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Mediasat
Title
Mediasat: The use of remote-sensing satellites by news agencies
Date
1987
Summary
Some members of the news media are interested in the possible use of a remote sensing satellite system for news gathering, referred to here as Mediasat. The technology is available to build and operate it, but it is not clear whether there is sufficient demand to finance a Mediasat system. This paper addresses issues relating to Mediasat, including: national security limits on sensor technology, international reaction to Mediasat, and existing legislation on private remote sensing satellites. Currently, the Unites States has a limit on the resolution of sensors that can fly on civilian satellites. If the media wants to fly higher resolution sensors, they may have to challenge these national security restrictions. However, if the United States does not develop higher resolution satellites, some fear that other countries will, causing the United states to lose its lead in civilian remote sensing satellite technology. The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 designated the Department of Commerce as the licensor of new remote sensing satellites, and reinforces the role of the Deparment of Defense in overseeing national security interests in the licensing process. There is some concern that the Department of Commerce or Defense might invoke national security limitations when they were not necessary, thus restricting the freedom of the press. Other countries could react negatively to the publication of more detailed remote sensing images of their countries. Although there have been proposals for an international system to operate an advanced remote sensing or reconnaissance satellite for peaceful purposes, these proposals have not proceeded.
Kanin-felle abliefern! an Händler und Zuchtvereine. Das Heer braucht sie!
Title
Kanin-felle abliefern! an Händler und Zuchtvereine. Das Heer braucht sie!
Date
1917
Summary
Poster shows a rabbit holding a sign in its mouth. Text tells people to turn in their rabbit pelts to traders and breeders; the Army needs them. Collection center, War Pelts (Kriegs-fell) A.G., Leipzig.
Sermones, in Latin, manuscript on vellum (fragment)
Title
Sermones, in Latin, manuscript on vellum (fragment)
Date
800-825
Summary
Manuscript in Latin on vellum. Single column (20 x 14 cm), 17 lines in transitional Carolingian minuscule showing the influence of local alemannic minuscule. 24 x 19 cm. The commentary is unsophisticated and is so far unidentified. The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 618.
Measuring vitality and performance in aging workers
Title
Measuring vitality and performance in aging workers
Date
1985
Coverage of state and local governmental employees under fair labor standards act
Title
Coverage of state and local governmental employees under Fair Labor Standards Act
Date
1985
Household accounting document.
Title
Household accounting document.
Date
1503
Summary
Alcala de Henares, Spain. Isabel I, Queen of Spain. Document on paper, in Spanish, signed "Yo la Reyna." Alcalá de Henares, 12 July 1503. Folio (29.3 cm). On the first two and a half pages the queen orders Sancho de Paredes, her chamberlain, to turn a large number of things over to Juan de Tabira, her under-chamberlain. The items to be given are listed: woolens and linens, including hangings and bedding linens, all itemized and minutely described. The top half of the last page is a receipt signed by Tabira. The document has the usual slash of cancellation (visible above) indicating that it has been entered into the account books.
Homeless
Title
The homeless: Editorial commentary
Date
1986
Summary
Homelessness is sometimes the condition of the deinstitutionalized mentally ill, the aged, the voluntarily idle, and the temporarily unemployed; and of runaway youth, destitute families, drug addicts, street beggars and alcoholics--in urban and rural areas. There appears to be no single set of characteristics shared by the homeless except being poor and without housing, and often lacking food and medical care as well. This Editorial Commentary looks at the "problems" of the homeless and those who search for remedies using selected editorials. It also covers actions taken by local and State governments to address the problems. The Editorial Commentary includes an introductory section of newspaper articles on the homeless. It is divided into sections - one focusing on the problem; the other on actions that have been taken to deal with the problem. Both sections are arranged in reverse chronological order. The editorials were selected from the editorial collection maintained by the Library Services Division.
Grant of weekly market and two annual fairs...
Title
Grant of weekly market and two annual fairs...
Date
1554-04-24
Summary
Document signed ('Marye the quene'). 17 lines in a neat secretary hand, on paper, countersigned by Sir John., A grant of a weekly Friday market and two annual fairs to Lyme Regis. Mary gives a warrant to an unidentified official to draw up the grant for the town of ’Kings Lyme’ [Lyme Regis] of a weekly Friday market and two annual three-day fairs in February and September: the grants to include all stallage, piccage [a fee for breaking ground at a fair], tollage and customs with the court of piepowder [a special tribunal for actions during the market or fair], as well as the right of correcting weights and measures; those attending the fairs may not be ’suyd arrested or molested in any suyte ... except it be for acc[i]ons and suyts onely rysyng... w[i]t[h]in the seid Fayers’. ’Where at the humble suyte and peticion of the Burgesses of our Towne of Kings Lyme in our Countie of Dorsett, we are right welle contented and pleaced ... to give and graunte unto the Burgesses of our seid Towne and to their Successours forev[er] one m[ar]kett to be kepte weekely w[ith]in our seid Towne on the Friday forev[er], And also t[w]o Fayres yerely there to be holden and kept, that is to say thone Fayre to begynne the firste day of February yerely forev[er], And there to conynue three dayes then next folowyng, And thother Fayre to begynne the xx [20th] day of September yerely and there to continue for three days then next folowyng’. The grant for Lyme Regis was formally issued on 14 June. This charter falls at a lull in the turbulent first year of Mary's reign, between the quelling of Wyatt's Rebellion in February and the preparations for her marriage to Philip of Spain in July.
