...The Brazos River Basin Watershed The Brazos River Watershed is the second largest river basin in Texas, and it extends from eastern New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico. It travels into the Gulf of Mexico and runs through different climates that are the home to a variety of plants and animals. For the most part, the Brazos River Watershed is in Texas, however, it reaches from eastern New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico. Of its 44,620 square miles, 42,000 square miles are in Texas. The Brazos River Watershed begins 50 miles west of the Texas-New Mexico border, and 1,050 miles later it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The Brazos River is formed where the Salt and Double Mountain Forks of the river meet. Although the river is 1,050-miles long, the...
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...Civ. No. 05-668 (RHK/JSM) Stacy Lawton Guin, Plaintiff, v. Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation, Inc., Defendant, United States district court for the district of Minnesota (2006). Facts: On September 24, 2004 plaintiff, Stacy Guin, claimed that defendant Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation Inc. also known as, Brazos, gave permission to its employees to be in possession of unencrypted nonpublic customer data on their laptops. One of Brazos employee’s homes was burglarized and a laptop containing unencrypted customer data was stolen. Guin ordered reports from three credit agencies, and after reviewing them not a single piece of personal information was stolen. And neither did any of the 550,000 customers experience such fraud. Issue: Guin has no right to claim negligence on Brazos, because Guin failed to show Brazos breached a legal duty owed to him. Then on what grounds can Guin file a lawsuit on Brazos if technically they haven’t breached a contract between the two parties? Decision: In Guin’s claim, he alleges that he trusted Brazos with his personal data, and not put him in the danger of loss, theft, tampering and realizing any personal information to a third party. Due to this case, Guin suffered out of pocket loss, emotional distress, consequential and incidental damages and fear and anxiety. Minnesota courts said in order for a plaintiff to claim for negligence, the plaintiff must prove four elements; existence of a duty of care, breach...
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...Stacy Lawton Guin, Plaintiff, v. Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation, Inc., Defendant. Civ. No. 05-668 (RHK/JSM) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER John H. Goolsby and Thomas J. Lyons Jr., Consumer Justice Center, Little Canada, Minnesota; Thomas J. Lyons, Lyons Law Firm, P.A., Little Canada, Minnesota, for Plaintiff. Courtney M. Rogers Reid and Matthew E. Johnson, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Defendant. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Stacy Guin alleges that Defendant Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation, Inc. (“Brazos”) negligently allowed an employee to keep unencrypted nonpublic customer data on a laptop computer that was stolen from the employee’s home during a burglary on September 24, 2004. This matter comes before the Court on Brazos’s Motion for Summary Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will grant the Motion. BACKGROUND Case 0:05-cv-00668-RHK-JSM Document 61 Filed 02/07/2006 Page 2 of 14 Brazos, a non-profit corporation with headquarters located in Waco, Texas, originates and services student loans. (Villarrial Aff. ¶ 2.) Brazos has approximately 365 employees, including John Wright, who has worked as a financial analyst for the company since November 2003. (Villarrial Aff. ¶ 2; Wright Aff. ¶ 1.) Wright works from an office in his home in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Wright Aff. ¶ 3.) As a financial analyst for Brazos, Wright analyses loan portfolios...
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...Case Study: Brazos Partners and Cheddar’s Inc. Brazos Partners is a company founded by Randall S. Fojtasek, Jeff Fronterhouse, and Patrick McGee in 1999. It is a Leverage Buyout Firm that targets companies with enterprise values between $50 and $250 million, solid management, a well-defined niche and is often close to the Brazos’ Dallas home. Location is an essential part of Brazos cooperate strategic management; according to Patrick McGee Texas is the 11th largest stand alone economy in the world and has the third largest universe of public and privately held mid-market companies in the US. In addition, it is very underserved with only a dozen LBO groups, most of which were energy specific. In 2002, Brazos was contacted by an investment banker about a deal with Cheddar’s Inc., which had years earlier failed to reach a deal with a buyout firm in New York. Initially hesitant because of the firm’s lack of knowledge in the restaurant industry, Fojtasek was intrigued during a meeting with CEO and cofounder of Cheddar’s Aubrey Good. Cheddar’s had experienced success since it opened in 1978 and was looking for a partner to help with succession plans and capital for expansion and to buyout original investors. By the time they signed the deal in April 2003, the company had grown to 42 restaurants in thirteen states. Of those, eighteen were company owned and balanced franchised. In the casual dining industry Cheddar’s had carved a unique niche. The quality and value of its food...
