LuraLee Smith Mrs. Collar English 1301 17 September 2011 Murder in Austin Texas It has been five years today that my cousin Stacy Lynn Sparks was murdered. I always thought that something like this could never happen to my family. This is the first time that something so tragic has happened in my life. It will also lead me to pain and frustration years to come. The loss of her has had a great impact on how I live my life today. I can still remember the sound in my mother’s voice the day
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A Journey Through Texas Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca De Vaca and his three countrymen wandered for months through Texas as they journeyed toward the Spanish settlement in Mexico City. In the course of his travels‚ de Vaca healed a Native American by performing the first recorded surgery in Texas. His resulting fame attracted so many followers that de Vaca noted in his journal that “the number of our companions became so large that we could no longer control them.” As they continued traveling westward
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Madison Hayes Writing assignment 11/29/2012 California vs. Texas California and Texas are two different states‚ but in many ways have some sorts of comparisons. In school we learn that Texas is one huge state filled with plenty of cities and can take half a day to drive out of. While in California there are plenty of cities as well‚ but at least half the size of Texas. Both states have many cool attractions‚ and very famous ones at that. When people visit these states you
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I looked around at the embers of the fire in front of me‚ tearing up. ¨How could have this happen to them?¨ It all started in a little town in Texas‚ although it’s always hot and everyone’s pretty grumpy‚ I love living there! I grew up here and when I graduated highschool and started my dream career here as a firefighter.Texas really is who I am‚ I mean the heat made me a hard worker. My mom was always worried I´d get hurt and my dad was worried about the family name but‚ I still put my all
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War in America was the involvement of the state of Texas in the Confederacy. Although it was once its own Republic separate from the United States of America through annexation‚ Texas was not entirely unique when it came to the institution of slavery. Just like in all other southern states‚ slavery‚ and the use of slave labor‚ was a major factor of the states agricultural economy. During the years around and through the Civil War‚ Texas became a home for many transient southerners in search
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Ensayo de Aplicación El Asunto del Aborto El tema moral del derecho al aborto es uno que toca las mismas fibras de nuestra sociedad puertorriqueña‚ dado la corriente conservadora y tradicional que ha permeado en los pasados siglos. Sin embargo‚ las influencias modernas y la habilidad de facilitarse un aborto han causado un cambio en la mentalidad de las generaciones presentes. Las posiciones extremadamente radicales a favor y en contra del aborto requieren que cada persona asuma una de las
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Should Marijuana be legalized in Texas? Is the Legalization of marijuana valid? The devate over the legalization of cannabis sativa‚ more commonly known as marijuana‚ has been one of the most controversial issues ever to occur in the United States. Its use as a medicine has existed for thousands of years‚ and its documented as far back in 2700 BC in ancient Chinese writings. Marijuana should be legalize for several reasons‚ first the government could earn money from taxes on its
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Texas was the seventh state to seceded from the Union on February 1st‚ 1861. The vote was 166 to 7 and was passed on February 2nd‚ 1861. It allowed the State of Texas to join the confederate states in the south of the nation‚ on March 2nd. The signees were very carefully chosen and a lot of unique faces in it. Oran Milo Roberts was a very important signee and had a huge impact on Texas by being president of the secession convention‚ the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court‚ and Governor of Texas
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the past few year Texas has grew dramatically. Since the early 1900’s Texas grown faster than the nation. (author. Date‚ page) Population growth is driven when population neither grows nor declines‚ because the number of births doesn’t equal the number of deaths. In this case immigration has became a big part in Texas. The past ten years population from immigrants migrating to Texas from Mexico has increasingly grew. In general‚ Texas has experienced a demographic shift in Texas our population aging
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and have been more interested in Texas Government more that American Government‚ which honestly doesn’t surprise me. I was born and raised in Texas and just like any other proud Texan‚ I think that Texas is the best state in the Nation. However‚ I did enjoy learning about the different types of government. It’s interesting to me to read about them and learn how they work in other countries. I also found it fascinating to learn about how many different flags Texas has had flown over it. There has
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