...At midnight, February 5th, 2016, Pittsburgh native rapper Wiz Khalifa added another masterpiece in his collection. This 13 song collection that he put together in, "Khalifa," shows once again that Wiz is planning on staying authentic and is going back to what made him one of the most respected hip-hop icons in the game. As expected, with this album Khalifa didn't shy away from any, "stoner," references. But, what you also get from this album is album quality, and motivational anthems as well. After listening to the album entirely, it was just one of those, "feel-good," albums. An album that will provide you with a motivated frame of mind and helps you get the day with a positive attitude. In the opening track, "BTS," Khalifa address any...
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...Passion Blog #1 How can this lightweight, rubber sole, canvas body shoe, never become extinct? Converses have been around for a little over a century now, and yet people still wear them (the more modern version that is). Starting out as a basketball shoe, in the late 70s to 80s, these little shoes have now transformed into skateboarding, causal and even dance shoes on a global scale. The world seems to love there Chucks. In the music world, rapper/ songwriter Wiz Khalifa has become the new face for Nike Converses. This 25 year old, Pittsburg native has taken the plain average converse and transformed it into so much more by creating a personal label based on this sneaker. His record label Taylor Gang derived from his previous high school Taylor Allderdice High school has fully embodied this stylish phase. They from a collaboration with the common Converse shoe with a record label therefore resulting in a successful clothing line. If you every run into a picture of Wiz or see him in concert a pair of chucks are always on his feet. He made wearing red Chuck Taylors a fad worn by inner city teens everywhere, representing Taylor Gang. Now besides chucks being a popular shoe, have you ever thought what makes them so popular? I have come to the conclusion that it is a result of its versatility. These shoes come in every color, pattern high-top or low-top, or size you can think of and if they happen not to have the right cheetah print on the left side you can customize it...
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...See You again, by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth is a song that appeared in Furious 7 as a tribute to Paul Walker. The lyrics are the main focus, but is heavily assisted by the music. See You Again emits a very emotional aura. The song begins with a repeating piano line that sets the emotional mood for the song. The voice of Charlie follows with the main focus being on the lyrics and the melody. Charlie’s voice really adds the emotional impact in this song as his high notes are filled with such delicate intensity. There is a change in pace in the song when Khalifa’s slow rapping follows Puth’s soothing voice. After Khalifa’s part, all of the background instrumentals become quiet as Puth voice and the piano appear, causing a more prominent emotional impact. The shift from Khalifa’s rapping accompanied by a lot of background music to Puth’s soulful voice with just the soft accompaniment of the piano creates a goosebump worthy musical experience. What makes this song so emotional for the listener is how relatable it can be. Unlike many other emotional songs, the lyrics to this song can be applied to almost any person who has lost a loved one. Even though I have not lost anyone close to me, I still feel very emotional when listening to the song. This fact illustrates the powerful effect this song has on the listener. The music does not merely support the vocals, instead they support each other, and make the other that much more impactful to the listener. In particular, the soft...
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...dance routine is more fun than I thought it would be. I thought we were going to see a play in the theatre. Come to find out we were going to be taught a choreographed hip hop routine. This was a new experience for me. I was afraid of trying at first but then I realized it wasn’t that serious, so I calmed down and just danced. It was only me and Mississippi (a fellow classmate) and two other females that I didn’t know dancing when we started. It was supposed to be the whole class, but they didn’t want to dance because they were afraid of looking bad. I just wanted to have fun and I did because I have never done some of the things the dance instructor told use to do. We were dancing to a rappers song called “Work Hard, Play Hard” by Wiz Khalifa. It made it just a little bit easier that we danced to a song that I knew. If given the same opportunity again I would do it again. I had fun because we looked like we belonged in an Usher video or something when we got through. Another plus was that there were a couple of nice young ladies dancing as well, and that’s never a bad thing. All in all that was a new learning experience in my life that I never expected to happen. I just wish I could remember the dance so I could show it to other...
