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eBulletin, Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2012 (open access)

eBulletin, Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2012

Monthly electronic newsletter published for members of the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. Includes news items of interest to association members.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Doctoral Recital: 2012-09-15 - Christian Bester, baritone

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Bester, Christian
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tracking the Texas Rangers: the Nineteenth Century

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Tracking the Texas Rangers is an anthology of sixteen previously published articles, arranged in chronological history, covering key topics of the intrepid and sometimes controversial law officers named the Texas Rangers. Determining the role of the Rangers as the state evolved and what they actually accomplished for the benefit of the state is a difficult challenge—the actions of the Rangers fit no easy description. There is a dark side to the story of the Rangers; during the war with Mexico, for example, some murdered, pillaged, and raped. Yet these same Rangers eased the resultant United States victory. Even their beginning and the first use of the term “Texas Ranger” have mixed and complex origins. Tracking the Texas Rangers covers topics such as their early years, the great Comanche Raid of 1840, and the effective use of Colt revolvers. Article authors discuss Los Diablos Tejanos, Rip Ford, the Cortina War, the use of Hispanic Rangers and Rangers in labor disputes, and the recapture of Cynthia Ann Parker and the capture of John Wesley Hardin. The selections cover critical aspects of those experiences—organization, leadership, cultural implications, rural and urban life, and violence. In their introduction, editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. …
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Glasrud, Bruce A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Women and the Texas Revolution

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While there is wide scholarship on the Texas Revolution, there is no comparable volume on the role of women during that conflict. Most of the many works on the Texas Revolution include women briefly in the narrative, such as Emily Austin, Suzanna Dickinson, and Emily Morgan West (the Yellow Rose), but not as principal participants. Women and the Texas Revolution explores these women in much more depth, in addition to covering the women and children who fled Santa Anna’s troops in the Runaway Scrape, and examining the roles and issues facing Native American, Black, and Hispanic women of the time. Like the American Revolution, women’s experiences in the Texas Revolution varied tremendously by class, religion, race, and region. While the majority of immigrants into Texas in the 1820s and 1830s were men, many were women who accompanied their husbands and families or, in some instances, braved the dangers and the hardships of the frontier alone. Black, Hispanic, and Native American women were also present in Mexican Texas. Whether Mexican loyalist or Texas patriot, elite planter or subsistence farm wife, slaveholder or slave, Anglo or black, women helped settle the Texas frontier and experienced the uncertainty, hardships, successes, and sorrows of …
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Scheer, Mary L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 74, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2012 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 74, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2012

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wharton Journal-Spectator (Wharton, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 74, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2012 (open access)

Wharton Journal-Spectator (Wharton, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 74, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2012

Semi-weekly newspaper from Wharton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Wallace, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Rosine Ector Edwards, September 15, 2012] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Rosine Ector Edwards, September 15, 2012]

Funeral program for Rosine (Big Mama) Ector Edwards, born June 24, 1923 and died September 8, 2012. The funeral was held September 15, 2012 at Calvary Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Kevin L. Nelson. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 288, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2012 (open access)

Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 288, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Deason, Gene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Playing Hot and Cold: How Can Russian Heat Policy Find Its Way Toward Energy Efficiency? (open access)

Playing Hot and Cold: How Can Russian Heat Policy Find Its Way Toward Energy Efficiency?

The Russian district heating has a large energy-saving potential, and, therefore, need for investments. The scale of needed investments is significant: the government estimates that 70 percent of the district heating infrastructure needs replacement or maintenance, a reflection of decades of under investment. Government budgets will be unable to cover them, and iInvolvingement ofthe private industry will be critical to attracting the necessary investementis necessary. For private parties to invest in district heating facilities across Russia, and not only in pockets of already successful enterprises, regulators have to develop a comprehensive policy that works district heating systems under various conditionscost-reflective tariffs, metering, incentives for efficiency and social support for the neediest (instead of subsidies for all).
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Roshchanka, Volha & Evans, Meredydd
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual Reactions of Permanganate and Various Reductants - Student Report to the DOE ERULF Program for Work Conducted May to July 2000 (open access)

Individual Reactions of Permanganate and Various Reductants - Student Report to the DOE ERULF Program for Work Conducted May to July 2000

