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What is "Petra's Planet"?

"Petra's Planet" is designed to be an interactive experience in which children are able to talk to one another and interact as they progress through the virtual world. After a person has created his character, he is able to visit different countries throughout the game world. Each country has a different set of mini-games for the player to select. As the player participates in different mini-games or successfully completes quests, he receives KIPPs, which is a form of currency in the game.\nThe KIPPs in "Petra's Planet" allow the player to purchase items so that he is able to customi..

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What is a monogram letter template?

Martha Stewart Weddings offers monogram templates in one font. To use the templates, click on the desired letter to view it as an image. Print the image onto adhesive paper, cut with a three-inch circle punch, and use the round monograms to label gifts, cards or placeholders.\nMark and Graham lists a variety of types and uses for monograms, including monograms for individuals, monograms for married couples, and humorous monograms based on Internet and text slang. The monogram maker on the website allows users to create their own monograms by entering their initials and selecting a style.

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Where can I sell silver dollars?

Sellers should always research the value of coins prior to sale by getting appraisals from coin-collecting organizations or by looking at the sale prices of similar coins and collections. Cointstudy.com recommends frequent reassessment of a collection due to fluctuations in the market price of silver. When selling rare coins, always put in the leg work to know fair value, and consider bids from multiple buyers to ensure the best deal.

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What materials are Barbie dolls made of?

Polyvinyl is the primary material used to make a Barbie doll. This material is commonly referred to as vinyl or PVC. This thermoplastic polymer is combined with a plasticizer to increase flexibility and make the doll less brittle.\nSynthetic fibers are used to make the hair on Barbie dolls. These fibers are rooted and dyed to offer different colors and styles.\nElastomer is used around the stomach area on the doll to create a more realistic range of movement. It allows the 2014 Barbie doll to withstand posing and bending. The newer materials used to make the Barbie improve durability and help ..

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How do you make a fireman costume?

Choose a base layerBuy a red, black or yellow rain jacket. If you cannot find a rain jacket, any jacket may suffice. Buy boots to match the jacket.Add reflective stripesBuy 3-inch tape to contrast your chosen jacket color. For a red or black jacket, opt for yellow. For a yellow jacket, buy black tape. Run a strip of the tape around the hem of the jacket, approximately 2 inches from the bottom edge. Do the same around the chest of the jacket, sleeve cuffs and tops of the boots.Add contrasting stripesBuy 2-inch tape in a color that contrasts with your base tape color. Run it along the center of ..

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What are some funny jokes that are safe for the workplace?

Jokes about work can sometimes be offensive. However, they can also be wry without offending people. For instance, one joke poses a situation in which a boss is interviewing accountants. The boss keeps interviewing until he finds an accountant who answers the question "What's 2 + 2?" with the answer, "Whatever you want it to be."\nThe Funniest Clean Jokes website has several jokes that are about the workplace yet are also safe for work. One example involves a truck driver thinking he can make it under a bridge but getting stuck. When a cop comes to write a ticket, the cop asks if the driv..

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How do you win raffle prizes?

Raffle contests are a game of chance, with every ticket sold having a chance to be a winner. As you buy more tickets, you have a greater likelihood of winning. If there are a great number of other people buying tickets, your odds do go down, so look for raffles that attract fewer people for a better chance of winning. Some people believe that visualizing yourself winning the raffle increases the odds of actually winning, but there is no proof that this is true. Others suggest that crumpling the ticket somewhat before placing it in the bucket, if possible, makes it stand out when the winning ti..

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How do you play a Jumble word scramble game?

The Jumble word puzzle, officially called "Jumble, That Scrambled Word Game," provides players with a clue, an illustration and four sets of jumbled words, or anagrams. Two of the anagrams have five letters, and the other two have six. Players reconstruct the jumbled words and arrange the letters in marked positions. After consulting the clue and illustration for hints, they rearrange the marked letters to form the word or phrase that answers the puzzle.\nAs of 2013, the Jumble puzzle appears daily in more than 600 newspapers around the world. It is also available on several mobile game applic..

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What are some Coolified games about math?

"FractOne" helps students learn addition and fractions by requiring them to click on pairs of fractions that add up to 1. In "Fraction Splat," players must click on the target fractions that fit the category given while avoiding the fractions that do not fit. The categories of target fractions may be fractions greater than or equal to 1, or fractions that are less than ½.\nIn "Subtraction Blast," players use the 2 and 3 keys as firing keys and subtract this amount whenever they fire that key. The goal is to get their total down to exactly 0 by firing the 2 and 3 key as needed. In "Crazy Taxi ..

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What are custom controllers?

Some possible modifications include custom buttons, custom analog sticks, a custom paint job and paddles that can be placed on the back of the controller. These paddles imitate whichever buttons on the front the gamer chooses. This allows for the gamer to access and use these buttons of choice without taking his fingers off of the analog sticks.

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