Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

Mystery Hunt 2006 announced Earlier this evening, I received the official email announcing Mystery Hunt 2006. What is Mystery Hunt? Mystery Hunt is one of IAPs most exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description, you should check out these longer articles from the Boston Globe and Games Magazine. Anyway, heres the email: Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:07:33 -0500 From: 2006 MIT Mystery Hunt To: [emailprotected] Subject: 2006 MIT Mystery Hunt Hi everyone, It's almost IAP -- time to start thinking about Mystery Hunt. The 2006 MIT Mystery Hunt will begin at 12:17 pm on Friday, January 13, 2006. Team registration is now open. Like in the last two years, we are handling the job of assigning rooms for team headquarters. Accordingly, Schedules will not entertain requests for rooms for Hunt; teams that want classroom space will need to reserve rooms through us. If your team wants to reserve a room (or more) through the official registration system, you MUST REGISTER BY DECEMBER 15. If you do not want a room, we strongly encourage you to register by then anyway, but will accept reservations up until Hunt itself, or later. THE EARLIER YOU REGISTER, THE BETTER. If your team has already registered, we still need your room preferences (if you want a room). To see the list of available rooms, go to http://mit.edu/puzzle/www/rooms2-06.html. To read about the registration system, go to http://mit.edu/puzzle/www/rooms-06.html. To register, go to http://mit.edu/puzzle/www/mailto.html. If you have any questions, please email us at [emailprotected] Thanks very much. Roger Ford for [emailprotected] Let me show you some pictures from my team in last years Mystery Hunt The Hunt kicks off in MITs Lobby 7 at 12 noon, the Friday before Martin Luther King Day, every IAP. A bit before noon, a large crowd began to gather This year, we gathered not only for a kickoff speech (announcing the theme: Normalville), but also for a giant kickoff puzzle! Construction paper meteorites rained down from above, containing a message Back at team Lost in Space Waffle headquarters we came together to start solving the puzzles because had a wall full of unsolved puzzles to work through. Of course, we also solved many puzzles (my quickest solve: Take Me Out). Our map of Normalville kept the team up-to-date on our progress. This years winning team comes from the Random Hall dormitory. And what do they receive for their victory? The honor and privilege of writing Mystery Hunt 2006, of course =) 59 days and counting until Mystery Hunt! Post Tagged #Mystery Hunt

Questions about Eliot’s Poem Answered Coursework - 825 Words

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Corporate Social Responsibility Of A Fast Food Industry

The QSR (Quick Service Restaurants) or the Fast Food Industry, has been burgeoning in the past few decades with the emergence of global brands like McDonald s, Domino s, Wendy s, KFC, Subway, etc. The success of these brands can be attributed to the continuous differentiation strategy they follow to ensure their brand stands out from the remaining. The popularity of these restaurants is due to the quick service of quality fast-food and minimal table service, everything of which is customer-centric. Food is advance-cooked in bulk and is hot and ready to serve. In order to keep the business profitable and sustainable in the long run, maintaining a consistent quality of food and service is a critical determinant of making the business†¦show more content†¦HRM and the brands must take initiatives to build a long-term profitable relationship with the suppliers to ensure quality and timeliness of the supply. 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The Recounting Of Kristallnacht, By Susan Warsinger