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...mi mundo se ha pintado de negro que encuentro aquel parecías tan feliz sonriendo y me duele, Como me duele…. saber que ese no soy yo destruye mi corazón y no quiero No quiero hacerme daño… me quiero escapar lejos de aquí antes de aceptar que te perdí prefiero morir antes de verte en otros brazos feliz y si es que soy un egoísta es así prefiero mirar a un lado, para no sufrir prefiero morir antes de verte en otros brazos feliz y si es que soy un egoísta es así prefiero mirar a un lado, para no sufrir prefiero morir ohhh eeeh Y me duele, como me duele saber que ese no soy yo destruye mi corazón y no quiero no quiero hacerme daño me quiero escapar lejos de aquí antes de aceptar que te perdí prefiero morir antes de verte en otros brazos feliz y si es que soy un egoísta es así prefiero mirar a un lado para no sufrir prefiero morir antes de verte en otros brazos feliz y si es que soy un egoísta es así prefiero mirar a un lado para no sufrir Prefiero morir… prefiero morir antes de verte en otros brazos feliz y si es que soy un egoísta es así prefiero mirar a un lado para no sufrir prefiero morir antes de verte en otros brazos feliz y si es que soy un egoísta es así prefiero mirar a un lado para no sufrir Video y Letra en: http://sentimusica.blogspot.com/2011/02/prefiero-morir-rakim-y-ken-y.html#ixzz1g03lFpdX Under Creative Commons License:...
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...from Texas in the 18th century. Now, scholars are thinking that this group of Indians moved from north western Oklahoma in 1601 to Texas. On their way back to Texas they were first encountered by the Spanish explorers in 1691. While on their way to Texas, they lived next to the Red river by 1700. When the Indians moved back to Texas, they were soon going to have to move back to Oklahoma in the upcoming future. The Tonkawa tribe had to overcome resettlement, wars, and rebuilding their tribe in the near to come future. When the Tonkawa tribes had made it back to Texas, the first place the settled was along the Brazos river in 1854. Here, they would live for the next thirty years until they were to be removed by the government. While they were settled at the Brazos river, they were about 5,000 people that had homes their. In 1855, they had officially been removed from the Brazos river in Texas and were being relocated to Indian territory in Oklahoma. Also during this time period, a war was brewing between the confederate states and the southern states. They chose the side that would...
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...EXAMEN B BIOLOGIA Un experimentó demostró que el ADN de una bacteria causante de una determinada enfermedad, al ser inyectado a una bacteria inocua, transformaba esta en una bacteria que origina dicha enfermedad. A partir de este, el ADN fue considerado el portador de la información genética. LOS ACIDOS NUCLEICOS Son moléculas formadas por la únion de moléculas sencillas llamadas nucleótidos. Los nucleótidos: formadas por tres subunidades: * Una base nitrogenada: 5 bases, adenina, guanina, citosina, timina y uracilo. * Un azúcar de 5 átomos que puede ser ribosa o un derivado llamado desoxirribosa. * Un grupo fosfato. 2 tipos de ácidos nucleicos. ARN | ADN | -En el núcleo y citosoma de celulas.-Sus nucleotidos contiene ribosa, y bases nitrogenadas (A,G,C,U).-Única cadena de nucleótidos.-2 tipos: ARNm y ARNt, intervienen en la fabricación de proteinas. | -En el núcleo de células eucariotas y citoplasma en procariotas.-Nucleotidos contienen desoxirribosa formadas por (A,G,C,T)-Formado por 2 cadenas de desoxirribonucleicos.-Cadenas se matienen unidas mediantes enlaces entre las bases nitrogenadas.-Secuencia del ADN de un organismo constituye su información genética.-Doble hélice del ADN preserva nucleótidos en su interior y los protege de posibles alteraciones. | Funciones de los ácidos nucleicos: * Regular la actividad de la célula. Gran parte de la actividad celular se hace mediantes la intervención de proteínas. El ADN regula esta actividad en la...
