When France carried out its first atmospheric test at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific in 1966‚ it allowed a concentrated centre for NZers to direct their anti-nuclear protests towards. The NZ protests towards French nuclear testing in the Pacific was a significant event because it was a milestone for the protest movement in NZ‚ cementing our position as a country that would speak out when our morals were in violation and would not be barred by political bureaucracy that moved slower than the pace
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Colonization in the Pacific In the past few hundred years the pacific islands have seen a spread of colonization by foreign countries into their own land. The foreign countries spread into the pacific and colonized and took over the lands from the native people. The Colonization in the Pacific began with the arrival of the first missionaries who came to spread the good news of God‚ the traders and whalers who came to trade and to do whaling‚ the prisoners and deserters who escaped ships that passed
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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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Alex Ibarra ENG 150-274 December 12‚ 2012 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Living on this earth is a privilege and unfortunately we sometimes take advantage of it. Stories of deforestation‚ air and water pollution really make a person think of just how much our planet is being harmed. A major concern is water pollution. Water covers at least 70 percent of the planet which makes our rivers‚ lakes‚ and oceans essential. Many of these bodies of water are being polluted and although they may be
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SHIFT OF US MARINE PRIORITIES FROM ATLANTIC TO ASIA PACIFIC REGION – IMPLICATIONS FOR PAKISTAN INTRODUCTION 1. As per the new global strategy of American imperialism‚ the United States will deploy the majority of its naval forces to the Asia-Pacific region over the next decade‚ Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced in a speech to a security conference in Singapore on june 2012. The move is part of a major shift in the global strategy of American imperialism that puts China at the top
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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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LED Market in Asia-Pacific Would Reach $35.79 Billion by 2020‚ Projects ApacMarket.com According to a new report by ApacMarket.com‚ "Asia-Pacific Light Emitting Diodes (LED) (China‚ Japan‚ South Korea‚ India) Market (Technology‚ Application and Countries) - Analysis‚ Segmentation and Forecast‚ 2014 - 2020"‚ the Asia-Pacific LED market is expected to reach $35.79 billion by 2020‚ at a CAGR of 15.7% during the forecast period (2015-2020). The high brightness LED segment is expected to grow swiftly
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch‚ which is a “nebulous‚ floating junk yard on the high seas” that stretches for hundreds of miles across the North Pacific Ocean (McLendon‚ 2010). I have observed that this is an incredible issue occurring today worldwide affecting our environment caused by a large amount of pollution. Today I will be talking about how the world’s largest landfill is formed‚ the global health effects it’s causing‚ and actions that can be taken to prevent The Great Pacific Patch to grow
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ED208: STUDY OF EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS 1 ASSIGNMENT 1 The term “disability” means the loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in community life on equal terms with others. It describes the encounter between a person with a disability and the environment. The Fiji National Council of Disabled Persons (FNCDP) uses the United Nations (UN) definition of disability as stated below: “Disability summarizes a great number of different functional limitations
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islands of the eastern Pacific was the result of planned expeditions rather than accidental wandering? Both DNA evidence and linguistic similarities indicate that the Polynesian settlement of the islands of the eastern Pacific was planned and not an accident. Question 2: How‚ and by whom‚ were the islands of the Caribbean settled? In the Americas‚ early Amerindian voyages form South America colonized the West Indies‚ and there were limited maritime contacts between Pacific coast populations in
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