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PRODUCT STORY ICON
The Indian tradition of producing intricate rugs can be traced back for centuries. India is known not only for producing handmade rugs but also for the pride its artisans have for carrying on the tradition from generation to generation.
Produced by skilled craftsmen in India, our hand knotted rug Icon has a subtle shimmer and an outstanding depth of colour when light is reflected on its vivid surface. These characteristics are achieved by using delicate Chinese silk yarns and the Tibetan knotting technique.
The Tibetan knot has a completely different structure than other knots. It is made by using a temporary rod along the width of the rug, which is placed in front of the warp. The silk yarn is then twisted around two warp threads and around the rod. When the weaver is done with the entire row of knots, the loops around the rod are cut open to create the pile. Afterwards, the weavers use a special tool, the 'punja', to beat down and tighten the knots in the warp. The beating also directly affects the density of the pile.
Tools top to bottom: Punja (beater-comb), Hathera (hammer) and knife to cut open the pile
Tightening the pile by using a beater-comb (Punja)
Our Icon rug is constructed with an impressive 155.000 knots per square meter, resulting in a dense, sophisticated pile that shows the beauty and richness of the silk in the purest way. Depending on the size, up to 4 people are working simultaneously on one loom. Final treatment includes the shearing of the rug by hand to ensure a smooth, even surface.
Hand knotted rugs are more durable than machine-made rugs and, most importantly, every item is a true one-of-a-kind piece.

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Edinburgh's 2015 property boom has continued into 2016, according to new statistics.
Official statistics from the Registers of Scotland show that £155million worth of property changed hands in the capital in January – £28million more than a year ago.
There has also been a 24% increase in property sales over the same period, with 705 homes selling in January this year compared with 568 in January 2015.
The average property price in the city during the month remained above £220,000.
The figures follow a 21% increase in sales in Edinburgh between October and December, the last recorded quarter.
Aberdein Considine has also enjoyed a record start to the year in the capital.
Every single property sold by the firm's Lothian Road branch in 2016 has achieved home report value – with 79% of stock being sold above valuation.
Branch Manager Jordan MacKay said there is still real heat in the market, even before the traditionally busy spring period gets underway.
"On average, we're selling homes within two weeks, which is unusual for January and February," he said.
"Six out of 10 properties we're selling in Edinburgh are also going to a closing date, which again shows the scale of the demand.
"We now have 2,000 people registered with us who are looking to buy a home - so clearly the market is showing no signs of slowing down.
"It remains a fantastic time to sell property in the city."
Due to the speed properties are selling, Aberdein Considine currently requires stock in Edinburgh.
To book a free, no obligation property valuation, call 0333 0066 333 or click here.


This study proves that both Direct Mail and Email are alive and well, and that they work best together, albeit, using one of the two only, clearly Direct Mail outperforms Email.
First, a caveat: the research was conducted in the UK, where consumer habits and postal performance may differ. But the findings are in accord with common wisdom in the U.S. Or said simply – this side of the pond or the other – living in the modern world, US consumer will show similar patterns of behavior towards Direct Mail as will their British counterparts.
To conduct this study, the "media-neutral" agency created a campaign for an unnamed retail client with a product range appealing to a broad audience. It randomly targeted almost quarter of a million consumers.
With all input factors (offers, creative, etc.) kept consistent, and with balanced target volumes selected at random, the Randomized Control Trial (RCT) showed that Direct Mail outperformed Email in terms of incremental revenue after campaign costs.
It has also shown that a combination of Direct Mail and Email can out-perform both medium when applied exclusively.
Homeowners Marketing Services, has been compiling best of class Direct Mail Mailing Lists since the 1970s. It's unique ability to provide accurate data of New Homeowners, Movers, New Businesses and other demographics, has enabled both large and small businesses, to send affordable Direct Mail offers to New Homeowners, Movers etc.
The accurate and fresh data collecting methods used by Homeowners Marketing Services and developed to perfection over 4 decades have made their data best of its class in the nation and source of many known brands whom you all know, who use their data to perform effective, profitable and low cost Direct Mail campaigns.
According to Go Inspire's chief executive Patrick Headley, "Direct Mail costs more to transmit than Email; however Direct Mail has a lifespan of 17 days compared with Email's few seconds.
He the continues; "Click-through rates are 1.56% for Direct Marketing Emails, compared with an average response rates for Direct Mail of 4.4%" [according to Digital Doughnut, Direct Mail vs Email, 15 Feb 2017].
Direct mail is often perceived as a more personalized form of Direct Marketing, whilst email is seen to be very quick and informal.
At a first glance many would assume that Email is a great mechanism for boosting profits fast, but Direct Mail helps secure customers out of prospects much more efficiently, in the long term, results show.
The study was very careful in conducting the RCT with a retailer that has broad appeal across the population – young and old, wealthier and more modest means, gender-neutral, all geographies.
The resulting statistics from the trial will not be exactly replicated for each different retailer, but their relative positioning of the media being tested is likely to stand – most importantly that the best commercial results come from a judicious pairing of Email and Direct Mail.
In closing, this study reinforces what we have learned to be true through our work with over 60,000 customers over our over 40 years in this business. Small or big, businesses will see greater success with Direct Mail than other channels overall. Partly to the low expectations most of us have of Direct Mail in the modern age.
We tend to think that only digital communications are "acceptable", but we tend to forget that Personalized Communications (as the case in Homeowners New Homeowners and Movers Mailing Lists) and well designed and thought out offers delivered via Direct Mail land in an inbox that's, as of late, not as busy as the digital inbox and phone notification queues of most consumers.
If you wish to obtain and read the original study, you may do so by downloading it from Go Inspire's Website directly.
If you have any questions regarding your business' goals; how you can get new customers every week by doing your own Direct Mail campaign – contact us.
We are here to answer any questions you might have. We are experts in Direct Mail and Mailing List. Having worked with businesses such as yours, we want you to benefit from our experience, whether you end up working with us or not.
You can also try our Mailing List for free and see how it works for you before you commit.
In short – we are here for you – don't hesitate to give us a call or contact us, and ask any questions that can help you get clarity about growing your business with the fastest most accurate Mailing List in the nation.


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AluK India is participating as a Platinum Sponsor for the upcoming Fenesterbau Frontale India 2016 exhibition to be held on 25-27 February 2016 in Mumbai, the commercial capital of India. This is one of the popular exhibition in India only for window, door, façade, window accessory suppliers and related trade segment point of view organised by Nürnberg Messe India in association with Indo German Chamber of Commerce. AluK India will be present in this exhibition with a 120 SqM booth area and the main product displays to be concentrated around the core non-thermal break products for Indian market. In this exhibition, AluK India is also sponsoring a student architects' award competition.


