Gaming as a Community Now that technological companies all over the world have set most of the seven billion individuals in the world with a computer‚ smartphone or tablet‚ it is time for better software to use with them. This is where games come in. Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello stated in a recent interview that PC gaming is the ‘fastest growing platform’. This shows the growing interest in gaming bearing in mind that gamers also have the means to play on. The term ‘gamer’ refers to
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participation‚ a review of previous research on the impact of participation on youth is now presented. What difference does participation make for youth‚ communities and institutions? Are there any benefits outcomes for participating? These questions guided the literature search. The evidence gathered from the literature suggests that participation has some positive outcomes for adults‚ youth and communities. While the thrust of the literature indicate that young people’s gain valuable skills by participating
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E-Tivity 2: Community of Inquiry Introduction The area we choose for Community Profiling was the town of Portlaoise‚ Co Laois. Rationale The rationale for this area was to pick an area that would be useful to one of the three of us rather than an area that would not be beneficial to any of us. The consensus then was the Portlaoise town as the Community Nurse covers that area and is reasonably new in her position. It also allowed the Community Nurse to become more aware of what was available
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Speech Communities Language is both an individual possession and a social possession. We would expect‚ therefore‚ that certain individuals would behave linguistically like other individuals: they might be said to speak the same language or the same dialect or the same variety‚ i.e.‚ to employ the same code‚ and in that respect to be members of the same speech community‚ a term probably derived from the German Sprachgemeinschaft. Indeed‚ much work in sociolinguistics is based on the assumption that
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FLOATING COMMUNITY: A Sustainable Solution for the Rising Water Level in Malabon City Chapter I INTRODUCTION A Floating Community is a concept to provide much desired assistance to slums that are frequently destroyed during times of flooding. A Floating Community concept takes its environmental responsibilities seriously and endeavors to always choose the most sustainable options. According to Architect Felino Palafox Jr.‚ the design of stilt house is the ideal‚ but a floating house is the ultimate
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Name Professor Class Date History Ancient architecture and archaeology can be used to explore the idea of community and the lives of ancient peoples. In conceptualizing an ancient community‚ scholars are able to follow the trends that occurred in that society. Community and social units explain how the people in the area of Aphrodisias. By investigating this site at Aphrodisias‚ the buildings reveal that it was Roman and that the people lived there since ancient times and possibly even since
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What motivates some to volunteer or perform community service? Explain the reasons why some volunteer willingly use their spare time on projects that do not benefit them and even ones that may put them at risk. Write an essay of about 300 words. Remember that although the reasons for volunteering might be many and varied‚ you should choose those details that best support your overall thesis and use details that are easily understood by your audience. It is the fifth annual campus conference of
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The Oneida Community can be considered one of the most successful utopian societies that there has ever been. “The Oneida Community‚ in many ways the most radical social and sexual experiment in American history‚ was founded in central New York by John Humphrey Noyes and a small band of Christian perfectionists in March 1848” (Olin‚ 285). The community eventually came to an end around 1879 and although somewhat short-lived‚ this utopian community presented many ideas that had never been considered
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Introduction In the following assignment I will attempt to produce a community profile‚ which will be based on the Hawbush Estate in Brierley Hill in the West Midlands. The Hawbush Estate in Brierley Hill in the West Midlands was built by the Brierley Hill District Council in the 1930’s. I chose to create a community profile on the Hawbush Estate because it is local to where I live and over the last couple of years I have read in the local newspapers about local facilities closing down
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What is Community Service Community service is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institution. Community Service is when someone performs an action which benefits his or her community. History - Community Service Society was formed in Albany‚ New York during 1939 by the merger of two venerable social service agencies The New York Association of the Condition of the Poor (founded in 1843) and The Charity Organization Society (founded in 1882) What is the
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