First Lady, Michelle Obama

 

 

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964), an American lawyer and writer, is the wife of the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid. She delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of daughters Malia and Sasha. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, and healthy eating.

Jawlensky's Young Girl in a Flowered Hat

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Jada Pinkett Smith on Past Addiction

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Jada Pinkett Smith was born to Robson Pinkett Jr. and Adrienne Banfield-Jones in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father was a contractor and her mother was a nurse. They divorced after only a few months of marriage. She majored in dance and choreography at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where one of her classmates was Tupac Shakur.

Word of the day- Fatalistic

adj.
Believing that all events are inevitable and unchangeable; resigned to fate.

She is a believer of fatalism, so she has come to terms with growing old and getting wrinkles.

Jawlensky's Young Girl in a Flowered Hat - Smarthistory

Jawlensky's Young Girl in a Flowered Hat - Smarthistory


Assignment 1.
I found this picture interesting because of Jawlensky’s use of bold somewhat structured lines combined with vivid and raw, yet purposeful strokes of color. The skin tones in Jawlensky’s art are usually an odd hue for any person's skin, but he/she finds a way to draw your focus away from that. The way Jawlensky blends his/her colors together is masterful and simplistically free spirited at the same time. Every time I look at this piece a different aspect of its uniqueness stands out to me.

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Life After: Tiffany Pollard, known as "New York"

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How To Have Great Skin? | BlackDoctor

How To Have Great Skin? | BlackDoctor

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Word of the day- Affinity

affinity: attraction toward or liking of something

Driver charged after online confession

US killer drink-driver charged after online confession

Matthew Cordle said he would plead guilty to any charges related to the death of Vincent Canzani

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An Ohio man who confessed in an online video to killing a man in a drink-driving accident has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide.

Matthew Cordle, 22, was expected to turn himself in ahead of an arraignment on Tuesday.

In a video posted last week on two websites, Mr Cordle said he accepted "full responsibility" for the death of Navy veteran Vincent Canzani, 61.

Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said Mr Cordle had been a suspect in the June crash.

The charge carries a maximum eight-year prison sentence.

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Syrian's not convinced America will attack.

French MPs to see 'evidence' of Syria chemical weapons

 

 

 

--There must be "a firm international response to deter any future use of such weapons", he said, or else it would send a "dangerous signal to dictators all over the world".

But he stressed any action would have to be "very short, sharp, tailored" and accompany a political process.--( Read Entire Article)

American History and The Civil Rights Movement

Our Favorite Moments of the President with Icons of African American History and the Civil Rights Movement

 

Since taking office, President Obama has welcomed many icons of the civil rights movement to the White House, including Tuskegee Airmen, Freedom Riders, Negro League Baseball players, artists, musicians and activists. Today, with President Obama set to speak from the Lincoln Memorial to mark the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we present some of our favorite behind the scenes moments of the President with these icons of African American history and the civil rights movement. (FULL Source ARTICLE)