yield upwards of 100 million ounces of gold. The Indonesian government was threatening to redistribute ownership of Busang‚ the mining region in which Bre-X had property rights‚ due to its fear that Bre-X was a short-term player not serious about extracting the gold or a long term commitment in Indonesia. These fears were justified given Bre-X’s small size (it had a net loss of $Cdn. 366‚677 in 1995 compared to a net income of $Cdn. 218 million from Barrick Gold Corp.‚ a potential government-corporate
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A Recommender System Based On Web Data Mining for Personalized E-learning Jinhua Sun Department of Computer Science and Technology Xiamen University of Technology‚ XMUT Xiamen‚ China jhsun@xmut.edu.cn Yanqi Xie Department of Computer Science and Technology Xiamen University of Technology‚ XMUT Xiamen‚ China yqxie@xmut.edu.cn Abstract—In this paper‚ we introduce a web data mining solution to e-learning system to discover hidden patterns strategies from their learners and web data‚ describe
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Issue: The short documentary‚ Blue Gold‚ presented an issue of our planet’s water supply. Our planet is made out of about 70% of water. However‚ less than 1% of that water is actually drinkable. The issue is that water is becoming scares and due to lack of rain‚ the precious water begins to dry out. As the water source rapidly declines‚ the corporations saw that as a chance to make profit. Therefore‚ we are forced to buy overpriced water. Summary: Blue Gold did a great job representing the
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projection of financial costs‚ the annual reports of mining companies were used as a reference point. For instance‚ the $1‚000 cost per employee per year was a round number that was taken after looking at companies such as BHP Biliton and Rio Tinto. Besides this‚ research into risk assessment theories and text books led to the development of the risk assessment model for this report. Interviews with friend’s parents that were working in the mining industry also provided valuable insight and information
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Title: Cookie Mining Lab Introduction: Like most resources‚ minerals are distributed unevenly around the world. Minerals are concentrated in various areas of Earth’s crust due to natural processes. Obtaining these minerals for human use involves four general steps: 1. locating the minerals 2. extracting the minerals from Earth in the form of ore or rock 3. processing the ore to separate the impurities from the desired mineral 4. creating a useful product from the minerals Objectives:
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through the CRS Web Data Mining: An Overview Updated December 16‚ 2004 Jeffrey W. Seifert Analyst in Information Science and Technology Policy Resources‚ Science‚ and Industry Division Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress Data Mining: An Overview Summary Data mining is emerging as one of the key features of many homeland security initiatives. Often used as a means for detecting fraud‚ assessing risk‚ and product retailing‚ data mining involves the use of data analysis
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Limitations of Data Mining Data mining is one of the more efficient tools when it comes to looking for specific characteristics over large amounts of data. It is as simple as typing in certain keywords and the words being highlighted in certain articles and other data. Data mining however‚ is not nearly a perfect process. It has certain limitations and capabilities that can vary by situation. The article N.Y. bomb plot highlights limitations of data mining‚ brought up a few very good points
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major mining countries like Australia‚ acknowledged to be the safest mining industry in the world‚ and USA and Canada‚ to design safer equipment and solutions in mining applications. The design of equipment is closely evaluated by thorough risk assessment procedures. Examples are the risk of fire‚ with redesigned engine compartment hydraulics into hot and cold areas‚ use of fire retardant materials‚ and automated fire suppression systems. Examples of equipment solutions in the mining process
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possesses and shares with the narrator. The narrator relishes his memory of her beauty but loves her learned mind even more passionately. She has guided him‚ during the early years of their marriage‚ through the chaotic world of his metaphysical studies. As time passes‚ Ligeia becomes mysteriously ill. On the day of her death‚ she begs the narrator to read a poem she has composed about the natural tragedy of life. The poem describes a theater where angels
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Blue Gold This is a documentary about the ever increasing water crisis in our world today; what is causing it‚ the consequences‚ and how to stop it. Ecologists everywhere began to take notice of the “desertification” of our planet and the dire consequences ahead if it is not stopped. The urgency of this issue is one that cannot be brushed off because it is not us destroying solely the planet we live on‚ but destroying our chances of survival on it. Desertification of the earth is caused
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