Discussion Questions for Seaworthy In returning to the ocean‚ Linda Greenlaw faces great risks as well as the potential for great rewards. Why did she decide to go back to swordfishing? Did her obligations to other people‚ such as Sarai or Simon‚ influence her plans? Should they? According to Greenlaw‚ being at sea is like living in a bubble‚ completely disconnected from the rest of the world. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this kind of solitude? “Home is a feeling‚ more than a residence
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Why is the Sky Blue? Did you know that the sky wasn’t always blue? The story goes thousands of years back. It all went like this… It was just another day in Aika village. The sky was gray and dim(Put it here or remove it from myth). There weren’t a lot of people walking around town‚ and the only sounds heard were the soft autumn wind and rustling leaves. One girl‚ named Ai‚ was sitting alone on a knoll. Every day she hoped for a change in the village‚ as everything was always dark and gloomy. No
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MGT 623 Ocean Carriers Case Study 1) Do you expect daily spot hire rates to increase or decrease next year? According to the Case description‚ Exhibit 3 showed order booking and delivery schedule for bulk capsizes for coming years from 2001 to 2004. It was larger than the number of current fleet size in Exhibit 2. Thus‚ the spot hire rates would likely to decrease since capsizes are available. 2) What factors drive average daily hire rates? Daily hire rate were determined
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THE BLUE MOUNTAINS The blue mountains located west of Sydney in nsw. it goes through temperate climate.the mountains is home to many native flora and fuana. Both tiger quoll and the Eucalyptus tree are fundamental to the enviorment of the blue mountains to help preseve the enviorment.There are many human disruptions causing threat to the flora and fauna nevertheless alot can be done by the people to put an end or reduce the threats and help the flora and fuana survive in their natural environment
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4. Trade in the Mediterranean Sea Lanes was much different from trade in the Indian Ocean Sea Lanes. Unlike the Indian Ocean‚ the Mediterranean Sea normally had very calm waters. Trade boats had large‚ flat sails to pick up wind‚ and were larger to house the numerous oarsmen. They also had rowers and stayed close to the shore. The
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Ocean and marine dumping Again‚ think of the rubbish we all make each day. Paper waste‚ food waste‚ plastic‚ rubber‚ metallic and aluminum waste. In some countries‚ there are deposited into the sea. All these waste types take time to decompose. Example‚ it is know that paper takes about 6 weeks‚ aluminum takes about 200 years and glass takes even more. When these end up in the sea‚ they harm sea animals and cause a lot of deaths Oil Pollution Routine shipping‚ run-offs and dumping of oils on
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Question 1. What are some key factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? All the companies involved in the diamond market want to have a big share of that market. And‚ the bigger the share‚ the company makes bigger revenue. It is very interesting that all three companies (even though they are in the same ‘business’) have different approaches in ‘taking market share’. An important fact is that the companies have a different clientele. The
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The spreadsheet I did presents a summary of Blue Nile financial results from 2005 to 2009. From 2005 to 2007 revenues and net income both increased. The deep recession which began in late 2007 seriously affected the revenue in 2008. And then in 2009 the revenue recovered and increased slightly. I am going to analysis the financial performance in three parts. First‚ profitability ratios. Blue Nile had steady return on asset ratios around .1. The company utilized its assets very efficiently and
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Common Name- Blue Whale Scientific Name- Balaenoptera musculus Family- Balaenopteridae- derived from the French‚ rorqual meaning whale Related Species- Sei Whale‚ Humback Whale‚ Fin Whale‚ Bryde’s Whale‚ Eden’s Whale‚ Common Minke Whale‚ Antarctic Minke Whale‚ and Omura’s Whale. Family Traits- Members of the Family Balaenopteridae have a narrow elongated flipper‚ feed on crustaceans by gulping water and pushing it out through baleen plates‚ have a dorsal fin and gestation last from 11-12 months
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James Baldwin was a great story teller and preacher living in Harlem. He wrote many novels and Sonny’s Blues was one of them. Even thought this story was not his own biography it seems like James Baldwin was familiar with those chronicles‚ but the story was very interesting and moving as a black man living as minority. Sonny’s Blues is the story of a young black man in 1957‚ told by his older brother who is a teacher in a local high school in the heart of Harlem‚ New York. Sonny was a good boy gone
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