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Weekday Planner: New Year's Edition
Bubbly at ENO Wine Room
Seeing as New Year's Eve is the quintessential holiday for bubbly, you'd best go right to the source with sparkling wine aplenty at ENO Wine Room. The Mag Mile bar and restaurant is toasting to 2015 by offering a different bottle of exclusive bubbly every hour starting at 5:00 p.m. on December 31. Bubbly is available by the half glass for $8 a pop, an ideal format for those interested in sampling an array of sparklers rather than just get drunk on random booze at midnight. Bottles include Gosset Grand Reserve Brut, Naveran Perles Blanques Cuvee Antona Cava, Serveaux et Fils Blanc de Noirs, and Duval-Leroy Grand Cru Brut.
Family-friendly New Year at Gemini Bistro
New Year's is often regarded as an adults' holiday, what with all the late-night drinking and frivolity. But Gemini Bistro provides a bastion for families as well this year, with its special family-friendly menu offerings. With a first seating at 5:30 p.m., youngsters can get in on the holiday action with a countdown to "midnight" at 6:30 p.m., along with a two-course meal and sparkling juice. Adults, meanwhile, can partake in a three-course dinner with a glass of Champagne. The menu costs $20 per child and the adult menu costs $80 per person.
New Year's Brunch at Tavern on Rush
Recover from the New Year's antics in style with an apropos brunch at Tavern on Rush for New Year's Day. Think blueberry stuffed French toast, filet mignon and eggs, omelets galore. All can be yours between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., along with brunch cocktails like Salty Dogs, Kir Royales, Strawberry-Orange Mimosas, and Bloody Marys. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 312-644-9600.
Noodle Night at Arami
Before you indulge in all that aforementioned New Year's merriment, there are noodles to be slurped. Arami is hosting its next monthly noodle night on December 29, featuring a slew of special ramen dishes and noodles, along with Japanese beer and Arami's custom-brewed sake. Available from 5:00 p.m. until 9:15 p.m., some of the dishes include Tantanmen with spicy chicken, wakame, bamboo, naruto, negi, and egg; nabeyaki kishimen with shiitake, pea shoots, ebi tempura, kamaboko, and egg.


Mount McLoughlin in the southern Oregon Cascade Mountains as seen from Bernice Lake.
In Takelma mythology, Mount Mcloughlin is the winter home of Acorn Woman, a powerful medicine woman. Her white hair is the shape of the snow. Each summer, as the snow melts, she comes down from her mountain, spreading her skin over the oak trees, bringing acorns to the people. Then she returns to her home in the fall with the first snow.
Bill Hanley continues the white-hair-as-snow motif, writing in the late 1800s: "Mount McLoughlin ... looks like old John McLoughlin, always a white head, white hair streaming down his shoulders."


Discovering your style – and being able to flex it, so you can communicate effectively with the audience in front of you, is a challenge at any level. Whether giving presentations live or on web link, recording footage for your marketing tools, persuading, negotiating or motivating, there is no substitute for confidence and technique – and the opportunity to practice is key to gaining that.
Our teams support clients both with their own training courses and with devising bespoke sessions, helping trainers with illustrating, demonstrating and participating in scenarios and exercises in order to practice listening, fact finding, presenting, body language, negotiating, feedback, motivating and empathetic skills in an interactive, non-stressful atmosphere.
With years of drama training and business experience behind them, our associates have their own toolkits and experiences to share, to help people find their style, learn new skills, get insider tips and practice techniques in a supportive environment.


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Q: PHP : Check value if picture or video or sound I have string variable like this:-
$type

Some time this variable have value ( images ) :-
$type = 'imagename.jpg';
$type = 'imagename.png';
$type = 'imagename.gif';

And some time have value ( audio ) :-
$type = 'audioname.mp3';

And some time have value ( video ):-
$type = 'vname.3gp';
$type = 'vname.flv';
$type = 'vname.mp4';

Now i need to check this var what type is ( Images or Video or Audio )
How can check it ?

A: This wil echo the type based on the string you defined....
$typeArr = explode('.', $type);

