Hennessy

Last night, Nas along with his closest friends and family celebrated The Don's 40th birthday with a classy affair, at New York City's Avenue NYC. The Hennessy sponsored event invited guests to sip on the popular cognac as they dined on a carefully selected five course meal which included Shrimp Scampi, Lobster Fra Diavolo and Strawberry Shortcake for desert. The crowd partied all night with music by New York nightlife fixture, DJ M.O.S. rocking the turntables. Dressed in a pink tuxedo, the…

Louis Vuitton, French entrepreneur and fashion designer, was born on August 4th, 1821 in Anchay, Jura, France. Vuitton descended from a working-class family of joiners, carpenters, farmers and milliners (Bio.com). At the age of 10, his mother died and his father remarried. According to bibliography.com, “Vuitton’s new stepmother was as severe and wicked as any fairy-tale Cinderella villain. A stubborn and headstrong child, antagonized by his stepmother and bored by the provincial life in Anchay,…

Mississippi where most of the men went to work in cane fields in Louisiana. With the Italians taking over what is known as the French Quarters in Louisiana there were bound to be some racism. In 1890 one of Louisiana’s Superintendent of Police Mr. David C. Hennessy was murdered while walking home one night. Subsequently the blame was placed on the Italians, and lead to the arrests of roughly two hundred Italian men. Thus…

I loved Rachel Joyce’s The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, as devastating heartbreaking as it was and while I haven’t read any of her other books something about The Music Shop tempted me into picking it up. And fortunately I was given an advance copy shortly after hearing about it at the Penguin Random House Fall Preview. Set in the 1980s, the book focuses on Frank the owner of a music shop who stubbornly refuses to get with the times and stock CDs (choosing instead to continue to own deal…

The book Totally Joe is about someone who is unique, to say the least. The protagonist Joe is a unique character that shows this in a very apparent way in the book. This is demonstrated by what he is wearing on the poster.Which on one side is a floral t-shirt and the other is an oxford shirt. He is also placed upside down in a handstand, which he was learning during the chapter Z is for Zachary where Zachary shows him how to do a headstand. And also, at the same time helps show his personality.…

I think that Bernard Arnault was previously a director. Although during the change management in China he had to also be a navigator and a caretaker. He is also a nurturer when it comes to his employees. Arnault is in a position of high interest and high power and in order for the business to succeed in the Chinese market Arnault has to change his approach to the management process. The changes faced in China were outside the control of LVMH and they had to react accordingly. The outside…

Catch-22 Education proves to be the mere backbone of modern society. The future lays in the hands of each individual educator and the school district as a whole. Crucial concepts taught throughout grade school to college fortify the basic fundamentals of today’s world. However, an enriching education necessitates adequate finances within a school district. Shown by Malcolm Gladwell’s Podcast, Revisionist History, the ultimate causation of the dwindling education occurring within…

University of East Anglia, there he earned the Curtis Brown prize for his literary contribution. John began his career writing short stories and eventually made his writing break through with the story Entertainments Jar, which was then submitted for the Hennessy Literary Award. In the early years John mostly wrote short stories (published…

Why Trump Should Be President The presidential election has been narrowed down to two candidates; Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. I believe Hillary Clinton to be completely unfit for president due to her numerous scandals and underlying health issues. I also believe Trump has great policies regarding trade, immigration, taxes and foreign relations. Trump is a patriot and an example of the American dream, for these reasons and for his proposed policies, I believe Donald Trump to be the best…

Lynn McIntyre’s “food insecurity not the flip side of food security policy” (2011) explains the legitimate concern for food insecurity as it is a public health issue in Canada. Food insecurity has been associated with poor physical and mental outcomes along with chronic conditions (Statistics Canada, 2013). This issue of food insecurity is directly associated with the level of household income (McIntyre, 2011). McIntyre illustrates how the level of household income is a social determinant which…