May 24, 2013

• Day 26

  Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.
  Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with the longest.
  Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
  Day 04 - A picture of a habit you wish you didn't have..........
  Day 05 - A picture of your favourite memory.
  Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.
  Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.
  Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
  Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
  Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most messed up things with.
  Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.
  Day 12 - A picture of something you love.
  Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.
  Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
  Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.
  Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.
  Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
  Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
  Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.
  Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel.
  Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.
  Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.
  Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
  Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.
  Day 25 - A picture of your day.
  Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
  Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.
  Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of.
  Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
  Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.

  Dallas, Texas
  

  

  
  Dallas was founded in 1841 and was formally incorporated as a city in February 1856. The city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, healthcare and medical research, transportation and logistics. The city is home to the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation. Located in North Texas and a major city in the American South, Dallas is the main core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States that lacks any navigable link to the sea.
  

  The city's prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines. With the advent of the interstate highway system in the 1950s and 1960s, Dallas became an east/west and north/south focal point of the interstate system with the convergence of four major interstate highways in the city, along with a fifth interstate loop around the city. Dallas developed a strong industrial and financial sector, and a major inland port, due largely to the presence of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world.

  In the latest rankings, Dallas was rated as an Alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network and is the only city in the South Central region to achieve that status. Dallas is also ranked 14th in world rankings of GDP by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

  

  Dallas has a humid subtropical climate, though it is located in a region that also tends to receive warm, dry winds from the north and west in the summer, bringing temperatures well over 100 °F at times and heat-humidity indexes soaring to as high as 117 °F. When only temperature itself is accounted for, the north central Texas region where Dallas is located is one of the hottest in the United States during the summer months, usually trailing only the Mojave Desert basin of Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California.

  Winters in Dallas are generally mild to warm, with normal daytime highs ranging from 55 °F to 70 °F and normal nighttime lows falling in between 30 °F  and 45 °F. A day with clear, sunny skies, a high of 63 °F, and a low of 36 °F would thus be a very typical one during the winter. However, strong cold fronts known as "Blue Northers" sometimes pass through the Dallas region, plummeting nightly lows below 25 °F for up to a few days at a time and keeping daytime highs in a struggle to surpass 40 °F. Snow accumulation is usually seen in the city at least once every winter, and snowfall generally occurs 1–2 days out of the year for an annual average of 1.8 inches. Some areas in the region, however, receive more than that, while other areas receive negligible snowfall or none at all.

  

  Dallas is home to teams in all four major sports: the Dallas Cowboys (National Football League), Dallas Mavericks (National Basketball Association),Texas Rangers (Major League Baseball), and Dallas Stars (National Hockey League).

  In 2011, Dallas became the first city to host the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the NBA Finals, all within the same 12-month period. Both the Texas Rangers and Dallas Mavericks won successive playoff games to reach the championship in their respective sports, whereas the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington was chosen in advance to host the Super Bowl.

  

  Nearby Arlington, Texas is the new home to the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Since joining the league as an expansion team in 1960, the Cowboys have enjoyed substantial success, advancing to eight Super Bowls and winning five; according to profootballreference.com, as of the end of the 2009 season they were the winningest active NFL franchise. Known widely as "America's Team", the Dallas Cowboys are financially the most valuable sports 'franchise' in the United States, worth approximately 1.5 billion dollars. They are also the second most valuable sports organization in the world. The Cowboys are only out-valued by Manchester United, who are valued at 1.8 billion dollars. In 2009, the Cowboys relocated to their new 80,000-seat stadium in Arlington, which was the site of Super Bowl XLV. The college Cotton Bowl Classic football game was played at the Cotton Bowl through its 2009 game, but has moved to Cowboys Stadium.

  

  Dallas is my home. I no longer live there. Soon I'll graduate college, and go to law school - not in Dallas, but Dallas will be my home. It's where I learned everything. That will always mean everything to me.

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