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- Guangzhou will hold the 16th Asian Games in November 2010. The city ... & Sightseeing Tower for the 2010 Asian Games, 610 meters tall. ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- quot; in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, held in Atlanta. [[Image:Stevie Wonder 2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Wonder in concert, 2006]] ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- system, and organized leisure activities (sport, games, etc.). Finally, superstructure incorporates the aesthetic component of society, including art ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- century with the increasing popularity of games between national teams. The English-oriented Football Association had chaired many discussions ...12 KB (1,724 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- allowing them to be seated next to him at the games. Domitian appears ... Both Titus and Domitian were fond of gladiatorial games, and realized ...53 KB (7,893 words) - 19:45, 12 July 2023
- of New York. She attended boxing matches, baseball games and other public events, dressed in what became her signature garb: a tricorn hat and a black ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 04:13, 6 November 2022
- Rome during Saturnalia, and scores of dice games took place in the streets. A "king" was crowned from among the commoners by way of ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- From Heaven, The Persian Boy, and Funeral Games. He also appears in her non ... * __________. 1981. Funeral games. New York, NY: Pantheon Books. ISBN ...22 KB (3,249 words) - 23:34, 2 December 2022
- educational animation, simulations, games, learning management software, electronic voting systems and more, with possibly a combination of ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 08:09, 14 January 2023
- The game theory Bateson drew from was based on Theory of Games by ... peers, television, internet, and computer games. “In the face of all these ...24 KB (3,689 words) - 00:39, 25 March 2024
- and commercials, and print media. Video games most often use real-time ... to produce professional grade films, games, and fine art from their ...30 KB (4,494 words) - 19:11, 7 February 2023
- revived the memory of the ancient Olympic Games and contributed toward the establishment of modern Olympics, in 1896. After his return from Olympia ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- Silver Medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Silver Medal. ... *Jesse Owens—Track and Field 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Four Gold Medals. ...40 KB (5,731 words) - 10:21, 11 March 2023
- and the Arab World, and play their home games at Cairo International Stadium ... sporting events, including the African Games, and the Football World Championship ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- over his friend and held many funeral games in his honor. His mother ... with those of Patroclus, and funeral games are held. He was represented ...34 KB (5,355 words) - 15:14, 24 December 2023
- With the announcement that the Commonwealth Games will be held in ... Venues/ 2014 Commonwealth Games Venues] * [http://www.esgherefordshire ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- *Kaminski, Marek M. 2004. Games Prisoners Play. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691117217. *Kenney, Patrick. 2003. A Carnival of Revolution: ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 00:48, 4 February 2023
- Every hundred years festivals, called the Secular Games, were held in his honor. ==Epithets and other names== Hades, god of the dead, was a fearsome ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- . In 2003 they won the AL Pennant in seven games over the 2003 Boston Red ... World Champion Boston Red Sox three games to none (3-0) and 3 outs ...36 KB (5,317 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- for summer concerts, picnics, baseball games, tennis courts, and lakes ... World's Fair, which led the Olympic Games to be moved from Chicago ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- In 1994, the city of Hiroshima hosted the Asian Games. ... The Astram Line opened for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, with ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- average of 28,304 fans for the 12 opening round games, including 51,578 to the opening game at the Seoul World Cup Stadium between Seongnam and Turkish ...12 KB (1,783 words) - 07:06, 23 November 2022
- They are designed for holding high-definition video, games, and other forms of data. They support larger capacities, enabled by the use of short-wavelength ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 10:36, 11 March 2023
- They are likewise featured in artwork, and video games. Salamanders provide great benefit to humans, consuming mosquito larvae and helping to ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- Video games based on popular NCAA sports such as football and basketball ... who compete in Division I FBS and four bowl games—has arranged to place the ...28 KB (3,819 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- Games between teams hitting an object with curved sticks have been ... in popular use meant goal. Many of these games were developed for fields ...69 KB (11,304 words) - 17:15, 10 February 2024
- In some role-playing games, including RuneScape, Dungeons & Dragons, EverQuest, Horizons: Empire of Istaria, and World of Warcraft, gnomes ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- songs are performed to tell stories, play games and tease or charm others. ... but neither of the two consider those games full internationals. It has ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- also found use as a money substitute in games, similar to modern casino ... the production shifted to jetons for use in games and toys, sometimes copying ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 05:56, 25 August 2020
- and interactive content including games, office applications and ... Internet forums have sections devoted to games and funny videos; short cartoons ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- of the characters made, as well as posters and games. ==Drug synergism== Drug synergism occurs when drugs can interact in ways that enhance or ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 01:57, 27 February 2023
