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from Report Order WT 97-12 fcc99234.pdf (pdf 62k)
Outstanding Special Temporary Authority grants
1. During the pendency of this proceeding, two Special Temporary Authority (STA) grants authorizing, among other things, certain amateur radio stations to transmit SS emission types that were not permitted by Section 97.311 and to transmit SS emissions on frequency bands not authorized by Section 97.305(c) have remained in force. The first was granted April 17, 1992, to Mr. Robert A. Buaas. The second was granted to two amateur radio licensees who also are TAPR members. Our decision in this proceeding obviates the need for the STAs because it eliminates the restriction on SS emission types that an amateur radio station may transmit. Our decision also does not authorize SS emissions to be transmitted in amateur service frequency bands that are permitted under the STAs. As noted above, the STA granted to Messrs. Jones and Hendricks has expired. We are terminating the STA granted to Mr. Robert A. Buaas as of the date the rules we adopt today become effective, because this Report and Order resolves the issues that formed the basis for granting his request.
History of the TAPR SS STA
- TAPR files for STA on Spread Spectrum Issues (April 10, 1996).
- ARRL letter to the FCC regarding TAPR's STA (May 15th, 1996).
- TAPR's Response to ARRL's letter regarding TAPR's STA (May 24th, 1996).
- TAPR Requests status on STA (November 6, 1996).
- TAPR receives STA on Spread Spectrum (November 8, 1996).
- Robert J. Carpenter, W3OTC, letter regarding TAPR's STA (Nov 20th, 1996).
- Request for TAPR SS STA Renewal (April 28th, 1997).
- TAPR SS STA Activity Report, April 1997.
- List of stations that were on the STA.
Page note: Correction of spelling or other errors in these documents were not made so that they may reflect the exact wording submitted to the FCC. If the authors of any the above information finds a mistake with data entry, please let us know so that we might correct the error. These documents are made available for the general amateur community and are being made available as accurate as possible.
TAPR files for STA on Spread Spectrum Issues(April 10, 1996)
PDF file of letter (15K).
Federal Communications Commission April 10, 1996 By Hand Mr. William Caton Acting Secretary Federal Communications Commission 1919 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation Request for Special Temporary Authority Dear Mr. Secretary: The Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation ("TAPR"), by its attorneys, hereby requests Special Temporary Authority ("STA") for TAPR to conduct an experimental program to test Code Division Multiple Access ("CDMA") spread spectrum emissions over amateur radio facilities, as described in greater detail below. The STA is requested beginning as soon as possible and continuing for a period of one year. Except for the addition of one frequency band, as noted below, TAPR is requesting identical authority to that granted to Mr. Robert A. Buaas (K6KGS) on April 17, 1992. TAPR was founded in 1982 as a international organization with interests in the areas of packet and digital communications. Today, TAPR continues as a membership supported non-profit amateur research and development organization, and currently has more than 2,000 members worldwide. TAPR continues to develop kits for the amateur community and is working actively on publications and communications standards. TAPR's members have participated in a number of experimental programs designed to investigate the value of spread spectrum emissions for the packet radio community, including experiments that later provided the basis for authorizing spread spectrum modulation in the amateur service. TAPR plans to continue its leading role in developing standards for spread spectrum communications for the amateur community through discussion groups, cooperative efforts and experimental programs such as would be permitted by the requested STA. In particular, because of the rapid development of communications hardware and software, TAPR believes that the use of hybrid spread spectrum emissions, as well as spreading codes not envisioned by Section 97.311(d) of the Rules can be employed without causing harmful interference to other amateur operators. TAPR proposes to implement an m-sequence as specified in Section 97.311(d)(1) of the Rules as a "generating function." Spreading codes will be selected from continuous segments of bits produced in the output of the generating function based on their suitability to provide uniformly distributed spectral density, code orthogonality and maximum coding gain. Each spreading code will represent one symbol in the data to be transmitted. Only the selected spreading codes will be transmitted, and each will be transmitted in its entirety. Direct-sequence spread spectrum generators using inexpensive surface acoustic wave matched filters with fixed spreading codes not related to the m-sequences specific in Section 97.31(d)(1) will also be used. Frequency hopping may be evaluated as a means for further distributing the transmitted energy. Additionally, frequency synthesized homodyne and single hetrodyne transceivers will be evaluated on each of the frequency bands proposed, time and resources permitting. TAPR is requesting STA to fully evaluate the transmission, reception and processing techniques of CDMA spread spectrum emissions. Specifically, TAPR will: * Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed systems; * Evaluate the potential of spread spectrum overlay on conventional FM systems; * Study the interference potential of CDMA spread spectrum emissions, if any, to existing users of the specified frequency bands; * Evaluate the resistance of spread spectrum emissions to multipath interference; * Evaluate the ability of spread spectrum emissions to improve spectrum efficiency; * Evaluate the performance improvements potentially offered by CDMA technology; * Gain operational experience with CDMA spread spectrum techniques; and * Evaluate the proposals contained in the RM-8737 (Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's Rules Governing the Amateur Radio Service to Facilitate Spread Spectrum Communications). The participants in this experimental will initially be various members of TAPR who are amateur radio licensees. TAPR requests authority to add participants, including licensed amateurs who are not members of TAPR, during the course of the experimental program upon notification to the Commission of such additions. The experiments will be carried out from the fixed stations listed on the station licenses of the participants, plus any portable operations as are permitted under Part 97 of the Commission's Rules. All participants hold a minimum of a Technical Class license. TAPR requests authority to operate on the following frequencies: 50-54 MHz, 144-148 MHz, 219-220 MHz, 222-225 MHz, 420-450 MHz, 902-928 MHz, 1240-1300 MHz and 2390-2450 MHz. (1) The maximum transmitter output power will not exceed 100 watts, and CDMA spread spectrum emissions will be used. TAPR expects that the antennas used for this experimental program will include dipoles, as well as collinear and Yagi arrays with gains of 0 to 12 dBi, at heights up to 30 meters AGL. Only existing, licensed antennas will be used for this experiment; no new stations will be constructed. In order to conduct the tests discussed in this letter, TAPR requests the following Rule waivers: (1) Waiver of Section 97.305(c) of the Rules is requested to permit emission type SS in the bands 6m, 2m, and 1.25m; (2) Waiver of Section 97.311(c) of the Rules is requested to provide for transmission of hybrid spread spectrum emissions; (3) Waiver of Section 97.311(d) of the Rules is requested to permit the use of other spreading codes. Accordingly, for the reasons stated herein, TAPR respectfully requests Special Temporary Authority to conduct an experimental program to test CDMA spread spectrum emissions over amateur radio facilities, as described in the instant STA request. Questions with respect to this matter should be directed to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, Henry Goldberg Attorney for Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation cc: Mr. Robert H. McNamara 1 The operational frequencies requested herein are identical to those granted to Mr. Buaas, except for the 219-220 MHz band, which was not allocated to the Amateur Radio Service at the time Mr. Buaas filed his STA request. To the extent that the addition of the 219-220 MHz band will significantly delay Commission grant of the instant STA request, TAPR requests that the STA be granted as soon as possible for all frequency bands other than 219-220 MHz, and that the 219-220 MHz request be processed separately.
