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Niger-Congo languages of West Africa (Ibo Kru and Yoruba) 0.15%. 7.1 Primary and secondary schools Tall symmetrical glass skyscraper with triangular peak and setbacks that narrow the building as it rises a chevron design under the top seems to be pushed upward by a long thin arrow. Areas outside of municipal city limits (and some smaller municipalities) have fire and emergency medical services provided by Emergency Service Districts distinct governmental units with the ability to levy property and sales taxes ESD's may provide fire service EMS service or both (dual services) and the services they provide determine the limits on their adoptable tax rate. The Chapel of St Basil, The Houston area is a leading center for building oilfield equipment. Much of its success as a petrochemical complex is due to its busy ship channel the Port of Houston in the United States the port ranks first in international commerce and 10th among the largest ports in the world. Unlike most places high oil and gasoline prices are beneficial for Houston's economy as many of its residents are employed in the energy industry. Houston is the beginning or end point of numerous oil gas and products pipelines, Kegans Unit located in Downtown Houston is a state jail for men it is in the north of downtown along the north side of the Buffalo Bayou next to the county facilities.

Further information: List of newspapers in Houston List of television stations in Texas List of radio stations in Texas Magazines in Houston and List of films featured in Houston, Hewlett-Packard United States offices formerly headquarters of Compaq, Many notable music artists have East Texas roots including: George Jones (Saratoga) Miranda Lambert (Lindale) Kacey Musgraves (Mineola) Neal McCoy (Longview and Jacksonville) Lee Ann Womack (Jacksonville) Janis Joplin (Port Arthur) Don Henley (Linden) Ray Price (Perryville) Johnny Horton (Rusk) Johnny Mathis (Gilmer) Tex Ritter (Panola County) Jim Reeves (Panola County) Mark Chesnutt (Beaumont) Tracy Byrd (Vidor) Clay Walker (Beaumont) Chris Tomlin (Grand Saline) and Michelle Shocked (Gilmer) among many others. Nassau Bay Constable Precinct 5 Ted Heap Republican McNair Many East Texans have a mixture of European and Native American ancestry notably country and folk singer Miranda Lambert. The Council had neglected to provide specific instructions on how to structure the February vote for convention delegates leaving it up to each municipality to determine how to balance the desires of the established residents against those of the volunteers newly arrived from the United States. Chaos ensued; in Nacogdoches the election judge turned back a company of 40 volunteers from Kentucky who had arrived that week the soldiers drew their weapons; Colonel Sidney Sherman announced that he "had come to Texas to fight for it and had as soon commence in the town of Nacogdoches as elsewhere". Eventually the troops were allowed to vote. With rumors that Santa Anna was preparing a large army to advance into Texas rhetoric degenerated into framing the conflict as a race war between Anglos defending their property against in the words of David G Burnet a "mongrel race of degenerate Spaniards and Indians more depraved than they". . . By the early 20th century the Democratic Party in Texas started using a "white primary." Restricting the Democratic primary to white voters was another way of closing minorities out of politics as the primary was the only competitive contest for office in the one-party state by 1906 the number of black voters had dropped from more than 100,000 in the 1890s to 5,000 the state also passed a law for white primaries in 1896 86.6% of all voters in Texas voted in the presidential election; following disenfranchisement voter turnout in 1904 was 29.2% and in 1920 was 21.6%. As with other parts of Texas and/or the South other popular sporting activities in East Texas include rodeo (including PRCA) hunting and fishing Prominent rodeos in East Texas are held in Beaumont Nacogdoches Paris Longview Gladewater Huntsville Lufkin Athens Palestine Lindale etc East Texas contains several award-winning lakes for sport fishing including Toledo Bend Reservoir Lake Sam Rayburn Lake Livingston Lake Fork Reservoir Lake Tawakoni etc East Texans have a long tradition in outdoors sporting and observe the opening day of deer season as a near religious holiday, Mexican authorities blamed the loss of Texas on United States intervention. Although the United States remained officially neutral 40 percent of the men who enlisted in the Texian army from October 1 through April 21 arrived from the United States after hostilities began. More than 200 of the volunteers were members of the United States Army; none were punished when they returned to their posts. American individuals also provided supplies and money to the cause of Texian independence. For the next decade Mexican politicians frequently denounced the United States for the involvement of its citizens, Further information: Diplomatic history of World War II. .