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Contents In July 1937 Japan captured the former Chinese imperial capital of Peking after instigating the Marco Polo Bridge Incident which culminated in the Japanese campaign to invade all of China the Soviets quickly signed a non-aggression pact with China to lend materiel support effectively ending China's prior co-operation with Germany From September to November the Japanese attacked Taiyuan engaged the Kuomintang Army around Xinkou and fought Communist forces in Pingxingguan. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek deployed his best army to defend Shanghai but after three months of fighting Shanghai fell the Japanese continued to push the Chinese forces back capturing the capital Nanking in December 1937 After the fall of Nanking tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants were murdered by the Japanese, Texas Consultation and the Matamoros Expedition. Portolan of Angelino Dulcert (1339) showing Lanzarote island. .

Houston's murder rate ranked 46th of U.S cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005 (per capita rate of 16.3 murders per 100,000 population) in 2010 the city's murder rate (per capita rate of 11.8 murders per 100,000 population) was ranked sixth among U.S cities with a population of over 750,000 (behind New York City Chicago Detroit Dallas and Philadelphia) according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), El Paso 92/67 33/21 57/32 14/0 Squat concrete building with large drive-through under a wing a roof for the entrance is attached to the building by angled poles, The city of Houston has a strong mayoral form of municipal government. Houston is a home rule city and all municipal elections in the Texas are nonpartisan the city's elected officials are the mayor city controller and 16 members of the Houston City Council the current mayor of Houston is Sylvester Turner a Democrat elected on a nonpartisan ballot Houston's mayor serves as the city's chief administrator executive officer and official representative and is responsible for the general management of the city and for seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced. Contents A lithograph showing the bust of a clean-shaven man He is in military dress uniform with one medal around his neck and several others pinned at his shoulder. Japanese invasion of China (1937) Obesity has quickly become a major health issue in Texas in 2017 33.6% of Texas adults were obese as compared to 29.9% of U.S adults in 2000 21.7% of adults were obese and in 1990 only 10.7% of adults were obese in 2016 33% of 10-17 year olds in Texas were obese. When separated out by gender 34.6% of Texas females and 32.8% of Texas males were obese. When separated out by race 31% of White adults 41.7% of Black adults and 37.8% of Hispanic adults were obese in Texas in 2016. Research shows that an increase in household income is correlated with a decrease in obesity rates in 2014 Comptroller Susan Combs found that there are educational achievement patterns as well - 39% of the Texas population with less than a high school education was obese while only 23% of college graduates were obese. Living in a rural area in Texas is also correlated with higher obesity rates. The Brazos River straddles some of Houston's extreme western and southwestern suburbs particularly Sugar Land and Rosenberg, Houston has sports teams for every major professional league except the National Hockey League the Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball expansion team formed in 1962 (known as the "Colt .45s" until 1965) that won the World Series in 2017 and previously appeared in 2005 It is the only MLB team to have won pennants in both modern leagues the Houston Rockets are a National Basketball Association franchise based in the city since 1971 They have won two NBA Championships one in 1994 and another in 1995 under star players Hakeem Olajuwon Otis Thorpe Clyde Drexler Vernon Maxwell and Kenny Smith the Houston Texans are a National Football League expansion team formed in 2002 the Houston Dynamo is a Major League Soccer franchise that has been based in Houston since 2006 winning two MLS Cup titles in 2006 and 2007 the Houston Dash team plays in the National Women's Soccer League the Houston SaberCats are a rugby team that plays in Major League Rugby, Constable Precinct 5 Ted Heap Republican Vasco da Gama.