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Pollice Verso by Jean-Leon Gerome
Pollice Verso by Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso, latin for Thumbs Down, is a realistic painting by Jean-Leon Gerome depicting a gladiator battle in the ancient Roman Coliseum. The scene is of a Gladiator standing over his defeated opponent and looking towards the audience, most likely a group of Vestal Virgins, waiting for their order of whether to kill his opponent or let him live. The Vestal Virgins are seen with their thumbs pointed down, which
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Pollution
Pollution has become a major issue over the years because it contaminates the Earth's environment and affects human health. While some environmental pollution is a result of natural causes such as volcanic eruptions, most is caused by human activities. The increase of various types of pollution has made cancer pollutant more prevalent among the people, raising the risk of getting cancer. After being exposed to theses pollutants, the effects may be immediate or delayed. Some
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Polo
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Polymers in Everyday Life
Polymers are a part of our every day life and without them around, this world would be very, very different, if not impossible to live in. However, most people do not even know what a polymer is, or just how widespread they are around us. Polymers are formed from hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon derivatives, or sometimes from silicon. They are the basis not only for numerous natural materials, but also for most of the synthetic plastics that
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Polyphonic Hmi: Mixing Math and Music
Executive Cover Memo Subject: Polyphonic HMI: Mixing Math and Music This is to recommend that Hit Song Science should market its product and services to record labels attempting to catch a larger share of the market. BACKGROUND Polyphonic HMI is preparing to launch Hit Song Science, which analyzes the mathematical characteristics of music compared to past music hits, making it possible to determine a song’s hit potential. Music characteristics can be analyzed by math such
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Poor Listening
"The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them."(R. Nichols). Listening is often misinterpreted as hearing. To hear, you are simply recognizing a sound being made. However, as defined by International Listening Association, listening is more than acknowledging sound; it is "the process of receiving, constructing meaning from, and responding to spoken and/or nonverbal messages." (1996). Listening is
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Poorly Written Communication Essay
Persuasive Essay "Poorly Written Communication" Poorly Written Communication 2 Thesis: After a poorly written memo caused hard feelings and loss of morale, the company decided to start writing courses, believing that the effectiveness of enhancing written communication skills within a work place is necessary for any successful business. In "A case for clear writing" C. Petrini states, the ability to communicate written information in a clear, concise and accurate manner can provide significant benefits to
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Pop Art
Pop Art Pop Art is a style of art, which explores the everyday imagery that is so much a part of contemporary consumer culture. Common sources of imagery include advertisements, consumer product packaging, celebrity photographs, and comic strips. The Pop Art movement originated in England in the 1950s and traveled overseas to the United States during the 1960s. Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi, both members of the Independent Group, pioneered the movement in London in
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Pop Art-Andy Warhol
I believe Pop art is still around in some ways today. They see it as what is popular and what is going on during that certain time. Things change popularity very often so the Pop art changes with the different things that come and go into style and fashionable at that time. “The artist of pop found a gold mine of visual material in the mundane, mass-produced objects and images of America’s popular culture-comic books,
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Pope John Paul II Leadership for a Modern World, and Advocate for Social Justice
We speak of a culture war. John Paul II fought a cultural war against the communist and won. Indeed, countless images of this momentous victory filled the screens of televisions around the globe last month. The crumbling of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union were sure signs: The cold war was over. Now, people in their twenties have little more than vague memories of a nuclear threat. Who discusses the possible
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Popular Culture
What is popular (low) culture? "Popular culture is a symbolic expression allegedly aligned with the questionable tastes of the "masses," who enjoy commercial "junk" circulated by the mass media, such as soap operas, rock music, talk radio, comic books, and monster truck pulls" (Campbell, 18). When looking at the high-low hierarchy it often determines the way people view culture as a whole today, saying high culture is good taste and low culture is questionable taste.
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Popular Culture Should Be a Popular Course
Peter Oestreich Dr. Lane Writing II 10 October 2006 Popular Culture Should Be A Popular Course Dear Chair of the Education Department, Popular culture should be a course that is offered on Clarion campus for everyone. If popular culture is taught correctly, a course on popular culture can provide a very educational outlook on wide variety of important topics such as race and ethnicity or politics(Rise and Fall). Popular culture is very interesting, in that
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Popular Persuassion
According to Alfred North Whitehead, an English-born mathematician and philosopher , "Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up" (Whitehead, 1929). Whitehead is making the point that people are more productive and creative when they are not in a tranquil state of mind. Therefore, I found this quote to be appropriate for my paper. In this paper I will be analyzing a persuasive bumper sticker by specifically looking
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Population Policy of Pakistan
Introduction: Pakistan's population has increased from 34 million in 1951 to 152 million in mid 2005. The addition of over 116 million Pakistanis in just five decades is due to the high population growth rates in the last thirty years. Continuing high population growth will amount to Pakistan's population reaching 220 million by the year 2020. Coupled with poor human development indicators such as low: a) Literacy b) high infant mortality c) low economic growth
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Pornography Addiction
Webster's dictionary defines addiction as a habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice beyond one's voluntary control. The essence of all addiction is the addicts' experience of powerlessness over a compulsive behavior, resulting in their lives becoming unmanageable. The addict is out of control and experiences tremendous shame, pain and self-loathing. The addict may wish to stop --- yet repeatedly fails to do so. In this sense, there are many things that
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Port of Gdynia
