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GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication discusses global environmental efforts, successes, and setbacks of 2004.
Date: 2005
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication describes major global environmental issues and policy decisions during 2006.
Date: 2006
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
GEO Year Book 2007: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2007: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication is an overview of major global environmental issues and policy decisions during the course of 2007.
Date: 2007
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
State of the Climate in 2008 (open access)

State of the Climate in 2008

This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Peterson, T. C.; Baringer, M. O.; Diamond, H. J.; Fogt, R. L.; Levy, J. M.; Richter-Menge, J. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd (open access)

Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd

This volume includes information about the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales, folk anecdotes, Texas folk songs and ballads, and other folklore (back cover). The index begins on page 185.
Date: 2000
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canada's Financial System: An Overview (open access)

Canada's Financial System: An Overview

This report discusses the relative stability of Canada's financial system in comparison to the financial systems of other nations around the globe that are suffering from the current financial crisis. This report presents an overview of Canada's financial system and its supervisory framework and draws some distinctions between that system and the current U.S. framework.
Date: June 26, 2009
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Passports: Current Regulations (open access)

Passports: Current Regulations

This report details changes made to travel between the United States and other countries in the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean island nations. Such changes include the expansion of time necessary to get a passport, as well as additional passport and proof-of-identity documentation requirements.
Date: April 30, 2009
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues (open access)

Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues

The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) is a trilateral initiative that was launched in March 2005 for the purpose of increasing and enhancing security and prosperity in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This initiative promoted communication and cooperation across several key policy areas of mutual interest, such as improving certain sectors of the economy, developing higher health and safety standards, and addressing environmental concerns. This report describes this initiative in brief detail, including summaries of several SPP-related meetings between the three countries' leaders.
Date: May 27, 2009
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles & Lake, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canada-U.S. Relations (open access)

Canada-U.S. Relations

This report provides a short overview of Canada's political scene, its economic conditions, and its recent security and foreign policy, focusing particularly on issues that may be relevant to U.S. policymakers. This brief country survey is followed by several summaries of current bilateral issues in the political, trade, and environmental arenas.
Date: May 12, 2008
Creator: Ek, Carl; Fergusson, Ian F.; Nuñez-Neto, Blas; Clarke, Stephen F.; Abel, Amy; Sheikh, Pervaze et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
From the Edge: Science to Support Restoration of Pacific Salmon (open access)

From the Edge: Science to Support Restoration of Pacific Salmon

According the preface, this report represents the scientific understanding of salmon and salmon declines in the year 2000. The report provides an overview of salmon population trends, and ways to aid in and measure recovery.
Date: November 2000
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force

The Final Report of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force provides a thorough investigation of the causes of the August 14, 2003 blackout. It also recommends actions to minimize the likelihood and scope of similar events in the future.
Date: 2004
Creator: U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

The White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy

This Website documented the White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy that held in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2008. The site also included the contents of the six UNESCO Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy: -Literacy Challenges in the Arab Region (Doha, Qatar – March 12 – 14, 2007) -Literacy Challenges in East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Beijing, China – July 31 - August 1, 2007) -Renewing Literacy to Face African and International Challenges (Bamako, Mali – September 10 - 12, 2007) -Literacy Challenges in the South, Southwest and Central Asia (New Delhi, India – November 29 – 30, 2007) -Addressing Literacy Challenges in Europe with a Sub-Regional Focus (Baku, Azerbaijan – May 14 – 16, 2008) -Regional Literacy Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mexico City, Mexico – September 10 – 13, 2008)
Date: 2008
Creator: United States. White House Office.
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

National Mathematics Advisory Panel

The U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences, hosted the first National Math Panel Forum on October 6-7, 2008. This page documents the Forum activities, which brought together various organizations and other interested parties.
Date: 2008
Creator: National Mathematics Advisory Panel
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001 (open access)

International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.
Date: June 14, 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agriculture in U.S. Free Trade Agreements: Trade with Current and Prospective Partners, Impact, and Issues (open access)

Agriculture in U.S. Free Trade Agreements: Trade with Current and Prospective Partners, Impact, and Issues

This report discusses the trade in agricultural products, which is one of the difficult issues negotiators face in concluding free trade agreements (FTAs). The report also deals with food safety and animal/plant health matters.
Date: January 30, 2008
Creator: Jurenas, Remy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 20, 2006 (lunch)] (open access)