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...budget: $25 million B. Marketing Strategies: 1. Magazine Advertisements 2. Billboards along the side of the roads 3. Posters in Subways 4. Advertisements on the side of buses 5. Direct Mail Promotions 6. Bar and Club Events: offering free samples at events C. Product and Brand Identity 1. Package Design: the company will present their products with unique and graphically appealing packages that will create a visual impact. “The distinctive look of the cigarette pack itself serves as a traveling advertisement of the brand when carried by a smoker, when placed together in a retail setting, the packs as mini-billboards for the brand at the point of sale.” 2. Using celebrity faces such as Wiz Khalifa and Rihanna as...
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...romantic mood. I listen to slow R & b songs or slow jazz music. One of my favourites is Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s get it on” . Aesthetic Enjoyment I also listen to music for aesthetic enjoyment. I listen to such music like jazz, blues and reggae songs that I find beautiful whether, I am exercising in the gym, driving in my car, working or even when I am at home. One of my favourites is Pharell Williams’s “Happy” and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’s “Wake up everybody” . This songs gets me going, they are truly beautiful songs. Entertainment: I listen to Rap and R & B songs when I want to entertain my friends and family. These songs help me get away from unnecessary distractions in life. One of favourite’s is Drake’s “0 to 100” and Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow” . Music is food to my soul. When I hear a good song, I sing along if I know the lyrics, I clap or sometimes I even dance. I love new songs and the old songs too. The old songs bring back memories of the “good old days”. Depending on my moods or state of mind,. I have songs I listen to, I even have songs I listen to at specific time of the day such as in the morning, afternoon or evening. I have no doubt that my social life is greatly enriched by music. How does...
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...Young, Wild and Free “So what we get drunk. So what we smoke weed. We're just having fun. We don't care who sees. So what we go out. That's how its supposed to be. Living young and wild and free.” This is a portion of the song Young, Wild and Free by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa. This song truly defines who are the youth today. We cannot deny the fact that the youth is different and living life without thinking the consequences of their actions. This is the best time of our lives while we are young, curious and free so we must value and be grateful because it will only come once in our life. We can enjoy and have fun once in a while but we must bear in mind that we also have responsibilities to fulfill, not only for ourselves but also for our country. Have we forgotten what Dr. Jose Rizal said? According to our national hero, “The youth is the hope of our nation.” He believes in us and has a strong faith that we could do something for our country. It is not a burden on our shoulders but this is a duty we must do. We should give back, not only for heroes who fought and died for our independence but also for our motherland where we were born, grew and lived. The term – nation building or national development, is usually used to refer to a constructive process of engaging all citizens in building social cohesion, economic prosperity and political stability in a nation in an inclusive and democratic way. Going by the definition, it is seen that all citizens are to be involved...
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...His Only With the gentle cracklings of the dusty record player jumping back with each rotation. With a room that had a scent of musk and stale perfume. In the cold white hospital room, the two lovers held hands for what may be the last time. June laid in the pearl white bed with Sydney on the green stool holding her hand waiting for her to wake one last time. The sweet young nurse entered the room in her bright pink scrubs, with a tear in her eye to set the record back to the beginning, Sydney started to sing along with his rusty voice that stood out amongst the beeping machines and the defining silent halls. Softly if only for his beautiful wife he sung. His face carried a gentle smile that helped hide his mournful eyes. As June’s eyes opened she started to sing with intermittent tune as she kept stopping to rest and take a few heavy breaths. “You should… take me to… the dance.” she said in a worn, wheezy voice. Sydney smile as a rush of memories flowed through his mind. The warm gentle spring breeze that made the grassy meadow ripple like the turning waves in the ocean. Turning and swaying over the flower soaked fields. The peaceful chirping and the gentle breeze was suddenly broken by June stampeding through the fields, a girl in a beautiful sundress. The lines of age not present on her flawless face, short curled hair like the golden ray of the sun, and eyes like the sky on a clear day. Closely following June was Sydney; his brown long hair that waved and flickered in the...
