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    References: Alexander‚ C.‚ Krause-Jackson‚ F. (2008‚ November 19‚ 2008) Saudi Oil Tanker Owners in Negotiations With Pirates (Update1) Bloomberg. Retrieved from http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_331020106.html eTurboNews (2010) Mechanics snub American Airlines contract proposal. Retrieved from http://www.eturbonews.com/18098/mechanics-snubs- american-airline-contract-

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    Music Piracy in the UK

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    include pirate websites moving to offshore locations like China‚ Ukraine or Russia to escape prosecution from Western and European laws. This phenomenon‚ known as ’bulletproof hosting’ has become a rising trend in recent years‚ particularly since the successful Swedish prosecution of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay in 2009 (see The Guardian‚ Internet pirates find ’bulletproof’ havens for illegal file sharing‚ 5 January 2010 and see box‚ The Pirate Bay case). The movement of pirate websites

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    buffed court‚ the girls anxiously await the sound of the referee’s obnoxious whistle. As the whistle blows‚ the Wildcats and Pirates fight viciously to win the first volleyball game of the season. The first match of the game makes a nail biting experience for the fans. The roar of the crowd’s clapping and stomping fills the gym with joy and excitement. The Wildcats lead the pirates by a slim one point. The tall‚ muscular athlete on the front row spikes the ball over the seven foot net‚ hitting the floor

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    (including use of language) to engage readers and position them to react in particular ways. Readers are positioned to respond to the characters Ahn Do himself‚ his hard work‚ his courage‚ his success‚ his Mum‚ her personality‚ his entire family‚ and the pirates through the events that were created through text. Reading about Ahn Do ’s childhood having to struggle with poverty generates sympathy towards him. Ahn talks about his job of pamphlet delivery at the age of fourteen to earn money and help his mother

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    sharing information‚ communicating or improving maritime domain awareness. Wilson makes an interesting point in Lesson four (4) when he explains Resolution 1846; it implores states to avail themselves to a 1988 maritime criminal law to prosecute pirates. The SUA Treaty was also established to criminalize acts that jeopardize ships and their safe navigation. In the Fifth (5th) lesson of this article‚ common sense dictates that piracy can never fully be eradicated. In the article‚ “Piracy in Somalia”

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    Piracy At Sea The word "pirate" typically makes one think of names like "Blackbeard‚" or it congers up images of buried treasure‚ tall sailing ships and sword fights. But the words and images which are traditionally linked with the term "pirate" do not reflect the pirates of today. Modern-day pirates are not sailing tall ships and do not wield swashbuckling swords or fire cannons. Today‚ pirates are found frequently off the shore of the African country of Somalia‚ and they use small metal skiffs

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    Jason: What noise? Husky: That. Is that a squeaking wheel? Pirate #2 (squinting‚ sarcastic): He’s a clever one. Yuri (standing in front of Husky and Jason): Leave my team alone. Husky: Why do you have a wheel on your leg? Pirate #2 (irritated): Hey‚ I lost my leg in a freak thumb-wrestling accident! (Everyone gapes at him.) Yuri: W...wait...is it like you have a thumb on your foot?" Pirate #2: Well....not anymore! Pirate #3: This is ridiculous. We’re going to fight. Husky: OK‚ hang

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    dedicated to Ronan O’Rahilly (2). The station enjoyed enormous success‚ profit from advertisers was continuous since BBC operated mainly on licenses (1)‚ and in only six months they boasted more listeners than all three BBC stations combined. Other pirate stations began popping up mainly in the Thames Estuary on ships and abandoned army forts out at sea (1). One of these was Radio Atlanta‚ which positioned itself right next to Caroline’s wavelength. Since Caroline already had the listeners‚ a merger

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    was frightened by the pirate Billy Bones when he stayed at the inn‚ “How that personage haunted my dreams‚ I need scarcely tell you”. Jim was also scared by the blind man Pew‚ “I never saw in my life a more dreadful-looking figure.” Meanwhile‚ Jim did not have the courage to go back to the inn after the pirates’ attack if his mother did not insist on going. Towards the end of the story‚ when Jim was captured by the leader of the mutineers‚ Long John Silver‚ who was also a pirate like Billy Bones‚ Jim

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    particular scene‚ the most interesting to me was when Theron and his pirates broke into the tomb where Callirhoe was. The entire scene to me was funnier (although I prefer more funny rather than the comparative adjective‚ funnier) than any of the other content within this book. I enjoyed the line‚ “’Some pirate you are-afraid even of a woman’ –Theron”‚ following the discovery of Callirhoe in the tomb and his exchange between his pirates and himself. This was something I truly was not expecting to happen

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