Did you know that Selena Gomez became famous when she was 8 years old? She was raised by a teenage mother and grew up poor. She really wanted to be on TV so her mom found her an audition for "Barney and Friends" and she got the role . Over the years Selena has won 38 awards. Selena is one of the most entertaining performers of her generation. Selena Gomez was born in Grand Prairie‚ Texas on July 22‚1992. Her mother Mandy Teefey was single and only 16 years old when she had Selena. Since she didn’t
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Imagine that you are walking by a small pond‚ and you see a child drowning. You might think that it is common sense that you or any other spectator ought to save the child because it is your duty as a human. In Applying Virtue to Ethics‚ Julia Annas uses this notable philosophical example to illustrate her argument that contrary to our initial intuition‚ virtue ethics does not account for moral demands from duty or obligation. However‚ I (and possibly Aristotle) disagree with Annas’ account of virtue
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Edward Said once wrote that exile is an “unhealable rift”‚ but can also be an “enriching” experience. These are contradicting statements however they go hand in hand in the concept of exiling. In Chinua Achebe’s novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ the protagonist experiences this tragic situation. Through being exiled‚ Okonkwo faces his cowardliness and the significance of understanding different cultures. From the very beginning of the novel‚ Okonkwo displays a deep loathing towards cowards and woman-like
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ancient times‚ to modern times‚ there is a never ending list of influential chefs that have achieved so much in a lifetime. One of those significant chefs is named Julia Child. This woman changed the view of at-home cooking. She made cooking easier and more affordable for the average family meals‚ along with tricks to save failing meal. Julia Child was born in Pasadena‚ California in 1912. She graduated from Smith College with a small interest in becoming a writer‚ but stuck to writing in her diary
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Blake and the “Universal Man” In his poem “The Little Black Boy” from “Songs of Innocence‚” William Blake exposes his white Christian audience to an innocent little black boy who narrates his own story. The little boy‚ sitting under a tree in his mother’s lap‚ learns a valuable lesson about color and God. This poem was written as the abolitionist movement was recently becoming known. Blake and other writers participated to advance the cause of this movement by exposing the white Christian audience
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Universal Healthcare Universal healthcare in my opinion is the most important discussion we’ve had in this class up to this point. I say this because it is a current affair that will reshape and redefine our country socially and economically. While the idea of universal healthcare looks phenomenal on paper there has been no data to prove that this proposed system will work efficiently anywhere but on paper. I am against the idea of universal or government run healthcare
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physicalities of the three films I chose‚ Mamma Mia!‚ The River Wild‚ and Julie and Julia‚ were quite different since Meryl Streep played three separate roles‚ each having nothing to do with the others. However‚ there were a few striking similarities between the films since Streep was still herself‚ and she has mannerisms that are specific to her. For example‚ in Julie and Julia‚ Meryl Streep plays famous American cook‚ Julia Child‚ who was 6’2” when she was living. While Streep is only 5’6”‚ the make-up
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So much has been written about Castro and his rhetoric‚ and I‚ admittedly‚ want to get in on the action. I believe much more can be carefully pulled from his kilometric speeches. Fidel Castro was the revolution‚ thus‚ understanding the leader will perhaps start to clarify the past 50+ years. I am fascinated by Castro and his rhetorical skills‚ yet have been warned by the exile community in which I grew up of the man’s cunning nature. With so much passionate hatred for the man so evident among family
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the first word I wrote in my notebook. This key concept was particularly interesting and though-provoking. It helped me develop ideas about Eastern Europe from the start of Unit 1. It made me think about borderlands all over the world‚ not just in Eastern Europe. I started to wonder what exactly defines where a country ends‚ does it really end at the borderland? Julia Sushytska explains in her article “what is Eastern Europe – a philosophical approach” how “borderlands are the territories in which
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Julia Morgan Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco‚ California January 20‚ 1872 but she raised in Oakland‚ California. She received her undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of California‚ Berkeley. She was the only woman to receive the degree in 1894. She was such a great student that her instructors suggested for her to travel to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. However‚ when she arrived in Paris she was refused admission to the school for two years because
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