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    The Romans were obsessed with control and justice, but they were still capable of creating an immense amount of blood lust in their society. Not all Romans agreed with the concept of the Games themselves. However, the Romans who did agree justified their actions based on a variety of reasons. The first reason is that munera was first introduced to the Romans by the Etruscans as funeral games. It was mentioned in class on March 23rd that the Etruscans used these games primarily during funerals. They

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    crucial part to the roman economy and the safety of the Emperor. The most famous gladiator was Spartacus because of his revolt with other slaves against the Romans. There are many different types of gladiators, for example, a thracian and a Secutor. The Roman Empire also became very intimidating so other countries would not even attempt to fight. The Colosseum was the most popular arena for gladiators, but there were many other arenas. The gladiators were important during the Roman Empire because they

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    The Game of Golf

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    The Game of Golf When I started playing golf with my father at the age of seven years old, I never could have imagined how much this game has taught me about life, motivation, and myself. My senior year in high school I was playing as the number one and captain on the varsity golf team. That honor was bestowed on me, because I was supposedly the best man on the team. Which just happened to be true. It was an honor that I truly enjoyed because golf had been a hobby, sport, and passion I had worked

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    How to Play Volleyball

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    How to play Volleyball Practice and heart is the key to be successful in the game. To play volleyball you must know the basics and be able to master them. You have to be willing to put in the practice and get along with your teammates no matter what. There are always six people starting, positions 1,2,3,4,5,6. Positions one and four are the setting positions; the people who play the net. Each time the ball crosses the net your team has three attempts to hit the ball back over. Each individual

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    The Best Death Ever

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    Children cannot differentiate between what is fun and what is serious. In the short story “The Best Death Ever” by Niall Griffiths four boys are playing a game where they have to fake a death. The boy whoever fakes the best death wins the game. The four boys do not understand what they are doing and see the game, The Best Death Ever, as a fun game. Until one moment, when one of the boys misjudges the distance to ground and almost hang himself meanwhile his friends where shooting at him with their toy

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    Syllabus Dramatic Play Generally dramatic play has been proven is one of the main activities that can enhance child emotional development and can be the entertainment for the children. The game we would like to propose in our syllabus is “Live in Your Space”. In this dramatic game, the instructors will give instructions to kids to build their own space such as school, library, post office, kitchen, grocery or office. The kids will be divided into smaller groups of three or four peoples for them

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    understands the profits and essentialness of games. Truth be told, the other way around, some individuals need to be fit and alluring, look savvy. Lamentably, these individuals can't think about different profits of games. As I would see it, there are a few profits of games that individuals regularly don't think about: games are obliged to be sound individuals, are required for pleasure, and are incredible business for nations' economies. The main focal point of games for individuals is that they help individuals

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    Let's Play Ball

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    It was a smoldering day in the summer of 1932, and yet all the boys were out on the ball field. They were playing a doubleheader that afternoon, and it was bottom of the ninth inning when they had to stop the game. "If we had some big fancy lights like them city boys we wouldn't have'ta quit playin' whenever it gets dark out," complained Jimmy as he kicked up some dirt off the field. "Yeah, well it's kinda hard to do that when we ain't got no electricity out here," his brother Noah replied solemly

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    the story the three main symbols of how people blindly follow senseless traditions were the lottery itself, the color black, and the hesitation that people had towards the prize. The lottery in the story was the game in which the prize was death. In reality this lottery symbolized the game of life, and how our behavior as human beings influences our choices in life and therefore our destiny. In this case the

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    These requirements take the form of withdrawal, wagering, and game cap requirements. When you first see these requirements, you may think of them to be quite innocuous, but they are far from that. The toughest requirement you face will be the wagering requirement, as it can be damming even at the best of times. The

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