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The House of Gaunt was a pure-blood family descended from Cadmus Peverell and Salazar Slytherin. This is the first opportunity for readers to get a glimpse into Tom Riddle's childhood. We, and Harry, get to see how and why Tom grows to be Lord Voldemort. He was conceived because of a love potion, which means that he doesn't have the capacity to love.
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For John Dye, also known as the “American Contractor” on TikTok, having a set of tools on hand is essential. Many of his clips provide tips and tricks for ordinary people, whether they need to patch up their roofs, renovate their garages, or beautify their gardens. Millie Alcock and the rest of the first-generation Targaryens and Hightowers will, as far as HBO has indicated, not be returning this season in flashbacks. That doesn’t mean that we won’t see them again someday, but at least Paddy Considine does not have to jeopardize his own health for another stunning performance that the awards circuit decides to ignore. Obviously, the show will continue to track the Targaryen lineage about 300 years prior to near-extinction level on Game of Thrones.
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Although she was obviously devastated to lose the husband she had gained, you do wonder what Voldemort's life would have been like with his mother alive, always supposing that she could have learned to love and care for her baby. Up until the 20th century, every single member of the Gaunt family was pure-blood. They were also the last known descendants of Salazar Slytherin, as well as descendants of the Peverells, famed ancestors that they take great pride in. There is very little to say about the shack where the Gaunt family lives; it is, on its own, merely a poor excuse for a house.
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Using Albus Dumbledore's Pensieve, via the memories of Bob Ogden, we find that the residence of this once-proud family is now a single-room shack, in which the three remaining members of the family reside. The building is apparently a free-hold, built on a spot of land that belongs to the Gaunt family, though the rest of the valley apparently is owned, or at least overseen, by one Tom Riddle. John of Gaunt was a son of King Edward III of England, but as he was only the third son, he and his descendants were not expected to ascend to the throne, which they ultimately did. First, through his legitimate male descendants the Lancasters, and then through his debatably illegitimate descendants, by his long time mistress and then third wife Katherine Swynford, the Beauforts.
Also, Gaunt's great-grandson, Henry VI, was notorious for his mental instability, which was earlier pointed out as a characteristic of the House of Gaunt, but in Henry VI's case it probably derived from his grandfather, Charles VI of France. Marvolo Gaunt was often abusive toward his daughter Merope, whose emotional trauma made it difficult for her to use magic, making others believe she was a Squib. Viennese transplant Richard Neutra designed the experimental house at 2300 Silverlake Blvd and built it with a no-interest loan from Dutch philanthropist Dr. C.H. Van Der Leeuw. He called it the VDL Research House in honor of his financier.
In the early 1990s, it was expanded in what renovation architect Norman Pfeiffer called "Modernist/Beaux Arts style." Partly designed by John and Donald B. Parkinson, it was the last great railway station to be built and not the grandest, but it's been in so many films that we all recognize it when we see it. Funded by the Disney family to honor Walt Disney and designed by architect Frank Gehry, it's one of the most dramatic sights in downtown Los Angeles. Sinuous shapes in shiny metal lend themselves to interpretations ranging from blooming flower to a sailing ship, but ultimately, it's up to the viewer. Merope, at the very least, appears to have some strength of character, particularly in the absence of her abusive father and brother.
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It is one of the most recognizable structures in the city.At night, the blinking light on top of the 13-story tower spells out the word "Hollywood" in Morse code. Working for the design firm of Meyer and Holler, Kennedy never gained the prominence of some of LA's better-known architects. Kennedy's architectural influence continued in a different direction when he became a professor of architectural design at the University of Southern California. His own architectural projects were as diverse as designing movie sets and working as a consultant for the design of the Pentagon in Washington DC. Though its skyline will never measure up to the likes of New York or Chicago, Los Angeles has carved out its own architectural identity.
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Trump’s designated place is in a burgundy padded chair in the midst of his lawyers. They insist on referring to him as “President Trump” — rather than simply Mr. Trump. He earned the title, said his lawyer Todd Blanche, “he was our 45th president.” They throw him this bone of authority and prestige at a time when he has been stripped of both. The man who loves buildings with sweeping views framed in shiny gold must settle into a space that exudes musty claustrophobia. Harry attends his first lesson with Albus Dumbledore, who explains that they will be delving into Lord Voldemort’s past via the Pensieve. Dumbledore explains that Merope later used a love potion on Tom; Merope and Tom married, but when Merope stopped giving him the love potion, he left her – despite the fact that she was pregnant.
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It's like the start of a horror tale - the spooky house in a dark forest with a snake nailed to the door. Bob Ogden is the head of the Magical Law Enforcement Squad and a brave man to approach the Gaunt family home without backup. As linked to Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate and luck, she was also reputed to be "fickle", "two-faced", and linked to chaos and instability, as well as good fortune for those she favoured. Medieval representations of "Fortune" emphasise her duality, transience, and instability, such as two faces side by side; one face smiling, and the other frowning; half the face white, the other black. As Rhiannon, she first appears in a medieval Welsh story collection. She is a strong-minded "Otherworld" (magical) woman, who chooses Pwyll, prince of Dyfed (west Wales), as her consort, in preference to another man to whom she has already been betrothed.
Mostly he nods and shakes his head, sometimes vigorously, like an agitated mime. Greene and Greene built a number of fine Craftsman homes in the area and a map is available in the gift shop at the house. You can also see Greene and Greene furnishings on display at the Huntington Library and at the LA County Museum of Art. Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles was designed to look like a ship sailing down Grand Avenue with its giant silver sails unfurled.
Built in 1960 at 7776 Torreyson Drive in West Hollywood (in the hills overlooking Studio City and just off Mulholland Drive), The Chemosphere was designed by architect John Lautner. The Chemosphere House designed by the architect John Lautner for Nouard Gootgeld. The building was designed by architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro. It sits just across the street from the Disney Hall and designed to both contrast with the Disney Hall's perforated metal exterior and respect its presence. The monumental amount of pride that the Gaunt family has in its heritage seems to have blinded it to all magical progress for an extended length of time. Anything that has happened has, of course, been tainted by contact with Muggles and is therefore unworthy.
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