A video game that has arguably the biggest fanbase out of all gaming, contains the the most tragic storyline in a video game, and is still the highest requested game for international release. Mother 3 is the sequel to Mother and Mother 2 ( Known in America as EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound) and unlike its predecessors, Mother 3 has been japanese exclusive ever since it first came out on April 20th, 2006. Nintendo, the company that makes all of these games, claims that the game still faces…
A person’s ethnicity is often defined by their belonging in a social group that share the same cultural traditions, e.g. language, religion and customs that are passed down through time, from one generation to the next. Ethnic groups can span both a broad and narrow aggregation, an example would be that, people living in the United Kingdom are coined as British, however, they can also be more accurately presented as Scottish, Welsh, Irish or English. This is not to be mistaken for race, the…
Tarzan, Cinderella, and The Lion King.” I can’t say how many times I read those books over and over. I went on to read more and more of those books, but this time they had some chapters. Books such as “Where The Wild Things Are, Charlotte’s Web, and Frog and Toad Are Friends.” There are probably many more not listed but these are just to name a few.…
When Niobe, a princess from Lydia married the king of Thebes, Amphion, she resented Leto and refused to worship her. Niobe believed since she gave birth to seven boys and seven girls and possessed divine blood through an ancestor, that she was superior to the mother of…
Leto was however still not safe and was pursued by Hera across the sea to Lycia. There Leto asked the local peasants for a drink of water but was rejected. Angered, the mother of Apollo turned the village people into croaking frogs (Freeman 37). Upon her return to the mainland, Leto was confronted by a giant named Tityus near the mountains of Delphi. When he attempted to rape the goddess, Apollo and Artemis intervened and defended their mother. The giant was later punished by…
Every once in a while there is someone who changes the world of movies forever. One of the most influential movie makers was Walt Disney. Walt Disney went through many trials before making it to the top of the success ladder. But when he did, he thrived there. He created movies and characters that now star in many animated Disney movies today. Disney was, in short, one of the most amazing people to walk the earth. Walter Elias Disney, also known as Walt Disney, was born in Hermosa, Illinois, on…
We as humans are almost trained to identify, and determine our gender by our biological sex. The words “gender” and “sex” are commonly used interchangeably. The definition of the word “sex” is the classification of people based on genitalia, commonly known as male and female. Gender refers to social norms, and stereotypical, behavioral, and cultural traits. This is usually dictated by society. Society tends to ostracize people whose gender do not go hand-in-hand with their biological sex.…
Buffett is an advocate of Graham’s investing principles. He uses his purchase of Washington Post Company to illustrate those principles. Buffett and others estimated the intrinsic value at between $400 and $500 million while the market price was $100 million. The key thing that Buffett takes from Graham’s principles is the practice of buying good businesses at market discounts compared to the underlying value. A common misconception is that the market provides the most accurate price. Buffett…
Wordless Picture Book A Ball for Daisy by Schwartz & Wade. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, for wordless books anyone who picks them suddenly becomes an author in my opinion because you have to create a story with your Imaginations as you see the pictures from the book. My point of view of the story goes a little something with Daisy, who is in love with playing and chewing on her red ball. She rolls over on her back and holds the ball on her stomach. After Daisy takes her nap the…
The third week of school was going by a lot quicker than the first two. Most of the students haven’t even bother showing up to class. They’re going to look real dumb if they can’t last through till the end of the semester. “A little less than a week to go before the divorce option becomes available students,” Mrs. Sorun broadcasted to the few of us who actually showed up on that Wednesday. “How have you been holding up this far in the game?” I thought I was the only one having it bad. Half of…