propaganda to see individuals like this as lazy or as a problem to Aryan society, especially since they are depicted as rather frightening with their demands. This leads into stage number six, where social division becomes even more solidified. Stage number six is Polarization. According to Stanton, this is where â€Å"Extremists drive the groups apart. Hate groups broadcast polarizing propaganda. Laws may forbid intermarriage or social interaction. Extremist terrorism targets moderates, intimidating and silencing the center.† In this stage segregation can really be seen taking place. Signs such as â€Å"Jews not Welcome here† were placed in shop windows and outside businesses. Another clear example of this is the event of Kristallnacht,†¦show more content†¦And according to Susan, the Rabi’s family had the exact same impression, as they found them up there already when they arrived. The people that live on the third floor will shortly become relevant as Susan recalls their pacifism towards the onslaught of violence against her family, and other Jewish residents that were living in her same building. She continues, And our apartment was, not ransacked too badly, but a lot of our furniture was broken and a lot of things were missing. But it... you could still live in it. However the rabbi s apartment, when they people had rushed up there during my mother... the eve of my mother’s birthday, they burned all of his books. He had this beautiful library and they got torn and burned and his furniture was really destroyed. And the people who were on the third floor, they pretended they didn t know anything was happening. After the Night of the Broken Glass everybody in Germany wanted to leave. I mean I think maybe that was the objective of the Nazis, to try and get everybody out. This is a clear example of the growing pacifism of those who were not Jewish and how they chose to react, or not, to such acts. While it may come off as a cold shoulder, the important realization of this situation was fear. Those on the third floor, as many others did, pretended that nothing was awry during the ransacking of their Jewish neighbor’s apartments and homes. Propaganda, up to thisShow MoreRelatedTranslated Into English Means : The Poisonous Mushroom1893 Words   |  8 PagesIn this stage segregation can really be seen taking place. Signs such as â€Å"Jews not Welcome here† were placed in shop windows and outside businesses. Another clear example of this is the event of Kristallnacht, translated as â€Å"Night of Broken Glass.† In the recounting of Kristallnacht by Susan Warsinger, she tells her account of what happened to her and her family that night in November of 1938. In an interview conducted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, she recounts, What s happening