switch (end($typeArr)){
 case 'jpg':
 case 'png':
 case 'gif':
   echo 'IMAGE';
   break;
 case 'mp3':
   echo 'AUDIO';
   break;
 case '3gp':
 case 'flv':
 case 'mp4':
   echo 'VIDEO';
   break;
 default:
   echo 'NOT DEFINED';
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Report on the Public Health Implications of Nagoya Protocol, 13 May 2019
GISAID's Comments on the WHO Report of
The Public Health Implications of Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
The Report [i] on the "public health implications of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol" raises a number of major concerns. While the Report speaks about 'principles of global public health' enshrined in the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) it does not state one of its key objectives that is '… to eradicate epidemic, endemic and other diseases;'[ii]. (see No.8)
From the outset, and throughout, the Report appears to assume that the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (NP) is a gain for pathogen sample-sharing and public health, without providing any substantive support for this viewpoint. This is concerning since it represents a fundamental misunderstanding about how 'access and benefit sharing' under the NP was conceived, and how it has been applied to other (non-pathogenic) genetic resources.
The NP is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an instrument that was originally designed to conserve and sustainably use the components of biodiversity, equitably and fairly. The CBD reaffirms that nations have sovereignty over their genetic resources and encourages them to implement domestic laws to regulate access to those resources. The CBD states (and the NP reaffirms) that access to genetic resources shall occur with the prior informed consent (PIC) of the originating country and on mutually agreed terms (MAT) by the provider and user. This 'access and benefit sharing' mechanism of bilateral exchange between provider countries and user parties was supposed to generate benefits to channel into environmental conservation efforts, but after more than 25 years this goal has yet to be realized.
Needless to say, 'access and benefit sharing' as developed under the CBD is oriented towards extremely different goals than the exchange of pathogens that the world shares for scientific purposes and emergency response, but would probably rather see eradicated. The exchange of pathogens involves time pressure, and global cooperation, neither of which is typical to the exchange of genetic resources envisioned under the CBD.
The Report does not consider the incompatibility of the objective of the CBD to conserve biodiversity and WHO's mandate to eradicate disease, and whether the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing actually has a great deal to offer the public health community in the way of guidance on how to develop timely pathogen sharing systems, and benefit sharing.
The Report also does not adequately reflect the range of views expressed by WHO Member States (MS), or the literature, including the CBD's own peer-reviewed fact-finding study[iii] on these issues, e.g. the CBD commissioned study. Oddly, the Report refers instead only to Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework Q&A and Secretariat's comments on the CBD study, and other documents the Secretariat has produced.
The overall impression of this Report is that it seeks to make a particular argument, rather than a balanced and accurate reflection of the views expressed on numerous occasions over the last few years by the MS.
'… the report by the Secretariat on the public health implications of the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol (document EB140/15), which was noted by the Executive Board at its 140th session in January 2017.
…. A central conclusion of that report was that the Nagoya Protocol has public health implications, and that these implications include opportunities to advance both public health and principles of fair and equitable sharing of benefits.' (see No.2)
Those having followed MS deliberations during EB144 will recall that some MS expressed concern, calling for a more thorough and far-reaching review of issues about advancing public health through the NP.
While this Report strongly suggests the NP provides 'an opportunity to advance public health', it does not consider the significant risks and that indeed there have already been significant delays in the sharing of seasonal influenza virus samples associated with implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. In late 2018 alone, several cases involving delays in sharing influenza viruses emerged, comprising national influenza centers in Southeast Asia and South America with a long-standing record of timely sharing as required under the terms of reference in the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). Those national influenza centers found themselves having to delay the sharing of influenza viruses due to conflict with national legislation on ABS arising from the recent implementation of the NP and consequently missed the timing for the seasonal vaccine composition meeting.
A similar situation occurred in Europe as well, where WHO Collaborating Centers of GISRS experienced a delay of 3 months before a candidate vaccine virus, falling under France's NP legislation, could be shipped to manufacturers. In another case, in Switzerland, there was a delay of 3 weeks in the ability to use a WHO recommended candidate vaccine virus for manufacturing due to a lack of clarity of the consent process to be followed and who the "user" of the strain was; furthermore, it was not clear whether seasonal influenza fell under the scope of Swiss ABS legislation or not. The Swiss case should have been a "best case", as no benefits were required for sharing, neither PICs or MATs; nevertheless, a delay ensued.
The selection of influenza viruses for the seasonal vaccine is a time sensitive process. For example, the recent delay of 30 days in selecting one of the vaccine strains will likely cause a delay in the flu vaccine supply for the 2019-2020 Northern Hemisphere season. Any delays in virus sharing will have a negative impact on the ability to ensure the "best-matched" and "best-suitable-for-production" viruses are selected for the vaccine and timely vaccine supply.
It can be argued that, considering the recent delay in countries from various regions in sharing seasonal influenza viruses, the GISRS network is in danger of losing its long-established quality traits: timeliness and comprehensiveness, which is critical not only to ensuring the best-matched vaccines are developed, but also to detect emerging pandemic influenza strains in time.
The access and benefit sharing principles of the CBD and NP should not incentivize countries to restrict access to their pathogen samples in order to leverage a financial benefit from their use. This is not a practice that the WHO should be encouraging, particularly since for decades WHO has convened meetings, produced literature, and facilitated the creation of global systems that share benefits in ways that best serve the goals of public health – e.g. sharing of pathogens and development of medical countermeasures etc. Access to medicines should not be linked to the provision of pathogen samples.
Unfortunately, the Report over-emphasizes the opportunities of the NP while omitting its potential risks to public health. The Report avoids to address concerns expressed by MS and stakeholders in a balanced way and lacks focus on the WHO's mandate to 'eradicate epidemic, endemic and other diseases'. It is likely to fall short in providing MS with a clear view on the problems and possible solutions commensurate with WHO principles.
Instead, the Report states: 'The Protocol has the potential to increase equity, promote trust, and improve both access to pathogens and their benefits…' (see No.6) and goes on to emphasize the critical importance of 'timely sharing of pathogens' at various points, implying that the NP will somehow assist with making pathogen sharing timely and benefit sharing fair. The CBD and NP have been largely unsuccessful in achieving their goals when it comes to non-pathogenic genetic resources, making it difficult to imagine how the NP will turn access and benefit sharing into a successful mechanism for the sharing of pathogens, and the Report provides little in the way of detail in this regard.
Implementation of the NP is in the early stages, and policy makers are still working through many challenges. For example, exploration of issues associated with accessing and sharing Genetic Sequence Data (GSD) (referred to as Digital Sequence Information, or DSI, within the CBD), and associated benefit sharing, are in their infancy within the CBD and NP policy process. The 'multilateral mechanisms' the Report refers to (see No.13) are a vague concept at present within the NP, promoted by some, opposed by others, but fully unexplored by all, and certainly not a panacea.
To be clear, MS and other stakeholders fully support fair and equitable sharing of benefits associated with the sharing of pathogens, but do not think that the NP, however well intentioned, is the most effective model for how the public health community should do this. If anything, other public-private partnership models, where MS and scientists collaborate on practical solutions, such as initiatives like GISAID, are farther along in practically realizing the goals of fair and equitable sharing from GSD and genetic resources than the NP. It is not even clear, based on CBD presentations and publications, that the CBD policy process views the NP as an important element of benefit sharing associated with public health. Indeed, when pathogens and public health arise within CBD access and benefit sharing discussions it is usually to emphasize the importance of not risking the timely sharing of critical samples and data.
We applaud the Director General for his substantial commitment to improve WHO's capacity to promote health research[iv] and for raising the important issue of access to pathogens and benefit sharing. We sincerely hope that MS will be provided ample time within their countries to fully understand and address risks posed by the Nagoya Protocol to pathogen sharing and public health, and that this issue is the subject of reasoned and vigorous public discussion.
We hope that the Director General will consider a more thorough and far-reaching review of these issues.
[i] Report on the public health implications of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol | Seventy-Second World Health Assembly | Provisional agenda item 12.10 (A72/32) | 18 April 2019
[ii] Constitution of the World Health Organization | Article 2.g | United Nations | New York | 22 July 1946
[iii] Peer review of the fact-finding and scoping study on digital sequence Information on genetic resources in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol | CBD Secretariat | Montreal | 12 January 2018
[iv] How to shape research to advance global health | Nature | doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01235-1 | 25 April 2019


