A singer I admire As we grow older‚ we find someone to looks up to. Some of us admire celebrities‚ family‚ and friends. I admire Andy Lau. A star of over 100 films and one of Asia’s most popular singers‚ Andy Lau was born on September 27‚ 1961 in Hong Kong. He grew up in a very poor area where there was not even running water. The young Andy had to make up to eight trips a day to collect water for his family. Despite financial problems‚ Andy’s parents encouraged him to do well in school‚ and upon
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that we all spend money on luxury goods for ourselves at the cost of other lives? If we can prevent something bad from happening at a comparatively small cost to ourselves‚ we should indeed do so and do have a responsibility on situations like this. Singer states that we ought to prevent death and suffering from lack of food‚ shelter and medical care. As many may think that they have nothing to do with this‚ they clearly do. Many individuals would rather spend money on a shirt that they do not need
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was fun but the only thing that filled my mind was the absence of my mother. I guess to a little‚ five year old girl‚ all the excitement and adventures couldn’t mean as much as her mother. The film‚ Hook‚ is relatively a recent version of J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan‚ which was first introduced in 1902 novel‚ The Little white bird. There have been many other versions created‚ including Peter and Wendy‚ which was published in1911 and Walt Disney’s 1953 animation‚ Peter Pan. There are
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Never Stop Trying My favorite Korea pop singer is Ailee because she is a talented person and she is my role model. Whenever I’m feeling down‚ her music makes me happy and relaxed. I accidentally heard her song few months ago in a coffee shop and I love her singing right away. She has an amazing voice. Her voice sounds like an angel sings. She also has been studying how to rap on her own. She is not just can sing well but she is also a pretty good dancer. She started her singing career by making
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Michael S. Veruasa BSCS 3 Logic Practice makes perfect. The Manila Chamber Singers rehearsed prior to the formal presentation to make certain they’ll satisfy the crowd and satisfaction is an understatement—it was an amazing performance that will leave an indelible mark on my inner artistic self. When the first song was showcased—our national anthem‚ I knew right there and then that I got more than what I paid for. I couldn’t remember the last time that the LupangHinirang gave me goosebumps
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TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE! 1. Which of the following is not part of Mill’s Principle of Utility? A. Actions are to be judged right or wrong solely in virtue of their consequences and nothing else. B. In assessing the consequences of some act‚ the only thing that matters (from an ethical point of view) is the amount of happiness or unhappiness that is created. Nothing else is relevant. C. The good of the community is a function of the happiness of the members that comprise it. D. People have a moral
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tricks the viewer and the detective to believe that Peter is the killer. There is never any direct evidence to indicate that Peter murdered anyone. Peter’s Schizophrenia is used as an explanation for his strange behavior and for his reason of presumed murder. The idea that the classification affects other people’s perception and expectation of those classified in a certain category is well illustrated through the librarian who when asked if Peter did anything to her‚ answers “He didn’t do anything
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Article “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” the author Singer argues that there is no reason why Americans don’t donate money if they can afford countless of luxuries that are not essential to their lives and health. Singer’s solution is suggesting every America to stop using money to buy anything that they do not need and donate the saved money to all kinds of charities. I believe that Singer’s plan is a great idea and should come into effect as soon as possible. The Singer Solution to World
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“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” You bought those new Jordans yet? How about the new iPad? What if I told you that you could possibly save a child’s life with that money? In his September 5‚ 1999 New York Times Magazine article “The Singer Solution to World Poverty‚” Peter Singer goes in on American consumerism and its connection to world poverty. He also explains how donating $200 to overseas aid organizations like UNICEF and Oxfam America is enough to “help a sickly 2-year-old transform
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In the New York Times Article “ the Singer Solution to World Poverty” the author Peter Singer argues that there is no reason why Americans don’t donate money to the needy when they can afford countless of luxury that are not essential to the preservation of their lives and health. Singer pursue the audience with two different situations trying to motivate the reader to donate money instantly. The fist situation comes from a Brazilian film‚ Central Station in which a woman called Dora‚ a retired
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