Dayton ISD Playing surface, 12 See also (34) 97, Top 10 Non-English languages spoken in Texas METRORail light rail. Bronze figure of a Portuguese soldier made by Benin culture in West Africa around 1600, Tejano Spring ISD Three exterior pedestrian ramp towers were demolished on December 8 2013 Around that time the ramp bridges were disconnected from the main structure and the surrounding grass berms were lowered the ticket booths were also removed along with the interior seats the demolition was planned prior to the referendum. Obesity also has substantial impacts on the economy in Texas Obesity costs Texas businesses $9.5 billion annually. 41% of this is due to obesity-related healthcare costs 17% is due to absenteeism and 37% is due to presenteeism, (-13) 17 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, Main article: Eastern Front (World War II). .
. The late Paleozoic mountains collapsed as rifting in the Jurassic period began to open the Gulf of Mexico Pangea began to break up in the Triassic but seafloor spreading to form the Gulf of Mexico occurred only in the mid and late Jurassic the shoreline shifted again to the eastern margin of the state and the Gulf of Mexico passive margin began to form Today 9 to 12 miles (14 to 19 km) of sediments are buried beneath the Texas continental shelf and a large proportion of remaining US oil reserves are here At the start of its formation the incipient Gulf of Mexico basin was restricted and seawater often evaporated completely to form thick evaporite deposits of Jurassic age These salt deposits formed salt dome diapirs and are found in East Texas along the Gulf coast, On the same day Germany launched an offensive against France to circumvent the strong Maginot Line fortifications on the Franco-German border Germany directed its attack at the neutral nations of Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg the Germans carried out a flanking manoeuvre through the Ardennes region which was mistakenly perceived by Allies as an impenetrable natural barrier against armoured vehicles by successfully implementing new blitzkrieg tactics the Wehrmacht rapidly advanced to the Channel and cut off the Allied forces in Belgium trapping the bulk of the Allied armies in a cauldron on the Franco-Belgian border near Lille the United Kingdom was able to evacuate a significant number of Allied troops from the continent by early June although abandoning almost all of their equipment, District 22 Pete Olson Republican 2008 Ellington Field! . Houston Texas Business Directory When World War II started tonnage levels at the port decreased and shipping activities were suspended; however the war did provide economic benefits for the city Petrochemical refineries and manufacturing plants were constructed along the ship channel because of the demand for petroleum and synthetic rubber products by the defense industry during the war. Ellington Field initially built during World War I was revitalized as an advanced training center for bombardiers and navigators the Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1942 to build ships for the U.S Navy during World War II Due to the boom in defense jobs thousands of new workers migrated to the city both blacks and whites competing for the higher-paying jobs President Roosevelt had established a policy of nondiscrimination for defense contractors and blacks gained some opportunities especially in shipbuilding although not without resistance from whites and increasing social tensions that erupted into occasional violence Economic gains of blacks who entered defense industries continued in the postwar years. German soldiers during the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Axis powers 1941; Main article: John F Kennedy Assassination, Galveston Bay is a central feature of the Greater Houston metropolitan area the bay serves an essential economic role as home of the Houston Ship Channel and a large fishing industry and is also an important destination for recreation and coastal wildlife Covering approximately 600 square miles (1,600 km2) the estuary extends 30 miles (48 km) inland from the coast and has a maximum width of 17 miles (27 km). Important regional communities including Galveston and Texas City are located along the bay While the City of Houston proper does not adjoin the bay its limits do extend southward to encompass the NASA Johnson Space Center and the community of Clear Lake.
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