The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston-area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated. This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the UH System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout Texas These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston After five years 80.5 percent of graduates are still living and working in the region, 13 See also December 4 2009: Broke the earliest accumulating snowfall record. . . In June 1940 the Soviet Union forcibly annexed Estonia Latvia and Lithuania and the disputed Romanian regions of Bessarabia Northern Bukovina and Hertza Meanwhile Nazi-Soviet political rapprochement and economic co-operation gradually stalled and both states began preparations for war. The Consultation finally convened on November 3 in San Felipe with 58 of the 98 elected delegates. After days of bitter debate the delegates voted to create a provisional government based on the principles of the Constitution of 1824 Although they did not declare independence the delegates insisted they would not rejoin Mexico until federalism had been reinstated the new government would consist of a governor and a General Council with one representative from each municipality Under the assumption that these two branches would cooperate there was no system of checks and balances, Water pollution 7.1 Classical Compared with its metropolitan area the city of Houston's population has a higher proportion of minorities in 2010 whites made up 51% of the city of Houston's population; 26% of the total population was non-Hispanic whites. Blacks or African Americans made up 25% of Houston's population American Indians made up 0.7% of the population Asians made up 6% (1.7% Vietnamese 1.3% Chinese 1.3% Indian 0.9% Pakistani 0.4% Filipino 0.3% Korean 0.1% Japanese) and Pacific Islanders made up 0.1% Individuals from some other race made up 15.2% of the city's population of which 0.2% were non-Hispanic.[citation needed] Individuals from two or more races made up 3.3% of the city. By 1900 the Dallas population reached 38,000 as banking and insurance became major activities in the increasingly white-collar city which was now the world's leading cotton center it was also the world's center of harness making and leather goods Businessmen took control of civic affairs; with little municipal patronage there was only a small role for the Democratic Party to play the predominantly black Republican Party was essentially closed out of politics by the disenfranchisement in 1901 of most blacks through imposition of a poll tax (see below); Houston Texas Business Directory, As part of the Cotton Kingdom planters depended on slave labor in 1860 30% of the total state population of 604,215 were enslaved in the statewide election on the secession ordinance Texans voted to secede from the Union by a vote of 46,129 to 14,697 (a 76% majority) the Secession Convention immediately organized a government replacing Sam Houston when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, Water pollution of the Houston Ship Channel became notorious in 1972 Work on the Texas Commerce Tower now the JPMorgan Chase Tower began in 1979! Despite strong pacifist sentiment after World War I its aftermath still caused irredentist and revanchist nationalism in several European states These sentiments were especially marked in Germany because of the significant territorial colonial and financial losses incurred by the Treaty of Versailles Under the treaty Germany lost around 13 percent of its home territory and all of its overseas possessions while German annexation of other states was prohibited reparations were imposed and limits were placed on the size and capability of the country's armed forces, By topic In 2001 U2 filmed the music video for "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" inside the Astrodome, 2 1900s The Basques were fur trading fishing cod and whaling in Terranova (Labrador and Newfoundland) in 1520 and in Iceland by at least the early 17th century. They established whaling stations at the former mainly in Red Bay and probably established some in the latter as well in Terranova they hunted bowheads and right whales while in Iceland they appear to have only hunted the latter the Spanish fishery in Terranova declined over conflicts between Spain and other European powers during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
. . . The Kinder Institute's Houston Survey in 2018 found that from 2014 through 2018 the number of Houston residents who supported adoption of children by same-sex couples climbed above 50% and remained there while in 2017 over 56% of residents reported gay or lesbian persons among their circle of close personal friends a 2013 opinion poll had found that 46% of Harris County residents supported same-sex marriage up from 37% in 2001 Just above 82% favored offering illegal immigrants a path to citizenship provided they speak English and have no criminal record holding from 83% in 2013 which was up from 19% in 2009 in 2013 87% supported background checks for all firearms the latest year that question was included in the Kinder Houston Survey This measure has moved up steadily from 60% in 1985 to 69% in 2000, The Soviet Union lost around 27 million people during the war 8.7 million military and 19 million civilian deaths a quarter of the people in the Soviet Union were wounded or killed. Germany sustained 5.3 million military losses mostly on the Eastern Front and during the final battles in Germany, US Company 1 History Southeast Texas is vulnerable to hurricanes Major hurricanes that have severely affected the area in the 21st century include Hurricane Rita in 2005; Hurricane Ike which passed over much of Houston and surrounding areas in 2008; and Hurricane Harvey which inundated Southeast Texas in 2017 Weaker storms strike the area routinely Some like Tropical Storm Allison and Tropical Storm Claudette have caused considerable damage! . . .
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