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No Shame in My Game by Katherine S. Newman

are also seeing to gain protection from the pressures of the street and, often, to escape trouble at home and in their neighborhoo...

Nintendo, Sony, and XBox from Microsoft

Meanwhile,as Nintendo has sold 120 million Game Boy and Game Boy Advance units, effectively owning the portable game machine marke...

Examination of Game Theory

and then they may gain the additional customers (Nellis and Parker, 1998). Therefore the relevant probabilities may be seen a 0.7 ...

Ancient Rome and Sports

also the most violent, podium walls had to be erected to protect the audience from possible injury (Futrell, 1997). Because these...

Analysis of Alaska Retailers Subway, Wal Mart and IHOP

existence of Indian gaming facilities. Pull tab games and bingo have been allowed in Alaska for years, but other games of chance ...

Responsible Drinking and "Drinking Games" by Malcolm Gladwell

laborers concentrated on working long hours. In addition, during the parties themselves, there were no emotional outbursts or act...

Oil Prices Explained Through Economic Theory

until sufficient buyers are attracted to the market with the lower prices to take up the excess demand (Nellis and Parker, 2000). ...

Cold War and Bipolarity Between the United States and Soviet Union

U.S. has largely led while European representatives followed passively. By the fall of 1944 during World War II, Allied sol...

Culture and the Olympics of Ancient Greece

match for the ultimate prize, "possession of the earth" (Lovett, 1997, p. ix). The exact date of the competition also varies, and...

Local Government and Casino Tax Revenue Regarding Native Americans

the boundaries of their federal reservations without being regulated by state or local law. There have been several tests...

Gaming on the Internet

mainstream (Oser, 2005). The evolution of online gaming has followed the same lines as the evolution of the Internet (Oser, 2005)...

Viejas and Morongo Tribal Cultural and Economic Transformations

a demand for their services. The Native Americans that own these casinos and work in them benefit economically and socially as th...

Microeconomics of the Portable Sony PlayStation

we need to understand the concept of supply and demand and the way this will impact on price. Where goods are supplied and the sup...

NFL and the Effects of Instant Replay

to the playoffs after nine long years (Grumet, 1999). Their stumbling block to the playoffs was in the form of the New York Jets....

Gaming and Hilton Hotels

so much 1991 to 1994. This should not be surprising at all, however, as increased occupancy can be expected to follow a recession...

Multiple Relationships Case Study

understandable retort, the psychologist the necessity of boundaries to illustrate the tenuous nature of such an outing. While the...

Sports Gambling and the Ethical and Moral Concerns It Arouses

to throw a game. Greed is often at the crux of sports gambling. Players, even if they are doing rather well, may be lured by easy...

Board Games During the Depression Era

(Game history, 2001). He began by "drawing squares on a piece of tile, and adding colors to those squares with whatever paint he c...

Michel Foucault on Knowledge, Power, and Video Art

In six pages this paper examines how human interaction study can apply Michel Foucault's philosophies of knowledge and power as il...

Lacrosse's History

In nine pages this paper considers lacrosse from its Native American origins until the contemporary game with a discussion of how ...

Greek Culture and the Original Olympic Games

of the Games. Whether they existed before that year is unknown, and there was debate many years ago as to whether 776 BC could be...

Golf and Technology

In five pages this paper examines how technology has changed the game of golf in terms of design, chemistry, and in equipment chan...

'Smashing Kick Fist Way' of Taekwondo

In eight pages this report examines the taekwondo martial art as a sport and examines how at Sydney's 2000 Summer Olympic Games it...

Educational Project on Using Computers

In six pages this proposed education project discusses the value of computers as a learning tool with study areas including classr...

Child's Play Can Be Educational

In five pages this report on learning and the importance of educational games in kindergarten and first grade levels are discussed...

Professional Basketball and Ticket Price Increases

In five pages the astonishing ticket price increases of NBA games are discussed in this report. Eight sources are cited in the bi...

George Goodman, aka Adam Smith, and The Money Game

stock market are thoughts which lean more towards philosophic thinking than cruel, hard economics. In fact, the text is written ...

Societal Perspectives of John Kenneth Galbraith and Adam Smith

differences. Some have suggested that Smith, whose real name is George Goodman, has a more cynical view of society. Goodman seems ...

Spy Genre and the Novels of John Le Carre

In six pages the spy novels Our Game and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre are examined in a consideration of the...

Prayer at High School Football Games

In six pages the Supreme Court's decision to prohibit high school students leading public prayer prior to football games is examin...