Severe Weather in Texas Research Notes * Sudden fronts can drop the temperatures as much as 20 degrees in an hour (During severe weather) * January 9th 2012- That years first confirmed tornado with hail the size of ping pong balls (Houston and Galveston) * April 6‚ 2012- More than a dozen tornadoes ripped through north Texas‚ there were as many as 19 in progress at a time‚ the strongest one reaching an EF4. -Forney EF3‚ wind speeds up to 150 mph “ It was like a bomb hit”-Patti Gilroy
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constitution. The structure of Texas court system is said to be complicated. I will break down the structure of the Texas court system and the federal court system. I will show similarities in the courts of the state vs the federal court. State vs Federal Court System Structure Most courts have the same agenda only one focuses on state issues and one focuses on federal issues. The Texas court system when compared to the federal court system are almost paralleled. Texas Original Court The original
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Texas v Johson The first amendment grants the citizens of the United States the right to speak freely‚ without legal persecution. Over the past 200 years since this amendment was enacted there have been hundreds of judicial cases devoted to interpreting and refining this law. One such case‚ reviewed by the United States ’ supreme court in 1988‚ was Texas v Johnson. The case involved Johnson ’s conviction of desecrating a venerated object (a Texas Statute) by burning a U.S. flag (Texas V Johnson(1989))
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Round up Bruce Willis‚ Steve Buscemi‚ Ben Affleck and the rest of the gang from Armageddon. This rag-tag group of individuals has about one month to stop an asteroid from obliterating planet Earth. No‚ this is not a sequel to one of the best movies of our generation‚ but an actual possibility. NASA has had its eyes on an impending asteroid for quite some time. If it’s anything to actually worry about is still up for debate. ASTEROID SEEN BY NASA YEARS AGO. THEY SAY DON’T WORRY. While all of us
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Texas took many steps toward independence and annexation. This all began with the idea of Manifest Destiny‚ which was the thought that God wanted white men to take land for their own pleasing. This idea was spread by Mountain Men‚ who in search for beaver and other furs for trade‚ probed the Rockies to explore more of the western part of the country. The most famous Mountain Man‚ Jedediah Smith‚ crossed the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada to reach the California trail‚ which linked the U.S. to
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On April 4‚ 2010 a huge explosion of the Deep Horizon oil rig occurred in the Gulf of Mexico Near Louisiana. Fifteen out the of one hundred fifty men who were on board were injured. Approximately two days later‚ the rig sang and oil began spewing. The oil leaked for over one hundred days. The BP oil disaster in the gulf has posed a threat on the people and the environment that surround the oil spill. The effects of offshore drilling can be catastrophic‚ especially after seeing what has happened in
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Business Communications BP and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill 04-71-100-05 Dr. R. Kobe Meshal Mustafa January 31th‚ 2013 An explosion took place on the Deep Water Horizon on April 20th‚ 2013. I will be discussing the main communication problem that BP faced. First I will discuss the causes of the problem‚ second I will talk about the symptoms. Thirdly‚ I will discuss the key stakeholder groups and the issues they are concerned about. Lastly‚ I will discuss how BP can use the communication model
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2015‚ p.53). Daily‚ the Texas Constitution impacts the lives of Texans such as a legislative session being held Austin this past week stating that “under the [Texas] Constitution‚ we cannot hear bills on the floor of the House during the first 60 days of a legislative session unless they are declared to be an emergency item by the governor” (Metcalf‚ 2017‚ p.1).Evidently‚ we see that the Texas Constitution plays a huge role in every decision such as in Austin with the Texas Legislature. A state constitution
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can prevent an individual from being able to move on from the past as a result of the euphoric feeling it gives off. In the documentary‚ The Rock-afire Explosion‚ a man by the name of Chris Thrash is heavily focused on throughout the film because of his obsession over everything that involves the The Rock-afire Explosion. The Rock-afire explosion was an animatronic band that performed throughout the ‘80s for children at an
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was in a bombing. I still don’t realize I don’t have a leg. I still don’t realize this will last a lifetime.’” (Morris) Sdoia‚ a 45 year old Caucasian woman‚ stated these words in her interview regarding her experience at the 2013 Boston Marathon explosion. Sdoia had come to the marathon on April 15‚ 2013 to watch several of her friends run in the race and she was standing near the finish line when the second blast detonated right next to her and maimed her right leg‚ an
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