Development at the Institute for the Future. She is the author of the book Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World. Mrs. McGonigal was bedridden after a concussion‚ she gave herself a prescription by creating a collaborative multiplayer game to get through it‚ called Superbetter. She states that the game helped her get better‚ and for many‚ virtual games can improve our real lives. . In Superbetter‚ players set a goal (health or wellness)
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Should the press be completely free? Definition of the press:- The press is the way that focus on delivering news to the general public or to a specific public through papers The role of the press in the society:- Newspapers are the important means of forming public opinion. They comment on current events and criticise or appreciate the conduct of the Government. It is through them that the public comes to know the problems that face the country. Thus they educate the public mind and enable
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The Night of the Broken Glass The Nazis killed over 11 million people‚ including 6 million Jews and 1.1 million children between 1930-1945. The Night of the Broken Glass took place on November 9‚ 1938‚ and gets its name from the glass that lay on the streets the next morning. On this night over 250 synagogues were burned‚ and over 7‚000 Jewish-owned businesses were destroyed. The Nazi’s blamed the start of The Night of the Broken Glass on the killing of a German ambassador in Paris.
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Analysis of the use of poetic devices This analysis aims to show how Green Day’s lyrics have become more complex and sophisticated. I will focus on the use of poetic devices in these lyrics to demonstrate that although they are using fairly simple language‚ the writing is not as simple as it seems. Most of the verses use both end-rhyme and internal rhyme: I’m walking down the line That divides me somewhere in my mind All of the verses use a lot of alliteration‚ for example: My shadow’s the
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The Spanish conquistadors were successful in their battles against the inhabitants of the New World largely due to the native disunity among the various tribes of Mexico. Local tribes had differing political‚ religious‚ and cultural beliefs‚ and often waged wars against each other. As a result‚ an enemy’s enemy often became an ally‚ as evidenced in Cortes’ alliance with the Tlaxcalteca group. Tlaxcalteca was an enemy of Cholula‚ and members in the Traxcalteca community “brought certain rumors to
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wouldn’t understand her “broken” English. She tells us the different circumstances and struggles when her mother had been ignored for her English. One scenario‚ she recalls speaking on the phone‚ pretending to be her mother so that the stock broker would be understand what the problem was and the demanded for the overdue money. This demonstrates one person living of broken English requires another person speaking to peruse into fixing the situation.
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In Dana Gioia’s “The Angel with the Broken Wing the thoughts of an angel statue that is lamenting about its distance from God and its brokenness. The language use introduces a truth about distance from God and brokenness: it is only in the presence of God that brokenness is able to be acknowledged. The language is an evocation of longing for a time where nothing was broken and anything could call out to God and be heard. The angel contrasts its current location in the “air-conditioned tomb” with
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Multiple Choices Identify the letter of the choice that best complete the statement or answer the question. 1. What are the two evidences that link electricity and magnetism? A. Energy B. Magnet transport system and Transmission lines. C. Magnetic repulsion and attraction D. Magnetic lines of induction 2. Every magnet‚ whatever its size or shape‚ has two poles. A. West and East B. West and North C .North and South D. South and East 3. The N-pole of a suspended magnet‚ like a compass
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The Night of Broken Glass otherwise known as Kindertansport or Kristallnacht‚ was the breaking into and burning of Jewish homes‚ synagogues‚ Schools and Businesses. At first the Jewish were considered to be human until Hitler came to power. Once Hitler rose to power he started stripping the Jewish of their Natural and Divine Rights. During Kristallnacht there were 100 Jews that were killed and about 30‚000 men ONLY were sent to concentration camps. At first the Jewish didn’t have it too bad until
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The House I Live In was an amazing documentary. I was saddened to hear Nannie’s story and the stories of others that I witnessed in the film. I was blown away by how much the war on drugs is really a war on blacks more than anything else. It disgusted me to see the stereotyping of blacks by police officers under the guise of "probable cause." The police aren’t about doing real police work‚ only placing cuffs on blacks and low-income civilians and sending them to jail. It’s mind blowing to me how
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