...Canceling School In the article, For Mayor, Keeping Schools Open Brings Another Headache, Michael Grynbaum reported that the new Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio and the schools Chancellor, Carmen Farina made the decision last Wednesday to keep NYC schools open on Thursday in the wake of the impending snow storm. The decision to keep schools open set off a firestorm of criticism and the Mayor found himself being publically called out by Al Roker of the Today Show. (Grynbaum, 2013) NYC schools rarely close and have only done so on 11 occasions over the last 40 years. Mayor de Blasio defended himself saying, “It would be nice if we got a video the night before of what the next day looks like”. (Grynbaum, 2013) That remark was met with criticism from Al Roker who stated, “Mr. Mayor, I could never run NYC, but I know when it’s time to keep kids home from school.” (Grynbaum, 2013) The decision to close schools or keep them open during inclement weather is a question that many districts are facing across the country this winter. School districts throughout Indiana are trying to figure out how they will make up the lost school days to meet the 180 requirement. I understand Al Roker’s comments that the schools probably should have been closed. But, sometimes I think we lose sight of other consequences of closing schools. In my position, I worked with the NYC Department of Education for 6 years. Their student population is larger than the city of Indianapolis at 1,000...
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...Sofía Solano Mendoza James Denza Seminar Academic Inquiry 27/04/2011 SEXTING Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit photos via text messages, and is shockingly common among teens. According to Katie Couric of [Fox News], [Sexting] is “the new craze all over the country among 11 to 17 year-old adolescents.” A recent study by MSNBC found that 20% (1 in 5) of teens between the ages of 12 and 17 have sexted in their lives. Teens say “sexting” is one way to gain approval from peers or possible suitors. Teens in America are facing criminal charges of child pornography for sending and receiving nude pictures. These photos are often forwarded from friend-to-friend via cell phone and even around entire classes. With the availability of technology, young people are not aware that once they start cyber-swapping photos they are on the Internet to stay. If these photos get into the hands of the wrong people such as college admissions or future employers they could ruin the chance to fulfill a dream and there is nothing sexy about that. In fact, I see a relation with the movie of American Beauty, because in the entire movie Rick the neighbor of Jane is filming her with some erotic scenes. The media image of scantily dressed individuals is so common that teenagers don’t feel that it is wrong. It isn’t uncommon for teens to follow media and act like the people they see on the television everyday. In music videos it isn’t uncommon to see women...
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...Background Since childhood, Becky Fuller has dreamed to work for the Today show as news producer. However, her effort to the job is off-putting to potential suitors and eventually being laid off from her job at the local Good Morning New Jersey. After this event, her mother advises her to stop her dream to make her life better; However, Becky perseveres, and continues her dream. She sends lots of résumés, and receives an opportunity from IBS for the national morning show, DayBreak. For the job interview with Jerry Barnes, it is not satisfactory. Then, Becky bumps into one of her heroes, veteran television journalist Mike Pomeroy in an elevator, and meets him. Finally, Barnes hires Becky to be DayBreak's executive producer. On her first day, Becky realizes that the show has many problems. She decides Pomeroy to replace her co-host Paul McVee as her new co-host. Pomeroy refuses to become Becky’s co-host because he wants to less workload. Becky uses Pomeroy’s contract to force him to accept her requirement eventually. However, Pomeroy is not contributed for his job due to many reasons, and the result is discouraging as ratings begin to drop; Becky is told that DayBreak may be canceled. Therefore, Becky decides to use radical approach in order to raise the ratings and save the show, but Barnes doesn’t believe Becky could success. During a staff meeting, Pomeroy shows interest in doing a story, and finally he breaks the story of racketeering on live television, and this help...
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...Emmy-winning TV makeup artist. She created her first foundation and concealer products seven years ago while working for Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, and the rest of the hosts on “The View.” 2. Contributions and Uniqueness With sales growth slower than desired, Eve Pearl, the founder, is considering pitching her high-end cosmetic products — priced well above department store levels — to a broad audience by appearing on ShopNBC, a 24-hour TV shopping channel in the mode of QVC. While working on “The View,” Ms. Pearl started selling her brush-on products from her New York apartment. By 2008, she had become Ms. Vieira’s personal makeup specialist. She followed the broadcaster backstage on the sets of “Today” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” appeared on “Today” herself, and basked in the glow of a ribbon-cutting. She was flanked by morning show stars — Ms. Vieira, Ann Curry, Hoda Kotb and Natalie Morales — at the grand opening of her stylish 700-square-foot Upper East Side boutique. A YouTube posting of that celebrity-filled debut attracted tens of thousands of viewers and encouraged Ms. Pearl to start posting promotional videos demonstrating her techniques and products. That proved to be a good thing, with Internet orders soon outstripping her boutique business and her wholesale deliveries to makeup professionals. By 2011, Ms. Pearl had more than 100 products — some with prices as high as $98 — and more than $1 million in revenue. Her online sales were accounting...