- that celebrated athletic victories in the games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea ... valuable chronological study of the Olympic Games. Polybius was born about ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- also competed at the Summer Olympic Games of 1908, where they earned 1x GOLD (Rugby Union), 2 x SILVER and 2 x BRONZE medals, and again at the ...24 KB (3,586 words) - 05:58, 10 January 2023
- and the ancient Greek tradition of the Olympic Games, which originated in the early eighth century B.C.E. The Japanese tradition of physical exercise ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- Muirthemni where there would be meetings, games, and feasting. In Aislinge ... Maclise, shows people playing divination games on October 31 in Ireland]] ...35 KB (5,443 words) - 16:28, 20 September 2023
- around the time of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, acting as a television commentator for synchronized swimming events and being an honored guest ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 04:22, 22 March 2024
- in the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games: I woke with this marble head in my hands; It exhausts my elbows and I don't know ...11 KB (1,573 words) - 20:33, 29 August 2021
- public funds to pay for the high costs of the games, so the games were moved to Innsbruck, Austria. The notoriety of becoming the only city ever to ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- In addition to sports, a wide variety of games are played. Among the most ... sent its first competitors to the Olympic Games in 1964, and has also competed ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- She was an active child who enjoyed such sports and games as playing lion-hunt with other children, swimming and tennis. She would often accompany ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:00, 8 September 2022
- received opinion pieces on reality TV or video games that confused the traditional readership of the magazine. Due to poor results of the new ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 10:18, 25 November 2023
- such as rectangular counters used in playing games. In the past 20 years, the technology surrounding porcelain tiles and glass tiles has advanced ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- Quoted by Alison Futrell (ed.), A Sourcebook on the Roman Games, p ... * Futrell, Alison. Bread and Circuses a Sourcebook on the Roman Games ...23 KB (3,632 words) - 01:57, 15 January 2023
- Category:Politicians and reformers Category:Media Professionals Category:Biography Bates, Daisy Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (November 11, 1914 – ...13 KB (1,959 words) - 07:47, 12 January 2024
- #039; which includes film, DVD, Internet, and Games, 'Stages' which is further split into Theatre, Dance, Opera, and Comedy, 'Sounds ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 17:36, 30 April 2023
- New York hosted the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, the Games ... , although both teams play their home games in Giants Stadium in nearby ...44 KB (6,512 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- such as DVDs, music CDs, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and others. They also provide a platform for individuals ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- *[http://www.ultimatecampresource.com Camp Games, Camp Songs, and Other Activities] – UltimateCampResource.com. *[http://www.ccamping.org/ Canadian ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- Microsoft sells computer games that run on Windows PCs, including ... develops and publishes its own video games for this console, with the ...49 KB (6,708 words) - 10:40, 10 March 2023
- representing them on the screen as avatars. Games do not have to stop at the avatar-player level, but current implementations aiming for more ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 02:18, 15 January 2023
- thousand and three monitors, for the Olympic Games being held in Seoul. In 1996, Nam June Paik had a stroke, which left him partially paralyzed ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- activities included gambling and lacrosse games. Food was shared so that ... the Tribe to conduct gambling, including games such as baccarat, blackjack ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 12:59, 10 March 2023
- the radio broadcast rights to the team's games. Baseball executives were so impressed by his approach that he was persuaded to become the owner ...12 KB (1,776 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- rejoined the rest of the people for feasts, games, competitions and races. ... descending from the mountain to enjoy games and entertainment. ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- and won the bid for the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta. Many sporting facilities such as the Senayan sports complex (now Bung Karno Stadium ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- to professional football and baseball games in the New York City area ... and local TV sales boomed, since the games were telecast in New York ...26 KB (4,061 words) - 14:41, 11 November 2022
- *Floor Games (1911)* *The Great State: Essays in Construction (U.S ... Sort of Girls who Like Boys' Games and Books (1913) ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- daily hours indoors watching TV, playing video games or chatting online.[http://www.nwf.org/greenhour NWF Greenhour Program] Retrieved July 8, 2008. ...15 KB (2,010 words) - 04:19, 11 March 2023
- being rebuilt, the club started to play their games nearby it and eventually built a stadium on the land, which is still used today. ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- Indies team to compete in international games. One of the most highly regarded ... while it incorporates music, dance, and games. The largest and most important ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- having scheduling conflicts with sports games and concerts nearly every ... Angeles Sparks play an extended length of road games. Since 2000, the ...32 KB (4,552 words) - 19:47, 20 February 2023
