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    Sirens

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    had a high pitched voice that then they sang‚ they had everyone mesmerized. The sirens lured sailors to their deaths when they would be close to their home‚ Anthemoessa‚ the sea between Sicily and Italy. They would lure the sailors into horrible weather. Also‚ the sirens would also help sailors who had gone overboard. The sirens were disliked by women. The sirens would not only help save‚ destroy sailors‚ they would also try to find someone to fall in love with‚ that is why the women disliked them

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    consultation with gunnery officer . every sailor should know how to operate weapon . how to load weapon as per procedure of weapon loading instructions. Messes organization The Indian navy has two types messes . one mess where petty officer to master chief petty officer I are having food and other one that where sea II to leading rank have food . that why they called junior sailor mess and senior sailor mess because in indian navy petty officer comes in senior sailor . Officer man relations The

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    A Motley Crew in the American Revolution – Vectors of Revolution In the chapter “A Motley Crew in the American Revolution” authors Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker imply that sailor‚ slave and labor revolts set the stage for the American Revolution. Throughout this chapter of the book “The Many-Headed Hydra” the authors listed and cited historical facts to support their claim that a ”Motley Crew” (multiethnic‚ multiracial and organized group of people with a common goal) not just inspired

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    English Rime of the Ancient Mariner/ Frankenstein: The poem starts whit three young men walking together to a wedding‚ when one of them is repress by a grizzled old sailor. The young Wedding-Guest angrily demands that the mariner let go of him‚ and the mariner does. But the young man is hypnotized by the ancient mariner’s “glittering eye” and can do nothing but sit on a stone and listen to his strange tale. The Mariner

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    Zinn's Purpose Analysis

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    writes history and they changed or ignored the facts that are important for our society progress as a whole. Zinn uses compare and contrast to show how he views the native people and Columbus and his sailors. Zinn wrote about the difference between the native people and Columbus and his sailors. He describes the native people as “naked‚ tawny‚ and

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    this soothing calm is more of a grief‚ as illustrated by the onomatopoeia‚ in "sobbing and clubbing of the gunfire". The main place or action is sensed as afar‚ so the washing up of "dead sailors and "tide wood" represents a calm after a storm‚ wherein the storm is a battle out to sea. The suffering of the sailors

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    Sailormoon‚ the world renowned animated series‚ comes from the Japanese Shōjo manga‚ written and illustrated by female author Naoko Takeuchi. The main distinguishing feature of Shōjo manga is that it is specifically aimed at young female viewers and involves some form of (usually magical) female protagonist (Saito 143). Kumiko Saito‚ in her essay on Magical Girl Anime and the Challenges of Changing Gender Identities in Japanese Society‚ acknowledges that the Shōjo genre exhibits “various possibilities

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    family and outsiders. In addition‚ one specific group who held a grudge towards the zoot suits were the sailors who were coming back from the war. The sailors held grudges towards the ones wearing the zoot suits‚ because they weren’t in the war defending their country. Many of the issues that caused the riots were the tension between the two groups of young men. It was not right for the sailors to have gone that far as attacking everyone who was dressed as a zoot suit

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    Abrashoff

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    1.  What precipitated Abrashoff’s decision to change his leadership style? Retention of his sailors makes Abrashoff change his leadership style. He believed that “command and control” style would not work well on making sailors to stay happily in the ship. He found that redemption could play an important role on preventing sailors to leave the navy before their term ended and convincing them to stay favorably. Moreover‚ he discovered it is significant that he has to redeem himself before he can effectively

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    seas are part of the life of a sailor. The savage waves rock the boat in all directions‚ chairs roll‚ pens drop‚ and sailors get seasickness. Indeed‚ surviving the stormy seas is a natural part of the sailing experience for many young sailors unprepared for the task. Seasickness affects about 9% of men and 38% of women‚ an affliction which is more commonly known as motion sickness its devastating effects are amplified during rough oceans. Yet‚ it’s only when sailors brave the stormy weathers when

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