Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of a man inciting a round of applause on stage while playing the guitar outside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas. He wears a guitar strap with "Ray" printed on its surface.

Photograph of audience members watching a string orchestra on stage outside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas.

Photograph of a performance inside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas. The performers are wearing cowboy hats while playing a fiddle, guitars, and the drums on stage. The photo is taken from underneath the musicians.

Photograph of a performance inside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas. The performers are wearing cowboy hats while playing a fiddle and drums on stage. The photo is taken from underneath the musicians.

The principal research effort for Year 1 of the project is data compilation and the determination of the tectonic and depositional histories of the North Louisiana Salt Basin. In the first three (3) to six (6) months of Year 1, the research focus is on data compilation and the remainder of the year the emphasis is on the tectonic and depositional histories of the basin. No major problems have been encountered to date, and the project is on schedule.

Photograph of a bass player standing on stage during a performance outside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas.

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

There is strong evidence that the lower atmosphere has been warming at an unprecedented rate during the last 50 years, and it is expected to further increase at least for the next 100 years. Warmer air mass implies a higher capacity to hold water vapor and an increased likelihood of an acceleration of the global water cycle. This acceleration is not validated and considerable new research has gone into understanding aspects of the water cycle (e.g. Miller et al. 2003). Several significant findings on the hydrologic response to climate change can be reported. It is well understood that the observed and expected warming is related to sea level rise. In a recent seminar at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, James Hansen (Director of the Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration) stressed that a 1.25 Wm{sup -2} increase in radiative forcing will lead to an increase in the near surface air temperature by 1 C. This small increase in temperature from 2000 levels is enough to cause very significant impacts to coasts. Maury Roos (Chief Hydrologist, California Department of Water Resources) has shown that a 0.3 m rise in sea level shifts the San Francisco Bay 100-year storm surge …

We have constructed an experimental apparatus for the synthesis (via pulsed laser deposition) and analysis of nanoparticles and thin films of plutonium and other actinides. In-situ analysis techniques include x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS). Also, the oxidation kinetics and the reaction kinetics of actinides with other gaseous species can be studied with this experimental apparatus. Preliminary results on depleted uranium are presented.

Photograph of a clarinet player performing during the Texas Western Swing Fiddling Showcase, held at the Broken Spoke bar, located in Austin, Texas. The photo is a close up of the musician.

Photograph of couple dancing on a wooden desk outside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas. They stand underneath a string of lights at night.

Photograph of a band performing on stage inside of Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas. The band is compromised of men dressed as cowboys while playing guitars, drums, and a bass on stage. Audience members stand in the foreground.

Photograph of a man playing the guitar with a band on stage outside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas. He wears a guitar strap with "Ray" printed on its surface.

Photograph of a performance inside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas. The performers are wearing cowboy hats while playing a fiddle, guitars, and the drums on stage.

Time Resolved X-Ray Diffraction (TRXRD) experiments were used to directly observe phase transformations occurring during gas tungsten arc spot welding of Ti-6Al-4V. These in-situ x-ray diffraction experiments tracked the evolution of the {alpha} {yields} {beta} {yields} L {yields} {beta} {yields} {alpha}/{alpha}{prime} phase transformation sequence in real time during rapid weld heating and cooling. Three different weld locations were examined, providing kinetic information about phase transformations in the fusion zone (FZ) and heat affected zone (HAZ) under different heating and cooling rates and at different temperatures. The TRXRD data were further coupled with the results of thermodynamic calculations of phase equilibria and numerical modeling to compute the weld temperatures. The results suggest that significant superheat is required above the {beta} transus temperature to complete the {alpha} {yields} {beta} transformation at all locations during weld heating, and that the amount of superheat decreases with distance from the center of the weld where the heating rates are lower. Johnson-Mehl-Avrami modeling of the weld heating kinetics produced a set of parameters that allowed the prediction of the {alpha} {yields} {beta} phase transformation rate at each location, but were not successful in determining a definitive mechanism for the transformation. The {beta} {yields} {alpha} transformation during …

Photograph of an electric violin player performing on stage with a band during the Texas Western Swing Fiddling Showcase, held at the Broken Spoke bar, located in Austin, Texas. The photo is a close up of the performer.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of contestants of the Texas Western Swing Fiddling Showcase standing on stage inside of the Broken Spoke bar, located in Austin, Texas. The audience is visible watching the performers in the foreground.

Photograph of a fiddler performing on a darkened stage at the Broken Spoke bar, located in Austin, Texas. The photo is a close up of the performer.

Photograph of two fiddlers performing on stage outside of the Broken Spoke bar located in Austin, Texas. The photo is a close up of the two musicians.