A. Brief biography (minimum one paragraph of text or audio). Include answers to the following questions: Michael Kors was born on August 9, 1959, on Long Island, New York. Michael Kors started his public life as a child actor—so it probably didn’t surprise those who knew him best when he magnified his fame as a designer by becoming a regular on Project Runway, the reality TV show, in 2004. Kors came early to his vocation.
Curtis convinces James Thunder Early, who is a popular R&B star, and his manager, Marty, to hire The Dreamettes as backup singers. Jimmy Early and the Dreamettes' first performance together is successful. Curtis convinces Jimmy and Marty that they should go beyond traditional rhythm and blues and soul audiences and aim for the pop market. C.C. composes "Cadillac Car" for Jimmy and the Dreamettes, who tour and record the single upon their return.
The book Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse is one of the best books I have read in school. When I began reading it I did not understand the title, but as I read more I began to understand. Nyle is a young who cannot accept losses. Except when the accident in Cookshire took place she had to learn how to let go. Nyle’s Grandma allowed two evacuees, a mother and her very sick son, to settle in her house until the boy got better.
Russell Werner Lee, son of Burton and Adeline Lee, was born in Ottawa, Illinois, on July 21, 1903. At age five his parents divorced and at age ten he watched as his mother dies from being hit by an automobile. His life wasn’t easy growing up. He attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana for four years and disliked the ways of military treatment. Lee graduated from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania with a degree in chemical engineering.
Mackenzie Coombs PHT216 Ansel Adams Biography Photographer Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, and grew up in San Fransisco, California right near the Golden Gate Bridge. He broke his nose in an earthquake and, because he was self-conscious about his nose, and because he was so shy, he had problems in school, causing him to only get up to an 8th grade education. He learned through following his interests, mainly his love for the outdoors and hiking, which later influenced his photography. He began playing the piano at age 12, and his career as a concert pianist boomed. Then, he found a job as a photo technician and his life’s direction moved in a completely different way than he would have assumed.
Crista said “I dropped out my senior year and that’s when reality hit me”. Then she got 800$ in food stamps and a 3 year cash program from the state of Ohio. That shows when you make mistake you will make other ones and that’s how most young adults end up in poverty. Sunny Mash lives in a 4 bedroom house with 14 people because her dad got sick. Sunny and her husband sleep in a room on the floor.
Life Twice Given: An Unlikely Sacrifice At 16 weeks, Logan Hampson fell mysteriously ill. Four years later, his baby sister, Alyson, developed the same symptoms. Discover the true story of what a mother and father sacrificed for their children. By Nicholas Hune-Brown [pic] Photography: Frances Juriansz When Lynn and Jason Hampson first saw the hint of yellow in their four-month-old son’s eyes in the winter of 2008, they didn’t think too much of it. The young parents assumed it was jaundice, a common illness that would pass with a little time under the hospital lamps. Instead, the colour spread.
Her mother endured 18 pregnancies before she died of tuberculosis at the age of 49. (Plant, R. 2010) Because of her mother’s death and her father’s inability to support a large family Margaret associated large families with ill-health and poverty, and small families with prosperity and progress. Margaret first became a teacher, but that did not suit her. In 1902 she completed her training and became a nurse. By age 23 she was married and within months she was repeating her mother’s history.
Asher Lev is a child with an extraordinary gift for painting. His father, Aryeh, is an emissary for the Rebbe, the leader of the Ladover Hasidic community. When he is younger, his uncle, His mother Rivkeh's brother, dies and it destroys her. Asher's mother becomes ill. She stays at home sick for a while after being released from the hospital. At this time, Asher spends much time with his father at his office and becomes entranced by the work his father is doing in Russia.
The nurse kept Gatsby up in the attic for a week, treating him until he recovered from the shooting. Gatsby told me to contact Mr. Wolfsheim for help covering up. The nurse was a relative of Mr. Wolfsheim so I got the number from her to call him for Gatsby. I told him to come over to the mansion so he can inform the police that Gatsby has died. A week since Gatsby was shot; I went over to see Daisy to tell her what had happen.