Thursday, June 10, 2010

Foods in the 2000's( Ahminah Waters)

Foods in the 2000's

  • Heinz easy squirt red & green ketchup
    Boston Market Homestyle Meals
    Pepsi Twist
    Colored M&M’s
    Vanilla Coke
    Folgers AromaSeal
    Kraft & supermac & cheese
    Wrigleys Slim Pack Gum
    Frosted Flakes Gold
    Cupcakes
    Pizza
    Meatloaf
    Starbucks

Music(Abby Romero)

Biography forEminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on the 17th October 1972, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. His mother was 15 at the time she gave birth. Six months later his father left him., Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved back and forth from Kansas City and Detroit. He settled on the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble. Being a rap fan for most of his life, Marshall began rapping at the early age of 4. Rhyming words together, battling schoolmates in the lunchroom made him happy. When he was 14 he was very serious about his rapping skills and when he turned 17 he came up with a name he could call him self M&M and later on re-spelled it as Eminem.The name 'Eminem' came from his initials M(arshall) M(athers). People started rejecting him as a rapper because of his race.Marshall grew an anger that flows through his music to this day. After failing the 9th grade three times in a row, he quit school, but says that he doesn't consider himself stupid but that people should'nt follow his example.His very first album was titled "Infinite".It was then that his daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott. Having nothing to lose at all, flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week, Marshall set out to rant about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP, the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, basically hoping to win the $1,500 cash price which he badly needed. After battling for an hour and throwing back every race diss thrown at him, Marshall made it to second place losing in a slip up. Furious that he had lost, Marshall didn't even notice that he had been spotted. In the crowd were a few producers from Interscope, and they were handed a copy of the "Infinite" tape by way of a demo. Dr. Dre got to hear it and eventually tracked him down. The two instantly hit it off, recording four songs in the their first six hours of working - three which made it to his first LP. After the album was finished, Dr. Dre asked Marshall to come work with him on his new album. He helped produce several tracks and was on the best songs of the album. It won 3 Grammies and was the first rap album ever to be nominated "Album of the Year", selling more than 8 million records in the United States alone. He also stunned critics when he shot down all homophobic remarks by performing "Stan" with Elton John. Eminem made a movie called 8 Mile (2002), and has gone back and brought his friend with him; D-12. Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offenses, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison, Marshall explains his life today in one word.
His hit list top 12
Lose yourself, Hailie’s song, Sing for the moment, Stan, Mocking Bird, Like Toy Soldiers, Without Me, When Im Gone, The Way I Am, The Real Shady, Cleanin Out My Closet, 8 Mile.

Hip Hop
Artists such as Eminem, OutKast, T.I., Kanye West, The Game, 50 Cent, Nelly, Nas, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, and Twin Creek Soldiers were among the dominant mainstream hip hop artists to have represented the Hip hop genre for the decade.

Rock
Rock remained popular in the beginning of the decade, despite the increasing popularity of hip-hop, but experienced a diminished presence on mainstream music charts by the end of the decade.

Alternative rock
Garage rock and post-punk revival
The White Stripes were one of the most successful emerging American rock acts of the decade.In the early 2000s, a new group of bands emerged into the mainstream which drew primary inspiration from post-punk and new wave and were variously characterised as part of a garage rock, post-punk or new wave revival.Nickelback has released seven number-one singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and has sold over 35 million records.After the first wave of post-grunge bands lost their popularity, bands like, Puddle of Mudd and Nickelback took post-grunge into the 21st century with considerable commercial success, abandoning most of the angst and anger of the original movement for more conventional anthems, narratives and romantic songs.

Hard rock and heavy metal
During the early 2000s a new wave of metal began with interest in the newly emerging genre nu metal and genres of a similar style such as rap metal and the later mainstream success rap rock. The popularity of nu metl music carried over from the late 1990s, where it was introduced by early work from bands such as Korn, Deftones, Slipknot and Coal Chamber, into the early 2000s with the similar genre, rap rock, bringing in a wave of monster-hit artists such as Evanescence, Staind, Papa Roach, and Disturbed.

Emo
Emo broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s with the platinum-selling success of Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American (2001) and Dashboard Confessional's The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2003). The new emo had a far greater appeal amongst adolescents than its earlier incarnations. At the same time, use of the term emo expanded beyond the musical genre, becoming associated with fashion, a hairstyle and any music that expressed emotion. In recent years the term emo has been applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including multi-platinum acts such as Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance and disparate groups such as Paramore and Panic at the Disco, even when they protest the label.

