Final Fantasy X

Director Matthew Vaughn has a very accomplished track record; Kick-Ass is a breath of fresh air amid the abundance of Marvel superhero flicks, X-Men: First Class is a hugely entertaining romp that serves as the franchise’s finest, and Stardust, despite being rarely mentioned, is a competent and non-formulaic addition to the fantasy genre. You can imagine my disappointment, then, at Kingsman: The Secret Service, a spy caper devoid of any heart or wit that we have come to expect of the director. The

through the metal bars and splashed against my sweaty face. I was sprinting, running faster than I ever had before. Clusters of bodies surrounded me as a tried to maneuver my way through the world's hardest obstacle course as I settled down to make a final leap of faith. I was fourteen years old, and at this moment I didn’t know that what was about to happen would alter my life forever. As I pushed and gained ground, I felt my body go limp. A sudden shock dropped straight into my right knee. I dropped

begin their quest to overthrow Queen Redd. After completing the Looking Glass Maze, she storms the palace and faces off against her aunt, the person who brought darkness upon Alyss’ world. Redd was just not powerful enough to defeat Alyss and in her final moments she throws herself into an object known as the Heart

Berlioz describes the march as both “gloomy and ferocious...solemn and brilliant…” Describe specific sections of the music that depict those particular adjectives. March to the Scaffold tells the story of a troubled young artist for the quest for his true love. The fourth movements show the nightmarish character: that the young artist dreams that he has killed his true love and is executed for his crime. "In" the end the man’s head is cut right off, and the movement comes to a joyous conclusion

7 BEST RANDOM NAME GENERATOR TOOLS: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a popular reference to William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, often used to imply that the names of things do not affect what they really are. Well, this might have been a correct reference in olden times. But, we live in the 21st century, and choosing the perfect names, be it for our business or for our children, is of utmost priority. What's in a name? A name is something you turn to when you hear it being

provided by Jekyll, Hyde thrives and can do anything he wants. Even in the very first moments of their separation, Hyde displays his new-found control by affecting Jekyll’s body. “Evil, … had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay” (Stevenson X, 78). From this declaration from Jekyll’s own confession, Hyde is proven to have had control over Jekyll to affect even the body after the first dosage of Jekyll’s cocktail of drugs. When the doctor is away, “Hyde” is in the metaphorical “cockpit” and

The Human Genome Project "Today we are learning the language in which God created life . . . humankind is on the verge of gaining immense new power to heal. Genome science will have a real impact on all our lives, and even more on the lives of our children. It will revolutionise the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of most, if not all, human diseases." - Bill Clinton, June 2002. The Human Genome Project came into existence in the late 1980 's as scientist from around the world aimed

Glenn Atmadji 1 The Empathy of Immersion in Sex and Sexuality in Video Games The way one presents oneself is usually an ample enough reason to be judged positively or negatively. This factor is usually amplified by the surrounding and setting set for the subject, and it usually determines whether the subject’s self-presentation is fitting or being completely inappropriate to his or her surroundings. In video games, the issue of women being misrepresented by her role as a sex object and over-sexualized

The golden age of Islamic (and/or Muslim) art lasted from 750 to the 16th century, when ceramics, glass, metalwork, textiles, illuminated manuscripts, and woodwork flourished. Lustrous glazing was an Islamic contribution to ceramics. Islamic luster-painted ceramics were imitated by Italian potters during the Renaissance. Manuscript illumination developed into an important and greatly respected art, and portrait miniature painting flourished in Persia. Calligraphy, an essential aspect of written Arabic

and soul-stirring as can literature of the present. Using imagination and creativity, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has defined literature as transformative. In this seven-book series J.K Rowling imagined and creatively pieced together a fantasy world of muggles, wizards, tyrants, and heroes to symbolically share with readers problems plaguing modern society. Similar to Shelley’s work of the past, never before have readers in the modern era seen teenage and adult mania surrounding an 11-year-old