The Indian Ocean trade led to an increase in sea trade. “Unlike the Atlantic‚ the Indian Ocean had long served to connect rather than divide‚ facilitating trade among East Africa‚ the Persian Gulf‚ Indian‚ Southeast Asia‚ and China along maritime routes complementing the Silk Road that had long bridged eastern and western Eurasia by land” (Hansen and Curtis 471). The Dutch and the Portuguese stepped in‚ and intruded on the Indian Ocean. The goal of the Portuguese was to build new networks of trade
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TOPIC: THE CURRENT CHALLENGES FACING (BP) IS UNPARALLELED.THAT IS AN ETHICAL CRISIS IS UNCHALLENGING.BUT IS IT REALLY A CASE OF THE OIL INDUSTRY? BEING AT FAULT? IS IT REALLY A REGULATORY ISSUE? BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF BRITISH PETROLEUM
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Law/531 October 1‚ 2012 The Deepwater Horizon disaster attributed to BP‚ a multinational oil and gas company‚ occurred in 2010 dumping massive amounts of oil in the waters on the gulf coast. The BP is headquartered in London with operations in 80 countries with the largest being in the United States. Team B participated in a simulation that presented a similar scenario as the oil spill mentioned. The company in the simulation is
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into the Llano Basin‚ Edwards Plateau‚ and the High Plains. The North Central Plains is also divided into 3 sub-regions: Grand Prairie‚ Cross Timbers‚ and Rolling Plains. The Coastal Plains includes the Piney Woods‚ Post Oak Belt‚ Blackland Prairie‚ Gulf Costal Plains‚ and the South Texas Plains. Only the Mountains & Basins Region is not subdivided. There will be the comparing of the Mountains & Basins to the Great Plains and the North Central Plains to the Coastal Plains. North Central Plains vs
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throat. it may be confused as a common cold or fever. 4. Summarize how the conditions found in the Gulf of Mexico contribute to the overgrowth of phytoplankton. The Gulf of Mexico is a highly polluted area‚ due to the run-off from the coasts. Run-off comes in the from fertilizers and pesticides from agriculture that often collect in rivers that most of the time flows right into the Gulf. 5. Explain how a Harmful Algal Bloom can impact an ecosystem. Many of the harmful algal blooms release
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Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast on August 29‚ but first touched down in Florida a few days earlier. In Florida the storm was only a Category 1 and caused minimal damage to people and the environment. However‚ the well documented damage caused in Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ and Louisiana was one of the greatest natural disasters to ever strike the United States. While much of the Gulf Coast was adversely affected by the hurricane‚ the majority of damage to human life and the environment
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a strung-out‚ vicious‚ and costly war that went on between the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The Northern army was supported by Soviet Union‚ China‚ and other communist countries. The Southern army was supported by the United States of America‚ Australia‚ Thailand‚ and other anti-communist countries. During this time‚ the Cold War was also going on between the United States and the Soviet Union and just added on the intensity of the
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owner of the company‚ Kenneth R. Fineburg‚ said that he was going to help and compensate the victims of the oil spill. Commercials and speeches were made about his plans to pay back for the damage and loss of wages that his company had caused the Gulf of Mexico and victims. The second theory will be functionalism. Functionalism is the relationship between parts of society. In this situation‚ the society came together and fought to be compensated to get their lost wages back. Claiming they
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1. COMPANY DESCRIPTION Gulf Overseas is a recruitment and Manpower outsourcing organization that offers professional domestic services. They deal with daily or post construction cleaning. They recruit cleaning staff that have specialized in different cleaning and organizing tasks that cover the sitting rooms‚ bathrooms‚ kitchens and even mosques. They guarantee quality-cleaning services from the team of dedicated cleaners at the preferred regular intervals the client will request. To ensure
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The gulf of Tonkin incident. An American destroyer‚ the USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats while it was making some intelligence reconnaissance missions in the gulf of Tonkin. Americans took this as a serious act of war. North Vietnamese actions violated the UN charter‚ which enable president Johnson to pass this event to congress. Johnson wanted to intervene militarily in Vietnam but needed the approval of the congress. The congress approved‚ through the Gulf of Tonkin
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