...Never Alone is a platformer in which the player takes control of Nuva, an Iñupiaq girl, and an arctic fox as they embark on a quest to stop a raging blizzard which threatens the girl’s village. I feel that what sets this game apart from other platformers is the heart behind it. The creators were obviously passionate about wanting to communicate the culture through the art style, form, and background knowledge included in the game, which I feel they succeeded in doing. Before playing the game, I heard from classmates who had started playing Never Alone that the controls for PC were not in the best shape. I think that I had a better experience than they did by having an Xbox One controller available to play with. Even then, I felt that the game could have been better from a mechanical standpoint. Every now and then, Nuva or the fox would do something I had not intended or would jump to their deaths because how far they could leap in certain situations was unclear. While I felt gameplay mechanics were weaker than most games I have played, an aspect that I think was at the center of the game was its conscious inclusion of various easy to understand cultural segments. Prior to playing the game, I have been exposed to a slice of Iñupiaq and other Arctic Native American cultures. While the narrative progressed, I was able to point things out, such as the art style of the cutscenes, which made me think of their significance in within the culture. As I discovered more of these cultural...
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...Fairly Real Tales Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is about the power of fairy tales. As del Toro discusses, for Ofelia, fantasy compensates for the horrors of reality. Throughout the film, she struggles to reconcile her two worlds: the real and the imaginary. Furthermore, her imaginary world can be seen as one in which she has the agency that she is denied in the real world. Ultimately, Ofelia’s fairy tale world offers her insight into the real world and salvation from the horrors of the real world. In an interview, Ethan Alter asked Guillermo del Toro whether Ofelia’s fantasy world is real or all in her mind. He answered that it’s true: “There’s a very clear instance in the movie where there is no other explanation” (Ethan 14). He says that “in my mind, the movie tries to say that if you don’t know where to look, you won’t see these creatures. Like Vidal—he’s unable to see them” (Ethan 14). However, he does say that other viewers may see the film in different ways: “there are two kinds of audiences for this movie: one that will believe it’s real and the other that will think it’s imaginary. For me, the movie is like a Rorschach test. It defines you as a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full person. Which is fine, I like the idea of that being your choice” (Ethan 14). Del Toro’s comments prove that Pan’s Labyrinth attempts to show a world in which fairy tales offer insight into reality and a means of saving oneself from its daily...
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...between language and nature in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life? © International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 1 50 Excellent Extended Essays What is the literary function of the dialogue between language and nature in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life? 2 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 50 Excellent Extended Essays What is the literary function of the dialogue between language and nature in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life? © International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 3 50 Excellent Extended Essays What is the literary function of the dialogue between language and nature in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life? 4 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 50 Excellent Extended Essays What is the literary function of the dialogue between language and nature in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life? © International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 5 50 Excellent Extended Essays What is the literary function of the dialogue between language and nature in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life? 6 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 50 Excellent Extended Essays What is the literary function of the dialogue between language and nature in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life? © International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 7 50 Excellent Extended Essays What is the literary function of the dialogue between language and nature in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life? 8 © International Baccalaureate...
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...Have you ever seen a child talking with his own imaginary friend? It is quite a normal phenomenon which happens to children at the age of four or five. Some parents concern about this appearance. They think that it can be the result of physiological disorder of their child. This phenomenon can even been accepted as avoidance of reality. However, doctors claim that the fact of having imaginary friends shows some good qualities of children and has an important influence on them. The most significant result of having fictional friends is developed imagination of the person. These imaginary companions have certain personalities and behaviors which are given by their creators. For example, some of them can be brave and courageous character, the others shy and weak. All of them have different names, different jobs, different interests and different gender. The researches suggest that children are more likely to have unreal friends with similar gender. Also, it is a fact that most of the children borrow names for their creations from the names of surrounding them people or from the cartoons they like. This phenomenon may show another important impact on children in developing language and communication skills because they get more linguistic practice during conversations with their imaginary friends than with friends in real life. In addition, it makes them to be more friendly and communicable with schoolmates in future. Talking and playing with unreal friends can practice...
