...his British war ship sized ships. He was an influential pirate with crew members that later became even more famous than him, when he became a pirate hunter. Hornigold was very important. The famous pirate, Benjamin Hornigold was born around 1680, in a small town called Norfolk, in England. His Early life is very unrecorded and unclear, but we do know that his first acts of piracy were around 1713 or 1714. It is also unclear why he decided to become a pirate as well, but many people become pirates because of unemployment or because they are very poor and need some money....
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...Rizwan Khimani Ms. Huson Eng. 1-1 9 March 09 Blackbeard’s Life as a Pirate Edward Teach alias Blackbeard, was a privateer gone pirate of Shakespeare’s time. Teach was probably born somewhere near Bristol, England. On the Biographical Essay of Blackbeard; on paragraph 1 it says, “As a privateer during the war of the Spanish Succession, he robbed ships in the West Indies.” As a privateer, he had to share his loot with the government. Also he can rob loot freely without the fear of getting in trouble. On the Biographical Essay of Blackbeard; on paragraph 1 it says, “When the war ended in 1713, he turned to Piracy, like other former privateers.” He did that because after the war, there wouldn’t be many ships to rob and as a pirate he can rob anyone anywhere. By 1716, He was serving inder the command of Thornigold. Thornigold and his men started to rob ships in the Americas. On the Biographical Essay of Blackbeard; on paragraph 2 it says, “On Thornigold’s ship, he sailed from New Providence in the West Indies, to the American mainland.” In America, there were many ships to rob. Also many trade ships entered and left the Americas. They attacked a French trade ship in 1717, which Teach took over as the ship’s captain. On the Biographical essay of Blackbeard; on paragraph 2 it says, “In 1717, after the pirate crew attacked a large merchant ship headed for France, Teach took over the captured vessel’s captain.” Now they can rob more with two ships. It will also...
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...David Cordingly, an engaging, self-exclaimed pirate expert, gives a vivid history of what it was like to live during the height of Atlantic piracy. Cordingly tells us who became pirates, what they wore, and how they were armed among many other detailed accounts of every day life both on land and at sea. Pirates, says the author, were attracted by the lure of plunder and the desire for an easy life.” The author explains that these men and women were not the fantasized heroes of today’s popular culture, but ruthless thieves, murderers, and lawbreakers. Famous pirates from widely known as well as unfamiliar stories are depicted. The legends and histories of Sir Francis Drake, Harry Morgan, Edward Teach or Blackbeard and Captain Kidd are included to pay dues to these most popularly known buccaneers’ adventurous tales. I observed throughout his book that although some of the stories are quite fantastic, David Cordingly stressed that the life of pirates and buccaneers during the 16th and 17th centuries was not as dazzling and romanticized as popular culture would...
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...anything of value from a ship, including cash, personal possessions, cargo, the ship and its crew. Well into the 16th century, the Indian Ocean was a rich and tempting target for pirates operating out of English colonies, especially targeting high-value luxury goods like silk from Asia and Calico. The vast and ineffectively governed maritime domain was an area that terrorists and pirates actively sought to exploit, in search for achieving their land-based goals. The beginning of the Golden Age of Piracy could be acquired to as early as 1650, when European countries resumed development of their colonial empires due to the end of the Wars of Religion. This involved a considerable amount of seaborne trade, fueling the age for piracy. Permissive political environments due to under-funded law enforcement and favorable geography1 for looting contributed to the rise of piracy....
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...about a supernatural creator who closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs that “changes results of carbon dating with his Noodly Appendage”. Henderson prophesies that intelligent design uses ambiguous references to a creator; therefore any conceivable entity could fulfill that role. After receiving no reply from the board of education he posted his letter virally gaining significant public interest. As Henderson’s letter grew in popularity, the satirical nature of his argument caught global attention and received many supporters. According to Pastafarian beliefs, pirates are the original Pastafarians, and are divine beings. The inclusion of pirates was first found in Henderson’s letter to the Education Board, where he uses this as an effort to illustrate that correlation does not imply causation. Henderson correlates global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes and all other natural disasters to the dying numbers of pirates. Instead, Pastafarians believe that they were "peace-loving explorers and...
