Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a towing company may provide certain services for the owner of a parking facility, and related questions (RQ-0528-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Confidentiality of disability information collected by the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, and related questions (RQ-0529-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a particular special district must notify or obtain various political subdivisions’ consent before laying new or preparing existing water or sewer facilities located in county or municipal right-of-way, and related questions (RQ-0530-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a member of a school district board of trustees may serve as a member of the board of directors of groundwater conservation district with a population of less than 50,000 (RQ-0531-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a provision of the nepotism statute prohibits a city commissioner form deliberating on a merit salary increase for his sibling, and related question (RQ-0532-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Clarification of Attorney General Opinion JC-0455 (2002)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the University of Texas System may adopt a mandatory infrastructure fee without express legislative authority.

A document that provides instructions to find a file or folder with handwritten notes on September 19, 2002.

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for A Socioeconomic Baseline Study for the Gulf of Mexico -- Phase 1. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

A collection of data to identify counties/parishes across the five Gulf of Mexico states affected by offshore activities.

A fax cover sheet and an attached message from Mike Stewart to Don Baker containing information about what the Dallas Gay Alliance had accomplished.

Certificate from the Reserve Forces Policy Board awarded to the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII for their dedicated service.

List of names of those to be seated at "table 10" at the 23rd Annual Aviation and Space Hall of Fame, including Charlyne Creger.

Bi-annual newsletter features stories on MY 2003 AFV acquisitions, KeySpan Energy, biodiesel growth in MY 2001, compliance assessment program, and MY 2002 exemptions and credits.

Thermochemical pretreatment is a key step in biotechnology for converting lignocellulosic biomass to fuel ethanol and other valuable chemicals. U.S. Department of Energy Biofuels Program researchers have found that adding a Pressurized Hot Wash (PHW) step immediately following pretreatment--while the pretreated material is still at high temperature and pressure--significantly improves the overall process. The ''hot-washed'' pretreated material can be more efficiently digested by cellulase enzymes. Additionally, soluble lignins with potentially valuable unique reactive properties are separated out.

Flier about the U.S. Team and its projects participating in the International Green Building Challenge. Along with many other countries, the United States accepted the Green Building Challenge (GBC), an international effort to evaluate and improve the performance of buildings worldwide. GBC started out in 1996 as a competition to determine which country had the greenest buildings; it evolved into a cooperative process among the countries to measure the performance of green buildings. Although the auto industry can easily measure efficiency in terms of miles per gallon, the buildings industry has no standard way to quantify energy and environmental performance. The Green Building Challenge participants hope that better tools for measuring the energy and environmental performance of buildings will be an outcome of their efforts and that these tools will lead to higher and better performance levels in buildings around the world. The ultimate goal is to design, construct, and operate buildings that contribute to global sustainability by conserving and/or regenerating natural resources and minimizing nonrenewable energy use. The United States' Green Building Challenge Team '02 selected five buildings from around the country to serve as case studies; each of the five U.S. building designs (as well as all international …

This document describes a library of Splus functions used for nonlinear Bayesian regression in general and IR estimation in particular. This library has been developed to solve a general class of problems described by the nonlinear regression model: Y = F (beta,data)+ E where Y represents a vector of measurements, and F(beta,data) represents a Splus function that has been constructed to describe the measurements. The function F(beta,data) depends upon beta, a vector of parameters to be estimated, while data$ is an Splus object containing any other information needed by the model. The errors, E, are assumed to be independent, normal, unbiased and to have known standard deviations of stdev(E) = sd.E. The components in beta are split into two groups; estimation parameters and nuisance parameters. The Bayesian prior on the estimation parameters will generally be non-informative, while the prior on the nuisance parameters will be constructed to reflect the information we have about them. We hope an extended beta distribution is general enough to adequately represent the information we have on them. While we expect these functions to be improved and revised, this library is mature enough to be used without major modification.

General brochure outlining benefits and activities of DOE Geothermal Technologies Program GeoPowering the West project. The U.S. Department of Energy GeoPowering the West (GPW) project increases awareness of how geothermal energy will enhance local economies and strengthen our nation's energy security while minimizing environmental impact. Working in cooperative effort with the American geothermal industry, power producers and suppliers, industrial consumers, residential end-users, tribes, and federal, state, and local officials, GPW provides technical support, guidance, information, and assistance to states and local communities to explore and develop their own geothermal energy resources. GPW goals are to double the number of states generating geothermal electricity to eight by 2006, and to supply heat or power needs to seven million Western homes and businesses by 2015.

CTTS fact sheet describing NREL's new Renewable Fuels and Lubricants (ReFUEL) Research Laboratory, which will be used to facilitate increased renewable diesel use in heavy-duty vehicles.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lee Soucy. Soucy joined the Navy in December of 1937. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as Pharmacist’s Mate aboard the USS Utah (BB-31). He was on board when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After the attack and sinking of the Utah, Soucy worked as an RN and head of the medical laboratory at the Pearl Harbor Hospital. He remained at the hospital through April of 1945. He then completed Malaria Control School with the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, and worked as the Assistant Malaria Control Officer until his discharge in December of 1945.

A set of directions in a small set of key ring cards for the Lone Star Ride in 2002.

Certificate issued to the WASP "in recognition of their dedication, exemplary service and personal sacrifice" (line 6). It is signed in blue ink by Albert C. Zapanta, Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roy Carter. Carter enlisted in the Navy in January 1942 and went into the V-7 program until he finished college. He trained to be a motor machinist’s mate and went aboard USS LST-543 in February 1944 in Illinois. They took the ship down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. He was aboard during the Normandy invasion and rode USS LST-543 to the Pacific in April 1945 to deliver troops to Saipan, the Philippines and Okinawa. After returning to the US, Carter was discharged in February 1946. Carter describes several aspects of life aboard an LST and relates several anecdotes.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Raymond and Florence Bower. Raymond joined the Army in 1940. He completed aircraft mechanics school and joined the 86th Observation Squadron, 7th Air Force, at Bellows Field in Hawaii. He provides vivid details of his first-hand experiences through the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. He recalls the capture of a Japanese soldier from a midget sub, who later attended their 50th squadron reunion in Hawaii. Raymond stayed in Hawaii until July of 1945. Raymond flew all over the South Pacific in B-24s, and notes that his unit was converted into a combat mapping squadron. They traveled from Honolulu to Saipan, Kwajalein, Japan, Tinian. Florence completed nurse training and served in World War II with the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, from 1943 to 1945. She completed recruiting school and was assigned to the Northern New Jersey, Delaware recruiting area. She encouraged women, through TV, radio and speaking engagements to join the military. Florence provides details of her public relations work, her uniform, selling war bonds and overall enthusiasm in serving her country. She was then assigned to the Staten Island Area Station Hospital in New York from …