 

Dear Secretary Katz: 

As an individual investor in mutual funds, I am writing to add my voice to
that of the many other investors who have expressed their strong support of
S7-36-02 and S7-38-02.  Notwithstanding the suggestions of the mutual fund
industry that S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 could be improved in minor ways, the
proposed rules nevertheless are very adequate to address the principal
concern that is utmost in the minds of individual investors today--namely,
the restoration of investor confidence.  This can best be done through full
and transparent disclosure of  proxy voting by institutional investors like
mutual funds whose large voting blocks often have a highly significant
impact on corporate governance and in maximizing shareholder value.  Failing
to adopt and enforce S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 would, in my opinion, not be in
the best interests of the public generally or individual investors who
presently invest "blind" in mutual funds without knowledge of their proxy
voting records.  In short, we need sunlight where there has been darkness.
Investor suspicion and mistrust will continue to linger if the shadows of
undisclosed information are allowed to remain.
While I cannot lend any additional insight into the detailed salient
comments submitted to the SEC by other individual investors in support of
S7-36-02 and S7-38-02, I nevertheless take this opportunity to inform the
SEC that there is yet another individual investor who supports enactment of
these proposed rules.
Sincerely,

James A. Houle
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson
100 Middle Street
PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 04104-5029
TEL: (207) 228-7268
E-mail: jhoule@mainelaw.com
FAX: (207) 774-1127

THIS EMAIL MESSAGE MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL
OR EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. ALL RECIPIENTS ARE NOTIFIED
THAT IF THIS MESSAGE COMES TO YOUR ATTENTION BY MISTAKE, ANY DISSEMINATION,
USE, OR COPYING OF THE INFORMATION IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU RECEIVE THIS
MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER AT ONCE.
QUESTION:
My assignment for science class is a tough one! First I must research
a planet of our choice. I chose Mars. After using search engines on my
computer this site came up, I thought I might try it. After finding basic
information I had to design a space vehical to travle to the planet I chose,
weight, mass, measurements, and design must be included. Thirdly, we are to
find how long it would take to travel to the planet considering velocity,
acceleration, and the most difficult - orbits of our plannets.

For the second and third tasks I don't konw where to begin. I have
researched  in many places but it is hard to find. If you cannot provide me
with the answers I would like to know where I should start. Any clues to
where to begin would be helpful.

Thank you very much for taking your time to read my letter. It is
greatly apperciated! I admire your taking time to answering questions.

ANSWER from Rich Hogen on January 5, 2000:
There is a college textbook that I believe you can handle and I believe will
help you greatly.  It's full of neat cartoons to help understand basic
concepts, yet it addresses real problems with real math.

The book is

Understanding Space, Sellers, ed. Wiley Larson
Paperback (June 1994)
McGraw Hill College Div; ISBN: 0070570272

I found it on Amazon.com, so it's still available.  First see if your local
college bookstores might sell it -- look through it and see if it can help
you.  I feel sure it can, and that goes for other people in your situation.
Start with this book.  It's fun and has lots of tidbits about past space
missions, too.
Project Ideas

1)  Our team is involved in the Museum in the Classroom project this year.  Unfortunately, the state has not yet given us the list of museums involved this year.  This would be a definite area of interest to all of us - so may yet develop as the project I do.  It would be an interdisciplinary project with 7th and 8th graders as the principal targeted audience.  It would involve QuickTime VR elements, sound bites, email, C-U-SeeME conferencing.

2)  Reading Grotto
Level:  7th and 8th graders
Technology Elements:  Pictures, sound bites, absolute referencing to annotated previewed sites on the web, C-U-SeeMe conferencing, posting of reviews.
Content:  At our age level, it is a constant struggle to keep children reading.  It has been shown in the research that if we can keep children reading through 8th grade, we will have them for life, even if they don't read that much in high school or college, they will return to it.  The children need a place that they can go to in order to exchange their views on books they have read, find out about author's lives, participate in on-line discussions with other students, teachers, and writers.  

