Mark Carter Prof. Nielson English 101 2/17/10 Final Draft WP#2 The “ADDICTION” He was sitting there watching the clock‚ and it read ten minutes to three‚ and it was almost time to leave work. The excitement and anxiousness growing with each passing minute‚ today was the day he was waiting for. He planned for it; two weeks of researching‚ reading articles and watching videos. He saw it happen over and over in his mind; he knew every maneuver‚ every danger‚ and he expected the unexpected. All
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Mathematics in Gaming: Understanding can help you win! Prafull S Chapate1 Vimaltai Tidke Convent‚ Narendranagar Nagpur-440027‚ Maharashtra‚ India Abstract In this paper‚ we present you detail relationship between mathematics and some of the games you encountered in your daily life. Mathematical knowledge of these games gives you an edge over your mathematically ignorant opponent and who knows may help you win the game and money. 1. Introduction For entertainment many people play
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Although the first computer games appeared in the 1950s‚ they were based around vector displays‚ not analog video. It was not until 1972 that Magnavox released the first home video game console which could be connected to a TV set—the Magnavox Odyssey‚ invented by Ralph H. Baer. The Odyssey was initially only moderately successful‚ and it was not until Atari’s arcade game Pong popularized video games‚ that the public began to take more notice of the emerging industry. By the autumn of 1975 Magnavox
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Gaming essay The world of gaming is a complex world; different levels‚ stories and characters. It takes a while before you can fully understand the world of gaming and what’s attracting people to begin with gaming. There are so many different games and terms that it is easy to get them mixed up with each other. So why is there so many people that like’s gaming? And is it really good way of learning? In this essay I will investigate why some people think that gaming is a good way of learning and
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born in 1976‚ created by then-President Marcos to oversee the operation of gaming casinos‚ to generate funds for the government’s developmental projects and to help curb illegal gambling. An unaudited Pagcor report shows that Pagcor‚ “a vital arm of the government in nation building‚ “ netted P25.4 billion in income making it one of the biggest earners for 2006.” So is Pagcor a proof that casinos and legalized gaming can be a valuable source of government funding and an effective engine for
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humble work is dedicated. Jules Regin A. Macaroncio Rallye S. Oliverio Rigil Kent B. Pajoganoy Rolando A. Paro Anne Jelene M. Deasis Camille F. Galanto Rhanlee B. Jaudian Klein Dalyn P. Latosa BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Computer Gaming Addiction is a modern problem in maritime high school students nowadays. It is a challenging part to the teachers to let students stay focused in their everyday lessons. It greatly affects the mental health of every student who is involved in this
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English Reading Response 5 What is a discourse community? To be completely honest‚ I have never actually heard of a discourse community before I read this article‚ so this is quite new to me. According to John Swales‚ a respected written communication analyst‚ a discourse community is described as a group of people that have the same goals or purposes‚ and use communication to achieve these goals. In addition‚ “A discourse operates within conventions defined by communities‚ be they academic disciplines
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Indian gaming not only helps Native Americans‚ it also helps the United States. Native Americans have been oppressed for hundreds of years‚ and with Indian gaming they are starting to see prosperity. Indian gaming has helped Native Americans become more independent and helped rebuild their local communities. The United States benefits from Indian gaming because it has attributed millions of dollars of revenue to outside companies that deal with the casinos‚ supplied numerous jobs to non-Indians‚
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Spoken Discourse Assignment Introduction In this paper‚ the aim is to apply different methods of discourse analysis to a selected extract of transcribed language to establish who holds the power during the interaction. In a normal interview situation‚ the interviewer will control the topic change of the interaction and ask the questions and the interviewee will respond. One of the aims is to establish whether this is the case‚ and to see if this remains constant throughout the extract. The initial
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1.Discourse Studies in Modern Linguistics 1.1Discourse .Discourse has been defined by different linguists ‚and each one gives specific definition to it ‚and we will go through all of them . In other words discourse is a buzzword and used in many different ways. The term discourse refers “both to what a text producer meant by a text and what a text means to the receiver” (Widdowson 2007: 7). As Widdowson claims‚ “people produce texts to get a message across‚ to express ideas and beliefs‚ to explain
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