Pop
Singer Britney Spears is the best selling female performer of the decade.Christina Aguilera is considered to be one of the best-selling female artist of the decade.Teen Pop became an extremely popular genre in the early 2000s with success of teenaged pop-singers Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, and Mandy Moore. This trend dissolved dramatically due to modern R&B and hip-hop influenced music that dominated throughout the middle of the decade. Britney Spears became eventually the decade's best-selling female artist selling over 85 million albums worldwide as well as the fifth best-selling artist in the U.S.In 2002, a new "teen pop rock" movement began. Avril Lavigne was arguably the first and lead artist to take this new direction in pop music, with hits such as "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi" at the beginning of the decade and "Girlfriend" at the end Lavigne leads this genre throughout all the decade worldwide, her contemporaries such stars as, Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton not far behind with their own success.Lady Gaga took the later part of the decade by storm. Her debut album, The Fame, was released on August 19, 2008.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Al Gore

Al Gore was born March 31, 1948 in Washington D.C. He attended St. Albans School from 1956-1965, after graduating he enrolled in Harvard Univeristy in 1965, the only college he applied to. In 1967 Gore took a course on elimate science which made a strong impression on him, influencing him the direction of enviromental concerns. He graduated with a Bachelor Of Arts degree in government cumlaude on June 12, 1969.

Al Gore served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993-2001 Under Bill Clinton. He Is Currently an author, business person, and American enviromental activist who starred in the in the 2006 documentry An Ineconvinient truth, which won an acadamy award in 2007. He was involved in American Politics for 24 years, serving first in the U.S. House Of Representives (1985-1993) before becoming Vice President. Gore was the the democratic nominee for president in the 2000 presidential election. Gore is the recipient of a number of awards. He and the Intergovernmental Panel on climate change were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He Is currently the founder and chair of Alliance For Climate Protection , the Co-Founder and chair of Current Investment Managment, The Co-Founder and chair of Current Tr, a member of the board of directors of Apple Inc. , and a senor advisor to Google.

Osama bin Ladin

Osama bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 10, 1957. His father was a wealthy businessman with close ties to the Saudi royal family. From 1068-1976 he attented the "elite" secular Al-Thager Model School. He studied economics and business administration at King Abdulaziz University. Some reports suggest that bin Laden earned a degree in civil engineering in 1979, or a degree in public administration in 1981. At university his main interest was religion, where he was involved in both interpreting the Quran an jihad and charitable work. He also wrote poetry. After leaving college in 1979 bin Ladin joined Abdullah Azzam to fight the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and lived for a time in Peshawar.

Rudy Guiliani

Rudy Guiliani was born May 28, 1944 in the New York city borough of Brooklyn. Rudy attended catholic school, St. Anne's in Garden City South. He then moved back to Brooklyn and attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, graduating in 1961 with an 85% of average. He went to Manhattan College in Riverdale, Bronx, where he majored in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy. There he considered becoming a priest, after having studied Theology for four years in college. He graduated in 1965. He eventually decided to fore go the priest hood, instead attending New York University School of Law in Manhattan, where he made law review and graduated Cum Laude with a Juris Doctor in 1968.


Rudy served as Mayor of New York City from 1994-2001. A Democrat and Independent in the 1970's and a Republican since the 1980's, Guiliani: served in the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, eventually becoming U.S. Attorney. He prosecuted a number of high-profile cases, including ones against organized crime and wall street financiers. He served two terms as mayor of New York City, having having run on the Republican and the Liberal lines. He was credited with initiating improvements and with a reduction in crime pressing the city's quality of life initiatives. After leaving office as a mayor, he founded Guiliani Partners, a security consulting business. Guiliani considered running for both Governor and Senator in 2010, but decided not to run and remain active in his business career.

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton was born August 19, 1946. He attented St.John's Catholic Elementary School, Ramble Elementary School, and the Hot Springs High School. With the aid of scholarships, Clinton attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, recieving a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Science degree in 1968. Upon graduation he won a Rhodes Scholarship to University College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politcs and Economics, though as a result of switching programs and leaving early for Yale, he did not obtain a degree there.


Bill Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States from 1993-2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the cold war, and is known as the first baby boomer president. Clinton was described as a New Democratic adn was largely known for the Third Way Philosophy of governance that came to epitomize his two terms as president. His policies, on issues such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and Welfare reform, have been described as centrist. Clinton presided over the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history, which included a balance budget and a federal surplus. He helped Arkansas transform its econmony and significantly improve the state's educational system. He became a leading figure among the New Democrats. He served as chair of the National Govenors Association from 1986-1987, bringing him to an audience beyond Arkansas.

Hilary Clinton

Hilary Clinton was born in october 20, 1947 in chicago illinois at edge water hospital. As a child she attended school at park ridge. She attended Maine East High School where she participated in student council, the school newspaper, and was selected for National Honer Society. For her senior year, she was redistricted to Maine South High School, where she was national Merit Finalist and graduated in the top five percent of her class of 1964. Hilary enrolled In Wellesley Collage, where she majored in polictical science. During her freshmen year, she served as president of the Wellseley Young Republicans.

Hilary Clinton is the 67th U.S.A secretary of the state, serving in the administration of president Barach Obama. She was a u.s senator for New York from 2001-2009. As the wife of the 42nd president of the U.S. Bill Clinton, she was the first lady of the U.S.A from 1993-2001. In the 2008 election, Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. In 1994 as first lady of the U.S., her major initiative, the clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval from the U.S. congress. In 1997 Clinton played a role in advocating the creation of the state of the Children's Health Insurence Program, the adoption and safe Families Act, and the Fosler Care Independence Act. After moving to the state of New York, Clinton was elected as a U.S. senator in 2000. That election marved the first time an American First Lady had run for public office.