Huáscar and Atahualpa Inca Civil War

From 1527 to 1532, brothers Huà ¡scar and Atahualpa fought over the Inca Empire. Their father, Inca Huayna Capac, had allowed each to rule a part of the Empire as regent during his reign: Huà ¡scar in Cuzco and Atahualpa in Quito. When Huayna Capac and his heir apparent, Ninan Cuyuchi, died in 1527 (some sources say as early as 1525), Atahualpa and Huà ¡scar went to war over who would succeed their father. What neither man knew was that a far greater threat to the Empire was approaching: ruthless Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro. Background of the Inca Civil War In the Inca Empire, the word Inca meant King, as opposed to words like Aztec which referred to a people or culture. Still, Inca is often used as a general term to refer to the ethnic group who lived in the Andes and residents of the Inca Empire in particular. The Inca Emperors were considered to be divine, directly descended from the Sun. Their warlike culture had spread out from the Lake Titicaca area quickly, conquering one tribe and ethnic group after another to build a mighty Empire that spanned from Chile to southern Colombia and included vast swaths of present-day Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Because the Royal Inca line was supposedly directly descended from the sun, it was unseemly for the Inca Emperors to marry anyone but their own sisters. Numerous concubines, however, were allowed and the royal Incas tended to have many sons. In terms of succession, any son of an Inca Emperor would do: he did not have to be born to an Inca and his sister, nor did he have to be eldest. Often, brutal civil wars would break out upon the death of an Emperor as his sons fought for his throne: this produced much chaos but did result in a long line of strong, fierce, ruthless Inca lords that made the Empire strong and formidable. This is exactly what happened in 1527. With the powerful Huayna Capac gone, Atahualpa and Huà ¡scar apparently tried to rule jointly for a time but were unable to do so and hostilities soon broke out. The War of the Brothers Huà ¡scar ruled Cuzco, capital of the Inca Empire. He, therefore, commanded the loyalty of most of the people. Atahualpa, however, had the loyalty of the large Inca professional army and three outstanding generals: Chalcuchima, Quisquis, and Rumià ±ahui. The large army had been in the north near Quito subjugating smaller tribes into the Empire when the war broke out. At first, Huà ¡scar made an attempt at capturing Quito, but the mighty army under Quisquis pushed him back. Atahualpa sent Chalcuchima and Quisquis after Cuzco and left Rumià ±ahui in Quito. The Caà ±ari people, who inhabited the region of modern-day Cuenca to the south of Quito, allied with Huà ¡scar. As Atahualpas forces moved south, they punished the Caà ±ari severely, devastating their lands and massacring many of the people. This act of vengeance would come back to haunt the Inca people later, as the Caà ±ari would ally with conquistador Sebastià ¡n de Benalcà ¡zar when he marched on Quito. In a desperate battle outside of Cuzco, Quisquis routed Huà ¡scars forces sometime in 1532 and captured Huà ¡scar. Atahualpa, delighted, moved south to take possession of his Empire. Death of Huà ¡scar In November of 1532, Atahualpa was in the city of Cajamarca celebrating his victory over Huà ¡scar when a group of 170 bedraggled foreigners arrived at the city: Spanish conquistadors under Francisco Pizarro. Atahualpa agreed to meet with the Spanish but his men were ambushed in the Cajamarca town square and Atahualpa was captured. This was the beginning of the end of the Inca Empire: with the Emperor in their power, no one dared attack the Spanish. Atahualpa soon realized that the Spanish wanted gold and silver and arranged for a kingly ransom to be paid. Meanwhile, he was allowed to run his Empire from captivity. One of his first orders was the execution of Huà ¡scar, who was butchered by his captors at Andamarca, not far from Cajamarca. He ordered the execution when he was told by the Spanish that they wanted to see Huà ¡scar. Fearing that his brother would make some sort of deal with the Spanish, Atahualpa ordered his death. Meanwhile, in Cuzco, Quisquis was executing all of the members of Huà ¡scars family and any nobles who had supported him. Death of Atahualpa Atahualpa had promised  to fill a large room half full with gold and twice over with silver  in order to secure his release, and in late 1532, messengers spread out to the far corners of the Empire to  order his subjects to send gold and silver.  As precious works of art poured into  Cajamarca, they were melted down and sent to Spain. In July of 1533, Pizarro and his men began hearing rumors that the mighty army of Rumià ±ahui, still back in Quito, had mobilized and was approaching with the goal of liberating Atahualpa. They panicked and executed Atahualpa on July 26, accusing him of treachery. The rumors later proved to be false: Rumià ±ahui was still in Quito. Legacy of the Civil War There is no doubt that the civil war was one of the most crucial factors of the Spanish conquest of the Andes. The Inca Empire was a mighty one, featuring powerful armies, skilled generals, a strong economy and hard-working population. Had Huayna Capac still been in charge, the Spanish would have had a tough time of it. As it was, the Spanish were able to skillfully use the conflict to their advantage. After the death of Atahualpa, the Spanish were able to claim the title of avengers of ill-fated Huà ¡scar and march into Cuzco as liberators. The Empire had been sharply divided during the war, and by allying themselves to Huà ¡scars faction the Spanish were able to walk into Cuzco and loot whatever had been left behind after Atahualpas ransom had been paid. General Quisquis eventually saw the danger posed by the Spanish and rebelled, but his revolt was put down. Rumià ±ahui bravely defended the north, fighting the invaders every step of the way, but superior Spanish military technology and tactics, along with allies including the Caà ±ari, doomed the resistance from the start. Even years after their deaths, the Spanish were using the Atahualpa-Huà ¡scar civil war to their advantage. After the conquest of the Inca, many people back in Spain began wondering what Atahualpa had done to deserve being kidnapped and murdered by the Spanish, and why Pizarro had invaded Peru in the first place. Fortunately for the Spanish, Huà ¡scar had been the elder of the brothers, which allowed the Spanish (who practiced primogeniture) to assert that Atahualpa had usurped his brothers throne and was therefore fair game for Spanish who only wanted to set things right and avenge poor Huà ¡scar, who no Spaniard ever met. This smear campaign against Atahualpa was led by pro-conquest Spanish writers such as Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. The rivalry between Atahualpa and Huà ¡scar survives to this day. Ask anyone from Quito about it and theyll tell you that Atahualpa was the legitimate one and Huà ¡scar the usurper: they tell the story vice versa in Cuzco. In Peru, in the nineteenth century, they christened a mighty new warship Huà ¡scar, whereas in Quito you can take in a  fà ºtbol  game at the national stadium: Estadio Olà ­mpico Atahualpa. Sources Hemming, John.  The Conquest of the Inca  London: Pan Books, 2004 (original 1970).Herring, Hubert.  A History of Latin America From the Beginnings to the Present.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962.

