Recording of a workshop at the South Dallas Cultural Center ...

The Lozano Hinojosa family at home.

A woman places her hand across her heart and holds a miniature American flag while saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

A group of new United States citizens hold their naturalization certificates and U. S. flags.

A new citizen shakes hands with a member of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution at a Naturalization Ceremony in Arlington, Texas.

This Technical Progress Report describes progress made on the twenty nine subprojects awarded in the second year of Cooperative Agreement DE-FC26-02NT41607: Crosscutting Technology Development at the Center for Advanced Separation Technologies. This work is summarized in the body of the main report: the individual sub-project Technical Progress Reports are attached as Appendices.

Gabriela Spanic

Gabriela Spanic has her picture taken with a male fan.

Gabriela Spanic laughs as she speaks with two men.

Gabriela Spanic autographs the shirt of a girl.

Gabriela Spanic signs her autograph on the back of a woman's denim jacket.

Gabriela Spanic greets two older Hispanic women while a female child sits to her right.

A man reads his United States citizenship certificate after the naturalization ceremony in Arlington, Texas.

A group of people, with a young woman prominent in the photo, hold up their hands and swear loyalty to the Constitution of the United States. There were an estimated 500 persons at the ceremony, who swore fidelity and obedience to the Constitution of the United States and became citizens.

This photo shows some of the participants in a naturalization ceremony at the Convention Center in Arlington, Texas. There were an estimated 500 persons at the ceremony, who swore fidelity and obedience to the Constitution of the United States and became citizens.

Two new United States citizens pose with two members of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution at a naturalization ceremony in Arlington, Texas.

Antonio Lozano Hinojosa con su esposa María en su casa. Antonio lleva una camisa marrón, abierta en la parte superior para mostrar una cadena de oro y una camiseta blanca. Lleva bigote y mira directamente a la cámara. Su esposa está detrás de él, con las manos sobre los hombros d e Antonio. Ella lleva una camisa negra y también mira a la cámara. A su derecha hay un jarrón de rosas rojas. Detrás de ellos se ve el interior de una cocina.

Mine-to-Mill optimization is a total systems approach to the reduction of energy and cost in mining and processing. Developed at the Julius Krutschnitt Mineral Research Center in Queensland, Australia, the Mine-to-Mill approach attempts to minimize energy consumption through optimization of all steps in the size reduction process. The approach involves sampling and modeling of blasting and processing, followed by computer simulation to optimize the operation and develop alternatives. The most promising alternatives are implemented, and sampling is conducted to quantify benefits. In the current project, the primary objective was to adapt Mine-to-Mill technology to the aggregates industry. The first phase of this work was carried out at the Bealeton Quarry near Fredericksburg, Virginia. The second phase was carried out at the Pittsboro Quarry south of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Both quarries are operated by Luck Stone Corporation of Richmond, Virginia. As a result of the work, several conclusions can be drawn from the project which should assist DOE in assessing the applicability of the Mine-to-Mill approach to the aggregates industry. 1. Implementation of MTM guidelines at Pittsboro has resulted in tangible improvements in productivity. It is clear that MTM guidelines represent an energy savings of around 5% (primary and secondary) …

This CRS report discusses policy issues regarding military-to-mliitary contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of contacts since 1993. The United States suspended military contacts with China and imposed sanctions on arms sales in response to the Tiananmen Crackdown in 1989. In 1993, the Clinton Administration began to re-engage the PRC leadership up to the highest level and including China's military, the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Renewed military exchanges with the PLA have not regained the closeness reached in the 1980s, when U.S.-PRC strategic cooperation against the Soviet Union included U.S. arms sales to China. Issues for Congress include whether the current Administration under President Bush has complied with legislation overseeing dealings with the PLA and has determined a program of contacts with the PLA that advances a prioritized list of U.S. security interests.

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A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Misclassification of national security information impedes effective information sharing, can provide adversaries with information to harm the United States and its allies, and incurs millions of dollars in avoidable administrative costs. As requested, GAO examined (1) whether the implementation of the Department of Defense's (DOD) information security management program, effectively minimizes the risk of misclassification; (2) the extent to which DOD personnel follow established procedures for classifying information, to include correctly marking classified information; (3) the reliability of DOD's annual estimate of its number of classification decisions; and (4) the likelihood of DOD's meeting automatic declassification deadlines."

This paper discusses dissolved lithium concentrations and the spatial distribution of suicide mortality rates in Texas counties from 1980 to 1998.

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In recent years, the Congress has become increasingly concerned that federal agencies are misclassifying information. Classified information is material containing national defense or foreign policy information determined by the U.S. government to require protection for reasons of national security. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which (1) DOE's training, guidance, and oversight ensure that information is classified and declassified according to established criteria and (2) DOE has found documents to be misclassified."