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...[pic] 12 NIGHTS AND 13 DAYS IN HOTELS. DEPARTURE DATES: 19th & 26th april, 03rd, 06TH, 10th, 13TH, 17TH, 20TH, 24TH & 27TH may, 02nd june 2013 with compulsory super star viRgo FOR 02 NiGhTS / 03 dAYS. DEPARTURE DATES: 23rd & 30th april, 07th, 14th, 21st & 28th may 2013 without cruise. |DAY |ITINERARY |NIGHT STAY |MEALS | |DAY 01: |MUMBAI – BANGKOK – PATTAYA – PATTAYA PARK TOWER JUMP: |PATTAYA |Supper on board, | | |Today is the day you depart to begin your summer holidays with us. Tour passengers are requested to report 03 Hours| |Packed Lunch & | | |before the scheduled flight at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Arrive at Bangkok in the | |Dinner | | |afternoon. Upon arrival you shall be served with a packed lunch and transferred to Pattaya. Check in at the hotel. | | | | |Evening proceed for The Pattaya Park, to enjoy the famous Pattaya Tower jump, as good as Bungee Jumping from a 50 | | | | |storey high building. Return back to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel. | | ...
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...SUBJECT: Issues and effectiveness of measures to curb anti-foreign sentiments in Singapore One of the diverse issues which have caused lots of unhappiness among many Singaporeans in the recent years is the influx of foreigners and immigrants into Singapore (Kwang, 2012). This issue dates back to as early as in the 1970’s where Singapore opened its doors to foreigners particularly to Malaysia, being Singapore’s neighbouring country. This Malaysians who came to Singapore were low skilled foreign labourers. But since early 2000, Singapore’s floodgates were opened too wide to welcome a surge of foreigners and immigrants to curb the problem of dwindling population and to sustain a steady economic growth in Singapore. Many Singaporeans felt threatened and angry with the influx of foreign labours. Singaporeans feel that it’s due to this sudden influx of foreigners in Singapore that has lead to overcrowded buses and trains, sky-high property prices, litter in public places, increased crime rates, fatal road accidents, competition with foreigners for jobs and resources (Kwang, 2012). The reason this report was undertaken is to look into the issue of anti-foreign sentiments in Singapore and to assess and analyse the effectiveness of the measures put in place by the government to curb this issue. Immigration to Singapore According to the 2010 Singapore census, the non-resident population increased at an unparalleled pace in the first decade of the 21st century...
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...General Information about Singapore Background and brief history 1819: Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore as a British trading post. Mid-1860s: Singapore became a major port-of-call for ships plying between Europe and East Asia, thanks to the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and a new technology: the steamship. The country continues to look for ways to exploit new technologies to ensure its survival and well-being. Around 1900: Before the close of the 19th century, Singapore enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and trade expanded eightfold between 1874 and 1913. It attracted immigrants (the first foreign talents) from around the region. 1941: The peace and prosperity ended when Japanese aircraft bombed the sleeping city in the early hours of 8 December. Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 February 1942 and was renamed Syonan (Light of the South). It remained under Japanese occupation for three-and-a-half years. 1945: Singapore reverted to British administration when the British forces returned in September, but not to the home they had left. The seeds of nationalism had been sown by the Japanese, who had demonstrated that an Asian power could overthrow a Western colonial power. 1948: When the Communist Party of Malaysia tried to take over Malaya and Singapore by force, a state of emergency was declared in June. The emergency lasted for 12 years. Some of the tactics used to defeat the Communists (such as hamletting, where villagers are placed...
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...Describe A Place You Have Visited I had waited for 2 years to see the ‘Hall’ and when I arrived in Singapore, I was among the first to see it. In my mind, it gives me lots of different imagination. If you walk along the Padang you will not miss this significant and magnificent building which stands facing the Esplanade. When I look carefully, I had noticed that there were very few buildings built in that design anywhere else in Singapore. When you walked a couple of hundred meters from where Sir Stamford Raffles landed, at the Singapore River, you will able to catch a glance on this historical building. It was surrounded with all the important government buildings of the old Singapore, such as the Supreme Court and Parliament House. It overlooks the historical Padang, the location for many important event to be hold – like the National Day Parades. This historical building had impressed me a lot. It was the seat of the British Government of Singapore and in the earlier times was the centre of government. It had been an important building where the Prime Minister’s office also housed in this building. There were several milestones events had been carried out within this building including the matter of Japanese surrendered to the British in 1946. Moreover, most of the important announcements with regard to the country were made from the building. The physical structure of the building was made up of solid granite and similar like most of the old buildings, is able to withstand...