39th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Jalapeno Eating Contest!
Name: 39th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Jalapeno Eating Contest!
Booth Set Up begins at 2:30 p.m.
Doors Open to the Public at 5:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m Jalapeño Eating Contest!
& new this year Apple Pie!
Come Vote For Your Favorite!
4 Free tickets are issued per booth. Maximum 4 people at each booth.
Tables will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis.
You must bring a minimum of 5 gallons of Chili (for each category), or 6 quarts of Salsa, or a substantial amount of Guacamole & Specialty Item, depending on item. If you would like to enter in the Apple Pie Category, you must make at least 3-5 pies. We expect over 800 attendees at the event, so be prepared!
PLEASE NOTE: If you have chafing dishes & sterno, that would be recommended due to the amount of electricity needed for this event.
Official tasting cups & taster spoons will be issued by the Chamber at each booth for judging & public sampling. The Chamber will also supply bowls & spoons to the public. (And of course, the Chili Necklace!) Chili will be donated to the Chamber for sale, with all proceeds going to the Chamber.
Prizes will be awarded for Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion in all categories. Showmanship Awards and People's Choice Awards will also be given.
Our Showmanship Award makes this event FUN! We strongly encourage you to add a theme to your entry, with costumes and decorations.
Dessert and beverages are not included in the entry fee, but will be available for sale at the event. All proceeds will benefit the Ambassadors' Scholarship Program.
Put your ticket in to our locked box for a chance to be the one person pulled out at the end of the evening (must be present to win). The winning ticket will be drawn at 8:30 PM Sharp!


