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No frills' takes flight

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Most of the airlines in Asia have monopolies and do not like any whiff of competition. Air- Asia started flying out of Kuala Lumpur quickly and became cheapest of the cheap airline in the world which has changed the airline culture by cabin attendants being trained to handle everything from first aid to baggage and this no frills formula is to make the customer fly at a low cost.

Asia, Air Transportation, Scheduled, And Air Courier Services, Airlines

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Mash hits

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Mashing is a remix-technique in which two seemingly disparate pop tunes are taken and then added with a little pitch-shifting, time-stretching, and fine editing. A basic guide that teaches how to build your own mash-up tune is presented.

Australia, Entertainers & entertainment groups, Other Performing Arts Companies, Musical Arts, Evaluation, Music industry, Music

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The Green Land Grab

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Conservationists are changing their strategy for protecting biodiversity "hot spots." Instead of trying to persuade companies to leave these lands alone, they are buying them up and hiring local people to manage them as nature reserves.

Strategy & planning, Political organizations, Environmental Protection Groups, World, Planning, Environmental associations, Land use, Aims and objectives

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