Tank waste on the Hanford Site contains radioactive elements that need to be removed from solution prior to disposal. One effective way to do this is to precipitate the radioactive elements with manganese solids, produced by permanganate oxidation. When added to tank waste, the permanganate reacts quickly producing manganese (IV) dioxide precipitate. Because of the speed of the reaction it is difficult to tell what exactly is happening. Individual reactions using non-radioactive reductants found in the tanks were done to determine reaction kinetics, what permanganate was reduced to, and what oxidation products were formed. In this project sodium formate, sodium nitrite, glycolic acid, glycine, and sodium oxalate were studied using various concentrations of reductant in alkaline sodium hydroxide solutions. It was determined that formate reacted the quickest, followed by glycine and glycolic acid. Oxalate and nitrite did not appear to react with the permanganate solutions. The products of the oxidation reaction were examined. Formate was oxidized to carbonate and water. Glycolic acid was oxidized slower producing oxalate and water. Glycine reactions formed some ammonia in solution, oxalate, and water. The research reported by Amber Gauger in this report was part of a DOE ERULF student intern program at Pacific Northwest …
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Gauger, Amber M. & Hallen, Richard T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implementation of BN Control in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (open access)

Implementation of BN Control in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

We have designed and constructed a system for control of the normalized B in the National Spherical Torus Experiment [M. Ono, et al., Nuclear Fusion 40, 557 (2000)]. A PID operator is applied to the difference between the present value of B N (from realtime equilibrium reconstruction) and a time-dependent request, in order to calculate the required injected power. This injected power request is then turned into modulations of the neutral beams. The details of this algorithm are described, including the techniques used to develop the appropriate control gains. Example uses of the system are shown
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Gerhardt, S.; Bell, M. G.; Cropper, M.; Gates, D. A.; Koleman, E.; Lawson, J. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canopy 2.1 User Guide (open access)

Canopy 2.1 User Guide

Its user guide for the Canopy system. Its design to be used electronically or printed out in conjunction with the application to teach users about the features.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Burtner, Edwin R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Spatially Resolved High Resolution Crystal Spectrometry to ICF Plasmas (open access)

Application of Spatially Resolved High Resolution Crystal Spectrometry to ICF Plasmas

High resolution (λ/Δ#3;λ ~ 10 000) 1D imaging x-ray spectroscopy using a spherically bent crystal and a 2D hybrid pixel array detector is used world wide for Doppler measurements of ion-temperature and plasma flow-velocity profiles in magnetic confinement fusion plasmas. Meter sized plasmas are diagnosed with cm spatial resolution and 10 ms time resolution. This concept can also be used as a diagnostic of small sources, such as inertial confinement fusion plasmas and targets on x-ray light source beam lines, with spatial resolution of micrometers, as demonstrated by laboratory experiments using a 250-μm 55 Fe source, and by ray-tracing calculations. Throughput calculations agree with measurements, and predict detector counts in the range 10-8 -10-6 times source x-rays, depending on crystal reflectivity and spectrometer geometry. Results of the lab demonstrations, application of the technique to the National Ignition Facility (NIF), and predictions of performance on NIF will be presented.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Hill, Kenneth W.; Bitter, M.; Delgado-Aprico, L.; Pablant, N. A.; Beirersdorfer, P.; Schneider, M. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Embedded Sensors and Controls to Improve Component Performance and Reliability Conceptual Design Report (open access)

Embedded Sensors and Controls to Improve Component Performance and Reliability Conceptual Design Report

The objective of this project is to demonstrate improved reliability and increased performance made possible by deeply embedding instrumentation and controls (I&C) in nuclear power plant (NPP) components and systems. The project is employing a highly instrumented canned rotor, magnetic bearing, fluoride salt pump as its I&C technology demonstration platform. I&C is intimately part of the basic millisecond-by-millisecond functioning of the system; treating I&C as an integral part of the system design is innovative and will allow significant improvement in capabilities and performance. As systems become more complex and greater performance is required, traditional I&C design techniques become inadequate and more advanced I&C needs to be applied. New I&C techniques enable optimal and reliable performance and tolerance of noise and uncertainties in the system rather than merely monitoring quasistable performance. Traditionally, I&C has been incorporated in NPP components after the design is nearly complete; adequate performance was obtained through over-design. By incorporating I&C at the beginning of the design phase, the control system can provide superior performance and reliability and enable designs that are otherwise impossible. This report describes the progress and status of the project and provides a conceptual design overview for the platform to demonstrate the performance and …
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Kisner, R.; Melin, A.; Burress, T.; Fugate, D.; Holcomb, D.; Wilgen, J. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Americans in International Organizations in Vienna Workshop Summary Report (open access)

Americans in International Organizations in Vienna Workshop Summary Report

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Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: D., Occhiogrosso; S., Pepper & MacArthur, L. and Collins, T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AHTR Mechanical, Structural, and Neutronic Preconceptual Design (open access)