ARRL letter to the FCC regarding TAPR's STA(May 15th, 1996)
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 1233 20th Street, N. W., Suite 204 Washington, D. C. 20036 Telephone: (202) 296-9107 Facsimile: (202) 293-1319 May 15, 1996 Via Hand Delivery Robert H. McNamara, Esquire Chief, Private Wireless Division Federal Communications Commission 2025 M Street, N.W., 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Pending Request for Special Temporary Authority, Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation; CDMA Spread Spectrum Tests Dear Mr. McNamara: The American Radio Relay League, Inc. has been made aware of a request for special temporary authority received in your office on April 10, 1996, submitted by Goldberg, Godles, Wiener & Wright on behalf of the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation (TAPR). We understand that the request is defective in that it was not submitted on behalf of a Commission licensee and that you will require that a list of licensed participants, with their call signs, be submitted. With that amendment, the League would endorse and support most of the requested rule waivers. Specifically, waiver of Section 97.311(c) and 97.311(d) is consistent with the request the League has made in its petition, RM-8737, that these paragraphs be deleted from the rules. With regard to waiver of Section 97.305(c) to the extent necessary to permit spread spectrum (SS) emission in the bands 6m, 2m, and 1.25m, the League enthusiastically endorses the requested authority to use the band 219-220 MHz. Amateur stations using this frequency band, which is limited to amateur stations participating as forwarding stations in point-to-point fixed digital message forwarding systems, are subject to severe geographic limitations designed to protect the primary Automated Maritime Telecommunications Systems (AMTS) from interference. The use of SS emissions would reduce the potential for interference, and might well permit amateurs to engineer-in a system in closer proximity to an AMTS licensee than would otherwise be possible. The resulting increase in efficiency of spectrum occupancy would benefit all parties. The League notes that the limitations and requirements of Section 97.303(e) would still apply to stations operating under the requested STA. However, the League has serious concerns with regard to the proposed use of other frequencies in the 6m, 2m, and 1.25m bands. The use of these additional frequencies would not appear to be required by the objectives stated in the STA request. Among these stated objectives is: "Evaluate the proposals contained in the RM-8737." RM-8737 is the petition by the ARRL referenced earlier. RM-8737 makes no proposal for changes in the frequencies authorized for spread spectrum emission. In its development of the proposals contained in RM-8737, the League was persuaded that spread spectrum emissions pose a significant interference potential to existing amateur operations in these bands. Unlike the situation with regard to 219-220 MHz, there is no geographic separation requirement that would protect narrowband users from interference from a nearby spread spectrum transmitter. While the League is very supportive of spread spectrum emissions in the Amateur Service and particularly of continuing experimentation to determine how these emissions can be used with the least possibility of harmful interference to other spectrum occupants, with the singular exception of 219-220 MHz there is nothing in the request to suggest there would be any added value in conducting these experiments outside the bands where spread spectrum emissions are already authorized. Accordingly, the League supports granting of the STA request, if amended to show a list of participating stations; and to limit the waiver of Section 97.305(c) to the band 219-220 MHz. Yours very truly, Christopher D. Imlay General Counsel cc: Office of the Secretary Henry Goldberg, Esquire
TAPR's Response to ARRL's letter regarding TAPR's STA(May 24th, 1996)
May 24, 1996 BY HAND Mr. Robert H. McNamara Chief, Private Wireless Division Wireless Bureau Federal Communications Commission 2025 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request of Mr. Greg Jones (WD5IVD) and Mr. Dewayne Hendricks (WA8DZP), Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation ("TAPR"), for Special Temporary Authority Dear Mr. McNamara: This letter responds to the letter submitted to you on May 15, 1996 by the American Radio Relay League, Inc. ("ARRL") regarding the above-referenced request for special temporary authority ("STA"). In its letter, ARRL generally supported the requested STA and, in particular, 'enthusiastically endorsed' the requested authority to use the 219-220 MHz band. The STA applicants and TAPR appreciate ARRL's support and its willingness to accommodate STA operations in the 219-220 MHz band, in order to promote the organizations' shared interest in the further development of spread spectrum technologies. ARRL, however, expressed concerns about the applicants' proposed use of other frequencies in the 6m, 2m, and 1.25m bands. While TAPR and each of the licensee-applicants shares ARRL's commitment to preventing interference to existing amateur service operations in these bands, these parties urge the Commission to grant the STA as requested, permitting operation in each of the bands originally identified. Perhaps most importantly, operation in each of these bands already is permitted pursuant to the spread spectrum STA originally granted to Mr. Robert A. Buaas in 1992. Under this STA, any amateur station joining the Buaas project may conduct experiments involving CDMA spread spectrum transmissions in each of these bands, provided only that notice of their participation is provided to the Commission. Mr. Jones and Mr. Hendricks' interest in seeking an STA separate from the Buaas STA is to permit them, and through them to permit TAPR, to conduct coordinated research evaluating the transmission, reception, and processing techniques of CDMA spread spectrum emissions. Through the efforts of its member licensees, TAPR intends to continue its leading role in developing standards for spread spectrum communications for the amateur community. This can be done most efficiently and effectively, however, only if TAPR through its licensee members is itself in a position to coordinate participation in the testing and to oversee the program, rather than having to work through the Buaas STA. Granting the STA requested by Mr. Jones and Mr. Hendricks, therefore, will enhance the development of spread spectrum standards without substantively altering the number of amateur licensees who may transmit CDMA spread spectrum emissions in the bands questioned by ARRL. As a result, a grant would not subject existing users of these bands to increased interference risks. ARRL's letter also understates the potential benefits of granting the requested authority to operate in the 6m, 2m, and 1.25m bands. Contrary to ARRL's suggestion, evaluating the proposals contained in RM-8737 is but one of TAPR and the licensee's objectives. As a result, the fact that RM-8737 does not propose to permit spread spectrum operation in each of the bands covered by the STA request does not undermine the need to conduct testing in these bands. Moreover, the fact that ARRL concluded that a general authorization for spread spectrum transmissions in these bands could result in unacceptable interference to existing users of the band, and therefore decided not to request an amendment to the Part 97 rules authorizing spread spectrum transmissions in these bands, does not mean that limited spread spectrum testing, within the constraints imposed by an STA, cannot be accommodated. More fundamentally, a great deal can be gained by permitting operation in these bands. Among other things, TAPR plans to study the strengths and weaknesses of proposed systems, a variety of potential interference issues, and the ability of spread spectrum emissions to improve spectrum efficiency. Through these efforts, TAPR and its licensee members will be able to improve the factual record for determining whether and, if so, under what conditions, spread spectrum operations could be more generally authorized under Part 97 of the Commission's rules. Due to the unique characteristics of operation in different bands, the type of broad-based study and analysis TAPR and its members contemplate can be achieved only if operation is permitted in a variety of different bands, characterized by different operating frequencies and sharing scenarios. For the reasons stated herein and in the original STA request, as amended, the STA applicants and TAPR respectfully request that the Commission grant the STA request, including authority to operate in the 6m, 2m, and 1.25m bands. Respectfully submitted, Henry Goldberg Attorney for Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation 1. ARRL conditioned its support on the substitution of Commission Amateur radio licensees as the applicants and a requirement that licensed participants, with their call signs, be submitted. Both of these conditions have been satisfied. See Letter from Greg Jones and Dewayne Hendricks to Mr. William Caton, dated May 9, 1996. 2. See Letter from Ralph A. Haller to Mr. Robert A. Buaas, dated April 17, 1992 (attached) (authorizing operation in the 6m (50-54 MHz), 2m (144-148 MHz), and 1.25m (222-225 MHz) bands). This STA has been subsequently renewed by the Commission since granted in 1992. 3. Id. 4. See STA Request at 2-3.
TAPR requests status of STA(Nov 6, 1996)
PDF file of letter (10K).