- and also sometimes appear in role-playing fantasy games, such as Dungeons and Dragons. ==Footnotes== ==References== *Burkert, Walter. 1985. Greek ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- 10 (ten) is a natural number A natural number is any number that is a positive integer, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Often, the number 0 ...13 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Archaeology [[Image:Elgin Marbles British Museum.jpg|thumb|right|250px|General ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 16:10, 13 February 2024
- coverage of such events as wars, the Olympic Games, or national political conventions. UPI clients, by contrast, paid a fixed annual rate—UPI could ...13 KB (1,927 words) - 11:51, 3 May 2023
- and La Paz F.C. All teams play most of their games in the city stadium, Estadio Hernando Siles, which hosts several other teams that play in the ...25 KB (3,650 words) - 05:31, 4 March 2023
- #039;s sport was officially added to the Olympic Games program at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. There, Naismith handed out the medals to three ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 08:49, 18 March 2024
- Mantids have been used by Chinese in fighting games, their prayerful form was considered a help to travelers to find their way home, and even the martial ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- patients. At one period, he used his childhood games (sand play and building blocks) to release in him streams of fantasy, which he recorded. He recorded ...15 KB (2,390 words) - 22:33, 7 January 2024
- seasons. NCAA teams usually play their first games the weekend of Labor Day, with the NFL traditionally playing their first game the Thursday following ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 05:32, 4 March 2023
- Chargers. It also hosts international soccer games. Three NFL Super Bowl championships and many college football bowl games have been held there. Balboa ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- quot; or "heroic" style, raising games to the level of ancient combat and their heroes to the status of demigods. He became even better ...14 KB (2,078 words) - 14:51, 31 December 2022
- by all ages. National and international games are played at the Antiguan ... who have represented Antigua at the Olympic Games. Other athletes to watch ...27 KB (3,940 words) - 06:23, 31 July 2023
- area of Brooklyn, made history with many of the games in the regular season against the New York Giants, and especially in the post-season, where ...28 KB (4,109 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- Brazil also hosted the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, where the Brazil football ... São Paulo organized the IV Pan American Games in 1963, and Rio de Janeiro ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- on slaves and watch bloody gladiatorial games with glee. In 33 C.E., Tiberius ... troupe of young men during a series of games held for the Divine Augustus ...28 KB (4,511 words) - 18:28, 25 November 2023
- opening ceremonies of the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Africa), John Glenn (The Americas), Kazuyoshi ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- Greek anthology, which is a collection of number games and strategy puzzles. One of the puzzles is: This tomb holds Diophantus. Ah, what a marvel! ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- titles and played in four other NFL Championship Games during his career. The jump pass, in which he would fake a plunge, then step back a yard ...14 KB (1,992 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- Duchy has been represented as a total 21 Games, including every one since ... 82.5 kg+ 3 events weightlifting at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- In online computer games players form groups called "player guilds" who perform some of the functions of ancient guilds. They organize ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- ===Religious reforms and games=== Claudius, as the author of a treatise ... Claudius performed the Secular games, marking the 800th anniversary ...58 KB (9,002 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- Football during the 1800s; some intramural games still take place there. ... Indian costume to serve as a mascot during games, came under criticism. During ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- their men's basketball team, whose games Cosby frequently attends ... public events, such as the 100th Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden ...28 KB (4,183 words) - 16:03, 31 October 2023
- Goguryeo people loved to drink, sing, and dance. Games such as wrestling attracted curious spectators. The Dongmaeng Festival, held every October ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- action-adventure, romance, sports and games, historical drama, comedy ... towards digital entertainment such as video games, computer and cell phones ...39 KB (5,688 words) - 21:37, 11 January 2024
- * Uncertainty is designed into games, most notably in gambling, where chance is central to play. * Uncertainty is often an important factor in ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- of the large viewership of NFL playoff games, this was intended to boost ... Sunday nights since CBS only airs NFL afternoon games. Joe Otterson ...36 KB (5,125 words) - 21:44, 6 January 2024
- 15) and is held in Pyongyang. The Mass Games involve performances of dance ... The most well known sporting event in North Korea is the Mass Games ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- criticizes the Roman tradition of public games and condemns Christians who patronize them. In “Concerning the Value of Chastity,” he emphasizes ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- #039;s refusal to race at the Olympic Games on Sunday—the Sabbath. ... the Rugby World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, although notably not the ...48 KB (6,984 words) - 17:25, 12 May 2024
- shaped in this Axial Age. The ancient Olympic games saw the birth of competitive sport and of the idea that sport can help to promote generosity, understanding ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- dead-ball era. Although Ruth twice won 23 games in a season as a pitcher ... Ruth later estimated that he played 200 games a year as he steadily climbed ...149 KB (22,792 words) - 02:56, 13 May 2024
