Hana Brady, or as she was actually named Hanička Bradyová, was born on May 16, 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (what would be the Czech Republic today). She was a Jewish girl and even though they didn’t practice the religion her parents still wanted her to know about her heritage. She lived in a yellow house above her Family’s store in Nove Mesto, a town in Prague. Hana lived with her brother George and her parents Marketa and Karel. Hana lived a happy life and enjoyed ice skating and fighting with her brother. Hana lover her life in Nove Mesto, but when the Nazis invaded her home her whole life turned upside down.…
Wildlife Planet will confess Marc Ching deserves credit for not boiling any of those 700 dogs alive... he just slow roasted them for days in an over heated warehouse stuffed in small cages, without adequate food, water, ventilation or veterinary care.…
From early 1900’s keep focus post World War II there were many indigenous singers but none of them made much the huge impact on Australia and the world like Jessica Mauboy has. At the age of 14 Jessica won the Telstra road to Tamworth competition ta the 2004 Tamworth country music festival in Tamworth New South Wales. As the first winner of the completion. Jessica then travel to Sydney to preform and second a recording deal with Sony music Australia. Then she released a country inspired album Cyprus liber…
Only 1.5 % of people will get pancreatic cancer in their lifetime. Unfortunately Diane Schendezos was one of them. Diane was a strong person who inspired people to to give up hate, and be loving. So be lovin gand generous in her honor. Her personality was as hard as a rock but as loving as a puppy, and she had enough tough hope for 5 people.…
Marie Lu is a dystopian novelist whose life began with a very surprising start. Her given name is Xiwei Lu, and she was born in Wuxi, China on July 11, 1984. When she was just five years old, she migrated to the United States after the Tiananmen Massacre, and settled with her family in Georgia. Marie finished her first full manuscript when she was just fourteen, and has kept a steady interest in the dystopian and/or sci-fi genre.…
Ina Garten has become a household name for many. This professional chef was born on February 2, 1948, in New York City. In 1978, Ina Garten found herself working in the White House on nuclear energy policy. She remembers herself thinking, “There's got to be more to life than this!" She saw an ad for a small food store for sale in Long Island. She and her husband drove up to investigate and instantly made the owner an offer. Thinking she had days to think about her decision, she drove home. The next morning, the owner Two months later she began the job of owner of Barefoot Contessa, a small specialty food…
Kim Peek was born November 11, 1951. The doctors told his parents he was mentally retarded at birth and wouldn’t live past the age of fourteen. They were told to just put him in an institution and forget about him but luckily they did not. By the age of three, Peek taught himself the alphabet and how to read. Unfortunately, in 1975 his mother past away and that left Peek with his father, Fran. Peek was so unique that he could memorize as many as eight books a day and read each page within 8 seconds. One page with his left eye, and one with his right. Over time he eventually memorized over six thousand books. Being a Mega Savant, Peek often had out bursts and it would take nearly fifteen minutes for him to change subjects and calm down. “A…
Zheng He, originally named Ma He, was a Chinese Muslim born in 1381. At the age of ten he was taken to North China and assigned to serve Zhu Di (“Zheng He” Gale). Almost twenty years later, In 1402, Zhu Di, who was once the prince, came to be the Yongle Emperor and appointed Zheng He as an Admiral. Three years later, in 1405, after Zheng He had proven his worth, he was appointed as a commander of a fleet of “treasure ships”. At this time, the Ming dynasty was not known to the world. It was Zheng He’s job to make China known to the rest of the world. As Zheng He commanded his fleet, he explored around Asia and Africa. Furthermore, He traveled to many nations and territories, such as India, the Middle East, and Eastern Africa. Famously, Zheng He contributed to the almost complete eradication of pirates in the Southeast Asian waters and helped secure the trade routes through China and India (“Zheng He” Gale). As Zheng He explored, he created alliances with many territories and conquered any who resisted. He rose up the ranks as he helped the Ming Dynasty grow. Therefore, he was seen as a man with authority and was noted as one of the Ming Dynasty's top…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Distressed, out of cash and in disguise, a missing Georgia bride-to-be turned up on a seedy stretch of Route 66 and told authorities Saturday she'd been abducted, then copped to the truth - she fled the pressure of her looming wedding.…
October 5th 2012, 10-year old Jessica Ridgeway went missing just after leaving her house to meet a friend two blocks down of her house to make there way to school together. This took place in Golden, Colorado, on an early and tragic morning for the Ridgeway family. (P. Solomon, 2013, pg.1)…
Specific Purpose Statement: After listening to my speech, the audience will be able to explain how even though Bethany Hamilton suffered a devastating injury that would have ended most people's dream, she achieved success in her sport.…
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY- A world-renowned school, Columbia University has some of the best science and law courses of any Ivy League school. Knowing this, 19-year-old Nayla Kidd applied for Columbia’s engineering course. She was a good student, especially in science. During her high school years, Kidd was a stellar student, especially in the sciences.…
Similarly to Bread Givers’ Sara Smolinsky, Maya Lin is the daughter of immigrants who fled to the United States in 1948 before the 1949 Communist takeover of China. On the date of October 5, 1959, she was born in Athens, Ohio (Biography.com Editors). Lin’s parents were intellectuals who eventually became professors at Ohio University; teaching ceramics (father) and English (mother). As a result from accompanying her parents to the university, she and her brother (a poet) were encouraged to be creative. Eventually, she attended Yale University and became a well-known artist, designer, architect, sculptor, and educator (Biography.com Editors). Notably, her aesthetic in her art incorporates nature, typography, and minimalistic elements.…
Living her childhood brimful of hope and optimism, Jeannette Walls prospered in the face of her hardships. As the second-oldest child to Rex and Rose Mary Walls, Jeannette had to adapt to an undomesticated lifestyle along with her three siblings. At the first glimpse of her childhood, three-year-old Jeannette burned herself, and after being hospitalized, she went back to working with fire. Her parents believed this to be an act of resilience, contrary to it being perilous. They would pretend their turbulent life was a glorious adventure. She was constantly put into circumstances that were typical for her, but unsound in the eyes of most people. She was sporadically on the move, and faced challenges in each stop. She and Brian would be bullied for their attire, and in one case, Jeannette witnessed…
Alexander Wang was born May 17th, 1984 in San Francisco, California. At age 18, he moved to New York to attend parsons The New School for Design to study fashion design. After he dropped out his sophomore year, he launched his first women’s ready-to-wear collection in 2007. The label represents a casually cool downtown style, drawing inspiration from the nineties, French chic, and rock grunge-always finished off with a slouchy, rolled-out-of-bed edge. He won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2008, an honor accompanied by a $200,000 award to expand one’s business. Wang is known for his edgy, somewhat masculine womenswear designs. After designing a Fall 2008 collection using black as the predominant color, he designed his Spring 2009 collection using bright colors such as orange, dusty purple, aqua and hot pink. Also in Spring of 2009, Wang launched a diffusion line of pre-weathered cotton tees, tanks, and T-shirt dresses, as well as a footwear collection of platform sandals. His lines are now stocked globally by more than 30 of the world’s premiere retailers including Barneys NYC, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Dover Street Market, Browns, Otte and Selfridges. Although he reverted to using mainly black fabrics, he was praised for showing great tailoring skills.…