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.

Be Happy

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

     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.

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.