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SEXX01 KNEC 142115
EQREQB
 
 
 
 
 
 
The following  is  from  the  United  States  Geological  Survey,
National  Earthquake  Information Center:  Preliminary hypocenter
for earthquake of  2008  Dec  14,  EAST  OF  THE  SOUTH  SANDWICH
ISLANDS,  about  455  km (280 miles) ESE of Bristol Island, South
Sandwich Islands:  latitude 60.1 degrees  south,  longitude  18.8
degrees  west,  origin  time  20  36  30.0  utc,  depth  shallow,
magnitude 5.5.  The magnitude and location may  be  revised  when
additional data and further analysis results are available.  This
earthquake  is  located  in  a  remote  area  and  no  damage  or
casualties  are  expected.   For  additional information, see the
USGS web page http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
Stations used:  SNAA eP 203935.5 EFI eP 204136.2
QSPA eP 204240.9 MAW eP 204314.8 TRQA eP 204321.0
PLCA P 204339.2 BOSA eP 204430.0 LBTB eP 204456.1
LCO eP 204457.0 TSUM P 204512.0 CASY P 204513.4
LSZ P 204609.2 LPAZ P 204611.6 SAML eP 204641.4
NNA P 204705.2 OTAV P 204816.4 TAM eP 204907.8
000
WWUS84 KMAF 192253
SPSMAF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
551 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

TXZ069-192315-
UPTON TX-
551 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY AT 551 
PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS 
AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT STATE HIGHWAY 349 NORTH OF RANKIN...FARM TO 
MARKET ROAD 2401 SOUTH OF MIDKIFF AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2594.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND MAY REQUIRE A WARNING.

SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

$$
From: Dan Weaver [daniel_weaver@rbsmail.rutgers.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 9:37 AM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: S7-10-04 - Request to Testify:

I would like to testify at the April 21 New York hearings regarding File No. S7-
10-04. I cannot make it to the April 1 hearing, so April 21 is the only
opportunity I will have to testify. I will send in a summary of my oral
testimony by the March 26th 

Thank you.

Daniel G. Weaver, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Finance
Department of Finance
Rutgers School of Business
Rutgers University
94 Rockafeller Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8054
Homepage: http://weaver.rutgers.edu
Phone: (732)-445-5644
Fax: (732) 445-2333
NAME:  George D. (nickname Pinky) Nelson (Ph.D.)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born July 13, 1950, in Charles City, Iowa.  Considers
Willmar, Minnesota, to be his hometown.  His father, Mr. George V. Nelson,
lives in Clinton, Iowa.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Blond hair; blue eyes; height:  5 feet 9 inches; weight:
170 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from Willmar Senior High School, Willmar, Minnesota, in
1968; received a bachelor of science degree in Physics from Harvey Mudd College
in 1972 and a master of science and a doctorate in Astronomy from the
University of Washington in 1974 and 1978, respectively.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  His wife Susie is from Alhambra, California.
 
CHILDREN:  Aimee Tess, April 25, 1972; Marti Ann, February 27, 1975.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  He enjoys playing golf, swimming, running, and music.
 
EXPERIENCE:  Dr. Nelson performed astronomical research at the Sacramento Peak
Solar Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico; the Astronomical Institute at Utrecht,
Utrecht, the Netherlands; and the University of Gottingen Observatory,
Gottingen, West Germany, and at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
in Boulder, Colorado.
 
NASA EXPERIENCE:  Dr. Nelson was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in
January 1978.  He flew as a scientific equipment operator in the WB 57-F earth
resources aircraft; served as the Astronaut Office representative in the Space
Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit (space suit) development effort.  During
STS-1 he was the photographer in the prime chase plane.  He also served as
support crewman and CAPCOM for the last two OFT flights, STS-3 and STS-4, and
as head of the Astronaut Office Mission Development Group.
 
Dr. Nelson first flew on STS 41-C (April 6-13, 1984).  During the seven day
flight of Challenger the crew successfully deployed the Long Duration Exposure
Facility (LDEF);  retrieved the ailing Solar Maximum Satellite, repaired it
on-board the Orbiter, and replaced it in orbit.  The mission also included
flight testing of Manned Maneuvering Units (MMU's) in two extravehicular
activities (EVA's); operation of the Cinema 360 and IMAX Camera Systems.
 
He then flew on STS 61-C, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center,
Florida, on January 12, and made a night landing at Edwards Air Force Base,
California, on January 18, 1986.  During the six day flight of Columbia, the
crew deployed the SATCOM KU satellite, and conducted experiments in
astrophysics and materials processing.
 
Dr. Nelson then flew on STS-26, the first flight to be flown after the
Challenger accident.  The Orbiter Discovery was launched from the Kennedy Space
Center, Florida, on September 29, 1988.  During the four day mission, the crew
successfully deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-C), and
operated eleven mid-deck science experiments.  With the completion of his third
space flight he logged a total of 411 hours in space, including 10 hours of EVA
flight time.
 
Currently Assistant Provost and Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington.
 
