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    Progress 4: Main focus: How to leave the dry dock Dry dock departure preparation Certification renewal requirements Sea Trials requirements Overview: Lloyds and class surveyors both have to be appeased before the ships can be passed as sea-worthy in its class. Ships sea trial requirements have been investigated ‚ how must the ship perform‚ what load testing must the new engine under go‚ what period of time while the sea trials take‚. Chief engineer must ensure all

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    A Work in Progress by Connor Franta is a 212 page non-fiction book written about his life experiences. In this book he tells the reader about growing up in Minnesota‚ moving to California‚ his childhood‚ his family‚ his friends‚ his high school experience‚ becoming a YouTuber‚ and much‚ much more. Connor starts the book by giving us a back story from when he was six years old‚ explaining a 5K. He says that his dad always had a camera with recording the running events and the family‚ and Connor thought

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    I feel that I have made a large amount of progress from the beginning of the year. I have been able to take information about what I have done wrong and turned it into strategies that make me a better writer and score better at the same time. Overall with the progress I have made I feel confident about my writing. This is because I have put effort into trying to improve skills that I lack in‚ take more time to read and pay attention to what we are reading in order to remember details about the

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    process “advancing civilization” on “savage dogs” (Takaki 81). In painting “American Progress” about the achievement of market revolution‚ as Takaki described‚ Indians stayed under the dark sky in the corner of the painting (Takaki 97)‚ far from the railroads and flourishing cities building on their native lands just like they were never the owners of them. They were represented as savages exiled by the progress of the country but their story during the process‚ which contained blood and tears of

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    Book Assignment: The Pilgrim’s Progress The Pilgrim’s Progress is a bizarre but timeless allegorical tale of young Christian‚ and later his family‚ who journeys away from his home to find salvation in the Celestial City. On this journey‚ our hero seems to endure outwardly physical but internally allegorical challenges signifying the trials‚ tribulations‚ and temptations any Christian may meet on the harrowing road to Heaven or salvation. He meets various characters named after the characteristics

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    It has always been in human nature to want to progress. Wherever we go‚ we always hear about the “next big thing‚” whether it be a new smartphone or a breakthrough in medicine that touches on many social issues‚ bringing up a debate on whether or not the end justifies the means. This will for progress sometimes ends with negative results‚ however‚ no matter what the original intention may have been. There are many examples in Shakespeare’s King Lear that expertly demonstrates that‚ although the

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    A Century of Progress: Science During the 1800s in Europe‚ many people were being affected by the new discoveries being made. Advances in biology‚ chemistry‚ and psychology led to better‚ precise results. Even though not all of the ideas were created in Europe‚ they had an impact on everyone’s lives. Most scientists were grateful for Thomas Edison’s development of the research laboratory‚ which allowed them to explore different fields more efficiently. In the mid-1800s‚ Louis Pasteur‚ a French

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    Progress is not possible without sacrifice. In the book‚ “The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ Jonah‚ the protagonist‚ and all the members of the community lives a “perfect” live with total security. Everyone is assured a job and all insecurities and choices were eliminated such as music‚ color and even family members. Nevertheless‚ Jonah was willing to sacrifice this perfect‚ black and white world for a life of freedom and choice after discovering so much after given the job of the giver. In the end‚ when

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    time‚ Frederick Douglass was no doubt an interesting man. Throughout his life‚ he has done a variety of different things to help others. During his lifetime‚ Frederick was able to successfully live by his quote “If there is no struggle‚ there is no progress”. Within his life‚ he was able to constantly prove that he never gave up and that he was a hard worker. Ever since Frederick was born he has been helping the people around him with a kind heart. In Talbot Country‚ Maryland‚ in the month of

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    Discontent is the first necessity of progress. Its often from a sense of discontent‚ feelings of incompleteness‚ or even a twinge of true unhappiness that the seeds of great accomplishment are sown After studying the case of Jerry Sanders emerging as one of the greatest entrepreneurs of his times‚ one can easily figure out what it takes to go through all the up and downs and be an extraordinary one. From the skills of negotiation‚ decision making and risk taking to self-confidence‚ selflessness and

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