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I spoke with Je'Caryous Johnson and he told
me this was a
fantastic show and couldn't wait for me to
see it! I can't wait I
will definitely be in the Dogg Pound! I'm
asking everyone in Houston to come out and
support my friend's Stage See link Playhttps://www.facebook.com/jecaryousjohnson/videos/2198612813794200/
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the advent of FaceBook and Smart Phones, I no longer
take pictures so I'm archiving 2 decades of throw
backs pictures that were taken for my website Guy's
Gallery on FaceBook for public viewing of the people
in the Houston Community. Take a walk down memory
lane. Click the picture below to see pictures you
don't have to be a member of FaceBook to view. Enjoy!
If you would like to see the latest
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As
Hurricane
Florence,
weakened
to a
tropical
depression,
continued
to
pound
through
the
Carolinas
Sunday,
leaving
at
least
14
people
dead
as
of
the
afternoon,
the
storm
and
its
aftermath
reminded
people
of
the
good
and
the
bad
in
the
world.
On
the
good
side,
one
photo
of
Robert
Simmons
Jr.,
a
North
Carolina
man
escaping
the
floodwaters
via
boat,
his
kitten,
Survivor,
on
his
shoulder,
both
soaked
and
appearing
weary,
went
viral.
The
photographer,
a Raleigh
News
&
Observer reporter
who
took
the
action
shot
with
his
iPhone,
engaged
on
Twitter
with
members
of
the
public,
who
praised
him
for
capturing
an
image
that
perfectly
encapsulated
the
experience
of
dealing
with
the
hurricane.
The
photo
shows
Simmons
and
his
kitten
leaving
New
Bern,
N.C.,
via
rescue
boat
in
waist-high
water,
the News
&
Observer reported.
The
pair
had
to
leave
Simmons’
father,
who
didn’t
want
to
abandon
his
home,
and
both
are
wearing
expressions
that
seem
to
show
ruggedness
and
exhaustion.
Reporter Andrew
Carter shot
the
photo
with
his
iPhone7,
according
to
the
news
organization.
“Meet
Robert
Simmons,”
Carter
posted
on
Twitter.
“Was
stuck
in
his
house
since
last
night,
when
floodwaters
began
to
rise
in
New
Bern.
A
boat
came
and
rescued
him
just
now.
He
was
sad
to
leave
his
father
but
left
with
his
kitten
hugging
his
neck.”
“This
photo
has
me
in
tears,”
responded
@lemonberry32.
“Stunning
in a
way
I
wish
photography
never
had
to
be.
Praying
for
him
and
his
father
(and
the
kitty).”
Tweeted
@AnyaLogan,
“That
you
captured
the
haunted
look
of
someone
who
has
been
through
a
hurricane
is
phenomenal.
That
you
captured
that
same
look
in
Survivor’s
eyes
too
is
astounding.”
In
the
arena
of
not
so
great
news
to
report,
ABC11
reports
that
several
dollar
stores
in
the
Wilmington,
N.C.,
area
were
looted
in
the
wake
of
Florence,
which
had
been
downgraded
to a
tropical
depression
by Sunday.
On
Saturday afternoon,
dozens
of
people
picked
clean
a
Family
Dollar
store
in
the
coastal
city,
the
station
reported.
Police
showed
up
but
a
manager
asked
them
to
stand
down.
And on
Saturday night,
five
people
were
arrested
trying
to
loot
a
Dollar
General
store
in
Wilmington,
according
to
ABC11.
Florence
was
expected
to
push
many
rivers’
water
levels
to
their
highest
points
ever
and
also
set
off
landslides,
the Washington
Post reported.
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Date/time:
September 29th, 7:00pm to 11:00pm
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Venue: Smart
Financial Centre
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Address: 18111
Lexington Dr, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and his Democratic
challenger, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso, have
agreed to three debates before Election Day.
Announced Friday by both campaigns, the schedule
calls for debates Sept. 21 in Dallas, Sept. 30 in
Houston and Oct. 16 in San Antonio. Each event will
be an hour long and vary in topic and format:
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Dallas: Domestic policy, moderated
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Houston: Domestic policy, “town hall style”
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San Antonio: Half domestic policy, half
foreign policy; moderated
The Dallas debate will be at Southern Methodist
University, the Houston debate will be at the
University of Houston and the San Antonio debate
will be at a studio there.