[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 20, 2006 (lunch)]

Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was hosted in the Recital Hall at the Accolade East Building at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 20 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Little Pear Garden Collective (Within...), Elena Quah (Pastoral Prayer), Danza Abend (Las Madres), M. Zihao Li (Faith), Cash & Company Dance (Garden), and the Menaka Thakkar Dance Company (Ashtapadi Abhinaya). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane Warner, the Chair of the WDA Global Assembly.
Date: July 20, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 19, 2006] (open access)

[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 19, 2006]

Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, for performances that were held in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fechan Theatre at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 19 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Surdance Ensemble (Momentos), Holly Small and Sashar Zarif (in the letters of my name), Danza Concierto (Recycle (And So What?)), Tai Pei Dance Circle (OLYMPICS). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane Warner the Chair of the WDA Global Assembly.
Date: July 19, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 20, 2006] (open access)

[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 20, 2006]

Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was held at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 20 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Debra Brown and Dancers (Summertime), DanceArt Hong Kong (Blind Dates), African Dance Ensemble (Adesa), Terrill Maguire (Resurgence), Dance Theatre Group Interact (An Angel at my Table), and Contempodanza (Of dreams... seas). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane Warner, the Chair of the WDA Global Assembly.
Date: July 20, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 17, 2006 (lunch)] (open access)

[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 17, 2006 (lunch)]

Program from a performance during the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was held against one of the exterior walls of the Accolade Building at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 17 includes a description for "Wind Rain Sun" by Bird Soul Productions.
Date: July 17, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 18, 2006 (lunch)] (open access)

[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 18, 2006 (lunch)]

Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, for performances that were held in the Recital Hall of the Accolade East Building at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 18 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Ida Meftahi (Daf), Norma Araiza (Meec), Gael Force Dancers ('Blue Moon', 'Car Wash', 'Siamsa', and 'Our Favorite Son'), DansEncorps Company (Last Afternoon of my Youth), Rachel Gorman (Passing Dark), and Spirit Synott (Tango Rodante). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane Warner the Chair of the WDA Global Assembly.
Date: July 18, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 17, 2006] (open access)

[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 17, 2006]

Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was held at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 17 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Dance Forum Taipei ('Dong Feng; Eastern Current'), Hiromoto Ida ('Sentaku'), Karen Jamieson and Byron Chief-Moon ('Elmer & Coyote'), and Conny Janssen Danst ('Lost' and 'Trio'). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane Warner the Chair of the WDA Global Assembly.
Date: July 17, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 18, 2006] (open access)

[2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly performance program, July 18, 2006]

Program from the 2006 World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, which was held at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University in Toronto, Canada. The program from July 18 includes descriptions from the dance performances by Eryn Dace Trudell Dance Projects (Cosmopolit and Snuffelupagus), Accademia Nazionale di Danza and Scenamobile (Twist Twice), Troy Emery Twigg (Pulse), Kaha: wi Dance Theatre (Kaha:wi), and Mi Young Kim Dance Company (Hwang Jin-Ee). Also in the program is a note from Mary Jane Warner the Chair of the WDA Global Assembly.
Date: July 18, 2006
Creator: World Dance Alliance
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Developments in Nuclear Waste Management in Canada (open access)

Recent Developments in Nuclear Waste Management in Canada

This paper describes recent developments in the field of nuclear waste management in Canada with a focus on management of nuclear fuel waste. Of particular significance is the April 2001 tabling in the Canadian House of Commons of Bill C-27, An Act respecting the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste. At the time of finalizing this paper (January 15, 2002), Bill C-27 is in Third Reading in the House of Commons and is expected to move to the Senate in February. The Nuclear Fuel Waste Act is expected to come into force later in 2002. This Act requires the three nuclear utilities in Canada owning nuclear fuel waste to form a waste management organization and deposit funds into a segregated fund for nuclear fuel waste long-term management. The waste management organization is then required to perform a study of long-term management approaches for nuclear fuel waste and submit the study to the federal government within three years. The federal government will select an approach for implementation by the waste management organization. The paper discusses the activities that the nuclear fuel waste owners currently have underway to prepare for the formation of the waste management organization. As background, the paper reviews …
Date: February 27, 2002
Creator: King, F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library