NOVEMBER, 1989
000
AGXX40 KNHC 180551 RRA
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
200 AM SUN JUN 18 2006

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

WEAK TROUGH FROM NEAR 31N65W TO THE NRN BAHAMAS WILL FINALLY 
DISSIPATE TODAY. HIGH PRES CENTERED WELL E OF THE COAST OF 
NORTH CAROLINA WILL CONTINUE ITS INFLUENCE OVER MUCH OF THE 
FORECAST AREA. THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY SINK SOUTH TO ALONG 
31N LATE MON/TUE. THE RIDGE IS THEN FORECAST TO REMAIN ACROSS 
THE N PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH THU. COUPLE OF WEAK TROPICAL 
WAVES WILL CONTINUE THEIR WESTWARD MOVEMENT ACROSS THE TROPICAL 
ATLC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK SURFACE 
TROUGH ENTERING THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SW N ATLC ZONE WATERS 
TUE THROUGH THU. WILL LIKELY KEEP IN CURRENT SYNOPSIS...BUT 
FEATURE IS RATHER WEEK WITH LITTLE AFFECT ON WINDS.

SW N ATLC...WINDS AND SEAS N OF THE BAHAMAS AND W OF 70W 
REMAINED HIGHER THAN FORECAST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY SAT. 
WINDS FINALLY SEEM TO BE DECREASING WITH BUOY 41010 NOW 
REPORTING 12 KT WINDS. HOWEVER...SEAS STILL RUNNING 7 FT AT
THE BUOY IN A NE-E SWELL. SEAS SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE TODAY BUT 
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT ROUGH N OF THE BAHAMAS ALONG 
THE FLORIDA E COAST. SEAS IN THIS AREA SHOULD FINALLY DECREASE 
TO AROUND 4 FT BY EARLY MON. WINDS FORECAST TO BECOME ELY 10-15 
KT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA LATER TODAY AND THEN REMAIN VIRTUALLY 
UNCHANGED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. SHOWER/TSTM 
ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY REMAIN A LITTLE MORE ACTIVITY OVER THE 
EASTERN SECTIONS AS MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE 
AREA INTO MID-WEEK.

