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21st Century Community Learning Centers: A History of the Program (open access)

21st Century Community Learning Centers: A History of the Program

This report describes what Twenty-first Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) are. The report also covers the reauthorization of funding for the program in 2002, how grants were awarded, and the essential questions Congress considered when reauthorizing the program. Moreover, the report includes the requirements 21st CCLC projects had to meet to receive the funds.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: McCallion, Gail
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Adoption Records (open access)

Access to Adoption Records

From Summary: "This report summarizes the various approaches states use to allow access to adoption records."
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Smith, Alison M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues (open access)

Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues

This report discusses the issue of U.S. economic assistance to sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of continued assistance in light of U.S. national security and also various U.S.-led efforts to promote reform amongst African citizens themselves. U.S. assistance finds its way to Africa through a variety of channels, including the USAID-administered DA program, food aid programs, and indirect aid provided through international financial institutions and the United Nations.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 103, No. 279, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 103, No. 279, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Appropriations for FY2002: An Overview (open access)

Appropriations for FY2002: An Overview

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Bley, Mary Frances
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 57, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 57, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Keasling, Edna & Mahoney, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coast Guard Legislation in the 107th Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Legislation in the 107th Congress

In the 107th Congress, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2001, House-passed H.R. 1699, would authorize the agency’s programs for FY2002. The report contains numerous provisions on Coast Guard operations and activities. H.R. 2481, as reported, includes certain housing and maritime safety provisions; S. 1214, as reported, would establish a seaport security program. P.L. 107-20 (H.R. 2216), the FY2001 emergency supplemental appropriations bill, increased FY2001 Coast Guard funding by $92 million.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Lee, Martin R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cylindrical Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Metal Bond Diamond Wheels- Part II: Wheel Wear Mechanism (open access)

Cylindrical Wire Electrical Discharge Machining of Metal Bond Diamond Wheels- Part II: Wheel Wear Mechanism

The use of stereo scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to investigate the wear mechanism of the wire EDM true metal bond diamond wheel for ceramic grinding is presented. On the grinding wheel, a wedge-shape removal part was machined to enable the examination and measurement of the worn wheel surfaces using the stereo SEM. The stereo SEM was calibrated by comparing results of depth profile of a wear groove with the profilometer measurements. On the surface of the grinding wheel after wire EDM truing and before grinding, the diamond protruding heights were measured in the level of 35 {micro}m, comparing to the 54 {micro}m average size of the diamond in the grinding wheel. The gap between the EDM wire and rotating grinding wheel is estimated to be about 35 to 40 {micro}m. This observation indicates that, during the wire EDM, electrical sparks occur between the metal bond and EDM wire, which leaves the diamond protruding in the gap between the wire and wheel. The protruding diamond is immediately fractured at the start of the grinding process, even under a light grinding condition. After heavy grinding, the grinding wheel surface and the diamond protrusion heights are also investigated using the stereo SEM. The …
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: McSpadden, SB
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002 (open access)

Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 109, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Development of the Cylindrical Wire Electrical Discharge Machining Process. (open access)

Development of the Cylindrical Wire Electrical Discharge Machining Process.

Results of applying the wire Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) process to generate precise cylindrical forms on hard, difficult-to-machine materials are presented. A precise, flexible, and corrosion-resistant underwater rotary spindle was designed and added to a conventional two-axis wire EDM machine to enable the generation of free-form cylindrical geometries. A detailed spindle error analysis identifies the major source of error at different frequency. The mathematical model for the material removal of cylindrical wire EDM process is derived. Experiments were conducted to explore the maximum material removal rate for cylindrical and 2D wire EDM of carbide and brass work-materials. Compared to the 2D wire EDM, higher maximum material removal rates may be achieved in the cylindrical wire EDM. This study also investigates the surface integrity and roundness of parts created by the cylindrical wire EDM process. For carbide parts, an arithmetic average surface roughness and roundness as low as 0.68 and 1.7 {micro}m, respectively, can be achieved. Surfaces of the cylindrical EDM parts were examined using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to identify the craters, sub-surface recast layers and heat-affected zones under various process parameters. This study has demonstrated that the cylindrical wire EDM process parameters can be adjusted to achieve either high …
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: McSpadden, SB
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans (open access)

The Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans

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Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Purcell, Patrick
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Foreign Assistance: Effectiveness and Accountability Problems Common in U.S. Programs to Assist Two Micronesian Nations (open access)

Foreign Assistance: Effectiveness and Accountability Problems Common in U.S. Programs to Assist Two Micronesian Nations

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The United States has extended to Micronesia and the Marshall Islands a number of domestic programs in such critical areas as health care, education, job training, and telecommunications. GAO found that geographic, economic, and social conditions in both countries have limited the effectiveness of nine of the 13 programs, which were originally designed for the United States. Nine of the 13 programs experienced accountability problems, including theft or misuse of program funds. The two island nations lacked the administrative skills to meet the federal government's complex accountability requirements, and federal managers did not provide the necessary training. Although some federal agencies tried to provide oversight, their efforts at ensuring accountability fell short because of several factors, including time, distance, and travel costs and the relatively small size of the programs in the region."
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Relations: Kwajalein Atoll Is the Key U.S. Defense Interest in Two Micronesian Nations (open access)

Foreign Relations: Kwajalein Atoll Is the Key U.S. Defense Interest in Two Micronesian Nations

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Compact of Free Association continues a defense arrangement that has existed between the United States and two Pacific island nations--Micronesia and the Marshall Islands--since the end of World War II. The United States has exercised only one of the four primary defense provisions contained in the Compact. That provision grants the United States the right to use part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands to test nuclear missiles and space tracking operations. The United States has never been required to fulfill defense responsibilities under the other three defense provisions contained in the Compact. The Defense Department considers Kwajalein Atoll an important asset that would be costly and difficult to replicate. Ongoing negotiations over the Compact are following a course that would preserve the existing defense and security relationship between the United States and each of these nations."
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Just In-Time Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (open access)

Just In-Time Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants

The goal of this project has been to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of a new technology for maintenance engineering: a Just-In-Time Maintenance (JITM) system for rotating machines. The JITM system is based on several key developments at Texas A and M over the past ten years in emerging intelligent information technologies, which if integrated into a single system could provide a revolutionary approach in the way maintenance is performed. Rotating machines, such as induction motors, range from a few horse power (hp) to several thousand hp in size, and they are widely used in nuclear power plants and in other industries. Forced outages caused by induction motor failures are the reason for as much as 15% - 40% of production costs to be attributable to maintenance, whereas plant shutdowns caused by induction motor failures result in daily financial losses to the utility and process industries of $1 M or more. The basic components of the JITM system are the available machine sensors, that is electric current sensors and accelerometers, and the computational algorithms used in the analysis and interpretation of the occurring incipient failures. The JITM system can reduce the costs attributable to maintenance by about 40% and it …
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Parlos, DR. Alexander G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Forest System Roadless Areas Initiative (open access)

The National Forest System Roadless Areas Initiative

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Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Baldwin, Pamela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Marcus] captions transcript

[News Clip: Marcus]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 22, 2002, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program (open access)

North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program

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Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Niksch, Larry A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 82, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 82, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Johnson, Jennifer
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
PHASE II CALDERON PROCESS TO PRODUCE DIRECT REDUCED IRON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (open access)

PHASE II CALDERON PROCESS TO PRODUCE DIRECT REDUCED IRON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

This project was initially targeted to the making of coke for blast furnaces by using proprietary technology of Calderon in a phased approach, and Phase I was completed. The project was then re-directed to the making of iron units. U.S. Steel teamed up with Calderon for a joint effort which will last 30 months to produce directly reduced iron with the potential of converting it into molten iron (hot metal) consistent with the Roadmap recommendations of 1998 prepared by the Steel Industry in cooperation with the Department of Energy. The work which is labeled as Phase II will take place at two levels; namely, the bench scale level and the process development unit (PDU) level.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Calderon, Albert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential of the acousto-ultrasound method to characterize the strength of hot gas filter materials. (open access)

Potential of the acousto-ultrasound method to characterize the strength of hot gas filter materials.

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Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Pastila, P.; Nikkila, A.-P.; Mantyla, T.; Ellingson, W.; Koehl, E. R. & Sandberg, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroad Retirement: Legislation in the 107th Congress (open access)

Railroad Retirement: Legislation in the 107th Congress

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Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Kelly, Rachel W
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library