November 6, 1996 By Hand Granted Mr. William Caton Robert H McNamara Acting Secretary Chief, Private Wireless Division Federal Communications Commission Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 1919 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation Request for Special Temporary Authority Dear Mr. Secretary: On April 10, 1996, Greg Jones (WD5IVD) and Dewayne Hendricks (WA8DZP) (collectively, "Applicants") filed a request for Special Temporary Authority ("STA"), as amended on May 9, 1996, to allow members of the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation ("TAPR") to conduct an experimental program to test Code Division Multiple Access spread spectrum emissions. At the request of the Commission staff, we hereby supplement the April 10 STA request to provide the following information: (1) A list of the initial amateur radio stations in the experimental program is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Applicants anticipate that additional amateur radio operators, all of whom will hold a at least a Technician Class license, will be added to the experimental program as it progresses. The Applicants will file, on a quarterly basis, the names, call signs, and addresses of any additional stations that join the experimental program. (2) In order to conduct the experimental program, the Applicants are requesting that the Commission waive the following provisions of its Rules for the stations: (a) Section 97.119(b)(5), to remove the requirement to transmit station identification signals by a CW or phone emission; (b) Section 97.305(c), to permit spread spectrum emissions on amateur radio bands 50-54 MHz, 144-148 MHz, 219-220 MHz and 222-225 MHz; (c) Section 97.311(c), to provide for transmission of hybrid spread spectrum emissions; and (d) Section 97.311(d), to permit the use of other spreading codes. (3) The Applicants request STA for a period of six months from the date of grant, renewable for additional six-month periods. (4) The Applicants expressly acknowledge that any transmissions conducted pursuant to the requested STA will be secondary in nature, and must cease immediately in the event of harmful interference. (5) The Applicants will file with the Commission a report detailing the results of the experimental program discussed in the STA request, and will make that report available to members of the public. Questions with respect to this matter should be directed to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, Greg Jones WD5IVD (Advanced Class) cc: Mr. Robert H. McNamara
Robert J. Carpenter, W3OTC, letter regarding TAPR's STA(Nov 20th, 1996)
Robert J. Carpenter, W3OTC 12708 Circle Drive Rockville, MD 20850-3713 20 November 1996 Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554 Dear Sir: On November 8, 1996, the Private Wireless Division of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau modified the Special Temporary Authorization (STA) issued to Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR). I feel that these modifications, unless altered, will seriously compromise the results of any experimentation under this STA. The major thrusts of the STA modification are: a) allow Spread Spectrum (SS) transmissions on the amateur frequencies above 50 MHz, b) allow the use of any spreading sequence, c) no longer require stations using SS to identify in a manner which can be understood on conventional amateur receiving equipment. Continued is the requirement that test transmissions must be terminated if they interfere with other amateur communication. There is widespread alarm among the many users of the heavily populated amateur bands between 50 and 450 MHz that SS transmissions will seriously harm the present users. Thus it is very important that operation under the subject STA be conducted in an open manner so that all amateurs can participate and observe the results. I request that the FCC require that users of the TAPR STA post their operating log, within 24 hours of each period of SS operation, on the well-known TAPR site on the World Wide Web (www.tapr.org). The log information must include: call letters of station, location, time, frequencies employed, power, antenna, SS type, etc. This requirement would have a number of benefits: 1) without such a public record, other band occupants will have no way of identifying the source of SS transmissions, should there actually be interference, 2) it would demonstrate the technical prowess of TAPR in fielding real tests of real SS equipment, 3) without the open testing this requirement would encourage, the issue of SS in amateur radio will remain very contentious and clouded in distrust and misinformation, 4) it would demonstrate the serious and thorough nature of the tests under the STA, 5) by making the SS operation public in nearly real time, it would reduce the number of false reports of SS interference, 6) it would allow other users of the bands to correlate their observations with the SS STA users (after the fact). I request that the Commission act immediately to add the above logging and posting requirement to the TAPR STA. It would not hamper experimentation in any way. It is not onerous. TAPR already possesses all of the necessary facilities. Respectfully submitted, Robert J. Carpenter cy: Greg Jones, TAPR Paul Rinaldo, ARRL
Request for TAPR SS STA Renewal(April 28, 1997)
Request for TAPR SS STA Renewal (pdf 3.0 format, 5K)
Mr. William Caton Acting Secretary Federal Communications Commission 1919 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation Request for Renewal of Special Temporary Authority Dear Mr. Secretary:
On November 6, 1996, Greg Jones (WD5IVD) and Dewayne Hendricks (WA8DZP) (collectively, "Applicants") were granted special temporary authority ("STA") for a period of six months to allow members of the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation ("TAPR") to conduct an experimental program involving the use of Code Division Multiple Access spread spectrum emissions (see attached). For your information, the attached report outlines the findings of the study complied to date.
The initial six-month period of the TAPR STA ends May 6, 1997. In accordance with the original terms of the STA, the TAPR program is on-going. consequently, the Applicants respectfully request renewal of the TAPR STA, for an additional six months period, with respect to the same set of amateur radio stations for which the original STA was granted.
Questions with respect to this matter should be directed to the undersigned.
Greg Jones
WD5IVD (Advanced Class)
cc: David E. Horowitz
TAPR SS STA Activity Report(April 1997)
TAPR SS STA Activity Report, April 1997 (pdf 3.0 format, 418K, 75pages)
List of stations that were on the STA
The following stations were participating in the TAPR SS STA.
Thanks to these stations for participatin.
TAPR Spread Spectrum STA Authorized Stations
|City, State
|Area Coord
|Mel Whitten, K0PFX
|St Louis, MO
|Nov 8, 96
|Roy D. Welch, W0SL
|Ballwin, MO
|Dec 27, 96
|Dave Salaman, N0EIR
|High Ridge, MO
|Jan 5, 97
|Greg Jones, WD5IVD
|Austin / Denton, TX
|Nov 8, 96
|900Mhz, 2.4G, Exp
|Robert Morgan, WB5AOH
|Austin, TX
|Nov 8, 96
|900Mhz FW, Exp
|Jim Neely, WA5LHS
|Austin, TX
|Nov 8, 96
|Ron Parsons, W5RKN
|Austin, TX
|Nov 8, 96
|Robert Barron, KA5WSS
|Austin, TX
|Dec 27, 96
|Brian Straup, NQ9Q
|Austin, TX
|Jan 5, 97
|Univ of Texas, ARC, W5EHM
|Austin, TX
|Mar 10, 97
|Bill Reed, WD0ETZ
|Dallas, TX
|Nov 8, 96
|Bob Stricklin, N5BRG
|Dallas, TX
|Nov 8, 96
|Tom McDermott, N5EG
|Murphy, TX
|Mar 10, 97
|John Koster, W9DDD
|Dallas, TX
|Nov 8, 96
|Frank Perkins, WB5IPM
|Arlington, TX
|Jan 5, 97
|Gerald Knezek, KB5EWV
|Denton, TX
|Nov 8, 96
|900Mhz TAL
|Guy Story, KC5GOI
|Denton, TX
|Dec 27, 96
|Dorothy Jones, KA5DWR
|Denton, TX
|Jan 5, 97
|900Mhz TAL
|Gerald Marchant, WB5NZV
|Denton, TX
|Jan 5, 98
|900Mhz TAL
|William Jones, KC5UYN
|Denton, TX
|Jan 5, 98
|900Mhz TAL
|Walter Holmes, K5WH
|Houston, TX
|Dec 27, 96
|Dewayne Hendricks, WA8DZP
|San Jose, CA
|Nov 8, 96
|900Mhz TAL
|Robert A. Buaas, K6KGS
|Huntington Beach, CA
|Dec 27, 96
|Robert Lorenzini, WD6DOD
|Newport Beach, CA
|Jan 5, 97
|David Wright, KD6BUY
|Fountain Valley, CA
|Jan 5, 97
|Steve Dimse, K4HG
|Summerland Key, FL
|Dec 27, 96
|Steve Bible, N7HPR
|Kings Bay, GA
|Nov 8, 96
|John Ackermann, AG9V
|Dayton, OH
|Nov 8, 96
|900Mhz WL
|Fred Peerenboom, KE8TQ
|Dayton, OH
|Nov 8, 96
|900Mhz WL
|Greg Romaniak, N8XOS
|Parma, OH
|May 4, 99
|900Mhz WL
|Jeff King, WB8WKA
|Farmington, MI
|Nov 8, 96
|900Mhz FW
|Steve Stroh, N8GNJ
|Woodinville, WA
|Nov 8, 96
|John R. (Dick) Bingham, W7WKR
|Seattle, WA
|Mar 10, 97
|6meters Exp
|Joe Borovetz, WA5VMS
|Muskogee, OK
|Nov 8, 96
|Fred Treasure, KE5CI
|Silver City, NM
|Jan 5, 97
|Anthony W McConnell, N3JLI
|Phoenix, MD
|Mar 10, 97
|Anthony Kapolka, III , N3XIH
|Wilkes-Barre, PA
|Feb 27, 98
- 900Mhz, 2m, 219m, etc represent bands that the stations are proposing to operate within
- Exp - Station has proposed an experiment. Further information will be made available as provided by the experimenting station.