- people could sit and watch ceremonies and games. There was also a circular ... events such as annual festivals, ball-games, and language classes. The ...29 KB (4,264 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
- Surrealists played collaborative drawing games and discussed the theories ... * Brotchie, Alastair and Mel Gooding, eds. A Book of Surrealist Games ...46 KB (6,796 words) - 23:55, 26 February 2023
- Conan Doyle] – Site includes articles, quotes, games, and little-known facts. * [http://www.crimefiction.com/slater.htm The Oscar Slater Case] ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 11:09, 16 August 2023
- in the sauna–-for example if they slept, played games, argued, were noisy, or behaved otherwise "immorally" there. ===Saunas and sex=== ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- to the Promemeikos altar in the Akademeia. Funeral games also took place in the area as well as a Dionysiac procession from Athens to the Hekademeia ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- Arena, where the Detroit Red Wings play their NHL games. A memorial to Louis was dedicated in Detroit (at Jefferson Avenue & Woodward) on October ...15 KB (2,326 words) - 06:38, 5 April 2024
- to the annual home-and-home varsity hockey games between the two institutions, yet the McGill's/Queen's challenge also survives in ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- has been better known for hosting the annual Bislett Games track and field event in the IAAF Golden League. The stadium was rebuilt in 2004/2005, and ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
- At the Chu court, Mozi engaged in simulated war games with Gongshu Ban, the chief military strategist of Chu, and overturned each one of his stratagems ...15 KB (2,461 words) - 17:52, 10 November 2022
- The new Stanford Stadium, site of home football games.]] ... had won 182 Olympic medals at the summer games; "In fact, in every ...29 KB (4,059 words) - 19:49, 9 February 2023
- teams. Many of NYU's varsity teams play their games at various facilities and fields throughout Manhattan because of the scarcity of space for ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- dollars in funding at the time of the 1996 Olympic Games. ===Remarks at Vigil for Religious Freedom=== Lowery was a vocal supporter against religious ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:42, 11 August 2022
- . In 1896, the Olympic Games were revived in Athens, and the Opening ... of which the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 was symbolic. This ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- early Mesopotamia, in the original Olympic games in Ancient Greece, and in ... dominated the Olympics and World Equestrian Games in Dressage (competitive ...30 KB (4,944 words) - 19:37, 21 February 2022
- recently in evidence during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in China, where the government went to great lengths to suppress public protests of its human ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- Ballroom dance refers to a set of learned partner dances, which are enjoyed socially and engaged in competitively around the globe. Any of the ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- Additionally, Edmonton hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the 1983 ... astersgames.html 2005 World Master Games] In 2006, it played host to ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- school. These riots often occur after football games, and can be seen as a form of hooliganism; however, sports are not always the cause of such riots ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
- #039; altar in the Akademeia. Funeral games also took place in the area as well as a Dionysiac procession from Athens to the Hekademeia and then ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- hill events for the Czech Republic at those games along with his silver in the team event. The official break-up occurred right in the middle ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 09:17, 15 January 2023
- and they would then eat moderately, enjoy jokes and games, and participate in serious discussion. In summer they would eat in the open air, in winter ...15 KB (2,286 words) - 07:58, 3 August 2022
- episodes of thirty minutes. Comic books, computer games, movies, and TV cartoons have all been produced based on Blyton's works. ...16 KB (2,376 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- seeding in Beijing just before the 2008 Olympic Games in hopes of clearing the air of pollution. Boston Globe, [http://www.boston.com/news/science/arti ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- during the Opening Ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2002 Charles headlined during the Cognac festival in southern ...14 KB (2,284 words) - 01:32, 8 December 2022
- featured in comic books, novels and video games. In these sources, the characterizations vary wildly, from villainous and malicious trickster ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- An amusement park section has rides and games, an art museum, a sculpture garden, a Korean Folk Museum, and a World Folk Museum which highlights ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 00:49, 18 November 2022
- probe into manufacturers of violent video games, and proposed making the ... com/1999/5/4/19443559/hatch-assails-violent-games Hatch assails violent games ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- of the means by which software like video games may be made available for ... | Games || Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Simulation, First-person shooter ...50 KB (7,240 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- or some other item. Modern playing cards and board games developed from this type of divination. Augury: Divination that ranks a set of given ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- in Ludo Aleae or The Value of all Chances in Games of Fortune, 1657] Christiaan Huygens' book on probability theory. An English translation ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- of the bandy season and always draws large crowds. Games traditionally begin at 1:15 pm. Berndt Rosqvist, [http://www.dn.se/sport/festligt-och ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- and 1945. The football team plays its home games at Michie Stadium, where ... so there are now two Goat–Engineer games, played back to back the ...49 KB (7,478 words) - 11:57, 3 May 2023
