Every September there is a parade on Labor Day. The parade is called the West Indian Day Parade. There are people everywhere selling food, drinks, flags, and just about everything else you can think of. My family and I go and celebrate and have fun every year. There are all types of food such as cury, chicken, hot dogs, shish-ka-bobs, corn, rice etc. They also sell drinks such as beer, soda, juices and water. The best part of the whole thing is the music. Everyone plays a selection of genres of music such as Reggae, Soca, Reggaeton, and even Salsa. The only thing I don't like about the parade is that you have to stand up for large amounts of times. But the experience is definitely worth it. Click here to view a website for more info about the parade.
Elite Model Management is a modeling agency founded in Paris, France, in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler. Elite today manages over 800 models from five continents. One of the pillars of the modeling industry, 30 year legend Elite Management has represented some of the biggest stars in the business. Any model would be clearly lucky to be signed by Elite Model Management. Maybe someday I will get to experience what other models experience at Elite.
The MTA is claiming to take away free metro cards from school students. This spiked major conflict between parents, teachers, students and the MTA. The MTA claims they need to make cuts and that doing this is necessary however parents and others feel that this will only have a negative impact on students. Students will stop going to school because it will become to expensive which will result in test scores going down and drop-out rates going up. Click here to get more info about metro cards.
Nils Bohlin was born on July 17, 1920 in Sweden. Bohlin began his career as an engineer designing ejector seats for the Swedish aviation industry in the mid-1950's. At that time, safety belts in cars were strapped across the body, with the buckle placed over the abdomen. The position of the buckle often caused severe internal injuries in high-speed crashes. In 1958, Mr. Bohlin joined the Volvo Car Corporation as its first chief safety engineer. Using his knowledge of ejector seats, in just under a year he designed a device that would restrain the human body as safely as possible under extreme conditions. Click here to view more info about him.