Beliefs, Morals, and Values - 1053 Words

When I think of beliefs, they define who people are individually as person by the choices we live by daily by believing in or not believing in something. Why do we believe what we believe? These beliefs are etched in our minds in childhood by the motivation family, church, and other organizations that can essentially be changed through the course of our lifetime by our own thoughts and interpretations. Values are the taking of those beliefs we hold true inside, by exhibiting traits in how we conduct ourselves personally and professionally. It is of greater concern of what is the most important to you whether it is honesty, good will, trust, and so forth to contribute to achieving goals, leading others and tweak those values that are more†¦show more content†¦Since no one person is truly perfect, it does boils down to choices and reactions to a variety of situations. 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1,500-Horsepower Fmbt to Replace T-72 Tanks Beyond 2020 Free Essays

1,500-Horsepower FMBT to Replace T-72 Tanks Beyond 2020. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on India’s future main battle tank (FMBT) with a 1,500-horsepower (HP) indigenous engine. This tank will replace beyond 2020 the imported T-72 tanks, renamed Ajeya, with the Army. We will write a custom essay sample on 1,500-Horsepower Fmbt to Replace T-72 Tanks Beyond 2020 or any similar topic only for you Order Now Various specifications for the FMBT have been finalised. â€Å"For engine development, we have formed a national team comprising members from the academia, the user, industry and the DRDO. We have also gone in for an international consultant,† said S. Sundaresh, Chief Controller (Armaments and Combat Engineering), DRDO.The first prototype of the indigenous engine would be ready in four to five years. The DRDO is launching a project to develop the transmission for the tank; the indigenous engine and transmission will together be called Bharat Power Pack and it will meet the FMBT’s mobility requirements. â€Å"We are confident that we will be ready with the FMBT prototype in five to seven years,† Mr. Sundaresh said. â€Å"We are trying to involve all the stakeholders — the user [the Army], quality control personnel and the production agency — in this project and the industry will be our partner.We will go for a modular design so that we can always upgrade the tank when new technology comes in. † The FMBT will weigh only 50 tonnes compared to Arjun-Mark II’s 62 tonnes. The DRDO is simultaneously working on Arjun-Mark II. The volume occupied by the electronics package in the FMBT will be less. The FMBT’s engine will be two-thirds the size of Arjun-Mark I’s, but will generate 1,500 HP compared to Arjun-Mark I’s 1,400 HP. Improved technologies-Improvements in material, fuel injection and filtration technologies will contribute to the reduction in the engine size without compromising on power.The immediate task for the CVRDE [Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment] is to develop the Arjun-Mk II tank and demonstrate it to the user and go for the production of 124 numbers in the HVF (Heavy Vehicles Factory],† Mr. Sundaresh said. The CVRDE and the HVF are situated in Avadi, near Chennai. The Arjun-Mk II tank will have a number of upgrades compared with Arjun-Mk I. Missiles can be fired from the former to destroy long-range targets and bring down attack helicopters. The tank’s commander will have a panoramic sight with night vision. With this upgrade, the commander can carry out his hunting job at night with his thermal sight and engage targets more effectively,† Mr. Sundaresh explained. Another upgrade will see the introduction of an explosive reactive armour panel which will comprise explosives in metallic brick form. These bricks will be mounted not only on the front slope of Arjun-Mk-II tank, but all round it as well. When the enemy ammunition hits these bricks, they will explode and retard the energy of the projectile, which then cannot penetrate the tank’s armour. The penalty for using these bricks is that they will add 1. 5 tonnes to the tank’s weight. But we can prevent top attack and side attack. We can add to the tank’s protection from missiles and rocket-propelled grenades,† the DRDO Chief Controller said. Automatic target tracking -The fourth upgrade is that Arjun Mk-II will have an automatic target tracking system which will add to the accuracy when firing on a moving target. P. Sivakumar, CVRDE Director, said Arjun-Mk-II would have a total of 93 upgrades, including the advanced air defence gun system for firing at attack helicopters.The Army had placed an indent for production of 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks. In phase I, 45 tanks will roll out with 56 upgrades, including the missile firing capability and the commander’s panoramic sight with night vision. In phase II, the remaining 79 tanks, with all the 93 improvements, will come off the assembly line. â€Å"By 2013-14, the first batch of around 30 tanks will go out,† Dr. Sivakumar said. According to Mr. Sundaresh, these 124 Arjun-Mk II tanks would cost Rs. 5,000 crores. Source: The Hindu, 04 Nov 2010 How to cite 1,500-Horsepower Fmbt to Replace T-72 Tanks Beyond 2020, Papers