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The Republic of the Philippines: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

The Republic of the Philippines: Background and U.S. Relations

This report discusses key issues in U.S.-Philippine relations and developments in Philippine politics, economics, society, and foreign relations. Global terrorism concerns have brought the United States and the Republic of the Philippines (RP) closer together, but they also have produced some bilateral tensions and highlighted weaknesses in Philippine economic, political, and military institutions. The RP faces terrorist threats through alleged cooperation among three groups — Jeremiah Islamiah (JI), the main Southeast Asian Islamic terrorist organization with ties to Al Qaeda; Abu Sayyaf, a small, violent Muslim separatist group which operates in Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines; and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), an armed separatist group with alleged ties to both JI and Abu Sayyaf. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has strongly supported the U.S.-led war on terrorism.
Date: January 10, 2006
Creator: Lum, Thomas & Niksch, Larry A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals (open access)

Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals

This report discusses policy options for Congress regarding gas prices. The high price of gasoline was an important consideration during the debate on major energy legislation, which ended August 8 as the President signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, H.R. 6 (P.L. 109-58). However, prices continued to surge, spiking at the end of August when Hurricane Katrina shut down refining operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The continuing crisis renewed attention to some issues that were dropped or compromised in the debate over P.L. 109-58. A large number of factors combined to put pressure on gasoline prices, including increased world demand for crude oil and U.S. refinery capacity inadequate to supply gasoline to a recovering national economy. The war and continued violence in Iraq added uncertainty and a threat of supply disruption that added pressure particularly to the commodity futures markets.
Date: January 10, 2006
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Commodity Programs: Direct Payments, Counter-Cyclical Payments, and Marketing Loans (open access)

Farm Commodity Programs: Direct Payments, Counter-Cyclical Payments, and Marketing Loans

Commodity support provisions in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171, the 2002 farm bill) include three primary types of payments: (1) annual direct payments unrelated to production or prices, (2) counter-cyclical payments which are triggered when prices are below statutorily-determined target prices, and (3) marketing assistance loans that offer interim financing and, if prices fall below statutorily-determined loan prices, additional income support. This report describes the payments for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, oilseeds, peanuts, wool, mohair, honey, and certain other small grains. These commodities have similar rules, and generally account for about two-thirds of USDA farm commodity program outlays.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Monke, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Emergency Powers (open access)

National Emergency Powers

This report the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651) that eliminated or modified some statutory grants of emergency authority, required the President to declare formally the existence of a national emergency and to specify what statutory authority, activated by the declaration, would be used, and provided Congress a means to countermand the President's declaration and the activated authority being sought.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses legislative initiatives to address the challenges facing the U.S. Intelligence Community in the 21st century.
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other International Activities; Additional Hurricane Katrina Relief (open access)

FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other International Activities; Additional Hurricane Katrina Relief

This report discusses FY2006 supplemental appropriations for Iraq and other international activities, as well as Katrina hurricane relief.
Date: March 10, 2006
Creator: Irwin, Paul M. & Nowels, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Department: FY2007 Appropriations (open access)

Homeland Security Department: FY2007 Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Homeland Security. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant.
Date: May 10, 2006
Creator: Lake, Jennifer E. & Nuñez-Neto, Blas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Related Border Security Legislation in the 109th Congress (open access)

Immigration Related Border Security Legislation in the 109th Congress

This report is organized to reflect the main border security issues relating to the movement of people into the country, as indicated by the legislation currently pending in the 109th Congress.
Date: May 10, 2006
Creator: Nuñez-Neto, Blas & Beaver, Janice Cheryl
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Enterprise Architecture and E-Government: Issues for Information Technology Management (open access)

Federal Enterprise Architecture and E-Government: Issues for Information Technology Management

This report discusses government efforts to increase efficiency. One approach being implemented to reduce duplicative spending and improve cross-agency collaboration is the use of enterprise architecture (EA) planning across the federal government. An EA serves as a blueprint of the business operations of an organization, and the information and technology needed to carry out these functions.
Date: May 10, 2006
Creator: Seifert, Jeffrey W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Federal Research on Possible Human Health Effects (open access)

Global Climate Change: Federal Research on Possible Human Health Effects

This report identifies the array of climate-relevant human health research and discusses the interconnections.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Simpson, Michael M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2006-04-10 – David Begnoche, trombone

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Begnoche, David
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2006-04-10 – Sean Gerard Flanigan, trombone transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2006-04-10 – Sean Gerard Flanigan, trombone

Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Flanigan, Sean Gerard
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2006-04-10 – Nicholas Althouse, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Althouse, Nicholas
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Student works on a welding project]

A student works on a welding project at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School, located in northern Fort Worth. She and twenty-four of here classmates will participate in a competition to take place in Waco, Texas that will measure their abilities against the best students in the United States.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Student and instructor at work in a vocational class]

A student and an instructor at work in a vocational education class in Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Student learns how to lay bricks]

A student learns how to lay bricks at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students snap guide lines while working on a roof]

Three students work on the roof of a structure that they and their classmates are building at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Laura Miller behind microphone]

Laura Miller served as mayor of Dallas, Texas from 2002-2007.
Date: July 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Laura Miller speaking to news media]

Laura Miller served as mayor of Dallas, Texas from 2002-2007.
Date: July 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Robert Rivera speaking]

A photograph of Robert Rivera speaking while being filmed for an interview. He wears a suit with a blue and white striped shirt and a blue patterned tie.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bringing attention to a document]

Salvador Espino holds aloft a document in his right hand.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Two images]

A man is seated in front of screen that shows an image of a woman.
Date: July 10, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2006-02-10 – Trombone Collective

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A teaching fellow recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Pinson, Donny; Rader. Aaron; Chavarria, Joel; Wallace, Noel & Polk, Ben
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2006-04-10 – L-5 Jazz Guitar Ensemble

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Jazz recital performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Hamilton, Fred (Guitarist)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library