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Sense of Place (open access)

Sense of Place

Lesson plan containing a collection of activities and resources regarding sense of place that meet state education standards and national sustainability standards for the 2nd grade level.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Treadway, Heather
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making a Difference (open access)

Making a Difference

Lesson plan containing a collection of activities and resources regarding making a difference and that meet state education standards and national sustainability standards for the 4th grade level.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Parsons, John
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 35, Pages 6761-6942, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 35, Pages 6761-6942, August 29, 2014

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1078 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-1078

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether section 361.0961 of the Texas Health and Safety Code prohibits municipalities from adopting ordinances that ban plastic bags (RQ-1189-GA).
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Organization of American States: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Organization of American States: Background and Issues for Congress

This report covers the background of the Organization of American States (OAS). It discusses the importance of U.S. participation in this organization in order to exert authority and shape outcomes in the Western Hemisphere.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990 (open access)

Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990

This report, updated through the 113th Congress, discusses U.S. security assistance to Taiwan (calling itself Republic of China (ROC)), including policy issues for Congress and legislation.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Special Immigrant Juveniles: In Brief (open access)

Special Immigrant Juveniles: In Brief

This report provides a brief explanation of the statutory basis of special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) status and how it has evolved. It also presents statistics on the number of children who have applied for and received SIJ status since FY2005. The report concludes with a discussion of the applicability of SIJ status for unaccompanied alien children.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Issues for the 113th Congress (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Issues for the 113th Congress

This report provides an overview of U.S. policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Obama Administration's priorities; examines changes in the region's economic and political environment that affect U.S. relations with the region; and analyzes U.S. policy toward the region and various recommendations made by policy analysts and think tanks.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recess Appointments: A Legal Overview (open access)

Recess Appointments: A Legal Overview

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Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Practical Implications of Noel Canning on the National Labor Relations Board: In Brief (open access)

Practical Implications of Noel Canning on the National Labor Relations Board: In Brief

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Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP): Status and Issues (open access)

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP): Status and Issues

This report discusses the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which provides payments to agricultural producers to take highly erodible and environmentally sensitive land out of production and install resource conserving practices for 10 or more years. CRP was first authorized in the Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-198, 1985 farm bill) and is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Farm Service Agency (FSA) with technical support from other USDA agencies.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Earl McWilliams, August 29, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with Earl McWilliams, August 29, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Earl McWilliams. McWilliams joined the Army in October of 1944. He served as a BAR rifleman with the 25th Infantry Division, 27th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company G. McWilliams participated in the Philippines Campaign beginning April of 1945 through the end of the war. He served with occupation forces in Japan. McWilliams returned to the US and received his discharge in February of 1946.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: McWilliams, Earl
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Morris Hibbs, August 29, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with Morris Hibbs, August 29, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Morris Hibbs. Hibbs joined the Marine Corps in November 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He received field artillery instrument training at Camp Pendleton. Upon completion, he was sent to Hawaii. There he was reassigned to an antiaircraft unit on Kauai, serving as a cook. He was later stationed at a field kitchen on Okinawa, where he remained until the end of the war. Hibbs returned home and was discharged in December 1945.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Hibbs, Morris
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Neil Berghout, August 29, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with Neil Berghout, August 29, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Neil Berghout. Berghout was born in Holland in 1926. He joined the Dutch resistance as a teenager, hiding downed American pilots and helping them return to England. When his identity was discovered by German officials, Berghout went into hiding in France. Members of the French resistance transported him to England, where he joined an armored division of the British Royal Army and participated in the Normandy invasion. After the war, his unit liberated a concentration camp. He then transferred to the Dutch Royal Army and served four years in Indonesia. In 1957 he became an intelligence instructor for the Dutch Royal Air Force.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Berghout, Neil
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 115, No. 86, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 115, No. 86, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Earl McWilliams, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Earl McWilliams, August 29, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Earl McWilliams. McWilliams joined the Army in October of 1944. He served as a BAR rifleman with the 25th Infantry Division, 27th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company G. McWilliams participated in the Philippines Campaign beginning April of 1945 through the end of the war. He served with occupation forces in Japan. McWilliams returned to the US and received his discharge in February of 1946.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: McWilliams, Earl
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Morris Hibbs, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Morris Hibbs, August 29, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Morris Hibbs. Hibbs joined the Marine Corps in November 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He received field artillery instrument training at Camp Pendleton. Upon completion, he was sent to Hawaii. There he was reassigned to an antiaircraft unit on Kauai, serving as a cook. He was later stationed at a field kitchen on Okinawa, where he remained until the end of the war. Hibbs returned home and was discharged in December 1945.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Hibbs, Morris
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Neil Berghout, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Neil Berghout, August 29, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Neil Berghout. Berghout was born in Holland in 1926. He joined the Dutch resistance as a teenager, hiding downed American pilots and helping them return to England. When his identity was discovered by German officials, Berghout went into hiding in France. Members of the French resistance transported him to England, where he joined an armored division of the British Royal Army and participated in the Normandy invasion. After the war, his unit liberated a concentration camp. He then transferred to the Dutch Royal Army and served four years in Indonesia. In 1957 he became an intelligence instructor for the Dutch Royal Air Force.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Berghout, Neil
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 169, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 169, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 243, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 99, No. 243, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Bruce, Eric
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Ralls, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 170, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014 (open access)

Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 170, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Mount Pleasant, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Antonelli, Lou & Borders, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History