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A color guard line is part of most high school and college marching bands. Sometimes known as a drill team, the guard line is responsible for providing a visual effect to the music being played on the football field. The speed and direction used to twirl the multicolored flag takes a great amount of upper body control and dedication. In order to demonstrate a standard drop spin on a flag, you must be able to identify the different parts of the flag, to pay close attention to the details of…

person that accomplished so many groundbreaking achievements in a peaceful, respectful way. There are many reasons that prove evidently that Louis Riel was a hero, some of his achievements included him and the Métis becoming the foundation to the Canadian economy by their work in fur trade, and their invention of the very successful North West Company (N.W.C). Also, Riel and the Métis were protecting a unique and distinguished culture that had been established in the Red River area for over 100…

Many people nowadays have no clue how to play or how America’s pastime works. Football is arguably America’s favorite sport, and the lack of people who understand this game is surprising. There are many variations of this great sport with simple and specialized rules. The basic rules of the great sport can be very simple as long as you pay attention. While playing football you have a goal of taking the ball from one end of the field to the other without having to handover the ball to the other…

In the face of conflict, it is human nature to react in anger, but the reaction of a Christian, who knows God’s words react with patience, love, kindness, forgiveness, prayer and knowledge. The problem with today’s society is that we spend our time and efforts in conflict with different races, cultures, and lifestyle choices. We are constantly fighting for equality, to where as we should be fighting for unity. Instead, we should be spending our efforts reaching out in love and respect,…

one may notice that certain themes continue to reemerge. Reoccurring themes such as French-Canadian identity, survival, nationalism, and sovereignty span a large period of history and can be applied in both a modern and historical context and are applicable to many peoples, both francophone and others, who have lived in Quebec and in other French speaking areas across Canada. The concept of French-Canadian identity is one that has been constantly evolving, and for that reason it is worthy of…

Sports is a big aspect of high school life, especially the sport of football. The films The Blind Side, Remember the Titans, and Friday Night Lights, all revolve around the sport of football and how it manages to change the lives of the athletes. Among these films, the main themes I will focus on will be on the impact of being in a team and the influence an authority figure has on the athletes’ lives. I will begin with examining the theme of being a part of a sports team and how much growth it…

This paper will attempt to further support the claim made by Tim Cook that rum was more than a drink, but a “medicine” for Canadian soldiers during the Great War. However, he asserts that prohibition was viewed as “patriotic” for those back in Canada. The dichotomous perspectives of rum and its necessity during the war is prevalent in the pieces by Cook and Thompson, as well as the primary documents consisting of letters sent home from soldiers that address and make mention of rum. The paper…

Ryan Coogler was also concerned with creating a multidimensional character when he crafted Fruitvale Station. The film tells the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, a young unarmed black man who was murdered by police on New Years in 2009 at a BART station in Oakland, California. The event struck Coogler hard. He was still in college when it happened, and the shooting took place in the community he grew up in. Much like the rest of the directors, Coogler’s personal relations to the material is…

of Ferguson submit” (156). The Ferguson rebellion became the “focal point for the growing anger in Black communities across the country” (157). The young people of Ferguson experienced daily harassment. Taylor discusses the tensions between the old guard and the new generation. The black youth who were very much involved in the protests and marches for Brown and Ferguson, were blamed for the violence that had been the central theme on social media. Rev. Al Sharpton, declared himself as “the new…

It was the playoffs and we were playing the lions at mills football field.It was me number 22, Luke number 19, Cam number 8, and Brady number 7 playing as the captains and the leaders.If we won we kept playing and went to the semifinals against the bandits. It was the day. The day that we were going to play the rivals in football the lions. The Lions are a team that we have never beaten and we all believed that this was going to be the first time we would beat them.…