LETTERS PUBLISHED ONLINE: 3 JULY 2011 | DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1185 Deep-sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a potential resource for rare-earth elements Yasuhiro Kato1 *‚ Koichiro Fujinaga1 ‚ Kentaro Nakamura2 ‚ Yutaro Takaya1 ‚ Kenichi Kitamura1 ‚ Junichiro Ohta1 ‚ Ryuichi Toda1 ‚ Takuya Nakashima1 and Hikaru Iwamori3 World demand for rare-earth elements and the metal yttrium—which are crucial for novel electronic equipment and green-energy technologies—is increasing rapidly1–3 . Several types of seafloor
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Australia is an isolated country but with many links that connect it to the rest of the world‚ or in closer terms‚ the Asia-pacific region. One of these bonds that has great impact with this area of the world is defence‚ we see varieties of sources that explain this link in detail and tell us that we are safe and have help at our doorsteps when we need it. To Begin with‚ recent events have made us Australians realize the dedication and courage that our defence has shown in the past. Anzac Day‚ on
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Pacific Rim movie review If I were nine years old‚ I would see the monsters-versus-robots adventure "Pacific Rim" 50 times. Because I’m in my forties and have two kids and two jobs‚ I’ll have to be content with seeing it a couple more times in theaters and re-watching it on video. Like George Lucas’ original 1977 "Star Wars"‚ Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi actioner uses high technology to pump up disreputable subject matter to Hollywood blockbuster levels. The film’s main selling point is its overscaled
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Background Information Cathay Pacific Airways Limited‚ which is managed by the Swire Group‚ is the largest airline and flag carrier of Hong Kong. The company with over 14‚000 staff worldwide now‚ was founded by 1946. It based at Hong Kong International Airport‚ and its operations include scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 120 places around the world. (http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_INTL/careershome?CX_LANGUAGE=en) The union power is strong for Cathay Pacific. According to the history
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Michael Williams English 101-105 3/8/14 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Ocean seems to be used as a dump for everyone to throw their trash away in. Seems to be like all the pollution in the ocean comes from human waste than anything else. The ocean pollution is now a big problem facing us in everyday life. For years we have been trying to stop the dumping of trash‚ chemicals‚ and toxic waste into our oceans‚ but the people who
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Competitor Analysis of Cathay Pacific Airlines Cathay Pacific Airways is an international airline registered and based in Hong Kong‚ offering scheduled cargo and passenger services to more than 110 destinations around the world. The main competitors of Cathay Pacific are Singapore Airlines and China Southern Airlines . In this competitor analysis for Cathay Pacific we will assess China Southern Airlines only. 1. What are the objectives of this competitor? The objectives of China Southern
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t Industry Structure |Item |Aspect |Characteristics of the target |Opportunity |Threat | | | |industry | | | |1 |Free Market | |Easy access |Keen competition | | |
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School of Government‚ Development and International Affairs PL302 International Politics of the Asia Pacific Course Guide Semester Two‚ 2013 GENERAL INFORMATION Course code and Title: PL302 International Politics of the Asia Pacific Course coordinator: Dr Nikki Baker‚ Telephone: 323 2996; email: baker_n@usp.ac.fj Consultation hours: Wednesday: 10am - 11am Thursday: 9am - 11am Lecture Times: Thursday 12 noon
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some rational thinking why you would like to select it to be shipped to your specific country) * Recession started in 1947 to 2010 * Demand is lower‚ so they need to excess capacity and sell to the world * The target market in all Asian pacific * China and japan are the biggest industries in the world * India has the large population * Common wealth nations –Australia and New Zealand * Malaysia and Indonesia are a pair‚ both tropical * China and japan are a pair *
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REDUCING THE REVENUE LOSS TO CATAHAY PACIFIC DUE TO UNOCCUPIED SEATS INTRODUCTION: It is very important for any airliner to fill all the seats in order to generate revenue. But most of the times‚ it is found that some airliners operate with few empty seats. There are many situations where a lot of passengers end up getting an empty seat next to them. Those passengers are lucky enough to have a luxury of using the unoccupied seat but airliners are facing a huge revenue loss due to vacant seats in
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