Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Robert Hynd"

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Ames Building in the 300 block of Oklahoma in Guthrie is soon to house the Oklahoma Heritage Museum of Music."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "INVESTIGATION WITNESS ...."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jimmy King"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Instructor Beenie Mustari helps Shelley Sutter balance."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mark Price, right, and Enid mayor Norman Grey clown around during Friday's press conference in Enid."

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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.

A Texas Instruments (TI) TMS320C30-based S-Bus digital signal processing (DSP) module was used to accelerate a wavelet-based compression and decompression algorithm applied to high-resolution fingerprint images. The law enforcement community, together with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NISI), is adopting a standard based on the wavelet transform for the compression, transmission, and decompression of scanned fingerprint images. A two-dimensional wavelet transform of the input image is computed. Then spatial/frequency regions are automatically analyzed for information content and quantized for subsequent Huffman encoding. Compression ratios range from 10:1 to 30:1 while maintaining the level of image quality necessary for identification. Several prototype systems were developed using SUN SPARCstation 2 with a 1280 {times} 1024 8-bit display, 64-Mbyte random access memory (RAM), Tiber distributed data interface (FDDI), and Spirit-30 S-Bus DSP-accelerators from Sonitech. The final implementation of the DSP-accelerated algorithm performed the compression or decompression operation in 3.5 s per print. Further increases in system throughput were obtained by adding several DSP accelerators operating in parallel.

The Geotechnical Board, a part of the US National Research Council, which is the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, serves to advise the federal government and others on issues where geotechnology can have an impact, such as environmental remediation and infrastructure development. The board met three times during the reporting period to review current projects and to initiate activities that move the knowledge base of geotechnology forward. The board operates with two long-standing national committees, the US National Committee for Rock Mechanics and the US National Committee on Tunneling Technology. It also conducts special studies at the request of the government. A list of attachments is given.

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing the art exhibit 'Spirit of the Cloth: African American Fiber Artisans' which was shown beginning July 10, 1993 at the James Kemp Gallery.

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kip Wint"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Steve Wright, an office environment consultant for Scott Rice, discusses the merits of ergonomic office equipment with Jamie Leal, coordinator of St. Anthony Hospital's employee assistance program."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "They are preparing for a revival of the movie "Guys and Dolls" with the proceeds helping the Salvation Army."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Robert Hynd"

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Berry Law Building flies a variety of different flags, including the Jolly Roger."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "OU golfer Rachel Preble of Del City tees off during the State Amateur Golf Finals in Stillwater."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rachel Preble, an Oklahoma Sooner from Del City, watches her ball during Friday's State Amateur Finals in Stillwater."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Diana Robertson dips into a warm popcorn bin to fill a customers order."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lee Ann Tapscott, president of Edmond Mother of Multiples club, looks through a photo album with her twins Connor and Katie, 6."