- Area Coordinators. These are volunteers who can help explain local/regional issues regarding the SS STA.
Questions concerning type of operations, intervals, and schedule should be directed at individual stations if local operators have questions. The STA holders assume that STA participants will work with local amateurs in their area if operational questions or concerns occur. Each STA station has informed TAPR as to an area of work within the STA and these areas are listed above. STA stations will notify the STA holders of any additional changes in operational freqs or scope and these changes will be reflected on this web page as updated.
The STA holders believe that the participants under the STA should be allowed to operate as necessary for their own testing and believe that each STA station fully understands the operational limitations of the STA. It is not the belief of the STA holders that participants under the STA will abuse the purpose and scope of the STA. If this is not the case, the STA holders may upon notice remove anyone from the STA who might be operating outside the limits and scope of the STA.
A formal report on operations will be compiled towards the end of the STA.
Greg Jones, WD5IVD, pending experiment using Loral based SS system. More information will be provided prior to equipment being made operational.
Bill Reed, WD0ETZ, pending experiment using Loral based SS system. More information will be provided prior to equipment being made operational.
Bob Stricklin, N5BRG, pending experiment using custom built SS technology. More information will be provided prior to equipment being made operational.
Tom McDermott, N5EG, pending experiment using custom built FHSS technology. More information will be provided prior to equipment being made operational.
Bob Morgan, WB5AOH, pending experiment using custom built SS technology. More information will be provided prior to equipment being made operational.
902-928Mhz. 1 watt output. Frequency Hopper. 15 channels. Operating modes will be in point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and store & forward repeater. Bi-lateral amp (up to 5 watts) may be used by various stations at discretion and availability. Data rate from 1200bps to 115Kbps.
902-928Mhz. 1 watt output. Frequency Hopper. Operating modes will be in point-to-point, point-to-multipoint. Data rate 256Kbps.
902-928 MHz. 500mW and 1 watt outputs determined by unit. Direct Sequence and DQPSK modulation. 2mbps. Operating modes will be in point-to-point links over 5+km distances for testing links between packet radio switch and server sites and with point-to-multipoint operation within a 3km radius.
Brian Straup, NQ9Q, pending experiment using custom built SS technology on 218-219MHz. More information will be provided prior to equipment being made operational.
Frank Perkins, WB5IPM, pending experiment evaluating usage of DSSS transmissions in the 70 cm band based on DSP signal generation and correlation. More information will be provided prior to equipment being made operational.
Anthony W McConnell, N3JLI, pending experiment evaluating usage of FHSS for voice on 6 meters.
John R. (Dick) Bingham, W7WKR, pending experiment evaluating usage of FHSS for voice on 6 meters.
Some preliminary details are available at my website (http://radio.mathcs.wilkes.edu) . I am working in conjunction with a student, Will Stockdell KB3CBI. We plan to experiment with two configurations: a) computer control of an IC-821, changing frequency. We plan to experiment on 70cm and 2 m. The principal question is how fast we can hop using this radio. b) computer switching between multiple radios set to fixed frequencies. The intent here is to attach the radios to multiple sound cards and switch between them. The number of frequencies using this method will be low (4-8). Again, we plan to experiment on 70cm and 2m.


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I've posted many times about polls on this blog, having some schooling in the subject. Now the pollsters are polling about polls.
And if you missed our awesome President on 60 minutes, JM Ashby put it up here to watch. You really should watch it, much more reliable than the media filters.
All the discussion about Hillary in that Situation Room photo, well, how about we just remove her from the picture like this newspaper did.
I totally agree with this, why doesn't Andrew Breitbart just get a job already.
Wow, is Bill Maher trying to get attention using a racial slur and stereotype?
Check out some more great photos from the parade and protest in Benton Harbor, Michigan on Saturday.
And last, but not least, what fun would a Monday be without calling out Glenn Greenwald on his bullshit?


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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Works with New York State to Establish a Real-Time Monitoring System for the Hudson River
This November, Governor Pataki announced plans to establish a real-time observation and monitoring system for the Hudson River, which will help to protect this historic waterway. The nearly $1 million monitoring project, Hudson Riverscope, is the first incubator research project of the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the Hudson.
Malaria Rise in Africa Parallels Warming Trends; New Analysis Challenges Results of Previous Research
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, and other institutions conclude that the increase in the incidence of malaria in East Africa parallels warming trends over the last several decades. The new findings challenge the results of a study, "Climate Change and Resurgence of Malaria in the East African Highlands," which was previously published in the journal Nature.
Columbia University Researchers Find Key to the Formation of New Seafloor Spreading Centers
Jacqueline Floyd and her colleagues, all from Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, are introducing groundbreaking research results in the field of plate tectonics. Their study is featured as the November 29, 2002 cover story in the scientific journal Science.
Grasslands Exchange Proves Fertile for Discussion
Columbia University/UNESCO Joint Program on Biosphere and Society (CUBES) Field Coordinator Ben Lane recently returned from Kenya, where he traveled for seven days with Maasai herdsmen as they held discussions with ranchers from New Mexico and grasslands experts about rangeland management. Here, Lane speaks about the trip, and just what the Maasai and American ranchers have to learn from each other.
Lamont-Doherty Tree Ring Scientist Wins High Honor
For his enormous contribution to the development of sciences and education in Mongolia, The National University of Mongolia appointed Dr. Gordon Jacoby, a senior research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Institute, as an Honorary Professor of Life Sciences.
Micrographer's Blend of Artistry and Science Earns Major Award
Lamont-Doherty's Dee Breger recently received the 2002 Whiting Memorial Award from the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE). The award consists of a significant grant and a crystal plaque noting her contributions to both worlds of science and art.
Columbia Launches New Center for Global Health and Economic Development
Centerinitiatives provide new vision-addressing critical health issues in resource-poor countries to stimulate social and economic development
New York, NY-Economic progress in developing countries depends on healthy citizens and environments. The Mailman School of Public Health and The Earth Institute at Columbia University are launching the Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED), as a joint venture based at the Mailman School, to mobilize global health programs that help resource-poor countries address the burden of disease.
Great Progress Made by Seismologists in Identifying Violations of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
WASHINGTON - Advances in detection devices and methods of analysis have allowed seismologists to identify virtually all events that might be nuclear explosions of possible military significance under the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), according to Prof. Lynn R. Sykes of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Writing in the 29 October issue of Eos, published by the American Geophysical Union, Sykes analyzes 72 questionable events since 1960.
