Greater Houston

Let me first start off by saying The Bryan Family is hands down the best group of people in the world. I am the youngest of three, I have an older sister (29), an older brother (24), and then there is myself (23). I also have two amazing parents who got a divorce when I was 3 years old and both remarried when I was 5. We are a very close-knit family who like to be involved in each other’s lives. Through the second marriage I gained a step-mom and dad, who also had children from their previous…

The settlement and moving of many rivers such as the “Mississippi, Alabama, Apalachicola, and the Chattahoochee”(Source D, Steamboat of Clermont). With these boats created, travelers could easily reach greater speeds and travel to new riverways. The steamboats allowed transportation by water to expand and most importantly, become more easy and efficient. The surveying of the Erie Canal also played a big part in America’s expansion, because of the growing…

Fracking has large impact on daily life for global consumers, it effects prices and availability of fuels for consumers. Fracking is an exceptionally complicated process. To start the process, a ten thousand foot well is drilled below the surface into shale layers. Next, 1 to 8 million gallons of water mixed with chemicals are injected into the well at extremely high pressures to crack the rock. This will allow the product to flow out once the water is mostly removed. This process is highly…

International Studies (CSIS) reports that a frequently changing international security environment has made space more important for national security. In one publication, National Security and Space, CSIS described our current environment as one of “greater risk and competition.” Further elaboration into the subject depicts our society as being in an evolving nature of warfare. Under circumstances such as these, there is an obvious need to have an informational advantage over possible threats.…

promote drugs, alcohol and sex. Rappers promote in their songs; crime, drugs and promiscuity. Over the years, many fabulous and talented artistes Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Corey Monteith, Heath Ledger, Marilyn Monroe, Brittany Murphy, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Brad Renfro, Kevin Dubrow, Amy Winehouse and many others died of overdose. Currently, the fame, drugs, and money are related. Clearly, substance use disorders aren’t a new problem for society, and it and this doesn’t distinguish…

prevent violence. There were other issues as well, such as whether mandating school uniforms diminished students’ rights to express themselves, and whether the effect of requiring uniforms could take away a major distraction and lead to students’ greater academic and personal success. School uniforms…

Blue’s Growth Attenuation Therapy: an Ethical Analysis Caring for a child with severe disabilities is a great challenge for caretakers who aim to provide the best life for the child with accessible resources. For some, Growth Attenuation Therapy (GAT) is perceived as a useful tool for not only improving the care provided by the caretaker, but also the quality of life for the child. This is the case with a child named Blue who suffers various disabilities, such as brittle bone disease, seizure…

the government for a redress of grievances” (US Const. amend. I). Also listed in the first amendment is the freedom from oppression of faiths and religions. President John F. Kennedy spoke on the importance of this in his 1960 “Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association,” “I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of…

Ultimately, through the LAP we wanted to answer: How do we effectively combat the lack of health literacy in North County? In order to answer these questions, we had to learn: What makes up health? We answered this question both in our speech and presentation citing information from the WHO. The WHO reported on 7 determinants of health: income/social status, education, physical environment, social support networks, genetics, health services, and gender. Because our project revolved around health…

traffickers and labor traffickers—more of a house or work slave—correlated with regards to depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Also, some other factors are that force, fraud, and coercion are used to exploit these individuals. The film mentions that Houston, Texas is the sex capitol of the U.S, which makes me think, “What are doing to solve this problem?” There are laws such as ‘Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000’ and ‘Violence Against Women Act of 2000,’ but like bullying in…