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United Arab Emirates' Gift to Houston Will Help Affordable Home Developer Afford This New Home
Near Northside, Proposed Developments
Here's a look at the new HQ that Houston nonprofit Avenue CDC wants to build at 3527 Irvington Blvd. just north of the road's fork with Fulton St. and east of Moody Park. The rendering emerged yesterday following news that the United Arab Emirates was coughing up $6.5 million of the $10 million it pledged to give Houston after Harvey. After its donation gets disbursed to a handful of local recipients, Avenue CDC will come out with $2.6 million — reports the HBJ's Olivia Pulsinelli — all of which it plans to put toward the 3-story, 30,500-sq.-ft. building. An additional $8.7 million for the structure will be collected from elsewhere.
According to a press release from the folks set to inhabit the new HQ, their idea is to "conveniently co-locate a variety of vital resources for residents" inside, such as a health clinic, early childhood education center, post-disaster housing counseling offices, and a realty office. The residents they're talking about include homeowners in the CDC's nearby Avenue Place development — a neighborhood of 95 three- and four-bedroom homes — as well as Avenue Terrace, an adjacent 192-unit apartment project. Both communities went up on what used to be FedEx's 20-acre truck depot off Irvington and Weiss St. over the course of the last few years.
United Arab Emirates Provides $10 Million To Help People Of Texas Recover And Rebuild From Hurricane Harvey [HBJ]
United Arab Emirates Provides $10 Million To Help People Of Texas Recover And Rebuild From Hurricane Harvey [PRNewswire]
Rendering: Avenue CDC
Near Northside
77007, Affordable Housing, Mixed Use, Near Northside, Proposed Developments
Black Page Brewing Demolishes Its Bayou-Side Barn Without Warning, Prompting City Inspectors To Investigate What Went Down
Demolitions, Near Northside, Proposed Developments
Note: This story has been updated.
Parts left over from the metal barn that Black Page Brewing leased out beside White Oak Bayou out a few years back are now lying in a heap next to a wooden skeleton that's taken the demolished structure's place. The deconstruction began last month according to neighbors who called 311 on August 31 to report that it was happening, potentially, they said, without the required permits. An inspector showed up the next day to check things out, one of several field trips the city would make to the planned brewpub's digs at the end of Glen Park St. over the next few weeks in response to multiple follow-up calls from nearby residents.
By the time a demo permit did show up last Friday, the site had already been tagged twice by city officials: first for the premature teardown, and once again — as shown below — for additional unpermitted work:
77009, Bars and Clubs, Demolitions, Near Northside, Proposed Development
Local Group Planning Local Brewery in Local Warehouse Across from Hardy Yards
Bars and Clubs, Near Northside, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment
Here's the next target in Houston's continuing warehouse-to-brewery turnover trend: 1504 Chapman St. A group of local brewers got their hands on the 6,283-sq.-ft. building — pictured above from the south — in April and a budding Facebook page now shows its address as the location of a venue they're calling Local Group Brewing.
It's within the same general parish as St. Arnold's recently-opened beer cathedral and existing brewery. They're both less than half a mile away on the other side of the former Union Pacific brownfield pictured below, now giving rise to the complex of mixed-use buildings dubbed Hardy Yards:
Aerial Redevelopment Reconaissance
77009, Adaptive Reuse, Bars and Clubs, Near Northside, Redevelopment
Near Northside's Dunlop St. Won't Run Through Fulton Lofts Apartments on METRO's Red Line
Houston's City Planning Commission approved a variance yesterday permitting a developer that plans to build a 4-story apartment building on the corner highlighted above not to extend Dunlop St. through the site, as otherwise required. Instead, plans call for the street to end at the south side of the complex, where it'll be bounded by a new, 8-ft. tall fence.
The request first showed up on the commission's agenda on April 26, at which time a couple of residents came forward to complain about the heavy traffic on nearby Karcher and Angelo streets — which northbound drivers use to avoid the light at the intersection of Link and Fulton. Extending Dunlop through the site, they argued, would clear up some of that congestion.
But a 60-ft.-wide swath of road like that would run over the garage, parking lot, pool, and dumpster area the developer plans to build at the center of the complex, as shown in the site plan below:
Transit Corridor
77009, Apartments, Near Northside, Proposed Developments
A Near Northside Railside Pavilion Outside the New Neighborhood at Fulton and Cavalcade?
Near Northside, Urban Planning
The transit-themed entryway Lennar Homes wants to build to its 39-lot development — dubbed Fulton Station — on the corner of Fulton and Cavalcade will get another shot at city approval when it goes before Houston's planning commission this afternoon. Lennar's new residential neighborhood hugs the Charisma Design Studios & Art Gallery Building, west of the southbound stop for METRO's Red Line in the middle of Fulton St.
The gated entrance would go at the foot of a private park Lennar has planned just across the street from the rail platform, on the parcel highlighted red in the map below:
Red Line Scenery
77009, Houston Planning Commission, Metro Rail, Near Northside, Proposed Developments, Public Transit
Walter's Second Life in a Northside Former Warehouse Nearing Its End
Near Northside, Openings and Closings
A show-stopping announcement posted on the Walter's Downtown Facebook page yesterday brings sad news for thrashers, metal-heads, punks, and indie fans: the 18-year-old live music venue on the corner of Naylor and Vine streets plans to close down on February 4. Walter's moved to its current location — the former classic car showroom, video production studio, car parts distribution center, and cabinet warehouse pictured above — in 2011. Before that, the club was located on Washington Ave, in a building just east of Thompson St. that's since been transformed into the office of Carnegie Custom Homes.
The photo below views the venue from its north side on Naylor back in 2014:
The Last Set
77002, Bars and Clubs, Concert Venues, Near Northside, Openings and Closings
The New Winding Escape Path from the Top of the Raven Tower
Near Northside, New Construction
There's a new outdoor stairway zig-zagging its way up to the top of the Raven Tower's above-ground spot at the northwest corner of the White Oak Music Hall complex. The elevated bar opened in January 2016 on North St., just off N. Main east of I-45, but shut down in May of that year after its developer decided to address accessibility issues through renovations. It only received a certificate of occupancy — allowing the venue to operate as a bar — in April of this year.
Railings and landings are still missing from the new stairway. Inside the podium, an indoor stairway wraps around a central elevator shaft that rises from the base of the tower up to its peacock-blue penthouse.
Here's a view of the tower from beyond an adjacent concert venue, one of several surrounding the White Oak Music Hall's main building:
WOMH and Friends
77009, Near Northside, New Construction
Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Pioneers
1515 Everett St. [HAR]
77009, Homes for Sale, Near Northside
Bayous and Waterways
The North Canal, a New Downtown Island, and Other Secret Plans for Downtown Houston's Future
Downtown, Near Northside, Proposed Developments
