...This book is about facing your problems head on and having the courage to stand strong when odds dont seem to be in your favor. My opinion of this book is that it has a great story to it and has a good base for leadership training. My book report is on Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Modern Library 100 Best Novels rates this book as number 59 as well as making the list for American Library Associations 100 Best Books for Teens. It also won multiple awards such as the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and nominated for a Locus Award. This book focuses around the life of a six year old boy named Ender Wiggin a child genius. He is being watched via monitor from international military forces. They get to view everything from Ender's point of view. The monitor that is...
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...Edmonton, AB T5G 2R1 Dear Mr. Robb: As a request to compose an elementary report I found huge interest on E-Sports. Please allow me to do the research about E-Sports. My report will mainly cover: 1. Explanation/meaning of the E-Sports 2. History of the E-Sports 3. Influence on society I hope you can approve me to do search on such area and help me with the problem may come up with. Thanks, Jeffery Ding Acknowledgement Thank Brendan McGee AKA “Mcscarg” pro player of Dawngate for providing some vital information and his personal experience Table of Context: The origin of the word E-Sports and explanation---Page.1 History of the E-Sports---Page.2-3 Forms and major activities of the E-Sports---Page.4-5 Influence of the E-Sports---Page. 5-6 Personal opinion& conclusion and the future prediction of the E-Sports---Page.7-8 List of the Figures Figure1 (The International, an annual Dota 2 tournament, n.d) --- Page.1 Figure2 (Attendees of the 1981 Space Invaders Championship attempt to set the highest score, n.d) --- Page.2 Figure3 (Esports tournament prize amounts, 1998–2014,n.d) … Abstract This report will show you the origin of the E-Sports and how it’s rising &how it’s affecting our society step by step. Including some personal opinions and interviews from pro players this report also predicts the trend of the E-Sport and influence on the younger generation. ...
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...Steven McClure Book Report 6/22/2016 Enders Game In the book Enders Game, the setting takes place on a ship far away from the homeland Earth. Also taking place in some-time in the distant future. The young boy in the beginning of the novel who's name is Ender Wiggin, who has been chosen to save the entire human race against the alien name called Buggers. He had to go through extreme training and show potential, that he is qaulified to enter Battle School, which is a school in space. He also had a hard life in his early childhood. He has been picked on for being the third, being the third is also known as being the third child. In this case having more than two children during that time was frowned upon, and that lead Ender to get teased...
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...BS (4 Years) for Affiliated Colleges Course Contents for Subjects with Code: ENG This document only contains details of courses having code ENG. Center for Undergraduate Studies, University of the Punjab 1 BS (4 Years) for Affiliated Colleges Code ENG‐101 Year 1 Subject Title Introduction to Literature‐I (History of English Literature‐I) Discipline English Cr. Hrs 3 Semester I Aims: One of the objectives of this course is to inform the readers about the influence of historical and socio-cultural events upon the production of literature. Although the scope of the course is quite expansive, the readers shall focus on early 14th to 19th century Romantic Movement. Histories of literature written by some British literary historians will be consulted to form some socio-cultural and political cross connections. In its broader spectrum, the course covers a reference to the multiple factors from economic theories to religious, philosophical and metaphysical debates that overlap in these literary works of diverse nature and time periods under multiple contexts. The reading of literature in this way i.e. within the sociocultural context will help the readers become aware of the fact that literary works are basically a referential product of the practice that goes back to continuous interdisciplinary interaction. Contents: • Medieval Period • Renaissance and Reformation • Elizabethan Period • Milton, the Metaphysical...
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...CHAPTER 4 Focusing Marketing Strategy with Segmentation and Positioning These days Nintendo rides high in the video game world. Its DS handheld game, Wii (pronounced “we”) console, and games with characters like Mario and Zelda sell millions of units. The key to Nintendo’s success comes from meeting the entertainment needs of different groups of customers. Back in the 1980s, Nintendo was a 100-year-old Japanese manufacturer of toys and playing cards. If Nintendo managers had continued to just think about the “toy market,” the firm probably wouldn’t even be around now. Instead, they saw profitable new opportunities in the broader “entertainment seekers market.” In 1985, they released the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and interactive video games such as Super Mario Brothers. In those early days, video game consoles and software from different producers were quite similar. Even so, Nintendo’s NES stood out as offering better value. And Nintendo’s profits took off because once a household owned a NES console, it qualified as a prime target for new Nintendo games. As the market evolved, Nintendo developed more new products focusing on the needs of different groups of customers. In the 1990s, its popular handheld system, Game Boy, successfully delivered portable fun to kids. Another group of customers, the “hard-core gamers,” played complex and realistic games requiring consoles with high-speed processors and better graphics, so Nintendo offered them its GameCube console. But...
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