AHTR Mechanical, Structural, and Neutronic Preconceptual Design

This report provides an overview of the mechanical, structural, and neutronic aspects of the Advanced High Temperature Reactor (AHTR) design concept. The AHTR is a design concept for a large output Fluoride salt cooled High-temperature Reactor (FHR) that is being developed to enable evaluation of the technology hurdles remaining to be overcome prior to FHRs becoming an option for commercial reactor deployment. This report documents the incremental AHTR design maturation performed over the past year and is focused on advancing the design concept to a level of a functional, self-consistent system. The reactor concept development remains at a preconceptual level of maturity. While the overall appearance of an AHTR design is anticipated to be similar to the current concept, optimized dimensions will differ from those presented here. The AHTR employs plate type coated particle fuel assemblies with rapid, off-line refueling. Neutronic analysis of the core has confirmed the viability of a 6-month two-batch cycle with 9 wt. % enriched uranium fuel. Refueling is intended to be performed automatically under visual guidance using dedicated robotic manipulators. The report includes a preconceptual design of the manipulators, the fuel transfer system, and the used fuel storage system. The present design intent is for …
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Varma, V. K.; Holcomb, D. E.; Peretz, F. J.; Bradley, E. C.; Ilas, D.; Qualls, A. L. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Johnson Noise Thermometry for Advanced Small Modular Reactors (open access)

Johnson Noise Thermometry for Advanced Small Modular Reactors

Temperature is a key process variable at any nuclear power plant (NPP). The harsh reactor environment causes all sensor properties to drift over time. At the higher temperatures of advanced NPPs the drift occurs more rapidly. The allowable reactor operating temperature must be reduced by the amount of the potential measurement error to assure adequate margin to material damage. Johnson noise is a fundamental expression of temperature and as such is immune to drift in a sensor’s physical condition. In and near the core, only Johnson noise thermometry (JNT) and radiation pyrometry offer the possibility for long-term, high-accuracy temperature measurement due to their fundamental natures. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) place a higher value on long-term stability in their temperature measurements in that they produce less power per reactor core and thus cannot afford as much instrument recalibration labor as their larger brethren. The purpose of the current ORNL-led project, conducted under the Instrumentation, Controls, and Human-Machine Interface (ICHMI) research pathway of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced SMR Research and Development (R&D) program, is to develop and demonstrate a drift free Johnson noise-based thermometer suitable for deployment near core in advanced SMR plants.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Britton, Charles L., Jr.; Roberts, Michael; Bull, Nora D.; Holcomb, David E. & Wood, Richard T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Bilbal Wazir transcript

Retelling of Bilbal Wazir

Recording of Bano reciting “Bilbal Wazir” in the Hunza dialect. This is a popular story about Minister Bilbal, who was once a worker, and spent his money before he came home t his wife. He then proves his wisdom by not doing what he was told, and became a minister.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash transcript

Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash

Recording of Bano reciting “Baqti Jamal ke Alqash,” in the Hunza dialect. This popular story tells a tale of Baqti Jamal and Alqash, two friends that grew old together. One day on a picnic, Baqti Jamal found a golden treasure, and decided to share it with Alqash, but Alqash was greedy, and killed Baqti Jamal to keep the gold to himself. One day Alqash, now a wealthy minister to the king, needed help deciphering dreams, called upon Baqti Jamal’s son Abu Zare Jamhur, who held a book of prophecies
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue on the Bo Phaw festival transcript

Monologue on the Bo Phaw festival

Recording of Bano reciting a cultural account of "bo phaw" in the Hunza dialect of Burushaski.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Let It Be To Me - Luke 1:26-38 transcript

Let It Be To Me - Luke 1:26-38

Lecture given Saturday, September 15, 2012, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Storment, Jonathan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription: Retelling of Bilbal Wazir (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Bilbal Wazir

Transcription of Bano reciting “Bilbal Wazir” in the Hunza dialect. This is a popular story about Minister Bilbal, who was once a worker, and spent his money before he came home t his wife. He then proves his wisdom by not doing what he was told, and became a minister. Transcription is done in Burushaski with translations in English.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash

Transcription and translation of the recording of Bano, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, narrating the story of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bird watching in China reveals bird distribution changes (open access)

Bird watching in China reveals bird distribution changes

This article describes the development of the China Bird Watching Database and its use to understand bird distribution changes.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Li, Xueyan; Liang, Lu; Gong, Peng; Liu, Yang & Liang, FeiFei
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library