Some worry, however, that the island's unique patois known as Singlish could be lost, and with it an important cultural glue unifying the multiethnic, multi-religious city-state of 5.1 million people.
Hiroyuki Konuma, the FAO's representative for Asia and the Pacific, says that Asia's poor, who spend up to 70 percent of their incomes on food, are the worst affected by inflation.
A United Nations report says reaching that goal will require major increases in intensive, high-efficiency livestock operations for both meat and dairy production.
The problem, according to some experts, is that the new look is an archaeological travesty which could cost the pyramid its UN world heritage site designation.
Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that families will be able to buy home models of Cyclops for the price of a good television set.
The trip from Santa Monica to Pasadena was just under 90 minutes via the No. 10 express bus to Union Station and then up an elevator to the bike-friendly Gold Line train to Pasadena.
So I was curious to see what it was all about — and the No. 10 express bus covered the 16 miles from Santa Monica to downtown’s Union Station, saving energy to bike up and down the hilly downtown.