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    Regarding lies‚ those about history are worse than those about popular culture. In Billy Collins’s “The History Teacher”‚ the teacher lies to his students about historical events. He tells them that wars that killed so many were only small kerfuffles. He says‚ “the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom on Japan”. This is a big deal. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed thousands and still has repercussions today. while the kids might not believe that it was only one atom‚ hearing this version of the story

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    Game Theory

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    Game theory is defined as “the study of the ways in which strategic interactions among economic agents produce outcomeswith respect to thepreferences of those agents‚ where the outcomes in question might have been intended by none of the agents” by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Ross 1997). The disciplines most involved in game theory “are mathematics‚ economics and the other social and behavioral sciences” (McCain 1997). Game theory was created to confront the problem and provide a theory

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    Video Game

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    computer game composing of two to ten or twelve players where you can choose from over ninety unique characters you can play on. It requires focus‚ strategy‚ quick hands and quick thinking when you are in difficult situations. The objective of the scenario is to destroy the opponents’ "Ancient". The two teams’ ancients are heavily guarded structures at opposing corners of the map. The game is popular in many parts of the world; in the Philippines and Thailand‚ it is played as much as the game Counter-strike

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    Games and Sports

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    Games and Sports The ideal of a good and perfect life is to have a sound mind in a sound body. This is recognized by all as the best means of performing our duties. Body and mind should work at their best‚ and they cannot do unless both are in good order. The limbs must be supple‚ active and obedient to the will. The best way to keep the limbs fit is to exercise them in sports and games of physical skills and strength. This indeed is the importance of games‚ and there is no society which has its

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    Folk Games

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    Five Philippine Folk/Native Games Promotional Video in Promoting the Five Philippine Folk/Native Games Characteristics of Five Philippine Folk/Native Games 1. Tinikling Game 2. Kasipa sa Mangis 3. Arnis 4. Palo-palo 5. Sungka Characteristics of Five Philippine Folk/Native Games 6. Tinikling Game 7. Kasipa sa Mangis 8. Arnis 9. Palo-palo 10. Sungka Fig. 1 Framework in the Analysis of Five Philippine Folk/Native Games Bibliography A. Books

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    Consumer classification and consumption patterns Ankit Verma Aditya Srivastava Rohit Sharma Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology‚ Allahabad Abstract How the consumers consume and for what purposes‚ drives the producers as to how they extract resources and create products. The consumers are classified on the basis of consumption patterns which are ascertained by observing their actual behaviour in a market in various purchase situations. These patterns are explained by multiple

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    The Olympic Games

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    The Olympic Games The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece. The original Greek games were staged every fourth year for several hundred years‚ until they were abolished in the early Christian era. The revival of the Olympic Games took place in 1896‚ and since then they have been staged every fourth year‚ except during World War I and World War II. Perhaps the basic difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that the former was the

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    and very easy to use and to play the game. Thus‚ this project can build sine sort of skill and also cover a topic that was interest of everyone. This game entitled “Wordle” is an interesting and colorful program which creates visual representation of text. In generation today‚ there are a lot of games that internet has but Wordle serves as a little practical use in our mind. It is certainly fun to play around. Background of Study Wordle‚ a fun word game‚ was designed‚ developed and launched

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    Hunger Game Lit Theory Feb 2nd 2013 The Hunger Game by Suzanne Collins is one of the bestseller on The New York Times for a long time. The period in the story is when the North America was completely collapsed; a country named Panem was established. The country has 12 districts (each 13th District‚ but it has been crossed from the list) and a city called the Capitol. Each county has a duty‚ labor‚ production‚ and transfer everything they do on the Capitol. In my opinion‚ The Hunger Game is a very

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    Online Games

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    Conceptual Framework Investigate Online Games or Internet Games are video games played over same form of computer Network‚ using a personal computer or video game console. If requires a connection to the internet to play‚ and it’s a type of pc game. It can also played in the computer shop‚ that’s why there is so many people use this as a form of business. EFFECT CAUSES Game designers make characters look and act like humans. Sometimes people or players feel this actions like they

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