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    MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.10 31 December 2011 ANNEX 2 LIST OF NATIONAL OPERATIONAL CONTACT POINTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECEIPT‚ TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF URGENT REPORTS ON INCIDENTS INVOLVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES‚ INCLUDING OIL FROM SHIPS TO COASTAL STATES 1 The following information is provided to enable compliance with Regulation 37 of MARPOL Annex I which‚ inter alia‚ requires that shipboard pollution emergency plans for oil (SOPEP) shall contain a list of authorities or persons to be contacted in the

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    Theory and TheseusShip February 11‚ 2013 PP111-B Dr. Dwayne Moore Word Count: 1‚021 TheseusShip set sail with a cargo of lumber‚ and each day‚ Theseus used the lumber to replace parts of the ship. By the time it arrived at its destination‚ the cargo was empty and all the parts of the ship had been replaced. Was it still the same ship? And if not‚ at what point did it stop being the same ship? Was it when the first change was made? When Theseus replaced half of the original ship? Would

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    thesus Early years Theseus and Aethra‚ by Laurent de La Hyre Aegeus‚ one of the primordial kings of Athens‚ found a bride‚ Aethra who was the daughter of king Pittheus at Troezen‚ a small city southwest of Athens. On their wedding night‚ Aethra waded through the sea to the island of Sphairia that rests close to the coast and lay there with Poseidon (god of the sea and earthquakes). The mix gave Theseus a combination of divine as well as mortal characteristics in his nature;

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    father? He was none other than Poseidon‚ ruler of the sea. But there is something that confuses some of us. Percy’s full name is Perseus‚ but Perseus is the name of a son of Zeus. So why exactly did Sally Jackson name Percy after Perseus? Wouldn’t Theseus have been a more appropriate name? Well‚ looking closely at the two heroes’ fates‚ we can figure out why. King Acrisius of Argos found out that one day his grandson would be the one to kill him. He thought of killing his daughter‚ Danae‚ in order

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    2013 The Rise and Fall of The Great Athenian Hero: Theseus Theseus is often seen as the greatest hero in Athens‚ but is his story that much different than any other hero? The Greek myth “Theseus” is a perfect example of Joseph Campbell’s idea of the Hero’s Journey‚ also known as Monomyth. Monomyth is the idea that all stories follow a basic pattern‚ written in twelve stages. The three stages that best demonstrate this idea in Theseus are: Crossing the Threshold; Tests‚ Allies‚ Enemies; The

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    phases in order to earn that title. Each plays an important role in the story‚ and is very similar to the ancient Greek heroes. Luke’s departure was similar to another hero of ancient Greece: Theseus. Theseus was raised by his mother who told him stories of his father being away in a distant land. This made Theseus curious enough to one day “depart” from his home land and set off on a heroic journey‚ establishing the call and departure. Luke Skywalker lived with his uncle on the planet of Tatoonie where

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    love with Theseus. He was the son of King Aegus of Athens. Adriadne told Theseus that she would help him kill the Minotaur if he would marry her. Theseus agreed. To help Theseus get through the Labyrinth‚ Adriadne gave Theseus a magic ball of thread. At the entrance she tied one end of the thread to the lintel and told Theseus to unroll the ball as he went. By following the thread back‚ he would be able to find his way out. Theseus did this and killed the Minotaur. He and Adriadne left by ship. Minos

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    all‚ then he/she successfully fulfills the archetype and in this instance‚ Theseus from “Theseus” and Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” do. In “The Little Mermaid”‚ Ariel goes on a journey in which she finds true love and completes numerous obstacles while doing so‚ and in “Theseus”‚ Theseus travels throughout the Greek region and in turn‚ saves the woman from being killed by

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    culmination of various exploits‚ including the Argonaut‚ the Theban wars‚ and the Calydonian boar hunt. It is as though this event was in the destiny of every dynasty formed from the beginning of things. Helen‚ the face that launched a thousand ships‚ was a tantalizing enigma from the very first. She was flesh and blood certainly‚ but she was also immortal‚ since her father was none other than Zeus. Her mother was the beautiful Leda‚ queen of Sparta‚

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    Theseus had many quests‚ though in the article Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia‚ from September 2013 it says “His (Theseus) most famous exploit was against the Minotaur of King Minos.” Theseus promised his father that on his return of slaying the monster he would change the ships sails from black to white. While on his quest‚ King Minos’ daughter‚ Ariadne {air-ee-ad-nee} fell in love with Theseus and gave him a magical ball of string that would help

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