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The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 229, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 108, No. 229, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boerne Star & Recorder (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 102, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

Boerne Star & Recorder (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 102, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Cartwright, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

This report provides an overview of U.S. policy concerns and relations with countries in central Asia. The report discusses issues such as Fostering Pro-Western Orientations, Obstacles to Peace and Independence, Democratization and Human Rights, Security and Arms Control, Trade and Investment, and provides an Aid Overview.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress

This report discusses the Integrated Deepwater Systems (IDS) program, or Deepwater program for short, which is a $24-billion, 25-year project to replace and modernize the Coast Guard’s aging fleet of deepwater-capable ships and aircraft. It is the largest and most complex acquisition effort in Coast Guard history, encompassing 91 new cutters, 124 new small surface craft, and 244 new or converted airplanes, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration’s annual funding requests and overall approach for the program.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cometary X-Rays: Line Emission Cross Sections for Multiply Charged Solar Wind Ion Charge Exchange (open access)

Cometary X-Rays: Line Emission Cross Sections for Multiply Charged Solar Wind Ion Charge Exchange

Absolute line emission cross sections are presented for 1 keV/amu charge exchange collisions of multiply charged solar wind ions with H{sub 2}O, H, O, CO{sub 2}, and CO cometary targets. The present calculations are contrasted with available laboratory data. A parameter-free model is used to successfully predict the recently observed x-ray spectra of comet C/LINEAR 1999 S4. We show that the resulting spectrum is extremely sensitive to the time variations of the solar wind composition. Our results suggest that orbiting x-ray satellites may be a viable way to predict the solar wind intensities and composition on the Earth many hours before the ions reach the earth.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Otranto, S; Olson, R E & Beiersdorfer, P
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Health Care: Access to Care for Beneficiaries Who Have Not Enrolled in TRICARE's Managed Care Option (open access)

Defense Health Care: Access to Care for Beneficiaries Who Have Not Enrolled in TRICARE's Managed Care Option

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) provides health care through its TRICARE program. Under TRICARE, beneficiaries may obtain care through a managed care option that requires enrollment and the use of civilian provider networks, which are developed and managed by contractors. Beneficiaries who do not enroll may receive care through TRICARE Standard, a fee-for-service option, using nonnetwork civilian providers or through TRICARE Extra, a preferred provider organization option, using network civilian providers. Nonenrolled beneficiaries in some locations have reported difficulties finding civilian providers who will accept them as patients. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2004 directed GAO to provide information on access to care for nonenrolled TRICARE beneficiaries. This report describes (1) how DOD and its contractors evaluate nonenrolled beneficiaries' access to care and the results of these evaluations; (2) impediments to civilian provider acceptance of nonenrolled beneficiaries, and how they are being addressed; and (3) how DOD has implemented the NDAA fiscal year 2004 requirements to take actions to ensure nonenrolled beneficiaries' access to care. To address these objectives, GAO examined DOD's survey results and DOD and contractor documents and interviewed DOD …
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Delineation of a Wellhead Protection Zone and Determination of Flowpaths From Potential Groundwater Contaminant Source Areas at Camp Ripley, Little Falls, Minnesota. (open access)

Delineation of a Wellhead Protection Zone and Determination of Flowpaths From Potential Groundwater Contaminant Source Areas at Camp Ripley, Little Falls, Minnesota.

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Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Quinn, J. J. & Division, Environmental Science
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security Grants to State and Local Governments: FY2003 to FY2006 (open access)

Department of Homeland Security Grants to State and Local Governments: FY2003 to FY2006

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Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Maguire, Steven & Reese, Shawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of an Ultra-fine Coal Dewatering Technology and an Integrated Flotation-Dewatering System for Coal Preparation Plants (open access)

Development of an Ultra-fine Coal Dewatering Technology and an Integrated Flotation-Dewatering System for Coal Preparation Plants

The project proposal was approved for only the phase I period. The goal for this Phase I project was to develop an industrial model that can perform continuous and efficient dewatering of fine coal slurries of the previous flotation process to fine coal cake of {approx}15% water content from 50-70%. The feasibility of this model should be demonstrated experimentally using a lab scale setup. The Phase I project was originally for one year, from May 2005 to May 2006. With DOE approval, the project was extended to Dec. 2006 without additional cost from DOE to accomplish the work. Water has been used in mining for a number of purposes such as a carrier, washing liquid, dust-catching media, fire-retardation media, temperature-control media, and solvent. When coal is cleaned in wet-processing circuits, waste streams containing water, fine coal, and noncombustible particles (ash-forming minerals) are produced. In many coal preparation plants, the fine waste stream is fed into a series of selection processes where fine coal particles are recovered from the mixture to form diluted coal fine slurries. A dewatering process is then needed to reduce the water content to about 15%-20% so that the product is marketable. However, in the dewatering process …
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Zhang, Wu; Yang, David; Amarnath, Amar; Huq, Iftikhar; O'Brien, Scott & Williams, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equation of State, Occupation Probabilities and Conductivities in the Average Atom Purgatorio Code (open access)