GULF OF MEXICO...MODERATE SE-S WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN 
GULF EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS ALSO A LITTLE STRONGER OVER THE 
NRN SECTIONS OF THE MIDDLE/E GULF. SEAS ABOUT 3-5 FT OFF THE 
SE LOUISIANA COAST. AS EXPECTED...SEAS DID GET A LITTLE HIGHER 
THAN NWW3 FORECAST IN THIS AREA...BUT THEY SHOULD DECREASE LATER 
TODAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE MODERATE RANGE ALONG THE 
TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT BUT DECREASE ELSEWHERE TODAY. WINDS 
EXPECTED TO BECOME 10-15 KT OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY MON... 
EXCEPT 10 KT OR LESS OVER THE NE PORTION. GFS NOT SHOWING 
MUCH INCREASE IN WINDS OVER THE W GULF WED-THU AND MAY 
DECREASE WINDS FROM CURRENT FORECAST.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...WINDS HAVE FINALLY DECREASED OVER 
MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN. 20 KT WINDS CONFINED TO THE S CENTRAL 
AREAS ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO 
INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT WITH 20-25 KT WINDS RETURNING TO THE S 
PORTION. WINDS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN THIS RANGE THROUGHOUT MOST 
OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. MUCH LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE 
REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER BROWN
200                          TEXAS  AND  MEXICO.
but they caught three enormous fish ; and thus we had
both abundance and variety for our repast.
On the fifth morning, at sunrise, we found ourselves
in a magnificent wood of fragrant cedars. The air was
pure and fresh, and the abb and I, as Avas our usual
habit, entered into meditation while walking along. I
saw a little bird Avhich was unable to fly hop out from
the brambles ; I caught it without any difficulty, and
showed it to the Abb Dubuis, who examined it and
found an excrescence of hard skin growing upon the
tongue, so that it could not eat. Not having a pin at
hand, the abb took a thorn and very cleverly removed
the excrescence, made the little bird swalloAv a few drops
of water, and then set it at liberty. Feeling itself imme-
diately relieved, it fluttered about the wood, sending forth
little notes of thanks and contentment. On the sixth
day, which was Saturday, we had to cross a great plain
on which were neither trees nor brambles ; so before en-
tering upon it, we were obliged to gather firewood for
our evening's encampment. Our provision of blocks
being nearly exhausted, our good humour somewhat
worn out, the distance we had to traverse seemed to us a
terrible length. Besides we were in want of water, and
had nothing for supper but a box of Sardines, and some
cheese instead of bread. As I was about to lie down to
sleep upon the grass, the abb said to me, " Smoke a
pipe, it will take away your thirst, and let us chat
awhile." But not approving of this kind of refreshment,
I went to sleep. At one o'clock the abb awaked me,
saying, " Let us now set out, so that we may be able to
say mass at an early hour." " Why, what is the matter
with you ? " said I, " you are like the Wandering Jew ;
you never can remain quiet; we have scarcely arrived, and
yet you already wish to set out again."    " No, my dear
512	ADJACENT TERRITORIES.
a fair view of the harbor for the first time. As a haven of refuge for whalers, traders, and other vessels in these waters, its value cannot be estimated. There is abundance of excellent water, ballast by the million tons, all ready for shipping. Fish, and occasionally tame reindeer meat, can be obtained from the native settlement on the sandspit, where several of them speak fair English. Excellent anti-scorbutic grass can also be procured in plenty near the beach.
The middle of the bay is very deep, one hundred and two fathoms, without bottom, being reported. The lower anchorage
Mount Kennicott, Plover Bay.
has rather deep water, except close in ; and in a norther a large vessel would need plenty of chain and good anchors, as the bottom is hard in some spots, and there is a slight liability to drag. The small bays farther in, however, are perfectly protected, and have the best of holding-ground. The end of the sandspit in the lower harbor is in lat. 64 22' 25", and lon. 173 30' 32", according to the report of the United States Eclipse Expedition under Professor Asaph Hall, in 1569.
The mountains around the bay, though steep and rugged, are low. I measured several with a mercurial barometer, and named the highest and most prominent Mount Kennicott, after that
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THE  TRAIL  OF  '98            409
and over all, vast, titanic, terrible, the Spirit of the Wild seemed to brood. It laughed at him, a laugh of derision, of mockery, of callous gloating triumph. Locasto shuddered. Then night came and he built another giant fire.
Again he bolted down some roasted muckluck. Overhead the stars glittered vindictively. They were green and blue and red, and they had spiny rays like starfish on which they danced. This night he had to make tremendous efforts to keep from sleeping. Several times he drowsed forward, and almost fell into the fire. As he crouched there his beard was singeing and his face scorched, but his back seemed as if it was cased in ice. Often he would turn and warm it at the fire, but not for long. He hated to face the terror of the silence and the dark, the shadow where waited Death. Better the crackling cheer of the spruce flame.
At dawn the sky was leaden and the cold less despotic. Stretching interminably ahead was that lonely snowshoe trail.    Locasto was puzzled.
" Where in creation is the little devil going to, anyway?" he said, knitting his brows. " I figured he'd make direct for Dawson, but he's either changed his mind or got a wrong steer. By Heavens, that's it the little varmint's lost his way."
Locasto had an Indian's unerring sense of location.
" I guess I can't afford to follow him any more," he reflected. " I've gone too far already. I'm all petered out.    I'll have to let him go in the meantime.
122,"t",": Released October 30, 2007, by National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture."
122,"t","Table 121 - Oyster production: Pacific oysters harvested on state leased land, by estuary, Oregon 1980-2006 1/ 2/"
122,"h","","","","","","",""
122,"h","Year","Tillamook Bay","Yaquina Bay","Umpqua River 3/","Coos Bay","Netarts Bay","Total"
122,"h","","","","","","",""
122,"u","","Gallons","Gallons","Gallons","Gallons","Gallons","Gallons"
122,"d","1980",18912,6240,-,4135,60,29347
122,"d","1981",22575,6582,-,4667,40,33864
122,"d","1982",26167,7713,-,3164,-,37044
122,"d","1983",21330,6423,-,3139,-,30892
122,"d","1984",30916,7211,-,9834,6,47967
122,"d","1985",21202,10911,-,5264,40,37417
122,"d","1986",21327,12353,-,3663,30,37373
122,"d","1987",23930,12798,-,3942,36,40706
122,"d","1988",24084,11766,-,3508,41,39399
122,"d","1989",26052,9622,-,4115,216,40005
122,"d","1990",13782,6570,-,4722,219,25293
122,"d","1991",6150,10350,-,4062,2618,23180
122,"d","1992",6985,11008,-,3323,1510,22826
122,"d","1993",6231,6634,-,4645,1937,19447
122,"d","1994",4498,9049,-,6155,1895,21597
122,"d","1995",4069,15602,-,5767,2950,28388
122,"d","1996",5494,11030,-,4344,3192,24060
122,"d","1997",9650,16372,5481,3826,2781,38110
122,"d","1998",4166,6770,4767,2712,3351,21766
122,"d","1999",2911,15494,3371,2202,5428,29406
122,"d","2000",4782,22569,6846,2732,4206,41135
122,"d","2001",13296,17488,2808,4547,2877,41016
122,"d","2002",9696,11914,1662,4583,1946,29801
122,"d","2003",12151,16243,2152,2606,919,34071
122,"d","2004",20597,17170,2663,4148,1894,46472
122,"d","2005",10394,16505,3027,6766,2612,39304
122,"d","2006",4948,16008,2641,5848,3785,33229
122,"c",""
122,"f","1/  These statistics do not reflect production from land not owned by the state. For example, Coos Bay production, on lands owned by the port and county, is not included."
122,"f","2/  One bushel of Pacific oysters yields approximately one gallon of oyster meat."
122,"f","3/  The Umpqua River harvest area was referred to as Winchester Bay prior to 2004."
122,"f","Source: Oregon Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Division and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife."
Taylor, E. W., S. Egginton, S. E. Taylor and P. J. Butler (1997).  Factors which 
may limit swimming performance at different temperatures. Cambridge University 
Press, Cambridge (Uk).
	
