![]() ![]() In "F*ck Tha Police," the members of N.W.A. Here are a few of their Compton ones to know: "F*ck Tha Police" is a cultural touchstone for rap everywhere, the actual songs that have made them famous are perhaps not as recognizable as they once were. The film has the resounding support of Ice Cube himself, who told Billboard, " I have never been this happy for any project that I've ever done." A big statement for the man behind the album itself. as Ice Cube (his real-life dad), as well as Corey Hawkins as Dr. (Kendrick Lamar is also famously from Compton, and his music at once acknowledges and criticizes the lifestyles it describes.)Īs for the movie, it stars rapper O'Shea Jackson, Jr. Rightly or wrongly, Compton has come to be synonymous with gang violence and equally aggressive music, but it has also spawned some of the most revolutionary rappers of the past 30 years. songs to hear before viewing.īut before you listen, some background: Compton, the album, was named for the Los Angeles neighborhood where N.W.A united, uses rap as a tool to communicate the social ills like drug epidemics and gang wars in the community. It would be such a disservice to see Straight Outta Compton without listening to Straight Outta Compton, so here are seven of the most essential N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton is also the title of this year's rap biopic depicting N.W.A.'s ascent to the cultural limelight. The group's far-reaching influence can be heard in the later work of The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, and, to some extent, Wu-Tang Clan. album took the style, formerly a subset of rap, to the mainstream. Straight Outta Compton arguably pioneered gangsta rap.
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![]() Hand-drawn by monks and nuns manor A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord. Feudalism, according to Weber ( 1978, 1070), can be found not only in medieval Europe, but also in the preclassical period of Greece, in the last period of the Roman republic, in medieval China, and even in Ptolemaic Egypt. These castles were unlike the images from fairy tales. Middle Ages/Feudalism Packet Worksheets and Activities 50+ Pages 6.99 6.99 Middle Ages Feudalism Packet Don’t forget to check your PayPal email address for the download link You might also be interested in our Age of Exploration Packet and our European History (Renaissance/Reformation) Packets. The Lord and his family often lived in a castle, a fortified building constructed to be safe from enemy attack. This system of loyalties and protections is known as Feudalism, a term derived from the fiefs. priest a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites pilgrimage a journey to a sacred place Crusades A series of military expeditions launched by Christian Europeans to win the Holy land back from Muslim control. Draw a social pyramid of all the inhabitants of a fiefdom: serfs, servants, free peasants, knights, squires and the feudal lord. The nobles constructed large estates on their fiefs called manors. But the contemporary, Hollywoodinspired image of a strong king uniting a closeknit Camelot is not an accurate picture of feudalism. pay/do homage to Pope the head of the Roman Catholic Church monk a man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service in a monastery bishop a clergyman of noble rank, higher than a priest, in charge of the administration of a diocese. Medieval Arthurian legends sprang from the feudal tradition and its code of chivalry, and as fruits of the system, do reflect on the values of feudalism itself. apprentice works for an expert to learn a trade Black Death the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe looting to steal things, especially from shops or homes that have been damaged in a war or riot homage honor tribute great respect Ex. Guild A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people. ![]() And I say that without exaggeration as your first attempt will take no more than an hour and a bit, including failed attempts! Apart from the separate difficulties, where new patterns are added to the bosses with each increasing level (as expected. Unfortunately, Steel Assault has a really short duration. The showdowns with the bosses are well designed and absolutely impressive. On easy and normal difficulty (personally I wouldn't recommend anything more than that as the fun-to-challenge ratio starts to drop) we have infinite attempts and the checkpoints in each level are relatively frequent, while very conveniently we replenish our energy once we reach one of them. On the plus side, it's used a lot in the level design and in some boss encounters and it's not some gimmick that was introduced in the game and forgotten along the way. Most important of all though is the