In the article “On teenagers and Tattoos‚” Andres Martin (2000) addresess the arguable topic of teenagers receiving tattoos and piercings. Martin covered an abundance of standpoints‚ from the teenager’s point of view to the parent’s concern. “They are ubiquitous‚ having entered the circles of glamour and the mainstream fashion‚ and they have even become an increasingly common feature of our urban youth.” (para. 1). Martin‚ throughout the article‚ tackles why adolescents may desire a tattoo or piercing
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Midterm- Females of Today Do you think that Louise accurately represents a woman of our times? Why or why not? “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus is about a girl named Louise. Louise is an overweight girl. When she was nine years old her mother tells her that being fat or overweight is not pretty‚ when she gets to high school if she’s still overweight that boys will not pay any attention to her. Her mother would make her eat “bare” meals‚ if she at a potato during dinner she would have to skip dessert
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P.E. Essay: Rafa Nadal Rafael Nadal. He is arguably one of the greatest menʼs tennis players to date. He was born as Rafael Nadal Parera in Manacor‚ Mallorca‚ Spain‚ on March 6th‚ 1986. Nadal began playing tennis at age four with his uncle Toni‚ who is his long-time coach. He used to play with a two-handed forehand and backhand before his uncle made him change at age nine or 10 to a one-handed forehand. Also‚ Rafa plays left-handed but writes right-handed. He played his only‚ and first‚ junior
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1The focus of chapter 3 deals with the formation of the Katipunan and how it was very well connected to the people’s belief in the "Pasyon" and liwang ng loob. 2In truth‚ the Katipunan was supposedly formed to bring hope to the people and fulfill the religious belief that the Filipinos will be saved. 3Ileto‚ as an introduction‚ narrates and talks about in length‚ the Katipunan’s history‚ especially when it comes to Bonifacio and Aguinaldo’s fight. 4What is important though in this chapter is the
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Aguinaldo’s Worst Enemies by Manuel L. Quezon‚ III ...I. for my part‚ have done everything possible to avoid it‚ although at the cost of many rights uselessly sacrificed... My government can not remain indifferent in view of [the] violent and aggressive seizure of its territory by a nation which has arrogated to itself the title champion of oppressed nations. Thus...my government is disposed to open hostilities [if America attacks the Visayas]. Upon their heads be all the blood which may be shed
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are simply on a different level than any other current‚ or indeed recent‚ player. They have both dominated an era of football drawing comparisons to the very greats of the game such as Pelé and Diego Maradona - but which one is a better player? Messi had a golden year in 2012‚ breaking all sorts of records and is widely considered the best player in the world and perhaps ever. However‚ Ronaldo‚ for me‚ seems to be the more complete and superior player. He is
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Veneration Without Understanding is an article written by Renato Constantino who expresses and states what a real hero possess. It is not Dr. Jose Rizal who is the leader of our revolution but Bonifacio who thought of starting the KKK to fight for the real freedom. In no uncertain terms he placed himself against Bonifacio and those Filipinos who were fighting for the country’s liberty. The Philippine Revolution has always been overshadowed by the omnipresent figure and the towering reputation of
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Pablo Picasso’s Surrealism Surrealism was a movement that began in the early part of 1920s. Surrealism‚ unlike other art forms‚ can be characterized by “fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). In a sense‚ it wouldn’t make much sense to the naked eye‚ as the paintings do not appear like a normal object that we see in our day to day life. Rather it creates strange and illogical creatures out of everyday objects. Picasso was a great artist
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The work of the Spanish painter Paco Pomet (Granada‚ 1970) inserts itself against the flow in the contemporary visual culture of intensive production of images vindicating the use of the imagination to challenge the common‚ and obsolete‚ perception of reality. For the execution of his paintings‚ the artist selects anonymous images‚ usually from photographic archives‚ and reproduces them with astonishing accuracy and exceptional technical mastery. Along with this operation‚ Pomet distorts the meaning
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Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figuera in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter‚ named Ramon Pichot. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist
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