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    My Shipboard Training

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    My Shipboard Training My Shipboard training started July 5‚ 2011. I joined the ship named CE-NIRIIS‚ which was a crude oil tanker. I spent 12 months and 14 days on board that vessel. Our vessel sails around Mediterranean Sea. All of the crew on our vessel is a Filipino except for the Electrician and Fitter. I was a day man onboard ship. Every 0800H we start to work and finish working at 1700H. As a Cadet‚ I am the runner of our buson. If he forgot something‚ he usually calling me and

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    Martin Scorsese is known to be a famous filmmaker and almost as famous for being a New Yorker. Many of his films are based in New York which are most of the time films that are gritty and about the darker side of urban life where he focuses his vision to the city’s neighborhoods‚ especially Lower Manhattan and Little Italy. Scorsese has a talent of showing precise and sometimes personal representation of the people and the streets of these neighborhoods. Most of his films have this bond to the city

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    The Nineteenth century was a time of major changes and a critical moment in the history of Italy. It was the time of the Risorgimento‚ the campaign for the unification of Italy and it was a long and complicated process. Lampedusa ’s "The Leopard" gives a spacious perspective into this revolution and gives us insight of the state of marriage‚ religion and politics within the Sicilian society. Lampedusa exposes the life of The Leopard and how he and his people reacted to the Risorgimento. He states

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    The commercial‚ "The Bug‚" is an advertisement for Budweiser beer. It takes place in a barroom that is long and narrow‚ typical of such an establishment in any city neighborhood. The bar itself is on the right of the TV screen‚ with the required mirror on the wall behind it‚ and assorted bottles on the counter. The over-all color of the place is dark with a typical wood bar and the colors beige and green‚ in various shades. In the opening shot‚ the bartender is setting up drinks on the counter

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    According to Morey‚ W. C. (1901)‚ Carthage had a greater power‚ prestige‚ and influential navy‚ but Rome had a more efficient army. He also stated that Carthage had more extremely intelligent leaders‚ while Rome had a more immovable body of citizens. The main strength of Carthage had sufficiently rested in her wealth and commercial resources. On the other hand‚ Rome rely upon the character of her people and her well-organized political system. The notably large in size of the Carthaginians was shown

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    ARCHIMEDES:The Great Mechanic Not much is known about Archimede’s life.He was born in Syracuse on the eastern coast of Sicily. His father was an astronomer named Feidias.His family was probably quite prosperous‚ despite many contrary beliefs and opinions‚as he was accompanied by servants wherever he went and also travelled‚ which at that time was very costly. Unlike different spiritual men of his time‚he did not travel to other countries‚ except one‚ and that the city of Alexandria in Egypt

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    command: commanders intent‚ mutual trust and understanding will be used as evaluation criteria. For integration‚ fires along with movement and maneuver‚ two of the six joint functions will be used as evaluation criteria. Operation Husky‚ the invasion of Sicily was decided at the Casablanca Conference to be the next campaign after Operation Torch in North Africa. The joint function C2 during Operation Husky will be evaluated using three criteria: commander’s intent‚ mutual trust and understanding. These

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    The Function of the Journey in Matthew Arnold’s Poetry We can see that much of Matthew Arnold’s poetry contains the imagery of a journey. Stefan Collini suggests that this is a three-stage journey “represented by a river‚ which rises in a cool‚ dark glade‚ flows out on to the fierce‚ hot plain‚ and then finds its way to the wide calm sea” (54). The first stage is that of childhood and is represented by romantic descriptions of nature and an overall feeling of happiness. This stage can be referred

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    Born in 287 B.C.E‚ Archimedes was a well-known‚ and respected Greek scientist‚ mathematician‚ engineer‚ astronomer‚ and inventor(Archimedes‚Famous). Most of his life is unknown‚ mainly‚ his early life‚ and when many of his accomplishments were made. Nevertheless‚ many of his works‚ principles‚ inventions‚ writings‚ and findings have influenced society and the world of science and math to great heights(Toomer). Archimedes will always be credited as a leader for these advancements of science‚ mathematics

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    different methods and aims on what they wanted for their state. Each one of the states where unique and did not want to help other states if it did not help them. This happened with Naples and Sicily in 1820. Even though Naples and Sicily both revolting for liberal constitutions‚ Naples decided that Sicily must remain apart of Naples against their own will. In a same way in the 1830 Parma’s revolutionary government refused to send help to Modena to protect them against the Austrian army. Which‚ the

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