3)  North American Indians
Level:  7th and 8th graders
Technology Elements:  Pictures, sound bites, absolute referencing to annotated previewed sites on the web, C-U-SeeME conferencing
Content:  Students take on the role of either the United States Government, settlers (farmers), ranchers, or Indians during the time before the Civil War.  Indians are being crowded out of their lands, ranchers are warring with farmers, tempers and stakes are high.  The students are divided by classes with all students from one class taking on the role of farmers and then within that class they take on the role of members within the community.  Their task is the try to keep the peace and find solutions to their problems.  Each day, each group will recieve an unexpected problem from one of the other groups (i.e. an attack on an outlying farm).  Students may see what is happening in each of the other groups via the website.  The indians will have a village where they live and work and members of other groups can visit there to see how the indian people lived and how they feel about what is happening to them.  The farmers will have a section on a town.  The ranchers will have a section on a ranch.  The United States Government will have a section on a Calvary Fort.
The major problem they will all confront is how to handle the fact that the intercontinental railroad is coming through - how can everyone handle this so that everyone is satisfied.

This can also be used with distance classes as participants.  The various sections can hold pow-pows, town meetings, etc. via tele-conferencing, email, and listservs.

This is really green - need to roll this around in my head for awhile.
TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  610
SUBJECT: GRB000301C - R photometry 
DATE:    00/03/11 19:13:11 GMT
FROM:    Christian Veillet at CFHT  <veillet@cfht.hawaii.edu>

The candidate for the optical transient (OT) associated with the gamma ray burst
GRB000301C has been observed in imaging mode with OSIS on the 3.6-m CFH
Telescope
in the course of the French GRB follow-up program at CFHT (M. Boer, CESR,
C. Veillet, CFHT).

The OT has the following magnitude, using star A (GCN573) photometry (GCN583):

R = 23.02 +/- 0.10   2000 March 11.63 (UTC)

The power-law decay observed lately (after 4 days after the burst, as described
by Halpern et al. GCN604) can now be described with alpha = 2.1 +/- 0.1. 
Note that alpha is dependent on the choice of the start of the "new decay" and
on the inclusion or not of some of the measurements from Bernabei et
al.(GCN599).

In case you read the introduction too fast, the instrument used is no longer
MOS, 
but OSIS. The detector is the same though (STIS2).
The new image is available at 
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~veillet/grb.html .

M. Pakkul is acknowledged for his help in this observation.

This message may be cited.
-- 
************************************************************
Dr. Christian Veillet,       CFHT Senior Resident Astronomer
Phone: (808) 885-3161   http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~veillet/
************************************************************
April 6, 2006

Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1761

Angela Storey
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(256) 544-0034 

RELEASE: 06-131

NASA'S NEW KIDS' CLUB WEB SITE IS ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL

NASA's new Kids' Club Web site features animated, colorful, 
entertaining and educational activities for children in kindergarten 
through fourth grade.

Interactive games on the site teach children about exploring space, 
building and launching rockets, keeping airplanes on schedule and how 
a comet travels through the solar system. The site is located on the 
Web at: 

www.nasa.gov/kidsclub 

The site serves a dual purpose. Children can play games at home for 
entertainment, and educators can use it as a fun way to reach 
students in the classroom, the library, during after-school programs 
or anywhere children and computers are together. 

"Our goal with the Kids' Club is to provide a medium that encourages 
children's interest in exploring the subjects important to developing 
early skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics," 
said Angela Phillips Diaz, NASA's acting assistant administrator for 
education. "The Kids' Club combines entertainment with NASA's unique 
mission content and educational resources." 

NASA's Educational Technology Services team at the Marshall Space 
Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., developed and maintains Kids' 
Club. The site was designed in accordance with the 2004 National 
Education Technology Plan "Toward a New Golden Age in American 
Education." Through the interactive site, content is aligned with 
educational standards that are customized to student's individual 
needs and interests.

