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    Bottom trawling is a high-efficiency fishing technique in global coastal fisheries [1], but with negative effects on marine benthos [2]. Bottom trawling affects seabed environments by dragging a net on the seabed and suspending sediments [3]. In addition, this fishing activity threatens marine benthic biodiversity and destroys the structures of benthic ecosystems [4]. Fishers have been concerned with these impacts for 600 years [5]. Over the past half century, the impacts of bottom trawling have…

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    In the eighteenth century, reputation and power were some of the most important issues facing society, particularly the two ends of the spectrum: the upper-class and the criminals. Pursuing greater social status led many high class individuals and families to neglect basic human necessities such as love and comfort for the appearance of perfection and the gains of a influential or wealthy reputation. Much like the pirates, reputation was the key to everything that the higher classed individuals…

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    David Farragut

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    It was officially Farragut’s first fight at sea, though he did not witness any casualties on his ship during the capture of the Alert, the first ship captured by the US during the War. Arguably, Farragut’s first real fight came on February 13, 1814 in Valparaiso. David Porter was in the process of commanding his ship on a cruise around Cape Horn and made a stop in Valparaiso, before a planned sail to the Galapagos Islands. While there, the crew of the Essex…

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    Pirates Codes And Codes

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    them. Several of the codes were consistent throughout several pirate ships. Things like every man has a vote in every affair regarding the ship or no woman shall be allowed amongst them; these were two of the many rules set upon pirate ships. They had more codes and rules, but these two…

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    Sewol Research Paper

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    board, over 476 people 325 of whom were students from a school in the capital city of Seoul. As the ship would begin to sink the captain would fail to give on order to evacuate. The captain and several crew members would instead disembark the ship saving themselves as hundreds of people were left to die. Many factors would contribute to the loss of life during rescue operations. Nearby ships in the area close enough to assist in rescue operations had non-operational rafts and were virtually…

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    Zappos Value Chain Model

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    Initially Zappos used a drop ship model for as many client deliveries as possible. In 2003, 25% of Zappos sales were imminent from drop ship [22]. Tony commented that “The drop ship business was easy money. We didn’t have to carry stock so we didn’t have any inventory risk or cash flow problems with that part of the business. But we had plenty of customer service issues. The inventory feeds that we were getting from our suppliers for our drop ship business were 95% precise at best, meaning that…

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    Trade relations between China and India have been existed before century is one of the evidences. The main commodity of Chinese trader was silk. Meanwhile, trade relations between Indonesia and China were existed on the third century. At the time many ship come to Indonesia through Malacca Strait in order to sell their goods. As time goes by, the trade activities in the world have increased rapidly. These situations also affected by the development of technology that helps people at time that…

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    1) For each episode, write a brief 2-3 sentence summary of the main storylines. Episode 15: “Follow the leader”: In this episode Jack takes leadership and tries to prevent their last three-year from happening. Meanwhile Juliet and Sawyer are trying to get off the island on a submarine. On the present time Locked is on the island now as the Others leader and is trying to kill a man named Jacob. Episode 16: The Incident: Part 1: In this episode we find out who the famous Jacob is and that he has…

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    Mary Rose Sunk Thesis

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    theories in the reading passage. First, the reading states that the first theory is that the Mary Rose's gunports were flooded, causing the ship to sink. The professor counters this point by saying that if the gunports were opened to fire, then we should expect that the gunports were empty after firing. However, the professor explains that the examination of the ship showed that all guns were still loaded. So, the professor points out that this is a not true sinario and…

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    captain agreed to rent out a charter for the mission, but Tony was all for it. After stowing away all of the necessary supplies, and making the final go-arounds the ship, the crew participated in a celebration in Monterey Bay to mark the end of a successful fishing season. The day after the celebration was all business, and the ship sailed south constantly through the night and days only to stop for more supplies in San Diego. After San Diego, their first stop was in Cabo San Lucas, where they…

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