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Book Review: Thieves of Bay Street, By Bruce Livesey By Chaavi Shamihoke Thieves of Bay Street, How banks, brokerages and the Wealthy steel from Canadians, Bruce Livesey, 2012, Random House Canada, p.313 Thieves of Bay Street is a non-fiction crime book about fraud in the financial world written by award winning investigative journalist, Bruce Livesey. Written as a critical study of the Canada’s financial and corporate history, in provides…

On a young day, I learned responsibility in the most amazing way possible. The start of the day became a wonder, as I saw something different while eating breakfast. I went to ask my mom some questions. She vaguely answered them, and the day went on normal as any other summer day. When my dad got home, he was carrying a tiny cage. After this the family gathered around him to see what he had brought. Following this he opened the cage for a small dog to greet my family. Then my father pulled me to…

How do you define a generation? Relate to a whole ethnicity? Or make everyone come together as one? The answer is with music. In 1959 a man named Berry Gordy made a small business in Detroit Michigan with a small loan from his family to start something amazing. This amazing thing was a recording studio by the name of motown records. Berry Gordy was the son of a Plantation owner and his female slave. They relocated to detroit because his father found a better job working for the automotive…

as Americans, we may enjoy looking at photographs of famous people. Sam Smith is an entertainer who has been photographed a lot. Sam Smith has always been a natural singer, but he also had been inspired by the soulful singers Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. In 2009, Sam's mother wanted him to be successful so she decides to promote his singing while she was on company time, which had gotten her fired. When Sam would write his albums he would make them personal,…

“Steven!” Peridot screams from below, “Steven. Steven Steven.” Peridot says. Steven can hear her slowly walking up the stairs. He realizes Peridot is standing next to his bed, so he opens his eyes and sits up. “What Peridot?” Steven says. “Steven. My screen started beeping and it said: Halo we've?” Peridot says confused. Steven gasps in excitement. He jumps up and grabs his phone off his night stand. He shuffles through the apps and open his calendar. “HALLOWEEN!” Steven yells. “It’s next week…

Stevie Wonder - Early Blooming Child Prodigy Stevland Hardaway Morris, Stevie Wonder, was born May 13, 1950. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan and was the third of six children from his parents Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway. Stevie was born six weeks prematurely, which resulted in retinopathy of prematurity. The condition nullified the growth of his eyes and caused the retinas to detach; Stevie was blind. When Stevie’s mother left his father, they moved to Detroit with the children and…

Stevie Wonder is well-known for his Rhythm & Blues sounds and as a singer-songwriter and record producer. Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan on May 13, 1950. His original birth name was actually Stevland Hardaway Judkins name by his parents Calvin Judkins and Lula May Judkins. Wonder was blind due to the fact that he did not receive enough oxygen in the incubator as a premature baby. So he was diagnosis with retinopathy of prematurity, which made him blind. Wonder had numerous talents that he…

The Magnificent Motown Records There story of Motown Records is a story about the dreams and determination by one man incorporated with the aspirations of many others culminating into the realization of a tremendous music and cultural change throughout the world. Berry Gordy, a young man whose great- grandfather was an enslaved person of African descent, established a legacy that still resonates throughout the world even today. The Gordy family comes from humble beginnings in Georgia,…

“Come on, talk to me.” I said this as I lovingly ran both of my hands over his arm. He reclined on our bed with a stoic gaze. “Maybe it wasn’t true. Maybe I was just imagining it all. Maybe everything was fine.” I thought. “One thing I know about both of us is that we’ve always been able to communicate.” I could feel each hair on his arm standing on end as my fingertips grazed his forearm and finally rested at his wrist. “It’s really not a big deal,” I said. But it was a huge deal. “You…

“Smokey” Robinson. After being turned away by Jackie Wilson’s manager, a dejected Smokey Robinson was heading back to his car and Berry Gordy stopped him and told him he liked the songs they were auditioning (Gordy 90-92, Posner23-25). After more conversation Berry discovered that Smokey had written over 100 songs and Berry ask to look and critique them, leading to a lifelong business and friendship between the two. This meeting would actually lead to the development of Motown Records, with…