American Apparel

American Apparel is an American clothing manufacturer, designer, distributor, marketer and retailer based in Los Angeles, California.

American Apparel was founded in 1989 by Canadian Dov Charney. In 1997 after a period of manufacturing in South Carolina, the company moved to Los Angeles. Over 70% of 273 stores are located in North America with the bulk in the United States. This brand products clothes for women, men and kids like t-shirt, skirts, hoodies, denim and more stuff.

Australia

Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Australia is the sixty biggest country in the world.

23-24 million people live in Australia and about 80% of them live on the East Coast. About 60% live in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Australia's capital city is Canberra.

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. There are 3400800 people who live there.

Sydney is a city on the East Coast of Australia and about 4 million people live there and it's the biggest city in Oceania.

Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia. It's the capital of Victoria. The population of Melbourne is about 3 million.

Brisbane is the capital city and the biggest city of Queensland. it has a population of 2.2 million people. Brisbane is on the Brisbane River.

Perth is the capital city of the state of Western Australia. About 1.7 million pepole live there.

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia and it has an approximate population of 1.2 million people.

If we go to Australia, we can visit an historical museum 'Australia War Memorial' situated in Canberra. Also we can visit 'ANZAC War Memorial' that is a military monument of Sidney.

In Australia there are a lots of natural parks for example 'Camunda National Park', 'Auburn River National Park', etc.

The most popular animal in Australia is the kangaroo but there are also koalas, monkeys, ducks, dolphins, etc. 

The bridge and the woman

Countries discuss same-sex marriage, but not marriage to a bridge. Last month, an Australian artist, Jodi Rose, feeling in love with a 600-year-old bridge in France and married it. France doesn't agree with marriages between people and bridges. Fourteen guests went to the wedding to see the couple become bridge and wife. They mayor of the near by town blessed the marriage. Jodi wore a white wedding dress. She gave the bridge a very large ring. Jodi Rose visits bridges worldwide to record their sound sand movement. She makes experimental music. She said it was love at first sight for her bridge. She blogged that: "Although he is made of stone... I feel at peace... He makes me feel connected to the earth," especially after travelling. Jodi said she loves "the spiritual vibration in everything". She said that her new partner is: "The perfect husband... strong and silent"...

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is a celebration held on the 5th of May. It's celebrated in the United States and in Mexico. This date is observed to commemorate the Mexican's army unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on the 5th of May , 1862.

Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken to be Mexico's Independence Day that is celebrated on the 16th of September.

International Workers' Day

International Workers' Day is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that were promoted by the international labor movement, anarchists, socialists and communists. It is celebrated every year on May Day, 1st May, an ancient European spring holiday. May Day is a national public holiday in many countries. Some countries celebrate it in other dates significant to them. No one works on May Day. 

Earth Day

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22nd, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. 
The introduction of the name "Earth Day" was also claimed by John McConnell.
Nelson determined the week of April 19-25 was the best bet as it did not fall during exams or spring breaks. More students were likely to be in class, and there would be less competition with other mid-week events so he chose Wednesday, April 22. 

Freda Kelly

Freda Kelly is a secretary from Liverpool but when she was younger, she was the secretary to The Beatles. In 1962, during her lunch breaks she would go to the Cavern Club and watch The Beatles. They decided that they needed a secretary and they offered the job at Freda and so she accepted.

Freda told fans to use her home address to contact The Beatles. In 1963, the post office delivered huge quantities of letters every day. Freda worked for The Beatles for ten years, she was still with them when they split up in 1970. 

Today Freda works for a law firm and recently she decided to make documentary that was called "Good Ol' Freda" by The Beatles.

"Nowhere Boy"

In the morning of 9th of December 1980, John Lennon died. It has been a drug's overdose or a car crash. A deranged fan, Mark Chapman, had ambushed John and his wife outside their home. It was a sad day. This could have been the results of his difficult adolescence. This is the subject of the film "Nowhere Boy". It's directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson. Anne-Marie Duff is Julia, John's estranged mother and Kristin Scott Thomas is John's aunt.