Vicino on the Lake

. . . European young men enlisted in the army because it was one way out of poverty Catholic priests instructed the soldiers in mathematics writing theology Latin Greek and history and wrote letters and official documents for them King's army officers taught military arts an uneducated young recruit could become a military leader elected by their fellow professional soldiers perhaps based on merit Others were born into hidalgo families and as such they were members of the Spanish nobility with some studies but without economic resources Even some rich nobility families' members became soldiers or missionaries but mostly not the firstborn heirs; Houston is a member of the World Energy Cities Partnership a collaboration between 13 energy focused cities around the world, (29) 106 From 1950 through the 1960s Texas modernized and dramatically expanded its system of higher education Under the leadership of Governor Connally the state produced a long-range plan for higher education a more rational distribution of resources and a central state apparatus that managed state institutions with greater efficiency Because of these changes Texas universities received federal funds for research and development during the John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson administrations, 3.3 Astrodome Revitalization Project On 22 June 1941 Germany supported by Italy and Romania invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa with Germany accusing the Soviets of plotting against them They were joined shortly by Finland and Hungary the primary targets of this surprise offensive were the Baltic region Moscow and Ukraine with the ultimate goal of ending the 1941 campaign near the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line from the Caspian to the White Seas Hitler's objectives were to eliminate the Soviet Union as a military power exterminate Communism generate Lebensraum ("living space") by dispossessing the native population and guarantee access to the strategic resources needed to defeat Germany's remaining rivals. . . .

; . Two kinds of people travel around these plains with the cows; one is called Querechos and the others Teyas; they are very well built and painted and are enemies of each other They have no other settlement or location than comes from traveling around with the cows They kill all of these they wish and tan the hides with which they clothe themselves and make their tents and they eat the flesh sometimes even raw and they also even drink the blood when thirsty the tents they make are like field tents and they set them up over some poles they have made for this purpose which come together and are tied at the top and when they go from one place to another they carry them on some dogs they have of which they have many and they load them with the tents and poles and other things for the country is so level as I said that they can make use of these because they carry the poles dragging along on the ground the sun is what they worship most.