Houston has also seen recent improvements to the city's waterways the banks of Buffalo Bayou have been cleaned of garbage and have been turned into jogging trails and parks Since the mid-1990s Houston has seen a great increase in wildlife along the bayou due to many successful cleaning attempts the Port of Houston has not seen any major cleaning attempts, (25.6) 85.2 In 2008 Houston received top ranking on Kiplinger's Personal Finance "Best Cities of 2008" list which ranks cities on their local economy employment opportunities reasonable living costs and quality of life the city ranked fourth for highest increase in the local technological innovation over the preceding 15 years according to Forbes magazine in the same year the city ranked second on the annual Fortune 500 list of company headquarters first for Forbes magazine's "Best Cities for College Graduates" and first on their list of "Best Cities to Buy a Home" in 2010 the city was rated the best city for shopping according to Forbes! Duke Energy Field Services near Palestine on U.S Highway 79: the company operates facilities including refineries and oil wells throughout the region, From 1630 to 1654 the Dutch set up more permanently in the Nordeste and controlled a long stretch of the coast most accessible to Europe without however penetrating the interior But the colonists of the Dutch West India Company in Brazil were in a constant state of siege in spite of the presence in Recife of John Maurice of Nassau as governor After several years of open warfare the Dutch formally withdrew in 1661. Texas in its Wild West days attracted men who could shoot straight and possessed the zest for adventure "for masculine renown patriotic service martial glory and meaningful deaths." Impact In 1509 the Portuguese under Francisco de Almeida won a critical victory in the battle of Diu against a joint Mamluk and Arab fleet sent to counteract their presence in the Arabian Sea the retreat of the Mamluks and Arabs enabled the Portuguese to implement their strategy of controlling the Indian Ocean. ! .
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