Photograph of a group of men sitting down together at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. They are on a purple couch with metal legs and sides. Behind them are wood-paneled walls.

Photograph of two guests at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. They are standing by a post and one is holding a cup with a drink in it. There are blue, green, and pink streamers attached to the ceiling.

Photograph of three guests at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. They are standing in the living room and the snack and appetizers table is behind them. There are blue and green streamers hanging from the ceiling.

Photograph of a group of men sitting down together at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. They are on a purple couch with metal legs and sides. Behind them are wood-paneled walls and in front of them are gift bags with presents inside.

Photograph of three guests and Drew Skie at Skie's 36th birthday party. They are standing in the living room and the snack and appetizers table is behind them. There are pink, blue, and green streamers hanging from the ceiling.

Photograph of a group of men standing together at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. There is a brick wall in the background and a cake with circles, candles, and the number 36 in the middle. Attendees have drinks and Drew is shutting his eyes.

Photograph of three guests and Drew Skie at Skie's 36th birthday party. They are standing in the living room and the snack and appetizers table is behind them. There are pink, blue, and green streamers hanging from the ceiling.

Photograph of a group of men standing together at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. The walls are all wood-paneling and there are green and pink streamers hanging from above the entrance. Some people are holding cups and another camera is visible in the corner.

Photograph of a group of men standing together at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. There is a brick wall in the background and a cake with circles, candles, and the number 36 in the middle. One attendee is holding a bottle and Drew is blowing out his candles.

Photograph of two guests at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. They are standing by the snack and appetizers table and behind them are two doorways, one to the kitchen and the other to the backyard. There are green and blue streamers hanging from the ceiling.

Photograph of a group of men standing together at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. The walls are all wood-paneling and there are blue, green and pink streamers hanging from the ceiling. They are gathered around a snack table with chips, cheese, fruit, and other appetizers.

Photograph of three guests at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. They are standing by the drinks area and there are decorations on the wall behind them.

Photograph of pop-culture decorations at Drew Skie's 36th birthday party. There are four pictures of Drew in varying colors and wearing party decorations. A message along the top reads "Happy 36th Birthday Drew Skie". The 36 is crossed out and 25 is written on top. There are alcohol and soda bottles on the table in front of it and someone is reaching towards them.

This semiannual report summarizes the research performed from 17 April through 16 October 2004. Major portions of the research in several of the project's current eight tasks have been completed, and the results obtained are briefly presented. We have successfully developed the meteorological inputs using the best possible modeling configurations, resulting in improved representation of atmospheric processes. Ingestion of satellite-derived sea surface temperatures in conjunction with the use of our new surface data assimilation technique have resulted in largely improved meteorological inputs to drive the MAQSIP-VGR. The development of the variable-grid-resolution emissions model, SMOKE-VGR, is also largely complete. We expect to develop the final configuration of the SMOKE-VGR during the upcoming reporting period. We are in the process of acquiring the newly released emissions database and offshore emissions data sets to update our archives. The development of the MAQSIP-VGR has been completed and a test run was performed to ensure the functionality of this air quality model. During the upcoming reporting period, we expect to perform the first MAQSIP-VGR simulations over the Houston-Galveston region to study the roles of the meteorology, offshore emissions, and chemistry-transport interactions that determine the temporal and spatial evolution of ozone and its precursors.

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

Objects of various shapes, with some appreciable hydrogen content, were exposed to fast neutrons from a pulsed D-T generator, resulting in a partially-moderated spectrum of backscattered neutrons. The thermal component of the backscatter was used to form images of the objects by means of a coded aperture thermal neutron imaging system. Timing signals from the neutron generator were used to gate the detection system so as to record only events consistent with thermal neutrons traveling the distance between the target and the detector. It was shown that this time-of-flight method provided a significant improvement in image contrast compared to counting all events detected by the position-sensitive {sup 3}He proportional chamber used in the imager. The technique may have application in the detection and shape-determination of land mines, particularly non-metallic types.

The Peak Detector/Derandomizer ASIC (PDD) provides threshold discrimination, peak detection, time-to-amplitude conversion, analog memory, sparsification, and multiplexing for 32 channels of analog pulse data. In this work the spectroscopic capabilities of the chip (high resolution and high rate) are demonstrated along with correlated measurements of pulse risetime. Imaging and coincidence detection using the PDD chip will also be illustrated.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded a performance of a musical revue given by the Cottonclub over the hits of the 1920s and 1930s during October of 2004. The footage shows the second half of the performance with hits such as "Honky Tonk Town", "Yo' Feet's Too Big", "You've Got the Right Key but the Wrong Keyhole", and "Fat and Greasy". The performers all wear costumes such as flapper dresses and suits.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Many Voices, One Vision: A Dance of Praise" event in 2004. This video features interpretive dance performances by various groups live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage to celebrate the spirit and culture of early African tradition. This video is Part 1 of 2 of the event.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Many Voices, One Vision: A Dance of Praise" event in 2004. This video features interpretive dance performances by various groups live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage to celebrate the spirit and culture of early African tradition. This video is Part 2 of 2 of the event.