Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Laura Patterson from " That's Incredible" TV show and Danny Cooksey."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "neighbors met the Jones' children too. Carey Jones, 6 and Warren E. Jones II, 4, talk with Amelia Dudman, 10, and Katie Dudman, 7."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Coach Jimmy Johnson takes his stand on who is the starting quarterback for Oklahoma State."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "John Kruger will soon be the first man on his block with a 100-foot wind generator in his back yard, but he's been a first before."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The cameraman tapes Danny Cooksey while he sings."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cathy Dutton, Barbara Morgan and Kim Dillon, form left, address invitation to the registration tea of the Land Wives Association set for 11 a.m. Wednesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Game plans are game plans, but there are some things you always do to win in football and Oklahoma offensive coordinator Galen Hall will say as much."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Charles Guthrie inspects a clock Fatema gave him as a gift."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Marsha Christoffson and Susan Johnston put on their aprons in preparation for another day's work."

Bacterial colony counters have not been widely used for track counting. However, they do provide an economical alternative to sophisticated optical analyzers for applications that require reproducible track density measurements for large numbers of samples. Simple measurements of size characteristics can be made when there is little need for high resolutions. Such systems are particularly well suited for neutron and alpha dosimetry work, particularly if electrochemical etching or some other track enhancement method has been used. 5 refs., 3 figs.

The purpose of this report is to document the plasma power balance model currently used by LLNL to calculate steady state operating points for tandem mirror reactors. The code developed from this model, TMRBAR, has been used to predict the performance and define supplementary heating requirements for drivers used in the Mirror Advanced Reactor Study (MARS) and for the Fusion Power Demonstration (FPD) study. The equations solved included particle and energy balance for central cell and end cell species, quasineutrality at several cardinal points in the end cell region, as well as calculations of volumes, densities and average energies based on given constraints of beta profiles and fusion power output. Alpha particle ash is treated self-consistently, but no other impurity species is treated.

Recent end-stopping experiments in TMX-Upgrade show strong plugging of the central cell by lower-density plugs, requiring both electron-cyclotron heating (ECRH) and 47/sup 0/ neutral-beam injection, consistent with the thermal-barrier concept. These experiments have low density (n < 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/) due to inefficient ECRH power coupling. Hot-ion and hot-electron buildup are consistent with Fokker-Planck calculations. No ion-cyclotron activity is observed in the plugs; occasional electron-cyclotron activity is observed. With plugging, axial lifetimes (tau/sub parallel/ > 40 ms) are larger than radial (tau/sub perpendicular/ = 5 to 10 ms) due to observed non-ambipolar ion transport. Recent tandem-mirror theoretical activities are also surveyed.

A model for emission of the hard photons of gamma bursts is presented. The model assumes accretion at nearly the Eddington limited rate onto a neutron star without magnetic a field. Initially soft photons are heated as they are compressed between the accreting matter and the star. A large electric field due to relatively small charge separation is required to drag electrons into the star with the nuclei against the flux of photons leaking out through the accreting matter. The photon number is not increased substantially by bremsstrahlung or any other process. Instability in an accretion disc might provide the infalling matter required.

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Los Cuartos Inn under construction at NW 39 and Tulsa is scheduled for completion in mid-October."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Los Cuartos Inn under construction at in mid-October."

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

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

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.