As thermal diffusion is an order of magnitude more rapid than molecular 
diffusion, it is clear that the same design features that make the gills of fish 
well suited for respiratory gas exchange from water (large surface area, active 
convection of water and blood at appropriate ventilation/perfusion ratios across 
a functional counter-current) also provide for very effective branchial heat 
exchange. This is reinforced by the relatively high heat capacity of water which 
is more than 3000 times that of air, so that for most fishes, and indeed all 
other water-breathing ectotherms, body temperature equilibrates rapidly to any 
change in environmental temperature. Consequently, in the absence of specific 
anatomical specialization to maintain thermal gradients, temperature throughout 
the body of fishes is in equilibrium with the environment to within a fraction 
of a degree. Thus, large changes in body temperature may be experienced: 
diurnally, by coastal fish subjected to tidal variations; or by vertically 
migrating pelagic species, particularly if they cross a thermocline; or 
seasonally by eurythermal temperate zone fish. Over evolutionary time, 
speciation of tropical and polar fishes has resulted in species with widely 
different thermal ranges within the accepted biological temperature range 
(between the freezing point of water and the temperature for protein 
denaturation), which do not overlap.
OAKLAND  CREEK.
add to the beauty of the Italian sea views. While some may be seen spreading their lateen-sails to the breeze, others are mending their nets on the wharves, preparing their meals in their craft, which rock in the shelter specially provided for them. These fishermen face the roughest weather in their little craft, and so skillful are they, that an accident is of rare occurrence. Their catches run from the pompano, or Japanese butter fish, which melt on the delighted palate, to great sturgeon, big enough for the fish celebrated in the song of Hiawatha. Occasionally some strange monster is exhibited, a shark, an angel fish, or an octopus, and the fishermen, if they can be drawn into anecdote, have many tales of adventure and escape.
Again, the nostrils may call attention to a rakish brig, from which is being unloaded a cargo which tells of the scented groves of the islands of the Southern ocean. Here may be caught some hint of that lure which draws
41
"HAZMAT Table 5b. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Selected State of Destination: 2002"
"Destination State","Value ($mil) 02","Value % 02","Tons (thous) 02","Tons % 02","Ton-miles (mil) 02","Ton-miles % 02","Avg miles 02"
"           Total..............",660181,100.0,2191519,100.0,326727,100.0,136
"    Texas.....................",120183,18.2,459432,21.0,57616,17.6,151
"    California................",74773,11.3,203905,9.3,32293,9.9,237
"    Louisiana.................",38542,5.8,157297,7.2,13783,4.2,174
"    Ohio......................",28692,4.3,105770,4.8,17208,5.3,130
"    Illinois..................",30797,4.7,96587,4.4,14703,4.5,S
"    Florida...................",27431,4.2,94555,4.3,30545,9.3,158
"    New Jersey................",23071,3.5,85470,3.9,16218,5.0,S
"    Michigan..................",23135,3.5,68731,3.1,8682,2.7,162
"    Indiana...................",19982,3.0,68339,3.1,4845,1.5,91
"    Pennsylvania..............",18554,2.8,52390,2.4,5245,1.6,211
"    Tennessee.................",15899,2.4,49330,2.3,7920,2.4,229
"    New York..................",15474,2.3,48093,2.2,8663,2.7,165
"    Georgia...................",16255,2.5,48091,2.2,5638,1.7,127
"    Washington................",13213,2.0,47739,2.2,8300,2.5,160
"    Kentucky..................",11922,1.8,37984,1.7,8509,2.6,S
"    Mississippi...............",9389,1.4,35497,1.6,4394,1.3,S
"    North Carolina............",13976,2.1,30367,1.4,5017,1.5,148
"    Alabama...................",9613,1.5,30093,1.4,4003,1.2,108
"    Utah......................",6261,.9,27951,1.3,2295,.7,151
"    Missouri..................",9011,1.4,27309,1.2,2939,.9,108
"    All other states..........",134008,20.3,416587,19.0,67911,20.8,137
i&2        MEMOIRS   and   TRAVELS   of
felves to be feen by a ftranger without their gloves and
rouge, which they fmear in large quantities upon their
hideous countenances. Thefe "people dwell in two kinds
of houfes; their winter habitation is called yourth, and
that of the fummer balagan.
The whole religidn of the natives of Kamchatka confifls
in the belief that their God, having formerly dwelled in
Kamchatka, fixed his habitation upon the banks of each
river feveral years, and peopled thofe places with his
children, to whom before his difappearance to eftablifh
himfelf elfewhere, he gave the circumambient country for
an inheritance. For this reafon they never quit a do*-
main o ancient and unalienable.
The fenfations of this people are merely corporeak
Happiriefs, in their opinion, confifts in idlenefs, and the
gratification of the natural appetites. It is impoffible to
perfuade them that any mode of life can be more happy
or more agreable than theirs, and they always confider
the manner of living in Kuflia as worthy of their utmoft
contempt and difdain.
The inhabitants of Kamchatka have a peculiar cuftom
in contracting marriages; but as this ufage is defcribed in
the memoir of Spamberg, I {hall not repeat in thisit
place. Every intimacy between the fexes is allowed of,
and, according to the principles of the Kamchatka na-
tion, a plurality of wives is allowed; but the Ruffian
government forbids poligamy, in which refpeclr perhaps
it tends to depopulate this country.
It is difficult to conceive what reafons could lead fo
wretched a people, who have nothing either to lofe or to
gain, to enter into war.    But it is very certain that they
are
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
921 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007

