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2000 Census Mainline Protestant 13 Finnish machine gun nest aimed at Soviet Red Army positions during the Winter War February 1940. . Houston has occasional severe weather mostly flooding Hurricanes that have the potential to landfall bring severe damage to the area Seven major hurricanes have hit the Galveston and Houston areas in the past 100 years Four have done significant damage to Houston. The Railroad Commission of Texas contrary to its name regulates the state's oil and gas industry gas utilities pipeline safety safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry and surface coal and uranium mining Until the 1970s the commission controlled the price of petroleum because of its ability to regulate Texas's oil reserves the founders of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) used the Texas agency as one of their models for petroleum price control.

. Nic Santangelo an analyst of the Bureau of Labor Statistics a department of the U.S Department of Labor that composes the monthly consumer price index said in 1992 "We have a difficult time explaining why Houston food prices go one way Dallas another and the nation yet another." a person quoted in the Houston Post described as an industry insider said that when companies in the Houston grocery market left the surviving competitors "got comfortable" and raised prices Tammy Bobon a director of public affairs for AppleTree Markets said that the Houston grocery market had remained competitive for the entire period. . . Matthew McConaughey Longview Gregg County, The following morning March 20 Urrea paraded his men and his newly arrived artillery. Seeing the hopelessness of their situation the Texians with Fannin surrendered Mexican records show that the Texians surrendered at discretion; Texian accounts claim that Urrea promised the Texians would be treated as prisoners-of-war and granted passage to the United States. Two days later a group of Urrea's men surrounded Ward and the last of his group less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Victoria Over Ward's vehement objections his men voted to surrender later recalling they were told they would be sent back to the United States, Effective treatment for obesity is known to be expensive and difficult for childhood obesity programs tend to focus on creating lifestyle changes including a healthier diet and more exercise. Studies show that obesity treatment for children should aim more at changing the behavior of the family as a whole especially the parents. Comprehensive weight loss programs for children in Texas have had limited success in reducing weight for example only 20% of children finish the Weigh of Life Program and many of them are likely to gain the weight back later on for adults surgery is an effective long-term treatment but it comes with several risks and complications. Notwithstanding the concentration of elite medical centers in the state the Commonwealth Fund ranks the Texas healthcare system the third worst in the nation. Texas ranks close to last in access to healthcare quality of care avoidable hospital spending and equity among various groups. Causes of the state's poor rankings include politics a high poverty rate and the highest rate of illegal immigration in the nation in May 2006 Texas initiated the program "code red" in response to the report the state had 25.1 percent of the population without health insurance the largest proportion in the nation. Research shows that adolescents who see alcohol use in advertisements television shows and movies are more likely to start drinking alcohol at a younger age Drinking at a young age is correlated with long-term alcohol abuse. Houston has a franchise in nearly every major professional sports league including: Houston Dynamo (MLS) Houston Astros (MLB) Houston Rockets (NBA) Houston Comets (Now Defunct)(WNBA) Houston Aeros (Now Defunct) (AHL) Houston Texans (NFL) and Houston Dash (National Women's Soccer League). A graph showing the major sectors of the Houston economy (21.6) 78.0 The Comanche agreed to a peace treaty in 1785 the Comanche were willing to fight the enemies of their new friends and soon attacked the Karankawa Over the next several years the Comanche killed many of the Karankawa in the area and drove the others into Mexico.