"We've developed games, engaging multimedia visuals and educational 
activities at five different skill levels on the site," said Jeff 
Ehmen, education programs specialist at Marshall. "We want students 
to explore and learn more about science, technology, engineering and 
mathematics. These materials support various national education 
standards in these subjects at each skill level." 

The Kids' Club Web site was designed for easy student accessibility. 
The site is compatible with screen readers and other assistive 
technology, allowing use by disabled students. In addition to 
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nients de l'tat des domestiques, c'est--dire, le manque
d'instruction et l'incertitude de l'avenir. On pourrait en tirer
le meilleur parti possible, en excitant les esclaves au tra-
vail par la promesse de l'affranchissement s'ils savent le
mriter, et en assurant leur nourriture dans leur vieillesse.
Le mariage des esclaves serait favoris, tandis qu'au ma-
riage des domestiques s'opposent la volont de leur ma-
tre et les conditions de leur vie.  De trois enfants, la loi
en affranchirait un au choix du pre, de cinq, un autre au
choix du patron. De l, le travail, les talents, les murs, de
l les bons citoyens. 
La conclusion qu'on doit tirer de ce raisonnement, c'est
que l'esclavage serait utile en Europe. Mais d'heureux pr-
jugs d'ducation font qu'on ne peilt penser  mettre des
Europens sous le joug de la servitude. Rien n'empche
pourtant de tirer des nations voisines de l'Europe des es-
claves, en vitant cependant les esclaves ngres, pour ne
pas produire des mlanges incommodes de sang (1).
On voit que ce Melon fut un esprit hardi. On trouve chez
lui plus d'une remarque curieuse (2). Il a eu aussi des ides
(1)   Alors si l'on ne peut se servir des Europen? comme esclaves
domestiques, ni des ngres, il faut que ce soit des Turcs, des Asiati-
ques.
(2)   Chap. VIII, page 93,  propos de la punition du crime  les cri-
minels doivent tre destins  ces travaux pnibles qui abrgent la
vie, et une marque fltrissante les fera servir en mme temps d'exem-
ples redoutables aux sclrats qui veulent troubler la socit, mais
les citoyens pauvres doivent trouver un travail adouci autant que l'in-
trt public le jiermettra . Il veut aussi que les femmes et les hom-
mes travaillent ensemble  des travaux, tels que la construction d'un
canal, afin que les hommes soient animes du dsir de montrer leur
force.
Une autre ide originale : Lorsque la socit est oblige de faire
prir un de ses membres, elle pourrait encore en tirer quelque avanta-
ge, triste ddommagement du mal qu'elle a souffert ! La Mdecine dans
ses recherches anatomiques a besoin d'exemples vivants, il resterait
au condamn l'esprance de survivre  l'opration, et il mriterait sa
grce par des souffrances utiles  sa patrie. C'est  une pareille exp-
rience que la chirurgie doit le renouvellement de la Taille. > Chap. VIII,
page 94.
Melon fait fort peu de cas de l'engouement pour les choses orienta-
les et ne partage pas l'enthousiasme des autres pour les Chinois, pages
380-389.
AMPHIBIAN MILLIONS. .17
molest. To-day at least they know it, or they would not submit to these manifestations which we have just cited, so close to their knowledge.
The Lagoon rookery, however, never can be a large one, on account of the very nature of this ground selected by the seals; it is a bar simply pushed up beyond the surf-wash of boulders, waterworn and rounded, which has almost enclosed and cut away the Lagoon from its parent sea. In my opinion, the time is not far distant when that estuary will be another inland lake of St. Paul, walled out from salt water and freshened by rain and melting snow, as are the other pools, lakes, and lakelets on the island.
Zapadnie, in itself, is something like the Reef plateau on its eastern face, for it slopes up gradually and gently to the paradeplateau above-a parade-ground not so smooth, however, being very rough and rocky, but which the seals enjoy. Just around the point, a low strip of rocky bar and beach connects it with the ridge-walls of Southwest Point, a very small breeding rookery, so small that it is not worthy of a survey, is located here. I think, probably, on account of the nature of the ground, that it will never hold its own, and is more than likely abandoned by this time.
One of the prehistoric villages, the village of Pribylov's time, was established here between that point and the cemetery ridge, on which the northern wing of Zapadnie rests. An old buryingground, with its characteristic Russian crosses and faded pictures of the saints, is plainly marked on the ridge. It was at this little bight of sandy landing that Pribylov's men first came ashore and took possession of the island, while others in the same season proceeded to Northeast Point and to the north shore to establish settlements of their own order. When the indiscriminate sealing of 1868 was in progress, one of the parties lived here, and a salt-house which was then erected by them still stands. It is in a very fair state of preservation, although it has never been occupied since, except by the natives who come over here from the village in the summer to pick those berries of the Empetrum and Rubus, which abound in the greatest profusion around the rough and rocky flats that environ a little lake adjacent The young people of St. Paul are very fond of this berry-festival, so-called among themselves, and they stay there every August, camping out, a week or ten days at a time, before returning to their homes in the village.
So abundant have been the seals that no driving of animals from
DISMISSED        :  February 2, 1995
                                                       
