Dominos (dominos in Spanish) are small flat blocks used as gaming objects. Common materials used to construct dominoes include bone, silver lip ocean pearl oyster shell (mother of pearl), ivory or wood; each marked with dots on one surface and numbers on another; they may also feature either rectangular or round corners and may be played solo or multiple players for block-and-draw games, chance games or skill contests.
Domino’s first store opened its doors in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1967 under founder Tom Monaghan’s strategy of positioning stores near college campuses and communities where young people had an avid appetite for pizza. He wanted to create an efficient yet cost-effective delivery alternative.
Monaghan’s success soared, and Domino’s now boasts over 12,000 locations worldwide. Alongside traditional pizza, Domino’s now provides breads, appetizers, pastas cakes and other snacks as part of its repertoire.
Dominoes are most often used to play positional games in the United States, in which a player places dominoes edge to edge against one another in an attempt to match values between adjacent faces or achieve a specified total. The word domino comes from Latin dominus (“lord”) and is widely used as a name for playing pieces across many game families; earlier usage included denoting long hooded cloaks worn alongside masks at carnival season or masquerade parties.
Lily Hevesh began collecting dominoes at age 9. Her grandparents gave her a classic 28-pack and she delighted in setting them up in straight or curved lines before flicking one tile at a time until all fell toppling over into one giant fall of tiles. Now 20-year-old Hevesh is a professional domino artist, creating incredible setups for movies, TV shows and events (such as Katy Perry album launches) using dominoes; YouTube channel featuring videos showing these elaborate displays; Guinness World Record set for most dominoes toppled together circular arrangement: 76,017
Hevesh follows an adaptation of the engineering design process when she begins creating new designs. She first considers what her desired outcome is before brainstorming images or words she wants to incorporate into the installation and then planning how she’ll construct it.
No matter how you approach writing a manuscript, a successful plot relies on domino action: each move causes another chain reaction. That’s why every action counts, with special consideration given to those with maximum impact; even simple daily acts like making bed or exercise could change your life dramatically — Admiral William H. McRaven at University of Texas Austin Commencement Speech 2014.