The Television series show Star Trek: The Next Generation’s episode “Ship in a Bottle” has several connections to Descartes Meditations. For instance‚ in Meditations 1‚ Descartes talks about the evil genius argument which ultimately is referring to having reason to doubt the totality of what your senses tell you as well as the mathematical knowledge that it seems you have (At 22). In the “Ship in the Bottle” episode‚ James Moriarty‚ also known as Sherlock Holmes arch enemy‚ was a hologram character
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Built To Last - Summary of Key Points Written by James Collins & Jerry Porras both are associated with Stanford About this book: This summary of Built to Last is included because if one is going to change an organization‚ one needs to know what to change towards. This book is one of the best we know of that answers that question. It is one of the best pieces of research done on why certain organizations are more successful over time than others. Because its time horizon is a minimum of 50 years
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review of the new building for a College. A report should be produced that aims to assess a number of environmental conditions to ensure an acceptable indoor environment for all teaching accommodation. The College will be reviewed in relation to the built environment in respect of; thermal environment i.e. ventilation‚ without causing excessing air movement and humidity levels and condensation. It will also analyse factors affecting lighting including natural daylight‚ sound\noise from external sources
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passenger travel by sea: there were no aircraft‚ and emigration‚ from Europe to the Americas and other parts of the world‚ was still taking place on a massive scale. Passenger ships were therefore much more common than they are today and accidents frequently led to heavy casualties. The annual loss of life from British ships alone averaged between 700 and 800 during this period. The incident which led to the convening of the 1914 international SOLAS conference was the sinking of the White Star liner
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consider the thought experiment of “The Ship of Theseus”. During this analysis paper‚ I will be providing the following: a presentation of the experiment‚ the method of “The Ship of Theseus”‚ possible reactions to the thought experiment‚ and support for my argument of the experiment. The ship was used to celebrate the returning of Theseus and the young men from Crete after Theseus slayed the Minotaur. As a tradition‚ the Athenians continually sailed the ship‚ but after time‚ “They took away the old
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The White Ship By Jackie French Discussion Points: 1. Name three countries where there is war or violent conflict between religious groups. Jerusalem‚ Philippines and 2. What laws in Australia ensure religious freedom? 3. The design of the White Ship is based on the Mary Rose. Search the internet- or contact the Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney- to find out exactly (i) what the Mary Rose looked like (ii) how big she was (iii) what happened to her (iv) why she still exists today The Mary
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a question often contemplated by philosophers through philosophical puzzles of change. A popular version of the puzzle includes a man named Theseus and his ship. A ship in which has undergone a gradual change where all of the lumber was replaced by the new cargo of lumber it carried. The question then remains‚ is this still the original ship of Theseus? Philosopher John Locke attempts to answer this question by stating that identity is a subjective matter rather than objective. He begins by separating
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It ’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff Warner Books‚ 2002 Author ’s Page Captain D. Michael Abrashoff is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis‚ MD‚ and was a military assistant to the former secretary of defense‚ Dr. William J. Perry. He served as Commander of 310 men and women aboard the USS Benfold in the Pacific Fleet. Abrashoff left the Navy in 2001 and became the founder and CEO of Grassroots Leadership‚ Inc
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classical story of the ship of Theseus. Change and identity becomes complex and the definition of objects change. An object is a thing that exists in time and space and has many properties or aspects such as size and colour. As these properties change‚ so do the object and the object’s identity‚ so therefore objects are always changing with time. The story of the ship of Theseus has had philosophers puzzled for centuries. The classical story is told by Plutarch (46-120 AD)‚ ‘The ship wherein Theseus
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Abstract This is the second part of the assessment for this module‚ I required to choose the one of the PPP in Hong Kong‚ Western Harbour Tunnel (WHT) which to analysis and critical evaluate its management system. The Western Harbour Tunnel (WHT) opened for public traffic on 30 April 1997‚ WHT not only does WHT reduce cross-harbour traffic congestion; it also stands out as the largest single transportation project in Hong Kong ever undertaken by the private sector. Firstly in the assessment‚ I
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