 
 
                            GSBCA 13136-C(12895-P)
 
 
                         SIEBE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS
             (BARBER-COLMAN/ROBERTSHAW CONTROL SYSTEMS DIVISION),
 
                                                Protester,
 
                                      v.
 
                            DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Timothy  F. Brown  of  Watt, Tieder  &  Hoffar, McLean,  VA,
   counsel for Protester.
 
        Craig R. Schmauder, Scot  M. Caleb, and Saul Perloff,  Corps
   of
   Engineers,  Department of the  Army, Washington, DC,  counsel for
   Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges DANIELS (CHAIRMAN), DEVINE, and HYATT.
 
   DEVINE, Board Judge.
 
                                       
        This cost  case arose  out of an  earlier protest  which was
   settled by agreement  of the parties.   The settlement  included,
   according to the recitations in  the joint motion to dismiss with
   prejudice, an agreement that protester was a prevailing party and
   entitled to attorney's fees and costs  not to exceed $10,000.  It
   also included an agreement to dismiss the protest with prejudice.
 
        In accordance with  the parties' agreement, the  protest was
   dismissed  on July  28,  1994.   The  dismissal  order recited  a
   synopsis  of the parties'  agremeents, including the  ageement on
   fees  and costs.    Under  our Rules,  all  dismissals are  "with
   prejudice" unless otherwise stated.
        
        The  present cost case was filed thereafter in the form of a
   "Joint Motion to  Confirm Award of Fees" pursuant  to the Board's
   dismissal order of July 28, 1994. Since that order merely recited
   the parties' agreement on fees, but did not award fees, the Board
   issued a show cause order  dated January 11, 1995, directing both
   parties to  show cause  on or  before January 16,  1995, why  the
   Joint Motion should not be dismissed.
 
 
        No  response  has  been  received  from  either  party.    A
   telephone query  directed to the  Army by the Board  elicited the
   response that  the parties  would not respond  to the  show cause
   order and were  exploring other means of dealing  with the matter
   raised by the motion.
 
        In view  of the  foregoing, the  parties' "Joint  Motion" is
   DISMISSED.
 
 
                              
                                           ____________________
                                           DONALD W. DEVINE
                                           Board Judge
 
   We concur:
 
 
 
   ____________________                    ____________________
   STEPHEN M. DANIELS                      CATHERINE B. HYATT
   Board Judge                             Board Judge
Recommended Training for Personnel Flying Snow Missions