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...Solving Radical Equations Solving Radical Equations Topic Index | Algebra2/Trig Index | Regents Exam Prep Center (This lesson will work primarily with radicals that are square roots.) A "radical" equation is an equation in which the variable is hiding inside a radical symbol (in the radicand). is a radical equation is NOT a radical equation To solve radical equations: 1. Isolate the radical (or one of the radicals) to one side of the equal sign. 2. If the radical is a square root, square each side of the equation. (If the radical is not a square root, raise each side to a power equal to the index of the root.) 3. Solve the resulting...
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...March 14, 2012 [AEROELASTICITY MIDTERM PROJECT-FLUTTER ANALYSIS ] Objective: To conduct flutter analysis of a typical section model of an airfoil using the parameters as discussed in lecture. Consider both the case without the ̇ ̇ term and the case with the term in the aerodynamic model. Create the Eigen value plot for both the cases. Answer: Introduction to Flutter: Flutter is a dangerous phenomenon encountered in flexible structures subjected to aerodynamic forces. This includes aircraft, buildings, telegraph wires, stop signs and bridges. Flutter occurs as a result of interactions between aerodynamics, stiffness and inertial forces on a structure. In an aircraft, as the speed of the wind increases, there may be a point at which the structural damping is insufficient to damp out the motions which are increasing due to aerodynamic energy being added to the structure. This vibration can cause structural failure and therefore considering flutter characteristics is an essential part of designing an aircraft. ̇ Case 1 : Flutter Analysis when there is no additional term ( ) in the aerodynamic damping For the case of simplicity we consider the following typical section model Equations of motion for this model are: ̈ ̈ ̈ (E1) ̈ (E2) where m=modal mass matrix =static unbalance =moment of inertia =spring constant Page 1 [AEROELASTICITY MIDTERM PROJECT-FLUTTER ANALYSIS ] March 14, 2012 =constant of torsional spring =displacement...
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....the penalty of Adam” alludes to the Garden of Eden and how Adam was exiled from the Garden, and Senior explains how they share this ‘penalty’ and they feel this penalty through the extreme weather here, “as the icy fang...” (reference to winter), metaphorical representation of winter by comparing it to a wolf and this emphasises that this is a ‘real’ place. “I smile and say, ‘This is no flattery’. He feel the winter winds and he compares it to the language that was used with him in the court. “these are counsellors...” that the cold teaches him to know himself, the hardship that they experience is what allows them to gain more knowledge of themselves. A metaphorical counsellor (very like Ovid, and his experiences with nature in An Imaginary Life) “Sweet are the uses of adversity, which like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head...”, a contrast to the world of the court and he alludes to the myth of the ugly toad and how the jewel is knowledge, as opposed to material wealth/items “Tongues in trees” they speak to him with...
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...IMAGINARY FRIEND; IS IT A PROBLEM? IMAGINARY FRIEND; IS IT A PROBLEM? It is quite common among children to have imaginary friends, with whom they talk, play, and even fight. It is also usual parental concerns regarding this issue, and the multiple visits to pediatricians, for fear that your child is suffering from some kind of disorder that could affect her future. Children at the age of 2 to 3 years old often begin to develop skills such as imagination, and it is at this stage when they begin to know their imaginary friends, almost establishing a parallel life to theirs. According to many experts, having unreal companions will not bring problems to our kids in their development. Actually, this fictitious world of fairies, princesses, and superheroes helps them grow and develop their emotions and creativity. Through these imaginary friends, children release positive and negative feelings, projecting. for instance, his conflicts with the diaper. The nonexistent relationships can strike up conversations and friendships that may help kids to understand better what´s right and wrong, and can even help them to broaden social skills. For example, children can start sharing their toys or clothes, blaming their fantastic friend for their mistakes ... etc. Parents should not participate in this world, but neither should repress nor reprimand the child for this game because it could create a conflict for the child and can make her to keep her imaginary friends from the...