zipline that the protagonist has and can be launched either straight or at an angle. There's a slide-dodge that makes us invulnerable for a while and a double jump that helps platforming significantly. Aside from those, we have a couple of usefuls moves in our disposal. Compared to the aforementioned titles the power-ups are minimal - specifically there is a shield that absorbs all the incoming damage and electrical blasts that essentially increase the range of our attack. The title is influenced by classic side-scrolling titles of the past such as Gunstar Heroes, Metal Slug, Castlevania, Ghosts 'n Goblins, etc. We move from left to right and with our electric whip, as another Whiplash, we take out any opponent that comes our way. The gameplay follows a fairly conventional approach. And what could be more essential than the gameplay! We won't distract ourselves any further with the story, so let's move on to more substantial aspects. It is quite fitting that the gist of the story is given through a scene of a few seconds during the introduction. ![]() Standing in the way of his path to the coveted revenge will be several high-ranking people from that dictator's army, who are also the game's bosses. Our hero, Taro Takahashi, seeks revenge against the man who harmed him in the past and turned the world into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. ![]() So let's see what it's all about.Īs expected, the story serves as garnish in Steel Assault (and besides, who really needs it in games of this category). Not that the above dont't apply to a sufficient degree, but for a game to be truly memorable, there has to be something more than. The trailers and demo foreshadowed some very impressive scenery, awesome action and generally a RAD title sent from the past in a time machine to blow our minds. That's the first thing I thought when I finished Steel Assault. ![]() However, as A68a drifted with currents across the South Atlantic, it did a great job of distributing microscopic edibles for the ocean’s tiniest creatures, said Tarling. The incoming iceberg would also crush organisms and their seafloor ecosystem, which would need decades or centuries to recover.Ĭarbon stored by these organisms would be released into the ocean and atmosphere, adding to carbon emissions caused by human activity, the researchers said. ![]() “Global numbers of penguins and seals would drop by a large margin,” Geraint Tarling, also from the British Antarctic Survey, told AFP in an interview. If the iceberg runs aground near South Georgia, foraging routes could be blocked, hampering the ability of parents to feed their young, and thus threatening the survival of seal pups and penguin chicks. Seals also populate South Georgia, as do wandering albatrosses, the largest flying bird species. Thousands of King penguins nest at Gold Habour on South Georgia Island Many thousands of King penguins – a species with a bright splash of yellow on their heads – live on the island, alongside Macaroni, Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins. ![]() “We put the odds of collision at 50/50,” Andrew Fleming from the British Antarctic Survey told AFP news agency. Shaped like a fist with a pointing finger, the iceberg known as A68a split off in 2017 from Larsen Ice Shelf on the West Antarctic Peninsula, which has warmed faster than any other part of the Earth’s southernmost continent.Īt its current rate of travel, it will take the giant iceberg – which is several times the area of greater London – 20 to 30 days to run aground in the island’s shallow waters.Ī68a is 160 kilometres (93 miles) long and 48 kilometres (30 miles) across at its widest point, but the iceberg is less than 200 metres deep, which means it could get dangerously close to the island. Icebergs naturally break off from Antarctica into the ocean, but climate change has accelerated the process – in this case, with potentially devastating consequences for abundant wildlife in the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia. The world’s biggest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote South Atlantic island that is home to thousands of penguins and seals, and could impede their ability to gather food, scientists have said. ![]() ![]() I would go to work, cry at lunch in my little greenroom, finish my day, go to whatever random little hotel I was in for the night, cry again, wake up in the morning, and do the same thing.” Bella Hadid causes a stir on the runway The beauty said she had put on a front that made her seem intimidating and that people were always surprised to meet her and find out she was pleasant rather than a “scary dragon lady or some kind of a sexbot.”