- In modern times, particularly since the Olympic games of 1980, during which visitors from around the world were introduced to and purchased samovars ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 01:15, 21 April 2023
- * Long, Lynette. Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun. New York: J. Wiley, 2003. ISBN 978 ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- he and his brother Paul would win a combined 45 games during the year. This would prove to be the year of years for the big right hander as he would ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- other sporting events including the Pan-American Games, the Central American Games, and the Caribbean World Series. Boxing, baseball, and basketball ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- At the 11th Asian Games in 1990, wushu was included for the first time and the 42 Forms was chosen to represent tai chi. The International Wushu ...44 KB (6,584 words) - 00:21, 16 February 2024
- the Olympic Hymn for the 1936 Olympic Games, and also befriended some highly-ranked Nazis. Evidently his intent was to protect his daughter-in ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 01:47, 14 December 2022
- *At public games and performances they had a reserved place of honor *Unlike most Roman women, they were not subject to the patria potestas and ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
- adults. Before the advent of television and video games, origami was a common form of indoor entertainment for Japanese children. Stationery shops carry ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- date of composition unknown), containing many word games, episodes from the lives of famous literary authors, and plays on the different dialects from ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- to stand or sit on. Mandan children often played games on the roof while adults sat and talked, or simply dozed in the sun. Carl Waldman, Encyclopedia ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- for the United States in the Olympic Games.Stanford Magazine, Class Notes: Otis Chandler, ’50, 1927-2006, [http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazin ...18 KB (2,752 words) - 04:45, 18 November 2022
- even more to the group. Activities and games provide an enjoyable way ... weeks. Activities at these events include games, scoutcraft competitions ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- are more likely to be hyperactive, enjoying active games. Despite what was previously believed, XYY boys are no more likely than other boys to be violent. ...15 KB (2,079 words) - 00:18, 14 January 2023
- netball and rugby, have influenced the way the games are played in New Zealand. Success for a Tongan means the ability to contribute to the extended ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- in a period of trade of various commodities, games such as Trobriand cricket, feasts, catching up on the news, and various other social events. ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- and comic books, and in several popular video games. ==Notes== ==References== *Lip, Evelyn. 1996. The 108 heroes of the water margin. Singapore: ...17 KB (2,616 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- Indian literary tradition is the use of word games, such as stanzas that read the same backwards and forwards, words that can be split in different ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- Thuggee as a plot vehicle in his books Shadow Games (June 1989), and Dreams of Steel (April 1990). The books and later ones that continue the storyline ...16 KB (2,481 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- Canadian city to host the Olympic Winter Games. The metropolis is also home ... when the city hosted the XV Olympic Winter Games. The success of these games ...52 KB (7,693 words) - 18:23, 25 November 2023
- festival there also featured the famous Olympic Games. Outside of Olympia and other major sanctuaries, there were certain modes of worship to Zeus that ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- music CDs, and computer software such as video games, sometimes long before the official release of a title. Innovations in consumer DVD and CD burners ...19 KB (2,879 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- tourists visiting the Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea. In 2000, Pulmuone expanded the museum while improve its facilities for ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- peace, were used to crown the victors of friendly games and bloody war, and the oil of its fruit has anointed the noblest of heads throughout history ...31 KB (4,932 words) - 00:21, 18 November 2022
- as well as modern fantasy and role-playing games. They commonly appear as ... featured in fantasy novels and role-playing games. The wizard Gandalf in J ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- 270 cm). Ski jumping is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but can also be performed in summer on artificial surfaces (porcelain or frost rail track ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- Internet media providers and video games publishers who need to encode, track, and distribute video in a variety of formats. It provides a unique ...20 KB (2,903 words) - 13:24, 7 February 2023
- Electronic Arts flight simulator video games: Chuck Yeager's Advanced ... Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer] Moby Games. Retrieved October 16, 2023. ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- called the Panathenaea that rivaled the Olympic Games in popularity. During the festival, a procession moved through Athens up to the Acropolis and ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- certain input, and playing chess and other games which require human-like intelligence. A new field of science has developed to study the processes ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- activity (e.g. going to the movies, playing video games) for Lent, or they may instead decide to take on a Lenten discipline such as devotions, volunteering ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- as a character in several video and computer games. ==Notes== ==References== *Inoue, Yasushi, and Yoko Riley. 2006. The Samurai banner of Furin ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 03:54, 27 February 2023
