Ralph H. Baer

Father of Video Games Video games are more than a pastime they have become a global market. Ralph H. Baer is the father of video games. He was born in March, 8, 1922 in Germany. A dangerous time and place for Jewish children and their families. Baer faced increasing anti-Semitism while he was growing up. The Nuremberg Laws, a series of highly repressive measures passed in 1935 that deprived German Jews of political and social freedom. These laws forced him to leave school at age thirteen, though he pursued his studies on his own.The Baer family was fortunate to have escaped Germany for America months before Kristallnacht otherwise known as the Night of Broken Glass in 1938. Most of Bear’s mother’s family had immigrated to the United States in 1895, there were plenty of relatives who were willing to sponsor Ralph Baer and his family, a key immigration law requirement in America at that time. As a young immigrant, Baer now had the freedom to choose his own future. He became a radio service technician in 1940 and worked in the field for three years. He was then drafted into the U.S. military. He served one year stateside and two years overseas in…

Game Plan • Problem There are many problems people assume are caused from video games. In addition multiple studies over several topics have been researched due to these assumptions. Three problems I found commonly in question were increased physical fighting, bullying, and shootings. Physical fights happen although many of us wish they didn’t. Children and adults all ages play video games. Most of the video games that have a violent rating contain increased physical fighting. Sometimes while…

Video games hold a high place in American culture. In the youth of America, video games are often looked at as more important than most things we do day to day. My generation is the first group to have been around the type of video games we have today. I imagine that my generation will be playing video games far into their lives. To get back to the topic of the youth and video games, the personalities and habits of younger kids in today’s world are far more different than kids who were growing…

determination won him through all his fights and struggles he had in the Great Depression, giving great inspiration to the American people to strive through the era. Another reason why Braddock was an inspiration was because of his courage, confronting conflict directly without any strain and with dedication to his family and the people that believed in him. Before Braddock’s last fight in the movie, Cinderella Man, against the Heavyweight contender of 1934, Max Baer, his boxing commissioner…

Narrative- On 13Feb17 at 1306 hrs. I, Deputy Halbasch, was asked to speak with Cristin Burmayer in reference to her daughter, Sara Evans, skipping school on a regular basis recently. Cristin informed me she wished for Sara to be placed at Evergreen Shelter in Bemidji as Sara once again skipped school in Walker. Cristin stated she had to depart this morning for work before Sara was to get a ride to school from her friend, Madison Zismer. Later in the morning, Cristin found out from the school…

apartment. Jim Braddock even applies for federal aid and attends the local soup kitchen. One day, Braddock’s previous boxing manager, Joe Gould, contacts him offering $250 for a last minute fight. Despite the possibility of getting injured, Braddock agrees, as he cannot pass up such a large amount of money during these difficult times. Surprisingly, James wins the fight, and continues to box against other men to make money for his family. Because Braddock’s boxing status and financial status…

Gould found fights for Braddock to help feed his wife and children. Braddock was at his worst when finally things started getting better, he had a major comeback. That’s when Damon Runyon gave Braddock his nickname the “Cinderella Man”. He was given the nickname because of his fairytale like rise to a poor local fighter to the boxing champion of the world. In October of 1934, Braddock had been given the lucky opportunity to fight John Griffin who was also known as Corn. Everyone was amazed and…

Perhaps some of you have heard of me. My husband, James J. Braddock, became the number one heavyweight champion in the world just a few days ago in a fight against Max Baer. I consider myself and my family to be extremely lucky and I can only give my thanks to those that supported my husband. To my knowledge, Jimmy is now being referred to as the “Cinderella Man” because of his amazing recovery. However, some of his fans may wonder how he even fell in the first place. As many of Jimmy’s fans may…

A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult female with a birth date of 08/12/1956. The member has a diagnosis of Restless Leg Syndrome. The member’s treating provider, Josette Johnson, MD recommended the member continue the use of Gralise ER 600mg tablets. The carrier has denied coverage of Gralise ER 600mg tablets as experimental and/or investigational and not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 03/21/2016, which states in part:…

arrives home to an empty house and the only one there is his wife. James, after an argument with Mae says he is going to go everything to get his kids back. He takes out an Emergency fund to try and get his kids back along with this he also goes to the boxing management and begs them to help get his kids back. James is approached by his old boxing manager and is put in a fight as a last minute substitute against the second rated heavyweight boxer. James against all odds beat him and starts…