Lecture 16 Cathay Pacific Doing More with Less Announcements • Final Exam vote 2 Final Exam Outline • 8-11am‚ Wednesday June 13 • Half short and long answers on theory and principles from course • Half case-study • Open or closed book??? 3 Cathay Pacific Characteristics • Mid-tier airline • 15‚000 staff‚ 77 wide body aircraft • Old airline – 50 years history – Vulnerable to cost cutting airlines • Global everywhere except China – Lost landing rights in 1984 –
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The Ocean By Jacob Lee “…Subject GS00949 in position. Vitals conducive. Should be any minute now...” “HELP! PLEASE‚ SOMEONE HELP ME!” his hoarse voice splintered with emotion as it cut through the stillness of the Georgia swamp for the last time. Five hours of wrestling with his fate had only strengthened the vice-grip that was squeezing his life away and now it seemed all he could do was wait. He raised his head and watched as the tip of the butt from his daddy’s Winchester 1892 sunk out
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The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus‚ an almost anomaly of animals in general. This creature is found “in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast” (Zapato). They can reach the size of around 30 centimeters. The tree octopus is amphibious and have adapted so they can stay on land‚ even though they much prefer the water. Many do not realize that this animal mainly relies on touch and sight. This animal is evolved with its eight tentacles and the suction cups on them‚ allowing
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OCEAN ACIDIFICATION‚ NO RED HOAX - 22 million tons of carbon is dumped into the ocean - Making seawater more acidic - Affecting plant life and marine life - Doing horrors to our marine fishing community Donald Trump‚ our very own cheeto president‚ is claiming all these horrors we are doing to our environment is not only true‚ but a hoax made by the Chinese. Not only is he an idiot for thinking this‚ but he is neglecting God’s green earth. For those of you who don’t know what Ocean Acidification is
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and grey squirrel in Europe‚ or the cane told in Australia. After non-indigenous species is the Lionfish. Many believe that over the last 25 years‚ have been dumping their lionfish from their home aquarium into the Atlantic Ocean. Expert believe that this is how the Indo-Pacific Lionfish landed along the southeast coast of the U.S.‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and the Caribbean. Scientists had study that the lion fish is surviving on the southeast cost‚ due to that fact that they are carnivores and feed on smaller
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the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. Hernando Cortez - 1521 Defeats Aztec Empire. Francisco Pizarro - 1533 Defeats Inca Empire. Hernando De Soto - 1539 Explores the southeastern US. Francisco de Coronado - 1540 Discovers the Grand Canyon Christopher Columbus - 1492 Sails to the New World. Amerigo Vespucci - 1502 American continents named after him. Vasco de Balboa - 1513 Discovers the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. Hernando Cortez - 1521
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’t have been sunk during WWI‚ the Lusitania was an ocean liner that had 1‚959 passengers‚ and ait was carrying a bunch of war supplies to the UK.The fourth problem this tunnel will solve is economy struggles that the two governments may have inthe future. All of the money earned will go to the governments of the US and the UK.Location & DistanceThis tunnel is going from one continent to another continent. The location that the stations will be arePlymouth‚ England and Winthrop‚ Massachusetts. Plymouth
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The most common effects of dumping plastics into the ocean are entanglement and ingestion. There are six main types of ocean pollution happening: oil‚ sewage‚ air pollution‚ agricultural runoff‚ sunscreen (lesser known)‚ and the most common type being dumping. Ocean dumping consists of dumping garbage‚ sewage‚ waste chemicals‚ and construction debris into the ocean. Entanglement is a large factor in the deaths of marine animals and is also the most common. Entanglement “kills through drowning‚ strangulation
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| Indian Ocean Trade | Global Trade System beginning in the 1500s | | Kendra Turner-Phillips | 12/8/2009 | | Indian Ocean Trade Global Trade System beginning in the 1500s The Indian Ocean‚ considered the third largest ocean‚ is located between Australia and Antarctica. This Ocean is a major sea lane connecting the Middle East‚ East Asia and Africa with Europe and the Americas. The Ocean is essential because of its location. The location helps to boast the production of trade
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Indian Ocean‚ commerce changed significantly in this time period with the emergence of foreign presence that once only consisted of regions in South Asia. Additionally‚ the Indian Ocean region also changed because of the shift in the way piracy was viewed. However‚ commerce in the Indian Ocean region continued to connect the rest of South Asia because it was a prominent trade network. A change in commerce in the Indian Ocean region was the increasing foreign presence. Early on‚ the Indian Ocean trade
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