This report provides a broad overview of U.S. strategic interests in Africa and the role of U.S. military efforts on the continent as they pertain to the creation of AFRICOM. Although the command is still in the early stages of its development, a discussion of AFRICOM’s mission, its coordination with other government agencies, and its basing and manpower requirements is included.

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

This report is about Averting a Financial crisis.

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

Photograph of Bill Hartman standing at a wooden podium and addressing the guests in attendance at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of Charles Moser (right) standing and chatting with two women, one identified as Peggy (center), dressed in their finest attire, in attendance at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of Charles Moser standing at a wooden podium and addressing the guests, giving a thank you speech as he has accepted an award, at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

This report discusses legislative and administrative duties related to Clerk of the House.

Photograph of Cliff Clements (left) and Neice Bell (right) seen standing at a cocktail table and drinking refreshments, dressed in their finest attire, in attendance at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of Cliff Clements (right) standing and chatting with another guest over drinks, dressed in their finest attire, in attendance at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of Cliff Clements (right) standing and chatting with another guest over drinks, dressed in their finest attire, in attendance at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

None

When a networked polymeric composite under high stress is subjected to irradiation, the resulting chemical changes like chain scissioning and cross-link formation can lead to permanent set and altered elastic modulus. Using a commercial silicone elastomer as a specific example we show that a simple 2-stage Tobolsky model in conjunction with Fricker's stress-transfer function can quantitatively reproduce all experimental data as a function of radiation dosage and the static strain at which radiation is turned on, including permanent set, stress-strain response, and net cross-linking density.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Photograph of Dolph Tillotson and his wife Teri standing and chatting with another guests over drinks, dressed in their finest attire, in attendance at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of Doug Toney (left) receiving an award from Gary Borders during the award ceremony at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of Doug Toney (right) and his three children, one identified as Erik Toney, dressed in their finest attire, in attendance at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of Doug Toney (center) being applauded as he has just won the Pat Taggart Award. Toney and other guests are attending the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of Doug Toney standing behind a wooden podium and giving a thank you speech after receiving an award during the award ceremony at the 2008 Texas Daily Newspaper Association annual conference awards dinner, held at The Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

The physical and electrochemical properties of LixMnO2 and LixTi0.11Mn0.89O2 synthesized from precursors made by glycine-nitrate combustion (GNC) and solid-state synthesis methods (SS) are examined in this paper. The highest specific capacities in lithium cells are obtained for SS-LixMnO2 electrodes at low current densities, but GNC-LixTi0.11Mn0.89O2 electrodes show the best high rate performance. These results can be explained by changes in the voltage characteristics and differences in the particle morphologies induced by the Ti-substitution and synthesis method. Ti-substitution also results in a decrease in the electronic conductivity, but greatly improves the thermal properties and imparts dissolution resistance to the electrode. For these reasons, it is preferable to use LixTi0.11MnO0.89O2 in lithium battery configurations rather than LixMnO2. Suggestions for improving the electrochemical performance of the Ti-substituted variant are given based on the results described herein.

High resolution mass spectrometers are specialized systems that allow researchers to determine the exact mass of samples to four significant digits by using magnetic and electronic sector mass analyzers. Many of the systems in use today at research laboratories and universities were designed and built more than two decades ago. The manufacturers of these systems have abandoned the support for some of the mass spectrometers and parts to power and control them have become scarce or obsolete. The Savannah River National Laboratory has been involved in the upgrade of the electronics and software for these legacy machines. The Electronics Upgrade of High Resolution Mass Spectrometers consists of assembling high-end commercial instrumentation from reputable manufacturers with a minimal amount of customization to replace the electronics for the older systems. By taking advantage of advances in instrumentation, precise magnet control can be achieved using high resolution current sources and continuous feedback from a high resolution hall-effect probe. The custom equipment include a precision voltage divider/summing amplifier chassis, high voltage power supply chassis and a chassis for controlling the voltage emission for the mass spectrometer source tube. The upgrade package is versatile enough to interface with valve control, vacuum and other instrumentation. Instrument …

Climate and weather prediction models require accurate calculations of vertical profiles of radiative heating. Although heating rate calculations cannot be directly validated due to the lack of corresponding observations, surface and top-of-atmosphere measurements can indirectly establish the quality of computed heating rates through validation of the calculated irradiances at the atmospheric boundaries. The ARM Broadband Heating Rate Profile (BBHRP) project, a collaboration of all the working groups in the program, was designed with these heating rate validations as a key objective. Given the large dependence of radiative heating rates on cloud properties, a critical component of BBHRP radiative closure analyses has been the evaluation of cloud microphysical retrieval algorithms. This evaluation is an important step in establishing the necessary confidence in the continuous profiles of computed radiative heating rates produced by BBHRP at the ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) sites that are needed for modeling studies. This poster details the continued effort to evaluate cloud property retrieval algorithms within the BBHRP framework, a key focus of the project this year. A requirement for the computation of accurate heating rate profiles is a robust cloud microphysical product that captures the occurrence, height, and phase of clouds above each ACRF site. Various …

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

None