Īnd she admitted, “For three years while I was working, I would wake up every morning hysterical, in tears, alone. In an interview with Vogue this year, she said she had felt in the shadow of her older sister Gigi and worried that people thought she had just benefited from her success.īella told the outlet that she had suffered from “incredible insecurities, anxiety, depression, body-image issues, eating issues.” Because you are stuck in this body for the rest of your life.” And suddenly, chatting with Collins in a beam of sunlight that would melt the coldest, prudest heart, being your own valentine doesn't seem like such a bleak prospect.A post shared by Bella □ Bella Hadid opens up on mental healthīella has been candid about her struggles and insecurities in the modeling industry. So to see Bella being happy and chill and comfortable with herself, that’s more important than trying to aspire to be someone. I never want someone to aspire to be someone else. “I want people to see themselves in a person. Unlike the model worshippers of years past, Collins’s ethos and aesthetic are more democratic, even pluralistic. “I’m so pro-selfie because I think it’s a tool that allows girls to create images of their own and of themselves,” she told me as Bella slipped back into the racks of cashmere and silk for an outfit change. But I just try to create as many things that will make people feel that in themselves.”Ĭontrol and self-representation are more than just motifs in Collins’s work, and typified in the front-facing camera. And it takes forever to get there-it’s hard to be a girl and see all these images telling you not to feel that way. “I think it’s an attitude, and it’s definitely strength. I couldn’t resist asking the obvious question (and perennial Victoria’s Secret tag line): What is sexy? “I think it’s just like style-it’s when you’re most comfortable,” said Collins. It’s a sexiness born of self-regard, and it may just be the sexiness of the future. Even if it’s deleted, never intended for a recipient or any viewer other than the author-subject-iPhone user. ![]() Even the most modest Instagrammer among us can, given the right number of Fernet cocktails, will admit the universal truth- yes, even I have taken a picture of myself, looked upon my creation, and saw that it was sexy. Given the always-good-for-a-click context of a Valentine’s-themed lingerie shoot, any sense of sex the viewer gets is usually idealistically hetero, in which a Miranda Kerr type is in presumably fantasy-male You’s giant crisp Armani shirt, lounging in your fantasy leather love seat (and how many loves has that seat seen is another extension of the same fantastic conceit).īut shift that relationship from male-gaze-and-subject to girl-taking-selfies-alone, and the intimacy is real, raw, preening in an arresting, empathetic way. The implications of intimacy are real, and, in the context of the selfie, shocking. When we say her star is on the rise, it’s the sort that sends out gravitational vibrations.Īnd here she was, in teased, matted hair, just hours before sitting one row behind the Kardashian krew at Madison Square Garden’s Yeezy Season 3 listening party–cum–fashion show. She and her sister share the preternatural ubiquity of a Céline trapeze tote, photographed everywhere important and seen on the street with more regularity than you’d expect. In case there’s still fence-sitting on that issue, the clause would have read: the younger, brunette sister to also-model Gigi, daughter of Real Housewife of Somewhere In California regular and also-model Yolanda Foster, current more-than-rumored paramour to the Weeknd. And Goya-ed out on top in a sheer white tank top and the retro-cool underwear colloquially referred to as “granny panties” was Bella Hadid, a person who is beginning not to require an explanatory clause after her name. A single mattress lay in the middle of the floor with whip-sawed sheets. On a freezing February morning, light was streaming into an airy corner Soho loft through panoramic floor-to-(neck craningly high)-ceiling windows-the kind of light that makes any morning feel like the first day of spring. ![]() Click here to see the list of all the currently active world quests. ![]() WoW Search Items Digmasters Earthblade World of Warcraft Digmasters Earthblade Item BETA Importing of data in progress BETA Importing of data in progress Filter. ![]() Objectives: Return the Digmaster's Earthblade to someone within your faction's Brawler's Guild. Class Usability: Death Knight Druid Hunter Mage Monk Paladin Priest Rogue Shaman Warlock Warrior Race usability. Staffers of color often feel that formal channels of complaint are not responsive to them for some negative experiences, such as frequent microaggressions. Dear White Staffers recounted to Politico that he has been confused for a valet attendant when taking part in congressional events with his employer, and has been treated differently