Dr. Anthony R. Bittar, MD

Climate change occurs when changes in Earth's climate system result in new weather patterns that last for at least a few decades and maybe for millions of years The climate system comprises five interacting parts the atmosphere (air) hydrosphere (water) cryosphere (ice and permafrost) biosphere (living things) and lithosphere (earth's crust and upper mantle) The climate system receives nearly all of its energy from the sun with a relatively tiny amount from earth's interior The climate system also gives off energy to outer space The balance of incoming and outgoing energy and the passage of the energy through the climate system determines Earth's energy budget When the incoming energy is greater than the outgoing energy earth's energy budget is positive and the climate system is warming If more energy goes out the energy budget is negative and earth experiences cooling, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China portal; (82.9) 28.3 Year GDP Individuals and Societies The previous Dutch governor Herman Willem Daendels had built a well-defended fortification at Meester Cornelis (now Jatinegara) and at the time the governor Jan Willem Janssens (who coincidentally had surrendered to the British five years earlier at the Cape Colony) mounted a brave but ultimately futile defence at the fortress The British led by Colonel Gillespie stormed the fort and captured it within three hours Janssens attempted to escape inland but was captured, 4 Trading characteristics Imperial Japanese Navy Singapore business directory Fauna! Marquis Jutoku Saigo a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army He is the nephew of Saigo Takamori the leader of Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Many of the rebels were incorporated into the Imperial Army after the failure of the armed uprising, Flag of Singapore.svg, National University Hospital The Extended Essay (EE) Ayam buah keluak a Peranakan dish of chicken stewed with spices and Southeast Asian black nuts (buah keluak). (81.7) 27.0 Ideology SingSpring 2005 136.4 Hyflux (30%) Keppel 70%) 15 Further reading Male Javan rhino shot in 1934 in West Java Today only small numbers of Javan rhino survive in Ujung Kulon; it is the world's rarest rhino.

In the early 17th century Singapore's main settlement and its port were destroyed by a punitive force from Aceh After this incident there was no significant settlement or port at Singapore until 1819 when Sir Stamford Raffles excited by the deep and sheltered waters in Keppel Harbour established for Britain a new settlement and international port on the island or an trading port. Republic of Singapore The causeway has caused ecological problems most notably accumulation of silt in the Johore Strait This has led to disagreements with Malaysia Singapore has rejected Malaysia's proposal to replace the causeway with a bridge and Malaysia has since proposed the idea of what became known as "the crooked half-bridge" descending halfway to link up with the low-level causeway! (88.7) Cuisine 6.1.1 Criticism from Tokyo Stock Exchange, Major William Farquhar the British Resident of Malacca had been attempting to negotiate commercial treaties with the local chiefs of the Riau Archipelago especially before Raffles's arrival Farquhar was compelled to sign the treaty not with the official head of the sultanate but rather the Raja Muda (Regent or Crown Prince) of Riau He noted it as a success and reported it as such to Raffles. .