“Sabado Gigante” is the longest running television show in the world, but it is offering a final curtain call after years of making viewers happy. Mario Kreutzberger suggests that after 53 years he's running out of energy to portray "Don Francisco," who sets the tone week after week. The variety show has an historic run that will have viewers shedding tears for the final episode on Saturday. According to USA Today on Saturday, “Sabado Gigante” has never aired a rerun with 2,600 consecutive weeks on the air which is 16,000 hours of programming. The remarkable run beats every Hollywood show that has ever been produced.…
In response to the growing unrest, Mexican troops established military posts in several locations within the province, including San Antonio de Béxar. After hearing that the Mexican army commander in Nacogdoches, José de las Piedras, had demanded that all residents in his area surrender their arms, Bowie cut short a visit to Natchez in July 1832 to return to Texas. On August 2, 1832, he joined a group of other Texans and marched into Nacogdoches to "present their demands" to Piedras. Before the group reached the building housing the town officials, they were attacked by a force of 100 Mexican cavalry. The Texans returned fire and the Battle of Nacogdoches began.…
One thing that’s noticeable with the city of Wagga Wagga is the bustling crowd and the booming economy that seemed to burst out of the seams. Known in New South Wales as a leading city in transport, military and agriculture, there are so many things happening in a daily basis here, which also meant a greater chance for you to enjoy your vacation. Feel free to skim through Wagga Wagga’s busy aura and take advantage of the results of their continuous drive to improve their economic standing. Bump through professionals and rub elbows with their hospitable people or spend your day outside, marveling at how Wagga Wagga’s taking all the advancements in. Known to be NSW’s largest inland city, Wagga Wagga is now being inhabited by almost 56,000 as…
Nicholas Gilman was born on August 3, 1755. He was the second son in a family of eight in Exeter, New Hampshire. Because he was born during the French-Indian battle, and that Nicholas’ brother John Taylor Gilman was the Governor of new Hampshire for 14 years, he had a deep understanding of the meaning and value of patriotism. He attended the local schools and worked in his father’s general store until he enlisted in the Continental Army. When the War for Independence began, he enlisted in the Continental Army.…
Vodka gummy bears, gummy bears soaked in vodka are not very good tasting. Teens don't realize by eating these they are consuming a lot of alcohol. There has been many deaths from the alcohol poisoning. They often call them “boozy bears” or “drunken gummies”.…
It is Gatsby who destroys the Great Self ------so we should “beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” Life is blended up with dream and memory. Believe it or not, when people are trying to “run faster, stretch out [their] arms further” to chase their fantasy, one vital thing is always missing—the pure and the ingenuous heart they had when they were young. Jay Gatsby, or James Gats, the main character from one of the most renowned novel in the U.S. history: The Great Gatsby, is also not an exception. With a humble beginning, the young Gats decides to keep improving himself through hard work and careful plans to get him ahead, so that he is able to change his destiny fully and “be better to parents.”…
When one is separated from those they are supposed to be closest with, they will often look to fill that emotional gap with some form of self expression of comfort. As in Cisneros’ personal essay “Ghosts and Voices: Writing from Obsession”, the distance I lived from my family, both literally and metaphorically, helped to shape myself and my voice. Since both my parents originally hailed from Montreal, the majority of my family remains there to this day. While I am quite close with everyone, there has always been a gap between our existences. Furthermore, being the only openly LGBTQ+ member of my family served to form a greater divide between myself and my inherently Irish Christian loved ones.…
Mythology has been a way of entertainment since the early ages. Neil Gaiman, a British author, has greatly contributed to modern mythology. His stories, such as Stardust, intrigues audiences of all ages. The characters created are interesting and complex. Gaiman’s character, Tristran Thorn, replaces his naivety with maturity as he travels throughout the world of Faerie.…
Luis Garavito was born on the 25th of January, 1957 in Genova, Quindio,Colombia. He is the oldest of seven brothers, and apparently suffered physical and emotional abuse by his father. In his testimony he described being a victum of sexuall abuse when he was young. Garavitos victims were poor children, peasant childen, or street children,between the ages of 6 and 16.Garavito approach to them on the streets or countryside and offered them gifts or small amounts of money.after gaining their trust ,he took the children for a walk and when they got tired, he would take advantage of them. He then raped them,cut their throat, and usually dismembered their corpses.…
Today, I will be presenting a character as a candidate for an award. I’ve been studying this character ever since I first read this novel. The character I greatly admire everytime I read this book. I read this novel over and over, just to study this character. My character, Jay Gatsby appears in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s historical fiction novel, The Great Gatsby.…
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the central question would probably reflect around Jay Gatsby’s wealth and his dream girl, Daisy. The central question could probably be why does these things matter greatly to himself. In this essay, I will explain the things that are shared or differed between Daisy and Jay. The Great Gatsby was a book told in the early 1900’s by a man named Nick Carraway. Nick once lived right next to this very rich man who was Jay Gatsby.…
I live in the “ghetto,” or at least that’s the notion I received when I first moved into my neighborhood. The houses are old and it’s never quiet, I sleep with my sister in a small bedroom, getting up early every morning and seeing the drunken people from last night’s parties. The challenges I faced on a daily bases was the low income me and my family had to survive on. My parents worked day and night just to get food on the table and pay the bills. I knew that this wasn’t the life I wanted.…
The tens of thousands of people who were persecuted for being witches during the witch hunts showed the world how fear and the right motive can cause people to turn on their own neighbors. After the Malleus Maleficarum and the catholic church’s persecution of heretics witch hunts began to grow more prevalent even spreading to the americas. Usually targeting women who were single, were in a low economic class, and unable to properly fight the accusations they became a easy target to condemn to death. Suzanne, being an uneducated older women, had no chance of beating the court and her accusers leading to a corrupt trial. The trial of Suzanne Gaudry is unfair and unjust which proves that the courts and everyone responsible for the witch trials…
My History As A Writer Throughout my lifetime I have come to love and absolutely hate writing. The reasoning of the assignment or topic has a lot to do with my affinity and disgust. Although learning new things, like writing, was something that I loved doing in elementary school, that all changed when it was daily implemented. As an art form I recently come to love writing down my thoughts, ideas, opinions and stories.…
The Great Gatsby Research Paper Through the illusory lives of the main characters in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald exhibits that chasing hollow dreams based on the past leads only to misery. The array of characters in this novel each alter their lives minimalistically and drastically to reach their goal of the American Dream. “The American Dream is an etho known throughout American history that every citizen in the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative” (Bloom). After World War I, the era of the 1920s welcomed new aesthetics and ambitions to become successful. In The Great Gatsby, various personas go through meticulous extents to attain triumphs.…