(Beautiful Samoa) Samoa is a group of islands; Western Samoa and American Samoa. These islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand‚ together they are slightly smaller than Rhode Island. Don’t let the small size fool you‚ these islands are full of rich life and culture. The pre-Western history of Eastern Samoa (now American Samoa) is bound with the history of Western Samoa (now independent Samoa). The Manu’a Islands of American Samoa has one of
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After watching the movie A Beautiful Mind with Russell Crowe as John Nash‚ my views on mental illness have greatly changed. I have learned a good deal about mental illness after watching this movie. When I think of someone with a mental illness I usually think of some guy in a mental institution in a straight jacket. This movie showed me that mentally ill people can still lead very productive and happy lives. This story demonstrate the strength of the human spirit because although the character
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A Beautiful Mind The movie “A Beautiful Mind” directed by Ron Howard is based on the real story of mathematician John F. Nash Jr.‚ played by Russell Crow. John Nash was a gifted young man from West Virginia that‚ while studying in Princeton‚ created his “game theory” also knows as “Nash equilibrium”‚ which was the break through in modern economics‚ and for which he got the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics later on in his life. Also except his extraordinary mind John Nash had a psychological
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Hawaii An Exotic Place Hawaii is an island paradise. The beaches are incredibly beautiful and the air has a fragrance of flower perfumed exotic vegetation. The beaches are wide with bright white or dark volcanic sand. Coconut palm trees grow in the beach sand. A few of the many gorgeous beaches are Waikiki and Waimanalo on Oahu‚ and Lahaina and Kaanapali on Maui. Step off the beach and one comes in contact with flower perfumed exotic vegetation. It is like being in one gigantic garden. Tropical
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Throughout the film‚ A Beautiful Mind (2001)‚ the main character John Nash experiences a series of strange events that ultimately lead him to believe that he is being pursued by top officials in the CIA. Later in the film‚ we come to find out that most of the events in addition to some of the characters are just a figment of John’s imagination as he is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. According to the DSM-IV-TR‚ criteria for this type of schizophrenia under Axis I consists of "preoccupation
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dystopian sci-fi novel for young adults. It is the first book in an epic trilogy that is continued in Prodigy and Champion. Based on a retelling of Les Miserables‚ Legend is “impossible to put down and even harder to forget” (Kami Garcia‚ author of Beautiful Creatures). Set in a futuristic Los Angeles‚ Legend is told from the perspective of two main characters from contrasting backgrounds‚ June and Day. In this novel‚ the United States of America no longer exists‚ but has been replaced by two warring
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A Dark Climb to a Beautiful Sky When I ask a person to tell me what ambition means to them‚ the regular response I get is‚ a strong desire to do or to achieve something‚ typically requiring determination and hard work. Now ambition means so much more to me. Without the strong ambition some people have‚ the world would not be the remarkable yet atrocious place it is today. Ambition…. “Wow” it’s hard to put this complex word into simple terms. Its meaning is so much deeper than strong desires to achieve
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Some music video’s use socio-cultural codes to construct the visual narrative and structure of their work. For example the music video of Christina Aguilera’s song ‘Beautiful’‚ ‘packed with a message of holding one’s self up against criticism from the outside.’¹‚ shows the insecurities people have with what society portrays to be beautiful. Such as showing characters throughout the video struggling with body image‚ sexual preference and bullying. The characters develop throughout the video‚ showing
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments The author of the ten most beautiful experiments‚ George Johnson‚ plays an important role in the book by writing it from his own perspective. Johnson is an American journalist and a science writer. He even cohosts "Science Saturday" which is a live online weekly discussion‚ clearly related to science. These facts could help readers know that the author knows what he’s talking about and has legitimate reasons behind each and every opinion he has.
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Beautiful Child When I picked Beautiful Child off the bookshelf‚ I was expecting something a little different. I was prepared to read another run-of-the-mill book about child abuse‚ neglect‚ and the difficulties in saving one child from a horrific home life. However‚ I decided to read this book‚ even though it didn’t look very interesting; after all‚ I was taught not to judge a book by its cover. Sitting down to read later that night‚ I was pleasantly surprised. Not only is Beautiful Child a good
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