Major food companies across America are launching a last ditch effort in congress to have mandatory GMO labelling scrapped before the year ends. According to The Associated Press (via Yahoo)‚ the food industry is pushing to make the labelling a voluntary process and is trying to get the legislation passed in a spending bill that lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties are trying to finalize before the holidays. If this proposal were to become law‚ companies would not be required
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Should voting in the U.s be mandatory? In this article‚ the author shows the opinions of two professors. Lisa Hills‚ from Australia‚ explains the benefits of mandatory voting and how it could change the U.S and how it could help us in many ways. Mandatory voting would give all Americans say in politics. The government wouldn’t just pay attention to certain people. The people the vote would get more attention because of their contribution to politics. This could have bad effects on the people
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number of studies have been performed to address the impact of mandatory rotation of audit firms to ensure the appropriate level of independence ’ of auditors. Majority of studies conclude that the detrimental effects of firm rotation on the quality of the audit work by far outweigh its positive effects as a safeguard against various independence and quality threats. Frequent changes of audit firms‚ whether resulting from mandatory rotation or otherwise‚ introduce threats to independence and operational
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Arguments in Favour of Mandatory Audit Rotation: As an attempt to strengthen the audit independence and the audit quality‚ mandatory audit rotation is to be considered as a very good proposal to safeguard the audit independence. It is‚ however‚ limited number of years above that the audit firm or the engagement partner (For instance‚ the U.K. approach is to change only the engagement partner. While in the U.S. approach it is mandatory to change the whole audit firm) can no longer be or continue
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My opinion in this situation is that mandatory service should not be required for all U.S. citizens before the age of 30‚ because people should be able to do what they want. America is a free counrty and that means we have the right to choose if we want to volunteer for community services or not. Mandatory services would turn generosity into obligation‚ like it says in the second passage‚ and also goes against our constitutional rights. Volunteering comes from the hearts of those who serve; not from
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diversity can be. While I can understand how some students may disagree that a cultural diversity class should be mandatory‚ their limited knowledge about cultural diversity is likely hindering their opinion. Basically‚ students don’t realize what they don’t know. Like any college course designed to prepare students for a successful career path‚ a class on cultural diversity should be mandatory to ensure students will have
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Experiment 16: Fractional Distillation of a Mixture CHM2210L Kelley Paul May 26‚ 2014 Tuesday Session: 50432 Abstract A distillation experiment was performed in attempt to separate two miscible fluids.This experiment used fractional distillation to separate ethanol from the azeotropic mixture of ethanol and water. The initial composition of the solution did not matter because the goal of the experiment was to distill the ethanol-water solution and obtain 95% ethanol in the distilled fraction
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The mandatory reporting law is a great law that is in need of major revisions. The role of the doctor has been clear and distinct in my life. I have always looked at my doctor as a person who assists me with health issues. But somewhere down the line‚ the role of the doctor has changed. Doctors are taking on the decision making of the patient. In a recent bill that was passed‚ practitioners are required to report any physical injury that is due to firearm‚ assault‚ or abusive conduct. This
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especially in the U.S.‚ has been to use prison sentences‚ particularly what are known as mandatory sentences‚ to achieve this goal. Mandatory sentences are grid-like sentencing prescriptions that attempt to make the "punishment" fit the crime. Judicial discretion is severely limited as regards weighting of individual circumstances in sentencing. Almost all U.S. states and the federal government have some sort of mandatory laws‚ wherein drug crimes have figured prominently. California has been a leader
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Running Head: ANENCEPHALIC CHILDREN AS ORGAN SOURCES Anencephalic Children as Organ Sources: A Review of the Literature Gissel Aranda University of Texas at El Paso Abstract Anencephaly is a brain defect that inhibits the complete formation of the brain and the skull during pregnancy. This disease has no cure and the life expectancy is very low since there is only function of vital organs like the heart and the lungs (provided by their brain stem) for only a limited time. Its causes
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