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"Memories of HDB" - Mr Black Tan, Guest Blogger
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Black Tan (left of photo)With the "Year of the Tiger" within 2 weeks, I would like to take this opportunity to greet to everyone "Best Wishes for A Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year with Good Health, Good Luck and Happiness".This is a special blog to coincide with a verbal (not written) Guest Blog by Mr Black Tan with 33 years working at Housing & Development Board (HDB). How much apart can a person separate his life for over 3 decades from the same organisation until the day of his job...
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"The snow may have saved the ticks from the cold"
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Found this disappointing news on the SVT website as I was trolling Eurovision clips:Many hope that the cold will kill ticks and snails. However, insects are safe in the ground and waiting for spring in the insulating blanket of snow lying over the country.In recent years, mild winters have been favorable for these creatures that many fear. But, to many people's chagrin, not even the cold of winter kills ticks and snails. Lars-Ake Janzon, biologist of the Museum of Natural History, says he gets...
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#SB44
From Dean Collins, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles
oh wow the fairytale katrina recovery is coming true - http://www.livefootballchat.com/CHurl/02-07-2010/2842/1463 #Colts #Saints
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10 China Myths for the New Decade- Myth #10: carbon emissions
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Derek Scissors, Ph.D., Research Fellow in Asia Economic Policy in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, via http://www.heritage.org, January 28, 2010 -
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Myth #10: China has an official program to substantially cut its carbon emissions.
Truth: The goal is to cut carbon emissions intensity. Actual emissions will soar in the next decade.
China has not vowed to cut emissions but rather emissions intensity, in this case measured in emissions per unit...
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10 China Myths for the New Decade- Myth #8: domestic consumption
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Derek Scissors, Ph.D., Research Fellow in Asia Economic Policy in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, via http://www.heritage.org, January 28, 2010 -
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Myth #8: China is rebalancing toward more domestic consumption.
Truth: The dominance of investment over consumption in driving China’s economy is intensifying.
The PRC’s official trade surplus fell by $100 billion in 2009. The U.S. reports the bilateral trade deficit will also decline for...
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10 China Myths for the New Decade- Myth #9: greenhouse gas emissions
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Derek Scissors, Ph.D., Research Fellow in Asia Economic Policy in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, via http://www.heritage.org, January 28, 2010 -
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Myth #9: China’s greenhouse gas emissions are about the same as America’s.
Truth: China’s emissions are as much as 25 percent larger, and the gap is widening every day.
The effort to limit greenhouse-gas emissions is not usually thought of as a topic when discussing the Chinese...
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17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche
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A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.
The avalanche slammed into the army's High Altitude Warfare School and swept away the soldiers during a training session, said army spokesman Col. Vineet Sood. It was the worst avalanche in the area in many years, he said.
Seventeen bodies were found and 53 troops were rescued about six hours after the speedin...
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2009 Rio Expat Survey Results: What you miss
From Daily Rio Life, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I asked respondents what they missed back home (besides the obvious answer of the people - family and friends). Here is what they said, somewhat categorized:Intangibles:
The easiness of everything familiar.
not having to worry about money
efficiency and reliability
Immediate networks from city to city. I'm building my newtworks now...
it's challenging, but exhausting at 46 - a bit like starting over.
familiarity
The efficiency of things back home.
The conveniences and easiness about...
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2010 Winter Wonderland
From The Soul of Japan, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles
( Nervous anticipation for my snow trip up north. My train) If you missed out on the 2009/10 Japan winter what a real pity as this was an excellent year for some of the heaviest snowfall on record. This year, the snow came unseasonably early and fell hard then stopped in some parts of Hokuriku and Tohoku. Last year the snowfall was nowhere near as heavy as it was this year though, and I made it just in time. Northern Gunma...
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2010 Winter Wonderland II
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In Japan there are many popular places that the Japanese flock to during the cold snowy months, namely, places like Kusatsu, Karuizawa, and Niseko in Hokkaido. Surprisingly enough though is that the Japanese have ignorantly squandered away a gold mine of a ski resort town ( Niseko ) by allowing Australian developers to move in and develop condos and property that they market very heavily in Australia as the Mecca of ski resort towns in...
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