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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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    Living in Texas vs. Louisiana Cheri Lane Globe University Living in Texas vs. Louisiana Texas is the second most populous and the second-largest of the 50 states in the United States of America‚ and the largest state in the 48 contiguous United States (Wikipedia‚ Texas‚ 2013). Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America and is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States ((Wikipedia‚ Louisiana‚ 2013). Texas and Louisiana

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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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    The New Oil

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    NEW OIL ESSAY Water is a resource lots of people take for granted. When water starts to become more scarce throughout time‚ who should take control over it? Public companies? Or Private? I believe the answer to this dilemma is that public companies should mostly take control of the water system but still work with private companies to benefit the water supply the most. They should mostly control the water supply because I think that private companies won’t be able to handle the water resources properly

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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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    Texas Nursing Failure

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    Introduction The Texas Nurse Practice Act was first signed into law by the Texas Legislature on March 28‚ 1909. Since its inaugural enactment over one hundred years ago‚ The Texas Board of Nursing has continued to govern the nursing profession by enforcing the regulations of the Act. The Texas Nurse Practice Act nevertheless protects the interest of the nursing profession and promotes safety for patients and public welfare. Becoming a Registered Nurse Nursing‚ as cited by the Nurse Practice

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    Marilyn Bujang Pennie Boyette English Composition 1301 27 September 2014 Illegal Immigration into Texas Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Illegal immigration is regarded as the unlawful entry of any foreign national across another national border. It can also be referred to as the process whereby‚ foreigners gain entry into another national border in the ways that contravenes the immigration laws of the targeted country. The United States

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    Fracking in North Texas

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    Dear editor‚ Ever wonder why earthquakes are caused? Why does water in certain areas smell or taste like a chemical gas? The most likely reason for both of these effects is fracking. Hydraulic fracturing‚ as known as fracking‚ is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside (Dong). According to many recent research studies fracking is very harmful to the environment and shouldn’t be done

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    Texas Prison Analysis

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    Chronicle: Federal Judge Orders Texas Prisons System to Provide A/C for Heat-Sensitive Inmates at Pack Unit The discussion in this article is the conditions that the Texas prison system impose on the inmates as in relation to providing adequate air-conditioning‚ especially for those inmates that are seniors and those that have medical issues. The controversy is the inmates fill that enough is not being done by the Texas prison system to provide air conditioning

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    Texas Political Analysis

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    The constitution of Texas has some unique provisions that affect the state’s government in a unique way. One of these unique provisions affects the balance of power in the executive branch of Texas’ government. The Texas Constitution does not grant the governor power to appoint his cabinet as is so with the United States president. In Texas‚ cabinet members are elected to their seats‚ giving the governor nearly no control over them in theory. This executive separation of powers grants the governor

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