TXC005-073-347-100221-
/X.EXT.KSHV.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070712T1800Z/
/ALOT2.2.ER.070708T0139Z.070709T0200Z.070712T0000Z.NO/
921 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ANGELINA RIVER NEAR ALTO TEXAS.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 900 PM SUNDAY...THE STAGE WAS 21.2 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.


$$

TXC005-073-347-100221-
/X.CON.KSHV.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/LUFT2.2.ER.000000T0000Z.070711T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
921 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ANGELINA RIVER NEAR LUFKIN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* THE ESTIMATED SUNDAY EVENING STAGE WAS NEAR 10.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.2 FEET BY
  EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD
  STAGE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.

$$
FZAK61 PAJK 100235
OFFN11


NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
530 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007

SOUTHEAST ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FROM DIXON ENTRANCE TO
CAPE SUCKLING OUT 100 NM

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

CORRECTED SYNOPSIS

DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION-

...GALE WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 35 KT LATE. SEAS 10 FT
BUILDING TO 14 FT LATE. RAIN.
.SAT...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT.
RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. W SWELL. SHOWERS.
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN.

CAPE DECISION TO CAPE EDGECUMBE-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 30 KT LATE. SEAS 10 FT
BUILDING TO 13 FT LATE. RAIN.
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT.
RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. W SWELL. SHOWERS.
.SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. W SWELL. 

CAPE EDGECUMBE TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. RAIN.
.SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. W SWELL. RAIN SHOWERS. 
.SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SW SWELL.

CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO ICY CAPE-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 
13 FT. RAIN LATE.
.SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SW SWELL. RAIN SHOWERS. 
.SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SW SWELL. RAIN SHOWERS. 

ICY CAPE TO CAPE SUCKLING-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 
13 FT. RAIN.
.SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. RAIN. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SW SWELL. RAIN SHOWERS. 
.SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SW SWELL. RAIN SHOWERS. 

$$
Sample Official DOB Determination Request
(Print on communitys official letterhead)
September 3, 1998
Adrienne Meyers
Assistant State Hazard Mitigation Officer
1532 Governors Way, Suite 450
Capitol City, AS 41295
Dear Ms. Meyers:
The City of Adversity, AS, requests an official duplication of benefits determination for the following properties scheduled for acquisition during the month of October 1998.
Property Address
Property Owner Name
Estimated FMV
1375 Hurricane Way, Adversity, AS  40241
Mr. Jerome Cress
$54, 630
1385 Hurricane Way, Adversity, AS  40241
Ms. Patrice Brome
$60,012
1387 Hurricane Way, Adversity, AS  40241
Richard Turkanis
$256,104
1400 Hurricane Way, Adversity, AS  40241
Dario and Pilar Garcia
$74,448
1901 Water Street, Adversity, AS  40241
Mr. Daniel DeSilva
$65,196
Any disaster assistance award information given in response to this request will be used for the sole purpose to avoid duplicating benefits to participants in the Citys property acquisition project.  At the close of the project, the information will be maintained for three years and then destroyed.  During the time that it is maintained, it will be considered confidential information and safeguarded as such.
Sincerely,
Taylor Gilmour
Director of City Services

