Samsung outspends HTC by four times on marketing, says Jeffrey Pu, research analyst at Fubon Securities in Taipei.
Until recently, the U.S. had been running out of Pu-238 as none had been produced domestically since 1988.
In China, green tea is the most ubiquitous class of tea, while white, yellow, pu-erh and oolong teas are cherished delicacies.
But Yonghao Pu, UBS Chief Investment Strategist for Asia-Pacific, says more stimulus is not as simple as it sounds.
Its mai tais and pu-pu platters almost single-handedly evoke the excitement of growing up in New York in the '60s.
The miracle that there is a local population to celebrate here at all becomes clear from the top of Maunga Pu.
It is supposedly for medical isotopes, which is probably true, but will also produce enough Pu for about one bomb per year.
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Finally, a 1 kW electric radioisotope power supply running on Plutonium 238 (Pu-238) would kick in to power an ion thruster engine.
Xinhua said the boat, the Qiong Yang Pu F8139, had set sail for China late on Sunday with all its crew on board.
The restaurant is packed every day with locals reading the newspaper, drinking astonishingly strong pu'er tea and eating dishes heavy with roasted, fatty meats.
China's biggest state-owned lender by assets, set up a fund for customers to invest in high-end pu'er tea, marketing it as a low-risk investment.
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Pu said it remained unclear whether the system would be replaced with something similar, or whether those already sentenced would have their records wiped clean.
"This announcement is a very good thing but we'd still like to hear them say that they're getting rid of reeducation through labor entirely, " Pu said.
Aside from funding hurdles, this potential mission and others like it will depend on a steady supply of Pu-238 for propulsion and to power its onboard systems.
People with Down syndrome are not flying planes across the globe to hang out over pu-erh and discuss the finer points of Western culture in a language all their own.
Pu Zhiqiang, a lawyer who has frequently represented government critics, said the labor camp system's legality had long been in question and its elimination remained a long-term goal of legal activists.
Dough sculptures even featured among Emperor Pu-Yi's wedding gifts.
The biopic, starring Peter O'Toole, which followed the life of Pu Yi- the last of the Emperors of China - was the first and only Italian film to win the Academy Award for best director.
Not only is Oahu's largest temple located nearby at Pu'u o Mahuka Heiau State Monument, but so are the archeological remains of some 78 ancient religious sites and shrines, as well as fishponds, and a waterfall and pool where you can swim.
He was one of a couple of dozen young islanders to take part in the Haka Pei, many of whom had already competed in other gruelling physical activities before striding up Maunga Pu, the volcano used every year for the Tapati toboggan run.
Given a start with some other fissile material (U-233, U-235 or Pu-239) as a driver, a breeding cycle similar to but more efficient than that with U-238 and plutonium (in normal, slow neutron reactors) can be set up. (The driver fuels provide all the neutrons initially, but are progressively supplemented by U-233 as it forms from the thorium.) However, there are also features of the neutron economy which counter this advantage.
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