RA13-1 a. At December 31‚ 2011‚ current liabilities‚ which total $1 776 238 000‚ are made up of the following: Bank indebtedness = $ 172 262 000 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities = 1 109 444 000 Income taxes payable = 26 538 000 Dividends payable = 53 119 000 Current portion of long-term debt = 249 971 000 Provisions = 12 024 000 Associate interest = 152 880 000 b. The nature of current liability provision is accrued liabilities estimated from loss contingencies. Two conditions must be
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treatment‚ a controversial issue is whether animals are entitled to their rights. While some argue that only humans have rights‚ others contend that animals should have the same privileges as humans. The author of “A Change of Heart about Animals‚” Jeremy Rifkin‚ claims that animals should have better treatment. Rifkin rhetorically changes one’s view on this subject without the consent of the reader. Rifkin begins by showing the animals’ human qualities‚ then giving a counter statement to common objections
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Jeremy Rifkin expresses his knowledge on how animals are compared to humans in his article “A change of heart about animals.” Rifkin argues that science has shown that the differences between animals and humans are less than we think. I agree that animals are very similar if not close to being on the same level as humans. Most people would assume that animals are very different from us; this could be due to the inabilities we think we have to communicate with animals. Jeremy Rifkin states‚ “The
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Dear Editor‚ I’m a regular reader of the Sunday Times and recently I came across Jeremy Clarkson’s article “Stuff the tiger – long live extinction”. Upon reading it‚ allow me to say‚ I strongly disagree with his beliefs and points of view and the way in which he describes them. I’m fond of this animal not only on a professional but also personal level‚ as I grew up in an area where tigers were idolized and preserved‚ which gives me plenty of reasons to criticise this piece. This article violates
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Jeremy Popkin’s work From Herodotus to H-Net is a wonderful book‚ and it covers the topic very well. It includes necessary content‚ and it gives readers enough background information to help them along in the narrative‚ specific details about each historian he mentions to give the reader the reasons why they did things in different ways‚ but not enough to drown them in too many details. Popkin has a definite passion in the topic and does his best to convey the ideas to the readers‚ though he does
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Jeremy Rifkin is an American writer‚ public speaker‚ and activist who wrote a meaningfully dense article for the Los Angeles Times titled "A Change Of Heart About Animals." His article defends animal rights and disputes many myths regarding animals. Rifkin argues that animals do have a sense of individualism‚ they experience emotions‚ they learn from past experiences‚ and that “They are more like us than we imagined” (). After reading the article‚ I can personally say that I agree with Rifkin‚ albeit
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“A Change of Heart about Animals” by Jeremy Rifkin. This article talks about how animals are so much like us. Jeremy Rifkin asserted in his September fifth letter announcing that creatures were equipped for each feeling an individual was‚ and requesting that all individuals augment a feeling of balance and compassion to living creatures equivalent to that they would give an alternate person. This is clearly preposterous and‚ in the event that you truly make a stride back and take a gander at the
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unbearably cramped and run-down cages on fur farms? Animals should have a Bill of Rights because they have emotions‚ feel pain‚ and are being forced into painful experiments. Animals should be able to play with each other because they have emotions. In Jeremy Rifkin’s article‚ “A Change of Heart about Animals”‚ he states that “studies on pigs show that they crave attention and are easily depressed if isolated”. This fact shows us that people don’t really care what animals go through. Some may argue that
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A Trunk Full of Empathy Throughout the years the generation among us has become less selfless. We worry less about those around us and worry more about what we’re going to consume for dinner or how many likes a picture of yourself will get.. In Jeremy Rifkin’s article‚ (published by Los angeles Times) “A Change of Heart about Animals”‚ he describes that animals are more like us humans than we think and that our empathy needs to constantly become stronger towards animals. Rifkin gives us a plethora
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Over the course of the trip‚ many participants stated that the government is responsible as much as the organisations to bring in rules like the quota system that is being implemented. Whereas some had a different view towards their intervention. Jeremy Prepscius‚ Vice President of Business Social Responsibility had a different take when it came to government intervention. He believes that the government intervention might be needed but from the standpoint of business‚ there should be a level playing
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