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France: Efforts to Counter Islamist Terrorism and Radicalization (open access)

France: Efforts to Counter Islamist Terrorism and Radicalization

This report briefly discusses heightened concern regarding the threat of Islamist terrorism in France and Europe.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Belkin, Paul
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs (open access)

Veterans' Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs

This report describes several pension benefit programs for veterans and their families, including the eligibility criteria and current benefit levels, and provides data on the number of pension beneficiaries and average annual benefit amounts for FY1999 through FY2013.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Meyerson, Noah P. & Davis, Carol D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Greenhouse Gas Pledges by Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (open access)

Greenhouse Gas Pledges by Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

This report briefly summarizes the existing commitments and pledges of selected national and regional governments to limit their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as contributions to the global effort.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Crisis in Greece (open access)

Economic Crisis in Greece

This report briefly discusses the current economic situation in Greece. Questions about whether Greece will stay in the Eurozone have resurfaced, as the government's stalemate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Eurozone creditors has reached a critical point.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): In Brief (open access)

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): In Brief

This report provides a basic description of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which mandates that U.S. transportation fuel must contain a minimum volume of biofuel, and is a federal statutory requirement. The mandated minimum volume increases annually and can be met using both conventional biofuel (e.g., cornstarch ethanol) and advanced biofuels. This report also includes some of the widely-discussed issues.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps' Rule to Define "Waters of the United States" (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps' Rule to Define "Waters of the United States"

This report describes the final revised rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA)--which the agencies refer to as the Clean Water Rule--and includes a table comparing the existing regulatory language that defines "waters of the United States" with the revisions.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs (open access)

Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs

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Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps’ Rule to Define “Waters of the United States” (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps’ Rule to Define “Waters of the United States”

This report describes the final revised rule--which the agencies refer to as the Clean Water Rule-- and includes a table comparing the existing regulatory language that defines "waters of the United States" with the revisions.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA and the Army Corps’ “Waters of the United States” Rule: Congressional Response and Options (open access)

EPA and the Army Corps’ “Waters of the United States” Rule: Congressional Response and Options

This report discusses several options that congress could consider and that are reflected in bills in the 114th Congress.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes (open access)

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes

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Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Seeking Behavior of Clergy: The Research, The Results, and the Future (open access)

Information Seeking Behavior of Clergy: The Research, The Results, and the Future

This article reviews the information seeking behaviors of clergy.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Dankasa, Jacob
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lula Stroud, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Lula Stroud, June 29, 2015

Interview with Lula Stroud, a retired postal worker from McAllen, Texas. In her interview, Stroud discusses her family history, experiences with segregation, and living along the U.S./Mexico border.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Stroud, Lula; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, June 29, 2015

Interview with Narciso Aleman, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, involvement with the Chicano movement, Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and civil rights activism in South Texas.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Aleman, Narciso; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daniel Acevedo, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Daniel Acevedo, June 29, 2015

Interview with Daniel Acevedo, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his early life, education, involvement with the Chicano movement, Colegio Jacinto Treviño, and civil rights activism in South Texas.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Acevedo, Daniel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jesus Ramirez, June 29, 2015

Interview with Jesus Ramirez, a lawyer from San Juan, Texas. During his interview, Ramirez discusses his family background, Chicano activism, including the Edcouch-Elsa student walkout, and La Raza Unita.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Ramirez, Jesus & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Minnie Mosley Gram and Rostell Williams, June 29, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Minnie Mosley Gram and Rostell Williams, June 29, 2015

Interview with Minnie Mosley Gram and Rostell Williams, civil rights activists from Tyler, Texas. Gram and Rostell discuss their early lives, student activism, Jim Crow segregation, and community organizing in Tyler.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Gram, Minnie Mosley; Williams, Rostell & Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 331, Ed. 1 Monday, June 29, 2015 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 331, Ed. 1 Monday, June 29, 2015

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 86, Ed. 1 Monday, June 29, 2015 (open access)

Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 86, Ed. 1 Monday, June 29, 2015

Daily newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Linebarger, Les
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, June 29, 2015 (open access)

The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, June 29, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Schwind, Jim & Money, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Irma Ashenbrenner, June 29, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Irma Ashenbrenner, June 29, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Irma L. Ashenbrenner. Ashenbrenner was born 26 September 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She joined the WAVES in 1943. She attended boot camp at the U.S. Naval Training Center (WR) at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York. While at boot camp she attended radio classes. Following that she was sent for six months for more advanced instruction at the Navy Radio Training School at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. There she learned to copy Morse code. Now a Radioman 3rd Class, she was assigned to the Navy's wireless radio receiving station at Chatham, Massachusetts. There she copied intercepted coded messages from German submarines in the Atlantic. These were then transmitted to Washington, DC to be analyzed. When the war ended, Ashenbrenner was sent first to Seattle and then to San Diego to handle the paperwork involved in discharging Navy personnel. On Christmas Eve 1945 she boarded a train from San Diego to New York. She was discharged from the Navy 27 December 1945.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Ashenbrenner, Irma
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Irma Ashenbrenner, June 29, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Irma Ashenbrenner, June 29, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Irma L. Ashenbrenner. Ashenbrenner was born 26 September 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She joined the WAVES in 1943. She attended boot camp at the U.S. Naval Training Center (WR) at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York. While at boot camp she attended radio classes. Following that she was sent for six months for more advanced instruction at the Navy Radio Training School at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. There she learned to copy Morse code. Now a Radioman 3rd Class, she was assigned to the Navy's wireless radio receiving station at Chatham, Massachusetts. There she copied intercepted coded messages from German submarines in the Atlantic. These were then transmitted to Washington, DC to be analyzed. When the war ended, Ashenbrenner was sent first to Seattle and then to San Diego to handle the paperwork involved in discharging Navy personnel. On Christmas Eve 1945 she boarded a train from San Diego to New York. She was discharged from the Navy 27 December 1945.
Date: June 29, 2015
Creator: Ashenbrenner, Irma
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History