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League of Legends is one of the biggest video game hits in the whole world. What made this game so successful? One of the reasons was the free-to-play model. The game, which is completely free, does not require the player to spend any money. You could play for years without spending a penny. "How does this game earn money?" you might wonder. The answer is that the game features over 120 champions and skins for all of them. Normally, it would take a long time of playing to get all of the champions. However, with a few dollars, you could get any champion you wanted and a skin to make the champion look cooler. A few dollars here, a few dollars there, makes League very profitable. In August alone, it raked in $122 million. Another reason the game was really successful was the professional league that sprung up. The championships are huge events that attract thousands, even millions of people online and on-site. Even though these championships do not earn money, with the publici...

Recently I read an article about Europe having plans for a moon village. The article explained that moon villages are much closer than people think, and that the plans have been around for a while. The only problem, however, was that Germany, which funded 45% of the project, was having a hard time getting other European countries to fund the other 55%. Recently, however, renewed interest in lunar exploration and a new director for the European Space Agency might turn things around. At the same time, the ESA is developing technologies that might allow people to survive on the moon. For example, 3-D printing technologies that can use lunar dust are being developed, which might allow colonies to 3-D print tools and even buildings. In addition, the British architecture firm Foster + Partners has gone so far as to design a catenary dome with a cellular structure that could guard an inflatable lunar habitat against both small pieces of debris and space radiation. I think this is an exciti...

A crisis has occurred in Germany. Their turkeys are dying! An outbreak of the H5N8 strain of bird flu has affected three poultry plants in northern Germany. This has forced Germany to cull 16,000 turkeys and slaughter 92,000 chickens. The virus has affected four poultry plants in Germany and has affected 12 out of its 16 states. Israel and many other countries have also reported this virus. Scientists think that it originated from wild turkeys and chickens in the forests of Europe. I think this is a really bad thing, because as Thanksgiving descends upon the world, the demand of turkeys is even higher. Many less turkeys will now be sold, and some  of the ones that have already been sold could have this virus. However, I'm not sure how many Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving, so the impact will not be as large. This will make a dent in Europe's economy, albeit a very minor one.

Today was the second game of the season, and it was a great game. I really think that I played well this time around. In the first half, I played two different positions. I started the game as left mid, and I did a mediocre job passing the ball around and playing defense and offense. I got taken off the field on the first round of subs, and it seemed like it was just going to be another game where I play just to achieve the minimum time each player has to play. Surprisingly, however, I got put back in at right back, where I think I did a pretty good job of preventing the opposing team from scoring. The first half was nothing spectacular, but the second half was when I really started playing well. I started out the half as left mid again. I got a pass from the defense, straight into four players from the opposing team. With a spin move that I've been practicing for some time now, I broke free and started dribbling down the field. I made a pass to the offense, feeling proud that I ...

Yesterday was my first soccer game this year. At the start of the game, my friend Nick predicted that the other team would score within a minute of halftime, and that we would score two goals afterwards to win the game. Our team got an early advantage at the start of the game, pushing the opposing team back. We had several opportunities for shots, but none of them made the cut. They were either too high, too low, too wide, or too short. As the game dragged on, we were all disappointed that we had yet to make one single goal. When halftime came, the score was still tied 0 - 0. Everyone was getting frustrated, angry at why we hadn't scored yet. And then, disaster struck. The opposing team had scored! The mood on the benches turned gloomy and dark. For the next 25 minutes, neither team would score. With 3 minutes left in the game, it looked like the team that had been undefeated for two years would lose their first game in the season. However, the game was not over yet. With 2 minut...

完璧归赵 赵惠文王有一块著名的宝玉，名字叫和氏璧。有一天，秦昭王说他会给赵惠文王十五个城池如果赵惠文王给他和氏璧。赵惠文王知道秦国比赵国强大，而且赵王如果不肯给秦王和氏璧，就是给了秦王一个开战的借口。赵惠文王问他的大臣有没有人想当使臣去秦国，一个大臣推荐了蔺相如。蔺相如保证可以完璧归赵。蔺相如一到秦国就把和氏璧献给秦王看，秦王很喜欢，给妃子和大臣们都看了一把。蔺相如知道秦王不会把和氏璧还给他，就告诉秦王和氏璧上有一处瑕疵。秦王把和氏璧给了蔺相如，蔺相如就靠近一个大柱子，说如果秦王逼他交出和氏璧，他就会把他的头和和氏璧一起在柱子上撞碎。秦王担心和氏璧会碎，就在五天后安排了一个仪式来交换和氏璧和城池。蔺相如偷偷摸摸把和氏璧送回到了赵国，等到仪式开始的时候，他就告诉秦王他已经把和氏璧送回到了赵国。他说秦王如果想杀他就快点杀吧，但秦王知道杀了他也得不到和氏璧，就把他放了。

鸡鸣狗盗 齐国的孟尝君田文是著名的“战国时期四公子”之一。只要有才能的人，孟尝君都会请到他家里。因此，贤士们都愿意归服他。有一天，有两个人登门求见，孟尝君就设宴来招待他们。孟尝君问这些人他们有什么才能，第一个人说他可以装成一条狗，来偷东西，第二个人说他可以学公鸡叫，就是真的公鸡都分不出来真假。秦王把孟尝君招到了秦国，把他当了宰相，要孟尝君给自己延揽天下人才。可是，秦国的大臣进谏害了他，让秦王把他囚禁起来了。孟尝君叫秦王最宠的妃子为自己求情，她答应了，但是有条件。她想要孟尝君的白狐裘。孟尝君一来秦国就把白狐裘献给了秦王，所以他叫那位精通狗盗的人去把裘偷回来然后给妃子。孟尝君被放了，但他从秦国出不来，因为那儿规定说如果公鸡不叫，门就不开。孟尝君又叫那个学公鸡叫的人叫几下，守门员以为真的公鸡叫了，就把门打开了，孟尝君跟他的门客一起逃回到了齐国。