More new features are imagined for the center of Houston than just the new Green Loop highlighted in the just-released Plan Downtown proposal. There's also a mysterious new Downtown island. Where did it come from?
It's the result of digging the long-whispered North Canal Channel Bypass, a re-linking of White Oak and Buffalo Bayous north of Downtown. Existing bends and narrow banks along the 2 bayous just east of Main St. restrict the flow of stormwater during flooding events. According to reports, engineering studies have estimated that cutting a straighter diversion channel to bypass the oxbow could reduce flooding Downtown by 3.5 ft.
But digging a new canal while maintaining the existing path of the bayou would create an island out of the area just north of Commerce St. An imagined map of the area in Plan Downtown's report (rotated so North is aimed down and to the right) shows what car and pedestrian bridges might link it to the mainland:
Plan Downtown
77002, Bayous and Waterways, Downtown, Near Northside, North Canal, Proposed Developments, Urban Planning
Comment of the Day: How Last Night's A$AP Mob Show on the White Oak Music Hall Lawn Might've Brought Down the House
Near Northside, Neighborhood Disputes, Quicklink, Sound
COMMENT OF THE DAY: HOW LAST NIGHT'S A$AP MOB SHOW ON THE WHITE OAK MUSIC HALL LAWN MIGHT'VE BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE "Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. WOMH should cut a deal fast to make major sound mitigation improvements before the court and the City shuts them down. People on both sides of I-45 are hopping mad about the concert last night. It is a huge roll of the dice to expect a bunch of jurors to say: 'Yeah, a big concert venue in the middle of a residential neighborhood is no big deal.'" [Old School, commenting on FEMA Aid Deadline Extended; Pre-Trial Outdoor Shows Can Go On at White Oak Music Hall; Hakeem Olajuwon in the Red Mango Biz] Video clip of last night's outdoor concert (NSFW): FIRST CLASS BEATS
77009, Comments, Lawsuits, Near Northside, Neighborhood Disputes, Sound
North Main Is All Ready for Its Holiday Inn Express
Glen Park, Hotels, Near Northside, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment
The new Holiday Inn Express about to begin construction at 3401 N. Main St. in the Near Northside will have some consistently quiet neighbors and some occasionally very loud ones — with the steady drone of the adjacent North Fwy. available to somehow bridge the gap. The 1.44-acre site, where the Casa Grande Mexican Restaurant stood until it was torn down 2 years ago (and Stuarts Drive-In before it), sits across N. Main St. from the Hollywood Cemetery (yes, the same cemetery featured in Wes Anderson movie Rushmore). And it's just a bit more than a quarter-mile up N. Main from the White Oak Music Hall complex, whose outdoor concert habit spurred nearby residents kept up late at night by the noise to file suit against the venue — and later, the city of Houston — for failing to follow (and enforce) local sound ordinances.
Late last month, crews removed the concrete paving left behind after the Casa Grande demolition (see photos above). Just this week, a city permit was granted for a 58,929-sq.-ft., 95-room Holiday Inn Express on the site — up 10 rooms from the 85 promised a couple of years ago, when the developers submitted these drawings as part of an application for a variance that would allow them not to have to extend or widen Norma St., on the north end of the lot:
Near Near Northside
77009, Demolitions, Glen Park, Hotels, Near Northside, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment, Variances
You Too Can Get In on the Hardy Yards Brownfield Redevelopment Action
Currently listed for an undisclosed amount on CBRE's website: a 10.69-acre chunk of the former Union Pacific railyard brownfield property previously sketched up for future conversion to the Hardy Yards mixed-use development. The section up for grabs appears to snuggle up to the west against a piece of land owned by Metro, whose Burnett Transit Center and light-rail Red Line are elevated above that semi-catching segment of N. Main St. tunnel; the parcel extends east to the new-ish segments of Fulton and Leona St., likely not too far from the spot where that rail car full of lithium batteries blew up back in April.
On the other side of the site, meanwhile, the Residences at Hardy Yards apartments are under construction, per photos from the Zieben Group published back in May:
Near Northside Reallocations
77009, Apartments, Construction, Hardy Yards, Land for Sale, Near Northside
Latest Semi To Get Stuck in that N. Main Tunnel by Hardy Yards Gets Top Shredded Off, Too
Not to be outdone by last week's midday plug-up of the Alfred Hernandez Tunnel beneath the railroad tracks and the Burnett TC Red Line stop, another semi making its way through the passage got lodged in the tunnel late this morning — getting torn open end-to-end in the process. But that's not even the first truck stuckage incident at the underpass in the last 24 hours, according to a reader who's had both a camera and a Twitter account trained on the recently retooled intersection for at least the last few months.
The reader tells Swamplot that another truck got stuck briefly last night, and that it happens about 6 times a week: "Our camera system auto-wakes when it hears something beyond a certain threshold; most drive away, presumably nervous[ly] on their way to have a talk with the boss." Some work on the tunnel has been on the city's docket this spring, and was approved at a mid-April meeting; that's likely to start around the end of the month.
Here's the scene from above as of early this afternoon:
Near-Daily Grind in Near Northside
77009, Accidents, Infrastructure, Near Northside, Streets, Traffic, Tunnels
Rail Car of 'Nonhazardous' Material Blows Up by the Railroad-Themed Hardy Yards Site
RAIL CAR OF 'NONHAZARDOUS' MATERIAL BLOWS UP BY THE RAILROAD-THEMED HARDY YARDS SITE Union Pacific gives KHOU the answer to yesterday's entry in the semi-regular citywide game of what's-that-mysterious-cloud-of-smoke: a railcar loaded with lithium batteries headed to a recycling plant, which caught fire and exploded early Sunday evening. The blowout happened on a stretch of tracks skirting the southern edge of the former railyard now being redeveloped into the Hardy Yards mixed use area (complete with artsy homages to the land's brownfield past). The explosion cracked walls and took out some windows at at least one house nearby on Chapman St. south of the tracks, in the strip of otherwise-mostly-industrial properties north of I-10 between N. Main St. and the reincarnating Elysian St. bridge. Nobody seems to have been seriously injured; the exploding batteries themselves are technically considered non-hazardous material, a Union Pacific spokesman notes. [KHOU; previously on Swamplot] Photo of yesterday's firefight near Hardy Yards: Air Alliance Houston
Fires, Hardy Yards, Industrial Accidents, Industrial Areas, Near Northside
Elysian St. Viaduct Decomposing So a New One Can Grow In Its Place
Downtown, Near Northside
The rapidly disappearing elevated segment of Elysian St. pointing north out of Downtown is the latest aging roadway structure to be crumbled apart, though it won't be the last. But death is a natural part of the Houston roadway cycle! And a healthier, brawnier replacement viaduct is planned to take its place along roughly the same right-of-way — this one with broad shoulders and a sidewalk. TxDOT spokesman Danny Perez told Houston Public Media's Gail DeLaughter last month that work on the new structure, which connects Downtown to Near Northside by funneling drivers over Buffalo Bayou and I-10, should start before the demo of the mile-and-a-half-long original wraps up.
A hunched excavator was spotted helping to bring the aging bridge down from above:
Traffic Cycles in Near Northside
77002, Demolition, Downtown, Near Northside, Overpasses, Viaducts


