Interview with Dr. Victor Rodriguez, educator and author of the memoir "The Bell Ringer," about his life and career. Dr. Rodriguez is a North Texas alumni, member of the UNT Athletic Hall of fame, member of the Geezles Fraternity, and pioneer Mexican American educator. Dr. Victor Rodriguez spotlights significant insights into his storied career through five eras: his early all-Hispanic elementary school training; his continued study and budding athletic prowess in the Edna, TX, school district; his Victoria Junior College athletic achievements and learning; his higher education, Geezle membership, and track accomplishments at North Texas State College; and his 37-year career as a teacher, coach, and superintendent in the San Antonio school district. Inspired by his Anglo third-grade teacher in an all-Hispanic school in Edna, TX, Rodriguez responded to his teacher's challenge to be a civic contributor by becoming a daily bell ringer at the local Catholic church (described in detail in his book, The Bell Ringer), a job requiring him to arise at 4:30 each morning and to run two miles one way amid nipping dogs to ring the bell. This discipline and activity would tap his athletic ability later as he surfaced as a distance district winner despite …

Transcript of an interview with William Wayne Kitts, U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare veteran of World War II. Kitts shares concerning his childhood and family history in Sulphur Springs, Texas; college at the University of Texas during the Depression; musical background; enlistment in the U.S. Navy shortly after the attack at Pearl Harbor; midshipman school in New York City and selection for sonar school in Key West, Florida; assignment to USS Mason, the first ship in the navy with an integrated crew; post-war duty as commanding officer of USS Hollis and USS Tollberg; role in establishing Naval Reserve Training Center in Lubbock, Texas; reactivation to active duty during Korean War; and his post-military career at Vought Aeronautics.

The legislative appropriations request from the Texas Animal Health Commission for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 including budget outlines and specific requests.

Interview with Laura Gonzalez, Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S., immigrant rights activist, and professor of anthropology with expertise in immigrant communities from Guanajuato, Mexico. She discusses her childhood and education in Mexico city; the decision to pursue a career in the field of political anthropology; decision to open the Oak Cliff Center for Community Studies; work with Camposanto del Cemento Grande and other community organizations in Dallas; work to increase Hispanics’ access to college; and involvement in immigrant rights movements and local Mexican American political groups. This interview has Spanish and English translations.

Report submitted by the Texas Department of Transportation containing background information on the department, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2008 and 2009 with supporting documentation.

Interview with Charles "Chuck" Beatty, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Beatty's personal experiences of childhood and education, accepting an athletic scholarship to North Texas, playing football at North Texas and with the Pittsburgh Steelers and other professional teams, being in the National Guard during the Vietnam era, and returning to North Texas to earn a degree following his professional football career. Additionally, Beatty speaks of social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty, his experiences as an elected official in Waxahachie and as a member of the UNT Board of Regents, and his perceptions of change at North Texas over time.

In the UK the study of laser produced plasmas and their applications began in the universities and evolved to a current system where the research is mainly carried out at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Central Laser Facility ( CLF) which is provided to support the universities. My own research work has been closely tied to this evolution and in this review I describe the history with particular reference to my participation in it.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.011), Audit Report: A-2004-0398-IMT - dtd 13 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Detroit Arsenal (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.007), Audit Report: A-2004-0386-IMT - dtd 30 June 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.028), Audit Report: A-2004-0397-IMT - dtd 13 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.030), Audit Report: A-2004-0393-IMT - dtd 12 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Eustis, Virginia (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.024), Audit Report: A-2004-0391-IMT - dtd 12 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Gordon, Georgia (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.029), Audit Report: A-2004-0392-IMT - dtd 12 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Hood, Texas (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.021), Audit Report: A-2004-0407-IMT - dtd 20 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Lee, Virginia (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.009), Audit Report: A-2004-0396-IMT - dtd 13 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Fort Stewart, Georgia (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.027), Audit Report: A-2004-0399-IMT - dtd 13 July 04

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Oklahoma (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.020), Audit Report: A-2004-0405-IMT - dtd 19 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Memorandum: Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Red River Army Depot, Texas (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.022), Audit Report: A-2004-0406-IMT - dtd 19 July 200

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.031), Audit Report: A-2004-0404-IMT - dtd 16 July 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Validation of Data for Base Realignment and Closure 2005, U.S. Army Tank Plant, Lima, Ohio (Project Code A-2003-IMT-0440.008), Audit Report: A-2004-0402-IMT - dtd 15 July 2004

Base Visit Trip Report - Kulis AGS, AK - June 14, 2005

Base Visit- Base visit book for Fort Bliss, Texas to the BRAC Commission. Includes questions and concerns, and any other general information.

Base Visit Book - Naval Medical Center, San Diego and naval Air Depot, North island, Coronado, CA PART 1

Base Visit Book - Naval Medical Center, San Diego and Naval Air Depot, North Island, Coronado, CA - PART 2