John Lautner was born in Marquette, Michigan in 1911(16 July 1911 - 24 October 1994). Lautner received his bachelor of science degree from Northern Michigan University and later apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin Fellowship in Wisconsin and Arizona.
Lautner generates designs that owe a great deal to his six year fellowship at Taliesin. He creates daring and innovative spaces that fit each design situation and which meet each client’s individual requirements. He attempts to improve life with spaces that meet all basic human needs for emotional, psychological and physical shelter.
Among Lautner’s other works include the Arango Residence in Acapulco, Mexico with its concrete sky-moat, and the landmark Desert Hot Springs Motel in Palm Springs. His dramatic and photogenic spaces are frequently exploited in films, notably the Palm Springs Elrod Residence used to good effect in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. Lautner also designed a home on Malibu’s Carbon Beach which was owned by Courtney Cox. The home sold for $33.5 million.
“The purpose of Architecture is to improve human life. Create timeless, free, joyous spaces for all activities in life. The infinite variety of these spaces can be as varied as life itself and they must be as sensible as nature in deriving from a main idea and flowering into a beautiful entity.”(John Lautner)
Eva Herzigova (Herzigová) was born in Litvínov, Czech Republic, is a Czech model and actress. She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris she became a popular supermodel.
Her first important appearance was the Miss Wonderbra campaign in 1990s. She has appeared in the Victoria’s Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated. She was a member of Thomas Zeumer’s Metropolitan Models. Herzigová actress has also appeared in several movies. Eva Herzigova posed nude for Playboy in August 2004. (WikiPedia.org)
Almario Vernard “Mario” Chalmers - born May 19, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska; nicknamed Super Mario, is a guard for the Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team. Mario is the cousin of former Los Angeles Clipper guard and Xavier standout Lionel Chalmers, who hails from Albany, NY.( Wikipedia)
Mary Stevenson Cassatt : May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926; was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists.
She was a great practical support to the movement as a whole, both by providing direct financial help and by promoting the works of Impressionists in the USA, largely through her brother Alexander. By persuading him to buy works by Manet, Monet, Morisot, Renoir, Degas and Pissarro, she made him the first important collector of such works in America. She also advised and encouraged her friends the Havemeyers to build up their important collection of works by Impressionists and other contemporary French artists.
Houston Alexander , also known as “The Nebraskan Assassin” - born March 22, 1972, is an American mixed martial artist, currently fighting at light heavyweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
He is also a well-known hip-hop artist who is from North Omaha, Nebraska.Today Alexander is a DJ on a local radio station in Omaha.
David Gaub McCullough -born July 7, 1933 is an American historian and bestselling author.A two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, he is widely referred to as a “master of the art of narrative history.” Among his most well-known books are The Path Between the Seas,Truman, John Adams, and his most recent volume, 1776.
He is part of an emerging group of celebrity historians. He is also a familiar presence on public television— as the host of Smithsonian World and The American Experience, and as the narrator of many well-regarded, highly accessible, and facile documentaries. ( Wikipedia )
In 1776, David McCullough’s bestselling account of a pivotal year in our nation’s struggle, readers learned of the greatest defeats, providential fortune, and courageous triumphs of George Washington and his bedraggled army. Now, in 1776: The Illustrated Edition, the efforts of the Continental Army are made even more personal, as an excerpted version of the original book is paired with letters, maps, and seminal artwork. More than three dozen source documents - including a personal letter George Washington penned to Martha about his commission, a note informing the mother of a Continental soldier that her son has been taken prisoner, and a petition signed by Loyalists pledging their allegiance to the King -are re-created in uniquely designed envelopes throughout the book and secured with the congressional seal.
Adam John Morrison, born in July 19, 1984, in Glendive, Montana is an American professional basketball player with the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association.
Morrison played for three years at Gonzaga University and was considered to be one of the top college basketball players in 2005–06. He was a finalist for the Naismith and the Wooden Award. He was named Co-Player of the Year with Duke University’s J. J. Redick by the United States Basketball Writers Association and won the 2006 Chevrolet Player of the Year award.( Wikipedia )
Priscilla Ann Beaulieu Presley - born in May 24, 1945 is an American model, actress and author.She is the ex-wife of rock ‘n’ roll singer and musician Elvis Presley and mother of singer Lisa Marie Presley.
Moira Kelly was born on March 6, 1968 in Queens, New York. She is the third of six children. Her parents are Irish immigrants. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist while her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Moira was raised in Ronkonkoma, New York, USA.
She attended Connetquot Senior High School in Bohemia, Long Island, graduating in the class of 1986.
Celebrity Trainer, Author, and Fitness expert Jennifer Nicole Lee (JNL),has become an icon for women and fellow moms across the world with her amazing70-pound plus weight loss success story. This empowering experience catapulted
Jennifer Nicole Lee into the health and fitness industry and gained her the respectof countless professionals.