To: "A  - Division Chief and Staff"<distribution>,
        "B  - Branch Chiefs and Offices"<distribution>,
        "FO - State, District, Subdistrict and other Field Offices"<distribution>,
        "PO - Project Offices"<distribution>,
        "DC - All District Chiefs"<distribution>
From: "Catherine L Hill, ACH/Operations, Reston, VA" <clhill>
Cc: "  WRD Safety, Reston, VA" <safety_wrd>,
        "Catherine L Hill, ACH/Operations, Reston, VA" <clhill>,
        "Katherine M Long, Clerk (trainee), Reston, VA" <kmlong>,
        "Alice C Dilandro, Secretary (S), Reston, VA" <dilandro>,
        "William G Shope Jr., Chief, Br. of Oper. Support, Reston, VA" <wgshope>,
        "Melvin Lew, Hydrologist, Reston, VA" <mlew>
Subject: Recommended Training for Personnel Flying Snow Missions
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 10:03:59 -0400
Sender: "Alice C Dilandro, Secretary (S), Reston, VA" <dilandro>

In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 405

                            MEMORANDUM

                                             October 1, 1998

To:       Distribution

From:     Catherine L. Hill /signed/
          Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Operations

Subject:  Recommended Training for Personnel Flying Snow Missions

The U.S. Geological Survey Associate Director for Operations has
recommended that personnel involved in flying snow missions be offered
the 12-hour avalanche awareness portion of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Snow Survey
Training.  This avalanche awareness instruction is provided once a year
by NRCS.  Next year, the training will be held in Bend, Oregon, during
the week of January 10, 1999.  There is no charge for the training, but
travel and per-diem costs are the responsibility of the employer. 
Participation is limited to space available. Persons interested in
attending should contact the Bureau Aviation Manager, Burma Campbell at
404-679-7046 for additional information.

This recommendation resulted from the Office of Aircraft Services review
of several DOI helicopter accidents that occurred during snow
operations. 

Distribution: A, B, FO, PO, DC.

Copy to:  WRD Safety Officers
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
      MEDICAL CENTER
   PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS
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March 19, 1960

Dear Dr. hurli&er-

Thank you for the material.

  I have no information on mutagenicity of DDT.   I would caution
you on loose talk and misinterpretation, lil\e the enclosed, which
confuses selective effects (favoring better adapted genotypes) with
mutation-induction.

  In fact, our general methodology in this area is very bad. Before
long every compound is going to flunk the leucocyte/chromosome
breakage test, which may discredit the whole inquiry.  By the same
token we might have to inculpate coffee, and we would if we did not
have a better understanding now of alhe mechanism of action of caffeine
(an inhibitor of some enzymes of DNA repair) that rule out a simple   E
extrapolation from high dose&in laboratory experiments to low ones in   -
human exposure.                                             a
  A propos DDT, one of my deepest concerns would be its ecological     m
impact, i.e., the selection for more resistant species of marine
algae t)rnlpxanx which could have serious adverse effects long before  ;;\
we actually had to worry about the termination of photosynthesis.    )b
Finally, I would be disappointed at a ruling that peremptorily

forbade DDT. It ought to be licensed and regulated, perhaps even
taxed to balance the merits with the costf;.   I am afraid this kind
of blanket determination may set a very poor precedent for making
a flexible response)! to other social irritations where your and my
own preferences might be quite on the other side.  'ihe legal approach
to marijuana is a case in point.

PS: Is the whole subject of
DDT effects going to be reopened
by differential effects of the
o- and p- isomers?
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WWUS85 KABQ 212040
SPSABQ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
240 PM MDT MON AUG 21 2006

NMZ003-004-009>011-212145-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
240 PM MDT MON AUG 21 2006

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING NEAR ALBUQUERQUE AND NORTHEAST TO SANTA
FE...

A FIRST THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALBUQUERQUE WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST
SLOPES OF THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS PRIMARILY OVER THE BEAR AND PIANO
CANYON AREAS. REMAIN ALERT TO INCREASING FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND
CHANNELS FEEDING DOWNSTREAM INTO THE FAR NORTHEAST HEIGHTS AREA OF
NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE BEFORE 3 PM.

OTHER STORMS ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG STATE ROAD 14
BETWEEN TIJERAS AND SANTA FE WITH HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED NEAR MADRID
AND LOS CERRILLOS THROUGH 330 PM. WATCH FOR ARROYOS TO FILL QUICKLY
FEEDING WEST TO INTESTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 245 AND 260.