Tool III-10, Sample Official DOB Determination Request

Page 1 of 1
Tue-Wed Jan 18-19 2300-0700 EST 2000
GJM
HEP ran well for nearly the entire shift.  Excessive beam inhibits due to
missed G10 kicker pulses tend to limit beam intensity to 35Tp late in the
AGS.  NM064 is also hovering near its alarm limit, as is the BTA ALARA alarm.
2300:	HEP & BLIP running.
0010:	HEP off.  CAS needs to enter the V1 fenced area to check an alarm
	for argon low pressure in the swic system.
0030:	We are again receiving DNA alarms for 10 chipmunks, most of which
	are in Building 912.
0050:	HEP running.  CAS replaced the argon bottle.  They noted that there
	are no more spare argon or CO2 bottles.
0258:	HEP off; AGS RF station JK has tripped.
0306:	HEP running.  CAS reset a crowbar trip on station JK.
0549:	HEP & BLIP off due to a Mod 5 high voltage trip.
0611:	HEP & BLIP running.  CAS reset a water mat fault that was apparently
	false.
     BSTR INPUT         7.01e+13
     BSTR EARLY         5.85e+13
     BSTR LATE          5.15e+13
     AGS CBM            3.88e+13
     AGS BEFORE TRANS   3.64e+13
     AGS AFTER TRANS    3.54e+13
     AGS EXTRACTION     3.52e+13
82                               OLD HICKS THE GUIDE.
presence is felt lingering yet, as if, in love with his own work, he stayed to touch it againcreating new charms in multiplied duration,                                                                                                 y
Every day we have been tracking the steps of Spring : now we have caught her at last, with all her fresh and beautiful garments
on!
Such delicate odors as she has scattered on the winds !
The pale flowers just born look startled and timid; the broad blaze of this new life is all too strong for them; and, with a dew tear in their soft-tinted eyes, they bow, leaning to the young, vigorous grass, and glow their downcast charms on it; for even the tempered winds are yet too rude for their warm, exquisite pulses, and their modest cheeks bend low beneath the amorous caressing, to hide their conscious flush.
Oh, charming, joyous, holy calmhow fit for angels to light here and rest!
Their fair limbs here unsoiled might press earth's virgin lap, and their pure sense be freshened by things so innocentwith such sweet airs about them mellowed so witchingly; that, beguiled, they might forget these had not grown in heaven, and dream for a while they tarried on its plains.
Hey-dey ! I've grown rhapsodical on this old loga Texas captain floundering in Helicon!
Well, Spring hangs a green, soft fringe upon the knotted twigs of the harsh post-oakscatters mosses, tendrils, flowers, and vines, too delicate to have a name, over the rough, angular, weather-blackened mass of sandstone on the mountain side; and I can not see why it is at all more anomalous that the same charmed power should awake poetical yearnings in the rugged breast of a frontiersman : as to the expression of them, that is another matter, in which Spring doesn't interfere, and for which, happily, she is not accountable.
Every one seems to have been so absorbed by the loveliness of
102                     ANCESTRY, LIFE, AND TIMES OF
of a, few, who are charged -with responsibility for the fortunes
of the nation and its successful deliverance from danger,
seemed to be a wise one, notwithstanding it gave the right to
levy forces without restraint, and tax the people without
stint. There, lay the strength of nations. The oppression
such an aristocratic system might visit upon the poorer classes
of the people, and the lordly undemocratic pride and caste it
might engender, were forgotten in the impulse to devise a
defense against the contingency of future surprise. It was not
once considered that the democratic institutions and early
policy of the nation could not be reconstructed upon the prin-
ciples of European dynastic interests. Hence it came to be
thought that a great public debt, a restrictive burden on
trade, a trammeled industry, a system enriching great capi-
talists still more, as also bond and property holders of every
kind, by enormous taxation levied upon the labor of the coun-
try, might, indeed, after all, be a divine blessing, even greater
this side than across the water. A national bank was the cen-
tre and the soul of such an economy, and its history need not
here be recited. A high protective tariff also found favor, under
the euphonious name of good will to " Home Industry" and
"American Labor," the laborer induced to believe that a tax
upon his toil was a boon to himself; in short, that a govern-
ment partnership between the government and the protected,
whereby the interests of large capitalists were enchanced at
the expense of the masses of the people, was the highroad of
the poor man to affluence and power. Then came the system
of internal improvements, devouring indefinite millions exacted
from the commerce of the country, a benevolent safety-valve
for any surplus of government funds, so preventing an explo-
sion of the national exchequer. Auxiliary to this was the
sale of public lands, the national proceeds to be distributed
among the several states, and the heavy endowment of privi-
leged corporations, all for the benefit of the protected classes,
the whole "American System" swallowed by a deluded people,
the result being that the rich grew richer, while the poor
grew poorer, until, in self-defense, combinations and trades-
unions and organizations of every description, hostile to capi-
tal, monopoly, protection of the rich, and pouring malediction
on an aristocracy of wealth, have honeycombed the land and
led to nihilistic and agrarian outbreaks, endangering the peace,
welfare, and security of individual, state, and the national
life.
James, W. F., and Barko, J. W., 1993, Sediment resuspension, redeposition, and
focusing in a small dimictic reservoir: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences, v. 5, p. 10231028.

Abstract

Rates of seston (dry mass) sedimentation, estimated from sediment traps (ST rates)
and sediment cores (SC rates), were determined at four water depths to examine
seasonal and annual sedimentation patterns in Eau Galle Reservoir, Wisconsin
(USA). Annual ST rates overestimated annual SC rates at water depths
less-than-or-equal-to 4 m, suggesting that sediment resuspension and redeposition
in relatively shallow regions of the reservoir caused the overestimate. In contrast,
annual ST and SC rates were similar at depths >4 m, suggesting minimal sediment
resuspension and redeposition in deeper regions of the reservoir. Using variations
in daily ST rates estimated during the autumn overturn of 1987, we developed a
conceptual framework for estimating sediment resuspension, redeposition, and
focusing. Resuspension of shallow sediments during this particular period
accounted for over 50% of the annual ST rate at depths less-than-or-equal-to 4 m.
At the same time, focusing of resuspended shallow sediments to deeper regions
accounted for about 20% of the annual ST rate at depths >4 m. Our results indicate
that during autumn overturn in this reservoir, peaks in sedimentation in the deep,
profundal region, estimated from sediment traps, may reflect sediment focused
from shallow regions rather than sediment resuspended from the profundal region.

Keywords

Turbulent Flows, Pollen Grains, Lake Sediment, Trap Biases, Phosphorus,
Redistribution, Accumulation, Retention, Wind
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
605 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...AUTUMNAL EQUINOX ARRIVES AT 523 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 22ND...

THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX ARRIVES AT 523 PM CDT...THURSDAY...SEPTEMBER
22ND.  THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX IS DEFINED AS EITHER OF THE TWO POINTS 
(BOTH VERNAL AND AUTUMNAL EQUINOX) OF THE SUN'S APPARENT ANNUAL PATH 
AND THE PLANE OF THE EARTH'S EQUATOR.