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...LKY's Contributions to Singapore Aaron Epps Dr. Quek Ser Hwee June 8, 2015 Lee Kuan Yew’s Contributions to Modern Singapore: Both Contentious and Impactful A few short months before Singapore celebrates its half-century independence on August 9, 2015, the founding prime minister of an independent Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), passed away after battling pneumonia for several months. LKY governed Singapore for more than thirty years until 1990 and is described as transitioning Singapore from the "third world to the first world in a single generation" under his leadership (Yew). He became the embodiment of the orderly transition of a region from western dominance to neo-Confucian success. His death on the morning of March 23, 2015 caused a sudden boom and several days of mourning throughout the nation. “It was almost like the long-awaited passing of a grandfather,” one Singaporean native said when I asked her how she remembered receiving the news of LKY’s passing. “You knew it was coming, but you still did not want to accept it as true.” Hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans flocked to the Parliament House where his body remained for viewing from Wednesday, March 25, 2015 to Saturday, March 28, 2015 to pay their respect. His death also attracted the attention of certain worldwide dignitaries and they paid their respect accordingly. There is no doubt that his profound contributions to Singapore advanced it as a nation and left an impact in the hearts and lives of thousands...
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...SINGAPORE HOTEL INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Prepared by: Nazia Husain Marketing 558: Marketing Across Cultures TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 HISTORY 4 GOVERNMENT 6 CULTURE 6 Religion 6 Language 7 Economy of Singapore 8 Trade 9 Employment 10 ASEAN 10 MACRO-ECONOMIC REVIEW OF SINGAPORE 11 Economic Factors 11 Macro-environment factors and hotel industry 12 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 14 Hotel Demand 15 Hotel Supply 16 COUNTRY CLUSTER ANALYSIS 17 Regional Analysis in the Hotel Industry 17 Singapore Industry Analysis 17 RevPAR 19 Singapore Hotel Association 20 Corporations Expanding Into the Region 22 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: 23 Working culture differences between the US and Singapore 23 Expansion into Singapore 24 APPENDIX 26 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this research paper is to provide insights into the Singapore Hotel Industry. Through an analysis of economic indicators and the hotel industry in the region, along with a look at how the cultural characteristics of Singapore help illustrate many reasons why hotels should look to expand in Singapore. One of the many reasons why the hotel industry is of such importance in Singapore is its continuous growth and expansion of the services industry in the region. Although there is a slow growth of visitors projected in 2012 due to an uncertain economy, it is to the countries best advantage to increase the number of hotels being planned to open in the next...
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...Section 7: Conclusion Section China and the World: Scenarios to 2025 7 Conclusion Given the importance of China today, there can Wild cards are low probability events which be no doubt that the determination of Chinese would have a significant impact if they were to leadership to maintain the course of reform will occur. In the case of China they could include : be a decisive factor in the global future. It is • A possible Taiwan conflict : equally true that the support of other global How would China react if Taiwan were to players and their preparedness to welcome declare independence ? For many years China in its gradual rise in greatness will have a independence was not an issue as the direct impact on how China emerges. Given the Kuomintang rulers of Taiwan claimed they close connection between China and global were the real government of China and welfare, these scenarios indicate that outsiders had no interest in relinquishing their claim must appreciate the scale of the challenges on sovereignty. But independence has faced by the government in Beijing, and that become an issue with the rise of generations those in China need to comprehend the born and raised on the island. They have sensitivities of outsiders to its rise. successfully established democratic rule and some do not want to be subject to rule Raising awareness of differing sensitivities is an important role that scenarios can play. from a distant capital. The implications of...
