awaken when Sir Stamford Raffles established the first botanical garden in 1822. [1] Through continuous planning and cultivation‚ Singapore has earned the name of "Garden City". From the first tree planting by Mr Lee Kuan Yew in 1963‚ Gardens by the bay (Gardens) is a huge leap with its $1 billion investment.[2]Aligned with Singapore’s new aspiration to become an international eco-tourism icon‚ Gardens is alleged to put Singapore at the forefront of eco-tourism and promote Singapore as a "City in the
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Analysis of The Pirate Bay Case The Pirate Bay is a file sharing website based in Sweden that is comparable to other peer-to-peer (P2P) e-commerce sites like Napster and Kazaa. The company faces scrutiny but has avoided closure by modifying business practices and finding legal loopholes regarding copyright protection (Laudon & Traver‚ 2010). The case study "Internet Piracy: The Pirate Bay" analyzes the company and its place in the history of e-commerce‚ and reveals startling effects of P2P sites
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Guantanamo Bay is a prison area near Cuba and is controlled by the American Navy. After the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attack in the US‚ the US forces picked up about 600 people from various parts of the world and imprisoned them in the Guantanamo Bay prison on charges of aiding or involvement in this terrorist attack. In most cases‚ the governments of the countries to which these prisoners belonged were neither informed or was permission taken. It was done in such secrecy that even the families
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SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION: APPLICATIONS IN RISK MANAGEMENT[1] MARCO BETTER AND FRED GLOVER OptTek Systems‚ Inc.‚ 2241 17th Street‚ Boulder‚ Colorado 80302‚ USA {better‚ glover}@opttek.com GARY KOCHENBERGER University of Colorado Denver 1250 14th Street‚ Suite 215 Denver‚ Colorado 80202‚ USA Gary.kochenberger@cudenver.edu HAIBO WANG Texas A&M International University Laredo‚ TX 78041‚ USA hwang@tamiu.edu Simulation Optimization is providing solutions to
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1. INTRODUCTION Simulation history is viewed in different angles including: -simulation uses e.g. analysis‚ training‚ research. - types of simulation models e.g. discrete-event‚ continuous‚ combined discrete - simulation programming languages or environments e.g. Arena‚ SIMSCRIPT‚SLAM and - application domains or communities of interest e.g. communications‚ manufacturing‚ military‚ transportation). The objective of this history is to highlight people‚ places‚ and events that have marked
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EP313 Chemical Process Simulation and Design L1 - Introduction 10/1/2014 Process modeling: Concept 1 Identification: our objective is to find structure‚ R of the process. We must know the input‚ I and output‚ O parameters. I R? O 10/1/2014 Process modeling: Concept 2 Simulation: our objective is to get the value of O. We know the structure of the model‚ R and we can simulate what the output‚ O for the given input‚ I. I R O? 10/1/2014 Process modeling
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1. Someone who had the most impact on Liz in a negative way would be her parents. They chose drugs and alcohol over making sure her and her sister had a healthy home environment. Her principal at the school she went to when she was 17 and decided to better her life had a positive effect on her and believed that she could succeed‚ and that she did. 2. Liz didn’t have many opportunities growing up. She spent most of her childhood taking care of her parents or in an orphanage. Liz learned from the
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When an ion gains or loses electrons without becoming neutral‚ its electronic charge is altered in the process. In chemistry the loss of electrons is called oxidation while electron gain is called reduction. The first battery was created in 1799 by Alessandro Volta . Today batteries provide the power for an amazing variety of devices‚ everything from flashlights to robots‚ computers‚ satellites and cars. Inventors and researchers
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Sometimes at night‚ when it is so dark the darkness becomes almost smothering‚ I lie awake listening to the cars outside and the endless barking of the dog next door. I think back through my life‚ to try and comfort me into restful sleep. I remember summers from my middle school days. The images yellowy‚ orange‚ warm‚ happy. Endless weeks abroad‚ the sun almost unbearable in its cruel sunburnt heat. A time when swimwear wasn’t a terrifying thought: flabby thighs‚ see-through bikinis were things
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ACID) AS ALTERNATIVE BATTERY Battery or more precisely‚ a cell – is a device in which the reaction between two substances can be made to occur in such a way that some of the chemical energy is converted to useful electricity. Since its invention‚ the battery has become the most common power source for many household and industrial applications. There are many ways to construct a battery‚ as well as ways to control its generated output. This Home-made Vinegar Battery is a battery that is constructed
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