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Editors’s note ad hack dear 7 year old how to get over you ex SHane eagle unplugged puma got the keys

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Editor’s Note

when i was 7 i used to write my dreams down in my notebook, and i would read them back to myself to make sure if it was a dream i wanted to pursue.one of the dreams was to become a novelist, it hit me the other day that, “hey im not a novelist but i have my ow magazine....close enough.

Anyway this issue marks the last days of winter, we got the profound Shane eagle on the cover telling how he got this plethora of maturity and knowledge he has, we got some of that ex advice from our new writer (yes we have a new writer), the big cat, puma, brings out its best kicks the scripter tells us about how we need to be more careful of pop up ads when we surf the net with our mobile phones and close of with some advice we would give to the 7 year old us. this issue is short because well.....its short 3

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he Cyberweb one of the greatest Roman Unuchek, senior malware analyst at places in the world. Its like the wild Kaspersky Lab USA, told Fin24 “Almost every wild west, a very crazy and chaot- detected threat in South Africa is an adveric environment conducive to breed the tising Trojan that can use root rights on the good, the bad and the ugly ( yes I hit you phone”. Now I’m sure some of you guys are with the Clint Eastwood classic). Well asking themselves what are Trojans, well now the bad have found a way to hack Trojans are malicious software applications ones mobile using software that pres- that disguise their intended purpose and are ents itself as an unwanted ad while you used to gain access to devices...(Thats how celeb nudes are leaked). browsing the interweb.

). According to Fin24, Roman Unuchek said that there has been a spike in the use of Trojans that use advertising as the main means of monetisation, “In the first quarter of the year, the mobile malware Top 20 contained just one Trojan of this type; by the end of the year, they made up more than half of the rating.

Despite the fact that these Trojans are designed to download and install advertising applications without the user’s knowledge, they can cause a lot of problems.” What does mean for us, well we need to be more careful when we browse the net, and a suggestion would be the Kaspersky Internet security software. This should save you some trouble (Yes i use it for my laptop)

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SIDE NOTE:

Android smartphones running older versions of the operating system (OS) may be vulnerable to a collection of malware families dubbed “Triada”.

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ts amazing how at the age of 7 many of us had the courage and the balls to challenge life with these overwhelming dreams, ideas and our perception of life is very simple minded.

But as we grow we learn the complexities of love, life, vices, career choices and those bold daring ideas and dreams you had as a kid go down the drain with a fraction of your happiness. After that we find ourselves at the crossroads of life, confused, sad and really morphing in walking zombies out to fulfill someone else’s expectations instead of yours. you find yourself regretting every “grown up “ decision you ever took, because at 7 years old you didn’t imagine yourself living the life you living.

Now imagine if you had the chance to go back into the past grown as you are, and telling that 7 year old you were about their future life, what advice would you give them? Here is my advice.

Dear 7 year old Me: Love your mom more Focus on your dreams more Work Harder to become the person you want to become Learn to forgive.

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hen they say love in the air, just take your prettiest, most experienced scarf and wrap it all around your face because when love ends it can get pretty scary. How do you move on from something you’ve invested your heart and soul in? Do you simply become a bitter ex and spray paint A**HOLE” on his car

“Well it isn’t such a bad idea…quite thrilling to be honest (don’t ask) but doing that doesn’t permanently heal your heart so here are five tips to get over your ex:

1. Lose ContactDon’t just unfriend him on Facebook, block him. Don’t tell your friend to tell him you’ve been thinking of him…I know it will be so hard not to text him but girl, you must just be strong.

2. Breathe- Moving from one relationship to another is the worst, cry as much as you want,eat all the ice cream you can get and give yourself time to heal before even thinking about moving on.

Take time to mourn your relationship because honestly it does feel like death

3.Get Active-Ok I know It Up –1Go out this seems exhausting but 4. Live Magazine 0 once in a while, party getting active in gym will really get your mind off the with your close friends break-up and the up side of and get loose…not too loose that you forget this is that you’re getting how you got into that a great work out ,which means when he/she sees guy’s bed. Put on your you again you’ll be looking prettiest outfit…every smoking hot .Getting active girl has that one outfit does not only involve physi- she knows she looks cal activities, it also means the bomb in. You will NOT get over your ex if you should get more involved in mentally stimulat- you don’t get out of the ing activities, like joining a house. That’s a fact. book club or simply helping out at your church once in a while P.S God would love this.