Computer Model Suggests Future Crop Loss Due to Potential Increase in Extreme Rain Events Over Next Century
An increased frequency of extreme precipitation events has been observed over the last 100 years in the United States. Global climate models project that similar trends may continue and even strengthen over the coming decades, due to climate change. Now, a study using computer climate and crop model simulations predicts that U.S. agricultural production losses due to excess rainfall may double in the next 30 years, resulting in an estimated $3 billion per year in damages.
Jeffrey Sachs Takes Bush Administration to Task in Economist Article
In the midst of President Bush's rally cry for war, Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs argues that, in the war against want, no less than in the war against terror, actions speak louder than words.
New Map Shows "Human Footprint" Covers Most of the Earth
Scientists say human effects can be a positive factor for life on Earth.
A team of scientists from Columbia's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) and the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has produced a new, comprehensive map of the world, showing how human beings directly influence more than three quarters of the earth's landmass. Published in the latest issue of the scientific journal BioScience, the map should serve as a wake-up call that humans are stewards of the natural world, whether we like it or not -- something that should be viewed as an opportunity, the authors say.
2002 World Food Prize Laureate Joins Earth Institute
Pedro Sanchez, recipient of the 2002 World Food Prize, is joining the Earth Institute at Columbia University as Director of Tropical Agriculture. The Earth Institute is the world's pioneer academic center for mobilizing the sciences and public policy to build a sustainable future, especially for the world's poor.
Researchers Use Goddard Institute to Examine Effects of Soot in China
NASA researchers Surabi Menon and James Hansen used resources at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University to discover that large amounts of black carbon particles, or soot, as well as other pollutants have been observed to cause changes in precipitation and temperature over China.
Earth Institute's Jeffrey Sachs Calls for Renewed Global Effort to Reduce the Scourge of Malaria
Global Initiatives Rely on Recent Advances in Genomic Mapping of Malaria Parasite and Mosquito, as well as Major Investment in Prevention, Control and New Technologies
With the stunning completion of the mapping of the genomes of the main malaria parasite and the mosquito that spreads it, Earth Institute Director Jeffrey D. Sachs renews his call for a worldwide effort to control malaria in the October 4, 2002 issue of Science.
Columbia Research Dispels 150 Years of Thinking
Mild winter conditions in Europeare not due to the gulf stream, suggesting that ocean circulation plays less of a role in climate change than thought.
New research shows that the Gulf Stream has little effect on the contrast in winter temperatures between Europe and eastern North America, dispelling a long-held assumption. Instead, atmospheric circulation, augmented by the Rocky Mountains, plays a larger role, say Dr. Richard Seager of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Dr. David Battisti of the University of Washington, and their colleagues.
International Scientists Converge at Rainforest in the Arizona Desert to Test El Niño's Impact on Ecosystem
Columbiauniversity biosphere 2 rainforest site for drought experiment -- collaborative global climate change experiment underway
TUCSON -- In a major collaborative research initiative, an international group of 14 scientists from a range of disciplines have gathered at Columbia University Biosphere 2 Center for an El Niño experiment in the Laboratory's Rainforest -- an acre tropical habitat, supporting a complex patchwork of vegetation that is a functional model of the Amazon Rainforest.
Columbia University Scientists Propose Well-Switching as Key to Mitigating Bangladesh Arsenic Poisoning Tragedy
Surprisingfinding of arsenic study provides opportunity to save lives
Researchers at the Earth Institute at Columbia University will announce in the August issue of the World Health Organization Bulletin the surprising results of a field survey of arsenic-poisoned drinking water in Bangladesh: 88 percent of people living in the researchers' survey area are less than 100 meters away from safe wells, even though these good wells account for only fifty percent of all the wells in their study area.
Columbia Scientist Proposes a Solution to New York City's Garbage Crisis
Steven Cohen, director of the graduate program in earth science and policy management at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and the Earth Institute, recently published an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times proposing waste-to-energy plants as a long-term solution to New York City's garbage problem.
Scientists Say New El Niño "Almost Certain" in Coming Months
Efforts underway at Earth Institute to predict and minimize costs and damage
Niño is back, and some abnormal weather can be expected in the coming six to nine months. A team of Columbia climate experts at the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction has identified the warm Pacific ocean surface temperatures indicating that the climate phenomenon has indeed returned (see Image A below). IRI researchers are now engaged in the delicate task of forecasting which locations are most vulnerable to the extremes that can accompany an El Niño, and what people in those locations can do to prepare.
In "Historic" Selection, Cuban Native Named 2002 World Food Prize Laureate
(Toronto) Dr. Pedro Sanchez, a native Cuban and graduate of Cornell University in the United States, has been selected to receive the $250,000 World Food Prize in 2002.
Columbia's Dr. Koji Nakanishi and Fellow Chemists Gather at Columbia's Biosphere 2 Center
TUCSON -- Dr. Koji Nakanishi, Columbia's Centennial Professor of Chemistry and Director of Research, Biosphere 2 Center Chemistry Unit, joined, this week, fellow chemists from Columbia, Cornell and Stevens Institute of Technology to plan an upcoming Chemistry of the Biosphere Symposium at Biosphere 2 Center.
Previously the Saltiest Sea in the Southern Ocean
NewResearch Shows That Ross Sea Waters Are Freshening
Columbia University scientists are reporting in the journal Science that salinity levels in the Ross Sea have experienced a large decline in recent decades. Once the saltiest body of water in the Antarctic, this distinction now goes to its distant neighbor, the Weddell Sea.
Columbia University Researchers Reveal Surprising El Niño-Like Conditions During Last Ice Age
ResearchIndicates Unexpected Role of Tropical Pacific Ocean in Global Climate Change
El Niño has always been associated with warming of tropical Pacific surface waters and global temperatures. However, new research publishing in the journal Science shows that conditions resembling El Niño were the norm during the last ice age, 18,000 plus years ago, when global temperatures were dramatically cooler than they are today.
Climate Prediction Used to Improve Global Food Security
Columbia University trains professionals to apply climate information to agriculture When scientists at the Columbia Earth Institute's State of the Planet conference last month claimed that they had the technical means to end world hunger, climate prediction science was part of the solution.
Columbia University and Unesco Launch Joint Partnership
Sixbiologically and culturally significant locations to receive assistance
On June 21 at The the United Nations, the The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) will formally announce The Columbia University/UNESCO Joint Program on Biosphere and Society (CUBES). CUBES is the first joint partnership between Columbia University and the United Nations. Its mission is to assist local communities around the globe in adapting to rapid environmental and societal change and to share information between societies facing similar challenges.
Five Columbia Professors Win Mayor's Science and Technology Awards
Recognizing the achievements of scientists and engineers in the success of New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg will present the 2002 Mayor's Awards for Excellence in Science and Technology on Thursday, June 13, to five Columbia professors for their breakthrough research in neurobiology, applied mathematics, biochemistry and physics. The Columbia winners were honored in four of five categories and captured more awards than any other institution in the city for a second straight year. By Suzanne Trimel.
Columbia University Study Ties the Frequency of Earthquakes to Ocean Tides
A Columbia University scientist studying an active seafloor volcano in the Pacific Ocean has determined that there is a correlation between the hundreds of micro earthquakes she recorded and the ocean tides.
World Hunger Can Be Ended, Scientists at Columbia University Conference Assert
Scientists speaking at Columbia University expressed optimism that the technical means now exist to end worldwide starvation in the next generation. A hopeful view prevailed among the 26 speakers addressing an audience of more than 400 gathered at Columbia University's second State of the Planet Conference on May 13 and 14 to discuss the role of science in achieving sustainability.
