Introduction: In my previous speech about the Olympic Games‚ I introduced the topic and gave a brief history including the first recorded Olympics‚ how the International Olympic Committee was formed‚ and the first Winter Olympic games. In this speech‚ I am going to cover a little more history and some records that have contributed to the athletic showcase we know today. Main Points: * When I think of the Olympics‚ one of the first images to pop into my head is the Olympic rings. The interlocking
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Game Theory – 21 flags winning strategy There were 21 flags and each player had the opportunity to remove 1‚2‚ or 3 flags. The player that removes the last flags will be the winning team. By applying the backwards induction theory‚ think backwards in time and the optimal winning strategy is to leave the opponent player 4 flags by each step to remove the flags so that the remaining number is divisible by 4. The player that has the first attempt to remove the 1st flag will control the 100%
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The Right Game: Use Game Theory to Shape Strategy by Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry J. Nalebuff Harvard Business Review Reprint 95402 HBR J U LY- A U G U S T 1 9 9 5 The Right Game: Use Game Theory to Shape Strategy by Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry J. Nalebuff Business is a high-stakes game. The way we approach this game is reflected in the language we use to describe it. Business language is full of expressions borrowed from the military and from sports. Some of them are dangerously
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The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece and What They Represented The ancient Olympic games were primarily part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus‚ the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and the Games were held in Olympia‚ a rural sanctuary site in western Peloponnesia. The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in honor of their many gods and Zeus. The Isthmos games were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years
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The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has many characteristics of a dystopian society. Propaganda is used throughout the book to control the citizens of society. The people of the twelve districts have their Information‚ independent thought‚ and freedom restricted. The type of dystopian control present is corporate control. Propaganda is use to control the citizens of society. “The real message is clear‚ ‘Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you
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The Hunger Games Essay By: Yasmeen Sahibzada The Hunger Games is a story of a 16-year old young adult named Katniss Everdeen who changes by her fate of entering the annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual televised fight to the death. This event is held to entertain the Capitol. The Capitol is a utopian city where the Panem’s most powerful and wealthy live. Over the course of the book‚ Katniss enters the games‚ finds fake love‚ becomes a part of the star crossed lovers‚ and finds herself
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Humanity and justice wins the game The concept of humanity is an ideology formed and redefined by different societies. Each new generation continues to reinterpret and understand the concept in a way relevant to the needs of their society. The Hunger Games (2008)‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ is a compelling action packed‚ yet romantic story where suffering unbearably swallows the citizens of the outer districts through the grueling annual reality TV show‚ The Hunger Games. Two representatives from
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Tennis The history of tennis is said to date back several of thousands of years. The game was created by European monks. It began as a game for “entertainment purposes during religious ceremonies. To begin the game of tennis one was too hit the ball with their hand‚ soon the leather glove came into existence. This now replaced ones hand with a more effective way to hit and serve the ball‚ and so the first “racquet” was created. With a new way to hit the tennis balls‚ then the ball went under reconstruction
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for the sole purpose of you killing all the others? The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about a girl‚ Katniss‚ takes her sisters place in the games. She goes in and fights for her life and ultimately succeeds and returns home. In the novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ themes of government control and love are discussed‚ and these themes are also present in our modern day world. One theme that really stands out throughout The Hunger Games is government control. In the novel‚ the Capitol controls everything
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SUDOKU GAME IN ANDROID INTRODUCTION The main objective of this project is to create a game through which the user will be able to play a Sudoku puzzle. Our project deals with the task of designing a game of Sudoku using various algorithms. These are algorithms‚ both for generating games of various difficulties for the user and also for solving the puzzles provided by the user. A user will be able to ask for a random puzzle or the user will be able to manually input a puzzle. In either case‚ the software
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