Jackson County, Texas

Before the red sandstone building came to life, there was a county jail that opened in 1897. Initially, the County of Orange bought land in 1893 from Santa Ana’s founder, William Spurgeon, with the intention to build a courthouse (ocparks). Originally, Orange Courthouse had no courthouse. So, by July 1900, construction began through the use of architect Charles Strange’s drawings. They were selected specifically by the Orange County Board of Supervisors. Successfully, the 1903 deadline was met considering

built in 1930 for flood control, water storage and recreation. Tarrant County owns the land and water that makes the lake. There is a spillway that takes water through the Trinity River to Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth. This year has been a rough year for Lake Bridgeport with three digit temperatures and draining water to the other lakes. Since one of the purposes to build Lake Bridgeport was for storage, The Tarrant County water district approved to let out 20,000 acre feet of water from Lake

The relationship between Jules and Cynthia Hawkins in Jean-Jacques Beneix's Diva is uniquely complex and vaguely oedipal. For Jules, the diva represents musical perfection, and he is completely in love with her. However, her relationship to him is somewhat maternal. Jules's obsession with Cynthia Hawkins is rather unhealthy, and he violates her purity. However, her maternal attitude towards him allows for reconciliation despite his mistakes. From the very beginning of the movie, the voice of

Dead, 14 Injured” The lead was “A shooting Wednesday night left at least four people dead and at least 14 wounded at Fort Hood, the sprawling Army facility that in 2009 was the site of the deadliest mass shootings ever at an American military base, a Texas congressman said.” The main story on Al-Jazeera also wasn’t about the shooting, but there was an

Analysis of Edmund Waller's Poem "On a Girdle" At first glance, Edmund Waller’s poem “On a Girdle” seems to suggest nothing more than praise of one woman’s fair beauty and the speaker’s love for her. After diving deeper into the text, however, it becomes apparent that the speaker does a much better job of praising himself than the woman. His love is more a lust for control and possession than a true declaration of sentiment. Waller uses extreme imagery and exaggeration to seemingly praise

Emily Choumbakos Literature Based Research Erin Lesh 4 May 2014 There is one clear main character, Mrs. Louise Mallard. The story is almost entirely focused on her, her feelings, and her personal mental journey from being a prisoner and a shell of a woman, living in an oppressive, patriarchal society within the confines of a marriage to the elation of newly acquired freedom and a rebirth of that that, for the first time, belongs to her solely. There are however three other characters in the short

With training camp a little more than three weeks away, some Dallas Stars players are starting to trickle back into town. Among the early arrivals is veteran center Jason Spezza. “The last few weeks of the summer I am always antsy to get back with the guys,” Spezza said. “I am happy to be in town, trying to get settled and getting ready to go for camp.” Spezza described his summer as “pretty uneventful.” He spent most of it in the Toronto area, relaxing and focusing on family. “I’ve got the kids

Brownsville, Texas the city located on the border with Mexico also known as on the border by the sea. The poorest city in Texas became a target for a homicide that impacted the family and including the community. It all started on Tuesday of March 11, 2003 in a home located in downtown Brownsville. What seemed like a usual Tuesday evening turned into a dark, cold, and gruesome night for the city of Brownsville. “The Rubio Murder House”, apartment and home to a couple who took the lives of 3-year

Hutchinson County is located in Northwest Texas near Panhandle, is very old, being founded in 1876 with a newly counted population of about 21,500 people. The county seat of Hutchinson is Stinnett, and it got its name from a famous pioneer named Anderson Hutchinson. Hutchinson’s climate is not much different from ours, besides that their winters are a bit colder, and there summers are a tad bit cooler. Hutchinson is big on cattle ranching, often they rely on that to keep their economy stable

4. What new information do we learn about Sweet Home in this chapter, specifically about Denver’s birth? In this chapter, we learn that Sethe was already pregnant with Denver when she ran away from Sweet Home. By the time when Sethe collapsed her feet in the woods, a white girl Amy Denver had found Sethe. Due to Sethe’s fear about Sweet Home, she told Amy Denver a false name- “Lu”, because if she were caught, she would be returned to Sweet Home, and she would continue experiencing her previous painful