The Texas Bucket List - Ennis Railroad and Culture Museum
We head to the Ennis Railroad and Culture Museum to hear about the history and legend of the locomotive.
Comfort Suites Ennis, Ennis (Texas), USA, HD
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The Comfort Suites hotel is located just minutes from historic downtown Ennis and the Historic Templeton McCanless District, which features specialty stores, antique shops and a great variety of Czechoslovakian gifts and trinkets. The Czech influence in Ennis is evidenced by the many authentic shops, eateries, museums and the city's annual National Polka Festival.
This hotel is also close to the Ennis Railroad and Cultural Heritage Museum, the Texas Motorplex NHRA racetrack and picturesque Lake Bardwell, the perfect destination for water skiing, fishing, swimming, boating and much more. Nicknamed the Official Bluebonnet City of Texas, Ennis showcases more than 40 miles of mapped, driving Bluebonnet Trails, featuring acres of the brightly colored Texas state flower as far as the eye can see. A wide array of entertainment venues, shopping centers and restaurants can be found in the surrounding area.
This hotel offers many fine features and amenities, including free wireless high-speed Internet access, free local calls, outdoor seasonal pool and exercise room. Enjoy our free hot breakfast featuring eggs, meat, yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal and more. If you're leaving early, a Your Suite Success Grab & Go bag is available for the two hours prior to breakfast.
All spacious suites come equipped with microwaves, coffee makers, refrigerators, hair dryers, sofa sleepers, irons and ironing boards. Some rooms feature whirlpool bathtubs.
Business travelers will welcome additional conveniences like the business center with access to copy and fax services. Meeting facilities are available for small events. Ample parking is available on the premises and can accommodate most trucks, RVs, buses and cars.
Comfort Suites Ennis - Ennis Hotels, Texas
Comfort Suites Ennis 2 Stars Ennis Hotels, Texas Within US Travel Directory The Comfort Suites hotel is located just minutes from historic downtown Ennis and the Historic Templeton McCanless District, which features specialty stores, antique shops and a great variety of Czechoslovakian gifts and trinkets. The Czech influence in Ennis is evidenced by the many authentic shops, eateries, museums and the city's annual National Polka Festival.This hotel is also close to the Ennis Railroad and Cultural Heritage Museum, the Texas Motorplex NHRA racetrack and picturesque Lake Bardwell, the perfect destination for water skiing, fishing, swimming, boating and much more. Nicknamed the Official Bluebonnet City of Texas, Ennis showcases more than 64.4 km of mapped, driving Bluebonnet Trails, featuring acres of the brightly colored Texas state flower as far as the eye can see.
A wide array of entertainment venues, shopping centers and restaurants can be found in the surrounding area.This hotel offers many fine features and amenities, including free wireless high-speed Internet access, free local calls, outdoor seasonal pool and exercise room. Enjoy our free hot breakfast featuring eggs, meat, yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal and more. If you're leaving early, a Your Suite Success Grab & Go bag is available for the two hours prior to breakfast.
All spacious suites come equipped with microwaves, coffee makers, refrigerators, hair dryers, sofa sleepers, irons and ironing boards. Some rooms feature whirlpool bathtubs.Business travelers will welcome additional conveniences like the business center with access to copy and fax services. Meeting facilities are available for small events.
Ample parking is available on the premises and can accommodate most trucks, RVs, buses and cars.
Hotel Location :
Comfort Suites Ennis, Interstate 45 and State Highway 34, TX 75119, USA
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Southern Pacific Daylight 4449 to the Fair Pt. 2 - Ennis to Bryan, Texas
It's 1984 and Southern Pacific 4449 is running from Ennis to Bryan, Texas on it's way to the World's Fair. Enjoy pacing, run bys, airplanes, helicopters and the radio chatter.
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Video by Clayton Wilson and Neil Dahl.
Western American Rail Road Museum
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Greater Ennis United Way 2014
Come join the Greater Ennis United Way in it's journey to help the many good works taking place in Ennis. Your thoughtful charitable donations provide even more than you might have ever imagined...all around you,,, your help is evident as well as greatly appreciated....... thanks for your giving.
The Texas Bucket List - Caprock Canyons State Park
We head out to Caprock Canyons State Park to take in the views of lone star landscape and get a meet and greet with the official bison herd of the state of Texas!
Landmark Property in Alamo Heights
Built in 1927 and designated a landmark home when the area of Bluebonnet Hills was being developed in Alamo Heights, it was registered with the state of Texas under the name La Casa del Sol. The historic and architecturally distinctive home is a rare gem. Constructed of native limestone and featuring an Italian terra cotta tile roof, it sits on a spacious corner lot with heritage oak trees dotting the landscape. Artfully trained ivy defines the exterior walls, lending to its beauty and charm. The attractive front drive offers convenience, privacy and ample off street parking. On approach to the front entrance, a boxwood knot garden adds interest and appeal to the home. This extraordinary property is European in style, architectural elements of which can be found throughout fine old homes in France, England, Italy and Spain. Built in an era of fine craftsmanship and hand-hewn details, it was designed by the late San Antonio architect, John Walker, as a home for himself. The thick plaster interior walls, circular turret foyer with a hand-painted ceiling mural, original light fixtures, gliding staircase, as well as the spectacular stone staircase off of the Saltillo tile courtyard near the swimming pool outside are all distinctive features. The main house has four upstairs bedrooms, three full bathrooms, and a large sitting room/sun porch with French doors, overlooking a balcony backyard, pool area, and roof garden.
