Singapore: A Clean and Green City From “Garden City” to a “City in a Garden” Introduction Singapore is a city-state with a land area of about 710 km2i. It is one of the most densely populated countries in the world and yet‚ harbours rich natue biodiversity. Singapore is well recognized as the world’s greenest city. According to the 2011 Asian Green City Indexii‚ Singapore is Asia’s greenest metropolis‚ and the only city assessed to perform well above average in the overall rankings. The Singaporean
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life is beautiful‚ but as we grow older and time slowly and quickly passes we discover that not everything about life is quite so pleasing. Along with the joys and happiness we experience there is also pain‚ sadness and loneliness. Hemingway’s "A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚" and Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both tell us about older men who are experiencing these dreadful emotions. <br> <br>In Hemingway’s short story there are three characters‚ two waiters and their customer. Of these
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Dulling the Cutting-Edge: How PatentRelated Policies and Practices Hamper Innovation in China August 2012 Dan Prud’homme∗ Business Manger of the IPR Working Group and R&D Forum at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber)‚ based in the Shanghai Office. Contact information: dprudhomme@europeanchamber.com.cn Acknowledgements: The author would especially like to thank the following members of the European Chamber’s IPR Working Group (WG) for their comments on this study:
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o At the start of the second big chapter‚ Herbert Clutter’s close friends come to clean up the crime scene because it is their “Christian duty”. The murders of this family have an incredibly huge impact on the town of Holcomb. The town is seen as a quiet place where everyone is friendly‚ and this murder caused a great deal of horror for the people. As said from the previous chapter‚ Nancy’s boyfriend is the initial suspect but eventually is ruled out because there was no actual motive for him to
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the Sea “… A very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity.” This excerpt is from Ernest Hemingway’s A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚ but it could have easily been mistaken for‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ also written by Hemingway. In both stories‚ the old man and Santiago‚ both become very unsteady at the end of the tale; but‚ they manage to maintain their dignity. For the old man‚ in A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚ the reason he is so unsteady is because he is drunk. He likes to go to the café at night
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(Online) Vol.4‚ No.1‚ 2013 www.iiste.org A New Area and Power Efficient Single Edge Triggered Flip-Flop Structure for Low Data Activity and High Frequency Applications Imran Ahmed Khan*‚ Mirza Tariq Beg Department of Electronics and Communication‚ Jamia Millia Islamia‚ New Delhi‚ India *Email address of Corresponding author: imran.vlsi@gmail.com Abstract In this work‚ a new area and power efficient single edge triggered flip-flop has been proposed. The proposed design is compared with six existing
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Thousand word essay Accountabilities is one of the fundamental of the military. It only brings personal responsibility but it also shows organization of a unit. There are many reasons why being on time is important. The US Army depends solely on its soldiers‚ enlisted. Warrant officers‚ and commissioned officers alike. The military would not be anything without the soldiers. When soldiers aren’t there to perform there duties or they are late then the unit looses efficiency. Time management is
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CONTENT 1. Introduction 1 2. Brief History and Strategic Challenges 1 3. PESTLE Analysis 3 4. Five Forces Analysis 4 5. SWOT Analysis 6 6. Generic Strategy 8 7. Recommendations 9 8. Conclusion 10 9. Bibliography 11 1.0 Introduction For the fiscal year of 2010‚ Procter & Gamble witnessed an increase on net sales by 3% to $78.9 billion and a 4% increase in unit volume (Deloitte‚ 2010). Under the unfavourable environment of global recession‚ P&G has successfully retained
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Fornaro TO: Edward “Cutting Edge” Barber‚ Head of Gillette Shaving Division RE: Rejuvenating the strategy of Gillette’s razor business Current Strategy Gillette has grown to be a power brand in the shaving industry. Its products are seen as premium quality and are thus sold at a premium price. Gillette’s current business model consists of high spending in marketing and product development (R&D). Gillette’s traditional competitive strategy for razors is to focus technology and marketing
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Gillette is a brand of men’s safety razors and personal grooming products based in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Although primarily known for their facial razors‚ its owner Proctor & Gamble have expanded the Gillette brand by building something more than a precise blade; a complete regimen of male care products. Today‚ the company produces top of the line razors‚ backed by their “Gillette Science”‚ along with body washes‚ antiperspirants‚ creams‚ foams‚ and everything else related to men’s skin. Their
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