Deepwater Horizon Assignment On April 20th 2010 a BP licenses oil rig 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana exploded‚ killing 11 people. For three months millions of barrels of oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico killing sea life‚ altering the eco-system and affecting towns situated around the Gulf’s livelihood and quality of life. The Deepwater Horizon rig is responsible for the worst offshore oil spill in history. The corporation lost billions of dollars due to the disaster stemming for systematic
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The external environment of the theme park industry on the Gold Coast plays a significant role in determining if the industry is profitable. According to Hubbard‚ Rice and Beamish (2008)‚ the external environment is the factors outside the organisation that influence strategy and is made up of two environments; the macro-environment and the industry environment. The macro-environment includes the general factors that affect growth of an industry‚ whereas an analysis of the industry environment determines
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impact. The city of the Gold Coast has made many strives towards becoming a more sustainable area through contributions made within the built environment like increasing sustainable transport‚ however‚ the city has struggled with some issues surrounding their built environment‚ like their rapid urban sprawl. Ecofriendly transport has been an important sustainable initiative in the Gold Coast for some time now. With approximately 2.6 million trips daily in the Gold Coast area alone the congestion and
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The Coast Guard’s Port Security Unit 313 turned over authority of the Coast Guard’s mission to the incoming unit‚ the Port Security Unit 307‚ June 10 at the Northeast Gate on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay‚ Cuba. Among the distinguished guests present was Rear Adm. Peter Clarke‚ Joint Task Force Guantanamo Commander. Clarke said Coast Guard Commander James Hotchkiss‚ previous commanding officer for Maritime Security Detachment JTF GTMO and his team‚ have been a vital part of the JTF mission
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The 2018 Commonwealth Games has the potential to be a legacy defining moment for the Gold Coast. For a city with such an infamous reputation‚ gaining credibility and profits are the prime focal point for the Gold Coast. However‚ many argue the Commonwealth Games is not ideal for the city. There is possibilities for substantial environmental damage if the development of the necessary infrastructure is not properly handled‚ in particular the waste and pollution it creates. In addition‚ the detrimental
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Task 3: In order to modify the circuit that we created in TASK2 by adding the capacitors C1‚ C2 and C3 and fixing the value of R2 to be 10K‚ as shown in figure. We were asked to calculate the voltage gain of the amplifier for the two different values of Rc. Figure 2 Source: Figure 2 Source: In this task we used the function generator to produce a sine wave of 30mV and 50mV Vp-p at the frequency of 50 KHz. We connected CH1 to fed this generated signal in the oscilloscope at Vin. In
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Green revolution Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s‚ that increased agriculture production around the world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. It forms a part of the ’neo-colonial’ system of agriculture wherein agriculture was viewed more of a commercial sector than a subsistence one.[1] The initiatives‚ led by Norman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The initial manufacturing of electric fans originated from India approximately in the year 1921. This growing industry entails the assembling and completion of various fans‚ such as ceiling fan‚ table fans‚ wall fans‚ pedestal fans‚ exhaust fans among many other types‚ with ceiling fans dominating the market demand. The challenge within the industry is unfortunately decreasing. As the peak season of production arises there is a shortage in the component supply (Sridharan‚ 2009)
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------------------------------------------------- OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING Q.What is the difference between Constructor and Function or Method? Constructor will be automatically invoked when an object is created whereas method has to be called explicitly. Constructor needs to have the same name as that of the class whereas functions need not be the same. * There is no return type given in a constructor signature (header). The value is this object itself so there is no need to indicate a
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ASSIGNMENT FOR MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE RATIOS AND FINANCIAL PLANNING AT EAST COAST YACTHS 1. Calculated all of the ratios listed in the industry table for East Coast Yachts. Current Ratio = Current Asset / Current Liabilities = $14‚651‚000.00 / $ 19‚539‚000 = 0.749 @ 0.75 ( Lower Quartile) Quick Ratio = (Current Asset – Inventory) / Current Liability = ($14‚651‚000 - $6‚136‚000) / $19‚539‚000 = $8‚515‚000 / $19‚539‚000
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