...Jay-Z & Kanye West Watch the Throne Reviewed by Jonte Allen At 42 years of age, you would think that a hip-hop artist such as Jay-Z, would be out of the rap game, disappearing from the public eye due to a decline in sales over the years or owing the IRS a large sum of money in back taxes. When you consider the arrogance and self-centered nature of Kanye West, it is mildly surprising that his attitude has not resulted in the demise of his career. However, in spite of Jay-Z’s age and Kanye’s attitude, their recent collaboration on their album, Watch the Throne defies the odds. It is a 16-track album with beautiful artwork displayed on the cover as well as in the booklet. Even though they are already rich and powerful, they still take time out of their busy schedule to make great music. Is this album considered a classic based on the deliverance of dope lyrics and an awesome production of music? It all depends on your point of view. There are some positives and negatives describing this album. First off, there is a lot of creativity to it. The artists describe their style of rapping as Luxury Rap. They are very enthusiastic and arrogant about having it all – from the places they travel to the designer clothes they wear. However, they also get very serious, talking about the downfalls of success; like the friends they knew and the people they lost when they were coming up. The artists also address the issue of Black on Black violence that goes on across America; while...
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...Jay Shuster grew up in Birmingham, Michigan. He started working at Pixar in 2002 as a character and environments designer for Cars and Wall-E. He won an Academy Award in 2009 for 'Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture' for Wall-E. He recently worked on Cars 2 as the character art designer. He also worked as a sketch artist in Toy Story Toons: Small Fry (short film), Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex (short film) and Toy Story 3 (2010), as a concept artist in Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace (1999) and in Star Wars: Episode II-The Attack of the Clones (2002) and as a production designer in The Blue Umbrella (short film). So Jay, did you always think you would be in the Art Department for Pixar? Jay: Well I am the son of a car designer, so no. But I guess as a child I grew up around a nest of blue prints, drawings, posters, machines and models of all things connected to mechanised transportation. Seeing lots of drawings kind of inspired me to draw, especially vehicles. What was your first designing job and what did it involve? Jay: My first job was for Lucasfilm (Star Wars), it was an opportunity to work in a creative environment. I designed a variety of vehicles and environments for the Star Wars prequel film trilogy. How did you gain your skills and have they always been helpful in your jobs? Jay: I went to school and studied industrial design that gave me the greatest skills for the work I do. My personal skill set didn't...
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...going to be a boy. When I came out as a girl, they asses an –e and my middle name comes from my Aunt who I do not like. I do not go by my government because I feel like it is tied to entirely too much sh….just no. So let’s try this again. My name is Jay Stixx. You can call me Jay, Jay Stixx, or just Stixx. I’m blunt, rude, excuse my language, but most call me an asshole. I’m a Gemini and a full lesbian. I rep them both to the fullest. I have a girlfriend name Reia…she’s an aspiring singer and a model. My birthday is June 5, 1992. I have a two year old daughter that I had with my ex fiancé. Mind you, I’m only 21. Meaning I was engaged at 18 and 19 years old. But…having a kid really does change EVERYTHING!!!! People can’t handle my life, especially my family. My mother is a Sergeant in the National Guard. My father is somewhere out in Mississippi doing whatever it is that he is doing. And my step father works at a chemical plant…he’s my homie. When I was pregnant, he was freaking out because he’s never had his own biological children. Plus my older sister, 14 months older, was pregnant right along with me. My daughter is 5 days older than her son. When I turned 21, my dad took me to a hookah bar and we got soooooo drunk. It was awesome. Now that I think back on our conversations, he’s the reason I am the way I am. Thanks to him, I know when to care and when to be completely heartless. My real dad is just there for……emergency money I guess…lol. My mother…well she used to be my best...
