Thursday, December 10, 2015

6. Googe Maps/Extra Credit for Final Exam

Enjoy a great time with your family when you take an exciting and fantastic to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, DuSable Museum of African American History, and the Museum of Science and Industry.

5. Embedded gifs for Final Exam

This gif shows a chubby boy jumping on the trampoline while having water splashed on his body and when he attempts to fall on his back he breaks the trampoline. This is gif depcits Michael Jackson, famous pop singer, holding his infant child over his balcony hotel. This gif shows Ray J pushing his girlfriend-Princess- in the pool after she tried pushing him in the pool.

4. Storify timeline for Final Exam

Stop the police brutality agaainst black youth!

3. Embedded video for Final Exam

Why is Chicago Segregated? from Je'Quan Sailes-Irving on Vimeo.

Interview with Je'Quan Sailes-Irving and his thoughts on Chicago's segregation.

2. Slideshow for Final Exam

Photosnack consists of Donald Trump's campaign for president.

1. Blog Item for Final Exam

     Laquan McDonald, only 17 years old was a victim of police brutality and whose family was paid a total of 5 million dollars to keep the murder secret. The police officer that killed Laquan McDonald was Jason Van Dyke, who was later fired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and charged with murder for an on duty shooting. The tragic phenomena that occured with Laquan McDonald has sparked the silent to speak for what is truly right. There were numerous calls for the federal government to investigate the Chicago Police Department and find what other hidden brutal threats or killings have occurred.
     While there are suspicions with the CPD, there are also lawsuits being charged against police officers due to excessive force. For example, Lisa Simmons sues the CPD for using excessive force with her and Jeremiah Smith. In addition, in Huffington Post it stated that Black Chicagoans are 10 times more likely to be shot by a police officer. It further stated statistics that in 2011, Blacks were 77% of CPD's youth arrest. And the shootings of black teens continue with Johnson, a Black teen being shots by Chicago police officers on 53rd South King Drive. However, there are consequences to the unneccesary actions of the authority. For example, Garry F. McCarthy has been resigned from his position as head of CPD.


Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Justice for Laquan Mcdonald

The murder of Laquan Mcdonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke actuated profound reactions. Once the murder(video) began to spread, protesting immediately followed in all parts of Chicago such as the Downtown and the Southside of Chicago. The murder supposedly occurred in 2014 but the crime was silenced by the parents of the Laquan with the $500,000 in collateral. This negotiation was said that Rahm Emmanuel voted to silence the death of Laquan between officials, Jason Van Dyke, and the Mcdonald's parents. Not only has this phenomena show how young black lives are a target, but also how racism still surfaces and affects an individual's daily actions.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Entertaining Locations

Locations in my map that entertain me are: Haunted Trails, Water Tower Mall, Six Flags, YMCA, and the Harper Theater.

Paris Attack Leader Found

The Ringleader of the attack on Paris-Abdelhamaid Abaaoud- has been killed during a raid in an appartment in Paris. He died from multiple shots from soldiers, and other deaths include Abaaoud's cousin which died while killing herself in an explosion within the apartment.

8 Mile Gifs

 
Gif of Lyckety Splyt battle rapping against B-Rabbit in the movie 8 mile.

   
B-Rabbit rap battling against Lyckety Splyt in the first round of the first battle.

   
Lotto versus B-Rabbit in the second round of the freestyle battle.

   
B-Rabbit battling against Lotto.

   
B-Rabbit battling against Papa Doc in the final round for the Championship Battle.

Attack On Paris

Paris has endured a profound hardship on the evening of Novemeber 13th, 2015. Terroists attacks occured at stores, a concert, and s soccer game.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Music Video Gifs

My gifs follow the theme of music videos I enjoy watching.


 
Tyler the Creator's music video "She" featuring Frank Ocean.
  
This is a gif of Travis Scott and Sydney Maler in the music video "Don't Play". 

   

Gif of Gucci Mane flashing his jewelry in his music video "Lemonade".
 
This gif is Kid Cudi in his single music video "Day N Nite".
 
Gif consists of Chief Keef's music video "Love No Thotties".

Thursday, November 12, 2015

8 Mile



This is a scene from the movie "8 Mile". This movie contains Eminem, a rap artist and actor and directed by Curtis Hanson.

News Storify

Kaylyn Pryor was an aspiring model when she was shot dead in Englewood. She was visiting her Grandparents when being shot.

