The statue I chose is titled Apollo Belvedere. The sculpture is a reduced copy of a work most likely made by Leochales in 350-325BCE. The original Apollo Belvedere’s medium was marble‚ but the French copy utilizes bronze with a modern casting method. The statue features an adult male. The figure is relaxed‚ as the muscles remain are not flexed and there is no contortion of the face. There are no wrinkles on the male figures face‚ connoting a young subject. One can infer the figure is holding a bow
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Case Study 9/13/2011 Zach Newcomb “Leadership in Apollo 13” There are certain events in our lifetime that change who we are as a person and how we view life. During the movie Apollo 13‚ Jim Lovell has a dream that he will walk on the moon. His dream becomes a reality when is promoted to commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. After a series of dangerous events‚ the crew finds themselves in a struggle to stay alive. Jim and Houston control works around the clock to find a solution to the
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“Please complete a one page personal statement and submit it with your application. “ How would you describe yourself as a human being? What quality do you like best in yourself and what do you like least? What would you most like to see flourish and which would you like to see wither?” Describe myself? I always think of this as an open question. There are so many different angles that this response can be written from. This statement is almost hard to answer. I would describe myself as an orange
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Apollo 13 The film‚ Apollo 13‚ is based on the real-life crisis that occurred April 13‚ 1970 on board the Apollo spacecraft. The two main characters‚ Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) and Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) are the key players who will address how a leader is able to survive and thrive in a world in which unexpected events occur on a regular basis. They portray the effective styles of leadership in balance with their ever changing surroundings‚ as well as their ability to maintain their interpersonal
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I think I may be one of the few in this class that was around for the entire Apollo program for this reason I have decided to research more about the program and one of its experiments in general. The Apollo Program was conducted from 1963 with the launch of AS-202 until 1972 when Apollo 17 completed its mission on December 19th. The purpose of the Project was to land a manned lunar module on the Moon from which they would conduct experiments‚ explore the surface‚ and take pictures of the lunar
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The God I chose is Apollo because he is a big part of Greek mythology and his storylines are cool. Also he is just like most people today. I will also show you how these epics are cool and entertaining. “Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto. He is also the twin brother of Artemis and they were both born on Delos. Leto was fleeing from Zeus and could not have children on land.”(www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Apollo/Apollo.html)Leto went to Delos which wasn’t a real island at the time and
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There are many missions set up to explore our solar system and the rest of the universe. Apollo 11 is a great example of exploration. Its primary objective was set by President John F Kennedy when he said‚ “we shall send to the moon‚ 240‚000 miles away from the control station in Houston‚ a giant rocket... carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion‚ guidance‚ control‚ communications‚ food and survival‚ on an untried mission‚ to an unknown celestial body‚ and then return it safely to earth”
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The movie Apollo 13 stared‚ Tom Hanks (Jim Lovell) Bill Paxton (Fred Haise)‚ Gary Sinise (Ken Mattingly) and Kevin Bacon (Jack Sivigert) . The movie was directed by Ron Howard and is based on the book “Lost Moon” by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. This was America third trip to the moon and Apollo 13 mission was to land in the Fra Mauro area of the moon. Two day before launch Mattingly was scrubbed from the mission after being exposed to measles. He was replaced by Jack Swigert (kevin Bacon)
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basketball shoes designed and created by Michael Jordan‚ a former professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Over the duration of his career‚ Jordan broke numerous records‚ many of which still hold to this day. The Air Jordan line was first introduced to the world in 1985‚ a year after Jordan signed a hefty contract with Nike despite being a rookie in the league. The first shoe to debut was the Air Jordan I‚ which quickly transformed the realm of basketball shoes. The sneaker
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In a company‚ payroll is the sum of all financial records of salaries for an employee‚ wages‚ bonuses and deductions. In accounting‚ payroll refers to the amount paid to employees for working for a period of time. Payroll is crucial because payroll and payroll taxes considerably affect the net income of most companies and they are subject to laws and regulations. The primary mission of the payroll department is to ensure that all employees are paid accurately and timely with the correct allowances
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