Community Environmental Issue Central Texas‚ especially Travis County‚ has been under drought conditions since La Niña‚ a weather pattern where the surface temperatures are cooler in the Pacific ocean‚ thus creating drier weather in the southern part of the United States‚ in 2011 (StateImpact‚ n.d.). Although this type of weather pattern is typically combated with the arrival of El Niño‚ which has the opposite effect‚ it failed to occur in winter of 2012 and central Texas was left with the driest conditions
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The North Texas State Hospital has two locations one being in Vernon and the other in Wichita Falls. It is considered the largest state hospital in Texas serving over 30 counties. The Wichita Falls Campus provides general psychiatric inpatient services for child‚ adolescent‚ adult‚ and geriatric patients. Patients admitted to the state hospital are typically on a court ordered temporary commitment‚ 46-B commitment for competency restoration‚ voluntary or an emergency commitment. Patients are
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Young Guns in Texas Colleges The Constitution states; “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” The Constitution was signed on September 17‚ 1787‚ and the Second Amendment has been highly debated ever since. (Second Amendment; Cornell University Law School‚ law.cornell.edu) Furthermore‚ America today doesn’t have luxury of interpreting what our forefathers where thinking at the time the Second
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The role of the LVN in Texas consists of providing focused safe care along with compassion to assigned patients who have predictable health care needs. They must be under the appropriate supervision and must comply with the scope of practice of an LVN. An RN in Texas accepts the responsibility of working within the scope of practice of an RN and is capable of working in any health care setting. They are also not only in charge if providing comprehensive nursing care to patients but their families
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why did they fail. Since France began to snake their way into texas‚ The Spanish thought it would be a good idea to colonize Texas with missions. Though they were able to create missions‚ the missions were of no use. The three main reasons the missions failed are‚ the missions were unsuccessful in completing the task they were to perform‚ the missions were often attacked and high casualties‚ and the missions failed to populate Texas. The Spanish failing to convert natives‚ was their first step
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Softening Marijuana Laws in Texas Softening Marijuana Laws in Texas Every year hundreds and thousands of Americans are arrested for marijuana possession‚ and or violations. According to an article on the Huffington Post www.huffingtonpost.com (Wing‚ 2012)‚ there are far more people arrested for marijuana possession than those arrested for violent crimes in America. It also states that societal cost dealing with the war on drugs concerning marijuana exceeds 12 billion
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out on a ranch around here in Texas. I was born in Texas‚ and I have always loved this state. The reason I would want to live in Texas would be because it’s close to my family‚ the ranching lifestyle is family oriented‚ and Texas has a strong historical background. I find as I get older I seem to value things more like money‚ clothing‚ transportation‚ but what I value the most is family. My family is fairly unified; my mother’s side of the family lives here in Texas‚ and my dad’s side lives in Mississippi
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The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade‚ 1910-1920. By Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler (Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico‚ 2007. Print.) This is the most comprehensive collection of The Texas Rangers during the Mexican revolution that has been published. Charles Harris III and Louis Sadler share the details behind this unstable period by uncovering the views and actions of the Rangers during the highest point of border violence up until that time. The Rangers
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Describe the history of Texas as a one-party state. Texas: For over a 100 years Texas was a one-party state of Democrats (Munisteri). Republicans did not have a chance until Abraham Lincoln who was against slavery and defended the Union during the Civil War. During this time before Republicans took over Texas was free-willed and won majority of seats in the race and had all seats in Legislature. One of the best ways to describe this era was best stated by Author Steven‚ “developed a free spirit
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Explaining the 2011 Record Drought in Texas By Marco Gamez Physical Geography 1. Worst Drought According to the National Weather Service‚ in 2011 Texas endured the single worst drought in it ’s history. During the drought‚ which began in October 2010‚ wildfires burned thousands of square miles and may have killed as much as half a billion trees (Tam 1). The weather was hot and dry with very little rain throughout the year. August 2010 through July 2011 saw the brunt of the worst drought
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