FAST DEVELOPING STORMS MAY LEAVE LITTLE TIME TO ESCAPE FROM RAINS
DRAINING QUICKLY DOWNHILL INTO DRY AREAS. MOVE AWAY FROM ARROYO AND
DRAINAGE CHANNELS OVER NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE NOW.

$$

03
"1.  VIEW OF SWITCHBACKS CLIMBING TO RIM.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-1","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","1","notavail.html"
"2.  PULLOUT AT ALONG RIM WITH WAYSIDE EXHIBIT.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-2","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","2","notavail.html"
"3.  SWITCHBACKS CLIMBING TO RIM. NOTE HEAVY FILL.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-3","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","3","notavail.html"
"4.  VIEW OF SWITCHBACKS FROM RIM ROAD. RIM ROAD CAN BE SEEN AT UPPER LEFT ATOP CLIFF FACE.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-4","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","4","notavail.html"
"5.  VIEW OF RIM ROAD (LEFT-CENTER) FROM OPPOSITE RIM.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-5","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","5","notavail.html"
"6.  ROCK CUT ALONG RIM ROCK DRIVE.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-6","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","6","notavail.html"
"7.  ROAD VIEW WITH ROCK CUT AND GUARD WALL.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-7","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","183480pt.gif","150","109","7","183480pr.jpg|183480pv.jpg|183480pu.tif"
"8.  VIEW OF TUNNEL AND ROCK CUT ALONG ROAD TO RIM.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-8","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","183481pt.gif","150","108","8","183481pr.jpg|183481pv.jpg|183481pu.tif"
"9.  VIEW OF TUNNEL ALONG ROAD TO RIM.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-9","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","9","notavail.html"
"10.  VIEW OF TUNNEL ALONG ROAD TO RIM.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-10","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","10","notavail.html"
"11.  VIEW OF TUNNEL ALONG ROAD TO RIM. NOTE CARS PARKED ON ROADWAY GOING OVER TUNNEL.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-11","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","11","notavail.html"
"12.  VIEW OF TUNNEL ALONG ROAD TO RIM.<br>HAER COLO,39-FRU.V,1-12","","co/co0100/co0176/photos","images/notavailbig.gif","116","144","12","notavail.html"
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Subject: Exception fo certain broker-ealers- NIX

Date:    06/19/2000 10:15 AM
     
     
I'd like to voice my complete opposition to the newly proposed rule to exempt 
certain broker-dealers ffrom certain provisions of the 1940 act. I'm only of 
many 'small' and honest guys burdoned by excessive regulation and, as a minimum,
ask that you not allow advantage to others whose advantage would arise from 
having employment with a 'big' firm with lots of money to influence regulators. 
     
Get it straight, " You can't legislate morality ". The regs you have issued 
already only burdon honest folks and the sleazy folks just become more creative.
Besides, the 'big houses' just sell sell sell...I get there clients and know!
     
Steven M. Weinstein, CFP
Rep. for Mutual Service Corps.
Comment 04112601

From: rinfante4@cox.net
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:38 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 am writing to you today to ask why it is that alcoholic beverages are the only consumable product that is exempt from disclosing serving information like calories, fat, carbohydrates and alcohol per serving. I noticed that everything else I buy at the grocery store contains this kind of information, but a six-pack, for some reason, doesn't have this on the label. 

I assume there must be a reason why you have not allowed companies to put Serving Facts on their labels, but I urge you to re-think this issue. 

I know there are many others beer drinkers like myself who would use this information, even if they don't go out of their way to write a letter to you. 

Please allow alcoholic beverage companies to put this information on their labels. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Raul Infante
6725 E. Hawk Dr.
Tucson, Arizona 85730-3247
 cc: 
Senator John McCain
Senator Jon Kyl
Representative Jim Kolbe
Director Leesa Berens Morrison