Age of Dinosaurs Bracketed by Asteroid or Comet Impacts
Columbia Scientists Link the Rise of the GiantJurassic Dinosaurs With an Explosive Extraterrestrial Collision
An asteroid or comet impact on Earth may have paved the way for the sudden rise of the great Jurassic dinosaurs, according to a paper to be published this week in the journal Science. Dr. Paul Olsen from the Columbia Earth Institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and an international team of scientists reached their conclusion from an examination of a number of clues - iridium, skeletal remains, footprints, and fern spores - that create a picture of life at the dawn of the Jurassic period.
Lamont Doherty Scientists Size Up Plattsburgh Earthquake
Three teams of Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory seismologists are in Plattsburgh, New York, this week assessing damage due to the largest earthquake to hit the New York State and New England in the last 19 years.
Explore the route to pre-Neanderthal days buried in Antartica's Lake Vostok
This week
Science News
features Lamont's ideas for safely exploring the past buried in Lake Vostok. A new web animation illustrates the point.
Columbia's Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) Hosts Conference on Farmers as Agents of Conservation
Dr. Miguel Piñedo-Vasquez to assume scientificleadership of program
Small farmers can be a key to conservation of biodiversity and preservation of the environment. Biodiversity conservation can improve the incomes of the rural poor. These are the simple but radical ideas of a United Nations University initiative called People, Land Management, and Environmental Change (PLEC).
Harvards Jeffrey Sachs, One Of The World's Leading Economists, Will Head Columbia Earth Institute
Harvard University Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs has been named director of the Columbia University Earth Institute, effective July 1, 2002. Sachs, who serves as an economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia and Africa as well as to the United Nations, is widely considered one of the most important economists in the world.
Pioneers in Global Climate Change Share 2002 Tyler Environmental Prize
USC Prize Carries $200,000 Award
Two scientists who study geological clues from the past for insight into the environmental problems of the present have been selected to share the 2002 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
Columbia Study Shows Wetlands Disappearing Near Kennedy Airport
A study led by Columbia researchers published in the March issue of Wetlands, the journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists, supports observations that the salt marshes of New York City's Jamaica Bay near John F. Kennedy International Airport are eroding rapidly, and in the coming decades may disappear altogether with rising sea levels as a result of global warming. by Suzanne Trimel
Kenyan Farmers Show Willingness to Use Probabilistic Climate Forecasts
Two-year research project bears fruit
When IRI climate scientist Jennifer Phillips arrived in the mountains of Machakos, Kenya in late February, the first question she heard from the farmers was whether there might be an El Niño event this year, and what might that mean for them. Phillips also encountered local journalists starting up an organization aimed at helping the public understand and learn how to respond to climate information.
Columbia University Scientists Present Long Sought Opportunities to Safely Explore Life Within Earths Most Ancient and Inaccessible Ecosystem
Since the 1996 discovery of a liquid lake, sealed for millions of years beneath two miles of solid ice, scientists have speculated about the novel life forms existing within. Located in the Antarctic, Lake Vostok is a pristine, ancient global environment that has sparked an international effort to develop exploratory methods without introducing modern contaminants. The potential is monumental for gained knowledge on microbial evolution, the discovery of new organisms and enzymes with potential value to society, and the ability to correlate data with that of other planets under similar conditions.
Economists Join Effort in Understanding Earth to Enhance Sustainability
Building on a 70-year tradition in environmental economics, Columbia University has established The Center for Economy, Environment & Society. The Center formally integrates economic research with environmental and social sciences, furthering Columbias goal of understanding Earth to enhance sustainability.
Climate Extremes and Change: Decision-making in the New York Metropolitan Region
Lunch explores ways of getting the planning messagetaken on board
There was standing room only at SIPA last Friday as over a hundred people gathered at a working lunch to discuss the effects of climate change on the New York Metropolitan area.
Columbia Study Finds a Solution to NYC Deficit in the Garbage
With New York City facing a $4 billion budget deficit, its time to start looking in the garbage for cost savings, according to the Columbia University Earth Institute in its report, "Life After Fresh Kills: Moving Beyond New York Citys Current Waste Management Plan."
Grand Opening of New "World of Discovery Tour" Inside Columbia University Biosphere 2 Laboratory
New "Under the Glass Adventure" is the most comprehensivetour inside the 3.1-acre living Laboratory, to date
TUCSON -- Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center expands accessibility inside its $150 million world-renowned living Laboratory with the "World of Discovery Tour," the Centers most comprehensive tour to date, it was announced today by Biosphere 2 Center President and Executive Director Dr. Barry Osmond.
Region Should Plan for Climate Change, Report Says
Researchers and decision-makers discuss the roleof climate extremes and trends in planning processes.
"As the New York metropolitan region moves forward after the September 11 tragedy, we should pay attention to opportunities to minimize our vulnerability to climate change," states Cynthia Rosenzweig, a climate scientist with the Columbia Earth Institute and a principal author of the newly released Metro East Coast (MEC) report, Climate Change and a Global City: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change.
IRI Climate Scientists Work to Help East African Farmers Cope
Columbia University scientists are predicting a return to normal rain levels this spring for the drought-stricken Horn of Africa. Representatives of Columbias International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI) will be presenting their forecasts at the annual Climate Outlook Forum in Eldoret, Kenya, which will take place from February 18-22, 2002.
State of the Planet Conference
In the last part of the 20th century, significant advances have been achieved in fields such as climate forecasting, biotechnology, water management, global carbon cycling, and ecosystem dynamics that have had profound relevance in the lives of many of the world's peoples.
Finland Leads World in Environmental Strength in Columbia, Yale, World Economic Forum Study
Finland leads the world in environmental sustainability, according to a study by Columbia, Yale and the World Economic Forum. The study, which ranked the United States 51st, was released at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.


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With the holiday season in full swing, most retailers probably think it's too late to make adjustments to marketing, promotions, inventory and distribution to maximize shopping season success. After all, holiday plans have been in place since August. And, based on their supposed sophisticated data analysis, most retailers are confident they already know which toys, gadgets, clothing and colors will be "hot" this year. But do they?
The problem is that consumer tastes and trends change far quicker than five-month intervals. All it takes is a single tweet or posting by an influential trendsetter or blogger and the entire season's forecasts, plans and promotions could be irrelevant, sending retailers into a scramble to get products to the right outlets and into consumers' hands. As alluring as BI visualizations can be, the reality is that trends don't start with a dashboard; they start with people, and they can turn on a dime.
To truly increase revenue, mitigate inventory risks, manage costs, and better engage with customers over the final sprint to finish the fiscal year in the black, retailers need real-time analytics that can give them the up-to-the-minute data they need to make instant adjustments to business strategy. But, conventional BI analytics fall far short in delivering this on-demand insight, taking weeks or months of investigation and trial and error. Analysts must spend a tremendous amount of time formulating and asking questions of the data and hoping the answers they get are accurate and reliable — to say nothing of whether they've asked the right questions in the first place.
Fortunately, a new approach to BI analytics called smart pattern discovery is automating and accelerating the process of BI analytics, making it possible for front-line business users — like merchandisers, inventory managers, distribution teams and marketing — to get real-time insights into what's happening right now. In this slideshow, BeyondCore CEO and co-founder Arijit Sengupta explores how retailers who are armed with this on-demand data can make split-second adjustments to capture a bigger slice of the holiday spending frenzy and make 2015 their best year ever.
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Measurement Period: 2006-2012
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Sample respondents age 50+ who report ever having a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
Sample respondents age 50+ with valid response to sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy question
The questions regarding sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy are part of a series of questions asked every other year in the BRFSS questionnaire, on the even years. States have the option to include the questions in the odd years in which they are not in the standard questionnaire. For those states in those years that opt to include the questions, the estimates represent annual averages of a greater number of years. Estimates that end on an odd year are not provided through the HIW.
