This report discusses the purpose of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which is threefold: to provide a means to conserve ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend; to provide a program to protect those species; and to take steps to achieve the purposes of related treaties and conventions.

The Kapchinskij-Vladimirskij equations are widely used to study the evolution of the beam envelopes in a periodic system of quadrupole focusing cells. In this paper, we analyze the case of a matched beam. Our model is analogous to that used by Courant and Snyder [E.D. Courant and H.S. Snyder, Ann. Phys. 3, 1 (1958)]in obtaining a first-order approximate solution for a synchrotron. Here, we treat a linear machine and obtain an exact solution. The model uses a full occupancy, piecewise-constant focusing function and neglects space charge. There are solutions in an infinite number of bands as the focus strength is increased. We show that all these bands are stable. Our explicit results for the phase advance sigma and the envelope a(z) are exact for all phase advances except multiples of 180o, where the behavior is singular. We find that the peak envelope size is minimized at sigma = 90o. Actual operation in the higher bands would require very large, very accurate field strengths and would produce significantly larger envelope excursions.

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Most Christians say they reject 'health and wealth' theology. Most Christians seem to want more than anything to be healthy and wealthy. Amos has something to say to most Christians."

This report contains a brief overview of the debt limit history, including the conference report on the FY2008 budget resolution.

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Would you like to live with continuous contact with your missionaries and their work? Could you stretch your missions budget dollar? Find out how your missions program can expand, become more personal and more immediate."

This report describes several scientifically-emerging animal biotechnologies that are raising a variety of questions concerning risks to humans, animals, and the environment, as well as ethical concerns. The report examines applications of the technologies and discusses major issues that may arise.

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In the 1960s, campus evangelism was the most exciting and controversial movement among Churches of Christ. Led by Jim Bevis and Rex Vermillion, the short-lived ministry touched more than 40,000 students and some 400 campuses. Campus Evangelism "closed its doors" in 1970. Jim Bevis, co-founder of CE, shares his perspective of what happened."

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Religious music touches on two explosive areas: 1) memories of music learned in our youth and 2) religious change. Throughout the 2,000 years of Christianity, change has always caused problems and music was often at the top of the hit list."

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The church's efforts to ameliorate poverty and pursue social justice are often disconnected from its Missional purpose. Do churches struggle to identify the authority to address social problems? We will discuss Missional authority and private troubles."

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

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In a tradition that takes pride in congregational autonomy and volunteer leaders, how do full-time ministers and part-time elders pull together to serve God? This panel of two elders and two ministers from four churches will discuss their real life stories of what does and does not work to develop a leadership relationship in Churches of Christ."

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

The 100-F-44:4, Discovery Pipeline in Silica Gel Pit subsite is located in the 100-FR-1 Operable Unit of the Hanford Site, near the location of the former 110-F Gas Storage Tanks structure. The 100-F-44:4 subsite is a steel pipe discovered October 17, 2004, during trenching to locate the 118-F-4 Silica Gel Pit. Based on visual inspection and confirmatory investigation sampling data, the 100-F-44:4 subsite is a piece of non-hazardous electrical conduit debris. The 100-F-44:4 subsite supports unrestricted future use of shallow zone soil and is protective of groundwater and the Columbia River. No residual contamination exists within the deep zone. Therefore, no deep zone institutional controls are required.

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Life transformation is too much to expect from a 45-minute Sunday morning Bible class...or is it? Reading and studying Scripture is community should be more than an exercise in appreciating theology or passing on information. In this hour discover practical ideas for training teachers and creating a class environment that invites God's work of conforming us to the image of the Son."

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

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "We in the Restoration Movement are unique. We have a model of leadership that involves ministers/evangelists and elders/pastors. We train ministers but unfortunately have not intentionally developed elders for the church in a post-Christian culture. However, elders emerge in an intentional development ministry."

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "God conflict? Paul escorts you to the front row to witness and participate in God's outbreak of peace. Allow God's righteousness to guide your discovery of your birthright as peacemaker."

This report reviews current legislative mandates for security strategic documents, assesses the recent history of execution, describes strategic documents in related fields for comparison, presents considerations that may be useful in assessing current requirements and execution, and notes several current proposals for changes to legislative requirements.