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...Why we swear: reasons and effects of swearing Swearing is part of daily life and it is used not only to show aggressive feelings towards others, but also as Hoeksema and Napoli (2009: 612) state, “flavors our speech.” However, this is not the whole story. Jay (2009: 154), for example, considers swearing as a method to communicate certain emotions in a more effective way than by simply using non-taboo words. The author proceeds on the assumption that no human being is born with the ability or knowledge of swearing but that one learns about taboos through social communication, thus, inheriting a system of swearing and etiquette (2009: 154). In other words, children seem to learn a culture-based system of expletives and their special socially given connotation through a transfer from other members of a linguistic community. Moreover, this process is said to take place at the start of language learning (Fägersten 2012:...
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...widely known for her chart breaking records, lyrical songwriting, electric dance moves and phenomenal acting. Beyoncé is the daughter of Tina and Matthew Knowles, the big sister to actress singer, Solange Knowles and the wife to world renowned hip-hop artist, Jay-Z Carter. Early February, Beyoncé released her first new song since 2014, titled “Formation” on Tidal and YouTube. Since the release, “Formation” has grabbed the attention of the media for both positive and negative reasons. Days shy of her epic halftime performance at the 50th Super bowl, the meaningful yet purposeful song of the year released. “Formation” is the cry out aloud that many African Americans have been feigning for. The song is reined as the Black Lives Matter black- power anthem in the celebration of Black History month. The song was strategically released a day after the tragic death of what would have been Trayvon’s Martin 21st birthday and a day before the death of Sandra Bland’s 29th...
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...The Music Conservatory 2015-2016 Season On September 10th 2015 at 7:30 I attended the performance of Susan Nigros and Mark Lindeblad at Roosevelt University inside the Ganz Memorial Hall Auditorium. When I proceeded into the auditorium, I was given a program itinerary, which gave me an insight of both Mark Lindeblad and Susan Nigro’s musical background. Susan Nigro plays the contrabassoon, while Mark Lindeblad is an amazing pianist. Both Susan Nigro and Mark Lindeblad are from Chicago, they worked and played in various symphonies, both have earned degrees in music and have collaborated on music since 1990. While sitting in the auditorium minutes before the performance began; I noticed the architecture of the auditorium. The auditorium was not large, but not too small either. The auditorium can possibly accommodate 100 people comfortably. I would estimate that there were 30 people in the audience. In the auditorium there were wooden seats, wooden floors, and painted morals on the walls with wooden panel surrounding the walls. The ceilings were white and high with golden light fixtures. The stage was wooden, and on the wooden stage I saw there were black chairs, one piano bench, two big black grand pianos and four microphone of different sizes. At 7:30 exactly a woman dressed in all black came onto the stage, she welcomed the audience and informed the audience to silence phones, after her pleasant announcement the light went dim and the performance began. Three people walked...
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...Horse Play I was in my house peacefully in bed when my mom came up stairs in my room. My Mom yelled, “ Wake up, it’s time to go to Linda’s house!!“ Linda is my older friend. My Mom, sister, and I go there from 9:00A.M. to 12:00 in the afternoon. We were so excited to get to get to Linda’s. She’s awesome, and we love going to her house. We were ready to go. My mom almost forgot to get her car keys, but don’t worry she got them. My sister and I wanted to hurry to get in the car and go, but my mom had to lock the house doors. Then, she had to get in the car, turn it on, and then we could go. Next, we got out of the car at Linda’s. When we got out of the car at Linda’s we met her and our horse instructor Alisha. We also met the animals. The horses names are Analee, Jay, and Jay’s mother ( I forget her name ). We also met Milo the fuzzy orange cat...
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...In the outsiders on trial by S. E. Hinton, Ponyboy is introduced and develops as an Flaw and Aspiration person through Speech. The main character of the book outsider on trial is ponyboy he has two brothers one is brother is Darry and his other brother is Sodapop. Ponyboy is important to the story because without him the story wound not be a story.If Dally had said yes, Johnny would have gone back to the church without hesitation. He figured Dally knew more than he did, and Dally's word was law. But he never heard Dally's answer, for we had reached the top of Jay Mountain and Dally suddenly slammed on the brakes and stared. "Oh, glory!" he whispered. The church was on fire!. I bet we started it," I said to Johnny. "We must have dropped a lighted...
