Caroline Tuck - State Farm Insurance Agent

Contents Houston is well known for its oil and petrochemical industries which are leading contributors to the city's economy the industries located along the ship channel coupled with a growing population have caused a considerable increase in air pollution for the city each year Houston has excessive ozone levels and is ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Ground-level ozone or smog is Houston's predominant air pollution problem in 2011 Houston was ranked as the 17th most polluted city in the US according to the American Lung Association a 2007 assessment found the following twelve air pollutants to be definite risks to health in Houston:. . . Houston Texas Business Directory Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year (-5) 14, 1 1800s 5 Economy The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston the largest Catholic jurisdiction in Texas and fifth-largest in the United States was established in 1847 the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston claims approximately 1.7 million Catholics within its boundaries. 2000 to present-day Voters rejected efforts to have separate residential and commercial land-use districts in 1948 1962 and 1993 Consequently rather than a single central business district as the center of the city's employment multiple districts have grown throughout the city in addition to Downtown which include Uptown the Texas Medical Center Midtown Greenway Plaza Memorial City the Energy Corridor Westchase and Greenspoint. The city has hosted several major professional and college sporting events including the annual Houston Open golf tournament Houston hosts the annual Houston College Classic baseball tournament every February and the Texas Kickoff and Bowl in September and December respectively. (114) 4.22 The 18-story Prudential Building designed by Kenneth Franzheim was constructed in 1952 in the Texas Medical Center the ground level walls of the Prudential Building were clad with deep red polished Texas granite; the upper floors on the northwest and northeast sides were clad in Texas limestone the southwest and southeast sides though were faced with full-height aluminum arrangements to "utilize solar rays and air circulation to effect economies in air conditioning." the building was the first local corporate high rise office building in Houston to be located outside of the central business district the Prudential Building was demolished January 8 2012.

46 Spectra Energy 441 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, William P Hobby born in Moscow Polk County District 10 Michael McCaul Republican 2004 Northwest. Finance in Houston for 2011, Texas modernized and expanded its system of higher education through the 1960s the state created a comprehensive plan for higher education funded in large part by oil revenues and a central state apparatus designed to manage state institutions more efficiently These changes helped Texas universities receive federal research funds, On May 12 2016 a release of oil from subsea infrastructure on Shell's Brutus oil rig released 2,100 barrels of oil This leak created a visible 2 mile by 13 mile oil slick in the sea about 97 miles south of Port Fourchon Louisiana according to the U.S Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. 11 Transportation Colleges and universities Education, Map of Houston 1913 Culturally Southeast Texas is more closely akin to the Gulf Coast Louisiana or even Mississippi than it is to West Texas Much of modern Southeast Texas culture has its roots in traditions that go back for generations Southeast Texas is consistent with much of the rest of rural Texas in that it is a part of the Bible Belt an area in which many inhabitants have strongly Fundamentalist Christian beliefs Many of the largest cities in East Texas outside Houston still follow a rural Southern way of life especially in dialect mannerisms religion and cuisine; US 90.svg U.S Highway 90 Alternate Houston Texas Business Directory 4.3 Tennis Jacinto City Cycling Tourism and recreation 1.1 Golden Triangle.