POPULARLY...THIS IS THE TIME AT WHICH THE SUN PASSES DIRECTLY ABOVE
THE EQUATOR ON ITS SOUTHWARD MIGRATION INTO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
DURING THE AUTUMN PERIOD. 
 
$$

VIII.
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

PHOTO CAPTION                            P-48506
                                         April 9, 1997
                                         Pwyll Crater on Europa

Pwyll crater on Jupiter's moon, Europa, was photographed by the 
Solid State Imaging system on the Galileo spacecraft during its 
sixth orbit around Jupiter.  This impact crater is located at 26 
degrees south latitude, 271 degrees west longitude, and is about 
26 kilometers (16 miles) in diameter.  Lower resolution pictures 
of Pwyll Crater taken earlier in the mission show that material 
ejected by the impact can be traced for hundreds of miles across 
the icy surface of Europa.  The dark zone seen here in and around 
the crater is material excavated from several kilometers (a few 
miles) below the surface.  Also visible in this picture are 
complex ridges.

The two images comprising this mosaic were taken on February 20, 
1997 from a distance of 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) by the 
Galileo spacecraft.  The area shown is about 120 kilometers by 
100 kilometers (75 miles by 60 miles).

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA,  manages the mission 
for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington D.C.  This image 
and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the 
World Wide Web Galileo mission home page at 
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo.

                            #####
Helen Worth
The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Md. 20723
Phone: (240) 228-5113

Doug Isbell
NASA Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 358-1753

December 22, 1998

NEAR Spacecraft to Fly by Asteroid Eros on Dec. 23; 
Rendezvous with Eros in 2000 

A Dec. 20 spacecraft abort of the initial rendezvous
burn of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
(NEAR) spacecraft has resulted in a postponement
of NEAR's orbit of asteroid 433 Eros, originally
scheduled for Jan. 10, 1999. However, a flyby of
the asteroid is planned for Dec. 23, 1998, at 1:43
p.m. EST, that will provide valuable information for
its later study. 

"While the engine burn abort was unfortunate, we
still expect to accomplish the rendezvous
objectives, but at a later date," says NEAR Mission
Manager, Dr. Robert W. Farquhar, of The Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,
which manages the NASA mission. "We expect that
the later rendezvous date will not diminish the
overall science return." 

During the Dec. 23, 1998, flyby, scientists will gain
a preview look at the asteroid and gain a global
perspective that will provide important information
in planning an orbit insertion. Mission designers
are now expecting the rendezvous will take place
by May 2000. Data obtained from the flyby will help
determine the shape and size of the asteroid and if
it has any moons. 

The rescheduling of the NEAR mission was made
necessary by the abort of a planned 20-minute
engine burn on Dec. 20, 1998. The spacecraft
aborted just seconds after initiation of the
bipropellant burn, causing communications with the
spacecraft to be lost for about 27 hours. Contact
was reestablished early Dec. 22, after NASA's
Deep Space Network locked onto a radio signal
from the NEAR spacecraft at about 8 p.m. EST, on
Dec. 21. 

Responding to a command from the Mission
Operations Center, NEAR started downloading
stored data early Dec. 22, which the mission team
has been analyzing to determine the cause of the
abort and why the spacecraft lost attitude control. 

"We've looked at the data and we believe there
has been no damage to the spacecraft or the
propulsion system," says spacecraft systems
engineer, Andrew G. Santo. "Our fault protection
software identified the problem and switched NEAR
to a safe mode. Essentially, it worked as
designed." 

During the Dec. 23 flyby NEAR will take
approximately 500 images from as close as 4,100
kilometers (2,500 miles). Although the images will
be of lower resolution than those taken June 27,
1997, during the flyby of asteroid 253 Mathilde,
they will provide scientists with important
information about the asteroid. 

NEAR will then travel in an orbit around the sun
that nearly matches that of Eros. In May 2000, the
spacecraft and Eros will meet, making it possible to
insert NEAR into orbit around the asteroid. 

NEAR was launched Feb. 17, 1996 as the first
launch of NASA's Discovery Program. Updates of
mission activities and science returns will be
posted on the Web site (http://near.jhuapl.edu)
and on the NEAR mission hot line: (240) 228-5413.
TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  1152
SUBJECT: GRB011121: possible redshift, continued decay
DATE:    01/11/22 12:10:45 GMT
FROM:    Krzysztof Z. Stanek at CfA  <kstanek@cfa.harvard.edu>

L. Infante (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), P. M. Garnavich
(Notre Dame), K. Z. Stanek (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) and Lukasz
Wyrzykowski (Warsaw University Observatory) report:

Spectra of the possible OT (Wyrzykowski et al.: GCN 1150) obtained
with the Magellan Walter Baade 6.5m telescope and the LDSS-2
spectrograph on Nov. 22.3 (UT) show a smooth continuum with a peak
flux near 650 nm. Narrow emission lines, likely from the host galaxy,
are seen at 507.58 nm and 681.0 nm, which may correspond to [O II]
372.7 and [O III] 500.7 nm at a redshift of 0.36. The depressed blue
end of the spectrum is most likely due to strong Galactic dust
extinction.

Also, additional R-band observation of the GRB011121 field carried out
with the OGLE 1.3m telescope 13.75 hours after the burst indicates
continuing fading behavior of the afterglow, as seen already by Stanek
et al. (GCN 1151):

HJD-2450000         UT           R_c       exp
2235.85176    011122 08:30  18.80+-0.03  600 sec

This behavior is consistent with a power-law decay with an index of
-1.65. The R-band magnitudes are relative to star "A" of Wyrzykowski
et al. (see finding chart at
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/oir/Research/GRB/).

