you notice that the crew’s nerves seemed a bit jumpy today?” The suspenseful mood is further backed up the the fact that even “that tough-minded old Swede‚ who’d go up to the devil himself and ask him for a light” Captain Nielsen‚ an experienced seafarer‚ was nervous to be arriving at the eerie island. Nielsen actually
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Although used in a slightly different context‚ a phrase from some British propaganda during WWII neatly sums up the dangers of ineffective communications: ‘Careless talk costs lives’. That may be over-dramatic in most cases where communications between seafarers or between ship and shore go awry but it does illustrate the importance of effective communications and the real dangers if they go badly wrong. A) There are 2 stages and 5 factors of communication. B) Communication
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legend. Stories tell of the sailors’ voyages to new lands and of their violent raids. Two views of the Vikings have emerged from these accounts. One view is of the Vikings as brutal warriors who led vicious attacks. The other view is of them as noble seafarers who embarked on journeys of exploration. Both views are true to some extent. In their travels‚ the Vikings reached Europe‚ Russia‚ North Africa‚ and North America. Along the way‚ they often raided the towns they passed through. Their swords
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in a love of God‚ or spiritual beauty. Naturally‚ Donne used his religious poetry to idealize the Christian love for God‚ but the Neoplatonic conception of love also appears in his love poetry‚ albeit slightly tweaked. For instance‚ in the bawdy “Elegy 19. To His Mistress Going to Bed” (1669)‚ the speaker claims that his
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Kenneth Slessor Speech: Critical studies of Texts ”The gulls go down the body dies and rots‚ and time flows past them like the hundred yachts.” Kenneth Slessor‚ a renowned poet and journalist was born on the 27th of March 1901 in Orange‚ New South Wales. Throughout his eventful life‚ Slessor was able to compose an array of poems through which he was able to convey his experiences through life. But why exactly are his poems still considered so relevant and significant in this era? Firstly‚ Slessor’s
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HANDOUTS MT162- SIPBOARD PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Emergency Drills and Training Emergency Drills – Objectives * Practice effective planning‚ execution‚ scheduling and recording of on-board emergency drills and musters. * Satisfy mandatory regulations of IMO‚ SOLAS and the vessel’s flag state. * Prepare ship staff for crisis situations. * Train staff in the location and use of emergency equipment on board. * Provide a means for assessing individual performance and for identifying
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pentameter with alternating rhyme)‚ as Gray’s does in the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‚ a poem from which the elegiac quatrain takes its name and which must have had an important influence on Hope. The movement of ideas in “The Death of the Bird” is clearly demarcated by sentences‚ and every quatrain‚ with only one exception‚ ends in a period‚ so that grammar and form are almost completely congruent (here too the resemblance to Gray’s Elegy is 1 striking). Of course‚ the period around 1950
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Maria B. LEKAKOU Department of Shipping‚ Trade and Transport‚ University of the Aegean‚ 2 Korai St‚ Chios 82100‚ Greece Tel.+30-22710-35275‚ Fax +30-22710-35299‚ E-mail: mlek@stt.aegean.gr Evaggelos XIDEAS Department of Shipping‚ Trade and Transport‚ University of the Aegean‚ 2 Korai St‚ Chios 82100‚ Greece Tel.+30-22710-35275‚ Fax +30-22710-35299‚ E-mail: exideas@aegean.gr Evaggelia S. STEFANIDAKI Department of Shipping‚ Trade and Transport‚ University of the Aegean‚ 2 Korai St‚ Chios
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time period‚ and Ben Jonson’s‚ “On My First Son” which takes place around the 1600s. Both pieces of poetry deal with the passing of human life‚ which in other words means that we must all die eventually at some point in time‚ and they do that in elegies. In the first piece of poetry it starts out with the narrator: “Often the wanderer pleads pity And mercy from the Lord; but for a long time‚ Sad in mind‚ he must dip his oars into icy waters‚ the lanes of the sea; He must follow the paths of
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English poet‚ satirist‚ lawyer and priest. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong‚ sensual style and include sonnets‚ love poetry‚ religious poems‚ Latin translations‚ epigrams‚ elegies‚ songs‚ satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor‚ especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne’s style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes‚ ironies and dislocations
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