The Ocean Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the ocean and the benefits the ocean has on us. Central Idea: We have not discovered a majority of the ocean and I wanted to share why we have not done that. To inform that the ocean is very valuable and that we need to spend more time on really discovering what is down there. Introduction I. The ocean covers more than 70% of the planet’s surface. II. 95% percent remains unexplored‚ and unseen by the human eye. III. Over one million
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Case 1.1 – Client Acceptance Question # 1: Identify 5 procedures an auditor should perform in determining whether to accept a client. Which of these five are required by the auditing standards? a. (AU 314) The auditor should obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment in the following areas: i. Client’s application of accounting policies ii. The industry‚ regulation and other factors affecting the client iii. Client’s objectives ‚ strategies‚
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Imagine being a little kid‚ playing in the ocean. All the waves are crashing and you are jumping over them. Suddenly‚ you see a large amount of trash‚ beer bottles‚ plastic containers‚ and strings that hold all of it together. You remove the trash from the ocean and put it into a trashcan. By this small task‚ you have supported the sustainability of the ocean. “Sustainability is ensuring that critical social‚ economic‚ and ecological processes are maintained in a way so that both the short and long-term
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that comes along with this aspect of climate change. So what causes the ocean to continue rising? Two answers that seem to stand out are polar ice melting‚ therefore increasing the amount of water in the oceans‚ and the sinking of ground sediment. The latter reason is not as well emphasized‚ but still remains a pressing issue that our civilization needs to come face to face with. Along with the obvious rise in the ocean waters‚ coastal populations also face events brought on by nature such as
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CHAPTER 31 OCEAN CURRENTS TYPES AND CAUSES OF CURRENTS 3100. Definitions The movement of ocean water is one of the two principal sources of discrepancy between dead reckoned and actual positions of vessels. Water in motion is called a current; the direction toward which it moves is called set‚ and its speed is called drift. Modern shipping speeds have lessened the impact of currents on a typical voyage‚ and since electronic navigation allows continuous adjustment of course‚ there is less need to
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Plastic in Our Oceans 46‚000 pieces of plastic per square mile make up 90% of our ocean’s trash accumulation (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Plastics‚ like Diamonds‚ are forever‚ para. 1). Within the areas‚ many animals will either ingest‚ become entangled in‚ or even die due to the high plastic amounts. Nearly 267 species are harmed by plastic (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Fast Facts). With such deadly effects due to yearly accumulation‚ the banning of plastic bags and reduction of usage in a household will improve overall health
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grassland‚ tundra. Then these six groups are broken down a bit father. In this paper we will discuss part of the marine biome which is the ocean biome. When one thinks of very large bodies of water such as the ocean‚ we are talking about marine biomes. Instead of freshwater it contains saltwater. They also include the coral reefs and estuaries. The ocean biome is the largest of all of the worlds. Which makes sense considering that the majority of the world surface is made up of water. Due to
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Date: 02/05/2013 Article: Harvard‚ Blue ocean strategy “Competing in high overcrowded industries is no way to sustain high performance. The real opportunity is to create blue oceans of uncontested market place.” This quote that is on the top of the first page just about sums up the article‚ but I will go further in depth in what the article says. What is the best way to drive profitable growth in an industry? Or company? According to the article it is to enter into the market place that
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rized ocean freight industry. First of all‚ we will introduce the background and development of ocean freight industry; explore the characteristics of ocean freight price and demand. Then we will analyze relationship between demand and price. Two famous shipping companies‚ COSCO and MSC will be introduced as examples to implement price optimization with price differentiation and competition considered in ocean shipping industry. Finally‚ we will discuss revenue management in ocean freight
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is a problem in our world today. This problem is called ocean acidification. Ocean acidification is a process caused by increasing man made carbon dioxide emissions. This process is making the oceans more acidic. Ocean acidification could affect humans.With such decline of fish and shellfish stocks due to ocean acidification will impact an big role in the human source of protein. millions of people could be affected. Ocean acidification affects crabs snails and sea urchins. These
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