The faint object 0.5" to the northeast of the OT reported by Stanek et
al. is easily visible in 600 sec R-band exposure.

Relatively low redshift and fast decay of its afterglow make GRB011121
an attractive search target for a possible supernova associated with
this burst.

This message can be cited.
~- ''d" ' *   OUB AROTIO PROVINCE.
Around the natives' houses, on St. Paul and St. George, constantly appear curious objects *hich, to an unaccustomed eye, resemble overgrown gourds or enormous calabashes with attenuated necks; examination proves them to be the dried, distended stomach-walls of a sea-lion, filled with its oil-which (unlike the offensive blubber of the fur-seal) boils out clear and inodorous from its fat. The flesh of an old sea-lion, while not very palatable, is tasteless and dry; but the meat of a yearling is very much like veal, and when properly cooked I think it is just as good; but the superiority of sea-lion meat over that of the fur-seal is decidedly marked. It requires some skill in the cuisine ere sausage and steaks of the aUllorhinus are accepted on the table; while it does not, however, require much art, experience, or patience for good cooks to serve up the juicy ribs of a young sea-lion so that the most fastidious palate will not fail to relish it.
The carcass of a sea-lion, after it is stripped of its hide, and disembowelled, is hung up in cool weather by its hind flippers, over a rude wooden frame or "labaas," as the natives call such a structure, where, together with many more bodies of fur-seals treated in the same manner, it serves from November until the following season of May, as the meat-house for-an Aleut on St. Paul and St. George. Exposed in this manner to open weather, the natives keep their seal-meat almost any length of time, in winter, for use; and, like our old duck and bird-hunters, they say they prefer to have this flesh tainted rather than fresh, declaring that it is most tender and toothsome when decidedly "loud."
The tough, elastic mustache-bristles of a sea-lion are objects of great commercial activity by the Chinese, who prize them highly as pickers for their opium pipes, and several ceremonies peculiar to their joss-houses. Such lip-bristles of the fur-seal are usually too small and too elastic for this service. The natives, however, always carefully pluck them out of the Eumetopias, and get their full value in exchange.
The sea-lion also, as in the case of the fu-seal, is a fish-eater, ; pure and simple, though he, like the latter, occasionally varies his. diet by consuming a limited amount of juicy sea-weed fronds, and tender marine crustaceans; but he hunts no animal whatever for food-, nor does he ever molest, up here, the sea-fowl that inceently i over over his head, or sit in flocks without any fear on the surface ^ 9:the waters around him. He, like CaUorhinus, is, without ques-
GOVERNMENT OE ALASKA.                                   47
Major Richardson. We have, Senator, about 720 miles of passable wagon road. Much of it, of course, is of a character that you would call very poor country road in this country; but it is passable for wheels.
Senator Kean. You mean, we would call it that in New Jersey ?
Major Richardson. But we have 200 or 300 miles of good, country wagon road there, over which tonnage can be transported in summer. We also have several hundred miles of what we call trail. It is, of course, simply constructed for use by dog teams or pack animals. Then we have over 400 miles of what we call " winter sled roads," suitable for winter traveling; and of course all of our summer roads are used also for winter travel in addition. Besides that, we stake many hundred miles of the trail every winter for the guidance of travelers through the treeless sections.
Senator Nelson. Before this law was passed, Mr. Chairman, and before this commission was appointed, I do not think there were any roads or trails in Alaska. Perhaps the miners had made little pack trails here and there, but there was no systematic work in any direction.
Senator Kean. Then you have practically about a thousand miles of road, all told, and how many miles of trail ?
Major Richardson. About 720 miles, including all roads passable for wheels.
Senator Nelson. Summer and winter roads?
Major Richardson. Yes; summer and winter roads. In addition we have over 400 miles of what are known as " winter sled roads," which are not passable in summer. They pass over swampy and low country. Then we have about 200 miles of ordinary trail, which has not been cut wide enough for double sleds.
Senator Clarke, of Arkansas. Did you prepare the bill that is pending before the committee, Major, or were you consulted in its preparation ?
Major Richardson. I was consulted in respect to certain features, Senator.
Senator Clarke, of Arkansas. Have you another bill which you prepared, which you have in your charge, which contains a provision that when a railroad builds into a coal field it may select 5,000 acres of each coal field at the price of $10 an acre ?
Major Richardson. That bill is here, Senator. I will state that a gentleman by the name of Mr. Falcon Joslin drew up that bill and sent it to me, and asked me if I would look it over and see if I thought it was-a workable proposition. I modified it, and made a number of changes and recommendations; and finally it was embodied in the form of a bill.
Senator Clarke, of Arkansas. It is your purpose to hand that to some Member of Congress to have it introduced, is it ?
Major Richardson. No, sir.
The Chairman. To whom did you first report that bill? To the department %
Major Richardson. Mr. Joslin had delivered a copy of it to Mr. Wickersham, the Delegate from Alaska, and wanted him to introduce it.
The Chairman. Was the bill presented also to the President or the War Department or any officers there %