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...Record Nostalgic Record TBD BIS 220 TRUE, 2011 TBD Record Nostalgic Record Table of Contents I. Opening Letter II. Types of Information Systems III. Diagram of a Transaction System IV. Closing Remarks I. Jay Record Master, We have talked about opening up a nostalgic record store for a long time because the two of us have always been into records and collecting them. You have become a connoisseur and an expert with nostalgic records and your knowledge amazes me every day. Having stated that, I know that you do not have very much experience with how a business needs to operate and especially an understanding of the information systems that aid the business operation from making mistakes, quality control measures. This proposal will lay out five information systems that I think you should be aware of and grasp the concept behind them. I am not expecting you to become an expert overnight on these systems. I want you to know what other tools are out there to help make our dream a successful one. As I stated, there are five different types of information systems (IS) that I am proposing we utilize with the nostalgic record store. They are: 1. Functional Area IS | Supports the activities within a specific functional area | 2. Transaction Processing IS | Processes transaction data from business events | 3. Office Automation IS | Supports daily work activities of individuals and groups | 4. Management IS | Produces reports summarized...
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...The Amity and Wild Pinder Michael Pinder Period 1 9/15/11 3……………………………………………………………….. Introduction 4……………………………………………………………….. Family Name 5……………………………………………………………….. Coat of Arms 6……………………………………………………………….. What’s in a name? 7……………………………………………………………….. Personal Alphabet 8……………………………………………………………….. Unfinished sentences 9……………………………………………………………….. Picture this 10……………………………………………………………….. My own list of lists 11……………………………………………………………… What my name means 12……………………………………………………………… Symbolic Recipe 13……………………………………………………………… Autobiography intro. 14……………………………………………………………… Cont. Autobiography intro. Introduction I chose this title because it describes me in full. Since I was a toddler up to now as a teenager I have been doing crazy and adventurous activities. I’ve slept on a private beach in key Biscayne and walked 6 miles to the brickell bridge, jumped off the middle of it and walked another mile to the bus stop to get home with an injured back that was hurt for months. I’m the type of person that is down for anything fun and dangerous even if...
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...skip to main | skip to sidebar Pages Home ONAM e-Book RECIPE INDEX TRIED "N" TASTED READERS CORNER CONTACT This Blog Linked From Here This Blog | | Top of Form Bottom of Form Linked From Here | | Loading... Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Kerala Spicy Mixture (Serves 10-15) MIXTURE is a salty, spicy snack for all occasions and was an essential component of the “tea parties” that often accompany the marriages in Kerala, until recently.Though trendier foods have replaced this salty, crunchy snack in more affluent parties, an average Keralite is still in love with this awesome snack. It goes very well with almost any kind of traditional food and serves as a filling tea-time snack. Also, its longer shelf life makes it an ideal face-saver in front of unexpected guests. Roasted rice flour 1 cup Gram flour/Besan 1 cup Red chilly powder 1 tsp + 2 tsp Asafetida ¼ tsp Peanuts 1 cup Chana dal ½ cup Dry red chilly 3-4 nos Curry leaves 3 sprigs Oil 2 TBSP + more for frying Salt as needed Water Preparation In a mixing bowl, add the rice flour, gram flour/besan, salt and 1 tsp red chilly powder. Mix well and drizzle 1 TBSP oil. Combine well and knead this into smooth dough by adding water little by little. It may stick to your hands at first but the oil will help to get smooth dough as you progress with kneading. Set aside. Heat oil for frying in a deep pan. When hot (check by adding a piece of the dough, if it comes to the surface...