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...Executive Summary FJ Benjamin is a Singapore based fashion and lifestyle company. The company distributes major clothing brands and accessories, and is one of the leading fashion distributors in Singapore. Their success is derived from their ability to secure distribution rights from major brands. FJ Benjamin introduced it very own house label, Raoul, in 2002. Raoul was created to increase the company‟s portfolio as well as to diversify away from distribution risk. Raoul contributes a large percentage of FJ Benjamin‟s annual revenue. With intensive competition in the fashion industry, Raoul must have it own identity in order to differentiate itself from the competitor. Analyses have been undertaken to determine what necessary strategies to be implemented to enhance the brand image so as to increase profits. Strategies are recommended by taking advantage of Raoul‟s strengths and building on their weaknesses in order to take advantage of the available opportunities in the market and to defend it from threats. Studies of the internal and external environment had been conducted to be able to work with Raoul‟s core competencies to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors. This report concludes that Raoul needs to make adjustments on its marketing strategies, and maintain some of its current strategies, in order to be more competitive in the fashion market. Hence, it is proposed that (1) Raoul focus on a single-market strategy and focus on the local market as well as to create...
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...Religion in Singapore Singapore’s government has been applauded for its approach to attracting business and fostering social harmony, while simultaneously censured for being too restrictive and even dictatorial in its approach to public policy. Media coverage on the topic of religion in Singapore has been varied in both its tone and the sources from which it is derived; news media stationed outside of Singapore’s boundaries have depicted a largely positive view of interfaith relationships, while domestic media outlets have stressed the unrest caused by religious divisions amongst Singaporeans. Historically, Singapore was known as a port-city with an “entrepôt” style economy, primarily due to its proximity to major South Asian, commodity-exporting countries. Today, Singapore’s favorable tax laws continue to make it a central figure in the South Asian economic landscape. Singapore is a country of roughly 5.5 million people and, due to economy and geography, is a culturally diverse city-state. Primarily Chinese, Indian, and Malaysian peoples comprise Singapore’s citizenry, with western businessmen representing a small sliver of the population and a large portion of the country’s wealth. Religious diversity within Singapore remains high; an estimated 83% of the population subscribes to a religious belief system. There are five predominant faiths within the country, with no one comprising more than 30% of the population. In aggregate, members of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam...
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...Key characteristics of the industry Companies in the F&B industry are defined by the Singapore Department of Statistics (2011) as “establishments engaged in the sale of prepared food and drinks for immediate consumption”, which consists of restaurants, fast food restaurants, food caterers and others (food courts, cafes, etc). This is consistent with The Chicken Rice Shop’s (TCRS) product offering consist of local food fare and has a “quick serve” restaurant concept (The Chicken Rice Shop 2010). Thus the identified industry for TCRS is the F&B (F&B) industry. More specifically, in the industry segment of Fast Food Outlets. Size of Food & Beverage Industry (as at 2010) % Growth from 2009 to 2010 Number of Establishments* 6,197 + 3.8% Number of Employment 91,264 + 1.9% Operating Receipts ($) 6,239,943 + 10.6% Total Operating Expenditure ($) 5,918,149 + 10.2% *Does not include unregistered establishments and establishments which provide both lodging and F&B services. (Singapore Department of Statistics 2010) Statistics for each industry segment 4000 2000 0 Establishments Operating Receipts Operating Expenditure 376 3257 2261 304 803 2320 711 2406 775 2259 591 2293 Fast Food Outlets Restaurants Food Caterers Others Employment Statistics for Each Industry Segment Employment 0 5793 13159 35150 37163 Others Food Caterers Restaurants Fast Food Outlet 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 Among the four industry segments, the only industry segment that has shown potential...
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...beautiful garden can be created . . . A good landscaper is able to bring about this kind of integration. This same philosophy is true within Singapore today. If we want to realize the full potential of Singapore as a global business hub, we must leverage global resources to overcome our constraints and limitations . . . A small country is no longer small. This is our strategy to transform Singapore for the 21st century and beyond.1 Corporatised on October 1, 1997, after 33 years as the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), the mission of PSA was to be the “World’s Port of Call.” A favorite lunch stop for many PSA visitors was the Prima Revolving Restaurant, located just outside the Brani Gate entrance to the port. From this lofty perch, Singapore harbor, port facilities, and operations could be viewed. On a sunny day in late 2000, PSA group president and former chief executive officer for Singapore’s urban redevelopment agency, Khoo Teng Chye, was entertaining a group of visitors. The panoramic view of the sea was dotted with container ships of all sizes, flying flags of many nations. As the restaurant rotated, the massive port infrastructure came into view with its many berths and giant cranes loading and unloading container ships at berth. Khoo Teng Chye, explained with pride: The story of PSA is the story of Singapore. At the port, as in all of Singapore, we have limited land, limited sea space, and a limited number of people. Yet, we handle a large and growing volume of ship calls with...
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