Members of the House of Representatives take photographs with their phones as President Barack Obama Affordable Health Care for America Act during a ceremony Tuesday morning with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House. The landmark bill was passed by the House of Representatives Sunday after a 14-month-long political battle that left the legislation without a single Republican vote.
Obama also tweeted the following:
“Tonight’s vote is not a victory for any one party – it is a victory for the American people. Tonight, we answered the call of history.” The legislation extends health care to millions of uninsured Americans, a proposal dating back to Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, and marks the largest federal health care guarantees since Medicare and Medicaid were enacted over forty years ago.
Tennis championSerena Williams all smiles while taking a swim, riding a jet ski and lounging with friends in Miami, Florida on Thursday afternoon (March 25).
Due to knee injury Serenawill not be participating in the Sony Ericsson Openthis year, but sisterVenus Williams will still be there to represent.
Spotted on a hiking trail filming scenes from her upcoming reality show. Here is a hint, someone close to her just finished HIS own reality show on VH1?
Still can't figure it out... Lets see hmmmm her brother is Featured on popular song out now with the NewBoys... If you didnt get that one, turn on a radio it play ever 42 minutes...
It’s singer/actressBrandy!She was spotted with a friend taping some scenes from their upcoming VH1realityshow“Family Business”on Thursday afternoon in Cali.
The series will also feature her brother Ray J and her parents. It premieres on April 11th.
From K'naan's sophmore LP 'Troubadour' Waving Flag also called the anthem of Africa in 2010 is a beautifully powerful song painting a picture of struggle and faith for a better day. I recommend that you watch this video but to get the true feel for the song please watch the 2nd video which is a live recording from Qtv's Wednesday Live show on Comcast and may also be found on Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 137 at 9am, 3pm and 11pm (EST).
Open your ears, your eyes & your heart!!!
The lyrics for "Waving FLag" also accompany this entry.
Critics have said K'naan has "a sound that fuses Bob Marley, conscious American hip hop, and brilliant protest poetry."[7] His voice and style have been compared to Eminem,[6] but his subject matter is very different; according to K'naan, he makes "urgent music with a message", talking about the situation in his homeland of Somalia and calling for an end to violence and bloodshed. He specifically tries to avoid gangsta rap clichés and posturing,[17] saying:
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All Somalis know that gangsterism isn't to brag about. The kids that I was growing up with [in Rexdale] would wear baggy [track] suit pants, and a little jacket from Zellers or something, and they'd walk into school, and all the cool kids would be like, 'Ah, man, look at these Somalis. Yo, you're a punk!' And the other kid won't say nothing, but that kid, probably, has killed fifteen people.
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This statement was made to explain his position on the world of difference which exists between where he grew up, and the ghettos of the first world.[18]. Nonetheless, K'naan denies that he is overtly political, instead explaining that he "[shows] the state of the world [and] if you call it like it is you're being political."[19]. His own opinion of his music is that it's a "mix of tradition and [a] kind of articulation of my own life and [..] my past experiences."[19]
K'naan has said that he is influenced by Somali music and the traditional instruments of Somalia.[20] His most recent album, Troubadour, also draws heavily from Ethiopian sources, particularly Ethio-Jazz by Alemayehu Eshete and Tilahun Gessesse.
LYRICS TO WAVING FLAG
when I get older, I will be stronger, they'll call me freedom, just like a wavin flag,
Born to a throne, stronger than rome, but violent prone, poor people zone
but its my home, all I have known, where I got grown, streets we would roam
Out of the Darkness, I came the farthest, among the hardest, survival
learn form these streets, It can be bleak, accept no defeat, surrender retreat
(so we struggling), Fighting to eat, (and we wondering), when we will be free
so we patiently wait, for that faithful day, its not far away, but for now we say
when I get older, I will be stronger, they'll call me freedom, just Like a waving flag, and then it goes back (3x)ahhho ahhho ahhho
so many wars, settling scores, bringing us promises, leaving us poor,
I heard them say, love is the way, Love is the answer, thats what they say,
but look how they treat us, make us believers,we fight there Battles,
then they deceive us, try to control us, they could'nt hold us,
cause we just move forward, like buffalo soldiers,
(but we struggling), Fighting to eat, (and we wondering), when we will be free
so we wait patiently wait, for that faithfully day, its not far away,but for now we say
when I get older, I will be stronger, they'll call me freedom, Just like a waving flag and then it goes back (3x) and then it goes when I get older, I will be stronger, they'll call me freedom, Just like a waving flag and then it goes back (3x) ahhhooo ahhhoooo ahhhooo
And everybody will be singing it and you and i will be singing it and we all will be singing it wah wo wo wo ah ah
when I get older I will be stronger they'll call me freedom just like a flag waving and then it goes back (3x)
and then it goes
when I get older I will be stronger they'll call me freedom just like a flag waving and then it goes back (3x)
a oh a oh a oh
when I get older say when I get older when I get older when I get older Just like a waving flag just like a waving flag just a waving flag flag flag.. Just like a waving flag...