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...Part 1. Exposition The play is set on a spring day in 1950’s America. The scene moves between three scenes: library of Dowd’s, office of Chumley’s rest, and the sanitarium for mental patients. The play hints us that before it started, Elwood P. Dowd, who was once very popular for his good nature and manners along with his calm personality, befriends a Pooka named Harvey, a 6 feet tall rabbit. Elwood soon get well along with him, but everyone else thinks he is crazy because no one except Elwood can see this Celtic mythological creature. This gives Veta Louise, Elwood’s sister, a lot of stress. There are no society issues or deep social criticism in the play. Its mood is very light and comedic, with small jokes in it. Along with the mythical pooka, the creature which fuels the play, an event motivated Mary Chase to write Harvey. The second inspiration came when one day she took notice of her widowed neighbor who had lost her only son in World War II just two months earlier. In reflection, Chase asked herself: "Would I ever possibly write anything that might make this woman laugh again?" Hoping to bring laughter and respite to the neighbor and the war-torn America, she set to work. Her phenomenal play received many compliments from the critics, and Mary Chase got a Pulitzer award for Drama, and played for nearly five years and 1755 performances, making it one of the longest-run plays in Broadway. Due to its fame, it was made into a movie in 1950, starring James Stewart...
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...Hello my fellow viewers. How are you all? I hope that this live feed finds you in the best of your vigor and life. Well friends, I scrupulously thought about this long and hard and I just could not find any other way to break this perplexing and saddening broadcast to you. You don’t have big flappy ears, an elongated trunk or a tail and neither are you accomplished enough to fly. So forget the idea of swaying the opposite sex that way. Being fat is only bearable till the age of five. After that you just become a fat blob having imaginary friends. It is time that you wake up and smell the coffee and get real. Embrace the fact that you are a lazy, good-for-nothing person who has nothing better to than sit around all day, eating and pitying yourself. However, you my friends, still have a shot at getting a life. I can say this because it’s a “been there done that” case with me. I have recuperated myself from a juncture where most people would give up. And today, after 450 pounds less, I implore you to take a look at yourself and end your morbid and seedy existence. I am not saying that you go and jump to your demise but rather, improve your health. All those hotdogs, hamburgers, double cheese burgers, nachos, burritos, pizzas, fries and chips will not help you. I KNOW what you want. You want a good job, a beautiful domicile, a 6 digit salary, a beautiful and extremely attractive wife with a couple of dozen “inamoratas” or girlfriends-if you will, on top. This is the suite we all...
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...ME 2330 By K. L. Ting 5. Tangential and Normal components Let R(s) = x(s) i + y(s) j represent a curve and s is the independent parameter representing the arc length of the curve measured from a reference point. At s and s’, a particle moves from P to P’ and the displacement is dR (Fig. 1). If P and P’ is infinitesimally separated, i.e. ds= s’-s → 0, l dR l = ds, dR/ds = ut. ut is a unit vector (called unit tangent) tangent to the curve at P (Fig. 2). At P and P’, let ut and ut‘ be the unit vectors in the tangent direction. The lines normal to ut and ut‘ intersect at O (Fig. 2). With ds → 0, point O is the center of curvature and ds/dθ = ρ where ρ, called radius of curvature, is the length OP. In Fig. 3, one may observe that dut is normal to ut and since ut and ut’ are unit vectors, dut/dθ is a unit vector, designated as un. un is the unit vector (called unit normal) in the direction from P to O. That is, dut/ds =(dut/dθ)(dθ/ds) = (1/ρ) un or dut/ds = k un where k (= 1/ρ = dθ/ds) is the curvature at P. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 With a Cartesian coordinate system, the radius of curvature at (x, y) can be calculated as ρ = [1 + (dy/dx)2]3/2/ ld2y/dx2l or ρ= where the dots on x and y represent the first and second derivatives with respect to any independent parameter, such as t or s. In a circle, the center of curvature is the center of the circle and the radius of curvature is the radius of the circle. Let a particle move along a path R(s). Differentiating...