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...with each other. But the poor Westley wanted to give a better life for Buttercup, so he left the village. However, Westley's ship did not reach his destination, someone said that he was killed by pirates. After five years, heartbroken Buttercup became the fiancee of Prince Humperdinck, but she did not love him and her heart still pining for her true love, Westley. However, Buttercup unexpectedly met Westley again, but Buttercup was kidnapped by the evil prince, and forced her to marry him. At this time, Westley has already been a strong and brave pirate. To rescue his true love, Westley sought the superior swordsman Inigo Montoya and giant Fezzik for saving the princess. The movie adopts the way of the play within a play to describe the whole story so that it can make the audience feel themselves like the grandson who was listening to the story within the plot. In addition, they all perfectly master the characteristic of the role in the movie. This movie is funny, but also contains the meaningful that teach us do not judge a book by its cover such as the giant who seems like an evil by his features, but he is actually a good man. He even helps Westley to rescue the princess. Every fairy tales always give people hope so that we can continue to face this real world positively just like at the end of the story, the princess and her lover have a happy ending, and the bad guys finally get his...
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...[Is it ok to download movies and/or music without paying for it? Why or why not? Arguments for and against.] | Emilianos EllinasThe Business of Entertainment, Media and TechnologyOctober 16, 2013 | Debate about legality and appropriateness of downloading copyrighted material is nothing new to the world we live in. Since the advent of P2P technology with Napster in 1999, the Entertainment industry has struggled to grasp the magnitude of this emerging cultural phenomenon. Never again in human history was it as effortless, economical and fast to copy and distribute music and movies to the masses. A few decades back, the entertainment industry faced a similar predicament regarding music cassettes and VHS tapes. They swore in belief that these “parasitic” technologies would disrupt economic growth forever. Yet again, history proved them utterly wrong, as they bigger than ever. The main arguments branch into three lines of defense against downloading: (i) how the artists make a living; (ii) the Entertainment industry’s growth and affluence; (iii) the claim “without copyright, there will be no culture” . Nowadays, artists expect to be paid, and remuneration is their incentive to stay creative and continue working, because at the end of the day this is how they pay their bills. Does this support the viewpoint that this will make the industry shrink, and less creative content will be available for our enjoyment? Every year the industry announces a higher number in lost profits...
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...an old man and Candide in Eldorado to show this religion. Cacambo questioned the man asking whether they worshipped only one God as they were intrigued to find out what they believed. The man replied “There aren’t two Gods, or three, or four. I must say that people from your world ask very strange questions!” (62). This was strange to Candide and Cacambo so they continued to question the man further. Candide asked to see some of their priests. The old man's response was “My friends, we’re are all priests” (63). Candide then replied “What! You have no monks who teach, argue, rule, plot, and burn people who don’t agree with them? (63). Voltaire spoke of this religion to show that it can sometimes be harmful and also unnecessary however it did also show that he wasn’t against the belief of God. Voltaire has mocked Muslims and has been known to call them “tyrants over women and enemies of the arts.” Voltaire did not like the way Islam spoke of women and it caused many wars. In the book he showed this during the old woman’s story. “Morocco was swimming in blood when we arrived. There were fifty sons of the Emperor Muley Ismael, each with his own faction; this produced fifty civil wars, of black against browns, browns against browns, and mulattoes against mulattoes. There was a constant slaughter from one end of the empire to the other” (40). The old woman described how woman were treated “Cut off only one buttock from each of these ladies, he said, and you’ll have a delicious meal”...
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...When the Indians finally attacked, the attack lasted mere minutes. De la Vega struck down the chief almost instantly. They inspected the damage that had been done and inspected the bodies. Shockingly they found that the chief had not died and that he was actually a she so they attempted to revive her and they did, but after they had to determine what they were going to do with her because she was technically a murderer. De la Vega had grown to like her and decided that he should ride to the governor and ask him to determine what the punishment should be. The governor decides that his wife could teach the Indian and turn her into a lady-in-waiting. After three years, Diego and Regina( the Indian chiefs new name) reconnected at a party where Diego asked her to marry him after waiting three painful years without his love. They were given a hefty chunk of land in Alta California, the size of a small country. There they built a house and were able to have one son because Regina ran into some...
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...and higher ranking positions. He never cracked under pressure or stress, it only made him stronger and from this, it is clear he was born a true leader. There is a reason he was named dictator for life. Most enemies of Caesars saw this in him and that is why they rebelled against him, over jealously that they could not be him. Caesar put down a lot of relationships for his political role in society, which shows he really knew what he was doing and was not going to let anything or anyone get in the way of him and his empire. Leaders today have a lot to learn from this. The impact he has on history. It is not known very well, but he created the calendar we use today. Julius Caesar shows us what a good ruler was. Especially in a period of time like the one he was ruling. The society...
