Double Fantasy

Hip hop artist and basketball players are both performers, who have a rich connection and similar persona, showcasing style, swagger, urbanism, bravado, and coolness. This rich bond was established in 1979; from 1984 to 2009, a new era was conceived, known as “The Dunkadelic Era.” In 1979, the first mainstream explicit connection between hip-hop and basketball was established. The Sugarhill Gang’s hit song “Rapper’s Delight,” which is commonly referred to as the first mainstream hip-hop song,…

Does social media have any negative effect on teenagers ? This research paper deals with the effect of social media on teenagers and how it became essential in their lives . In addition , it focuses on the negative impact that social media has on teenagers socially , psychologically and educationally . First, the research will discuss the history of social media and the beginning of using social websites and social media by teenagers . Then, it will deal with some of the elements that have…

Race ,Gender, Multi-Ethnicity and Cultural Poetics/Politics of Audre Lorde Abstract: African American women poets, throughout the centuries have always defined themselves and their community in their works. It has been more apparent in literature, especially in poetry. Audre Lorde is an African American writer, radical feminist, womanist, and civil rights activist. Writing poetry was a responsibility for her as it was necessary for her survival and the survival of others. This study considers…

Salma who narrates the novel speaks perfect English. This is necessary since Fadia Faqir decides to “creat an ‘Arab book’ in the language of the other.” ( Al-Maleh 238) Diya Abdo, while investigating “double agence” in Faqir’s Pillars of Salt , discusses the hybridity of the language Faqir uses to sustain a “transcultural/translinguistic position” (A-Maleh 238). This position creates ambiguity in its relation with the reader. Abdo argues that Faqir’s texts are presented to a western reader…

NATIONAL COLLEGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (NACIT) – BLANTYRE MODULE: INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT STUDENT NAME : CLIFF HENDRESON CHAFUMBWA PROGRAMME: BSC (HONOURS) BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CANDIDATE ID : 000805994 LECTURER: MR FELIX KHECHI Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3 1 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 BACKGROUND 4 1.2 THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LENOVO 4 1.3 KEY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 6 2 STRATIGIC EVALUATION – SITUATION ANALYSIS 7 3 ELECTRONIC MARKETING STRATEGY OF LENOVO…

Increased skills allow for team sports and similar activities for interested children. * Skating, skipping and bike riding are typical skills gained during middle childhood. * Flexibility, balance, agility and force will all improve during these years as gross motor skills further develop. Communication Communication at the age of 13-14 is quite complex, their use of language, expressions and general communication are at a high level. Having an intelligent conversation with…

narrates a story in a skillful manner, with much attention to character. DeLillo makes us familiar with some peculiar habits of the characters. Like Everett cannot make himself go to bed at night without checking that the oven is off, and then sometimes double-checking, and reminding himself as he climbs the stairs that he has in fact completed his check. No doubt DeLillo has chosen such a sensitive theme, that of the assassination of Kennedy, yet he hardly draws out the portrait of John F.…

Get me on the court and I’m trouble. Last week, fucked around and got a triple double. Freaking niggas every way, like MJ. I can’t believe today was a good day.” As one can clearly see, Ice Cube was a basketball fan and implied that he had talent by saying he “fucked around and got a triple double”. Even though the previous statement may be false, it shows his knowledge for basketball and how accumulating a triple double requires lots of skill. In addition, this verse shows that Ice Cube’s…

I travel the St. Louis-Boston air route on an almost weekly basis. At times Boston Transportation Security Administration (TSA) stops me. Every time I am being stopped, I end up exhausted, confused and even a bit shaky. As I get prepared to cross the TSA security checkpoint the rush starts. I tend to feel somehow naked. A sensation I believe might be shared with those who actually did strip naked to show TSA screeners that they were not carrying a bomb, as John Brennan did in 2012. Once all…

But even more crucially, plot epitomizes the rationality of tragic mimesis. Plot is not simply a mimesis of action but of action ordered and structured to achieve certain ends. Unlike the theatrical staging associated with spectacle, which Aristotle sees as irrational, plot is governed by reason. The incidents in a tragic plot should be unified by probability and necessity. Such unity does not 40 FOUNDATIONS come from the focus on a single character, since an individual’s life may…