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...Lin- Manuel Miranda Net worth Biography & Wiki: Lin- Manuel Miranda is an American Composer, lyricist, actor and a playwright whose net worth is $11 million. He was born on January16, 1980 in New York City, New York, U.S. He is well known for his creation and work in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In Heights. Miranda also wrote the book, music, lyric for another Broadway musical Hamilton. Miranda in his childhood had written jingles. Miranda did elementary level schooling in Hunter College Elementary School and did his high school in Hunter College High School. He then graduated from Wesleyan University in 2002. He is remarkable that he co- founded a hip-hop comedy troupe when he was in college named Freestyle Love Supreme. Miranda wrote and directed several other musicals at Wesleyan and acted in many other productions ranging from musicals to Shakespeare. Career: Miranda along with John Buffalo Mailer worked with the director Thomas Kail for ‘In the Heights’. It is notable that writer Quiara Alegria Hudes joined the teamin 2004. This work was taken over by Broadway production company and this was nominated for many prestigious awards as well.After that Miranda left the cast of Broadway production on February 15, 2009.Miranda rejoined the Broadway productions as Usnavi until it is closed in 2011. In middle, Miranda worked as a English teacher at his former high school where he completed his schooling and wrote for the Manhattan Times as a Columnist and restaurant reviewer...
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...you just gave it away. You can't expect me to be fine, I don't expect you to care I know I've said it before, But all of our bridges burned down I've wasted my nights, You turned out the lights Now I'm paralyzed, Still stuck in that time, When we called it love, But even the sun sets in paradise I'm at a payphone trying to call home All of my change I spent on you Where have the times gone, baby it's all wrong Where are the plans we made for two? If "Happy Ever After" did exist, I would still be holding you like this [Video:] All those fairy tales are full of shit [Album:] All those fairy tales are full of it. [Video:] One more fucking love song, I'll be sick. [Album:] One more stupid love song, I'll be sick Now I'm at a payphone [Wiz Khalifa:] Man, fuck that shit I'll be out spending all this...
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...My Plans for the Last Seven Days of My Life I would be devastated to know I only have one week to live on this Earth. I have a lot of goals set up; they have not been accomplished yet. I would feel like I failed in life, and this would depress me. On the other hand, I would not let the fear of dying in a week’s time deter me from accomplishing one of my dreams, and getting some plans in motion. If I only have had one week to live, the initial thing I would do after the shock of the news wears off is to contact a lawyer and have him prepare a will for me. A will is a legal document that would set forth how my assets would be distributed, and how my children would be taken care of. This would give me a peace of mind knowing that my family would not be fighting over my assets in my absence. It would also ensure that my children would be cared for. Their future is very important to me, so I would make sure they have enough money for their education. I believe education is the key to “success,” for without it one cannot advance in life. After I get the will drawn, I would spend time to write letters to people that I have offended to apologize and ask for their forgiveness. Forgiveness heals the soul, and it makes one feel better knowing someone does not bear a grudge against them. I would make amends for any wrong deed or disagreement that had happened between us. I would go out and visit relatives who I have not seen for a while and have a family reunion. I would hug and kiss...
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...WHAT IS SCIENCE? Why does the apple fall down and does not go up instead? How does a pulley help in drawing water from the well? Why does the clock move in a clockwise direction at specific intervals and not in the anticlockwise direction? What causes the dispersion of white light? What causes the cell division? How does a cocoon metamorphise into a beautiful butterfly? What causes the day and the night? All of these involve some scientific principles or laws, whether the law of gravity, the rotation of the Earth, the principle of refraction of light or any other principle of science. To a student in the 11th grade, Science is a nightmare. To some it is the only way to become an engineer. To others, science is meant to impress parents. But science is in the smallest of things. Science is in the wings of a butterfly that produce an air current that causes a tornado at one end of the earth, more elaborately explained as the string theory. Science is in the way we evolved from monkeys to humans under the title, theory of evolution given by Charles Darwin. Science is in the way an electric current runs through wires or in the way blood runs through our veins. Science is in the way an eagle spreads its wings to fly or in the way airplanes become their aviation companions. It is in the penicillin that saves a thousand lives and the atom bomb that devastates a million. Science dates back to the early men producing the first fire or the Egyptians preparing concoctions to preserve...