Downstairs is a large living room with wood burning fireplace, above which is an exquisitely plastered relief design of tropical birds, a hexagonally shaped solarium with floor to ceiling windows and plaster niches, a garden room, a dining room, breakfast room, library, kitchen, laundry room and a bathroom with shower. An addition built in 1980 by the current owners is the separate carriage house/double garage that is connected to the main house by a covered breezeway. Off the outside loggia, defined by Cantera stone columns, is an additional room and bathroom for office/studio/or changing room to access the pool. The charming carriage house apartment, featured in Southern Living Magazine years ago, has wide plank pine floors, a wood burning fireplace, cathedral ceiling with rough-hewn beams, open floorplan with large living/kitchen, adjacent to the bedroom, bathroom, and walk-in closet. A wall of French doors opens onto large deck with views of trees, pool and even a view of downtown San Antonio. There is a sprinkler system on the property. This home has been lovingly cared for and enjoyed over many years by the three families who have owned it. The current owners, who have lived in the home for almost fifty years recently downsized to a smaller home in the same neighborhood. Bluebonnet Hills is a quintessential neighborhood with sidewalks where generations of children have grown up and chosen to move back to the neighborhood of their youth. This neighborhood is a highly sought after location. It has houses of different sizes, people of all ages. There is a friendly neighborhood feeling among the residents. Located in the village of Alamo Heights, near the McNay Art Museum, within walking distance are excellent Alamo Heights Schools, Sunset Ridge Shopping Center, and many fine restaurants. Four separate HVAC units provide economy for this home (upstairs, downstairs, carriage house, office). Original hardwood floors can be seen throughout, along with original tile floors in the garden room and solarium downstairs. Total square footage: approximately 5400 square feet.
The Christmas Capital of Texas on yoloTX TV
The State of Texas designated this small town as the “Christmas Capital of Texas” and it definitely lives up to the name. Grapevine, Texas has over 1,400 Christmas events in 40 days and houses an enormous amount of holiday fun. After visiting a life-size gingerbread house in Great Wolf Lodge, you can step out to Main St. where there is endless shopping and holiday cheer.
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Origin of YOLO [yoh-loh]: You Only Live Once (expressing the view that one should make the most of the present moment without worrying about the future)
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Rosenberg Railroad Museum: 05-13-2015
My visit to the Rosenberg Railroad Museum on 05-13-2015 for some early b-day railfanning in Rosenberg, Texas.
Brampton
Brampton is a Canadian city in Southern Ontario. It is a suburban city in the Greater Toronto Area and the seat of Peel Region. The city has a population of 523,911 as of the Canada 2011 Census, and is Canada's ninth-most populous municipality.
Brampton was incorporated as a village in 1853, taking its name from the market town of Brampton, in Cumbria, England. The city was once known as The Flower Town of Canada, a title based on its large greenhouse industry. Today, Brampton's major economic sectors include advanced manufacturing, retail administration and logistics, information and communication technologies, food and beverage, life sciences and business services.
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Ranger of the Lost Art: The Return of WPA Posters to the Public
Join former seasonal National Park ranger Doug Leen as he recounts his 50 year quest through dusty attics, junk shops, stuffed garages, and courtrooms to rediscover and collect original National Park posters from a series created by the WPA from 1938 to 1941. Since starting this journey, 12 of the 14 original designs have been discovered.
Lehigh Valley Scenic Train loco coupling in HD
Coupling of SD-40 locomotive with private car (not visible).
Jocko Podcast 76 with Charlie Plumb - 6 Years a POW at The Hanoi Hilton
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0:00:00 - Opening.
0:03:59 - Intro to Capt. Charlie Plumb. I'm No Hero (book)
0:16:43 - Vietnam War and Flight Training.
0:29:15 - Deployment to Vietnam.
0:44:14 - Shot Down.
0:59:07 - The Hanoi Hilton.
2:26:35 - Release from The Hanoi Hilton.
2:30:44 - Life after Imprisonment.
2:38:40 - Reflections and Lessons Learned.
3:01:06 - Support, Cool Onnit, JockoStore stuff, with Jocko White Tea and Psychological Warfare (on iTunes). Extreme Ownership (book), (Jocko's Kids' Book) Way of the Warrior Kid, and The Muster 003.
3:12:25 - Closing Gratitude.
Auburn RV Park
This is a video of Auburn RV Park at Leisuretime Campground in Auburn Alabama, Home of Auburn University. We are located on Interstate I-85 Exit 51 and are the Auburn-Opelika areas easiest on and off interstate RV park as well as the only RV park located inside the city limits of Auburn, Alabama.
