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GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2004/5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication discusses global environmental efforts, successes, and setbacks of 2004.
Date: 2005
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication describes major global environmental issues and policy decisions during 2006.
Date: 2006
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
GEO Year Book 2007: An Overview of Our Changing Environment (open access)

GEO Year Book 2007: An Overview of Our Changing Environment

This publication is an overview of major global environmental issues and policy decisions during the course of 2007.
Date: 2007
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
State of the Climate in 2008 (open access)

State of the Climate in 2008

This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Peterson, T. C.; Baringer, M. O.; Diamond, H. J.; Fogt, R. L.; Levy, J. M.; Richter-Menge, J. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The facade overlooking Grange Park is clad in blue titanium panels and includes an exterior staircase.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The spiral ramp descends toward the exit and gift shop.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The Walker court includes seating with serpentine stairs overhead.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The skylight and supporting structure consists of tubular trusses.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
On level two the entrance of a staircase forms from a perimeter arcade around Walker Court.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Exiting from the stairs on level three leads to Bailie Court.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The Bailie Court room is used for special gatherings and meetings.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The serpentine staircase is made of plywood and is wrapped in windows.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Frank Gehry designed seating for the exhibition areas.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transformation: Art Gallery of Ontario

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The sculpture exhibtion area contains objects from several cultures.
Date: 2005/2008
Creator: Gehry, Frank Owen & Webb, Craig
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd (open access)

Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd

This volume includes information about the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales, folk anecdotes, Texas folk songs and ballads, and other folklore (back cover). The index begins on page 185.
Date: 2000
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canada's Financial System: An Overview (open access)

Canada's Financial System: An Overview

This report discusses the relative stability of Canada's financial system in comparison to the financial systems of other nations around the globe that are suffering from the current financial crisis. This report presents an overview of Canada's financial system and its supervisory framework and draws some distinctions between that system and the current U.S. framework.
Date: June 26, 2009
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Passports: Current Regulations (open access)

Passports: Current Regulations

This report details changes made to travel between the United States and other countries in the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean island nations. Such changes include the expansion of time necessary to get a passport, as well as additional passport and proof-of-identity documentation requirements.
Date: April 30, 2009
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues (open access)

Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues

The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) is a trilateral initiative that was launched in March 2005 for the purpose of increasing and enhancing security and prosperity in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This initiative promoted communication and cooperation across several key policy areas of mutual interest, such as improving certain sectors of the economy, developing higher health and safety standards, and addressing environmental concerns. This report describes this initiative in brief detail, including summaries of several SPP-related meetings between the three countries' leaders.
Date: May 27, 2009
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles & Lake, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canada-U.S. Relations (open access)

Canada-U.S. Relations

This report provides a short overview of Canada's political scene, its economic conditions, and its recent security and foreign policy, focusing particularly on issues that may be relevant to U.S. policymakers. This brief country survey is followed by several summaries of current bilateral issues in the political, trade, and environmental arenas.
Date: May 12, 2008
Creator: Ek, Carl; Fergusson, Ian F.; Nuñez-Neto, Blas; Clarke, Stephen F.; Abel, Amy; Sheikh, Pervaze et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
From the Edge: Science to Support Restoration of Pacific Salmon (open access)

From the Edge: Science to Support Restoration of Pacific Salmon

According the preface, this report represents the scientific understanding of salmon and salmon declines in the year 2000. The report provides an overview of salmon population trends, and ways to aid in and measure recovery.
Date: November 2000
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force

The Final Report of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force provides a thorough investigation of the causes of the August 14, 2003 blackout. It also recommends actions to minimize the likelihood and scope of similar events in the future.
Date: 2004
Creator: U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

The White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy

This Website documented the White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy that held in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2008. The site also included the contents of the six UNESCO Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy: -Literacy Challenges in the Arab Region (Doha, Qatar – March 12 – 14, 2007) -Literacy Challenges in East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Beijing, China – July 31 - August 1, 2007) -Renewing Literacy to Face African and International Challenges (Bamako, Mali – September 10 - 12, 2007) -Literacy Challenges in the South, Southwest and Central Asia (New Delhi, India – November 29 – 30, 2007) -Addressing Literacy Challenges in Europe with a Sub-Regional Focus (Baku, Azerbaijan – May 14 – 16, 2008) -Regional Literacy Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mexico City, Mexico – September 10 – 13, 2008)
Date: 2008
Creator: United States. White House Office.
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library

National Mathematics Advisory Panel

The U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences, hosted the first National Math Panel Forum on October 6-7, 2008. This page documents the Forum activities, which brought together various organizations and other interested parties.
Date: 2008
Creator: National Mathematics Advisory Panel
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library