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...Decision in Paradise Part Three Russ Young MGT/350 July 27, 2011 University of Phoenix - Schaumburg Campus Ronald Korrub Abstract Far in the South Pacific Ocean there is an Island called Kava. This Island is not very big but the government of that island wanted to grow their tourist population, so they have called on Marriott Hotel Company to build a resort. Marriott CEO Bill Marriott has called me (Nik), Chris, and Alex in to his office to let us know about our latest project. When we reached Kava’s airport we meet with the Governor and he greeted us along with his staff. The governor appointed us with one of his assistants named John to show us around the Island so we can learn its history and also if we had any questions. Next my team and I looked into the economy of the Island and we found out that Kava is a poor country with despicable living arrangements in some parts of the island because over 50% of the population is under 15 years of age. In conclusion upon getting back home and Bill Marriott receiving our report along with my recommendation we are now finished building our five star resort on the Island of Kava. Decision in Paradise Part Two Far in the South Pacific Ocean there is an Island called Kava. This Island is not very big but the government of that island wanted to grow their tourist population, so they have called on Marriott Hotel Company to build a resort. Marriott CEO Bill Marriott has called me (Nik), Chris, and Alex in to his office to let...
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...SUMMER OUTREACH PROGRAM A Community Service for Children SPEAK ENGLISH (AGES 3-5) Location: Brgy. Holy Spirit Quezon City Personnel: Volunteers( Professionals, Students) I. Introduction This program will definitely help children ages 3-5 in a community to be able to speak in English. Our targets are the children in the community that needs to develop their speaking skills. Teaching children to speak correctly requires patience and persistence. The program will help facilitate the process of proper English acquisition by having the children play fun games and singing songs. Volunteering some of your time to outreach activities can be truly rewarding both for you and the children you help. Sometimes actions speak louder than words, when you are trying to witness to people. Participating in outreach program can help show the world you can do something worthwhile. I believe that each child becomes a whole person through growth in all areas of development social, emotional, intellectual, physical, sensory and language. Play and learning experiences provide age appropriate stimulating and fun enhancing each child’s potential future success in speaking English. This program is unique in that design to meet the individual needs of its children. The performance of children varies on their abilities, needs and goals. This program will supply assistance to help enhance the child’s ability to speak in a step by step process. At the same time it will prepare them to...
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...Reflections on My High School Years A pleasant day freshmens, my name is Neil Cesar Galutera Soriano, and I’m from the Philippines. I’m 15 years of age, I am senior here at Merrillville High School. My goal is to get my GPA higher than 3.2, and receive scholarships for college. I want to become a Registered Nurse someday. Merrillville High School is the best school in the state. For it makes you feel comfortable and safe as they have the best student services. As a school, it has a very outstanding principal that is very passionate for his job, not only for being captain of the school, but as a father that governs his staffs and students. For you as a newcomer from our school, you should follow the rules and regulations of this school, you should make your teachers proud for you by doing your responsibility as a student, and you should participate in the extracurricular activities. As a school it has an expectations that you should do always, has an excellent teachers that give their very best in sharing their knowledge to us, and has an ENL subject that you should not ignore and set aside. In our school we have expectations that you should do and follow. These are Wearing of I.D.s, No hats, earphones, and electronic devices, you should demonstrate honesty, respect for others, respect for property and respect for our environment, no quarreling, make good choices in passing tests and make up your grades. We also have class expectations, that you should respect to your teachers...
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........................................................................................................14 A Reading From the Book of Fusilli..............................................................................................15 The Book of Penelope....................................................................................................................17 The Book of Linguini.....................................................................................................................20 The Torahtellini Part 2...................................................................................................................22 The Story of the FSM and the Eastern Pirates...............................................................................25 The Book of Fearsome Pirate Pete................................................................................................30 The Tale of Dave and...
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...Overview Heralded by many as one of the noblest professions, teachers have been held at a higher standard of conduct than the general public for centuries. Many times this does not only apply to the classroom, but rolls over to the teacher’s private life. Parents, administrators and communities expect teachers to be beyond reproach both in and out of the classroom due to the common idea that values and morality are an integral part of teaching. Fair or unfair, teachers are role models for their students 24 hours a day and increased focus on character education in public schools has parents and school boards casting a more scrutinizing look at those individuals expected to teach our children right from wrong. Many wonder how the coach with smokeless tobacco in his mouth during practice can effectively teach students about its dangers in the classroom. If student athletes trying to emulate the coach start using smokeless tobacco, is the coach liable? Legal Issues With regards to the law it can be stated that teachers are privy to the same First Amendment rights as any other citizen. In actuality teachers, especially in small towns, are afforded very limited personal privacy. (Phelps, 2003) Some rights activists argue the unfairness of this higher standard and maintain that teachers should be treated no differently than any other citizen. Yet, many school districts rebut that a teachers actions outside of school are private only when the teacher’s ability in the classroom...
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