Fred Wilson—the Artist Simple and complicated‚ Fred Wilson is an installation artist and political activist. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Purchase College‚ State University of New York in 1976. Fred Wilson was born in 1954 in The Bronx‚ New York (Fred Wilson‚ Art21.org). He is an American artist‚ with African-American and Caribbean descent (Fred Wilson‚ Artspace.com). Fred Wilson still lives in New York today. He is most known for his conceptual art. He is quoted as saying‚
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Speech Title: ______Don’t Smoke! _________________________ Specific Purpose: To inform my audience that smoking is harmful in many ways and to try and persuade them not to do it. Central Idea: Smoking is very harmful to the body and can cause many diseases‚ so people should reconsider it before they do it. Introduction Attention: Hey everyone‚ my name’s Katie Jakubec‚ and today I’m going to be talking a little bit about why you shouldn’t smoke. I think pretty much everyone’s already
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* We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine‚ law‚ business‚ engineering‚ these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry‚ beauty‚ romance‚ love‚ these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman‚ "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these
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The Accidental Artist "--- you don’t reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings ... serendipitously." -- John Barth‚ The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor by Angelo T. Salazar Elmo Makil’s career in music apparently happened by accident. "I did not decide to get into music. It was decided for me!" he reflects. He recalls attending a summer music seminar in Baguio City. After two days‚ he walked into the church
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Nory Solares Music 8 Brodbeck‚ D 20 April 2015 Mark Sullivan‚ “‘More Popular Than Jesus’: The Beatles and the Religious Far Right Author(s)‚” Popular Music 6/3 (October 1987): 313–26. John Lennon >Jesus The reading begins with an introduction to what brought on the controversy of the Beatles being greater than Jesus. It is done so by introducing the quote that stared the problem that was said by John Lennon. The reading allow the reader to establish an understanding to how big of an issue was
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Is Texting Harmful? Ashley Robertson ELA B 10b Words June 1st 2013 Is texting harmful? Is it effecting younger generations? Teenagers and adults text when crossing the street and during meal times. They do it throughout the day at school and late at night. Some people even do it so much that there thumbs begin to hurt. People often and send and receive an average of 2‚272 text messages per month. That’s about 80 messages a day and the amount of text messages can
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Opposition of position Charles Mattison EN1420 Computers are taking over the world‚ and no one can do anything about it. Summary In my first opposition I find the tale of science fiction over the mind. Here we see a lot of people believe TV over facts far as most things go. The idea here though is that computers will never take over because they are not built to. Most computers don’t even know the things they are program to recognize. For instance the GPS will get u close but
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ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY The act of illegal downloading and its effect on the entertainment industry is an argument that has provoked many different reactions and opinions from many people in many different industries around the globe. In this essay the author will examine the different aspects to this argument‚ both positive and negative‚ and also share their own opinions and experiences. However‚ the main focus of the essay is on the side of the file sharer
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Harmful Effects of Participation Trophies Studies reported to Evan Grossman of Men’s Journal have shown that the generation of people reaching adulthood now are considered a bunch of “self-obsessed‚ irresponsible‚ and unmotivated generation of false achievers.” What could have caused this? A huge cause of this is what is known as the “self-esteem movement” according to Evan Grossman of Men’s Journal. Kids are given rewards and trophies for participation and maybe even just showing up to simply build
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Great Filipino Music Artists (80’s – Present) Basil Valdez Like many Filipino singers in the 1970s‚ Valdez started solo on his career as a folk singer. In 1972‚ he joined the Circus Band and after it was disbanded‚ he released Ngayon at Kailanman‚ his first solo album. In the Circus Band‚ he met Ryan Cayabyab‚ who was then part of other band. When Valdez was preparing his album Ngayon at Kailanman‚ he asked Cayabyab to give a few songs‚ he did. Cayabyab stands as Valdez’s musical director for
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