- Henry Winter, [http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/mind-games-reach ... * Winter, Henry. [http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/mind-games ...35 KB (5,067 words) - 15:13, 30 April 2023
- * The former chain retail computer and video-games store "Babbage's" (now GameStop) was named after him. * Mr Babbage, the computer ...17 KB (2,481 words) - 01:55, 4 December 2023
- poems, debated questions of love, and played word games of flirtation. Diane Bornstein, 1986. ==Notes== ==References== * Benton, John F. "The ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 06:12, 11 January 2024
- such as Japan. Just as with popular board games such as chess, shogi, and go, local, regional, and national competitions in abacus use are held ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- is a staple of horror genres and role-playing games, the werewolf phenomenon can be traced all the way back to shape-shifting practices of shamans ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- would often come to the settlement and play games. During a time when the colonists were starving, Pocahontas with her attendants brought Smith ...18 KB (2,818 words) - 08:11, 24 November 2022
- read, and filled his paper with pictures, games, and contests that drew in readers, particularly those who used English as a second language ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 09:56, 23 May 2023
- many well-established teams. In the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta, Jamaica sent a national bobsled team (even thought most of them had never ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- 039;s population attends this event to play games, give thanks to the moon ... Popular games include cockfighting, and kicking a sey, which is similar ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- * The International Festival of Games, a festival of bridge, belote, backgammon, chess, draughts, tarot and more, which takes place each February. ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- development is addressed through circle games (songs, poems, and games ... languages, handwork and crafts, eurythmy, games and gymnastics, and so forth. ...49 KB (7,066 words) - 17:42, 22 December 2022
- Nationals. They played their home games at the Olympic Stadium. ... Montreal was the host of the 1976 Summer Olympics. The Montreal Games ...44 KB (6,520 words) - 21:16, 9 November 2022
- the regular right fielder. He also played a few games at shortstop and third base from 1952 to 1955. He moved to center field in 1952, replacing ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 17:26, 9 November 2022
- night or two near their relatives' tombs. Card games, eating, drinking, singing and dancing are common activities in the cemetery, probably to alleviate ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- (male nature spirits) dance, sing and play games. Despite his exalted divinity, Indra is not a perfect being, and is ascribed with more human ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- . More recently, adaptations inspired by video games such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil have been brought to the big screen. One of the most ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 14:21, 7 February 2024
- The stickball games would involve as few as twenty or as many as 300 ... includes Choctaw social dancing, stickball games, Choctaw princess contest ...38 KB (5,802 words) - 17:09, 10 December 2023
- That same year, she opened the XV Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. She also hosted Prince Edward, who presented the Royal Letters Patent signed ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- In preparation for the Olympic Games in 2008, the Chinese government completed a new expressway from Zhengzhou to Shaolin, and constructed a ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- to the general public), competitions and juggling games. The Internet Juggling Database maintains a searchable database of all conventions in the past ...19 KB (3,000 words) - 09:05, 12 May 2024
- twentieth century. His 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, which includes friendlies ... goalscorer for Brazil with 77 goals in 92 games. At the club level, he was ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- === Video games === * Lydia Kavina's solo theremin is featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 MMORPG computer game Soul of the Ultimate Nation ...52 KB (7,562 words) - 23:57, 12 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Onondaga |image = ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- event with an anti-disco theme between games at a White Sox doubleheader for disgruntled rock fans. However, the backlash against disco was tame ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 15:28, 29 January 2024
- 12, 2004, with a series of NFL football games. FOX hit a milestone in February 2005 by scoring its first-ever sweeps-month victory among all viewers ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 05:48, 27 September 2022
- "childish amusements" of toys, and games, which were seen as distractions from the “Inner Light.” In 1826, when the Quakers split ...18 KB (2,853 words) - 13:58, 28 April 2023
- sporting competitions such as the Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games, as well as more eclectic attractions. According to Alberta Economic Development ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- had to complete a variety of sexualized games. The club was suspended for ... Hazing also occurs in sports societies. A report on Gaelic games county ...40 KB (5,725 words) - 16:55, 30 June 2022
- Athens failed to secure the 1996 centenary Olympic Games. ==Legacy== Democracy, widely considered to the be the ideal form of governance, owes ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- survey of participants in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games showed that 15 percent had been diagnosed with asthma, and that 10 percent were taking asthma ...39 KB (5,772 words) - 18:20, 19 August 2023
