convergence zone‚ or “garbage patch‚” that can form in the center of the Pacific Ocean. How is the formation of this patch related to ocean currents? Where else in the world’s oceans are garbage patches likely to form? A: These patches form from currents brining debris together into one place. Another place in the world where a garbage patch could form would in any of the main gyres so the west pacific‚ the east pacific‚ south pacific‚ indian‚ south and north Atlantic. Hundreds of millions of years ago
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Leading Asia-Pacific carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) is caught between a rock and a hard place‚ much like any other airline in this prolonged global recession. Positioned as a premium global brand‚ SIA is struggling in 2009 to offset a decline in demand in the commercial sector. This‚ coupled with losses from hedging fuel‚ higher unit costs‚ and taking delivery of five Airbus 380s by January 2010 or risk paying heavy penalties for delay‚ the airline‚ which flies to about 35 countries‚ must rely
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Evaluate the relative importance of the factors that shape the national interest in one Asia-Pacific state you have studied this year. National interest outlines the goals or objectives of foreign policy and is used as an all-embracing concept to justify policy preferences and actions. These commonly guide the interactions that occur in the global political arena. China’s key national interests consist of economic development‚ secession and territorial integrity‚ creating a harmonious society and
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shops. Every kind of persons can come to various cafés from common to luxurious ones. Furthermore‚ habitants feel comfortable with the mild climate in my city. My city is located on the Temperate zone and is surrounded with range of mountain and Pacific Ocean. These conditions create an ideal climate for my city. It is really suited for businessmen‚ visitors and habitants. It also help persons who is living in the city save a lot of expense for air-conditioner and heater Finally‚ my city has a
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Chile is a South American country occupying a long‚ narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north‚ Bolivia to the northeast‚ Argentina to the east‚ and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández‚ Salas y Gómez‚ Desventuradas‚ and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1‚250‚000 square kilometres of Antarctica‚ although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic
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Australia’s defence Defence has its own role in Australia‚ with its foreign affair policies Australia’s priorities and its own unique geographical its great defense is focus in the Asia-Pacific region. Defence in Australia adapts to different challenges such as security issues‚ economies‚ border linkages and much more. These perk help us ally with three major powers and economies’ which are The United States‚ China and Indonesia which is Australia’s largest neighbour. All this has different links
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public auction * Owner now wants to sell the land and is available to Citic Pacific Limited on a first-choice basis through an intermediary * Larry Yung (Chairman) thought they could acquire the site and turn it into another Grade-A office building “Citic Tower II” * Asking price of the land was $1 billion * Net present value of property around $1.54 billion * Building cost around $1.6 billion Citic Pacific Limited (CPL) * Larry Yung-Chairman of CPL * Incorporated in Hong Kong
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64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean. Scientists have discovered evidence that Râpa nui was first settled by polynésien fishermen. They had the disadvantage of living in one of the most fragile environment‚ at the highest risk of deforestation. Witch ment it wasn’t a very sastainable environment. The polynésiens came from the Asia tiwon aria and accsedently got to the island then they planed to settle. After that they planned migrations voiging the vast Pacific Ocean. The first settellers on
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April 1‚ 1945-June 21‚ 1945 Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II‚ the Okinawa campaign involved the 287‚000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130‚000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. Japanese forces changed their typical tactics of resisting at the water’s edge to a defense in depth‚ designed to gain time. In conjunction with this‚ the Japanese navy and army mounted mass air attacks by planes
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Ferdinand Magellan was bornabout 1480 in Sabrosa of a noble Portuguese family. His parents‚ who were members of nobility‚ died when he was about10 years old. At the age of 12‚ Magellan became a page to Queen Leanor at the royal court. Such a position commonly served as a means of education for sons of the Portuguese nobility. At the court‚ Magellan learned about the voyages of such explorers as Christopher Columbus of Italy and Vasco da Gama of Portugal. He also learned the fundamentalsof navigation
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