than white staffers by United States Capitol Police. ![]() population, and people of color made up just 10% of senior-level Senate staffers despite making up 40% of the U.S. In covering Dear White Staffers, The Bulwark highlighted a 2020 report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, which noted several racial disparities in Capitol Hill staffing: Black Americans comprised just 3% of senior-level Senate staffers and 2% of the Senate offices' chiefs of staff despite comprising 13% of the U.S. The account was created primarily to post memes, seeking to document the experiences of being a person of color in the disproportionately white environment of congressional staffing. He also goes to substantial lengths to protect his anonymity, clearing out his camera roll daily and not revealing his connection with the account to anyone except his partner. Dear White Staffers is claimed to be closely watched by high-level congressional staff and even sitting representatives.ĭear White Staffers is run anonymously, although Politico identifies the manager as male, and he identifies himself as a person of color who worked on Capitol Hill as of April 2022. ![]() Despite the unverifiability of any one case, the account has received praise for bringing attention to the plight of congressional staffers in general, a conversation that resulted in some staffers moving to form unions. The content on Dear White Staffers has been described as gossip, and frequently remains unconfirmed by independent fact-checkers. ![]() Dear White Staffers frequently facilitates " vibe checks" on incumbent lawmakers, inviting the reposting of crowd-sourced and unverified anecdotes from congressional aides who send anonymous messages to the account. The account was created primarily to post memes about being a person of color in the disproportionately white environment of congressional staffing, but a thread in January 2022 changed the account's focus to documenting poor treatment of congressional staffers in general, and significantly increased the popularity of the account overall.Īides face a significant number of challenges in performing their jobs, including long days, poor pay, a lack of diversity, and – as is frequently covered by the account – workplace bigotry and poor treatment by higher-ups. Dear White Staffers is an anonymous Instagram account that documents instances of alleged poor behavior by sitting members of the United States Congress, in their capacity as employers of congressional staff. Passed by a business school, ESCP Paris, the strong man of the Girondins left very good memories to the current management of the Parisian club. He is criticized for managing a football club as a business, but it is just one. ![]() “He knows the sport much better than many of those who criticize him today,” said Michel Mimran, marketing director of PSG when Longuépée arrived as deputy general manager of the capital’s club in 2012. In May, the ultra group also leaked recordings of a meeting during which the club boss exchanged with the ticketing manager, Anthony Thiodet. He sees Bordeaux as a brand ”, tackles a member of the Ultramarines, behind a demonstration against the leaders of the Girondins de Bordeaux which gathered 2,000 people in town on the eve of the second round of municipal elections. ![]() “His vision of football is that of entertainment. Since the end of 2019 and the takeover of the shares of the former by the latter, of whom he is the trusted advisor, Frédéric Longuépée is proud to have his hands free at last. Those around him describe a discreet man, concentrated on the files of a club torn apart at the end of the year by disagreements between the two investment funds, GACP and King Street, behind the buyout of the club at M6 in late 2018. “He who likes to work in serenity, he is served”, slips a former collaborator. Less than two years after his arrival at the head of the club, he is forced to defend himself on the popular, political and now sporting fronts with a coach, the Portuguese Paulo Sousa, who has expressed his wishes for departure to several executives of the locker room and began discussions in this direction with its management. The little things close? His position as president of the Girondins earned him today to be in the crosshairs of the club’s ultras and the new mayor of the city, the ecologist Pierre Hurmic, who are asking for his head. More or less, Frédéric Longuépée’s new life resembles that of many well-to-do Parisians who fled the capital to join Bordeaux with the arrival of the high-speed line. Habits taken in two addresses with a view to the coast, at Hortense in Cap-Ferret and at Co (o) rniche on the Pilat dune. ![]() A few trips to the Arcachon basin to enjoy the charms of the lagoon. Saint-Etienne moved into fifth with a 4-1 success over Nice, while Montpellier were held to a 2-2 draw at lowly Dijon.