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Texas ranks close to last in access to healthcare, quality of care, avoidable hospital spending, and equity. [371] 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. [372]
The state also has a tied record for the largest hunter shot black bear in the Boone and Crockett record books at 733 lb (332 kg) and a skull of 23 3/16, tied with a bear shot in California in 1993. [203] As of 2007, Pennsylvania has the second highest number of Boone and Crockett-recorded record black bears at 183, behind Wisconsin's 299. [203]
In 1539, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo lands on islands off the coast of California, and names them Farallones, Spanish for cliffs or small pointed islets On 13 November 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sights a peninsula from his ship and names it "Cabo de Pinos", while missing the entrance to San Francisco Bay
Greeneville is a town in and the county seat of Greene County, Tennessee, United States. [13] The population as of the 2020 census was 15,479. [14] The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, [5] and it is the second oldest town in Tennessee.
The site was comparable to Hot or Not and used photos from online face books, asking users to choose the 'hotter' person". [16] Zuckerberg was reported and faced expulsion, but the charges were dropped. [16] A "face book" is a student directory featuring photos and personal information. In January 2004, Zuckerberg coded a new site known as ...
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) [11] [12] is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States.It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford, the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California, and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr.
Romney's grandparents were polygamous Mormons who fled the United States to Mexico with their children owing to the federal government's prosecution of polygamy. [1] [2] His maternal grandfather was Helaman Pratt (1846–1909), who presided over the Mormon mission in Mexico City before moving to the Mexican state of Chihuahua and who was the son of original Mormon apostle Parley P. Pratt (1807 ...