Sam Houston

By the end of the 70s disco and funk we dominating the charts. The genre transition back to R&B with new stars such as Michael Jackson and Prince in the mid 1980s. During the late half of the 80s Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson became popluar, and Tina Turner came back with a series of cross over hits. In 1986 producer Teddy Riley began recording tracks that had hip hop influesnces, with artists such as Keith Sweat, Guy, Jodeci, Bell Biv Devoe and later…

The Vietnam War Veterans Current Mental Health Status By Anabel Rotger The aim of this paper is to explore the current mental health of the aging Veteran population that served during the Vietnam War. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2009 there were 9 million veterans in the United States age 65 and older (Ferrini & Ferrini, pg. 414). The Vietnam War Veterans are vivid proof of long-term negative consequences of combat exposure in different ways. After a long period of disservice and…

interview from my experience. Through my mock interview I learned my main fault: I am too personal. When I was “asked” this question, I included my family, a fun fact about myself, and hobbies of mine. My interviewer was a career services employee at Sam Houston State University, so she critiqued me which helped me to improve my interview skills. She offered to me that in the future I focus on characteristics and skills of mine that relate to the position I am up for, but still keeping that fun…

Introduction Technology has revolutionized the world. Law enforcement has not been left behind in this aspect, but police departments around the nation have been challenged by technological advancements ever since the advent of the modern policing era. There are benefits and drawbacks to the evolving technology such as no federal, state or local standards for law enforcement when it comes to technology regulation. It can be difficult for agency administers to correctly outfit their department…

The Annexation of Texas The annexation of Texas by the United States remains a controversial topic to this day. Occurring in 1845, it caused a great uproar amongst the citizens of the United States and Texas. The main question when debating the annexation of Texas is how it affected slavery. Indeed, and because the annexation of slavery served to extend the area in which slavery would be allowed, this caused a situation in which it shifted the balance of power away from the North and towards…

people, only a few Roman Catholic families, and a couple of slaves. Tension between new Texans and Mexicans continued to grow, and the tension erupted into war. Texans fought in many battles only to lose, but at San Jacinto, Sam Huston defeated Santa Anna’s Mexican army. Houston forced Anna to sign papers declaring that Texas was independent, and that Texas’s southern border was the Rio Grande. After Santa Anna got back to safety, he reputed those signatures and did not recognize Texas as an…

Music throughout the years has impacted society and people's lives. Many famous artists have inspired over generations and created some of the world's greatest musicians. Genres of music have always been developed and formed with the help of other genres. From Country to R&B, these genres have helped form rock as we know it today. Frank Sintra got into music after listening to a recording by Bing Crosby, and he was inspired to take up singing as a teenager. He joined a local singing group and…

Explain to me your child hood. Nothing personal, broad everyday life. Youngest of 4 boys a younger sister he was and still is close to siblings. Parents were good to all kids never favorites. Provided all what they needed school cloths, never went hungry. Could walk to a friends never needed a ride anywhere they all had chores they had to do and they were expected to pass school because his mom didn’t graduate high school and she wanted all her kids to at least graduate high school. What was…

consequently they called him by his father’s childhood nickname: Felito. In grade school, Ted’s classmates would call him Dorito, so at 13 he changed his name to Ted. According to Biography.com editors, when Ted was 2, the Cruz family then moved to Houston, Texas where Ted grew up. After graduating high school, Ted attended both Harvard and Princeton. After law school, Ted served as a Supreme Court clerk.…

Plastic surgery has to do mainly with the confidence, appearance, and relationships. This three main things are the main reasons why people have plastic surgery. Plastic surgery has a lot of pros and cons, for example the pros are that there is more beauty and it drags a lot of attention. The cons could be deadly because there are so many surgery that go wrong. When it comes to appearance plastic surgeries are a big buzz. Some cosmetic surgeries may help in the outward appearance, but we should…