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Edwards Aquifer Protection Program Contractor's Guide (open access)

Edwards Aquifer Protection Program Contractor's Guide

This document provides rules, regulations, and responsibilities of contractors that have been given approved Edwards Aquifer protection plans or Contributing Zone plans and approval letters. (p. 1).
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Corrections (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Corrections

Report from the Texas House Committee on Corrections describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: November 29, 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Corrections.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Urban Triangle: Creating a Spatial Decision Support System for Mobility Policy and Investments That Shape the Sustainable Growth of Texas (open access)

Texas Urban Triangle: Creating a Spatial Decision Support System for Mobility Policy and Investments That Shape the Sustainable Growth of Texas

Report on a project examining the Texas Urban Triangle to identify issues that arise with the rapid growth of the area and develop a tool, Spatial Decision Support System, to assist local municipalities in making policy decisions.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Bright, Elise M.; Morgan, Curtis Alan & Neuman, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Export growth, energy costs, and sustainable supply chains (open access)

Export growth, energy costs, and sustainable supply chains

"The report examines sustainable supply chains in North America and the role played by rail inter-modal operations in lowering ten-mile fuel and emission costs. It examines whether current systems favor imports over exports - a current complaint from some shippers - and whether the development of inland inter-modal ports offers a solution to moving future freight into and out of large metropolitan areas."
Date: November 2010
Creator: Harrison, Rob & Seedah, Dan
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Freight Shuttle System : advancing commercial readiness (open access)

The Freight Shuttle System : advancing commercial readiness

This report summarizes the results of research aimed at advancing the commercial readiness of a new hybrid mode of inter-modal freight transportation called the Freight Shuttle System (FSS).
Date: November 2010
Creator: Roop, Stephen S.; Ragab, Ayman H.; Olson, Leslie E.; Protopapa, Annie A.; Yager, Michael A.; Morgan, Curtis Alan et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Towards an Integrated Pavement Design Approach: Using Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device to Support the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (open access)

Towards an Integrated Pavement Design Approach: Using Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device to Support the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide

"This research study focuses on analyzing two techniques for observing the variability of mix production and its effects on pavement performance."
Date: November 2010
Creator: Prozzi, Jorge Alberto & Grebenschikov, Sergey
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Idle reduction programs and potential benefits to schools (open access)

Idle reduction programs and potential benefits to schools

Report on a project examining the costs and benefits of implementing an idle reduction program to offset the costs of increasing bus service in order to decrease the congestion in school zones.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Hoelscher, Michelle
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-10 on 31-inch W-beam guardrail with standard offset blocks (open access)

Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-10 on 31-inch W-beam guardrail with standard offset blocks

"The test reported herein corresponds to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) test 3-10. This is primarily a severity test that assesses risk of injury to the vehicle occupants."
Date: November 2010
Creator: Abu-Odeh, Akram Y.; Menges, Wanda L. & Bligh, Roger P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Law Review, Volume 89, Number 1, November 2010 (open access)

Texas Law Review, Volume 89, Number 1, November 2010

Journal containing articles, notes, book reviews, and other analyses of law and legal cases.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas Law Review Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacunas Protegen la Salud de Sus Niños (open access)

Vacunas Protegen la Salud de Sus Niños

Immunization pamphlet. The pamphlet provides a guide for vaccines meant to protect children's health. The first page is in Spanish, the second page is the same information in English.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 68, Number 11, November 2010 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 68, Number 11, November 2010

Magazine discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comments, November 2010 (open access)

Comments, November 2010

Newsletter of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority discussing news and updates related to the organization's meetings and activities, changes to regulations, and other relevant information.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Board Report, Volume 105, November 2010 (open access)

Texas State Board Report, Volume 105, November 2010

Monthly newsletter from the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy regarding updates and information pertaining to Texas CPAs.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
OncoLog, Volume 55, Number 11/12, November/December 2010 (open access)

OncoLog, Volume 55, Number 11/12, November/December 2010

Newsletter from the University of Texas System Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute discussing cancer care and research to inform physicians of recent developments in the field.
Date: November 2010
Creator: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Highway safety design workshops (open access)

Highway safety design workshops

Report on a series of workshops provided by the Texas Department of Transportation on the topic, "Incorporating Safety into the Highway Design Process." The report focuses on workshop content, attendance, and participation evaluation.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Bonneson, James A. & Pratt, Michael P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 82, Number 1, November 23, 2010 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 82, Number 1, November 23, 2010

Report that reviews several of the issues that the 82nd Legislature of Texas were to consider during its 2011 regular session. Topics include taxes and revenue; business and economic development; criminal justice and public safety; health and human services; education; immigration; energy and environment; transportation; government organization; and the judiciary.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disposal of Exempt Waste That Contains Radioactive Material (open access)

Disposal of Exempt Waste That Contains Radioactive Material

This guide explains and clarifies the instances where radioactive materials can be exempted from the standard disposal requirements for radioactive wastes.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Far West Texas Wildlife Trail

Map of major highways in western Texas with markings for parks and wildlife preservation areas; it is surrounded by illustrations of animals found in the area. The back contains detailed text describing the locations marked on the map, organized regionally.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border Trade Advisory Committee Report (open access)

Border Trade Advisory Committee Report

Report from the Border Trade Advisory Committee, including strategy and recommendations for addressing the highest priority border trade transportation challenges.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prestressed Concrete I-Beam and TxGirder Haunch Design Guide (open access)

Prestressed Concrete I-Beam and TxGirder Haunch Design Guide

Schematics and design guide for prestressed Concrete I-Beam and TxGirder Haunch, including illustrations of different types of stress.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Insurance Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Texas Department of Insurance Annual Report: 2010

Annual report describing work of the Texas Department of Insurance during fiscal year 2010 in four parts: I. Report on Program Activities, II. Report on Certificates of Authority, III. Rehabilitations and Liquidation Oversight Report, IV. Summary of Information from Annual Statements.
Date: November 19, 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Insurance.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demographic Survey of Texas Lottery Players, 2010 (open access)

Demographic Survey of Texas Lottery Players, 2010

This report presents the results of a random survey of adult Texas residents aged 18 and older, to measure the citizen participation rates, the distribution and frequency of play, and the demographic profiles of past-year lottery players and non-players.
Date: November 2010
Creator: University of Houston. Center for Public Policy.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Annual Financial Report: 2010 (open access)

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Annual Financial Report: 2010

The annual financial report of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for fiscal year 2010, including statements of assets, revenues, expenditures, and other financial records as well as supplementary notes and schedules.
Date: November 17, 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State of Office Risk Management Annual Financial Report: 2010 (open access)

Texas State of Office Risk Management Annual Financial Report: 2010

Annual financial report for the Texas State Office of Risk Management during fiscal year 2010 including balance sheets for revenues, expenditures, and various funds, with associated notes.
Date: November 15, 2010
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History