Since the inception of this research program, the project has focused on two central questions: What is the relationship between the 'eukaryal-like' transcription machinery of archaeal cells and its counterparts in eukaryal cells? And, how does the archaeal cell control gene expression using its mosaic of eukaryal core transcription machinery and its bacterial-like transcription regulatory proteins? During the grant period we have addressed these questions using a variety of in vivo approaches and have sought to specifically define the roles of the multiple TATA binding protein (TBP) and TFIIB-like (TFB) proteins in controlling gene expression in Haloferax volcanii. H. volcanii was initially chosen as a model for the Archaea based on the availability of suitable genetic tools; however, later studies showed that all haloarchaea possessed multiple tbp and tfb genes, which led to the proposal that multiple TBP and TFB proteins may function in a manner similar to alternative sigma factors in bacterial cells. In vivo transcription and promoter analysis established a clear relationship between the promoter requirements of haloarchaeal genes and those of the eukaryal RNA polymerase II promoter. Studies on heat shock gene promoters, and the demonstration that specific tfb genes were induced by heat shock, provided the …

Controlling laser-molecule interactions has become an integral part of developing devices and applications in spectroscopy, microscopy, optical switching, micromachining and photochemistry. Coherent control of multiphoton transitions could bring a significant improvement of these methods. In microscopy, multi-photon transitions are used to activate different contrast agents and suppress background fluorescence; coherent control could generate selective probe excitation. In photochemistry, different dissociative states are accessed through two, three, or more photon transitions; coherent control could be used to select the reaction pathway and therefore the yield-specific products. For micromachining and processing a wide variety of materials, femtosecond lasers are now used routinely. Understanding the interactions between the intense femtosecond pulse and the material could lead to technologically important advances. Pulse shaping could then be used to optimize the desired outcome. The scope of our research program is to develop robust and efficient strategies to control nonlinear laser-matter interactions using ultrashort shaped pulses in gas and condensed phases. Our systematic research has led to significant developments in a number of areas relevant to the AMO Physics group at DOE, among them: generation of ultrashort phase shaped pulses, coherent control and manipulation of quantum mechanical states in gas and condensed phases, behavior of isolated …

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The U.S. Justice Department, Congress, and the CIA are convinced the war against drugs cannot be won by this nation. But some have been winning the war for the past 19 years. Learn how the Metropolitan Church of Christ and her ministry, the Metropolitan Fresh Start House, experience the miracle of broken lives made whole through the living Word of God."

Transcript of an oral interview with Ronald DeWitt. In 1943, he joined the Navy when he was 17. He went to Newport, Rhode Island for basic training and then went to radar operator school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From there, he was assigned to Port Hueneme, California for more radar training. He evetually volunteered for sea duty and was posted to the USS Algol (AKA-54) in August, 1944 as a radar man. He describes the function of and gear aboard the attack cargo ship; being the ranking radar man; traveling in a convoy. After entering the Pacific, he participated in the invasion of the Philippines and was present for the landing at Lingayen Gulf. From there, they delivered cargo at Leyte, then headed for Okinawa. Th eAlgol ws there for the first nine days of the invasion before heading for Guam and then the US. toward the end of the war, the Algol was back in the Pacific, where, after the war, it delivered its boats to China. From there, it returned to Seattle and DeWitt left the Navy in March, 1946.

Transcript of an oral interview with Ronald DeWitt. In 1943, he joined the Navy when he was 17. He went to Newport, Rhode Island for basic training and then went to radar operator school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. From there, he was assigned to Port Hueneme, California for more radar training. He evetually volunteered for sea duty and was posted to the USS Algol (AKA-54) in August, 1944 as a radar man. He describes the function of and gear aboard the attack cargo ship; being the ranking radar man; traveling in a convoy. After entering the Pacific, he participated in the invasion of the Philippines and was present for the landing at Lingayen Gulf. From there, they delivered cargo at Leyte, then headed for Okinawa. Th eAlgol ws there for the first nine days of the invasion before heading for Guam and then the US. toward the end of the war, the Algol was back in the Pacific, where, after the war, it delivered its boats to China. From there, it returned to Seattle and DeWitt left the Navy in March, 1946.

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Explore the impact of leadership on the dynamic of decline and growth in the local congregation."