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For further reading on courtship and marriage customs in America, see the following books. For courtship and marriage customs of specific ethnic groups, look for books that discuss that group's customs and folkways, such as Italian-American Folklore by Frances M. Malpezzi and William M. Clements (August House).
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Ada, or Ardor
Posted on December 19, 2019 by Citizen Ted
I recently read Nabakov's "Ada (or Ardor)" and I feel compelled to discuss it. I'm sure thousands of English lit students have dissected this dense cheesecake since its publication in 1969, making me a mere snowball in the avalanche. But since I've read a lot of Nabokov I wanted to place it in the hierarchy.
First, the overview: It's about a wealthy family wherein kissing cousins do a lot more than kissing and are actually a lot more than cousins. Their summer tryst blooms from a reckless dalliance to an era-spanning romance that directs both their lives. Their story is told as an autobiography, albeit a disjointed and surreal autobiography.
The story takes place on an alternate Victorian-era Earth-like planet. On this planet called Antiterra, the late 19th century occurs in a near-parallel with our Earth ("Terra"), a planet which the Antiterrans consider a myth. Only weirdos believe Terra exists. On Antiterra, North America has a deep Russian and French influence. Advanced aircraft and automobiles exist in Antiterra in 1880. People use water-powered mechanical devices for communication, as electricity has been renounced as dangerous. Geographic places and names are often allegorical or altogether invented, but occasionally there are direct correlations.
North America as found on Antiterra.
Antiterra is so similar/dissimilar to Earth that discerning what is real on Antiterra and what might be mere flights of fancy in Nabokov's mind becomes difficult. This makes things very confusing, and I wonder if Nabokov did this to purposefully unsettle us or simply as an amusement.
Regardless, Nabokov employs his signature style brilliantly. Endless wordplay, myriad puzzles (linguistic and otherwise), and piles of carefully encoded nods to literary works. As ever, he gives you the option of fretting over every fiendish bon mot or just letting it flow over you. I selected the latter.
(The title itself is the first of his little games; Ada is pronounced "Ah-dah", which is a homonym for the British non-rhotic pronunciation of "Ardor", which means devotion/passion. Such begins a veritable tidal wave of word play and double-meanings.)
"Ada" is difficult literature, and reading difficult literature is like having a printed word aperture open in your mind. You can only handle so much at any given moment and then only incorporate so much of it into short term memory. For instance, a pulp novel has a wide aperture where the reader easily digests entire chapters into one comprehensible event. Conversely, "Finnegan's Wake" is such obscurantist gibberish that one's aperture can only handle fractions of a paragraph at a time. "Ada" finds a mean to those extremes, though it does narrow my aperture quite a bit, causing me to take time when reading.
The first four chapters are extremely challenging as little of it makes sense. Everything seems off-kilter, misspelled, or nonsensical. I went into this book cold so I had no preparation or guide. I eventually read some background so I could fully understand what the hell was going on. (I'm not alone; most reviewers found the first four chapters bewildering.)
Most confounding of all, time seems to have slipped on Antiterra. We should be in the Victorian era, and while characters largely conform to Victorian mores in behavior, they are not bound by our understanding of the era. Nabokov gives them leeway to escape the droll and hopelessly small world of Emily Brontë. A 14-year-old boy can seamlessly expound on complex subjects in three languages with pithy (Nabokovian?) precision. Intercontinental air travel compresses events. It's surreal yet historically familiar, like "Game of Thrones". The straight-arrow of history is bent and re-imagined and sometimes wholly warped.
It can be discombobulating, but once you get it, you get it.
Our protagonist (Ivan "Van" Veen, aka V.V. – Vladimir Vladimirovich!) is one of the believers in Terra, which makes him a kook on Antiterra. In 1884, teenage Van falls in love with his pubescent cousin, and as summers become decades their secret romance ebbs and flows between torrid adoration and bitter heartbreak. The years become eras, which is something we can all relate to. We all look back with warm nostalgia or stinging regret all those moments we created in our years. We wonder how it all fits into the bigger picture, whether we've been pulled along by the current or whether we've stamped our initials on the Universe. One can go mad thinking about time and its succession of moments and chasms of centuries, just as one can go mad thinking about space with its inscrutable quarks and unimaginable stretches of blackness. Instead, we internalize and obfuscate to suit our own ends. The past becomes our non-threatening fable and the Universe is our city district.
From the novel:
"The direction of Time, the ardis of Time, one-way Time, here is something that looks useful to me one moment, but dwindles the next to the level of an illusion, obscurely related to the mysteries of growth and gravitation. The irreversibility of Time (which is not heading anywhere in the first place) is a very parochial affair: had our organs and orgitrons not been asymmetrical, our view of Time might have been amphitheatric and altogether grand, like ragged night and jagged mountains around a small, twinkling, satisfied hamlet. We are told that if a creature loses its teeth and becomes a bird, the best the latter can do when needing teeth again is to evolve a serrated beak, never the dentition it once possessed. The scene is Eocene and the actors are fossils. It is an amusing instance of the way nature cheats but it reveals little relation to essential Time, straight or round, as the fact of my writing from left to right does to the course of my thought."
Which brings me to Nabokov's greatest skill: mastery of the stream of consciousness. Once again, Nabokov nimbly explores thoughts, feelings, and motivations down to the smallest detail of how we experience a wall clock or a gnarled tree or a young man beholding the exposed shoulder of his true love. We delve miles deep into the human mind. When Van Veen's mother becomes insane, the description of her internal schizophrenic dialog is absolutely heartbreaking. Taken out of context, it reads like Joyce-quality gibberish. But in the narrative it's a punch to the gut. There is so much of this stuff in "Ada" and his other works that I can't begin to express how talented he is at describing our thought processes, our perception of stimuli, and our reactions to events. At this Nabokov has no equal.
Sometimes, the skeptic in me sees Nabokov's Antiterra as a convenient vehicle for the writer to describe once again his own life experiences and affection for language. We once again explore characters who have roots in Russian, French, and Anglo cultures, as Nabokov can only write about what he knows and that list pretty much describes his life. (His family were wealthy Russians who escaped the Bolshevik revolution and ran off to Switzerland. Nabokov then studied in France and England and eventually moved to the US. Thus he is fluent in Russian, German, French and English. And his novels often involve Russian emigres with troubled love lives.)
The author, looking very authoritative.
So in one sense, this is just more Nabokov. (Lukewarm fans of "Lolita" would probably agree.) But there's a lot more to "Ada" than word games and taboo sex explorations. Like his other romantic novels, Nabokov scrutinizes those moments when flirtation gels into something infinitely greater, when the mind fixates on the mundane to the exclusion of all else, and the striking differences between a heart pounding from the joy of erotic love and a heart pounding from the agony of heartbreak.
Unlike most readers, I didn't come to Nabokov via "Lolita". One winter I got really sick and for some reason glommed onto a copy of "Glory" and read it, bed-ridden, in two days. It blew my mind. It was the first time I had read about unrequited love with such murderous detail. The prose wasn't just good. It was luscious. I consumed that book between sneezes, my head in that weird fevered place, delirious with the flu.
When I eventually came around to reading "Lolita", I was (like most readers) initially duped by Humbert Humbert's passionate defense of his evil behavior. As the tragedy unfolds, we find his unreliable narration far worse than merely unreliable. He is, in fact, a monster.
In "Ada", however, our much friendlier narrator seamlessly transforms between personalities. He is alternately an omniscient third person (Nabokov, who may or may not know the characters personally) and Van Veen himself speaking in the first person, writing aloud his autobiography. Ada herself sometimes pops in to add parenthetical comments (or to correct Van, who tends to remember things a bit too selfishly). These narrators seem to meld and swap effortlessly. At no point does Nabokov confuse you about who is who, and instead employs them as he sees fit with each one ultimately "him", Nabokov himself. In the end, there's no ambiguity that Nabokov is Veen, any less than he is Martin in "Glory" or Franz in "King, Queen, Knave".
Ultimately, "Ada" is about how being alive (on Terra or Antiterra) is to experience time and how the events we create or endure add texture to that time. We have the emboldening thrill of it and the miserable tragedy of it. We love to dwell on our details but in doing so we re-paint them. The final product is the created world we acknowledge as true. That's the nub of it. It's what describes art and artists, politicians and history, academics and culture. We shake out the rug of existence, beat it with a tennis racket, then place it in the sitting room and call it good.
This is how 94-year-old Van Veen constructs his life story. Every second spent with his beloved Ada is a yawning century of joy, and every year without her is a dismal hour of pain. Van's time is neither straight nor an arrow. It is a jumble of events that must be shuffled and sieved to be understood. His adoration of Ada is simultaneously unbreakable and marred with insecurity. That should sound familiar.
Nabokov liked to position himself among the pantheon of great writers. He makes no bones about writers he admires (Tolstoy, Joyce, Proust) and those he feels are beneath him (Conrad, Faulkner, Pasternak). A famously prickly critic, he admirably applies that laser-like reproof to his own writing. One is hard-pressed to find a single word misapplied, or "replaced by its first cousin", as Twain would say. "Ada" is dense, lush, and strikingly beautiful, if sometimes self-indulgent and haughty.
If you choose to read "Ada", don't do it for the explicit eroticism. Do it to explore all those contradictions and moral ambiguities in yourself.
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Busy Bees at University Hospital - Snow Day!
The children at Busy Bees Walsgrave really enjoyed coming to nursery in the snow. They had a little play out in the gardens and had fun rolling snow balls with the staff. This was a great experience for the children to have.


