City and town halls

All around Louisiana, the people celebrate Mardi Gras in early spring. Urban cities such as New Orleans and Baton Rouge utilize fancy bright lighted parades, celebrity kings and queens, and shiny beads to celebrate the festivities. Growing up in south Louisiana, I attended many of these parades in the Big Easy. My grandparents would tell stories of rural Mardi Gras and the Cajun culture. After hearing their stories, I decided to attend the Courir de Mardi Gras. The Courir de Mardi Gras is a…

INTRODUCTION Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church with great possibilities, a church with a congregation that has great pride in their history and new opportunities. Macedonia is a church comprised of families who were raised in the town of Kaufman, Texas. It is a church with a rich history of strong believers; people who are willing to go the extra mile to accomplish any task with excellence. They’ve been tested financially, spiritually, and culturally. They have…

He did not like his teachers, the town he lived in nor his house on Cordelia street. He wanted to be around beautiful things and have fancy clothes. Paul only wanted to work in the Carnegie Hall; However, he did not want to be an actor, but he wanted to be around that kind of people. He knows he does not fit in and he dreamed of traveling abroad and getting out of Pittsburgh. In this story, we will talk about a young man named Paul. Paul lived in a small town with his father. His mother had…

The Tea Party And Charlie Rangel’s Ignorance In a town hall meeting on Tuesday, Charlie Rangel once again revealed the glaring ignorance of his left-wing education. When asked about his thoughts on Tea Party motivations, Rangel responded with the typical disregard for historical accuracy that his party is known for. According to Rangel, “They come from states that used to own slaves. They come from states that the Confederate Army pledged allegiance to. They come from states that the Ku Klux…

absolutely right. Doane and Wesleyan offer four different residence halls to incoming freshman. All of the residence halls in both colleges have wifi, cable TV, a lounging area, laundry areas, air conditioning, and kitchen areas. Both colleges require a roommate for your dorm room. Doane and Wesleyan allow you to get paired randomly with a potential roommate or pick a person that you know or have a good connection with. The residence halls also offer suites for any students who would prefer one.…

consumption and the result shows that with these changes, the energy consumption went down by 3,3 % from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015. This is from a rapport done with 650 000m2 of the buildings in town and their use of energy. As the graph above shows, the sports halls and nursing homes were the one with the biggest decrease. According to energy consultant Henrik Lindgaard, there are several reasons for the decreasing in the total energy consumption in Trondheim Kommune…

to the Big Town on the weekends, which was a city located 25 miles away from Hanibal. Big Town populated over a million people and was the perfect venue for the Saints to commit mischief without getting caught. During the week, the Saints would travel to a pool hall located and the end of town. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the Roughnecks as they did not have access to car. On the other hand, without transportation, the Roughnecks frequented at the center of the town where…

spirits on the media, and in today's generation, many shows or articles about them. Whether or not you believe in them, I'm going to try and change your mind in this passage. The Forbidden City of Ancient China is indeed haunted and right now, I'm going to show you how and why that is possible. The Forbidden City in the 1400's was not a good place, especially when harsh emperors ruled and housed there for more than 300 years. If there was a place that had ghosts, this would definitely be it.…

A life in New York City is a vastly personal experience that is famous for being unlike a life in any other metropolis. “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead explores the idea that everyone who goes to and lives in New York has their own, unique version of the city. From the moment an individual steps foot in the city, she is “building [her] private New York,” (Whitehead 1). My personal New York —the food stands, pharmacies, and avenues I would come to call home—formed when I moved to Manhattan to…

located on the central coast of China. It is the country’s biggest city and a global financial hub. The heart of the city is the Bund, a popular waterfront promenade that is lined with colonial-era buildings. When you take a look across the Huangpu River you can see the fantastic futuristic skyline rising high into the sky in the Pudong district. The city also has many green spaces for rest and relaxation. A most symbolic part of the city is the Bund which at one time was the city’s Wall…