Jolly Roger

The Jolly Roger sits anchored along the North Shore for the winter. Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Pirates log seems full of activity. It is time to tap our keyboards and take a look at what some of the experts have reported. Joel Reuter from Bleacher Report believes the Pirates would be making a serious misstep in trading reliever Mark Melancon over salary concerns. The right-handed pitcher claimed a franchise record 51 saves in 53 chances last season to go along with a 2.23 earned-run-average and

Villains of All Nations, by Marcus Rediker, is a collection of ideas and information about pirates in the Golden Age of Atlantic piracy, between the years 1650 and 1730. This book is a collection of the unprecedented social and cultural history of pirates, mainly at sea, but also before they became pirates, and how piracy affected maritime culture. It delves into the ideas and realities of pirate life and helps further an understanding of piracy during this time. Rediker claims, “The pirates of the

There is no single definition of children's literature. It can be defined broadly as anything that children read or more specifically as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, novel, or drama. The focus of this essay will be the boyhood of Laurie in Little Women and boyhood of Jim in Treasure Island. These novels were written in different continents, which draw between British and American literary tradition in the 19th century. These novels are compared with respect to the type of adventure and relationship

restaurant. But what truly sets this spectacle apart is the soul of the place. The park itself beats with a heart of black and gold that the thousands of unwavering fans fuel with their enduring loyalty, and grows stronger with every cry of “Raise the Jolly Roger.” When Pittsburgh faithful enter the park, they feel as if they’ve returned home. Over 35,000 supporters have traveled from different day jobs, backgrounds, and family situations to share in the experience of one game. Though you probably won’t

Ahoy, Mateys! From little Jake, the Neverland pirate to the eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow of the Carribean, all of us, young and old, have fallen for the enigma of pirates. Why exactly do we find Jack Sparrow alluring? He is after all a rum-reeking criminal with a poor sense of hygiene. Maybe, his larger-than-life personality is easy to relate to for us because he is also down-to-earth with his human flaws. Captain Jack Sparrow may look rugged and act ludicrous but, he beams with courage and confidence

When watching “Pirates, Galleons, and Treasure: Globe Trekker”, one certainly does learn something about pirates and their history. However, that does not mean the documentary is particularly useful. In fact, the documentary while mostly accurate still has some small discrepancies and does not provide enough detail for it to be helpful to those actually studying pirates. The documentary is a fun resource for those who want basic facts, but leaves some facts to assumptions and seems to gloss over

Black Sails takes place about 20 years before Treasure Island, during a period historically called the Golden Age of Piracy. From the 1650s to the 1730s pirates did not only roam the caribbean islands, but also cruised up and down the coasts of North America, Africa, and Europe. Modern day films such as Black Sails, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Blackbeard portray not necessarily the accuracy of pirate life, but do show audiences the importance of piracy and its personage, includes their defiance

Strategic Management is the understanding of the information received collectively of the transition of the company or organization resources, the implementation of the mission, vision and the overall goal of the business. Also, it is the fixed alignment plan that is used to transform the company into a systematic objective to provide strategic performance feedback to the decisions that is incorporated to enable the plan to evolve and mutual above performance measurements. Jurevicious (2013) suggests

make the transition to talkies easily. However the ones who did, flourished. One such star was Will Rogers. He was a ranch hand, rodeo rider, vaudeville performer, film star, columnist and author, radio personality, pioneer of aviation, tireless master of ceremonies, friend to presidents, and unofficial ambassador of good will under

that Marquet merely make his intention known to him. The result of having the authority and ability to develop his team’s training resulted in a paradigm shift about effective leadership for the author. Marquet was then assigned to the USS Will Rogers as the engineer officer. Eager to implement his new ideas, Marquet executed a plan to give control to the members of his engineering department, rather than orders. Unfortunately, his experiment was a profound failure. There were numerous embarrassing