- nuts were then used by the children in their games. The parish of Baħrija is dedicated to Saint Martin and on his feast a fair with agricultural ...18 KB (2,840 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- sports. Both teams play their home games at Canberra Stadium, which ... have played, or are planning to play some games at Manuka Oval. The historic ...37 KB (5,453 words) - 19:15, 25 November 2023
- and physicality, thus the Olympic Games were born, where fitness was rewarded. And even during colonial times in early America, farming and ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 05:08, 24 November 2022
- Virtual Product Placement Infiltrates TV, Film, Games] E-Commerce Times, February 23, 2006. Retrieved March 27, 2020. Internet advertising developed ...19 KB (2,738 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- reducing the great epics to children’s party games like “telephone” or “Chinese whispers.” While games provide amusement by showing how messages ...37 KB (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
- Browns proved to be consistent by winning two games, then losing one over the course of the year to finish with a 9-3 mark. The team's 37-34 loss ...20 KB (3,076 words) - 04:46, 18 November 2022
- to wait their turn in conversation, games, or activities; will interrupt or intrude on conversations or games. * A lack of forethought or consideration ...46 KB (6,136 words) - 00:44, 23 January 2024
- Traditional stickball games were sometimes major events that could ... Traditionally stickball had many different purposes. Some games were ...50 KB (7,562 words) - 14:54, 5 December 2023
- read, and filled his paper with pictures, games, and contests that drew in readers, particularly those who used English as a second language ...20 KB (2,932 words) - 04:55, 7 May 2024
- Games and all arts of pleasure, were an integral part of Māori life ... * Brown, Harko. Nga Taonga Takaro: Maori Sports and Games. Raupo, ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- Albania participated at the Olympic Games in 1972 for the first time. The country made their Winter Olympic Games debut in 2006. Albania missed ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- is an example. His role is to play tricks and games and so doing, raises awareness and acts as an equalizer. Some classical examples of Tricksters ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- thrower Beatrice Faumuina was twice a Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and became world champion in 1997. ==Notes== ==References== ...18 KB (2,581 words) - 11:51, 6 September 2022
- were both very strict but he found time to play games with other boys and to wander the countryside. He and his friends would sometimes run footraces ...18 KB (2,877 words) - 03:01, 2 May 2024
- in other media as well, including novels, video games, and music. A notable example is Susanna Clark's novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, ...19 KB (2,984 words) - 00:29, 25 March 2024
- the form of dance, art, processions, rituals and games. The high regional diversity is a result of the mutual isolation of Alpine communities. In the ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 08:34, 23 July 2023
- ===In computer games=== * In the 1999 PC game System Shock 2, the main starship is named the Von Braun. * In the 2004 Playstation 2 game Metal ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- Olympics and the 2009 World Police and Fire Games. Swangard Stadium, just across ... 2010] - 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, Official Web Site. ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- and many away, as well as most hockey and basketball games throughout the winter. Yale intramural sports are a vibrant aspect of student life ...40 KB (5,720 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- in fantasy works and in fantasy role-playing games. ==Fairy tales involving elves== All links retrieved December 13, 2011. *[http://www.sacred ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- Southern festivals like Georgia's "Redneck Games." |right|250px|The watermelon is the state vegetable of Oklahoma In 2007, the ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
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- Niels (Henrik David) Bohr (October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- an injury limited his playing time to fifty games. During the following winter ... his batting average was .248 over 499 games, about the median for the ...47 KB (7,375 words) - 22:05, 3 February 2022
- Experiential learning uses various tools like games, simulations, ... * [http://www.experiential-learning-games.com/ Experiential learning Games] ...47 KB (6,690 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- Park Chung-hee (September 30 or November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) stands as the dominant figure in the Republic of Korea's history ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- climbing, canoeing, ropes courses, and group games. Survival training, a discipline that instructs individuals on the methods of surviving in ...21 KB (3,090 words) - 05:58, 18 November 2022
- swearing by the sun or moon, and "diabolical games and dancing or chants." [[Image:Collinaditara.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hill of Tara ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- Child oriented websites with on-line educational games and programs specifically designed for younger library users are becoming increasingly common ...23 KB (3,301 words) - 23:36, 2 December 2022
- that stated prayer at school football games violates the Establishment ... in May 2010 offering free lesson plans, games, and interactive videogames ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- admires Mexicans, is a student of classical chess games and classical music. He will refuse a prospective client’s money if he is ethically unsatisfied ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- and his brother took an interest in cricket. Their games on the grounds off and inside the mosque often necessitated apologies from their father to Muslim ...28 KB (4,101 words) - 13:13, 6 March 2024
- scouting skills was through stalking and cooking games while avoiding teachers in the nearby woods, which were strictly out-of-bounds. He also played ...20 KB (2,990 words) - 03:11, 15 December 2022