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...Richard arrived in Brazos Santiago, Texas. When he was just 22 years he was old and broke. He quickly took advantage of the opportunities, though, in the war-torn area along the border of Texas and Mexico. He was the second one to fly on the Colonel Cross and the first to take flight on the CORVETTE. Richard’s son Robert Lee died of a case of pneumonia. King was a very experienced riversman and he was also a risk taker and loved to get into trouble. He told himself that he could pilot a boat anywhere he wants or where a dry creek flows. He also designed boats for the Rio Grande specifically to make a boat that could go into narrow bends and the fast waters of the Rio Grande. He was also a very good business man who knew how to handle many “pies” in south Texas with many associates. The big “pie” in southeast and west Texas in the time was undeveloped land.Richard became captain of Colonel Cross. This is how he became so good. With money flowing from his steamboat interest he was very rich. Richard King arrived in Brazos Santiago, Texas, he was 22 years old and broke. He quickly took advantage of the opportunities, though, in the war-torn area along the border of Texas and Mexico. He Became the second pilot on the Colonel Cross, then first pilot on the...
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...practice a policy of being "tough on criminals," reflecting the belief of most Texans that a strong deterrence is the most effective crime-fighting policy. Texas has the highest incarceration rate of any state or Western industrialized nation and is the leading state in both sentencing people to death and the number of prisoners executed (Dille, 2008). The Texas court system is built around a primary county. These counties are name county seats. These counties are the location of all major court system. Each town has a jail system and host minor court hearings. The major court cases are held in the town county seat. In Bryan, Texas, which is a sister of College Station, location in Brazos County, is the primary county seat. The Brazos Valley County consists of five towns. Each town in the Brazos Valley has their own city jail. The lowest court system in Texas starts with the Justice and Municipal Court. These court...
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...Dahlman salió hacia el mar azul oscuro, que es la noche. Su mano agarró la daga con cada tensión muscular podía sentir su capa resistente. Mirando hacia él, con una sonrisa siniestra, su oponente se lanzó sobre él y con un empuje señaló con el brazo hacia el pecho de Dahlman. En respuesta, Dahlman esquivó el golpe y empujó al hombre hacia el mogo de la tierra. El hombre se voltio aturdido, pero también entretenido, casi tanto como Dahlman. Se levantó riendo, Dahlman se pusó impacient y lanzó el puyazo del cuchillo en el pecho del hombre oscuro. La daga se infundio. Los ojos de Dahlman permanecieron firmes para ver las expresiones del hombre oscuro. El hombre simplemente se cubrió el rostro y dejó que poco a poco levantará la barbilla. Para su incredulidad, el hombre seguía sonriendo con los ojos malvados que dejó escapar una ligera transpiración de la frente de Dahlman, pero se mantuvo firme. La daga estaba el pecho del hombre, Dahlman mantenía la daga en mano, y el hombre se quedó mirando sereno. De repente, el hombre retorció la mano de Dahlman derramando más profundamente en su pecho la daga y con el brazo opuesto apuñaló a Dahlman en el pecho. Confusó, Dahlman cayó lentamente al suelo y el hombre siguió en pie como si no hubiese pasado nada. Dahlman miró a la joya de plata que se colgaba sobre el mar de color azul oscuro, y se dió cuenta que creía en tamaño, en elegancia y la esencia que cada vez brillaba más. Su visión se envuelvó alrededor de la luz y la luz se apagaba...
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...very profitable market for European settlers. Goods were exported from Europe to Africa, Africans were sold across the ocean to America where they were enslaved and worked for landowners/famers, and those goods produced by the American farmers through the work of African slaves were then exported back to Europe. Shamefully, fear and greed is a large part of why slavery continued and social segregation infected this country for so long. “Not long after the first colonial settlement in 1619, Africans came to Virginia with the Dutch. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans were treated as indentured servants; laborers under contract to work for several years for a payment of housing, food or other necessities.” (Brazos Valley African American Museum: Robin Silva 2007) At first, Africans were promised freedom after several years working for the white man but eventually posed as a threat to wealthy landowners and this is how race based slavery came about. The colony of Massachusetts is where the 1st legally...
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...“Gun Laws in the U.S.” “Guns don’t kill people, people do!” This slogan is used by many gun right advocates in America today. I couldn’t agree more! People kill people during the commission of crimes, in the heat of passion, or through a series of innocent, yet deadly mistakes. Gun right advocates continuously lobby the legislature into submitting bills that would allow John Q. Public to legally carry firearms onto college campuses. Firearm possession does nothing more than create a false sense of security to their owners. Nevertheless, gun right advocates believe they can make it safer and reduce crime by introducing firearms into the campus environment. This introduction is not only dangerous, but accidental discharges and other seemingly innocent misdeeds could cost you your life. First, “There’s no epidemic of campus violence,” said Jack Levin, director of the Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence at Northeastern University in Boston (Cohen, 2007, p 1). “In fact, there are so few homicides on college campuses that you’re much safer there than you are in almost any other venue” (Cohen, 2007, p 1). Other experts agree that of all the places young adults spend their time, a college campus likely provides the largest safety net (Cohen, 2007, p 1). College campuses employ a multilayer approach into keeping campuses safe and free of crime. Communication is the key to keeping campuses safe. Most large universities use smart phone apps and emergency callboxes...
