The front line of soldiers held their Shields out in front of them and all the others held their Shields above them basically creating a shell like armor thus shielding them against missiles from the front or above. The testudo was used to protect soldiers from all types of missiles. It could be formed by immobile troops and troops on the march.

The primary drawback to the formation was that, because of its density, the men found it more difficult to fight in hand-to-hand combat and because the men were required to move in unison, speed was sacrificed.

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“I’ve never been very interested in straightforward portrait photography… What of hidden emotions and feelings? Characteristics that are usually secreted from the world? How do we record those? I wondered if there was a way to unconsciously tease out aspects of people’s personality, and capture it on film. So I had them play video games.”

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Here’s a description of the  characters provided by Warner Bros:

These three brothers, all sons of the same mother, could not be more different from each other. Dori, the oldest, spends much of his time watching out for Ori, the youngest; making sure he’s not caught a chill or got himself killed by Wargs or Goblins. Nobody quite knows what Nori gets up to most of the time, except that it’s guaranteed to be dodgy and quite probably, illegal. Dori, Nori and Ori are intensely loyal to each other – and whilst they are perfectly happy fighting amongst themselves, woe-betide any anyone who means harm to one of these brothers.

The Hobbit is an upcoming two-part epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The first Hobbit film opens in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on December 14th 2012.

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The hot-headed young D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman) must unite with three formerly legendary but now down-on-their-luck Musketeers to prevent a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

The film, shot in 3D,is scheduled for release on October 14, 2011.

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For the wealthy, food was often the focus when it came to entertaining. It was common to spend huge sums to impress others at a feast. Sometimes the food quantities were impressive even by today’s standards. For one feast in 1467, more than 6,000 guests were fed with thousands of sheep, birds, fish and other animals being slaughtered to feed them.

The availability of food depended on the season. In the summer more was available. Wild meats, livestock, and seafood were eaten and the medieval palate loved fowl. One could find chicken, pigeons, sparrows, starlings, geese, swans, vultures, gulls, cranes, peacocks, herons and other bizarre fowl on the table, sometimes being served with the feathers intact. Fruits such as cherries, apples, pears and plums were popular, though often being cooked or roasted.

Around 1300, citrus fruits were imported along with other fruits such as currants and figs. Vegetables were also consumed. Roasts, stews and soups were the favored method of preparing the food with salt pork and bacon being used for seasoning. Cheese and butter were generally reserved for the wealthy.

In the winter the supplies of food were scarce. Meat was dried for storage, but sometimes spoiled. To save supplies, livestock was eaten in the summer and game was hunted in the winter to better ensure a steady supply of meat. An innovative way to proved meat involved raising pigeons that would be eaten in the winter.

The lower class had a more difficult time with food because they couldn’t afford much. Even in the summer months meat was scarce. Vegetables were eaten, though not raw as that was thought to be unhealthy. Bread and cheese curd were constants though the bread was a dense, dark variety as the lower class could not afford the finer, refined flour of the upper class. Generally the lower class favored a thick soup called pottage that consisted of vegetables and coarse grains with beans for protein. If it was available, the soups would be seasoned with salted pork or bacon.

The preferred beverages were water sweetened with honey, honey wine or mead, ale (generally for the lower classes) and wine (generally for the upper classes). One irony was that the upper class diet, though high in protein, lacked vitamins A, C and D. This meant the upper class often suffered from scurvy, tooth decay and infections from spoiled meat. The lower class, eating mostly vegetables and receiving vitamins from the ale, coupled with a low fat, high fiber diet were in better health; however, were often hungry.

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At the beginning of the medival period, swords were about a metre in length. They were thin and sharp, with rounded tips to designed to slice an opponent in battle. WIth improvements in arour however, by the end of Medieval times, swords were optimized for thrusting in order to attemtpto pentetrate armour.

However, improvements such as being made lighter, the addition of a guard on the grip of the sword and the lengthening of the grip added to their effectiveness and length. The addition of the guard on the grip even gave the religious knights the symbol of the cross to carry with them into battle.

While the sword was found in a variety of sizes, in medieval times, perhaps the most popular was the long sword. This weapon could be used with two hands thanks to its lengthened grip. This allowed for incredibly damaging blows to be laid upon an opponent. However, even more deadly than a blow from the sword was the damage that resulted when the blade was thrust, sometimes completely through an opponent. This nearly always meant death.

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If there is an active attack sent to you, launching a protection will not neutralize the attack. It will arrive at the scheduled time and will be processed. This means that the protection will protect you only from future attacks to your account, and not from ones that are already sent. You can activate Protection mode for free once per game round.

You have the option to activate Protection for the second time but it will costs you 200 coins. There must be at least 48 hours passed from the first protection to be able to activate the second one.

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The time is recorded once an hour (at 12:50, 13:50, 14:50 and so on). The game calculates your inactivity by minutes, and your presence by hours. This means that it doesn’t matter if you played a whole hour between 12:50 and 13:50, or you have just logged in once through this period – in both cases your playtime will be recorded as one hour. Our advice is when you see “Online: 19 hours” in the “Castle” menu, to stop playing immediately for at least 4 hours. Actually, when you see this sign, you have very little time to stop your game and have a break. If the sign says “Online: 20 hours”, this means that you have already broken the game rules and you will be punished.

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