Lea Salonga Salonga made her professional debut in 1978 at the age of seven in the musical The King and I by Repertory Philippines. She became the lead star of Annie and joined other productions such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof‚ Fiddler on the Roof‚ The Rose Tattoo‚ The Sound of Music‚ The Goodbye Girl‚ Paper Moon and The Fantasticks. She began her recording career at the age of ten with her first album‚ Small Voice‚ which received a gold certification. A song on the album‚ the duet "Happiness"‚
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Music has always been a part of us ever since the begging of time. It’s been with us threw the happy‚ great times and also for the not so happy bad times. We can express ourselves with music by telling a story with in the lyrics and even with the beat showing‚ telling how we are feeling. It can be a cheerful‚ carefree‚ joyful beat‚ to gloomy‚ mournful‚ blue beat‚ but not everyone has the same taste in music. Music it’s self is unbelievably stunning and so breathtaking. Music has made an impact
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Images people once thought of as funny and humorous are now thought to be very hurtful and racial. Over eighty years ago‚ The Mammy was thought to be one of the most enduring images of the African-American woman. The Mammy grew out of slavery and the location of black women in the entanglement of social relations in a biracial slave society. The boundaries have been defined of the acceptable and unacceptable black female behavior. However‚ since time has elapsed the image of the Mammy has turned
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Jackson Cruz English Professor Downs 14 october 2013 Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love Background Figure 1: Diane Downs. Photograph. Police Officer. Diane Downs’ 1988 Prison Interview. The Oprah Winfrey Show. 22 Oct. 2010 Diane Downs was born in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ U.S. to Wes and Willadene Frederickson on August 7‚ 1955. In her early life‚ she was molested by her father when she was a little child. She went to Moon Valley High School in Phoenix and met her future
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The New Jim Crow The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness‚ by Michelle Alexander‚ is a book about the discrimination of African Americans in today ’s society. One of Alexander ’s main points is the War on Drugs and how young African American males are targeted and arrested due to racial profiling. Racial profiling‚ discrimination‚ and segregation is not as popular as it used to be during the Civil War‚ however‚ Michelle Alexander digs deeper‚ revealing the truth about
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would have simply survived‚ living life in anonymity. Oprah Winfrey is an example of someone who came from brutal roots to shine in her choice line of work. Winfrey‚ born to a teenage mother‚ grew up through her early life with acutely lacking education‚ and was sexually abused multiple times before she was even a teenager. She suffered through these horrendous experiences‚ committing to overcome them and not allow them to define her. Winfrey‚ through a struggle she was forced to become accustomed
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With more and more people using cellular phones‚ a new debate has surfaced. Should there be laws against using cell phones while driving? The statistics about distracted driving‚ which includes any type of distraction‚ show that distracted driving causes accidents. According to the United States Department of Transportation‚ 5‚747 people were killed because of driving distractions and approximately 448‚000 were injured in 2009 alone (1) Using a cell phone is just another way that driver are
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The number of children being born into single parent households has been on the rise over these past years. Amongst all of the races‚ African American children happen to be the most common being born to single parents. It is currently over 70% of African American babies who are born to single parents. These numbers have been on the rise since the 1940’s and the question today is why are the numbers so high now than before? To answer that question‚ there are three main reasons why according to Mclanahan
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These three celebrities each have suffered through different experiences growing up‚ but they didn’t let those past experiences stop them from moving on in life. Beyoncé was bullied at school but‚ she kept moving forward regarding what others said. Oprah was molested and lost a child but she kept living life. Demi Lovato was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder‚ but she got help and moved past it. “I had a chance to stand still or move forward. To let things happen or make things happen. Everyday i wake
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As most of us know‚ operating a motor vehicle while impaired is never an intelligent decision. When someone drives under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs‚ they can cause issues that affect Canadian’s nation-wide. The financial cost of accidents‚ fatalities‚ and traumatic injuries are three reasons why impaired driving is a terrible idea. Firstly‚ the costs of accidents caused by impaired drivers are staggering. The deaths‚ injuries‚ and property damages of these accidents all present a substantial
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