by Betty L. Martin

HOUSTON Comprar Hombre Nike VaporMax LACELESS Pure Platinum Blancas , March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Spaniards who in the 1500s brought livestock competitions to what became part of South America, Mexico and the western United States could never have imagined that one day in 2015, their work and cultural festivities would be honored during the world's largest rodeo.

More than 155,000 people - 26,406 more visitors than last year - turned out at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's Go Tejano Day on Sunday, a day set aside in the March 3-22 rodeo to honor Hispanic heritage, which includes the concept of the rodeo itself.

Linda Alonzo-Saenz Comprar Nike VaporMax Amarillo Blancas Verdes , 57, an executive member of the Rodeo's Go Tejano Day Committee, said the creation of the special day to encourage people of Hispanic culture to attend the Houston rodeo has proven to be a success in celebrating the heritage of Texas.

"Tejano is translation of Texas in Spanish and Go Tejano Day started in order to get more involvement from the Hispanic community, just as the rodeo started as a Spanish tradition," Alonzo-Saenz said. "Spanish got here and brought longhorn and other cattle - and what would be more obvious than to blend with the native Western culture already here (Native Americans) and then adding all the diverse cultures that now make up Texas."

The Go Tejano Day Committee honors not just Hispanic people, but all the people who support the events that make up the rodeo, including agricultural and scholarship events.

The idea of having a single day to commemorate Hispanic heritage is a misnomer Comprar Hombre COMME des GARÇONS Nike Vapormax Blancas Azules , she said, since the Go Tejano Day Committee works all year long, staging events to help raise funds for student scholarships

"In October, we have the fashion show and dance. In February, a scholarship gala," Alonzo-Saenz said. "The Go Tejano Food booth runs during the 20 days of the rodeo, just like a restaurant...Our main goal is to support the students with scholarships. Last year Comprar Hombre Nike VaporMax CS Grises Azules , we gave away 18,000 (U.S. dollars) in scholarships."

Go Tejano Day festivities also include live entertainment featuring popular recording artists, and the Fiesta Charr, a colorful exhibition of traditional Mexican folk dance, music and horseback riding.

There are two other special days at the rodeo to honor Texas heritage. They include Go Texan Day, which is held before the rodeo even begins. During that day, the rodeo encourages schools Comprar Hombre Nike VaporMax Country ID Kenya Blancas Verdes , businesses, organizations and clubs to dress in Western clothes and help build pride in Texas and Western heritage.

The other special day is Black Heritage Day, which honors African American cowboy tradition and was held on March 6 this year. Day-long festivities included live entertainment, school bands, choirs and dance teams, and historical displays around the grounds.

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Despite rising food and oil prices Comprar Hombre Nike Vapormax Marina Negras 849558-400 , China's inflation growth will likely moderate in January due to a high base a year ago, the Bank of Communications said in a report.

BOCOM predicted the consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, will inch down to 1.4 percent year on year in January from the 1.8 percent growth in the previous month.

Food prices saw marked growth from a month ago as rain and snow across the country dampened the output of vegetables and other farm produce, according to the report.

Meanwhile, price spikes in domestic refined oil drove up the CPI's non-food sub-index as global crude prices hit the highest level in nearly three years last month.

But January's CPI will still moderate year on year as the price increases were offset by a high base in the same period of 2017, when consumer prices picked up by the fastest pace in two and a half years.

China's inflation has remained subdued since last February Comprar Hombre Nike VaporMax Grises Blancas 849558-004 , mainly due to stable food prices, with the full-year growth at only 1.6 percent, below the government's annual inflation regulation target of around 3 percent.

BOCOM expects consumer prices to continue the mild trend this year with an increase of 2 percent.

By Fan Wen, Sina English

Recently Switzerland halted the sale to North Korea of equipment for a ski resort and sporting goods including golf, horseback riding and water sports. These stuffs are considered to be luxuries by Switzerland government and therefore they are under sanctions due to UN resolutions. North Korea were upset over Switzerland’s decision and claimed that the ski resort was a mass sports facility to improve the living standard of North Korean citizens. In fact, UN’s ban list not only includes components to produce weapons of mass destruction, but also any possible luxuries.

On October 9th Comprar Hombre Nike VaporMax Negras Anthracite , 2006, after DPRK conducted its first nuclear test, the UN security council passed resolution 1718 to impose a sanction on DPRK’s nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, chemical and biological weapons. All UN members are prohibited from any export of articles related to WMD to North Korea. As a punishment to the extravagant life of the ruling elites, luxuries are also banned in resolution 1718.

In 2013, UN security council passed another resolution--resolution 2094 after DPRK had conducted its third nuclear test. This resolution reiterated and further emphasized former resolutions related to North Korea and added a new list of luxuries.

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