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The gene expression in fat, liver, muscle and brain for 334 male and female mice shows that more than half of the 23,574 genes expression are different[1]. So, is it proven that man and wo …
On the first day of school, a mission school principle, callously ‘advised’ a group of 27 girls in Sec 5 class by an underhand method to transfer out of the school, to ITE.According to ST, this pricipal claimed that “she was merely trying to give her girls a ‘wake-up call’ when she spoke to them ...
These confidential records including parents’ and children’s names, addresses, date of birth, national insurance numbers and banking details went missing, when two computer disks were sent to a government audit office through an internal postal service. As the delivery was not tracked, three weeks had passed before the disks were discovered to be missing.Mr Paul ...
Just watched the Bee Movie. It is nice, but a little short at 1.5 hrs. “Give Bees A Chance”… I will not have a second thought on this slogan, if I have not read about the lawsuit.In a sense, my personal feelings is that, the “Bee Movie”, will make me think twice about wasting food ...
Thanks, courtesy of Nicholas, I was invited to the Slingers vs Hawks match on 13 Jan 2008. As, the corporate sponsor of the day was AIA, I was feeling a little apprehensive on whether I will be mobbed by agents asking me to buy their products. But, it turned out to be a surprisingly encounter-free ...
AVA tests every single batch of oysters as they are high-risk food. Those found to contain noroviruses, which cause food poisoning are rejected.For last year, about 80% of all oyster imports were rejected. This large percentage of rejection has led to a shortage of oyster. Hawker centers and eateries offering oysters in their food are ...
I have been listening to the SeaStars sneak preview songs, courtesy of Ivan. There is a total 9 songs in this album.The 9 songs are:1) Dolphins Galaxi 1.12) Flowing With The Waves 1.53) Into The Deep 1.24) Once Upon A Star 1.25) Sea Anemone 2.16) Seabreeze 1.47) Seashore Days Starfish 1.29) Stargazer 1.4Dolphines Galaxi ...
Yes! Today the Bee Movie is opening in the cinema. But, hey hey hey! They are also being sued!Hmm. Apparently, a cosmetic company, Fort Lauderdale-based Beeceuticals LLC, which sells cosmetics and skin care products made with organic honey presented to the movie studio their marketing plan and other copyrighted works, including the slogan in Apr ...
All quotes are from same article in ST.“he sees gross domestic product (GDP), the most often cited yardstick, as an imperfect indicator,”“the current yardsticks only reward governments if they increase materialistic production.”“Among the economics profession there has been a strong sense for a long while that gross domestic product is not a good …
This week is the second time in recent months that I am down with a bad cold. The nasty cold germs controlled my body as if it is a puppet. When it pulls the strings, my head gets sneeze off, my blocky and leaky nose does a marathon run and my throat lining peels itself ...
Yipee! Oil price hits US$98! Another good reason to increase price for petrol! And additional fuel surcharge for those who are heading off for a year-end holiday! Oh yes! And maybe the public transport prices too!And let us thank the followings! They will be helping us to perhaps push the price perhaps across the US$100 ...
This special promotion of 4 issues @ US$4.95 for New Scientist magazine has disappeared from my sight since 2 years ago when I signed up for it. And, yipee! It spring out on me, out of the blue. So, what is the deal? The deal is that you get to enjoy 4 issues of New ...
The paper[1] reported that gene activity in tissues of different ages in humans and rats varied as we age. So, perhaps the regulation of gene expression weakens as we get older? [1]M. Some …
ST reported that in the first of three key policy speeches by Transport Minister Raymond Lim, bus travel in Singapore is going to undergo a major overhaul over the next few years.A summary and questions1) LTA to undertake centralised bus planning by end-2009. The bus routes planning will no longer be under the control of ...
This news is a little outdated, since it was announced on Jan 7, 2008. According to the MFA press release, it mentioned that National Library Board is adding blogs to Singapore’s historical archives as part of its efforts to retain a comprehensive record of online content.Around 25,000 local websites of social and historical value have ...
Please help to keep his music alive. This is the last solo piece from Reuben Kee - one of the 5 paddlers who was unfortunately claimed by the Dragon Boat tragedy.Do help to keep his music …
Just wondered what happened again. I was at Tiong Bahru MRT station at around 3pm. As I was about to enter the train station, the overhead speaker was announcing that “Train service towards Pasir Ris will be delayed 20 minutes.” Hmm. Hope nothing bad happened again…
Paying respect to the late Sim Kee Boon, PM Lee says that Singaporeans owe the pioneer generation of public servants such as Mr Sim Kee Boon an “enormous debt”.Citing quotes on the reasons on why Singaporean owe pioneer civil servants a big debt:- “They grew up, they saw the country change, they made the change ...
Hurray! Another price poised to increase! Our dear HDB has just awarded to the highest bidder, Katong Hostel Pte Ltd with a tender, that allows the company to lease out old HDB flats vacated fro Sers.A total number of 120 units, consisting of 60 three-room flats and 60 4-room flats will be available to leased ...
Does the title sounds very funny? How in the world is a shutdown of nuclear plant related with medical imaging? You are mostly likely thinking that there must be a mix-up with the title. That the title should be something in line of celebrate xyz with 6-packs of beer and some wine. But… The title ...
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