Alex Pham author of "Boy‚ You Fight Like a Girl" investigates the ever growing world of online gaming and how gender affects both worlds. The "fastest-growing segment of the computer game market"(185)‚ adventure gaming‚ has hundreds of thousands of players that average twenty hours of play a week and thousands of them are playing as characters of the opposite sex. This gender switching is making games not only challenging‚ but also confusing‚ and possibly embarrassing. Pham first introduces a character
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What the World Would be like if Sugar Didn’t Exist The world is an extraordinary place. It is made up of many different things. One of those many things being something that appears in our daily life. In fact‚ it appears as well as it is consumed several times a day. This thing is everywhere in the world and in every single country‚ no matter how filthy rich or how raggedly poor. It is needed every day. It comes in a massive number of different shapes‚ sizes‚ colours and forms. Can you guess what
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courage‚ and open-mindedness. First‚ like jugglers in the circus all of us require balance. Though‚ also like jugglers some of us are better at balancing the different aspects of our lives than others. We can all improve on this skill‚ though. One way we can improve is combining activities. For example‚ when you’re watching T.V. with your family you can also be doing math homework or writing a paper and getting help from the people around you. Another way you can become more balanced is creating
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Readiness Page 2 of 10 Physical Readiness When you drive‚ you get information from all of your senses. You see‚ hear‚ smell and feel the motion of the vehicle - all of this input helps you to be aware of your driving environment‚ to predict what might happen‚ and to assess how to react. This information is processed by your brain and keeps you aware of changing situations. Sensory input helps your brain understand and decide when to accelerate‚ steer or brake. You also need to be in general good health with
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Which place do you prefer to leave: in a small town or in a big city ? Small towns and big cities both have their good sides. First big cities have unlimited choices of things you can do. There is always a lot to do and visit. Living in a big city is more comfortable because there are cinemas‚ theaters‚ museums‚ shops‚ malls‚ lots of restaurants to choose. There are a lot of possibilities of shopping. Secondly the standard of education is also very high in big cities. People have
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I like‚ LIKE you is a play created by the Voices Against Violence (VAV)‚ it is a dialogue play that explores the idea of healthy relationships. The skits created by the performers demonstrate relationships between friends‚ heterosexual relationships‚ and same-sex relationships; each showcasing an issue in order to get the audience talking. The play is interactive where the audience is able to put their input and ideas on how a healthy relationship should be like based on their background information
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What Would You Bring? Have you ever thought about what three items you would bring if your house was burning down? If you have ever been in a burning house you’d know that you don’t have a great of time to think about what you would salvage and what you might just hope to find the day after the fire had stopped. The three objects that came to my mind were my briefcase full of important documents‚ money‚ and my phone. These are all items that I cherish. If my house was burning down and I could
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How Do You Want to be Remembered? Perhaps it is because I’ve lost so many loved ones recently‚ but I have been thinking about the value of life. Recently I asked some companions at dinner how they wanted to be remembered. I notice reporters always ask older celebrities that question which means I know you won’t be around much longer so what do you want me to say about you when you are gone? One of my friends said he wanted to be remembered as a good person who always tried to do the right thing
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of attractions available for people with different interests: • Cultural Events – festivals‚ fairs‚ carnivals • Cultural Places – antiques‚ art galleries‚ art centers‚ missions • Family & Friends – amusement and theme parks‚ malls‚ markets‚ shops‚ sightseeing tours and cruises‚ aquariums‚ zoos‚ wildlife sanctuaries • Historical Places – memorials‚ monuments‚ museums • Nature – beaches‚ gardens‚ lakes‚ keys‚ nature trails‚ scenic drives‚ state and national parks
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Friday‚ May 11‚ 2012 Religious Visit To A Mosque This would be the second time I visited a mosque. The first time I had the chance to visit was with a government class I had taken in high school. The mosque were not alike‚ this mosque I visited this time was called Islamic Center of Des Moines located on 6201 Franklin Avenue in Des Moines. I had called the Mosque beforehand to find out the Muslim weekly service time is on Friday so I visited on Friday‚ May 6th at 1:30 p.m. I had went with a friend
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