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The 1986 Giants – almost every one of them – will appear on Sunday morning at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J. to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Giants’ first Super Bowl championship team. With a big push from Hall of Famer Harry Carson, the Giants got 51 of the 53 players from that team and all but three members of the coaching staff to attend, including coach Bill Parcells, defensive coordinator Bill Belichick, quarterback Phil Simms and linebacker Lawrence Taylor.

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New Orleans began life as Americas global city, with communities from Europe, Africa and the Caribbean converging at the mouth of the Mississippi. To get a feel for the towns cultural mishmash today, start at the French Quarter the towns historic core featuring (confusingly enough) 18th-century Spanish architecture. Bearing north,Michael Kors Outlet, the Marigny neighbourhood, whose bars hum with jazz,Michael Kors Outlet, is the place to take the citys musical pulse. Its worth taking a day trip to the sleepy plantations of southern Louisana the has tours recounting pre-Civil War life for Creole and African-American communities (tours 11).