It's My Party (Jessie J song)

"It's My Party" is a song by English singer-songwriter Jessie J, released as the second single from her upcoming second studio album, Alive. The song was written by Jessie, Claude Kelly, John Larderi and Colin Norman, and was produced by Max Martin and Shellback. The track premiered on UK radio on August 5, 2013, and was officially released in the UK via iTunes on September 15, 2013. Jessie recorded the official video at the end of June and it was directed by Emil Nava.

Background

"It's My Party" is a mid-tempo song written by Jessie J, Claude Kelly John Larderi & Colin Norman. The song received its first radio play on Capital FM on August 5, 2013 and was released on September 15, 2013. The song shares its title with Lesley Gore's 1963 hit song. Speaking on the syndicated radio show, InDemand with Alex James, Jessie revealed that is was her detractors who inspired the song. "A lot of the time the haters - I hate calling them haters but that's the easiest way to sum it up - they need love more so than anyone else," she said. "I don't think hate does anything for the world. It doesn't do any good. I wanted to make sure I had a song that represented what I'm about."

Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop

"We Can't Stop" is a song by American recording artist Miley Cyrus for her fourth studio album, Bangerz (2013). It was released on June 3, 2013 by RCA Records as the lead single from the album, following Cyrus' departure from Hollywood Records in early 2013. "We Can't Stop" was written by Mike L. Williams II, Pierre Ramon Slaughter, Timothy Thomas and Theron Thomas (known collectively as Rock City), Cyrus, Douglas Davis and Ricky Walters. The song was produced by Williams II under his production name, Mike Will Made-It, with co-production from P-Nasty and vocal production by Rock City. "We Can't Stop" is a pop, R&B, and dance song that lyrically talks of a house party.

Upon its release, "We Can't Stop" received generally mixed reviews from music critics, who were ambivalent towards its production and lyrics. It peaked at number two on the U.S. BillboardHot 100, and has exceeded sales of two million copies. Internationally, the track enjoyed similar success, topping national singles charts in territories including New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

An accompanying music video was directed by Diane Martel and was released on June 19, 2013. It received generally mixed reviews from critics, who were divided on Cyrus' increasingly provocative image. Thirty-seven days after its premiere, it became the fastest clip to reach 100 million views across Vevo platforms. "We Can't Stop" was additionally promoted with a highly-controversial performance during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.

Katy Perry - Roar (Official)

 "Roar" is a song recorded by American singer Katy Perry, released as the lead single from her upcoming album, Prism (2013). Composed by Perry, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, and Henry "Cirkut" Walter, "Roar" is a midtempo power pop song. Its lyrics address standing up for oneself. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who thought it was a "determined note" for Perry's new album and described it as a "sure-to-be radio hit". Although most reviews were positive, some thought the lyrics were predictable and contained "clichés". The single became the singer's eighth non-consecutive US Billboard Hot 100 number one, and gave Perry her biggest digital song sales week ever, breaking her previous record held by "Firework". The song also peaked within the top 10 of 25 other charts, while topping music charts at 9 countries in total. A video for "Roar" was released on September 5, 2013, which was directed by Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi, and filmed at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

Drake - Hold On We're Going Home

Editor's Pick
Artist: Drake
Producer: Nineteen85, co-prod. Noah "40" Shebib
Album: Nothing Was the Same

Featured on our pages just last Thursday,Drake‘s All Me leaned heavily on the rap side of the spectrum. Fans of his more R&B-informed material had no reason to fear, though; today, the T-Dot hitmaker returns to balance the scales with Hold on We’re Going Home, a follow-up single that ranks among the smoothest cuts of his career. Over Nineteen85 and Noah “40” Shebib‘s warm synth-soul grooves, Aubrey Graham serenades a “good girl” he’s had his eye on, telling her, “I want your hot love and emotion, endlessly.” Booth newcomer Majid Jordan assists Drizzy on the vocal tip. For more, check out junior set Nothing Was the Same when it hits record stores and online retailers on Tuesday, September 24.

Ateneo de Manila University

The Ateneo de Manila University (Filipino: Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila, Latin: Universitas Anthenaea Manilensis; also referred to as "Ateneo de Manila" or simply "Ateneo") is aCatholic private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It is the third-oldest university in the Philippines, tracing its roots to 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits. It remained a state-subsidized institution through the Spanish colonial period, offering primary, secondary and bachillerato education. It was privatized during the American occupation of the Philippines in the first half of the 20th century. Ateneo awarded its first postgraduate degrees in 1949, and received its university charter in 1959.

The Ateneo offers programs in the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Its academic offerings include the Arts, Humanities, Business, Law, the Social Sciences,Philosophy, Theology, Medicine and Public Health, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Information Technology, Engineering, Environmental Science, andGovernment. Aside from teaching and research, the Ateneo de Manila also engages in social outreach. Known for its liberal arts tradition, the humanities are a key feature of Ateneo education at all levels of study.

