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City of
Austin
Interactive map City of Austin:
www.ci.austin.tx.us/help/areamap.htm
The Official Web site of the City of Austin
www.ci.austin.tx.us
Traffic in Austin
www.statesman.com/traffic/content/traffic/index.html
Austin parks
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/parkdirectory.htm
Austin preserves
www.ci.austin.tx.us/cepreserves/map.htm
www.ci.austin.tx.us/preserves/access.htm
Austin Leash-free dog parks
www.austin360.com/news/content/recreation/photos/dogs/073004_dogs.html
Austin by the Numbers
- 300 Days of Sunshine
- 7 Institutes of Higher Education
- 112,728 Students Creating a Well-educated Labor
Force
- 203,600 of People with a Bachelor's or Advanced
Degree
- 9,000,000 Combined Volumes in Public, University
and State Libraries
- 16,000,000 Visitors each Year
- 109,006 foreign-born residents
- 70 Museums and Galleries
- 6 History Flags over the State of Texas
- 250 Historic Structures
- 10 Sister Cities around the World
- 28 Seasons of Austin City Limits
- 120 Live Music Venues
- 250 Performing Arts Groups
- 1090 Bands from 28 Countries Showcased at SXSW 2004
- 9600 Attendees at SXSW 2004
- 200 Computer Hardware and Peripheral Companies Employing
68,000 People
- 85 Bio-science Companies
- 98 Semiconductor and Electronics-related Businesses
- 500 Software Companies Employing 28,000 Developers
- 19,000,000 Pounds (864,000 Kilos) of International
Cargo per Year Passing through Austin-Bergstrom International
Airport
- 1,500,000 Mexican Freetail Bats
- 250 City Parks
- 150 Miles of Highland Lakes
- 26 Golf Courses
- 14 Nature Preserves
- 7,566 Acres of Public Park Land in the Greater Austin
Area
- 25.5 Minutes Mean Travel Time to Work
- $154,400 Median Home Value
- 49.93 Percent Home Ownership
- $37, 813 Median Income
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TEXAS OLYMPIADA OF SPOKEN RUSSIAN
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will be hosting the Texas Olympiada of Spoken Russian here on campus on Saturday, April 5 from 8:00am to 4pm. This is a huge event to test the skills of high school students studying Russian. We need adult judges who speak Russian to volunteer for this event.
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RUSSIAN EASTER
The Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Theothokos invites you for
Russian Easter celebration
Father Cassian, our priest from The Protection of the Holy Theotokos Russian Orthodox Church, Austin, and the church choir will perform the Easter service on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 4 pm at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 2200 Justin Lane, Austin TX 78757. The service will last for about 2 to 2.5 hours.
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PIANIST ILYA PETROV
Ilya Petrov was born in 1985 in Krivoy Rog in Ukraine into
a family of musicians, and began to study music in early
childhood; his first teachers were his father and grandfather.
At age seven, he had already performed a Mozart concerto
with an orchestra, and three years later he appeared on stage
playing Bach...
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LITERARY-MUSICAL CAFE-14: GREGORY DIKSHTEIN
Many of you who are familiar with Russian bard songs, an intelligent and most sincere direction of Russian underground culture developed in the early 1960’s, certainly know Gregory Dikshtein’s name. His songs have been spread in every Russian speaking community all over the world and even translated...
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April 27, Sunday, 4:00 PM - the Easter service and Easter Feast at
Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 2200 Justin Lane, Austin TX 78757.