We have plenty of large pull thru Big Rig sites as well as sites to fit most any size RV, we also have several large pull through campsites with full hookups available bordering Parkerson Mill Creek where you can open your windows at night and be relaxed by the sound of the flowing waters.we also even have a few tent camping sites, all sites are full hookups with water, sewer, cable, WI-FI, 50amp, 30amp and 20amp services, there is also a really nice men's and women's bath house facility that is heated and cooled. We offer reasonable nightly, weekly and monthly rates. We also have a laundry facility, vending area, ice machine, bicycle rentals and business center on site for your convenience. Pull thru access to propane and diesel are also available at the same turn in for the park.
Our park is perfect for the easy overnight stay right off of I-85 to be able to pull off and not have to unhook your tow vehicle and be able to walk to eating establishments such as Ruby Tuesdays, McDonalds, Philly Connection, Pannie Georges Southern style cooking etc.
We are are also a great place to use as your base of operations for exploring the Auburn-Opelika area and Auburn University and can offer tours of the area and town from a Lifelong residents perspective. Also if you have business in the area and need access to our business center and high speed data capabilities, copying, faxing etc we can assist and also offer advice and connections to local markets of businesses we do business with. If you don't have a tow vehicle don't worry, we wouldn't mind giving you a ride into town or arranging a rental car or we also have several taxi services that service our park.
Attractions within walking distance include a Water Park connected with our property right next door surfsidewaterpark.com and also a world class Softball Complex right next door as well that the park has some premium sites overlooking, also across the street is the 18 hole Auburn Links Golf Course if you would like to bring your clubs auburnlinks.com. Also within biking distance is Chewacla state park which has many beautiful natural attributes, the 2 mile Charlotte and Curtis Ward bike trail is a masterpiece of a bike trail because it is off road and paved the entire way to the park, this is perfect for a morning run or biking outing. Auburn is the only city in Alabama to have been awarded and recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. This is a link to a PDF showing our network of bike paths
Some other area attractions include Auburn University auburn.edu, The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art , 6 incredible Area golf courses Lovelace Hall of Honor Auburn Sports Museum , Auburn Arena auburnarena.com
All of that being said If you are looking for the Auburn RV experience and an incredible place to vacation look no further than us ! RV parks are the last small towns in America and we feel like you'll feel that way about our park.Our website address is rvauburn.com and our phone number is 334-821-2267
Transatlantic Call: People to People
CBS and the BBC launched Transatlantic Call: People to People during World War II as an exchange series of 13 radio programs designed to bring the two nations closer together and to tell the people of each country how their friends and allies are living, working and fighting. This event culminated a week-long work-a-thon whose goal was to bring together scholars to apply their skills to the transcription, annotation, contextualization, digitization and preservation of Transatlantic Call and other related broadcast materials being brought online by the American Folklife Center.
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Modern architecture | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:00:39 1 Origins
00:03:55 2 Early modernism in Europe (1900–1914)
00:10:14 3 Early American modernism (1890s–1914)
00:11:48 3.1 Early skyscrapers
00:13:29 4 Rise of Modernism in Europe and Russia (1918–1931)
00:14:35 4.1 International Style (1918–1950s)
00:17:00 4.2 Bauhaus and the German Werkbund (1919–1932)
00:20:25 4.3 Expressionist architecture (1918–1931)
00:25:22 4.4 Constructivist architecture (1919–1931)
00:29:23 4.5 Modernism becomes a movement: CIAM (1928)
00:32:46 5 Art Deco
00:34:58 5.1 American Art Deco; the skyscraper style (1919–1939)
00:36:47 5.2 Streamline style and Public Works Administration (1933–1939)
00:38:40 6 American modernism - Frank Lloyd Wright, Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra (1919–1939)
00:41:11 7 Paris International Exposition of 1937 and the architecture of dictators
00:44:21 8 New York World's Fair (1939)
00:45:20 9 World War II: wartime innovation and postwar reconstruction (1939–1945)
00:48:16 10 Le Corbusier and the iCité Radieuse/i (1947–1952)
00:50:02 11 Postwar modernism in the United States (1945–1985)
00:50:59 11.1 Frank Lloyd Wright and the Guggenheim Museum
00:53:13 11.2 Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer
00:54:35 11.3 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
00:56:25 11.4 Richard Neutra and Charles & Ray Eames
00:58:19 11.5 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Wallace K. Harrison
01:00:49 11.6 Philip Johnson
01:02:12 11.7 Eero Saarinen
01:04:57 11.8 Louis Kahn
01:06:55 11.9 I. M. Pei
01:10:17 12 Postwar modernism in Europe (1945–1975)
01:13:56 13 Latin America
01:17:41 14 Asia and the Pacific
01:20:51 15 Preservation
01:22:03 16 See also
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Modern architecture, or modernist architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel and reinforced concrete; the idea that form should follow function (→functionalism); an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament.
It emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced as the
principal style for institutional and corporate buildings by postmodern architecture.