5.Look At The Experience As A Gift- This might sound so stupid right now but hear me out. A change in perspective has the ability to move mountains. What if you could just think about what you’ve learned from this experience? You might be thinking, “Well I learned that he’s a major douche”, and that’s fine, but I want you to focus on YOU. My point is that you need to think critically about the experience and take from it what you can to become a better you.

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aving known that I was going to interview Shane Eagle for a couple weeks, I found myself uncharacteristically nervous about the whole thing, why? I really don’t know, perhaps it came from my stereotypical judgment of him being a cocky, shallow know-it-all that many perceived him to be and that I wouldn’t know how to deal with such a person. Is he gonna think I’m whack and my team is unprofessional, because we’re all a bunch of young guys trying to do something meaningful? Is he gonna walk out on the interview because I may not show the poise and skill of someone like Scoop, who happens to be his colleague or is he be another uninspiring TV show newcomer, who thinks they’re different and can have the entire industry at their feet one day? These are the type of questions I found myself pondering, however he was nothing of that sort, to the contrary he was very much the polar opposite to all of that.

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Having gone to fetch water after 13 being greeted by his manager and still waiting on Shane, I went to buy some water to understandably calm myself down, once I got back I saw a somewhat imposing light-skinned figure with a pink cap and two-very understated- 9ct gold necklaces and my calculated guess was proven to be right in the interview when he said “I got rid of my jewels man, now all my shit is just real, I don’t be rocking no fake shit no more”. Anyway Shane seemed to be very well put together and calm and in a way that energy rubbed off me, as he was able to settle my nerves by simply being himself, which happens to be very calming and humble. Before I carry on with this story, lemme create a bit of a context for those who might know nor understand.

Shane Eagle is rapper from the east rand who entered a competition called “The Hustle” on VUZU, where the judges (AKA, Khuli Chana and Tumi “STOGIE T” Molekane) set out on finding the next great South African Rapper star, which was eventually won by BigStar Johnson who I interviewed in the sixth issue.

Shane Eagle exited the competition, resulting in him coming 4th.

However since then the rapper dropped a singled called “Way Up” featuring BigStar Johnson, in which he admits that he has a “Bittersweet relationship” with, the song received mixed reviews and was later accompanied by my personal favourite “Cutting Corners” which unquestionably led me to believed in Shane Eagle as not only a rapper but an artist that can tap into people’s emotions. . Features on DJ Speedii dont dont like like the the club club ster’s “I want it all” alongside coz coz the the people people are are Nasty C and DJ Switch’s cult hit “NowOrNever” Shane Eagle has pretentious pretentious and and allowed himself to be a recognizf fake ake able figure in the circle of emcee’s in South Africa.

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. All that success seems to have paid off as he’s also landed himself a job presenting on VUZU, which surely helps with a few bills.

In our discussion we get to speak about the general stuff in the1 4 music industry however, we then get to a special point where we literally start connecting and forget about the fact that we’re Now back to real stuff, with his actually on record, which is acmanager and long-time girltually quite a special moment for friend alongside him discussing someone in my profession befinancial and personal plans it cause in my opinion, you’re able was quite evident that Shane has to do the most effective work evolved into a man with serious once you can actively connect responsibilities and commitwith whom you’re talking to. At ments, which is shown in the this moment Shane starts speakmanner in which he even talks ing about how he wants to be as opposed to many people his known for who he truly is and not age, including myself. Yes, mythe gimmicks and nonsense that self included, because for many things like social media and clubs of those who don’t know Shane offer you when you’re in his posiEagle and I are actually the same tion, which then rolls over to how age, but you’re gonna have to he wants to grow as a person, Google his age ‘cause out of re- which will help him grow as a spect for him I’m not going to rapper as well. put the homie on blast like that problems problems (he doesn’t like talking about his in in your your life life age). He oozes maturity and conforce force you you fidence in a humbling way much to to grow grow up up like his favourite rapper J. ColeI think self-assurance is a better term.

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With all this being said, Shane 15 says some truly profound statements about being a human being in the world of rap which is filled with, as we know, many tempting things, however Shane admits that he hates the club and his reasoning at this point is unsurprisingly enlightening as points at that it is because people are “pretentious and fake”. Shane also digs deeper as he points out that its not all it seems to be, thus somewhat confirming the hand to mouth lifestyle myth stating “you can broke as hell but as long as you came in with a bottle or got the section, its all good” but unfortunately its part of the job.

