报章报道: 国家环境局发言人透露， 违例者均为初犯， 罚款额为200元， 重犯可罚高达1000元。 除此， 放置在及新增禁烟区内的垃圾桶将移走， 換成不设烟灰缸的桥‚ 垃圾捅。 读了这则新闻‚ 我不禁感到欣慰‚ 赞成违例者会被惩罚的行为‚ 相信新加坡公民也会点头咂嘴。 国家随着新加坡烟民逐年增加‚ 本地公共场所的禁烟范围正式扩大近三个月来， 共有超过500名烟客在新禁烟令下违例吸烟而遭罚款。 他们多数是在有盖走廊， 住宅区公共空间， 及有盖行人天桥等处被稽査人员逮个正着。 原因: • 环境局数据显示， 本地去年全年共有4050起烟客违例吸烟铵罚款案例 • 烟客喜欢聚集在有烟灰缸的垃圾桶抽烟，所以这些垃圾桶都被搬离到巴士站五公尺远的地方 • 当局希望通过店员和烟客的接触，把信息传达出去‚ 让禁烟信息在社区内的渗透度更广 • 让违例者遵守新禁烟令的条规 • 提高公众对新增禁烟区的认识， 环境局的义工至今已展开超过950次的社区巡逻， 向各个社区内桶的烟客和居民说明新禁烟条例 • 不要伤害到非吸烟者‚ 减少二手烟的问题 后果: • 我国约有36万烟民
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are hard work and difficult‚ but cutting back on sweetened drinks isn’t one of them. We are not talking about doing an hour of exercise or buying expensive organic foods." Even 1 Soda a Day Can Hike Your Diabetes Risk A soda a day? That’s not so bad—a 150-calorie blip‚ burned off with a brisk half-hour walk. But it’s not only your waistline that’s at stake‚ U.S. News reported in 2010. A study published last year in the journal Diabetes Care found that people with a daily habit of just one or two
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Why Smoking is bad Gabriela Rojas San Joaquin Valley College Do you know why smoking affects you and the others around you? Smoking is very popular in the United States. At almost every gas station‚ there are many ads about why you should buy cigarettes. However‚ the smoke from cigarettes has life threatening chemicals in them. Kids
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Bad Habit Mark Twain mentioned one time: “There are a thousand excuses for failure‚ but never a good reason”‚ I agree. Some psychologists think that bad and good habits people get through lifetime period. If so‚ then people can get rid of undesirable habits‚ but how? Some people would say that to get rid of bad habits is easy when person has a desire. Also‚ some will say that who love God can rely on his help and blessing. However‚ a lot of people would say that it
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Chapter 4: The World of Words "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." —Ludwig Wittgenstein When we think of communication‚ we often think about the language used to convey the message. Language and many of our nonverbal behaviors are symbolic. We need to keep in mind that across cultures‚ symbols do not always mean the same thing and can cause confusion or misunderstanding. The text offers the following example on page 95. "The arbitrary nature of language becomes obvious-sometimes
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neighboring communities on the barrier island — Point Lookout‚ Lido Beach and Atlantic Beach — approved construction of 15-foot-high dunes as storm insurance. Those dunes did their job‚ sparing them catastrophic damage while Long Beach suffered at least $200 million in property and infrastructure losses‚ according to preliminary estimates. When Hurricane Sandy came‚ the force of the waves flattened the dunes but left the town’s Boardwalk and the houses just 75 feet from it intact. Plans to restore the
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sometimes you make good ones and sometimes you make bad ones. In my case I’ve mad a some bad choices lately. I’ve learned the hard way about making bad choices. In some ways I think learning the hard way was good for me‚ otherwise I might not have learned at all. After being in trouble and experiencing the guilt from putting worry on my parents shoulders‚ I have new motivation to get everything straight with my life. About a month ago I made a really bad decision. I gave a boy named Porfi my phone after
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12 manners to get respect from others Sometimes‚ even educated people behave unnatural way even in trifle matters and become cheap in the eyes of others. So to avoid such embarrassing situations‚ it is well and good to observe the following 12 points and be dignified. 1. Never read the letters of even your closest relatives‚ friends‚ and family members like brothers/sisters. If you read their letters‚ they will treat you as person without manners. 2. Never show interest in others personal matters
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the twenty first century. Companies use clever tactics‚ such as weasel words and psychological tactics to differentiate them from other companies. Words like better‚ improved‚ new‚ fast and so forth play a deciding factor when buying a product‚ and it is up to the consumer to analyze the truth behind these words. In the article “With These Words I Can Sell You Anything” by William Luts‚ he states that “Advertisers use weasel words to appear to be making a claim for a product when in fact they are making
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The good and bad of telecommuting Telecommuting may be the movement of the future‚ which will allow more people to work away from the office. Many people see telecommuting as a way to be close to home or allow them to be connected to their organization while working abroad. While telecommuting might work for some people‚ telecommuting is not for everyone. There are many disadvantages; as well advantages to telecommuting which most people do not take into account. When considering telecommuting
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