A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2005, U.S. agriculture faced potentially devastating losses from Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), a fungal disease that spreads airborne spores. Fungicides approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can protect against ASR. In 2005, growers in 31 states planted about 72.2 million soybean acres worth about $17 billion. While favorable weather conditions limited losses due to ASR, it still threatens the soybean industry. In May 2005, GAO described the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to prepare for ASR's entry, (Agriculture Production: USDA's Preparation for Asian Soybean Rust, GAO-05-668R). This report examines (1) USDA's strategy to minimize ASR's effects in 2005 and the lessons learned to improve future efforts and (2) USDA, EPA, and others' efforts to develop, test, and license fungicides for ASR and to identify and breed soybeans that tolerate it."

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This report talks about Anodic Kinetics of NiCriMo Alloys during Localized Corrosion

A photograph of B. D. Wong and Cassandra Berry behind a podium at the Equity and Diversity Conference at UNT. Wong is looking to the audience and is speaking.

A photograph of B. D. Wong during the Equity and Diversity Conference at UNT. Wong is standing behind a podium during a panel discussion and he has a cup next to the microphone in front of him.

A photograph of B. D. Wong during the Equity and Diversity Conference at UNT. Wong is standing behind a podium during a panel discussion and he has a cup next to the microphone in front of him.

The Congressional Budget Office (SBO) estimates a baseline budget based on simple rules prescribed by law. Statute requires CBO to project a baseline of revenues and outlays under current law over the next 10 years. This report estimates the baseline budget based on current policy alternatives including changes in discretionary spending, extending expiring tax provisions, and altering the minimum tax as well as discussing effects of alternative assumptions on the baseline.

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.

A photograph of Brittany Adams, the UNT Student Regent, visiting with Yolanda King during at the Equity and Diversity Conference at UNT. King came to speak at the conference and Adams is holding out a gift for her.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the musical performance of "By A Black Hand-The Rap Musical" at the Clarence Muse Café Theater on the weekend of February 24th 2006. The footage shows the entire 90-minute performance done through a cast of 6 accomplished black actors and actresses. The performance, through a combination of speaking and raping, tells the story of black history alongside a current granddaughter-grandfather relationship.

A photograph of Cassandra Berry with Jean Probst, trade book manager at the UNT Barnes and Noble Bookstore, during the Equity and Diversity Conference at UNT. Berry is presenting an award of appreciation to Probst for her work on campus. There is a banner and a table in front of them.

A photograph of Cassandra Berry with Jean Probst, trade book manager at the UNT Barnes and Noble Bookstore, during the Equity and Diversity Conference at UNT. Berry is presenting an award of appreciation to Probst for her work on campus. There is a banner and a table in front of them.

This report provides an overview of U.S. policy concerns and relations with countries in central Asia. The report discusses issues such as Fostering Pro-Western Orientations, Obstacles to Peace and Independence, Democratization and Human Rights, Security and Arms Control, Trade and Investment, and provides an Aid Overview.

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Yucca Mountain, Nevada is the designated site for the first long-term geologic repository to safely dispose spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste in the U.S. Yucca Mountain consists of stacked layers of welded and non-welded volcanic tuffs. Site characterization studies are being performed to assess its future performance as a permanent geologic repository. These studies include the characterization of the shear-wave velocity (Vs) structure of the repository block and the surface facilities area. The Vs data are an input in the calculations of ground motions for the preclosure seismic design and for postclosure performance assessment and therefore their accurate estimation is needed. Three techniques have been employed: 24 downhole surveys, 15 suspension seismic logging surveys and 95 spectral-analysis-of-surface-waves (SASW) surveys have been performed to date at the site. The three data sets were compared with one another and with Vs profiles developed from vertical seismic profiling data collected by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and with Vs profiles developed independently by the University of Nevada, Reno using the refraction microtremor technique. Based on these data, base case Vs profiles have been developed and used in site response analyses. Since the question of adequate sampling arises in site characterization programs …

This report provides information about the Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal.The nuclear waste policy act of 1982 calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository.

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

In 1993, the US Department of Energy (DOE) decided to shut down the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) due to lack of national missions that justified the annual operating budget of approximately $88M/year. The initial vision was to ''deactive'' the facility to an industrially and radiologically safe condition to allow long-term, minimal surveillance storage until approximately 2045. This approach would minimize near term cash flow and allow the radioactive decay of activated components. The final decontamination and decommissioning (D and D) would then be performed using then-current methodology in a safe and efficient manner. the philosophy has now changed to close coupling the initial deactivation with final D and D. This paper presents the status of the facility and focuses on the future challenge of sodium removal.

In the latter half of 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published a Proposed Rule (40 CFR Part 197) for establishing a dose rate standard for limiting radionuclide releases from the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste repository during the time period from 10{sup 4} to 10{sup 6} years after closure. The proposed standard was based on the difference in the estimated total dose rate from natural background in the Amargosa Valley and the ''average annual background radiation'' for the State of Colorado. As defined by the USEPA, ''natural background radiation consists of external exposures from cosmic and terrestrial sources, and internal exposures from indoor exposures to naturally-occurring radon''. On the basis of its assessments, the USEPA estimated that the difference in the dose rate in the two identified areas was 3.5 mSv y{sup -1}. The purpose of this review was to provide an independent evaluation and review of this estimate. One of the first observations was that, because site-specific dose rate measurements for the Amargosa Valley ''were not available'', the dose rates for various sources of natural background in that area, used by the USEPA in its assessment, were based on modifications of the average values for the …

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.

Deposit summary of $530.00 made on February 24, 2006. Included is an envelope from Bryan Gerard to Al Daniels.

If the cosmic dark matter consists of weakly-interacting massive particles, these particles should be produced in reactions at the next generation of high-energy accelerators. Measurements at these accelerators can then be used to determine the microscopic properties of the dark matter. From this, we can predict the cosmic density, the annihilation cross sections, and the cross sections relevant to direct detection. In this paper, we present studies in supersymmetry models with neutralino dark matter that give quantitative estimates of the accuracy that can be expected. We show that these are well matched to the requirements of anticipated astrophysical observations of dark matter. The capabilities of the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC) are expected to play a particularly important role in this study.

A photograph of a presentation titled "Developing Others to Expand the Journey" during the Equity and Diversity Conference. There is a man sitting next to the laptop and projector cart controlling the screen and Erma Johnson Hadley is standing up and speaking to the audience.