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

Funeral program for Pearline W. Miller, born December 12, 1930 and died June 7, 2005. The funeral was held June 11, 2005 at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, officiated by Reverend Howard E. Newton. Funeral arrangements were made through Carter-Taylor-Williams Mortuary and she was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.

Preferential flow commonly observed in unsaturated soils allows rapid movement of solute from the soil surface or vadose zone to the groundwater, bypassing a significant volume of unsaturated soil and increasing the risk of groundwater contamination. A variety of evidence indicates that complex preferential patterns observed from fields are fractals. In this study, we developed a relatively simple active region model to incorporate the fractal flow pattern into the continuum approach. In the model, the flow domain is divided into active and inactive regions. Flow occurs preferentially in the active region (characterized by fractals), and inactive region is simply bypassed. A new constitutive relationship (the portion of the active region as a function of saturation) was derived. The validity of the proposed model is demonstrated by the consistency between field observations and the new constitutive relationship.

A considerable fraction of radioactivity entering the environment from different nuclear events is associated with particles. The impact of these events can only be fully assessed where there is some knowledge about the mobility of particle bound radionuclides entering the environment. The behavior of particulate radionuclides is dependent on several factors, including the physical, chemical and redox state of the environment, the characteristics of the particles (e.g., the chemical composition, crystallinity and particle size) and on the oxidative state of radionuclides contained in the particles. Six plutonium-containing particles stemming from Runit Island soil (Marshall Islands) were characterized using non-destructive analytical and microanalytical methods. By determining the activity of {sup 239,240}Pu and {sup 241}Am isotopes from their gamma peaks structural information related to Pu matrix was obtained, and the source term was revealed. Composition and elemental distribution in the particles were studied with synchrotron radiation based micro X-ray fluorescence (SR-{mu}-XRF) spectrometry. Scanning electron microscope equipped with energy dispersive X-ray detector (SEMEDX) and secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) were used to examine particle surfaces. Based on the elemental composition the particles were divided into two groups; particles with plain Pu matrix, and particles where the plutonium is included in Si/O-rich matrix being …

Compared to values inferred from laboratory tests on matrix cores, many field tracer tests in fractured rock have shown enhanced matrix diffusion coefficient values (obtained using a single-process matrix-diffusion model with a homogeneous matrix diffusion coefficient). To investigate this phenomenon, a conceptual model of multi-process matrix diffusion in a single-fracture system was developed. In this model, three matrix diffusion processes of different diffusion rates were assumed to coexist: (1) diffusion into stagnant water and infilling materials within fractures, (2) diffusion into a degraded matrix zone, and (3) further diffusion into an intact matrix zone. The validity of the conceptual model was then demonstrated by analyzing a unique tracer test conducted using a long-time constant-concentration injection. The tracer-test analysis was conducted using a numerical model capable of tracking the multiple matrix-diffusion processes. The analysis showed that in the degraded zone, a diffusion process with an enhanced diffusion rate controlled the steep rising limb and decay-like falling limb in the observed breakthrough curve, whereas in the intact matrix zone, a process involving a lower diffusion rate affected the long-term middle platform of slowly increasing tracer concentration. The different matrix-diffusion-coefficient values revealed from the field tracer test are consistent with the variability of …

This report describes the development of a simple active region model to incorporate the fractal flow pattern into the continuum approach.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Davidson. Davidson was drafted into the Army in September of 1941. He was assigned to the 252nd Coast Artillery. He describes basic training, including food and clothing, and the ship he went aboard on his first assignment to Trinidad, the SS Evangeline (II). From February 1942 to March of 1944 they were stationed on the island of Trinidad off the coast of Venezuela. In March of 1944 he was transferred to the 530th Field Artillery Battalion in the 5th Army. They arrived in Italy in March of 1945. He was in charge of the advance detail, where he supervised the layout of the gun position, including moving the guns, leveling and digging out the ground and sandbagging. He describes their maneuvers through Italy, getting shelled heavily in some places, and details some of the people and places he witnessed. He was discharged in October of 1945.

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Collection of news clippings and articles related to BRAC for June 11, 2005

White paper that determines a method for quickly elevating intra-military department coordination candidate recommendation conflicts needs to be identified so that decision makers can move quickly to resolve them.

Integration of Military Department recommendations with JCSG recommendations and with each other has yet to begin. This process will be time consuming and the overall DoD story needs to be pulled together.

The BRAC Red Team believes the Air Force presentations give the perception that in many cases the Air Force is using BRAC only to move aircraft and gain MILCON funding rather than reducing excess infrastructure. Discussion within the Red Team has produced several potential routes to dispel such a perception and gain a more favorable reception for the Air Force package.

Almost all candidate recommendations are not in the correct format for submission. Also recommended justification phrases should be removed from candidate recommendation statements.

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Funeral program for Pearline W. Miller, born December 12, 1930 and died June 7, 2005. The funeral was held June 11, 2005 at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Howard E. Newton. Funeral arrangements were made through the Carter-Taylor-Williams Mortuary and she was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Shakin' Loose" event in 2005. This video features a musical performance with artist Ras Tumba live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Shakin' Loose" event in 2005. This video features a musical performance with artist Ras Tumba live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Dance with LaHunter In Flight" event in 2005. This video features interpretive dance performances starring the LaHunter in Flight Dance Theatre Company live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.