Spider-Man Storify

You're friendly neighbor spider man! Spider man is one of my favorite Marvel Heros. I enjoyed watching all his movies and games, and even dressing as him for Halloween. In my humble opinion, Spider Man is the best suoer hero and the most entertaining to watch. I loved reading the ''Amazing Spider Man''.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Chicago Map

The locations I marked on my map are: Whitney Young High school, Target, Subway, Billy Goat Tavern, and Pepperino's Pizza. These places represent places that I go to during my lunch period. My essential mark is Whitney Young, which is where I would depart from and to get lunch and return to afterwards. Target contains a Pizza Hut which is where I can buy pizza and subway is a store that sells sub sandwiches. In addition, Billy Goat Tavern is a burger store, and Pepperino's Pizza is a place that sells pizza.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Yeezy Fashion Show 2

The Yeezy Fashion show has been a largely expected fashion of 2015 because of Mr. West's previous and first fashion show. Kanye West is one of my favorite and most inspirational rappers to me and his fashion shows are something that I became intrigued by when he started the first show for Yeezy fashion show. Kanye West is a former Chicagoan and he inspires me to strive for my dreams and represent Chicago's talent.

Golden State Warriors Storify

The Golden State Warriors are the 2014-2015 NBA Champions. The Warriors have been on a 4-0 run against the New Orleans Pelicans, Cleveland Cavaliers, Memphis Grizzlies, and Houston Rockets. This team is one of my favorite basketball teams because of their ability to shoot and score in numerous ways. I believe Golden State will most likely win this year's-2015-2016- NBA championship. My favorite players on the team are Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, also known as the "Splash Bros" because of their ability to shoot consistantly. Go Warriors!

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Chicago Bulls Storify

The Chicago Bulls is one of favorite basketball teams in the NBA and my hometown NBA team. They've started the season with a 2-0 streak and I hope this streak can continue. Derrick Rose I back playing and he is a favorite guard of mine and hope he cant continue playing throughout the season with out injury. I wish for the Bulls to make it to the NBA finals but it's hard for me believe because Derrick Rose continues to get hurt.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Viral Videos!!

This viedo consists of a first person view and the video most likely became viral due to its distinctiveness because it was a first person action film. Also, the problem in the video is that an agent must retrieve a transportation gadget and throught the task he faces a series of fights. The video was filled with action packed scenes that made me catch goosebumps.
This video is a freestyle battle that is titled to be the worst ever. The reason the video most likely became viral is because of how funny each freestyler is. The second freestyler is the main reason the video is so humerous. The video is a film of a highschool freestyle competition between students. The video was funny because of the lyrics the rappers had made.
This video contains the song "Hit the quan" and the dance as well. This video became viral due to the song being trendy and the dance becoming a fad. The way the video was filmed was by simple effects and motions of the camera. It had two kids showing off the dance which is entertaining.

Teamwork Makes a Dreamwork!

What was thought as impossible actually turned out  possible. After many series of hard loses and bad streaks the Cubs have turned themselves around by winning the National League Divisional Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. This photo shows how a team can overcome an obstacle if they use teamwork and learn how to work in unison. The Cubs winning the NLDS is a great example of the situation. In addition, not only has the win taken a huge liking by the Cubs, but also the team's hometown-Chicago. Even if some Chicagoans are not huge Cubs fans, it is inevitable to feel proud for the Chicago Cubs.

Chicago Cubs NLDS Victory Slideshow

Democratic Presidential Debate

 On Oct. 13, 2015 the Democratic Presidential debate was held. The Democratics participating in the debate-hosted by CNN-were Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Hillary Clinton, Lincoln Chafee, and Jim Webb. Even though there were numerous higlights of the candidates disputing, Clinton and Sanders agreed on being tired of hearing about Clinton's private email server as a secretary of state. However, Chafee attacked Hillary about her use of the private email and when Hillary was asked if she wanted to respond she simply said "No," and the audience laughed and applauded. The debate brought up topics about gun control, health care, republicans, climate change, etc. Some candidates performed better than other but only the  people of United States can vote on who was the best.
   

Biographical Video

https://vimeo.com/142568992

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Viral Videos

This viral video contains Ip Man, a widely recognized fighter and master in karate. Ip Man is avenging his friend who had been killed by a Regime and who enprisoned the towns people by fighting the 10 Black Belts-a skilled karate group- and defeating the entire group. Another viral video that corresponds to this video is "Bruce Lee VS Robert Wall". This video consists of a scene from Bruce Lee's movie: "Enter The Dragon". This viral video is a music video parody that shows how artist of the song responds when being lied to. In addition, the video is humorous and first occurred on twitter as a ten second video until he made an entire song. Another video that is similar to this one is the music video, "On The Floor" by IceJJFish. This video is about the artist of the song having deep feelings for a female.

