Introduction: The STCW Convention “The Standards of Training‚ Certification & Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention was drafted in 1978 by conference at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London‚ and was activated in 1984” (wikipedia/stcw). Since its beginning‚ its scope has been to set qualification standards for masters‚ officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships. On an international level‚ “the 1978 STCW Convention was the first to establish basic requirements on training
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Critical Analysis of Guernica - By Bryce Craig Spanish artist Pablo Picasso can often be collectively seen as the greatest and most influential artist of the twentieth century. In a historical sense he encompassed all that is to be a practicing modernist artist and prevailed as one of the most significant artists overall in human history. Picasso’s most well renowned painting presents to his audience a graphic reflection of the horrors and brutality of war; Guernica (1937) depicts the Spanish
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Eva Cooper July 16‚ 2012. El Norte Critical Analysis El Norte is an American independent film about a Guatemalan family. The film‚ directed by Gregory Nava‚ was first released at the Telluride Film Festival in 1983. El Norte was the first American independent film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay (IMDb.com‚ Inc.‚ 1990-2012). The film El Norte is about a brother named Enrique and a sister named Rosa. Enrique and Rosa are on a quest to get out of the ethnic and political
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A Critical Analysis of The Catcher in the Rye In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is put through the harsh reality that is life. Holden is kicked out of school and must make his way back to New York to tell his parents the upsetting news‚ but he first spends a few days finding himself along the way in the Big Apple. He spends these days thinking and seeing first-hand what the adult world is like‚ consistently reinforcing his belief that the real world is
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Introduction Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Holdings PLC (HSBC) is ranked 46th on the Fortune 500 company listing in 2011 (Fortune 500 2011). With an international presence of offices and establishments in leading financial cities (Scott Mark 2008) such as New York‚ London‚ Zurich‚ Sydney and Tokyo‚ HSBC provides an array of financial services to approximately 89 Million customers. As one of the largest banking and financial service organizations in the world‚ HSBC values their commitment
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Critical Analysis of Slamming Society: Critical Theory and Situationism Sociology 3000: Sociological Theory Eric ofosu-Asare This review is based on chapter 4 “Slamming Society: Critical Theory and Situationsim” in Mann’s textbook of “Understanding Society”. Within this chapter are the theorists Hegel‚ Freud‚ Adorno‚ Marcuse‚ and Lasch. Each main theorist’s argument will be presented and reviewed. Hegel’s theory is the journey of reason and argued on
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Critical Analysis of the Communication Activity Communication activity between the hotel and the guests is the way of hotel that attract the people come to live in the hotel and the process of service delivery. There are many types of communication activity can be conducted between the hotel and the guests. Communication is the activity of transmission of information through the exchange of messages‚ thoughts or information‚ as by speech‚ signals‚ visuals or writing‚ or behavior. It is the
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Green Revolution: The initiatives involved the development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains‚ expansion of irrigation infrastructure‚ and distribution of hybridized seeds‚ synthetic fertilizers‚ and pesticides to farmers. The term "Green Revolution" has been attributed to William Gaud of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in a speech given to the Society for International Development in March 1968. In December 1969‚ the Green Revolution was presented by him
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A Critical Analysis of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain A. Theme The theme of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is the journey to freedom. Huckleberry Finn is the story of Huck escaping from his father’s cruelty and Jim‚ a former slave‚ running from the harsh world of slavery. Throughout the second half of the book‚ the two are trying to escape from the duke and the king because they are tricking innocent people by being dishonest. Throughout Huck’s and Jim’s journey‚ several conflicts
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PRIVACY AND THE MEDIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS Sahina Mumtaz Laskar 2nd Semester; LL.M. Department of Law Assam University‚ Silchar “There are laws to protect the freedom of press‚ but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press”………………Mark Twain. The media in India enjoys a great deal of freedom and when it is threatened‚ the response is vociferous. Nevertheless‚ there is the need to maintain a balance between free
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