Currently, the main campus of the Ateneo is an 83-hectare (210 acres) property in Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila. This campus is home to the university's college and graduate school units, as well as its high school and grade school. Two other campuses, in Rockwell Center and Salcedo Village, both in Makati, house the university's professional schools ofbusiness, law, and government. A fourth facility in the Don Eugenio López, Sr. Medical Complex in Ortigas Center, Pasig houses its school of medicine and public health.

The University was granted Level IV accreditation—the highest possible level—from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) through the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) and the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). It was reaccredited at the same level, and was likewise granted Institutional Accreditation by the same body in 2011, the first time that both citations were awarded to a university simultaneously. Its Loyola Schools programs were also awarded Level IV re-accreditation, the first time that a Philippine university was granted both Level IV program and institutional accreditation.

It is also one of few universities granted autonomous status by CHED, which likewise recognizes a number of the University's programs and departments as Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development.

Its grade school and high school have been granted Level III accreditation by PAASCU and FAAP, the highest possible level for basic education.

Among the Ateneo's alumni are José Rizal, the National Hero of the Philippines. Several Philippine Presidents, including the incumbent Benigno Aquino III, as well as his predecessors Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Joseph Estrada, Fidel Ramos, and Corazon Aquino are alumni of or have ties with the university. Also among its graduates are several leaders of the propaganda movement during Philippine Revolution against Spain and the Philippine-American War, politicians, political activists, professionals, businessmen, writers, scientists, educators, and artists. This body of alumni was all-male until women were admitted to its graduate programs, and later, to its college.

The University's patron saint is Ignatius of Loyola, while María Puríssima is its patroness, as is evident the pontifical name "University of the Immaculate Conception" and in the selection of blue and white as the school's colors. The patron saint of its law school is Thomas More, the high school has Stanislaus Kostka as its patron, and the grade school the Holy Guardian Angelsas its patrons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneo_de_Manila_University

Nur Misuari

Nur Misuari (Bahasa Sūg: Nūr Miswāri, born Nurallaj Misuari, March 3, 1939 in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines) is a Moro politician, founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front. He completed his education through academic scholarships at the University of the Philippines and became a student activist under Jose Maria Sison's Kabataang Makabayan (Patriotic Youth). Misuari was a lecturer at the University of the Philippines in political science and in the 1960s, he established the Mindanao Independence Movement which aimed to organize an independent state in southern Philippines. The Mindanao Independence Movement formed the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that sought political reforms from the Government of the Philippines. Unable to gain reforms, the MNLF engaged in military conflict against the Philippine vernment and its supporters between 1972 to 1976 under the leadership of Misuari. The military resistance to the government of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos did not produce autonomy for the Moro people. He departed to Saudi Arabia in exile. He returned to the Philippines after Marcos was removed from office during the People Power Revolution in 1986.

Misuari justified the MNLF armed struggle on the non-implementation of the Tripoli Agreement, originally signed by Ferdinand Marcos and later included and accepted in the peace agreement signed by former Philippine president Fidel Ramos in the 1990s. This agreement established an autonomous region for Moros with Misuari as governor. He was removed from his office when Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became president in 2001 and was arrested in 2007 on charges of terrorism. On December 20, 2007 he was denied a petition for bail and remained under house arrest in Manila. The Philippine court however, granted the bail petition of Misuari's seven co-accused, at 100,000 pesos. On April 25, 2008, he was allowed to post bail, upon the instructions of the Cabinet security cluster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Misuari

Philippine President Benigno Aquino

Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; born February 8, 1960), also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th President of the Philippines since June 2010.

Aquino is a fourth-generation politician: his great-grandfather, Servillano "Mianong" Aquino, served as a delegate to the Malolos Congress; his grandfather, Benigno Aquino, Sr., served asSpeaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1943 to 1944; and his parents were President Corazon Aquino and Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. Aquino is a member of the Liberal Party. In the Liberal Party, Aquino held various positions such as Secretary General and Vice President for Luzon. Aquino is the Chairman of the Liberal Party.

Born in Manila, Aquino finished his Bachelor of Arts Major in Economics from Ateneo de Manila University in 1981 and joined his family in their exile in the United States shortly thereafter. He returned to the Philippines in 1983 shortly after the assassination of his father and held several positions working in the private sector. In 1998, he was elected to the House of Representatives as Representative of the 2nd district of Tarlac province. He was subsequently re-elected to the House in 2001 and 2004. In 2007, having been barred from running for re-election to the House due to term limits, he was elected to the Senate in the 14th Congress of the Philippines.

Following the death of his mother on August 1, 2009, many people began calling on Aquino to run for president. On September 9, 2009, Aquino officially announced he would be a candidate in the 2010 presidential election, held on May 10, 2010. On June 9, 2010, the Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Aquino the winner of the 2010 presidential election. On June 30, 2010, at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila, Aquino was sworn into office as the fifteenth President of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Conchita Carpio-Morales.

In 2013, TIME magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Although the official residence of the President is the Malacañang Palace, Aquino actually resides in the Bahay Pangarap (House of Dreams), located within the Palace grounds.

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