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With his mixtape (The First Flight) and countless other singles/remixes (Star Is Born, Point to Prove, Set Me Free) being recognized by fans, yet overlooked by major media outlets, it took the release of his remix to Drake's, "Over" (Just The Beginning), that eventually got Daniel "Diggy" Simmons love shown by said outlets for being "the first" to drop something over the newly then released track. Although people were receptive of his remake of the new single, Diggy still had more hearts and ears to capture and win over, with the goal of letting everyone know that him creating music was not a hobby but a passion and it was something he is great at.
Dame Dash sat down with Good Day NY’sJulie Chang to discuss the opening of his new art gallery, the rumors of his financial woes and upcoming projects. The speculation about Dash being broke is not all true. According to the Harlem-bred businessman, “Whoever to me isn’t going through any financial problems is cheating because the economy cracked” is When times are hard and money is slow, any smart businessman will start hiding his assets.
Urban Prep Academy senior Keith Greer, along with his classmates, celebrates the news they will receive a free prom in Chicago because 100 percent of the graduating class was accepted into 4-year colleges or universities.
(Tribune photo by Heather Charles / March 5, 2010)
The entire senior class at Chicago 's only public all-male, all-African-American high school has been accepted to four-year colleges. At last count, the 107 seniors had earned spots at 72 schools across the nation.
Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman surprised students at an all-school assembly at Urban Prep Academy for Young Men in Englewood this morning to congratulate them. It's the first graduating class at Urban Prep since it opened its doors in 2006.
Huberman applauded the seniors for making CPS shine.
"All of you in the senior class have shown that what matters is perseverance, what matters is focus, what matters is having a dream and following that dream," Huberman said.
The school enforces a strict uniform of black blazers, khaki pants and red ties -- with one exception. After a student receives the news he was accepted into college, he swaps his red tie for a red and gold one at an assembly.
The last 13 students received their college ties today, to thunderous applause.
Ask Rayvaughn Hines what college he was accepted to and he'll answer with a question.
"Do you want me to name them all?"
For the 18-year-old from Back of the Yards, college was merely a concept--never a goal--growing up. Even within the last three years, he questioned if school, let alone college, was for him. Now, the senior is headed to the prestigious Morehouse College in Atlanta , Ga. next fall.
Hines remembers the moment he put on his red and gold tie.
"I wanted to take my time because I was just so proud of myself," he said. "I wanted everyone to see me put it on."
The achievement might not merit a mayoral visit at one of the city's elite, selective enrollment high schools. But Urban Prep, a charter school that enrolls using a lottery in one of the city's more troubled neighborhoods, faced difficult odds. Only 4 percent of this year's senior class read at grade level as freshmen, according to Tim King, the school's CEO.
"I never had a doubt that we would achieve this goal," King said. "Every single person we hired knew from the day one that this is what we do: We get our kids into college."
The school offers an extended day--170,000 more minutes over four years compared to its counterparts across the city--and more than double the number of English credits usually needed to graduate.
Even the school's voicemail has a student declaring "I am college bound" before it asks callers to dial an extension.
Normally, it takes senior Jerry Hinds two buses and 45 minutes to get home from school. On Dec. 11, the day University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana was to post his admission decisions online at 5 p.m., he asked a friend to drive him home.
He went into his bedroom, told his well-wishing mother this was something he had to do alone, closed the door and logged in.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" he remembers screaming. His mother, who didn't dare stray far, burst in and began crying.
That night he made more than 30 phone calls, at times shouting "I got in" on his cell phone and home phone at the same time.
"We're breaking barriers," he said. "And that feels great."
Well for those that don't know if I wasn't doing the music thing I would be playing ball somewhere. I had a scholarship in college for Bball but my passion has always been music. Now I'm running with the Los Angeles squad in that ELeague...
Back to March Madness:
March Madness wrapped up its second day of the 2010 Tournament Friday night, and in just two days the field has been narrowed from 64 teams to 32. While Friday's action did not have as many dramatic upsets as Thursday, there were several smaller upsets -- and one conference got its first win in twelve years. Scroll down for complete coverage.
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