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Societal Impacts Program (SIP)

This is the website for the Societal Impacts Program (SIP), located within the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The SIP's overarching goal is to help society benefit from current and emerging forecasting capabilities by integrating social science into weather research and applications through cutting-edge research and capacity building. The website includes information about the SIP's research projects and publications.
Date: 2013
Creator: National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

Life with a Superhero: Raising Michael Who Has Down Syndrome

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Over twenty years ago, in a small Israeli town, a desperate mother told a remarkable lie. She told her friends and family that her newborn child had died. That lie became the catalyst for the unfolding truth of the adoption of that same baby—Michael —who is, in fact, very much alive and now twenty-two years old. He also has Down syndrome. When Kathryn Hulings adopted Michael as an infant, she could not have known that he would save her life when she became gravely ill and was left forever physically compromised. Her story delights in how Michael’s life and hers, while both marked by difference and challenge, are forever intertwined in celebration and laughter. With candor and a sense of humor, Life With a Superhero wraps itself around the raucous joy of Michael’s existence with his four older siblings who play hard and love big; how Kathryn and her husband, Jim, utilize unconventional techniques in raising kids; the romance between Michael and his fiancée, Casey; the power of dance in Michael's life as an equalizing and enthralling force; the staggering potential and creativity of those who are differently-abled; and the mind-blowing politics of how Kathryn navigated school systems and societal …
Date: July 15, 2013
Creator: Hulings, Kathryn U.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Colorado: Colorado's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure) (open access)

Colorado: Colorado's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure)

This document highlights the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's investments and impacts in the state of Colorado.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, March 21, 2013

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Interview with Jennifer Leia Krier, a USAF Afghan War veteran and Bronze Star recipient from Fremont, Nebraska. Krier discusses her time at the University of Nebraska, ROTC, becoming a logistics planning officer, work at Yokota Air Base in Japan, the effect of 9/11 and the War on Terror on military life, struggles as a servicewoman and misogyny, joint training with the Army, deployment to Kuwait, deployment to Afghanistan, work and leadership at the brigade level, female integration in combat units, leaving active duty for the reserves, and life off-duty. In appendix is an overview of Krier's Air Force career, photos of her, and photos of her commendations.
Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Krier, Jennifer Leia
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the COlorado (open access)

River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the COlorado

This article reviews the book "River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado" by Wade Davis.
Date: November 4, 2013
Creator: La Point, Thomas W., 1949-
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solid Lubricating, Hard and Fracture Resistant Composites for Surface Engineering Applications (open access)

Solid Lubricating, Hard and Fracture Resistant Composites for Surface Engineering Applications

Patent relating to solid lubricating, hard and fracture resistant composites for surface engineering applications.
Date: February 18, 2013
Creator: Gopagoni, Sundeep; Scharf, Thomas W.; Banerjee, Rajarshi & Tiley, Jaimie S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library