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    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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    Sociological Criticism and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" Daniel P. Watkins relates "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence‚ to sociological criticism through his critique of the family ’s need to show off and of the capitalist society they live in. The family lived in style but always felt anxiety in the house because they didn ’t make enough money for the social position in which they had to keep up (Lawrence 592). The society‚ culture‚ and economy are examined to help interpret the content of

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    The Silk Road and Sea Trade: The Two Drivers to a Worldwide Expansion of Cross-Cultural Connections Before there were trains‚ planes‚ or automobiles‚ people had much more elementary ways of traveling long distances to interact with other cultures. There were no paved highways and signs showing where to turn to get to Mecca. Nope‚ the Mongols had to travel across the terrain that lay ahead of them‚ as difficult as it might have been‚ to conquer the Middle East. Also‚ they had the form of horses

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    through: Europe‚ Northern Africa‚ the Middle East‚ and Britain. Actually all of these roads did lead to Rome because of the fact that all roads had route markers that said how many miles away it was from Rome. What were these roads used for? Delivering messages and mail that could travel over 500 miles in 24 hours. All this travel was made possible by the solid construction of the roads themselves. First‚ the road was flattened and then laid with logs or stones. Next‚ then on top of this layer were

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    The Nobel Prize Winners In Economic Sciences On October 14th The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013 was awarded jointly to Eugene F. Fama‚ Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen "for their empirical analysis of asset prices". The first one of them Eugene Fama is an American economist born in 1939 and working at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the theory that asset prices perfectly reflect all available information. Fama was mainly honored

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    The Rocking Horse Winner Essay The Rocking Horse Winner‚ a short story written by D.H. Lawrence‚ was first published in Harper’s Bazaar Magazine in 1926. The story takes place in England just after the First World War‚ most likely in or near London. The story is about a young boy named Paul‚ who had the special power of communicating with his wooden rocking horse to find the winning races. He desired to be loved by his mother‚ but the mother had an unhealthy fixation with materialism. The author

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    Road salt‚ also called rock salt‚ is sodium chloride‚ chemically combined with NaCl. Na is the chemical abbreviation for sodium and Cl is the abbreviation for chloride. Table salt that we use is exactly the same chemical. The US Environmental Protection Agency has set limits on allowable levels of chloride in water but not sodium. In high concentrations both sodium and chloride can be harmful to aquatic organisms. Sodium is the primary concern for humans‚ as it can be harmful to people with high

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    various locations‚ many a time people using the road are put to inconvenience by the stench that emanates from the garbage dumped indiscriminately. Inspite of awareness on why use of plastic should be avoided‚ people continue to use plastics. It forms a major chunk of the garbage dumped along the national highway. Disposal of garbage continues to be a challenge faced by the civic authorities. Officials say that the city corporation alone can not keep the city clean. A change in attitude among people

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    Road Construction and Conservation in the Congo Basin” A look inside the life‚ culture‚ and habitat of the CONGO. The Congo Basin is located in the continent of Africa‚ Central Africa. It is represented by the countries of democratic republic of Congo‚ Republic of Congo‚ Central Africa Republic‚ Cameroon Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. An area of many rivers‚ forest‚ savannas and swamps the Congo has many unique animals that reside there. According to (World Wildlife) “There are 10‚000 species

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    [pic] Solar City Project [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Company Info 3 II. Coporate Structure 4 III. Product/ Services 6 IV. Place 9 V. Finance 11 VI. Price 24 VII. Marketing Strategy 25 VIII. Promotion 27 IX. SWOT 28 X

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