Parades

Dreams do Come True in New Orleans The Princess and the Frog was realeased in 2009, is a comedy and is set in the city of New Orleans in the 1920s. Tiana, a strong African-American girl, who comes from a humble family wants to accomplish her dad’s dreams, of owning a restaurant. Sadly, her dad dies when she is little. Trying to accomplish her dad’s dreams, Tiana works double shifts and saves every single penny she gains during adolescence. When she is about to achieve her objective of buying a…

Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was…

example, “We’ll find a table in the shade / And sip our tea and lemonade” could refer to a date, or the fact that most teenagers enjoy going out to get food and drinks. Another line, “And watch the morning on parade” could mean many things. This line could be a reference to the magazine, Parade, that was founded in 1941, and mean that teens were avidly realizing what was happening in the world. Teens are more and more likely to choose to know what is going on around them. Many people in…

people company executives want to present to their audience. Instead, movies look to exploit women’s flaws and then find a solution using “beauty products,” lavish clothes, or singing and acting lessons to perfect their faults. Movies such as Easter Parade (1948), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), and My Fair Lady (1964) take the…

known for its many famous soccer players, but they are also known for baseball and American football. Honduras was in the first Olympics that was held in Latin America in 1968. There are many holidays and celebrations in Honduras where people have parades and eat food, like mardi gras here in the United States. There is one holiday called Lluve de Peces which translates to "rain of fish" where fish actually rains from the sky. There are many ways to travel in Honduras like to walk, bus, car,…

see such drastic changes. It has only been five months that she was able to pull off a good diet and a healthy routine that was enough for her to lose 20 pounds. She showed up shocking a lot of people during the 89th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on November 26. Fitness professional Nadia Murdock relayed her thoughts about the singer's…

The Challenge of Diversity Is homosexual ethical or not? There are now more and more homosexual. Although the life standard has been improved and the educational level of people has also been raised, the concept of homosexuality still cannot be accepted. American Supreme Court has made 50 states nationwide same-sex marriage legal at 2016. However children of homosexual family are often discriminated, ridiculed, and even labeled AIDS. Seeing that, I want to ask “who would deliberately choose to…

On the fifth of May every year many Mexicans and Mexican-Americans gather together to celebrate Cinco de Mayo (fifth of may in Spanish). Many Americans mistakenly believe this day to be Mexico’s Independence Day (actually celebrated on September 16). In reality, Cinco de Mayo commemorates the 1862 Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla. The French went on take the capital, Mexico City, and impose a monarchy until 1867, but the battle still symbolized a significant Mexican…

This activity is a modified version of the University of Southern California “Trans situation Exercise”. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LGBT RESOURCE CENTER Trans Situation Exercise (25 min.) Directions: Participants must imagine a giant opinion scale with one end labeled very safe, the middle unsure, and the other end very unsafe. The zones will be indicated with numbers and then given letter grades. Ask participants to imagine how “safe” they think it is for typical transgendered…

a sportswriter in Pottstown, Pensilvania. He wrote “The Sporting Life” column in the Esquire Magazine for 10 years. He began to write it on the 1980’s. He currently writes a column for Travel and Leisure Golf. He has also written for Golf Digest, Parade, ESPN…