decades later. What does the Food Security Bill mean to the common man? …It will guarantee 5 kg of rice‚ wheat and coarse cereals per month per person at a fixed price of Rs 3‚ Rs 2‚ Re 1‚ respectively. A rosy figure for the calorie-starved millions of India – almost too good to be true. The central government has pushed the Food Security Bill with amazing alacrity. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that rules India‚ has got the Bill passed by an ordnance‚ not through the usual
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The Sin Tax Bill (Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago) The Philippines has scandalously low taxes on two commodities that have been proven killers of individuals‚ destroyers of families and threats to national economic security: cigarette and spirits. At present‚ 25 million Filipino youth who are 18 years old are smokers. If they continue to smoke‚ half of them will die. Santiago is the principal author of Senate Bill No. 3249‚ “An Act restructuring the excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products
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Bill French Case CASE : BILL FRENCH 1. What are the assumptions implicit in Bill French’s determination of his company’s break-even point? Assumptions Sales volume will be maintained. No planned changes in volume next year Only one‚ aggregate break-even point is utilized in the analysis. Sales mix will remain constant. Linearity will be exhibited by both total revenues and expenses over the relevant range. No capital investments that will increase fixed costs. Constant dividends are paid out to the
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we can hear? What is it that we hear? Why do we hear it and deaf people don’t? How do we receive any sound? People use sound all the time. We rely on sounds to communicate. Unexpected noises may warn us of danger. The sounds we hear tell us a lot about our surroundings. Many animals also use sound. Even animals that live in water. Since only the very top of the ocean receives light from the sun‚ animals have difficulty using their eyes to find their way around in deeper waters. Once animals dive
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Introduction The Right to Information Bill was passed by the Parliament on 13th May 2005. The Bill got the Presidential assent on 15th June 2005 to become the Right to Information Act‚ 2005. It is an Act to provide for freedom to every citizen to secure access to information under the control of public authorities‚ consistent with public interest‚ in order to promote openness‚ transparency and accountability in administration and in relation to matters connected there with. To bring about transparency
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Aim In this assignment I am going to carry out a practical examination on a plant (onion) and an animal (cheek) cell under a light microscope. The stain methods I am going to use are iodine for my onion cell and methylene blue for my cheek cell. Introduction All animals and plants are made up of cells. Animal and plant cells are made from millions of tiny cells‚ so small that we are unable to see them with our naked eye. Animals and plants have many features in common within a cell such
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disseminate information on their use through all health care centers. Passage of the legislation was highly divisive and controversial‚ with experts‚ academics‚ religious institutions‚ and major political figures declaring their support or opposition it while it was pending in the legislature‚ often criticizing the government and each other in the process. Debates and rallies both supporting and opposing the "RH Bill‚" as it was known‚ happened nationwide. RH bill has become the talk of the nation
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find 10‚000 ways something won’t work‚ I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged‚ because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward" believed Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison was a pioneer of history; he changed the world with his ingenious invention of the light bulb. Back in the days‚ people had to use candles‚ flashlights and even had bed times. Life without the light bulb was very difficult and certainly changed many people’s lives. The invention of the light bulb had major impact throughout
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In optics‚ corpuscular theory of light‚ originally set forward by Pierre Gassendi‚ states that light is made up of small discrete particles called "corpuscles" (little particles) which travel in a straight line with a finite velocity and possess kinetic energy. It was largely developed by Sir Isaac Newton. Newton’s theory remained in force for more than 100 years and took precedence overHuygens’ wave front theory‚ partly because of Newton’s great prestige. However when the corpuscular theory failed
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First of all a bill has to be presented to the house of committee before any other process can begin. A bill cannot not presented by anyone but only a member of congress may present bills. A bill can take up to a year to be reviewed by both houses of congress and signed before it can be considerable for the president to make it into a law. According to the UShistory.org‚ a bill has to go through three stages in each house before it becomes a law. If the bill does not finish all the process‚ it will
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