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    The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone The gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is only getting worse doing a great deal of damage to the U.S. economy. The issue in the Gulf of Mexico is the dead zone that has started occurring since 1972 and is only increasing in size. The Gulf of Mexico supplies the U.S. with 72% of their income shrimp 66% of oysters and 16% of fish (Philpott‚ 2013). If the dead zone does not decrease in size fisherman and costal workers will be largely impacted

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    Oil and gas conservation means their better and more efficient use with regard to economic‚ social or environment costs and benefits resulting minimization of wastage and protection of environment. A very high priority is attached by the government to conservation of petroleum products in view of the need to reduce increasing gap between demand for and supply of oil and petroleum products. Government has initiated various steps to promote conservation of petroleum products in the different sectors

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    Gulf Real Estate Properties 1. Use appropriate descriptive statistics to summarize each of the three variables for the 40 Gulf View condominiums.   List Price Sales Price Days to Sell Mean 474‚008 454‚223 106 Standard Error 31‚194 30‚440 8 Median 437‚000

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    On April 20th‚ 2010‚ an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. As a result‚ approximately 4.9 billion barrels of oil poured into the gulf over the course of 87 days. This tragedy resulted in lives lost‚ both human and animal alike‚ and really brought the issue of off-shore oil drilling to attention. While some may believe that offshore oil drilling may seem like a harmless source of revenue for the United States‚ it is imperative that citizens realize that drilling does more harm than good.

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    includes crude oil and refined petroleum products‚ that we consumed during 2009. Just over half of these imports came from the Western Hemisphere. Our dependence on foreign petroleum is expected to decline in the next two decades. In 2009‚ the United States produced 11% of the world’s petroleum and consumed 22%. The United States consumed 18.8 million barrels per day of petroleum products during 2009‚ making us the world’s largest petroleum consumer. The United States was third in crude oil production

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    24 III-13 December 5‚ 2012 100 Heartbeats The Race to Save Earth’s Most Endangered Species Introduction Title: 100 Heartbeats Author: Jeff Corwin Credentials: Jeff Corwin has been working for wildlife conservation from a very young age. He is a wildlife biologist‚ an Emmy Award-winning producer and host of several television

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    decisions based at least in part on past experience‚ or‚ more specifically‚ what they believe past experience teaches. During the activities of the Persian Gulf War in 1990 and 1991‚ President George H. W. Bush‚ Sr. and Senator John Kerry used historical analogy to predict the upcoming events and future assessments of the crisis in the Persian Gulf. Using the successful and not so successful lessons learned from the Vietnam War and situations prior to that as background‚ Bush and Kerry apply knowledge

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    MARKETING 100 The baby boomer population is edging into retirement. The second largest generation in the United States consists of baby boomers. Baby boomers ares proportioned across the country. Census data suggests that cities with the most boomers to accommodate are in the eastern United States‚ led by Portland‚ Maine‚ where baby boomers make up nearly 30 percent of the population. Meanwhile‚ those cities with the smallest boomer populations are in the West‚ clustered in Texas‚ Utah‚ and California

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    The controversial methods and actions of oil companies to extract/transport their products‚ such as fracking‚ have to be banned and prevented immediately and companies must find more efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to extract/transport these natural resources in order to keep the environment safe. With methods such as fracking being used to excavate the oil that is used today‚ damage done to the environment and different species of animals is inevitable with controversial methods. As

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    • A team member who does not submit his or her portion of an assignment When you are a part of a team it is important to understand that your actions‚ or lack of actions‚ affect the entire team. A team leader makes assignments for portions of a project to be completed in order for the entire project to be completed on time and ensure that one person on the team isn’t doing more than they can handle. When a member of the team does not do what they were assigned‚ the rest of the team has to pick up

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