The announcement caps a debate over debates that
began in May when O’Rourke
proposed six debates with Cruz, two in Spanish.
Cruz, who is not fluent in the language, quickly
shot down that idea and maintained he was open to
debating O’Rourke but wanted to wait until closer to
Election Day to talk debate details and lock in a
schedule.
In July, Cruz
formally responded to O’Rourke’s debate
challenge, proposing five topical debates over three
months in five cities. O’Rourke took issue with
several aspects of Cruz’s counter-offer, including
the fact all the debates would be on Friday evenings
during high school football season. O’Rourke also
asked Cruz if they could add a sixth debate in
O’Rourke’s hometown of El Paso, and Cruz offered to
swap out one of the five cities in his plan for El
Paso.
While the schedule announced Friday does not
feature a debate in El Paso, it does include days
that are not Friday. The Dallas debate falls on a
Friday, but the ones in Houston and San Antonio are
on a Sunday and Tuesday, respectively.
For weeks, the two campaigns had appeared to be
at a stalemate. Seeking to force O’Rourke’s hand,
Cruz accepted an invitation from two Dallas media
outlets to debate O’Rourke on Aug. 31 in that city —
which had been part of Cruz’s proposed schedule —
but O’Rourke declined to follow suit, citing
continued problems with the debate negotiations.
More recently, Cruz expressed doubt that debates
would even happen with the two sides at loggerheads
and the clock ticking until Election Day.
Early voting begins Oct. 22
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Everyone Has a
Story in Life
A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s
window shouted…
“Dad, look the trees are going behind!”
Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby,
looked at the 24 year old’s childish behavior with
pity, suddenly he again exclaimed…
“Dad, look the clouds are running with us!”
The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old
man…
“Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?”
The old man smiled and said…“I did and we are just
coming from the hospital, my son was blind from
birth, he just got his eyes today.”
Every single person on the planet has a story.
Don’t judge people before you truly know them. The
truth might surprise you.
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Doubts are
increasing that
law enforcement
officials will
conduct a
thorough
investigation
into the killing
of
Botham
Jean,
an unarmed Black
man who was shot
dead in his own
apartment by a
Dallas police
officer.
S. Lee
Merritt,
one of the civil
rights attorneys
representing
Jean’s family,
retweeted a
message on
Saturday night
from activist
Shaun
King
that’s adding
fuel to the
concerns.
“A key
eyewitness told
us today that
investigators
didn’t take a
single note when
they interviewed
her. Said they
never called her
back. We asked
the DA if they
had even heard
that this
witness existed
and the DA said
the Texas
Rangers never
even mentioned
the witness,”
King tweeted.
In an
earlier post,
King said a
sixth person
joined other
witnesses who
contradicted
Dallas Police
Officer
Amber Guyger’s
version of how
the shooting
unfolded.
Dallas’
Black community
had hoped that
the conviction
in August of a
white former
officer,
Roy
Oliver,
who shot unarmed
Black teenager
Jordan
Edwards
in the head was
a turning point
in the city’s
long history of
cops going
unpunished for
killing Black
people. But the
investigation
into the slaying
of Jean suggests
to many that
things have not
changed, the
Dallas Morning
News
reported.
“We consider
that to be
progress. But
whether it’s
precedent or
some kind of
aberration, only
time will tell,”
John
Fullinwider,
co-founder of
Dallas’ Mothers
Against Police
Brutality, said
of the Oliver
verdict as he
attended Jean’s
vigil.
Many have
complained about
the police
giving Guyger
special
treatment. She
has stated
multiple and
conflicting
versions of
the
circumstances
that led to the
shooting. Guyger
claimed that she
mistakenly
entered Jean’s
apartment,
thinking that it
was her own
place, and shot
26-year-old
Jean. It took
days for law
enforcement
officials to
arrest her.
Neighbors
have said they
heard
Guyger banging
on Jean’s door,
but the officer
has claimed that
it was open when
she entered.
“If she had
been arrested
like anyone
would be, the
community would
have felt a
little more at
ease. There’s no
story, of the
multiple stories
she’s told, that
should not have
prompted an
arrest on the
spot,” said
Edwin
Robinson,
executive
director of the
religious-based
network Faith in
Texas.