Port of Gdynia, Poland April 28, 2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Port of Gdynia is one of the fastest growing trade centers in Poland. Its geographical location to both the Baltic coastline as well as rail links to greater Europe have provided a significant boost to its standing as a major mode in both continental and intercontinental trade. This report will explore several areas of port operations including its users, the many services and operating options
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Porters’ 5 Forces for Sia
Five Forces Model (MAS & Tiger Airway and SIA) New Entrants Deregulation results in lower fares and higher load factors, revolving lesser around service quality. A major upgrade to SIA in-flight service and cabins where the various newer airline class with an improved facilities and features such as higher exclusivity and more spacious which the older class already leave a good positive image to customers in the past. Supplier Power As of date, MAS is
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Porter’s 5 Forces
There is continuing interest in the study of the forces that impact on an organisation, particularly those that can be harnessed to provide competitive advantage. The ideas and models which emerged during the period from 1979 to the mid-1980s (Porter, 1998) were based on the idea that competitive advantage came from the ability to earn a return on investment that was better than the average for the industry sector (Thurlby, 1998). As Porter's 5 Forces
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Porter’s 5-Forces Model
PORTER'S 5-FORCES MODEL A means of providing corporations with an analysis of their competition and determining strategy, Porter's five-forces model looks at the strength of five distinct competitive forces, which, when taken together, determine long-term profitability and competition. Porter's work has had a greater influence on business strategy than any other theory in the last half of the twentieth century, and his more recent work may have a similar impact on global competition. Michigan native
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Portfolio Cover Letter
Portfolio Cover Letter My name is Zachary Buck and this is my second time having to go through English 100. In my first semester I didn't take the course seriously and received a NC. I have since grown and am more dedicated to my school work. I believe I can write very well if I just put enough time and thought into what I'm doing. I'm very excited to finally get a chance to be
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Portrait of the Painter Paris Von Gutersloh By
The painting I chose at the MIA is Portrait of the Painter Paris von Gutersloh by Egon Schiele. This painting was started in 1918, but was never completed. The genre of this piece is expressionist. Schiele was inspired to paint this painting of his friend because he admired his extraordinary intellectual and artistic talents and sought to portray him as a creative genius. This painting is approximately 7 x 5 feet, and portrays a Caucasian
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Portugal
The republic of Portugal is located in the southwestern part of Europe, situated in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, bordered by Spain on the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and west. The Azores and Madeira Islands in the Atlantic are independent regions of Portugal, considered integral parts of the republic. Portugal administers one overseas territory, Macau (Macao) in eastern Asia near Hong Kong. Macau is scheduled to
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Position Paper on Sustainable Energy Sources
Position Paper on Sustainable Energy Sources As the world population approaches seven billion people, there is continuing expansion in housing, businesses, roads, and bridges. There also seems to be a necessity for everything to be bigger, faster, stronger, and spectacular to look upon. Unfortunately, while being hypnotized by the marvelous things man has built and achieved, society tends to forget the price to be paid as a result of such unchecked growth. The result is
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Position Paper: Nature Vs. Nurture
Position Paper: Nature vs. Nurture The controversy of nature vs. nurture has been going on for many years, and a decision has not yet been reached in which one is the most affective. Using the results of the countless tests done, everyday situations, and the twins experiment, I will prove that nature is a larger contributor to the outcome of our personalities than nurture. Firstly, many psychologists and Universities, such as Harvard, conducted countless test
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Position Paper: Nature Vs. Nurture
Position Paper: Nature vs. Nurture The controversy of nature vs. nurture has been going on for many years, and a decision has not yet been reached in which one is the most affective. Using the results of the countless tests done, everyday situations, and the twins experiment, I will prove that nature is a larger contributor to the outcome of our personalities than nurture. Firstly, many psychologists and Universities, such as Harvard, conducted countless test
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Position Shift
Under the Influence I never thought that being under the influence and driving was such a big deal. Of course many people have gotten into accidents because of it but I always thought that, that was because they weren't careful enough. I thought that all you had to do was focus on what your doing and make sure that you don't drive all over the place. When I started going to parties in high school
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Positive Behavior Support
Positive Behavior Support Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is not a modification plan for students with difficult behaviors; it is a system for modifying the environment; as well as the way that teachers respond to these difficult behaviors. "Such environmental interventions, in turn, serve to make problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant and desired behavior more functional" (http://www.ldonline.org ). Teachers first should utilize a functional behavioral assessment in order to determine if there may be
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Positive Thinker - Eternal Optimist
[Last Name] Melissa Phillips Giovanna Airheart EDUC 1300 9 October 2013 Positive thinker: Eternal Optimist My name is Melissa Phillips and I am a survivor on an exciting yet difficult journey. Two and a half years ago, my life was turned upside down and I began the struggle that has forged the new, strong, and passionate woman that I am today. I am a peaceful woman and I always have been. This is a value
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Post Graduate Industrial Relations Assignment
PGDLL Assignment 2006 Institution: University of Johannesburg Student Name: Barrie Smith Student No.: 200615283 Date: June 2006 PGDLL 2006 ASSIGNMENT Big Enterprises (BE) has a recognition agreement with the National Union of Workers (NUW). In terms of the agreement, the Union is recognised in respect of its members in a defined bargaining unit comprising all weekly paid employees. Sixty percent (60%) of the employees in the bargaining unit are union members, the balance have no
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Post Mod in Disney and Mgm Cartoon
What is postmodernism? Postmodernism is an agenda of modernism or could be described as a progress which both arose from, and react against or reject trends in modernism (Krauss, 1986). Not only has that, Taket and White (1993, p. 836) defined postmodernism as: A movement that attacks all that modernity has "engendered"; for example civilization, industrialization, urbanization and technology. It challenges the values and objects of modernism such as individual responsibility, liberal democracy, tolerance, liberalism,
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