- in a number of other sports at the Commonwealth Games and the Island Games, as well as cricket, football, gymnastics, hockey and rugby union. ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- with a crew of two. It has been in the Olympic Games since 1976. It was designed in 1967 by Rodney March of Brightlingsea, England, with help from ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- especially those involving outdoor games like cricket, football, and badminton or indoor games like carrom, are regularly organized on an inter ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- American school" as football games, fashion styles, romantic and sexual behavior, and not much devotion to academics or studying. ...22 KB (3,260 words) - 22:21, 30 November 2022
- hailed the work as a return to puns and verbal games familiar from Heller's first novel. God Knows (1984) was a modern version of the story of ...20 KB (3,184 words) - 17:07, 19 December 2022
- ===Games=== Hunting was popular among Assyrian kings. Boxing and wrestling feature frequently in art, and some form of polo was probably popular ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- *The Olympic Games have five interlocked rings as their symbol, representing the number of inhabited continents represented by the Olympians ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- has also gained influence among players of strategy games. Many scholars of Chinese history have criticized the use of individual quotations from ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- Chicago hosted the 1959 Pan American Games. It was selected in 2007 to represent the United States internationally for the bid for the 2016 Summer ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- Despite efforts by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) and the Olympic Games Committee, numerous controversies have arisen over the abuse of steroids ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 23:54, 24 March 2024
- in Pyeongchang. South Korea hosted the Asian Games in 1986 and 2002. In football (soccer), South Korea and Japan co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- mental calculator, and was known to win card games by mentally calculating the odds. An expert in statistics, he was the originator of several economic ...21 KB (3,378 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- Los Angeles has twice played host to the summer Olympic games, in 1932 and in 1984. Super Bowls I and VII were also held in the city, as well ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- *The cave is linked with computer games; one of the earliest such games, Adventure, is based on parts of the cave system (the Colossal section ...40 KB (6,197 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- use of computers, playing video games, use of the internet and ... Similarly, shopping and playing video games are associated with compulsive ...52 KB (7,118 words) - 05:48, 15 June 2023
- charge of the Sibylline Books and the Secular Games. he, as praetor, assisted in the Secular Games held by Domitian, which are ...43 KB (6,444 words) - 02:48, 27 February 2023
- ==== Diplomatic front, Pt 2: Political games ==== With the tide turning ... front. Additionally, the political games of Joseph Stalin, chief political ...77 KB (11,326 words) - 23:09, 8 October 2023
- The game theory Bateson drew from was based on Theory of Games by von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. In this theory, the tendency of “winning” ...23 KB (3,325 words) - 14:02, 31 January 2023
- Nero, who was known to watch the gladiatorial games using an emerald. Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (trans. John Bostock), [http://www ...22 KB (3,347 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- the countryside and consume transportation and games to stabilize society. ===Political ideologies=== Dystopian societies come in all forms of ...24 KB (3,679 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- the world of competing interests and power games. It opens up a world where justice is possible and provides the foundation upon which all purely ...23 KB (3,797 words) - 22:12, 29 January 2023
- house, where there are celebrations and games. Gifts are exchanged. At ... Other popular games on horseback are tyiyn or tenghe enish (picking ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- with the team around the U.S., covering its games. In 1957, he also wrote a ... "No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. ...43 KB (6,622 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2024
- and cast for the 2012 London Olympic Games, is the largest harmonically ... (used at the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games), Great Paul (St Paul's ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- season college football American football bowl games. For example, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, which is accompanied by the Tournament of ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- kick and scratch her playmates during games; she was affronted because ... like their mother and elder sisters, played games of checkers and billiards ...45 KB (6,850 words) - 00:19, 3 January 2024
- to join in the traditional family touch-football games. Once, she broke her leg in a game of baseball with them. ==First Lady of the United States== ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
- However, this move to making an analogy with competitive games cannot preclude the worry that ethical egoism is not sufficiently public for it ...28 KB (4,468 words) - 23:59, 12 February 2024
- roots in African-American vernacular, games, and literary traditions and should be protected. Asked by NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about how Gates ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- Great games and celebrations were held on April 21, to honor Caesar’s great victory. Along with the games, Caesar was honored with the right ...44 KB (7,133 words) - 19:23, 4 February 2024
- he was buried again with full honors and funeral games were held every year. Pausanias, 3.14.1 "Descriptions of Greece," Tufts University ...47 KB (7,440 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
