In the wake of the 2011 drought, finding water is one of the most pressing issues that face West Texas cities. The city of San Angelo finds itself in the unique position of being a West Texas town with several lakes, but now only has 22 months' worth of water left. In an attempt to bring more water to the drought-stricken population, the city is constructing a $120 million pipeline to pump water 65 miles from the Hickory Aquifer -- widely known to have high levels of radium that makes the water radioactive. This report, and the two accompanying audio stories, examines the implications of the move, which San Angeloans hope will secure the city’s hydrological, economic, and political future. / text

Today's media are a significant force in aiding individuals in constructing an understanding of their own identities and their place within the world. Therefore, closer attention should be paid to the processes by which media themselves construct those identities and make them available to audiences. This case study explores the means by which Texas Monthly magazine constructs a sense of Texan identity. Employing a media sociology perspective, the study combines three research techniques: content analysis, indepth interviews, and textual analysis. The magazine includes primarily white and wealthy individuals in its version of Texan identity, suggesting that this identity is narrowly applicable, despite the actual diversity of the state. The magazine's content does little to define, deepen, or critique that geographic identity. Furthermore, it seems difficult for the Texas Monthly staff to explain exactly the notion of Texan identity that provides a foundation for the magazine's composition, and advertisers appear to be little concerned with this concept. An examination of the magazine's coverage of President George W. Bush additionally reveals the indistinct and somewhat arbitrary nature of Texan identity within Texas Monthly, as Bush's geographic identity alters in accordance with his political status. Overall, the magazine's image of Texan identity is largely positive yet insubstantial, a surprising finding given its claim to be the "national magazine of Texas." This construction of Texan identity suggests and supports the magazine's need to preserve a positive and commercially appealing image of Texas, both for its readers and for its financial success. In constructing the magazine, then, its staff must weigh this need against the goal of journalism to provide wide-ranging and critical perspectives for audiences. The roles of both consumerism and citizenship in today's media world are clearly demonstrated in the unique position of Texas Monthly as a journalistic product / text

On July 2, 1964, the members of the all-black Independent Metal Workers Local 2 at the Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas struck a major blow for the rights of black workers by securing an order from the National Labor Relations Board prohibiting their employer and all-white IMW Local 1 from practicing racial discrimination in union membership policies and in company contracts. The NLRB decision set a national precedent in favor of racial equality in industrial employment. It was the culmination of three decades of effort by black oil and steel workers in and around Houston to use the institutions of organized labor – unions, federal labor agencies, and labor law – to secure substantive economic gains and equality of opportunity, rights, and treatment at work. The long fight against employment discrimination in Houston met opposition both from employers and from white workers reluctant to surrender their positions of marginal privilege. It also split the city’s black community on the labor question. Groups of black workers, civil rights activists, lawyers, and community leaders battled over fundamental issues of strategy and over the proper relationship between black workers and the labor movement, their white counterparts, and employers. There were two broad factions: one committed to a social democratic vision of working class advance through the biracial unions of the CIO, the other mistrustful of white workers and labor leaders, favorably disposed towards employers, and dedicated to promoting black self-determination and autonomy through “independent” labor organizations. Drawing upon the records of unions, the NAACP, and the federal labor bureaucracy, as well as Houston’s black newspapers, this dissertation pays particular attention to the many mid-level organizers and activists involved in union campaigns in the 1930s and 1940s and charts the turn towards the courts and the NLRB in the 1950s and 1960s as black workers disappointed with the labor movement fought to secure their rights. In doing so, it aims both to explore the relationship between black workers and organized labor and to assess the strengths and shortcomings of biracial movements, democratic institutions, and the law as means for promoting equality. / text

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1910. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-320) and index. Also issued in print and microfiche.

Thesis (M. P. A.)--Texas State University-San Marcos, 2006. / "Fall 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-51).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, 1920. Thesis t.p. attached to the cover. / Bibliography: p. [223]-232.

At the beginning of this thesis some necessary information about Texas Hold'em will be remembered - game rules, the probability of winning at the flop and turn. The next chapter is about calculating expected value and about successability of players in the long run. In the final chapter we will focus at basic strategies that players can choose. The reader will know which terms influence the choice of an adequate strategy and why. The main message is to show that only mathematical skills - that a good player should have - are not enough. More important are skills associated with the poker itself. Poker skills are mainly thought of: adjusting the strategy by position, working with the stack, choosing the right amount of bets, matching the opponent's typology, and so on. Overall, the thesis is mainly focused on didactics. There is an effort to bring poker to the wider community, with real examples. Poker players should be satisfied, because there are many useful tips to help them improve. Keywords: Texas Hold'em rules, the probability of winning, expected value, game strategy.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1930. / At head of title: The Catholic University of America. Bibliography: p. 201-206.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.