The purpose of this discussion is to describe the worldview and sacred relationship of the Cree people in Alberta, as well as how colonial policy has created despair (pomewin) in Aboriginal communities and a state of disconnectedness from the water. It concludes with the presentation of a framework for the development of policies that seek to repair the relationship between Aboriginal people and mainstream society -with the potential to create the good life, broadly defined (pimatisiwin) for all Albertans (Aboriginal and nonAboriginal). This discussion is based upon the findings of a three-year research project entitled "The Sacred Relationship". The goals of the project were three-fold: to describe the Aboriginal People of Alberta's sacred relationship with water, to articulate the Indigenous science practices of Aboriginal people, and to find common ground between Western and Indigenous science.

to determine whether it is suitable for development as the nation's first repository for permanent geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.By far, the largest quantity of waste destined for geologic disposal is spent nuclear fuel b m 1 18 commercial nuclear power reactors at 72 power plant sites and 1 commercial storage site across the United States. Currently, 104 of these reactors are still in operation and generate about 20 percent of the country's electricity. Under standard contracts that DOE executed with the utilities, DOE is to accept spent nuclear fuel fiom the utilities for disposal. Until that happens, the utilities must safely store their spent nuclear fuel in compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Coinmission regulations. As of December 1998, commercial spent nuclear fuel containing approximately 38,500 metric tons of heavy metal 0 was stored in 33 states.The balance of the waste destined for geologic disposal in a repository is Department-owned spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The Department's spent nuclear fuel includes naval spent nuclear fuel and irradiated fuel fiom weapons production, domestic research reactors, and foreign research reactors. For disposal in a geologic repository, high-level radioactive waste would be processed into a solid glass form and placed into approximately 20,000 canisters. No liquid or hazardous wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 would be disposed of in a geologic repository.The difficulty in siting new facilities, particularly those designed as nuclear or nuclear-related facilities, is well documented. In this context, national boundaries are not significant distinguishing barriers. As one publication observed, "Environmental activists, local residents and governmental officials are protesting proposed waste facilities h m Taiwan to Texas."' Here in Nevada, Yucca Mountain is no exception. The Department's study of the Yucca Mountain site for possible development as g permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste has been criticized by many, for many reasons. The Yucca Mountain Project is both controversial and complex-a fact that makes communication with the public a challenge.

This paper discusses the performance aspects ofthe joint Mayo/IBM PACS project. It includes performance measurements made during Phase Zero, and the early stages of Phase One. It also considers the network traffic load distribution and bandwidth utilization for the final Phase One topology. Based on earlier performance measurements and projected load distributions, performance projections are made for the completed Phase One PACS network. Finally, the paper discusses the approach being taken by the department of Computer Science at North Dakota State University to develop a useful model of this PACS network. Phase Zero PerformancePhase Zero involved the development of a simple archival network for MRI images. it's primary goals were to prove project feasibility, and to gather performance data to guide future development work. Phase Zero began in November of 1988, and completed in September of 1989. (For more aetailed information on Phase Zero refer to Ref. (1)). Figure 1 shows a diagram ofthe Phase Zero network. The LAN is a dedicated 4 Mbps Token Ring. The optical drive uses an IBM System/36 froit end to attach to the LAN and manage the image flow. The AS/400 is a model B40 (models range from BlO to B70) and the 1AU (Image Acquisition Unit) is a PS/2 model 70.Performance measurements were made for the key subtasks that make up the archival process, and for the retrieval of images for display. The measurements were based on multiple 145 KByte MRI image files, and include the processing time for header manipulation, file opens/closes, communications, and format conversion, as well as the actual image transmission time. Each image was treated as a separate file. (14K of the 145 KByte image is header information) SPIE Vol. 1234 Medical Imaging IV: PACS System Design and Evaluation (1990) / 727 Downloaded From: http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/ on 06/17/2016 Terms of Use: http://spiedigitallibrary.org/ss/TermsOfUse.aspx

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