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It may be understandable why those in charge of the 2016 Rio Olympics created Rule 40. This rule forbids athletes from pointing out in any way, or even mentioning, sponsors that helped them as they prepared to get to the Olympics, but are not actually associated with the games. After all, advertisers who do participate in the Olympics bring in a lot of money. The rule also includes forbidding the mentions of summer, effort, and performance in a generic way to promote a company. It 's also…

the director of Human Machine Personal Training Center in Austin, Texas. She trains athletes and clients, delivering revolutionary strength and conditioning programs based on current research and innovative program design. Diane serves on the Under Armour TNP Performance Training Advisory Council and is a member of the board of directors for the National Strength and Conditioning Association.” (Idea,2015). She is one of the leading women in the fitness industry and is at the forefront when it…

After terrorists attacks began progressing throughout the year, many precautions began taking place. NSA wiretapping amongst the many has been a big issue due to lack of privacy at your own hand; but if you have nothing to hide you’re fine right? Social media is a big linking connection to terrorism, but not so much as a cause as much as a provoking mental outbreak. Methods used for torture, whether to do the torturing or implementing seeds to provoke torture amongst each other. Many methods…

and Barons. They were rich and they often used peasants as servants. They wore fancy clothes, very similar to kings and queens, but with less jewels and garments. The sub-tenants class was made up of Knights, Squires and Pages. Knights often wore armour, which covered the whole body. Squires wore long, baggy tunics, and knee high boots, and they often wore hats with a feather. Pages wore a very similar outfit to the squires. The lowest class was the peasants. They were poor and didn’t have a…

Dragon Age 2 isn't a bad game but at the same time it doesn't hold a candle to Dragon Age: Origins. I'll start with the good. Dragon Age 2's story is still good bringing the focus on one of the most interesting plot points of DA:O which was the relationship between the Mages and Templars, and the Qunari plot was my favourite part of the game, I loved the back and forth between Hawke and the Arishock. Other plot devices such as the companions stories were even better than DA:O, The tormented…

follow the conversation through the score of the game. Exekias remarkably included the names of these two great heroes above them. A feeling of understanding is obtained by reading their body language throughout their game. Both men sit with their armour and weapons behind them, while Achilles holds his spear loosely and Ajax grasps his tightly. Achilles appears to be winning, while Ajax is losing, which has also been thought to be a metaphor for the…

seeping through my fingers and I finally pulled my gas mask on. I could breathe and oxygen felt so precious for the first time. I saw soldiers dashing back to our trenches, but it was too late as they were being shot down my drones hovering above. Their armour disintegrated before my eyes. The realization came to me that here was nobody to help me. There was only one option and that was to make a run for it. If I made it back safe, then God had a plan for me. If I died, I died proud and in…

In The Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer illustrates the medieval society. The Prologue is an introduction to the thirty-one characters, who go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. The people in pilgrimage want to visit the relics of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Two of these characters are the Knight and the Squire. The Knight is the father of the Squire, and they both are warriors and gentleman, who ride their horses gallantly. Even though they have these similarities…

Name: Henri Ho Mizzou online ID: Email: hvh887@mail.missouri.edu Popular Literature (Tolkien) LESSON 1: The Hobbit A philologist and professor of medieval literature at the University of Oxford named John Ronald Reuel Tolkien created many fascinating fantasies such as “Beowulf” and one of the most well-known, “The Lord of the Rings”. The creation of “The Hobbit” was said to be the prequel to the “Lord of the Rings” in world of middle earth. The main character, or protagonist, of this novel is…

History essay The Tokogawa period, also called the Edo period, was the last Japanese feudal military government which lasted between 1603 and 1868. The feudal system was designed to separate different groups of people and each group having a purpose in the system. The Tokogawa Shogunate was responsible for controlling the samurai class and collecting taxes, defending and controlling the cities. Samurais who were professional warriors, were the leaders in this period, but all of them were…