Īmiens' game against Reims was postponed due to fog.īordeaux were ordered to temporarily close the south stand at their Matmut Stadium after fans protesting against club president Frederic Longuepee delayed their 6-0 thrashing of Nimes by 25 minutes on Tuesday after invading the pitch.A discreet life with his wife and daughters in an upscale district of Bordeaux (Gironde). The Brazilian eventually got his goal with five minutes remaining, scoring his penalty at the second time of asking after substitute Icardi encroached in the area.Įarlier on Wednesday, Gelson Martins came off the bench to fire Monaco to a 2-1 win over Toulouse as the principality side made it six victories in nine league outings. The league leaders did forge ahead in the 52nd minute as Mbappe met Angel Di Maria's low cross with a backheel flick into the corner after fine work by Neymar. The world's most expensive player almost gave PSG a half-time lead anyway, but saw his low shot tipped away by visiting goalkeeper Alban Lafont. Neymar appeared to have put the hosts in front with a fantastic left-footed strike after Nantes could only half clear a corner, but following a lengthy delay, the goal was ruled out by VAR for an apparent high foot from Julian Draxler. Mbappe fired the first opening over the crossbar, before Nantes' Ludovic Blas was denied by Keylor Navas in the PSG goal. "I'm happy they scored, but there is a lot of potential (for them to improve)." They lacked rhythm, I'm not expecting too much from both of them. "Imagine if (Lionel) Messi and (Luis) Suarez played together for the first time in December (for Barcelona). "It says a lot if in December our two key players (Mbappe and Neymar), who we want to make the difference, are starting for the first time together," said Tuchel. 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Treasure Adventure World is a epic open-world adventure classic gameplay with a modern hand-drawn 2D style. Treasure Adventure World Free Download PC Game Cracked in Direct Link and Torrent. The Princess and the Goblin bucks this trend from the outset. In most fairy tales, female characters may be categorized as either maidens, mothers, or crones, limiting the roles they are allowed to play. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald, $15, Amazon What I didn't realize at the time was how the story, although not necessarily feminist, was full of girl power. The animated adaptation of MacDonald's novel came out in 1991, and I watched transfixed as a cast of lovable characters with funny names sang and stomped around to defeat the goblins, who hated music and had very soft, squishy feet. I was first introduced to The Princess and the Goblin in the early 1990s at my local video store, from which I rented such animated fantasy classics as A Troll in Central Park and Once Upon a Forest. Everything turns out well for the novel's human characters, and the evil goblins meet their end after attempting to steal away the princess. The thread leads both Irene and Curdie to his mother's little house on the mountainside, where everyone is safe and sound. Irene manages to escape, but Curdie believes she has been abducted, and he follows her magic thread to try and rescue her. When he tries to warn the guards about the goblins' plan, they lock him up instead. When Curdie later sneaks into the goblins' lair to spy on them, Irene's ring leads her to his rescue.Ĭurdie overhears the goblins' conversations in the mines, and learns that they intend to tunnel into the palace, kidnap Princess Irene, and marry her off to the goblin prince. Irene and Lootie are rescued by Curdie, a boy who works in the mines and knows all about the goblins. She goes on an outing with her nursemaid, Lootie, only to nearly be captured by the goblins who live underground. You see, Irene is a very good little girl with some particularly bad luck. And my oh my, does Irene ever need that ring. ![]() The grandmother is kind, and eventually gives Irene a magical gift: a ring attached to a superfine thread that she may always follow home if she gets lost. The Princess and the Goblin centers on a lonely, eight-year-old princess, Irene - pronounced as "eye-REEN-ee" in the 1991 animated film adaptation - who discovers that her great-great-grandmother and namesake lives in a secret room in her father's palace. It's George MacDonald's 1872 novel, The Princess and the Goblin, and I've got so many reasons why you should read it. There's one little-known fairy tale that's full of girl power, however, and it's one of my favorite stories ever. As much as I love fairy tales, I'll be the first to admit that they're often hella misogynistic in the treatment of their female characters, sometimes even violently so. |