1. Introduction Nowadays pop idol-worship has become increasing prevalent in Hong Kong and it nearly turns to be part of the life for many teenagers. I have found that there are many newspaper articles that are related to pop idol-worship and some of the cases shown in the newspaper have even turned to extremeness. Referring to a survey conducted by the City University of Hong Kong in 2007‚ the top ten most popular idols in Hong Kong‚ eight of them are pop idols1. Also‚ a survey from the Centre
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Andy Warhol Andrew Warhola is considered to be the “founder and a major figure of the pop art movement”. He was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1928. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology‚ where he majored in pictorial design. He worked as an illustrator in many magazines including Vogue‚ Harpers Bazaar and the New Yorker‚ but‚ his big break was in 1949‚ when he illustrated for Glamour Magazine. Andy Warhol was born with the name Andrew Warhola‚ he dropped the “a” when his
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Pop music in the 21st Century Hello! Everyone‚ It’s the weekly podcast. I’m Terry Lam. Today I’m going to talk about pop music in the 21st Century. Basically‚ pop music is short for popular music and nowadays‚ there are many different countries in the world are doing pop music like Britain‚ America‚ Korea‚ Japan‚ Africa and China‚ and among all of these countries‚ recently the most famous pop music country is Korea and Japan which is called K-pop and J-pop and they are very popular through the
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Mom and Pop met in high school. She was the beautiful cheerleader‚ and he was the scruffy‚ skinny kid that knew what to do with his fists. He got rough that way for having to carry a garbage pail home from the school cafeteria to feed his mother’s backyard rabbits and chickens. He carried the bucket of scraps with one hand and used his fist with the other. Sometimes he had to set the garbage pail on the ground and use both fists. By high school‚ everyone knew to leave Pop alone. He might look small
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endometrial lining with suction” (Greenberg‚ Bruess & Conklin‚ 2010). “Should Parental Involvement Be Required for Minors ’ Abortions?” by Hyman Rodman. In 1973‚ the U.S Supreme Court gave constitutional authorization to women’s’ right to abortion after Roe vs. Wade case. “The basis for the Court ’s decision was a woman ’s right to privacy: "This right of privacy‚ whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment ’s concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action‚ as we feel it is‚ or‚ as the
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November 30‚ 2012 Soda Pop More and more young people are experiencing hypertension and childhood obesity‚ and because of which are seemingly becoming more prone to various diseases (Should Government Tax Sugary Drinks?). Many take a stand on the issue‚ as New York for example no longer allows the use of trans fats in their restaurants. Still the cost of unhealthy food has remained nearly the same‚ while the cost of a high yield diet has soared beyond that of the rate of inflation (Should Government
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greatest and most influential periods of Italian art…”‚ the Renaissance and the Baroque periods were ones that relied heavily on the Classical art style‚ along with its ideals (Mules‚ n.d.). It affected art all the way through the 1700s‚ up until a new wave of artists decided to get brave and try new things. One on the ways that showed the Classical tradition was still alive was that they still used the Church as the biggest influential patron of art. Many paintings and sculptures pictured holy/religious
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Replacement for Maize Mohammed‚ L. and ⃰Y. Garba Department of Animal Science‚ Faculty of Agriculture‚ Bayero University‚ PMB 3011‚ Kano. Corresponding author email: lukman10000@gmail.com ⃰ Centre for Dryland Agriculture Bayero Unoversity Kano. Abstract Serum haematology and biochemical profile of weaner rabbits fed graded levels of yam peels replacing maize were evaluated. The experiment which lasted fifty-six days using 15 weaner rabbits was laid in a randomized complete block design using five
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Pop Culture Popular culture is your friend. Popular culture is good for you. Today consumers are the dictators. The people have spoken and we wish to be satisfied with something more substantial than "Perfect Strangers" and The Monkees. And we have that now‚ for the most part. In his article "Watching TV Makes You Smarter‚" Steven Johnson argues that culture today is far different from that of the glory days of the 1970s. Culture today is more demanding cognitively. He introduces what he calls
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How To Make Cake Pops What is a cake pop? A cake pop is basically a cake in lollipop form. They can be shaped into any desired form‚ such as a flower‚heart‚ or round. Nowadays‚ they are more popular than the conventional cupcake. There are several steps needed to make cake pops. The first step is to gather all the ingredients. One of the most important items is to buy cake mix and
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