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Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System (open access)

Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System

This report offers information on climate change as it relates to food security.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brown, M. E.; Antle, J. M.; Backlund, P.; Carr, E. R.; Easterling, W. E.; Walsh, M. K. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014 (open access)

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014

"This report summarizes data from the several Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) correctional data collections to provide statistics on the total population supervised by adult correctional systems in the United States."
Date: December 2015
Creator: Kaeble, Danielle; Glaze, Lauren; Tsoutis, Anastasios & Minton, Todd
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Draft: Food Familiar: Tyler's Trifecta of Mexican Eateries] (open access)

[Draft: Food Familiar: Tyler's Trifecta of Mexican Eateries]

Draft of an article published in the December 2015 issue of Texas Highways magazine about three Mexican restaurants in Tyler, Texas.
Date: 2015-12~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Familiar: Tyler's Trifecta of Mexican Eateries (open access)

Food Familiar: Tyler's Trifecta of Mexican Eateries

Draft of an article published in the December 2015 issue of Texas Highways magazine about three Mexican restaurants in Tyler, Texas.
Date: 2015-12~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 3, 2015 (open access)

Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 3, 2015

Transcript of a public teleconference held by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) on December 3, 2015. This meeting includes recommendations by the American Indian/Alaska Native subcommittee and the Disproportionality subcommittee.
Date: December 3, 2015
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0043 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0043

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the State Board of Education to promulgate rules govelning the process used by school districts and charter schools in selecting instructional materials (RQ-0026-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0044 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0044

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether section 142.056 of the Local Government Code limits the frequency of elections regarding the exclusive bargaining agent for municipal police (RQ-0029-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0045 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0045

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether nepotism laws prohibit a county hospital from employing a county judge's spouse (RQ-0030-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Nicholas Fedesma, December 5, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Nicholas Fedesma, December 5, 2015

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Nicholas Fedesma. Fedesma joined the Navy when he was 17 in 1942. After training, he was assigned to Composite Squadron 21 (VC-21) and went aboard USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) in March 1944. He specialized in aviation hydraulics. Fedesma recounts several anecdotes about his experiences aboard the Marcus Island. After he left the Navy in 1848, Fedesma studied mechanical engineering in Chicago on the GI Bill.
Date: December 5, 2015
Creator: Fedesma, Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ollie Music, December 5, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ollie Music, December 5, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ollie Thomas Music. Music was born 10 January 1927. He joined the Army in April of 1945. By the time he finished boot training and traveled to Fort Ord, California for assignment, the war had ended. He was then stationed at Yokohama, Japan. Music shares details of his travels and his participation during the occupation of Japan. He was assigned to Hakodate and Sapporo. He took an Army incentive to discharge in Japan and reenlist for 18 more months, with his remaining service in the US From December of 1945 through June of 1947, Music was assigned to a clerical job with Headquarters Company of the 32nd Medical Battalion at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio.
Date: December 5, 2015
Creator: Music, Ollie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ring in the New Year safely with a free ride on DART, courtesy of Miller Lite (open access)

Ring in the New Year safely with a free ride on DART, courtesy of Miller Lite

News release about DART's partnership with Miller Lite and Andrews Distributing to provide free rides on DART bus and rail on the night of New Year's Eve in order to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers.
Date: December 7, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 7-8 , 2015 (open access)

Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 7-8 , 2015

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) held December 7-8, 2015 in Herndon, Virginia. This hearing includes deliberation on recommendations to the Commission's final report to be delivered to the President and Congress.
Date: 2015-12-07/2015-12-08
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Price, Clift, December 8, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Price, Clift, December 8, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clift Price. Price graduated from high school in 1940, at age 16. He completed pre-med at the University of Texas at Austin, graduating in 1943. While in college and throughout medical school, Price was in the V-12 Navy College Training Program. Price was enlisted from September to November of 1943, 4 weeks, at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station as an apprentice seaman. He was assigned to hospital corps duty, and assigned to retrieve the deceased from airplane crash sites. Price began medical school the first part of 1944, and graduated in March of 1947 at UT Medical Branch. He received 3 years of military duty from his time in the V-12 program. Price later served as a Navy medical officer on a troop carrier and one of only two doctors on a battleship during the Korean War. His tour in the Navy ended in March of 1953.
Date: December 8, 2015
Creator: Price, Clift
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, December 9, 2015] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, December 9, 2015]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for December 2015 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: December 9, 2015
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: December 10, 2015] (open access)

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: December 10, 2015]

Minutes for the December 10, 2015 TXSSAR meeting, held by the McKinney chapter.
Date: December 10, 2015
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT 125th Anniversary Steering Committee Eighth Meeting (open access)

UNT 125th Anniversary Steering Committee Eighth Meeting

Document created by UNT's 125th Anniversary Steering Committee about the prioritization of possible events, programs, and activities for the 125th Celebration. A list of attending committee representatives is included as well as a brief agenda.
Date: December 10, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas 125th Anniversary Steering Committee
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT 125th Anniversary Steering Committee Eighth Meeting (open access)

UNT 125th Anniversary Steering Committee Eighth Meeting

Document created by UNT's 125th Anniversary Steering Committee about the prioritization of possible events, programs, and activities for the 125th Celebration. A list of attending committee representatives is included as well as a brief agenda.
Date: December 10, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas 125th Anniversary Steering Committee
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART calling for entries in annual art contest (open access)

DART calling for entries in annual art contest

News release about submitting art for DART's annual student art contests.
Date: December 11, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Green Line DARTs to "Heart" of Zaxby's Dallas Bowl (open access)

Green Line DARTs to "Heart" of Zaxby's Dallas Bowl

News release about DART's transportation options to 2015's Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl.
Date: December 11, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anthony Geer (open access)

Oral History Interview with Anthony Geer

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Anthony Geer. Geer was drafted into the Navy in 1943. He completed boot camp in San Diego, then served as a yeoman. He received additional training in aircraft recognition. He traveled to the Philippines aboard the USS Tazewell (APA-209), and worked on Samar Island until the atomic bombs were dropped, then transferred to Manila until the surrender of Japan. He traveled back to the U.S. aboard the USS Menard (APA-201). Geer was honorably discharged in late 1945.
Date: December 14, 2015
Creator: Geer, Anthony
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0046 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0046

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County to participate in the Uptown Houston Transit Project otherwise known as the Post Oak Boulevard Dedicated Bus Lanes Project (RQ-0028-KP).
Date: December 14, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, December 14, 2015 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, December 14, 2015

Transcript of interview with Cynthie Jane Ragsdale, the director of Heart O' the Hills Camp, from Houston, Texas. Ragsdale recalls her time going to summer camps during her childhood, her time studying journalism at Texas Woman's University, and her time working at Heart O' the Hills Camp.
Date: December 14, 2015
Creator: Collins, Kelli K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART and TRE Make Christmas and New Year's Eve Plans (open access)

DART and TRE Make Christmas and New Year's Eve Plans

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
Date: December 16, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Cooke, December 16, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Cooke, December 16, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Glenn Cooke, Jr. Cooke joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He completed boot camp in San Diego, then was assigned to the Naval Air Station in Norman, Oklahoma, where he trained as an ordnance ground crewman. Additionally, he serviced F-4F and F-6F airplanes at Pendleton. He provides details of his training, serving as Corporal of the Guard (COG) and completing all three of his service years stateside. He was discharged in July of 1946.
Date: December 16, 2015
Creator: Cooke, David
System: The Portal to Texas History