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Today's Document from the National Archives

Add Today's Document from the National Archives to your daily Internet routine. Missed yesterday's document? No worries, there are links to both yesterday's and tomorrow's documents.

Working from Home, North Face & the EPA and Rain

• Thinking about working from home? There's a lot to consider. Read the post from Library of Congress Blog since it contains information about self-employed individuals, tools for brainstorming, tips on how to turn your hobby into a job you love and resources.
• Tell me there's one student at Samford that doesn't own a North Face item. Admit it, you aren't cool until you do on this campus. Here's something to think about, ‘The North Face’ Clothing Parent Company Facing Nearly $1M in Federal Fines Following Unsubstantiated Product Claims
• Tired of the rain? Here's an image from NASA that shows estimates of rainfall for the southeastern US from Sept. 14-21.
  

Name Your Favorite National Park

A segment of Sunday Morning (CBS) was devoted to our National Parks. Reveling in 'America's Best Idea' shows not only how wonderful and beautiful our National Parks are but also about a new documentary by Ken Burns, The National Parks: America's Best Idea. The six episode documentary will begin next Sunday on PBS.

National Park Service's America's Best Idea Today

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Defense

For the next two weeks, we will display documents from the Department of Defense. You won't want to miss these next two displays! These will be shown for the next week as Part One of our DOD display:

• All Roads Lead to Baghdad: Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq
• Armed Forces Decorations and Awards
• Arming the Eagle: A history of U.S. weapons acquisition since 1775
• Army Nursing: Pride and Professionalism
• Considering a Career as a Historian in the Federal Government: A Quick Guide
• Iraq: a country study
• Israel: a country study
• Military Funeral Honors: Honoring Those Who Served
• Military Women in the Department of Defense
• North Korea: a country study
• Operation Enduring Freedom: The United States Army in Afghanistan
• Pearl Harbor: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Chronicle
• Prisoner of War: Rights & Obligations Under the Geneva Convention
• Soviet Military Power, 1990 (Map)
• Soviet Military Power: An assessment of the threat, 1988
• The Korean War: Years of Stalemate
• The Most Secret War: Army Signals Intelligence in Vietnam
• The U.S. Army and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• U.S. Naval Test Pilot School
• When It Mattered Most: Remembering Our Fallen Medical Personnel in Iraq-Afghanistan

America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009

Space Shuttle Discovery Landing

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Documents of the Week: Department of Energy

This week our focus will be on documents from the Department of Energy:

• The Nuclear Waste Primer
• An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on My Land?
• Energy Facts, 1992
• Solar Collector Manufacturing Activity 1991
• Monthly Energy Review, Jan. 2001
• Cogeneration
• Nuclear Safety
• Students Go Solar
• geothermal energy & our environment
• Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom
• Logos, Spring 1993
• LBL Research Review, Aug. 1994

9/11 Commemorations and Information

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON HEALTH CARE

In case you missed viewing it live or would like to review his remarks, REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON HEALTH CARE are available courtesy of the White House.

C-SPAN has a video of the speech along with the Republican response and the remarks.

E-Verify, Health Care & Education

E-Verify makes it easy for businesses to verify legal working status of new hires by entering the new hire's social security number along with other information from the I-9 form. E-Verify is free and returns results in seconds.

Tonight, you will be able to view the Presidential Address on Health Care Reform.

Missed President Obama's message to school children? A Message of Hope and Responsibility for America’s Students

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Education

We are now displaying documents published by the U.S. Department of Education. These documents provide a variety of information, from statistics to practical advice for all facets of education.

• AIDS and the Education of Our Children: A guide for parents and teachers
• Assessing the Arts (CD)
• Building on Results: A blueprint for strengthening the No Child Left Behind Act
• Characteristics of American Indian and Alaska Native Education
• College Preparation Checklist
• Community Colleges: Federal Resources supporting Local Opportunities
• Growing Up Drug Free: A parent's guide to prevention
• Handbook for Local Goals Reports
• Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Your Eight-Month Old
• Helping your child become a responsible citizen
• Helping your child learn mathematics
• Helping your child with homework
• Helping your preschool child
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976-1994
• How can we help make schools safe for children?
• Learning Well at Work: Choices for Quality
• Looking for student aid: Federal, state, and other sources of information
• NAEP 1996 Mathematics: State Report for Alabama
• Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (CD)
• Paying for College?
• Protecting Children from Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (CD)
• Strengthening your child's academic future
• Summer Home Learning Recipes for Parents and children, grades 4-5
• Technology for Students with Disabilities: a decision maker's resource guide
• The Condition of Education, 1975
• The Condition of Education, 2009
• The High School Counselor's Handbook, 2000-2001

Elmo has a PSA

SNAP - The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

More patrons than we realize might be hungry. Losing a job and/or a home will most likely have a negative impact on the amount of food that patrons once took for granted. Don't forget the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Transparency Tuesday

The last site for our Transparency Tuesday series is OpenSecrets.org. Their mission is to:

• Inform citizens about how money in politics affects their lives
• Empower voters and activists by providing unbiased information
• Advocate for a transparent and responsive government