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...cadena, un gran reloj y sus tenis tan limpios que hasta pareciera que son nuevos, a lo que vino mi siguiente pregunta, cuál será la razón por la cual Carlos entró a una escuela de este tipo? Por que a simple ver, él podría estudiar en una escuela particular de esas carísimas que hay o por qué no? En el extranjero. Pero vaya! Estoy exagerando pensé, estoy sacando mis conclusiones sin siquiera conocerlo o saber de él. Más tarde en la clase de valores, por casualidad él se sentó a lado mío y aproveche para saludarlo y presentarme, por qué no? Pensé. “Hola Carlos, yo soy Pedro” dije al mismo tiempo que extendía mi mano para saludar. Carlos volteó a verme con una cara de pocos amigos solo se molestó en decir “hola” y dejó mi brazo estirado, yo solamente devolví mi brazo y pensé “menudo carácter de este tipo” en eso, el maestro empieza a pasar lista, al final pregunta “ alguien faltó?” Carlos levanta su mano, el maestro ya mayor, de carácter divertido y agradable le dice “ un compañero nuevo? Bienvenido seas, dime cuál es tu nombre para ponerte en la lista “ Carlos sin contestar nada de la bienvenida que le dio el maestro solo dice su nombre de una manera un poco arrogante, el maestro termina de anotarlo y al notar la antipatía de Carlos...
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...Título Original: Interview with the vampire Traducción: Marcelo Covian Edición electrónica: Pincho Primera parte a veo... —dijo el vampiro, pensativo, y lentamente cruzó la habitación hacia la ventana. Durante largo rato, se quedó allí contra la luz mortecina de la calle Divisadero y los focos intermitentes del tránsito. El muchacho pudo ver entonces los muebles del cuarto con mayor claridad: la mesa redonda de roble, las sillas. Una palangana colgaba de una pared con un espejo. Puso su portafolio en la mesa y esperó. —Pero, ¿cuánta cinta tienes aquí? —preguntó el vampiro y se dio la vuelta para que el muchacho pudiera verle el perfil—. ¿Suficiente para la historia de una vida? —Desde luego, si es una buena vida. A veces entrevisto hasta tres o cuatro personas en una noche si tengo suerte. Pero tiene que ser una buena historia. Eso es justo, ¿no le parece? —Sumamente justo —contestó el vampiro—. Me gustaría contarte la historia de mi vida. Me gustaría mucho. —Estupendo —dijo el muchacho. Y rápidamente sacó el magnetófono de su portafolio y verificó las pilas y la cinta—. Realmente tengo muchas ganas de saber por qué cree usted en esto, por qué usted... —No —dijo abruptamente el vampiro—. No podemos empezar de esa manera. ¿Tienes ya el equipo dispuesto? —Sí —dijo el muchacho. —Entonces, siéntate. Voy a encender la luz. —Yo pensaba que a los vampiros no les gustaba la luz —dijo el muchacho—. Sí usted cree que la oscuridad ayuda al ambiente... —Pero...
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...ANTEBELLUM TEXAS. In the drama of Texas history the period of early statehood, from 1846 to 1861, appears largely as an interlude between two great adventures-the Republic of Texas and the Civil War.qqv These fifteen years did indeed lack the excitement and romance of the experiment in nationhood and the "Lost Cause" of the Confederacy. Events and developments during the period, however, were critical in shaping the Lone Star State as part of the antebellum South. By 1861 Texas was so like the other Southern states economically, socially, and politically that it joined them in secessionqv and war. Antebellum Texans cast their lot with the Old South and in the process gave their state an indelibly Southern heritage. When President Anson Jonesqv lowered the flag of the republic for the last time in February 1846, the framework for the development of Texas over the next fifteen years was already constructed. The great majority of the new state's approximately 100,000 white inhabitants were natives of the South, who, as they settled in the eastern timberlands and south central plains, had built a life as similar as possible to that experienced in their home states. Their economy, dependent on agriculture, was concentrated first on subsistence farming and herding and then on production of cotton as a cash crop. This meant the introduction of what southerners called their "Peculiar Institution"-slavery.qv In 1846 Texas had more than 30,000 black slaves and produced an even larger number...
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