Equation of State, Occupation Probabilities and Conductivities in the Average Atom Purgatorio Code

We report on recent developments with the Purgatorio code, a new implementation of Liberman's Inferno model. This fully relativistic average atom code uses phase shift tracking and an efficient refinement scheme to provide an accurate description of continuum states. The resulting equations of state accurately represent the atomic shell-related features which are absent in Thomas-Fermi-based approaches. We discuss various representations of the exchange potential and some of the ambiguities in the choice of the effective charge Z* in average atom models, both of which affect predictions of electrical conductivities and radiative properties.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Sterne, P
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expanded Access to Financial Services Act (open access)

Expanded Access to Financial Services Act

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Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Premium Growth Has Recently Slowed, and Varies among Participating Plans (open access)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Premium Growth Has Recently Slowed, and Varies among Participating Plans

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Average health insurance premiums for plans participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) have risen each year since 1997. These growing premiums result in higher costs to the federal government and plan enrollees. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) oversees FEHBP, negotiating benefits and premiums and administering reserve accounts that may be used to cover plans' unanticipated spending increases. GAO was asked to evaluate the nature and extent of premium increases. To do this, GAO examined (1) FEHBP premium trends compared with those of other purchasers, (2) factors contributing to average premium growth across all FEHBP plans, and (3) factors contributing to differing trends among selected FEHBP plans. GAO reviewed data provided by OPM relating to FEHBP premiums and factors contributing to premium growth. For comparison purposes, GAO also examined premium data from the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and surveys of other public and private employers. GAO also interviewed officials from OPM and eight FEHBP plans with premium growth that was higher than average, and six FEHBP plans with premium growth that was lower than average to discuss premium growth trends and …
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fluidized Bed Steam Reformer Monolith Formation (open access)

Fluidized Bed Steam Reformer Monolith Formation

Fluidized Bed Steam Reforming (FBSR) is being considered as an alternative technology for the immobilization of a wide variety of aqueous high sodium containing radioactive wastes at various DOE facilities in the United States. The addition of clay, charcoal, and a catalyst as co-reactants converts aqueous Low Activity Wastes (LAW) to a granular or ''mineralized'' waste form while converting organic components to CO{sub 2} and steam, and nitrate/nitrite components, if any, to N{sub 2}. The waste form produced is a multiphase mineral assemblage of Na-Al-Si (NAS) feldspathoid minerals with cage-like structures that atomically bond radionuclides like Tc-99 and anions such as SO{sub 4}, I, F, and Cl. The granular product has been shown to be as durable as LAW glass. Shallow land burial requires that the mineralized waste form be able to sustain the weight of soil overburden and potential intrusion by future generations. The strength requirement necessitates binding the granular product into a monolith. FBSR mineral products were formulated into a variety of monoliths including various cements, Ceramicrete, and hydroceramics. All but one of the nine monoliths tested met the <2g/m{sup 2} durability specification for Na and Re (simulant for Tc-99) when tested using the Product Consistency Test (PCT; …
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Jantzen, Carol M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Grandview Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

The Grandview Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Weekly newspaper from Grandview, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 258, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 258, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 259, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 259, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 550, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 550, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 551, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 551, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 552, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 552, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Homeland Security First Responder Grants: Cash Management Improvement Act Exemption and Cash Advance Funding Require Additional DHS Oversight (open access)

Homeland Security First Responder Grants: Cash Management Improvement Act Exemption and Cash Advance Funding Require Additional DHS Oversight

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "A key provision of the Cash Management Improvement Act (CMIA) of 1990 (P.L. 101-453), as amended, requires the federal government and the states to minimize the time between transfer of federal funds and payments made by states for federal grant program purposes. Concerns were expressed by representatives of local government subgrantees that more flexibility was needed in the receipt of federal funding for first responders. Congress exempted certain first responder grants from this CMIA provision in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) fiscal years 2005 and 2006 appropriations acts. Under the exemption, grantees can receive cash advance funding and hold such funds for extended periods of time prior to payment. GAO was asked to (1) assess whether this CMIA provision, prior to its exemption in fiscal year 2005, had prevented DHS grant recipients from receiving first responder grant funds when such funds were needed; and (2) identify any key fiscal and accountability implications of the exemption."
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 171, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006 (open access)

Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 171, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 2006

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 2006
Creator: Lynch, Mary Louise
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History