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...are here: Home / Models / Spiral Model Spiral Model December 22, 2011 by Tutor 19 Comments Sdlc spiral Model includes the iterative nature of the prototyping model and the linear nature of the waterfall model. This approach is ideal for developing software that is revealed in various versions. In each iteration of the spiral approach, software development process follows the phase-wise linear approach. At the end of first iteration, the customer evaluates the software and provides the feedback. Based on the feedback, software development process enters into the next iteration and subsequently follows the linear approach to implement the feedback suggested by the customer. The process of iteration continues throughout the life of the software. An example of the spiral model is the evolution of Microsoft Windows Operating system from Windows 3.1 to windows 2003. We may refer to Microsoft windows 3.1 Operating System as the first iteration in the spiral approach. The product was released and evaluated by the customers, which include the market large. After getting the feedback from customers about the windows 3.1, Microsoft planned to develop a new version of windows operating system. Windows’95 was released with the enhancement and graphical flexibility. Similarly, other versions of windows operating system were released. Spiral Approach Phases 1. Customer Communication: Includes understanding the system requirements by continuous communication between the customer and...
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...Tesla is a growing motor vehicles company founded in 2003 by a group of fearless Silicon valley engineers who set out to prove electric vehicles are practical and awesome. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning were responsible for creating the company. Leading the first investment was Elon Musk in February of 2004. In 2008 the company released the Tesla Roadster, to which there was no equal. The electric vehicle drives emission free in 37 countries. Tesla registered for an Initial public offering during January of 2010 and began trading on the NASDAQ exchange in June of the same year. When the market opened, shares sold at $17 dollars. At closing the price per share was $23.89, an increase of 40.5%, netting Tesla 226.1 million in funding. Investors saw potential in a company with a vision of the future that was back by an emerging Elon Musk. Elon Musk was born June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. After earning a degree in physics from the Universty of Pennsyvania and a degree in business from the Wharton School at UPENN, Musk started Zip2. The web software company was sold for $307 million dollars. He received 7% or $22 million dollars from the sale. Musk moved on to co-found PayPal which was aquired by E-bay in 2002 for $1.5 billion in stock. The early growth of PayPal can be credited to the campaign created by Musk. Waisting no time, Musk founded his third company, Space Exploration Technologies(SpaceX), in 2002. With Musk as the CEO and CTO, SpaceX would become the first...
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...E.T. Lyrics Lyrics Artists News Soundtracks Apps MetroLyrics #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ MetroLyricsKaty PerryE.T. Lyrics ArtistLyricssee allAlbumsPicturesVideosAwards E.T. Lyrics Katy Perry Print LyricsiTunes LyricsSubmit Corrections 4.8K Send "E.T." Ringtone to your Cell Show Hide Click highlighted lyrics to see their meaning You're so hypnotizing Could you be the devil? Could you be an angel? Your touch magnetizing Feels like I am floating, leaves my body glowing They say be afraid You're not like the others, futuristic lover Different DNA They don't understand you You're from a whole other world A different dimension You open my eyes And I'm ready to go, lead me into the light Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me Infect me with your love and Fill me with your poison Take me, ta-ta-take me Wanna be a victim Ready for abduction Boy, you're an alien Your touch so foreign It's supernatural Extraterrestrial You're so supersonic Wanna feel your powers, stun me with your lasers Your kiss is cosmic Every move is magic You're from a whole other world A different dimension You open my eyes And I'm ready to go, lead me into the light Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/et-lyrics-katy-perry.html ] Infect me with your love and Fill me with your poison Take me, ta-ta-take me Wanna be a victim Ready for abduction Boy, you're an alien Your touch so foreign It's supernatural Extraterrestrial ...
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...The Effects of Verbal and Nonverbal Cues on Interpersonal Communications Jorge Fernandez Professor Steven Muniz Communication 13 December 2012 Many people nowadays are discriminated against. No, I’m not talking about skin color or ethnicity. I’m talking about body language and tone of voice. It doesn’t matter what color or sex you are. You are constantly being judged and examined by your peers. Not much you can do about it except embrace it and use it to your advantage. Correcting your image has its way of defining how you are perceived instantaneously. Breaking down your image you may realize it is actually made up of things such as body language, tone of voice, and appearance. All important, but equal in different ways. For example your body language might get you through the door, but once you open your mouth the jigs up. ...
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