Jane McGonigal‚ a game designer‚ became known for location-based and alternate reality games. Her first book; “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World” CITATION Jan11 \l 1033 (McGonigal)‚ was published in 2011. Jane argues that games contribute powerfully to human happiness and stimulation‚ a sense of purpose and the augmentation of community. I believe the main thesis in this essay is that gaming is a powerful activity; games can improve our social skills
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Adrian Zwierzchowski 2 IB Investigation – Von Koch’s snowflake curve In this investigation I am going to consider a limit curve named after the Swedish mathematician Niels Fabian Helge von Koch. I will try to investigate the perimeter and area of Von Koch’s curve. [pic] The Koch’s curve has an infinite length because each time the steps above are performed on each line segment of the figure there are four times as many line segments‚ the length of each being one-third the length of the
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Otto von Bismarck‚ a nineteenth-century prime minister of Prussia‚ was born April 1st‚ 1815 to July 30th‚ 1898 in Prussia‚ where Germany is now located. Bismarck was a prime minister of Prussia for over 30 years. While being prime minister of Prussia he established the German empire and lead it as chancellor. As German chancellor‚ he won three wars and prevented wars in Europe for twenty years. Otto von Bismarck lead the German Empire very well and made it a great empire. Bismarck made Germany
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Joey‚ I don’t know the extent of your knowledge regarding the reality of of how things lie‚ so I am going to tell it like it is. For myself and Chrissy‚ and for you. I believe you are going to be unable‚ or unwilling to accept and move on from this reality until you know what the reality is‚ how can you know where you want to be if you don’t know where you are? Here it is. Chrissy and I took each other’s hearts when I was fifteen and she was thirteen. I belong to her and she to me since before you
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Ulrich von Gradwitz‚ the main character in the story “The Interlopers” by Saki‚ changes from a man who holds grudges‚ to someone who forgives because he apologizes to Znaeym then additionally asks him to be his friend. He is one man who knows that it’s never too tardy to have a change of heart. Being pinned down by a tree adjoining the last person he wanted to be stuck with‚ ended up being the perfect incident. In the commencement of the story‚ Gradwitz is out in the forest probing for his long-time
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real student of hanging that is possible is someone who is being hanged. Only he can study it firsthand‚ and only he knows exactly‚ what it is’” (Bierce 11). The statement being a student of hanging by Peyton referred that he was a hangman but in reality he is the one that is hanged. Hanging is not the outcome Mr. Farquhar had in mind. There are some examples of dramatic irony in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. For example‚ Peyton Farquhar dreams of greater glory on the battlefield‚ rather
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On May 2‚ 1892 Manfred von Richthofen was born. This was the man who would become the Red Baron. He became an important part of Germany’s war effort and a national hero. He was an integral part of Germany’s success in the air‚ and an inspiration to many. During World War 1‚ the concept of fighting while in the air‚ in airplanes‚ had just been introduced. As the war went on‚ people looked for heroes. Manfred von Richthofen became one of those heroes. As he became a better and better ace‚ he became
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Reality Therapy Founders of Theory: William Glasser Nature of the Person • Our brain functions as a control system. It continually monitors our feelings to determine how well we are doing in our lifelong effort to satisfy these needs. Whenever we feel bad‚ one or more of these five needs is unsatisfied. • We are not born as blank slates waiting to be externally motivated by forces in the world around us. We are born with five genetically encoded needs: survival‚ love
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Erich Von Ludendorff was born in April 9.1865‚ and died in December 20‚1937. He was responsible for Germany’s military policy Early life. Erich Ludendorff went to World War I. After the war he became a leader of the political. His mother’s family served for the military. He was an impoverished landowner and captain. He also became an officer and then he went to the military. Ludendorff was educated in the cadet corps and also was promoted to a general staff in the military. In the 1908 he was put
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To what extent was Bismarck responsible for the unification of Germany in 1871 and account for the effect this had on the balance of power in Europe‚ any threats faced due to this imbalance and how Bismarck countered these threats. Otto von Bismarck‚ a charismatic diplomat and first chancellor of Germany‚ was one of the main driving forces behind the unification of the pre-German states. By opposing socialism and...... into the German Empire. His actions and results would usurp the balance of
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