Gladiator: The Roman Fighter’s [Unofficial] Manual By Philip Matyszak Background: Philip Matyszak Academic training and employment Historian‚ professor‚ and archeologist‚ Philip Matyszak has gone to great lengths to thoroughly exhaust the avenues that would gain him the knowledge and understanding he sought. His life and studies have taken him to various places‚ including England‚ Italy‚ parts of Africa‚ and Canada where he presently resides. Although his time in Africa was spent primarily as
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Philip Larkin "Days" "Days" by Philip Larkin is a ten line poem that is deceptive in its simplicity. This article considers Larkin’s poetic method in this remarkable short poem. Philip Larkin (1922-1985) wrote the poem "Days" in 1953. The poem was published in Larkin’s highly successful collection of poems entitled‚ The Whitsun Weddings‚ in 1964. "Days" is a curious poem. At first reading‚ it appears to be a simple‚ almost child-like dialogue. However‚ on second glance‚ the poem raises several
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Asa Philip Randolph Family Life Asa Philip Randolph was born on April 15‚ 1889 in Crescent City Florida‚ to James and Elizabeth Randolph. His father was a traveling minister and his mother was a seamstress. His parents instilled in him a belief that color is less important than a person’s character and conduct. They also instilled in him the importance of education and hard work. His father constantly told the Randolph children that they were as able and as competent as any individual
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Should Lance Armstrong be prohibited from participating in International Sports? Nike Tolentino Lance Armstrong was not only a renowned cyclist but he was considered one of the all time greats in sport. That was until he was found to have used performance enhancing drugs during his career as a professional cyclist. Lance received a life ban and this has caused controversy because some believe that the penalty is too harsh? I am in the opinion that the penalty Lance received is justified and
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Sporting News voted "the most powerful person in sports” was Philip Knight‚ a dynamic form of a man who for nearly 30 years has shown the sports legends alike. He studied at The University of Oregon and had competed in the school track team. He was a rising track star setting records for himself trying to meet up with Steve Prefontaine a running sensation who died tragically at a very young age. Philip graduated in 1959 with a B.S. in Business Administration. Before
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“If you worried about falling off a bike‚ you’d never get on” Lance Armstrong When I was younger a very interesting thought never registered in my head and that was‚ “If you worried about falling off the bike‚ you’d never get on” (Armstrong). I was eleven years old and it was the summer of 2007. I was ending school and preparing to begin summer camp for the first time in New York. I would regularly ride my bike unjaded around my neighborhood. Certainly‚ I felt like a professional and as summer was
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Lance Armstrong was no stranger to the Tour de France‚ being a seven time winner of this distinguished international cycling competition. Although on the 17th and 18th of January after two interviews with Lance were telecast around the world‚ it became apparent that he was also no stranger to taking performance enhancing substances. In the second interview Lance did not say that he thought his lifetime suspension from all competition was ‘unfair’ although he did mention that he thought his penalties
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Analysis- SELFS THE MAN From the offset‚ we get the sense of a sarcastic‚ cynical and flippant character. “Oh‚ no one can deny / That Arnold is less selfish than I”. The colloquial “oh” gives a sense of how he brushes it off‚ and he seems to be boastful of his selfishness. Into the next few lines‚ he presents a stereotypical image of marriage as entrapment‚ “married a woman to stop her getting away” and the ironic aside‚ ‘Now she’s there all day” as though his “less selfish” friend didn’t know what
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T.D.A 2.4 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1. Understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people 1.1 identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity 1.2 describe the importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of access 1.3 describe the importance and benefits of valuing and
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Philip Zimbardo was a psychology professor at Stanford University. His plan was to set up a research experiment to study how people conformed to the roles they are given. The experiment was set up in the basement of Stanford Psychology building. Zimbardo’s goal was‚ “... to understand more about the process by which people called “prisoners” lose their liberty‚ civil rights‚ independence‚ and privacy‚ while those called “guards” gain social power by accepting the responsibility for controlling and
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