Budget documents primer
Title
Budget documents primer
Date
1984
Summary
The primer describes basic budget documents, providing notes on content, usual date of issue, distribution, and availability at the Library of Congress.
Housing and homelessness provisions
Title
Housing and homelessness provisions: A side-by-side comparison of H.R. 4, H.R. 286, and H.R. 558
Date
1987
Summary
This paper compares the provisions of three bills introduced in the 100th Congress: H.R. 4, H.R. 286, and H.R. 558. All of these bills attempt to provide not only support services and emergency shelter for the homeless, but also strive to prevent homelessness through the preservation of the existing housing stock occupied by low-income persons.
Retiree Benefits Security Act of 1987
Title
Retiree Benefits Security Act of 1987: Legal analysis of S. 548, 100th Congress
Date
1987
Summary
S. 548, 100th Congress, would protect life and health insurance benefits of retirees who worked for debtor corporations that file for reorganization under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
The homeless
Title
The homeless: Editorial commentary
Date
1986
Summary
Homelessness is sometimes the condition of the deinstitutionalized mentally ill, the aged, the voluntarily idle and the temporarily unemployed; and of runaway youth, destitute families, drug addicts, street beggars and alcoholics - in urban and rural areas. There appears to be no single set of characteristics shared by the homeless except being poor and without housing, and often lacking food and medical care as well. This Editorial Commentary looks at the "problems" of the homeless and those who search for remedies using selected editorials. It also covers actions taken by local and State governments to address the problems. The Editorial Commentary includes an introductory section of newspaper articles on the homeless. It is divided into sections - one focusing on the problem; the other on actions that have been taken to deal with the problem. Both sections are arranged in reverse chronological order. The editorials were selected from the editorial collection maintained by the Library Services Division.
The federal budget process
Title
The federal budget process: Selected references
Date
1986
Summary
This selected bibliography lists books, articles and government publications on the Federal budget process. It includes descriptions and assessments as well as proposals for reform. Most of the material was written after 1974. The bibliography is divided into four sections: general works, congressional budgeting, executive budgeting, and the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act.
Summary of oversight hearings on implementation of the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980
Title
Summary of oversight hearings on implementation of the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980
Date
1984
Gramota with grant of arms to Dmitrii Klementevich Tarasov
Title
Gramota with grant of arms to Dmitrii Klementevich Tarasov
Date
1840-08-21
The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings sequestration process for FY 1986
Title
The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings sequestration process for FY 1986: A summary of DOD elements in the OMB/CBO and GAO sequestration reports
Date
1986
Summary
This Alert explains how the Department of Defense is affected by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings sequestration process, how the President has chosen to use the limited options allowed in the FY 1986 defense budget reduction process, and how the reductions affect the distribution of defense spending.
Comparison of state plant closing laws
Title
Comparison of state plant closing laws
Date
1984
Summary
As of March 1, 1983, at least 10 States had enacted "plant closing" laws. These laws take various forms. Some require businesses to notify workers in advance of a closing. Others require the State or businesses to provide such benefits as health insurance, severance pay, or reemployment assistance to displaced workers. Still others set up a program of assistance to help workers buy plants threatened with closure. This paper outlines and compares the provisions of these 10 State laws.
The impact of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ...
Title
The impact of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ...: on selected federal research and development agencies and programs
Date
1986
Summary
This report examines the impact of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, on the FY86 budget of selected research and development (R&D) programs. The analysis of the report focuses on the likely scope of reprogramming, and its potential impact on each program or agency in general. The qualitative program analysis also tried to determine what research areas were likely to suffer most under Gramm-Rudman-Hollings and if the different R&D agencies planned to cut the number of research grants or the size of each grant and how either action might affect their programs.
Diversche suycker-wercken; temperyngen en cerdyepyngent van colueren om te schilderen; en remedien om diversthe gebreken des mensche licchame.
Title
Diversche suycker-wercken; temperyngen en cerdyepyngent van colueren om te schilderen; en remedien om diversthe gebreken des mensche licchame.
Date
1611

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