early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D.‚ when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus). In 1894‚ a French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin‚ proposed a revival of the ancient tradition‚ and thus the modern-day Olympic Summer Games were born. Host Greece won the most medals (47) at the first Olympic Summer Games in 1896. The United States has won more medals (2‚189) at the Summer Games than any
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FUN GAMES DODGEBALL STRIKERS AREA STRIKERS AREA COURT LAYOUT AND OFFICIALS ATTACK LINE ATTACK LINE CENTER LINE CENTER LINE RETRIEVERS AREA RETRIEVERS AREA RETRIEVERS AREA RETRIEVERS AREA REFEREE REFEREE CENTER LINEMAN‚ TIMEKEEPER CENTER LINEMAN‚ TIMEKEEPER Court Perimeter/Barrier Court Perimeter/Barrier POINT SYSTEM DURING ELIMS/ROUND ROBIN STAGE We shall be adopting the point system during eliminations/round robin portion of the league. This means no more
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physical fitness‚ classification in many other topics”. (para 3) Young’s and adults can have exams; there is not a particular age to have exams. However‚ some don’t agree that exams are important. This article will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having exams. Firstly‚ a person will be able to know his performance. Exams encourage the performance of student. For instance if a person score low grade‚ it encourage him to work hard in order to score high grade. And also it encourages people
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Oligopoly When the market is dominated by a few suppliers‚ it is termed as oligopoly. It can be observed in the television industry of the United States‚ where the market is governed by a handful of market players. The advantages and disadvantages of this market form can be clearly demarcated. Oligopoly market form exists in the television and media industry‚ health care insurance industry‚ and cellular phone service industry of the United Sates. This is because each
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GAME OF THE GENERALS I. History The Game of the Generals‚ also called Salpakan and simply The Generals‚ is an educational wargame invented in the Philippines by Sofronio H. Pasola‚ Jr. in 1970. It can be played within twenty to thirty minutes. It is designed for two players and requires the use of logic. The games simulates armies at war trying to outflank and outmaneuver each other. As in actual warfare‚ the game allows only one side’s plan to succeed. Certain strategies and tactics‚ however
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The Hunger Games detail the adventure of Katniss Everdeen‚ who is forced to engage in a fight-to-the-death tournament against other children. The novel takes place in Panem‚ a dystopia like country built on what was once North America. In a world of limited resources‚ the despotic government run by the Capitol keeps its citizens in line by separating them into Districts and reinforcing severe class separations. But their strongest tool to promote disunion and to discourage rebellion is the Hunger
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The Hunger Games By: Suzanna Collins For World Civilization By Sydney Boyd Period 4 The book I read for my book report was The Hunger Games by Suzanna Collins. The Hunger Games takes place sometime in the future. It’s a time where the people had tries to overrun the government and now everyone is split into 12 different districts. Each district is important for producing a different product‚ like fish‚ coal and other necessities. Some of the districts are
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science fiction book‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main protagonist of the story‚ has to face many difficulties in her life such as the death of her father. As well as living in one of the poorest regions called District 12 in the country of Panem. Owing to the tragic death of her father she takes on a big responsibility and cares for her mother and sister Prim. Every year the capitol of Panem has a ceremony called the Hunger Games where‚ two tributes a boy and a girl
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Disadvantages of being rich There are many disadvantages of being rich. Sure‚ the rich can buy all the material items they want‚ but is that all there is to life? The rich never seem to be able to fully trust their friends. They have problems maintaining long lasting relationships. Family affairs for the rich are strained‚ because of money being the main concern. The wealthy are caught in a struggle of trying to make friends and family happy. The rich never know whom they can trust. Trust is a
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Word Game Abstract Word Game is developed with Android Emulator for running the game in the Android based Phones. This application has three modules which are described as given below and each module possess with different set of features. The objective of this application is to improve the linguistic skills in English Language among the Mobile user with fun ways. Word Mix Word Mix Android App is a cool word game and trying the player to match as many word combinations ranging from 3
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