Many people buy cars from Japan by going to a dealers homepage, looking at the stock item then buying.
Did you know this is "retail buying"? Did you know you could save $100s of dollars and probably even $1000s of dollars if you bought wholesale?
Buying wholesale is buying from the "source", buying from where the Japanese exporters buy from!
These are the Japanese used car auctions.
Shhh. Don't tell everyone though! You want your competitors to keep on buying from a Japanese exporters stock page!


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The Inspirer of all Things Jazz
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At the beginning of time, if time started in the early 1900s, Jazz in America's was conceived and born in New Orleans. Jazz back then was a beautifully unique sound that defined early industrial America. As almost a soothing combination of the preceding genre of Classical music and the proceeding genre or Rock music that came later. Jazz has a variety of dynamic melodies, which was one of the reasons why it was popular.
As a busy city full of French prostitutes and prisoners, New Orleans struggled with development. The music industry was extremely widespread because of the lack of opportunity. Early New Orleans Jazz, or abbreviated as ENOJ was the style of Jazz that began the crusade of Louis Armstrong. He reportedly was and still is the most important figure in jazz history. Undoubtedly, he is, but he is more than that. As the Jazz time period, the groups up in was evolving, As a youth, working for a living, he seeming had an unfilled desire to play music, and once as a Cornet player, he was magically entranced to the Jazz music,
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and his talent was excellent. In a time where black people lived in racist communities, he stood out like a sore thumb with his musical skills. Perhaps that his early desires to play music expanded his talent. Through his teen years and early adult years, he had exceptional performances in public places, included in several musical Christmas themed events, which probably sparked the idea for many of his future Christmas songs and albums. His adult years consisted of living in the 1920'a where he moved to Chicago and began working with all kinds of musical groups before starting his solo career. His solos gained him an unbeatable popularity at the time, with his songs everywhere. He had already accomplished more than the average musician by the time of the early '20s by performing in Chicago's clubs, alleys, and streets, to where the public could hear him. The audiences were in love with the sound, and this was a clear milestone, especially living in the '20s, with prohibition and much profound racism. If a black man is well liked among communities in the 20′ that is a definite clear sign of him being unique and special in a way. This popularity lasted throughout his life and even after, he still has been noticed by the modern government and that is truly triumphant. His legacy has been still living on, and that is the reason why he is the greatest influence of Early New Orleans Jazz. As all Jazz is either about or related
to some sexual ideas, Louis Armstrong has songs with simple lyrics that makes love seem easy, almost as he didn't want to speak of those kinds of ideas. His genuine good heart made it much easier for him to focus on his career rather than drugs or sexual themes. In the Early New Orleans Jazz era, Louis Armstrong helped define Jazz to the world in several ways, eventually showing not only America, but the world what was Jazz is and should be. Mr. Armstrong's inspiration was vivid throughout the '20s, 30's and '40s, as he performed many shows, further demonstrating the improvisation skills of an Early New Orleans Jazz musician. His favorite instrument is by far the Trumpet, for when he combined it with his low, gravelly voice, it blended swiftly in a way that sounded beautiful. In several biography notes related to him, he also represented great practiced talent with the multifunctional skills with the cornet, but the trumpet reigned after he switched to it permanently in 1926. Using the cornet and the Trumpet, he used Legato notes instead of the more popular Staccato notes, to which almost every musician was using. This changed the perspective on how jazz was perceived, due to its unique and beautiful story-telling' technique of playing. He interpreted the melodies in music very well, as if he knew what he was going to play before he had to even think about it.
Using this personal technique, He increased the popularity of the trumpet and he inspired hundreds of thousands of people, including children who ended up trying to be like him, copying and practicing his personal skill. This brought Jazz to a position it had not been before, even in the 2000s. His technique of improvisation added an interesting nature to Jazz, and as it became popular, it made him too. An example of his collective improvisation skill is, When the Saints go Marching in. A fast tune and an insertion of Louis's voice blend well in this Religious song. His songs were almost infectious, such as What a Wonderful World, with its slow, methodical tune and a mix of almost melancholy feeling. Today, this is his most popular song, and it told people to appreciate their surroundings of beauty. Appearing in several talk shows, modern movies, and even in other countries such as the United Kingdom, this song demonstrates Louis Armstrong's mastery of Solo interpretation and a mix of both a vision of who he is and how he sees the world.
His genuine person deserved to be placed in a known position of recognition. His personality was unique and his jokes seemed hysterical. His optimistic attitude gave him a positive persona and an easy reputation to keep. These characteristics proved he was even more well-liked than just his music, especially since he was black. He was a public figure in the civil rights movement
in the 1960s. Louis once said…I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn. Seeing as he focused on his career, he didn't particularly care for racism, either assuming that he had a good heart and saw the vision of freedom of rights for black people, due because he was black, or maybe because all types of people, black or white, liked his music, perhaps even both influenced him.
The World, especially America will forever remember Louis Armstrong and how he influenced Jazz. The movie star, graceful ambassador, musician, artist, and writer, already has gone down into history as one of the influences of the world. His attention to the world even granted him his own wall in the present-day Smithsonian, where he can be remembered and seen. What a tragedy his death was to the world, for he accomplished many great things, changed many lives, and gave America a perspective that will determine the face of Jazz in the past, present, and future. The person he was and chose to be, along with his natural and practiced gifts, is the reason why is he the greatest Jazz influence of the 20th century and the father and caretaker of Early New Orleans Jazz.
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Whether you are headed to the beach or out the back door, hosting a bonfire party can turn a summer or autumn evening into a memorable occasion. Consider this, no house to clean, minimal set-up and easy food prep make for a relaxing evening with friends. Head outdoors, sit on a log, build a s'more and laugh a lot. Take time to get away from... Then, head down the stairs to get to the next bonfire. Then, head all the way up, killing all the Fire Slugs along the way. Then, head all the way up, killing all the Fire Slugs along the way.
21/06/2018 · sorry the guy yelling in the background he was in my discord server.... 16/10/2011 · The only blacksmith capable of completing this job is the skeleton blacksmith Vamos in the Catacombs, near the entrance to Pinwheel's lair (although to reach him you must come from the Catacomb's bonfire), you will need to give him the Large Flame Ember. You must give him a +5 weapon in order for him to reinforce it with fire capabilities.
There are many reasons why people have bonfires at night such asthe fact that it's just fun. Many people like the comfort of thefire on cool nights.
if defeat Lady of the Darkling, you can get 1000s, Fire Keeper Soul, but you lose access to the bonfire she oversees. Upon defeat of Dark Sun Gwyndolin, you can get 40000s, Soul of Gwyndolin Upon defeat of Giant Blacksmith, you can get Blacksmith Giant Hammer and Twinkling Titanite.


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Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash and Neil Gaiman?
April 07. 2011 | By Dustin Shey
Soon our government could stop working, but that's not stopping artistry anywhere. In an effort to show how unnecessary the current record label industry is, do it yourself musicians are taking a single day to record an album, then release it 10 hours later. Ummm…what? Here's what we know:
"Ben Folds, Damian Kulash (OK Go), Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls, solo), and author Neil Gaiman will write and record eight songs in eight hours (4 p.m. to midnight) at Berklee College of Music on April 26th"
In another bold move, they're live broadcasting the damn thing. Watch a record being made between some incredible acts, then get the music once you wake up the next day to consume forever. Way to go arts.
Check out this previous Ben Folds collaboration with writer Nick Hornby and Pomplamoose.