This video consists the upcoming artist, Travis $cott making a video for his single-"Antidote"-that was released on his recent album "Rodeo". Another music video that corresponds to this music video is the video "Don't Play" by Travis $cott featuring Big Sean.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Landmarks

The houses in the slideshow are landmarks in my neighborhood because they are the homes of my parents. I grew up in both houses celebrating with family and enjoying holidays. Whitney M. Young is regarded as a landmark because it is my current high school and one of the best high schools located in Chicago. Moreover, the Victory Monument located in Bronzeville is a major landmark because it displays the African American men who fought in WWI. In addition, Pershing West-my middle school- is considered a landmark to me because it was the middle school I attended and graduated from in the Bronzeville community. The Harold Washington Cultural Center is a landmark in Bronzeville that hosts plays and musicals. The Operationpush Headquarters is a landmark in Chicago because it was built by civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson. Lastly,, the Dusable Museum is a landmark in Chicago because it contains exhibits that tell about black history.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Earthquake and Tsunami strikes Chile

     In recent reports, Chile has experienced a major earthquake measuring a great magnitude of 8.3. The Northern coast of Chile was hit and caused the swaying of buildings and occurring of tsunamis in small villages. Minor quakes followed the first measuring greater than magnitude 6. Moreover, the city Illapel had experienced many houses collapsing and the electricity going out, leaving the city a huge predicament. It was also found that 3 people died due to the tsunamis in Chile.
     According to Fox News Chicago, a magnitude of 8.8 quake and causing tsunami in south-central Chile in 2010 killed more than 500 people, destroyed 220,000 homes, and washed away docks, riverfronts and seaside resorts. That quake had divulged so much energy, it actually it shortened the Earth's day by a fraction of a second by changing the planet's rotation. Similarly, ABC News stated that there were tsunami waves of more than 10 feet that were observed in Coquimbo, Chile, north of Santiago. Forecasters predicted minor flooding of beach and harbor areas as well as strong and unusual currents that could continue for several hours. And CNN provided the public with a video of filmed in Chile during the earthquake.

by: Tom Liddy

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Chicago White Sox PhotoSnack

This slideshow shows how much I support and appreciate my hometown and regional MLB team, the Chicago White Sox. This slideshow displays the Sox players using teamwork and hard work. GO SOX!

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Rodeo

     The highly expected album: "Rodeo" by Travis Scott has finally been released September 4th. Numerous stores such as Walmart, Target, and BestBuy have been selling the album. From recent sells, Scott's new album has became the no.1 selling album on ITunes.

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Crime and Sports


     This image displays a crime scene being investigated due to the evidence being a bullet. And crime is significant to me because it occurs everywhere and one of the major contributors to crime is gun violence. Additional edits (black and white effect) made by Je'Quan Sailes-Irving.






 
 

 

     This image shows Derrick Rose-Point Guard for the Chicago Bulls- dribbling the basketball up the court. This image is relevant to me because it represents my hometown's basketball team, and Derrick Rose is my favorite player out of my entire litany of basketball players. Additional edits (color change of basketball) made Je'Quan Sailes-Irving.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

     Wassup fam! My name is Je'Quan Sailes-Irving and I am interested in photography and filmmaking. I was born and currently reside in Chicago, IL and I attend Whitney M. Young High School. My idols in filming are Spike Lee, Travis Scott, and Rob Zombie, and their uniqueness and flow of ideas inspire me to follow their foot steps and show my art through small movies.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Favorite Websites Pt. 2

     In addition to my previous post, "Favorite Websites Pt. 1", I will continue to share another 3 websites that I consider my favorite. One of those websites are ESPN because it contains the latest and most recent information and statistics on sports teams. ESPN is an abbreviation for "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network", it is a sports channel and website. Another website I use that can be regarded as one of my favorite websites is Footlocker because I have interest in collecting shoes and footlocker is a store and website that consists of shoes and clothing. Gamestop is one of my favorite websites because I do enjoy playing games so it is vital to my interests that I am updated on what the latest games are. Gamestop is a store and website that sell games and gamer consoles.

Favorite Websites Pt.1


     Websites that I am ardent about are Lunapic, YouTube, and Dictionary because the websites contain information and media that intrigues me and follow my interests. . Lunapic is considered one of my favorite websites because I am interested in Photoshop and have been using lunapic as a main source of completing all my Photoshop work. The website consists of a variety of effects, animation, and tools used to edit pictures and videos. Moreover, YouTube is another website that I have garnered an affinity towards due to its provision of music and videos. YouTube allows anyone to watch videos uploaded from people who have accounts on the website. Lastly, dictionary is one of my favorite websites because it provides the definition for terms that I am unfamiliar with. Dictionary is an online dictionary used to find the meaning of words that one is confused with.