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...“Mr. Ravioli” Summary In “Bumping into Mr. Ravioli,” author Adam Gopnick, a New Yorker at the turn of the twenty first century, argues about how busy and hectic our lives as adults have become in today’s society through, ironically, the reflection of his child’s paracosm of adult relationships. He begins with detailing that Mr. Ravioli, Gopnik’s daughter’s imaginary friend, is already much too busy to play with her; the friend is always either at work or on the way to an prior planned engagement he almost always could not break. In an effort to mediate any, what seemed, to be a sign of trauma, Gopnik consults his sister, that had just been published in that specific study of children and their imaginary friend. She informed him repeatedly that this was a normal tendency of children and not any kind of trauma indicator. Gopnik goes on to try and find the root influence of the child’s friend. He realizes that it is a mere reflection through the eyes of a child of the relationships everyone part takes in today: her Paracosm. He begins to highlight how progression in technology may have entered us into the social network age; but we have strayed so far away from being social-able with how busy we have become progressing ourselves into the future. He also realizes that he is not too different from his daughter in that his relationships with his friends consist of the same faults he saw in Mr. Ravioli and his daughter’s relationship. He seemed to imply that all humans in today’s...
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...Hermie by Nathaniel Rich The short story ”Hermie” written by Nathaniel Rich portrays the story of a grown marine biologist, who suddenly sees his childhood imaginary friend the crab, Hermie. Though the story at first sight only portrays an encounter between an adult and a forgotten friend, something much deeper hides beneath this tale. It is the story of an insecure man’s sub conscience. The narrator is a married man, living with his wife and 3-year old daughter in Philadelphia. His well-considered thoughts on everything from the hygiene of the restroom to the reason of Hermie’s sudden appearance suggests that he is an intellectual and intelligent man, which is a contradicting aspect to the fact that he is having a conversation with a forgotten imaginary friend. “The Introduction to Marine Biology lecture I give to my freshmen every year is enough to rattle me…” (p. 91 – ll. 3-5). This quote suggests that he is teaching marine biology at a college, which would also explain him doing lectures on different topics concerning this specific subject. However, the quote also indicates a certain level of insecurity and nervousness in the mind of the narrator, given how he fears a simple lecture on a subject he is so comfortable with. His insecurity, and thus need for comfort and reassurance, is what results in him envisioning his childhood friend, in whom he has always found consolation. The story takes place in the restroom of Sheraton Hotel in Salzburg, Austria. The narrator...
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...Through Mel Scotts’ work of the 1912 San Francisco movement the various plans to create a greater San Francisco proved surprisingly difficult. It consisted of San Francisco trying to obtain control of its own water front from the state by pointing out advantages that would add to the city by merging with the neighboring communities. Some of these were part of Alameda County which included Berkeley, Oakland and Piedmont that would become outer communities of San Francisco. It seemed like San Francisco was trying to function as the Manhattan of New york through its advances to merge with the outer communities. One of the reasons why San Francisco was anxious for the participation of other communities was the extensive cost involved in the Hetch...
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...------------------------------------------------- RECREATIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN WANGAG RIVER FOR GONZAGA CAGAYAN IN PARTIAL FULLFILLMET TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN THESIS RESEARCH Submitted to: ------------------------------------------------- Instructor ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Carlo Niel F. Ordillo Ar 511, First Semester, SY-2014-15 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION The Municipality of Gonzaga has a beautiful spot which is the famous “Wanagag River” the cleanest river in the region 2 and a consistent finalist in the National search for the cleanest inland body of waters, they decided to develop the area to promote it locally and nationally because of it site potential. The municipality of Gonzaga is a 1st class income municipality with a population of 36, 303 and have a total land area of 56, 743 has. and has IRA (Internal Revenue Allotment) of 89, 654, 247 pesos. In accordance with the MPDC (Municipal Planning Department Council) of Gonzaga, designate the area as “General Urban Area” and “Leisure Area” with a “Major Open Space” designation applying to the Wangag River and a “Natural Features” applying to two large woodlots, in short a riverfront/waterfront community development. Water is one of the most important of all the natural resources necessary to ensure human health and civilization. In general, a waterfront...
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