(We’ve done us proud) (I am Australian) Good morning ladies and gentleman‚ I proudly welcome you‚ your family and friends to this citizenship ceremony today. Firstly I would like to pay my respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of this land. The mayor Tom Tate for being here with us today. Our deputy mayor Donna gates. We thank you for coming to see who we are and what we can share with you. What does it mean to be an Australian? Being Australian means having Australian values like
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So there comes a time in everyone’s life when they meet their one true love‚ their sole mate‚ the person they’re going to love for the rest of their life. That moment came for Amy about 22 years ago…when she met me. For those of you who don’t know me‚ I am Amy’s favorite little sister and I would like to thank everyone for coming out tonight‚ I know how much it means to Amy’s and Jon to have all their friends and loved ones here celebrate their happiness with them. Growing up Amy taught me many
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Billy Elliot persuasive speech Dad‚ lastly my desire for dancing has been increasing and the only reason that is hindering me from doing what I really love is you and Tony. I know I’m not just a normal boy as everyone else who plays football or does boxing‚ but I am not like everyone else because what differences me from them is that I have a dream I want to follow‚ I have an objective in my life‚ I want to dance. I know what you think about me‚ the worst son you could ever had‚ a dishonor for
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The couple righted themselves‚ and the husband pulled his wife close. “Thank you‚ Your Highness. I believe this is the first such home built in the kingdom‚ though I am sure there are others available now that are finer.” “No‚ my dear‚ the queen is right‚” said the wife. “This is a marvelous home.” She gazed at him with tenderness as she spoke. “This house was all his idea. He is a master builder.” He squeezed her shoulder. “You inspired it and helped.” “That’s still. I did little more than hand
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Relationship Analysis of Wedding Crashers Love is complicated‚ and there’s no denying the amount of effort it requires to have something real‚ none of that puppy dog crap. People seem to forget that the beginning to all deep‚ intimate relationships is the very first step. It all begins with that first look‚ and that first smile‚ and that first laugh. Like a marionette to a manipulator‚ someone snatches your heart with Cupid’s arrow and makes you dance. Your every thought‚ action‚ perception on
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“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Singer begins his essay by describing two scenarios. The first scenario is about Dora. She was told she could make $1‚000 if she brought a homeless boy to an address. With the money she made she bought herself a television. Later on she was told the boy would be killed and his organs sold. Dora knows that what will happen to the boy is wrong and goes to get the boy back. The next scenario is about Bob. Bob is going to retire soon and invested the majority of
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What do you think about the Singer article? Do you think he’s right? Are we really morally obligated to give to relief efforts and other means of ending suffering until the point at which we would be giving up something of comparable moral worth? Why or why not? I think Singer has hit the nail on the head. Charity‚ or as he calls it‚ duty must be something to which everyone commits. Reading the article echoed what my mother used to say at the dinner table‚ "You know people in Africa would
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Exegetical Peter Singer states that citizens of affluent nations are behaving immorally with the way they react to moral issues like helping those in need and our moral conceptual scheme needs to change. To do so‚ we need to be morally obligated to prevent bad things from happening if it does not require sacrificing something of comparable moral significance. His argument includes this principle where proximity or distance should not be taken into account when deciding whether to prevent something
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“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Summary/Response Melbourne‚ Australia native‚ Peter Singer‚ was born in 1946. Today‚ singer is known as one of the most controversial philosophers. Singer has taught at campuses such as Princeton‚ the University of Colorado and the University of California. Singer has had a long career as an animal rights activist and currently is a professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer also writes books and was published in The New York Times. In Singers
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movement or the animal liberation movement is an effort designed to protect mammals from being mistreated and regarded as property by humans. Peter Singer is known as a Utilitarian and believes in maximizing individual happiness while minimizing nonhuman unhappiness. Singer claims that all human beings have the same worth as all nonhuman animals. Singer continued to argue that all animals are equal and the ethical principle on which human equality is based should be extended to animals. “Animal liberationists
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