In 2011, two methodological refinements were made to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The first was to expand the sample to include data received from cell phone users. This change was made to reflect the population better. The second change was to modify the statistical method to weight BRFSS survey data. The new approach simultaneously adjusts survey respondent data to known proportions of demographics such as age, race and ethnicity, and gender. Prior to 2011, the weighting method was post stratification, while in 2011 it is raking. Raking is better able to account for more demographic characteristics and multiple sampling frames. Because of these changes, data collected in 2011 and later cannot be appropriately compared to previous data, although new results should better reflect the health status of the United States (see {link:60739}).
In order to create multi-year estimates, two changes were made to the new data. First, respondents who only have cell phones were removed. Second, weights were created specifically for this purpose using the post stratification method. Those two changes make the 2011 data similar to the pre-2011 data and allowed multi-year estimates to be created, even though these estimates will not be as representative of the U.S. population as the single-year estimates using 2011 data without these changes.
Efforts to create a new small area estimate methodology that will allow use all of the improvements instigated with the 2011 data are currently taking place. Once available, that methodology will be used for estimates provided here.
This Indicator uses Age-Adjustment Groups: 50-64, 65-74, 75+
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based system of telephone health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury. The survey was established in 1984. Data are collected monthly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin islands, and Guam.
MethodologyData collection is conducted separately by each state. The design uses state-level, random digit dialed probability samples of the adult (aged 18 and older) population. All projects use a disproportionate stratified sample design except for Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands who use a simple random sample design. The questionnaire consists of three parts: (1) a core component of questions used by all states, which includes questions on demographics, and current health-related conditions and behaviors; (2) optional CDC modules on specific topics (e.g., cardiovascular disease, arthritis), that states may elect to use; and (3) state-added questions, developed by states for their own use. The state-added questions are not edited or evaluated by CDC. Interviews are generally conducted using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) systems. Data are weighted for noncoverage and nonresponse.
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Mercury Meltdown: Revolution
This game is totally addictive!
Great for all ages, Mercury Meltdown: Revolution lets you control a shiny blob of mercury that moves along mazes and platforms by you tilting the Wii controller. It's fun and easy to learn, but it can get really challenging as well. It's an older game, so it is often available for checkout unlike some of the hotter new games that you have to be on hold for for a month or more. I originally checked it out for my ten-year-old, who loved it, but I ended up playing it for hours on end myself.
There is also a version of this game called, Mercury Meltdown: Remix for the PS2 that we have for checkout in Kids' World.
Give it a try and post a comment if you liked it too.


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It might have been the many stresses of the season, or the heat, but for many Mid-South cotton producers, this fall's crop looked better in the field than it did in the picker basket. Here's more on the crop from area specialists:
Extension specialist Tom Barber says the state's cotton crop is almost complete. Yield and quality "is all over the board, but we're off 100 pounds to 200 pounds everywhere. Not many growers are picking 1,200-pound cotton or more. Producers across the river caught a few more rains than we did, and the heat probably played a role in our lower yields. Overall, we got a really late start. September fell off on us, and it didn't mature the top crop out."
Barber said the crop looked better than it picked. "I think that's why there is disappointment. Growers were thinking yields would be good. But there just wasn't much meat in the crop. We didn't have a lot of low position fruit. But after this year, if they got out with a 2-bale crop, they should be happy, as much as we've been through."
Barber sees cotton acres for 2012 unchanged to declining. "If cotton can't hold the dollar a pound mark, we'll lose some acres."
Mike Milam, cotton agronomy specialist for Pemiscot and Dunklin counties, says harvest is quickly winding down "and everybody I talked to say yields are going to be short of what USDA is projecting."
Milam said cotton "looked better in the field than when it was harvested. The non-irrigated crop has been a big drag on our average yields, and the late cotton, planted in early June, is obviously not going to have that good a yield. I know there is a lot of disappointment out there, but there is still some good cotton. We won't have as good a year as last year."
Yields have been disappointing in west Tennessee, but there have been surprises, too, says Chris Main, Extension cotton specialist for the state. The region was about 80 percent harvested in early November. "Producers are reporting yields from 600 pounds to 1,500 pounds per acre."
Main said rainfall and planting date played a large role in the yield disparity.
Quality has been all over the board as well, according to Main. "I've seen everything on a loan sheet from 48.5 cents up to 55 cents. It's as good as it is bad. We've had micronaire running as high as 5.2."
Main said cotton "looked a lot better from the road than once we got the picker in it. We also had quite a bit of money in the crop, from plantings and replanting, keeping the thrips off and the plant bugs out. Farmers with irrigation had quite a bit of cost. So it's been a fairly expensive crop. Everybody is going to make some money because of the high prices. But if it wasn't for that, we wouldn't be making any money."
Based on conversations he's had with growers, Main anticipates a 20 percent decline in cotton acres in 2012, "which is about what we picked up this year. That's about 80,000 acres."
According to Louisiana Extension cotton specialist John Kruse, Louisiana cotton is wrapped up for the year, and yields have been variable.
Kruse said dryland and irrigated producers in northeast Louisiana were pretty pleased. "We have more than a few reports up there of 1,100 pound to 1,200 pound cotton. There were areas along the Delta that did well, but when you get into the southern half of Tensas Parish, there were a lot of fields that didn't get any rain and really struggled. There is a lot of 1-bale cotton in that area."
In Concordia and Catahoula parishes "it really got dicey, depending on whether or not they had a rain shower. There were fields that did get close to 2 bales and fields not far away that did around 1 bale. In the Red River and northwest part of the state, we averaged about 1.5 bales."
Kruse thinks overall cotton yields "will probably be similar to where we were last year. Producers have been most happy about the consistency of the cotton price. It's held at a dollar or better for the most of the year, and they were able to get a price close to a dollar. That helped make the difference for a lot of folks."
Kruse pegs cotton acreage for 2012 at unchanged to slightly higher. "I don't think we'll have another 10 percent increase like we've had the past couple of years. We could see a 5 percent increase unless we see commodity prices shift on us."
Harvest is winding down in the state, "although this harvest season seems like it crept along," said Mississippi Extension cotton specialist Darrin Dodds. "But it hasn't been a bad harvest season, and we really aren't off the 5-year average (for harvest progress) for the most part."
Dodds says producers are picking cotton "that is as good or better than they thought. We'll probably come in with an above average crop. Most producers are fairly happy."
Dodds says Mississippi producers should wrap up harvest in the next 10 days.


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Kickstarter, the online funding platform for creative projects, is launching in the UK on 31 October.
Everything from films, games and music to art, design and technology projects can be funded by private individuals and companies via the platform.
Launched in the US in April 2009, Kickstarter says over $350 million (£218m) has been pledged by more than 2.5 million people to fund more than 30,000 creative projects.
From this week UK start-ups can start planning and building their projects by clicking on the "start a new project" button on the Kickstarter start page and selecting the UK as their country.
When the site is ready for projects to launch on 31 October, participants will get an email letting them know that they can hit the "launch" button whenever they're ready to seek funding.
Like in the US, Kickstarter will charge a 5 percent fee to successfully funded projects and no fee to unsuccessfully funded projects.
Payment processing fees for UK projects are similar to those for US projects too. The processing fees for pledges less than £10 are charged 5 percent + £0.05, and pledges of £10 or greater are charged 3 percent + £0.20.
Seedrs, the FSA regulated, UK-based investment platform, says it "welcomes" the arrival of Kickstarter.
Although both companies get labelled as "crowdfunding" businesses, Seedrs points out differences. Seedrs is a fully financially-regulated investment platform for instance. It also usually attracts much larger individual contributions.