It takes a serious size of cohunes for someone to criticise the very thing that puts food on his table and probably the most important thing in the world of South African celebrities, the idea of perception, that tells you something special about Shane Eagle’s character, which is that he doesn’t govern by what he is supposed to look like nor what he is expected to be, he governs by what he feels and the people he cares for, which eclipses many of the great artists of our time such as Kanye West, AKA and just to stretch it a bit, Tupac.

Shane Eagle truly is an independent spirit, not because he is out there chanting “fuck the labels” like some would do but because he is able to truly stand for himthe thedifference differencebetween betweenbeing being self and back it up, having initially influced and being inspired influced and being inspired when whenyou youinspired inspiredby bysomeone someone being swooped by producer and you grow into yourself you grow into yourself artist extraordinaire,R, Shane Eagle split with JR’s label Feel Good after only 8 months in an attempt to grow his own ambitions which can be seen to be difficult for Magazine

JR most because you’d essentially be throwing away all the potential benefits and relationships that you could gain through someone like JR away, like I said before this man has some serious cohunes. Speaking on his maturity and independent spirit, Shane Eagle sights “problems” as the main key as to he has to be responsible and mature stating “while my homies were worrying about doing the dishes and having their homework ready, I had to drive my dad to rehab… problems in your life force you to grow up”.

In Shane Eagle’s case, that is 16 without a doubt the same case however things have slightly changed since VUZU’s “The Hustle” as the general consensus would be to see him as someone who wants the throne and he definitely shows more than enough ability to do so. Shane Eagle’s self-assurance is epitomised by one statement in relation to his upcoming project stating “whether its 10 people or 10 million that hear that shit, I’ll be satisfied”, which are 14 words that’ll explain him better than this entire article ever can. In a world where sales and figures Speaking on his album Shane Eadetermines success and failure gle still oozes in confidence that as an artist, Shane Eagle tends is so understated, it leaves me to drift from the only bragging to truly question what he has up rights one artist can have over his sleeves. In the world of muanother thus proving his indesic, there’s a general sentiment pendent and mature spirit. Obthat is shared which is that one viously he wouldn’t want just 10 cannot truly judge an artist until people to listen to his project so they have released a body of work make sure you keep a lookout for that will sonically distinguish them a release date on all his social from others. media pages.

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PUMA GOT THE MAJOR KEY by lord fuego

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OVERVIEW The company’s turnaround strategy has profoundly had favourable market challenges, these of which include the evolution of fashion which takes its roots from 80’s, the retro shoes, the crazy colours and hairstyles and velour. With its competitors Nike and Adidas, Puma has stuck very well to its core brand image, Sports and fashion last, which keeps it as a genuine brand that has its representatives live out what they stand for exactly, they heavily invest in parallel cut Opex, where their core brand statement drives their profits in the markets, the fashion world didn’t fully influence their business, the sport did that for them.

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Puma x Dee n Ricky Starting with the collaboration with Dee and Ricky, the two designer brothers from New York, well known for their cool Lego based designs and their influence on street fashion, I mean you should check these guys are, they are super cool, if you didn’t know, now you should go look. Anyways, back to the basket classic, the shoe is really playful with some glossy leather. We’ve seen a few of our respected visionaries on the streets rocking them and turning heads, Tweezy for one copped a pair the same day we shot at the Puma Select in Braamfontein a few months back. We mess with them; you should cop ém for some proper street cred.

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R698 Kosma Pack

The R698 Kosma Pack are what it means to be ahead of time, released in the 80’s. Light on the feet, revamped with the trinomic sole, synthetic suede, air mesh, slimmed down, clean aesthetic.

The Kosma pack was inspired by the autumn hues, the red or orange leaves, and grey skies of autumn the shoe is a classic man.

Dope for a good walk and proper stunting. You can find these at the Puma Select, Cape Town and Johannesburg.

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The Trinomic Sock x Stamp’d

The Trinomic Sock x Stamp is a trailblazing¸ cool ass, slip on. The collaboration continues to bring concurrent youthful style with the lavish and plushy materials signing of with the trinomic sole with the silhouette of the Disc Blaze.

The shoe takes on old school running style of Puma kicks and new school well-groomed style!

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TRAPSTAR x PUMA The London Based fashion label’, Trapstar with Puma has been nothing less of successful. The collaboration has a range of inspirations, the white noise takes its inspiration from Football (the American interpretation of the sport), the shoe, is rather loud, with striking print that clothes the entire shoe except the Outsole and Lining with the Trapstar emblem on the heel notch. Trapstar has the vision of reinventing iconic silhouettes, with this multi-layered shoe, we give the two brands a round of applause.

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