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Pakistanis in Houston include owners of small and large businesses as well as computer software/hardware engineers and medical professionals. Smaller businesses include convenience stores, gas stations, and restaurants; while larger businesses are related to the fields of information technology, manufacturing, real estate, and textiles.
Alpacas were domesticated thousands of years ago. The Moche people of Northern Peru often used alpaca images in their art. [6] Traditionally, alpaca were bred and raised in herds, grazing on the level meadows and escarpments of the Andes, from Ecuador and Peru to Western Bolivia and Northern Chile, typically at an altitude of 3,500 to 5,000 metres (11,000 to 16,000 feet) above sea level. [7]
A picture of a huacaya alpaca. A drawing of a Huacaya alpaca. The Huacaya alpaca is one of two breeds of alpaca, [3] the other breed being the Suri alpaca. [4] Both breeds were first domesticated by the Incas thousands of years ago from a wild species of camelid, the vicuña.
The South American camelids were a valuable resource. Their meat was consumed fresh or in charqui and chalona; their wool was used to make threads and fabrics; their bones, hide, fat and excrement had diverse applications such as musical instruments, footwear, medicines and fertilizer respectively.
The Fifth Ward, one of the six wards of Houston, was created partly from two other wards, the First Ward, which ceded the area to the north and east of White Oak Bayou and Little White Oak Bayou, and the Second Ward, which ceded all land within the Houston city limits to the north of Buffalo Bayou.
In alpacas, pregnancies last 11 to 12 months, and usually result in a single cria. Twins are rare, approximately 1 ⁄ 1000 , slightly rarer than the proportion of twins in human births. Twin cria births are not only rare, but dangerous.
TGL matches are played across 15 of 30 "holes" designed by Beau Welling Design, Nicklaus Design, and Pizá Golf along with technology partner Full Swing Golf.The virtual holes, which each carry a different nickname and measure as either Par 3, Par 4, or Par 5, are inspired by various real-world or virtually-inspired landscape and geographic designs (links, canyons, mountains, desert, tropical).
Frenchy's Chicken is a restaurant chain in Houston, Texas, selling Louisiana Creole cuisine. It was established in 1969 by Percy "Frenchy" Creuzot Jr. In 2010 Allan Turner of the Houston Chronicle wrote that the original location, still operated by the founding family, and the chain-operated locations together have a "loyal clientele". [ 1 ]