Jeff Lynn, CEO of Seedrs said, "Although our business models are fundamentally different, because Kickstarter enjoys such a high profile from their huge success in the US, their arrival will help to raise the profile of the attraction of investing in start-up projects and businesses."


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Uncertain future for farm policy
The farm bill collapsed in the House on Thursday, the victim of continued divisions over food stamp cuts and the shape of future agriculture subsidies.
The 195-234 vote is an embarrassment for the Republican leadership and caps a remarkable year in which the GOP first blocked any farm bill floor action last summer and now was unable to prevail even after Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor won key amendments in the final hours.
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Both amendments contributed to a deterioration of Democratic support even as the GOP still lost 62 of its own members on the right.
( Also on POLITICO: Who voted against the farm bill?)
Indeed, the 24 Democratic votes were a clear drop from the 40 that Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, the Democratic floor manager, had predicted.
"I did have more Democrats," Peterson told reporters after the vote. He said the "last straw" had been a Cantor-backed amendment that opened the door to states imposing more work requirements on able-bodied food stamp recipients.
Cantor sought to shift the blame back to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, accusing the California Democrat of choosing "partisanship over progress." And Republican aides insisted that Peterson should not have been surprised by the work amendment.
But after all the frustration of the past year, Cantor's sudden prominence — coming down to speak after being otherwise silent — infuriated those close to Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.). And this all played out in an atmosphere in which Lucas had been working — with some success — to try to stem the Democratic bleeding on the nutrition issue.
First, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), a member of the panel, agreed to allow his food stamp amendment to die on a voice vote. Second, Lucas and Peterson combined forces to kill a proposal that not only added work requirements but also demanded an additional $11 billion in cuts.
"What is happening on the floor today was major amateur hour," said Pelosi, who had to pass a farm bill herself as speaker in 2007 with just 19 Republican votes at the time. "They didn't get results and they put the blame on somebody else."
"It's another day in the unproductive life on the Republican Congress where they bring bills to the floor that are going nowhere and they blame other people for their lack of success. As I say, another day in the amateur hour of the Republican Congress."
At a time when sequestration is bleeding government agencies of discretionary funds, the farm bill had been one of the few examples of the parties working together to reduce mandatory spending. The Senate version promises more than $24 billion in 10-year savings; the House, $39.7 billion. Even a split would have been the first real progress on the deficit prior to the appropriations and debt battles that will follow after Labor Day.
"I am shocked by today's outcome," said Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.). "We now face an uncertain future for farm policy."
"While this farm bill proposal was not perfect, it would have helped write a new chapter in agricultural policy for the good of our farm families and all Americans — rural and urban, alike. It included important reforms that trimmed its total costs to taxpayers, provided better risk management tools for farmers, ended the practice of providing direct cash payments across the board and placed limits on the amount of federal payments any one farm is eligible to receive."
For farm bill advocates, the collapse was more bitter because, just hours before, there had been new hope of completing the measure in rapid order before the weekend.
Wednesday night, Lucas had agreed to a sweeping en bloc amendment to expedite matters, and after a seesaw battle, the leadership narrowly beat back demands for tough new payment and income limits on subsidies for crop insurance.
In the two biggest commodity battles, powerful sugar and milk interests were matched against equally powerful corporate interests with a stake in keeping down prices for these products.


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ElCicco#CBR4Review#17: Beloved by Toni Morrison
"Anything dead coming back to life hurts."
Toni Morrison's "Beloved," which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988, is an American horror story featuring a haunted house at 124 Bluestone Rd. in Cincinnati. This is where former slave Baby Suggs lives, her son Halle having bought her freedom, and where eventually, Halle's children and wife Sethe live. Shortly after escaping to Cincinnati, Sethe is pursued by the "school teacher" who wants to take Sethe and her children back to "Sweet Home" plantation. Rather than allow that to happen, Sethe tries to kill her children. She succeeds in killing her older daughter, Beloved, whose spirit then inhabits 124 Bluestone and who, 18 years later, returns in solid human form. While Beloved's presence — spiritual or physical — in the house disturbs and drives people (mostly males) away, the true horror is slavery, the horrors that whites inflicted upon Africans for 200+ years, horrors that left scars both physical and psychological upon the oppressed.
Throughout the story, graphic details of the horror of slave life are laid out for the reader through the lives of Sethe, Baby Suggs, Halle, Paul D, Sixo and others. For those who survive, the question is how to handle the past — do you carry it with you? Try to forget it? Allow it to dominate your present? Do you turn to others for support or rely on yourself? Sethe strikes the other members of the freed slave community in Cincinnati as "proud," and as a result, they do not rally to support her when "school teacher" arrives in town or after the horrific events at 124. They cannot understand or support her choice to try to kill her own children. It's a coldhearted crazy action, but given what has happened to Sethe up until that point, does it somehow make sense? Sethe imagines trying to explain to Beloved why she did what she did, thinking "…anybody white could take your whole self for anything that came to mind. Not just work, kill, or maim you, but dirty you. Dirty you so bad you couldn't like yourself anymore…. And though she and others lived through and got over it, she could never let it happen to her own. The best thing she was, was her children."
Years later, when Sethe and her surviving daughter Denver find a 20-year-old woman waiting at the stoop of 124 one afternoon, they immediately recognize her as Beloved returned as an adult, and are overjoyed. Denver has been lonely and fears her mother. Sethe longs to be reunited with her child, to explain herself, to be loved again in return. The three women remain isolated from their community, absorbed only in themselves. Eventually, the relationship between Sethe and Beloved becomes aggressive and combative, leading Denver out of the front door alone for the first time in over a decade and into the community for help.
One of the themes that stood out for me in this novel relates to female communities and the differences between the way men and women handle conflict and hardship. Both Paul D (Sethe's lover and fellow "Sweet Home" slave) and Mr. Bodwin (a white abolitionist) try to fix problems efficiently and expediently. Mr. Bodwin gives a fine home to Baby Suggs when she arrives in Cincinnati and he provides legal representation for Sethe, saving her from death. Paul D senses the presence of the ghostly Beloved when he enters 124 and forces it out. Yet Mr. Bodwin never checks on Sethe or the inhabitants of 124 again for 20 years, and Paul D's actions lead to the return of Beloved in stronger form and a conflict that destroys his relationship with Sethe and nearly destroys Sethe herself. Early in the novel, when Paul D has just arrived and expelled Beloved's spirit, Sethe thinks, "Maybe a man was nothing but a man, which is what Baby Suggs always said. They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and as soon as you felt how light and lovely that was, they studied your scars and tribulations, after which they did what he had done: ran her children out and tore up the house."
Denver and the freed slave women of the local community are the ones to set things right and try to rebuild at 124 despite the fact that Denver and these same women had negative feelings for Sethe. While Denver loved Beloved and craved her attention, she eventually saw the destructive nature of the relationship with the spirit and did what she could to prevent harm to Sethe. The women, led by Ella, band together to do some spiritual house cleaning. "Ella didn't like the idea of past errors taking possession of the present. Sethe's crime was staggering and her pride outstripped even that; but she could not countenance the possibility of sin moving on in the house, unleashed and sassy." And later, Ella thinks, "As long as the ghost showed out from its ghostly place — shaking stuff, crying, smashing and such — Ella respected it. But if it took flesh and came in her world, well, the shoe was on the other foot. She didn't mind a little communication between the two worlds, but this was an invasion."
The final "exorcism" leaves Sethe spent, broken, and nearly guilty of committing another murder. It also seems to be the start of healing for Denver, Paul D, Sethe and their community. "Anything dead coming back to life hurts," says one character. This is true of flesh and of memories. Perhaps it's not possible to manage that pain alone.
Beloved is a brilliant, riveting novel, an American classic rich in detail and beautifully written. Read it!


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