Picard Essays

  • Henry V and Picard

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    Henry V and Picard "The Defector" is the 38th episode from Star Trek the Next Generation's third season. This episode is received well by many ST TNG fans. The episode deals with several interesting and conflicting issues such as a traitor / defector, innate human qualities and a Shakespearean type leader. The most intriguing personality on the episode is Jean Luc Picard, the great captain. Picard has many similarities to Henry V, they both probe into every conflict and always prove to be a

  • Jean-Luc Picard as a Leader

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    Jean-Luc Picard as a Leader Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of the Starship Enterprise, is a good leader because of his ability to guide and direct his crew in such a way that protects the Federation from its enemies and inspires others to have similar goals. Every leader has their own unique characteristics and Picard is no different. He is able to utilize his crew members' talent's, ship's technology, and his own experiences to be the best leader he can be. Webster's New World Dictionary defines

  • Domus Aurea, Golden House Of N

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    House. It would continue until AD 68 (Wheeler 142). In fact the Domus Transitoria would soon become part of the new Domus Aurea. The architects of this great project were more engineers than they were architects. Their names were Severus and Celer (Picard 116). They were more like Italian bosses heading up a team of technicians who came to Rome in hordes due to their recent fire. However, these engineers main goal was to make the estate look bigger and be bigger without actually expanding. They accomplished

  • Darmok at Tanagra Cunningham and Kehle at Bloomington Gauss With Chalk in Hand

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    these papers. As a result, it may not always be clear that mathematics education is my main concern--please rest assured that it is and that if I gain insight of value in that domain I will do my best to render to Caesar what is his. When Captain Picard and the Enterprise meet the Tamarians they encounter a communication problem that is eventually revealed by Data and Troi to be due to the Tamarians' "unusual", or as a less diplomatic Federation member might say "impaired", ability to use abstraction

  • Picard Health And Wealth Summary

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    status, and that determines a person's health. First of all, a human being is able to have a longer life expectancy due to their geography, where they live will help them prevent disease's. According to Picard (2009), “Canada's poor have a worse life expectancy than the well off” (p. 01). Picard (2009), provides evidence that shows, people who are the healthiest and live longer are

  • Gender Roles In Star Trek Next Generation

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    leadership role. In the original series the four main characters are men. The captain, Kirk, the second in command, Spock, the doctor, Bones or McCoy, and the head engineering officer Scotty are all men. In the Next Generation series there is Captain Picard, the second in command, Riker, and there are others engineering roles played by Warf and Data who are all men. In the Deep Space Nine series Captain Sisko and the head engineer is male. In Voyager the second in command, Chakotay, as well as Tuvok

  • Top 5 Free Music Management Tools

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    http://www.kiwigeeker.com/music-zone/top-5-music-tools-recommendation.html Top 5 Free Music Management Tools Software for managing and organizing your music files for free Our life is a fantastic journey made all the better with great music. If you’ve got a huge collection of music and playlists, you may want to transfer them to various devices, edit the track and album information and (most importantly) be able to play them whenever you want. I put together a list of the top music management software

  • Captain Picard as A Noble Warrior

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    Captain Picard as A Noble Warrior Captain Picard is a good leader because of his ability to think clearly and objectively in all situations. He does not have pride blocking his ability to think rationally and see all sides of an issue. Also, he is not easily swayed by his emotions and does not allow them to cloud his judgment. Picard's ability to act quickly leads to effective delegating and exemplary leadership. A good leader is one who brings out the best in his people while being a servant

  • Captain Picard: Is He a Good Leader?

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    Captain Picard: Is He a Good Leader? In Star Trek the Next Generation : "The Defector," does Captain Picard prove himself to be a good leader? In trying to answer this question, I thought "Well, what makes a good leader? Who do we (the general public) consider to be good leaders?" The most obvious choices popped into my head: President of the United States, Congress Representatives, CEO's of large companies. But after considering these leaders, I did not see how Picard compared to them. After

  • Captain Picard As Portrayed By Patrick Stewart

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    Captain Picard played by Patrick Stewart on the Science fiction TV show “Star trek, The Next Generation” which ran from about 1987-1993 is a leader I’ve selected as someone I admired and admire. His style of leadership that he routinely employed resembled contingency theory in that there really isn’t any precise single way of leading. Leadership styles can play off of certain situations. In the show the Captain always performed at the maximum level but also showed vulnerability in other scenarios