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Hart
was on
Instagram
live
Saturday
and
spoke on
anyone
who has
an issue
with
“Night
School”
co-start.
He said,
“I have
to
embrace
my
sister
when
other
people
are
choosing
to frown
and make
an
attempt
to sh*t
on my
sister’s
bright
light.”
While
not
calling
out
Williams
directly,
Hart
continued,
“I
choose
to turn
up the
knob and
make
that
light
brighter…At
the
height
of her
career
when
most
should
applaud
when
most
should
celebrate,
some
choose
to
down.”
Haddish
took the
high
road in
response
to
Williams
critique
of her
career.
She
tweeted
on
Friday,
“It’s
official
I made
it!@KattPackAllDay
talked
about me
and
didn’t
have his
facts
right! #Iwin
#sheready
I look
forward
to
seeing
you on
Monday
Katt,
when we
pick up
our
Emmys. I
just
want to
shower
you with
REAL
Love
cause
you need
it, and
I Love
you.”
On
Friday,
Sept. 14
Williams
stopped
by V-103
in
Atlanta
and
issued
some
harsh
jabs
at
Haddish’s
career
as a
comedian.
“You
can’t
tell me
your
favorite
Tiffany
Haddish
joke.
Why?
Because
she
ain’t
done
a tour
yet,” he
said.
“She
ain’t
done a
special,
she has
not
proven
the
ability
to tell
jokes
back to
back for
an hour
to
nobody.
And they
all
ready to
down
Mo’Nique and
up
somebody
who has
shown
them
‘Girls
Trip.’
Do you
think
she
wrote
‘Girls
Trip,’
goofball?
Or do
you
think
that was
already
a script
and
they handed
it to
her.”
Many
accused
Williams
of
practicing
a crab
in the
barrel
mentality.
“I
don’t
understand
why we
have to
make
everything
a
competition
in the
black
community.
Just
celebrate
your
sister’s
accomplishments
@KattPackAllDay!
Tiffany,
thank
you for
sharing
your
story!
You have
inspired
so many
of us
who
suffered
from
childhood
trauma!
Keep
winning!”
“How
come we
just
can’t
support
each
others
success?
Why?”
While
others
defended
the
veteran
comedian.
“He
was
absolutely
right.
Rachetness
and
cooning
seem to
be the
only
type of
comedy
accepted
in
Hollywood”
“We
are
legitimately
in an
era
where
because
everyone
is so
politically
correct,
and a
pick me
to be
offended,
we can’t
hi side
on NOONE
w/o the
good ol
“he/she
is
demeaning
[ insert
an
entire
demographic
]. I’d
hate to
be a
comedian
in this
era
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Date/time:
September 29th, 8:00am to
10:00pm
Venue:
Cotton Bowl
Address:
Fair Park, TX, Dallas,
Texas, 75215
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Frank Ocean has reportedly sent a cease and desist letter to Travis Scott, demanding that his vocals on a song on Scott’s new hit album “Astroworld” be removed.
Ocean objected to the way his vocals on the song “Carousel” were altered with Auto-Tune processing and quarreled with Scott about editing them out well before the album was released in August, according to a report in TMZ. Ocean directed his lawyers to fire off the cease and desist demand after his requests were ignored, the site says.
As for Scott, the report says he “hasn’t flinched” and has “zero plans to remove Frank from the track.”
“Astroworld” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and “Carousel” peaked at No. 24 on the Hot 100. Critics have hailed the record, especially “Carousel,” with Spin saying Ocean’s contribution “feels as essential as the perfect bite of Coney Island cotton candy.”
Representatives for Ocean and Scott did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment.
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The
PINNACLE Center is free* for use to Fort Bend and City
of Houston residents that are ages 50 and above. |
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The PINNACLE Center
includes:
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Wi-Fi Internet Café
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Fitness Center
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Outdoor Walking Trail
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Fitness Classes
– Self Defense, Weight Training, Zumba,
Flexibility, Aerobics, and Chair Fitness
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Ping Pong
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Dance Classes
– Line Dancing, Two Stepping and Swing Out
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Veterans Assistance &
Social Service Assistance
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Financial Planning
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Knowledge is POWER DAY
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Computer Classes
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Table Games -
Bingo, Dominos and various Card Games
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Marketplace Monday
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Vendors welcome on the 1st Monday of each
month
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