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...Paraphrasing What is Paraphrasing? 1 Text Plagiarism Video # 1. Text Plagiarism Video #2. 2 Paraphrase Paraphrase: A paraphrase is an important part of writing a paper. Simply put the paraphrase is when you read another authors work and put it into your own words. It is also considered paraphrasing when you use statistics and research from another source. This is the most common citation in a paper. Proper paraphrasing is an art. This does not mean changing a few words around. It means taking the authors ideas, summarizing them into your own words and then using them. Of course you must cite every paraphrase with an in line citation. Paraphrases are mostly used to summarize paragraphs and main themes. Paraphrases are also used to cite statistics and other information. YOU DO NOT USE QUOTATION MARKS WHEN PARAPHRASING. Remember 3 Examples of Paraphrasing Here is a sample paraphrase: Paraphrase: How much higher skyscrapers of the future will rise than worlds tallest building, the Sears Tower, is unknown. The design of one twice as tall is already on the boards, and an architect, Robert Sobel, thinks we currently have sufficient know-how to build a skyscraper with over 500 stories (Bachman 15). Note the following. The writer never uses the exact words of the author therefore there is no need to use quotation marks. The writer summarizes, uses his or her own words and then cites the source at the end. Sometimes a paraphrase will be large and must be broken up. A good rule...
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...Dubai: a playground for the rich and famous? Sex and the City… one of the most famous and fabulous series and movies ever since. Ordinary women can not resist the luxury, glamour, fashion, sex and gossip the four SATC girls are involved in. The first movie was a great success, the second even more. `One week in Abu Dhabi`, as Samantha said, turned out to be more glamorous as one can think of. Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha visited Abu Dhabi, one of the seven Emirates. In this movie everything is soaked in luxury and charm. The Emirates are almost presented like an illusion. But is it actually an illusion? Are the Arabic Emirates to good to be true? Too expensive? A dream to the regular crowd? Dubai, also one of the seven Emirates, is considered to be the most touristic one. According to (bronnen), Dubai has a lot to offer. Architecture, tropical beaches, shopping and culture are just a few examples. Dubai is booming, every year millions of people from all over the world visit this state, 30.000 of which are Dutch (www.ontdekdubai.nl). It is very unlikely that all these people are engaged to a “Sheik” like Samantha was. It seems that the Emirates, and Dubai in particular, are not that inaccessible to the regular crowd as we first thought, are they? To answer this question, the Dutch tourist will be point of reference. Getting there and around Dutch people are very keen on summer holidays. The weather in the Netherlands can be relatively depressing during winter...
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...Christine Louis Critical Reading and Writing 2 Final Draft February 19, 2012 Dubai; the City of Disastrous Urban Planning Dubai, the city of the future and wealth has the largest airport, twelve lane high ways and the most high tech transportation systems in the world. But does an architectural achievement make a city as large and expensive as Dubai a successful one? The over all organization of the city is similar to Le Corbusier’s beliefs that a city should incorporate segregation of the working class and those who live in cities. Le Corbusier believed that in order for a city to be successful as a “Great City” it must have geometrical grid like formation and have order in which different kinds of inhabitants are organized. Le Corbusier’s ideals reflected in hierarchy and division of businesses and residences. These ideas can lead to a failed urban planning. Dubai’s obsessive attention to grid like formations and its lack of culture and natural city development has lead it to fail as an urban development. Parisian urban planner, Le Corbusier defines what makes a successful city in his chapter “The Great City”, which is part of his book The City of Tomorrow and it’s Planning. A great city is “the spiritual workshops in which the work of the world is done.” Le Corbusier stresses the importance of city planners having a detachment from history in order for new developments to thrive. Cities such as Paris, London and New York are not successful in that there is a sense...
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