  • Jarok As A Traitor

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    the Romulans and the Federation are enemies. Picard and his crew are members of the Federation, and Jarok is a Romulan; therefore, Jarok and Picard are enemies. Jarok claims that he has discovered a plot for a new Romulan offensive, and he wants to help the Federation stop a possible war. By coming to the Federation to help them, he betrays the Romulans and is a traitor by "helping the enemy of one's country or cause." Jarok elaborates by telling Picard that the Romulans are building a base on Nelvana

  • Star Trek The Next Generation Analysis

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    This episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation begins with a performance from Data and his quartet. Data tells Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher they may want to wait for the next performance, since his peers in the group believes he lacks “soul” in his playing. Picard sends a valuable message to Data and the viewers; never advertise your shortcomings. Picard insists on hearing Data play, and of course, as the concert starts, the Enterpirse is hailed by the Sheliak. They, by treaty, with the Federation

  • Admiral Jarok as a Traitor

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    evidence to assume that a traitor is among us. Just as Admiral Jarok is a traitor among the Romulans. To begin with, Admiral Jarok is a traitor in that he sought asylum from the Federation in exchange for confidential military information. Captain Picard and his crew beam up a Romulan seeking asylum in to the Enterprise. This Romulan declares himself as, "Sub-lieutenant Setal, who claims to be a logistics clerk who has discovered a plot for a new Romaulan offensive" (Tong 1995). Clearly stated are

  • Jerroc's Betrayal

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    the Enterprise cause Captain Picard to doubt Jerroc's explanation for why he has undertaken such a course of action. Jerroc's argument is fairly shaky, as he relies initially on ethos, trying to put forth his cause in the most straightforward manner. As time progresses and the situation grows more grave, however, Jerroc begins to utilize a more emotional argument, which is often very effective when conversing with the "good guys." Jerroc's method of convincing Picard that he is sincere plays heavily

  • A Space Opera, Star Trek Next Generation

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    Star Trek Next Generation is an example of a space opera. Space opera includes a lot of romantic elements such as love stories, space battles, oversized heroes and villains, exotic locations, and gorgeous women. Anyone with even just some exposure to Western pop culture has heard of at least one of the Star Trek series. The series predicted many technological mainstays such as the tablet, automatic doors, mobile phones, and natural-language AI programing long before their commercial-market debuts

  • Admiral Jarok as Noble Traitor

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    enemy and giving helpful strategic information to them, would be considered treason. Obviously Tomalak, the Romulan leader, feels this way when he demands, with contempt in his voice, for Picard and crew to release "traitor Jarok" For Tomalak, who represents all Romulans, Jarok broke faith to his people. "You see, Picard, after we dissect your Enterprise for every precious bit of information, I intend to display its broken hull in the center of the Romulan capitol as a symbol of our victory. It will inspire

  • Admiral Jarok as a Traitor

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    Admiral Jarok as a Traitor Although a somewhat tacky and predictable program, Star Trek: The Next Generation, succeeds where other television shows don't. Beneath all the glitz and glamour, a very straightforward theme arises in each episode parallel to our own society. One such episode is "The Defector," wherein the intrepid crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise happens upon a Romulan renegade requesting asylum in Federation space. The Federation, (protected by its military organization Starfleet), and

  • Star Trek - The Next Generation

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    Star Trek - The Next Generation Star date: 41176.8 Captain's log. This is my (Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise #NCC-17O1 D) account of the events leading up to and beyond the Federation and Romulan war (2380-2385 AD). Star date: 32851.2: The Enterprise received a distressed call from a fleeing scout ship. SOS... I am ... under ... attack!! request ... asylum ... Federation ... Space!!.. The ship was pushing the limits of its engines as it hurtled out of the neutral zone -- the

  • Comparing Picard And Don Walsh's Nineteenth Century

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    Piccard’s and Walsh’s Deep Sea Decent Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh were the first people to take a deep sea-vehicle to the oceans deepest point in 1960. They were transported by a bathyscaphe called the Trieste, 35,797 feet into the Marianna trench, in the Pacific Ocean. The Trieste was built in Italy. It was a Swedish design and was invented and worked on by Auguste Piccard and his son Jacques Piccard.(Bathyscaphe Trieste) Who helped design the bathyscaphe to be capable to dive deeper into

  • Consciousness In Star Trek

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    In class we watched a Star Trek episode, where the main focus of the episode was Data. Data was a hardware built by a man that gave the ability to a machine to act like a real human. That machine like human was the conflict in whether or not it was going to undergo an experiment that was going to be conducted by Maddox, a Starfleet officer. Even Data himself did not trust Maddox to be dismantled because there was a possibility for Data not return the same way he did once the experiment was over.