spending $2.5 billion‚ what would you do? Normally you would probably throw the whole team out the door‚ and perhaps sue them for the $1.1-billion overrun. But in this case‚ the $1.1-billion overrun belongs to former Ontario premier David Peterson’s Pan Am Games organizing committee‚ and even though two officers were fired‚ expenses continue to climb. By the time they’re finished‚ I’ll bet it will cost $3 billion -- well over double the amount we were told in the beginning we would be paying. But considering
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• Resistance to change o One of the characteristics of an attitude o Takes much persuasion to change o Not all attitudes are so resistant to change ▪ i.e. it usually takes much persuasion to change a strongly held attitude such as that towards‚ capital punishment or abortion • Modification potential through training o Personality‚ attitudes‚ & behavior play a role in attitude management o It is unrealistic to imagine that routine training in particular or in general
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Much has been written in recent years about terrorist attacks and weapons of mass destruction. Explosives are the weapon of choice for many terrorists as reported by the media on a routine basis. The bombing of the Pan Am Flight 103 that occurred on December 21‚ 1988 over Lockerbie and Galloway was no different. This bombing became the largest criminal investigation that was led by the smallest police force. (CIA) The New York bound flight fell out of the sky being in the air less than 40 minutes
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Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de milo) Greek artists tried to create ideal beauty. Statues were not made to represent real‚ living people‚ but they were carved to show how the human body should look like. The picture in front of you is a sculpture of Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo‚ in Roman mythology). For hundreds of years‚ the statue remained buried in an underground cavern‚ where it had been damaged and discovered in two parts. It was in 1820 AD (anno domini) when a peasant named Yorgos found
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The historic and iconic marble sculpture‚ Aphrodite of Knidos‚ sometimes referred to as Aphrodite of Cindus‚ was created by the sculptor Praxiteles. Not much is known about Praxiteles for sure as the only definite dates in relation to him are found at the base of a portrait statue where he inscribed “Praxiteles the Athenian made it” or are written by Pliny the Elder in his monumental work‚ Naturalis Historia (Encyclopedia of World Biography). This work places him during the 104th Olympiad‚ or roughly
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Victory (Nike) of Samothrace and the Aphrodite‚ Pan and Eros‚ the Hellenistic era exposed such expansion with dramatic posing‚ sweeping lines‚ and high contrast of light and shadow allowing artists of this period to explore their subjects from different unique points of view without completely abandoning the Classical Greek concepts. Formal Analysis: As the sculptures of Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace (c. 190 BCE‚ Louvre‚ Paris) and Aphrodite‚ Pan‚ and Eros (c. 100 BCE‚ National Archaeological
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powerful Olympian was Zeus. He was the god of the sky‚ lightning‚ thunder‚ and all other gods. He was married to his sister‚ Hera‚ however he had several children with many different goddesses and mortals. Some of his children include Apollo‚ Artemis‚ Aphrodite‚ Persephone‚ Ares‚ and Hephaestus. His symbols include a lightning bolt and an eagle. Poseidon was the god of the ocean‚ earthquakes‚ and storms. He was the brother of Zeus and Hades. According
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English 150 (MTH 4:00-5:30) The Mythological Background of Iliad The Golden Apple of Discord Characters: Introduction There was once a war so great that the sound of it resonates for centuries. Known as the Trojan War‚ this clash which participated by gods and mortals had resulted not by the will of men‚ but by the actions of the gods themselves. The very seed of this catastrophe was the infamous golden apple of discord. If not been for the jealousy of immortals‚ this great war would never
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Aperson@ then how can you love her? Pygmalion clearly did‚ or say he said. Obsession was the case he was having with his statue‚ Galatea. He found beauty‚ and only beauty the most attractive quality in women. He did not search deeper than that. Aphrodite then granted his wish of turning his Galatea into flesh and that is the story. Another example is of Polydectes‚ who was the king of the
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Peter Pan is the main protagonist of J.M. Barrie’s novel Peter & Wendy. He is introduced as a boy who refuses to grow up and therefore remains a child forever‚ roaming the mythical Neverland with his companions. One of his essential traits is his forgetfulness – he is never able to recall past actions or even his friends. Margaret Hourihan argues that‚ due to said forgetfulness‚ Peter can only ever live in the moment and thus never learns anything‚ which she considers the “necessary condition of
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