Republic Act 9211: The Smoking Ban I wasn’t aware till recently that a smoking ban was being enforced not only in Makati (as everyone generally knows)‚ but nationwide. The Republic Act 9211‚ also known as the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003‚ was signed into law last June 2003 to be in sync with the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The purpose of this act is to protect citizens from the hazards of tobacco smoke‚ to regulate all tobacco advertisements and sponsorship
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Unlike its predecessors that are over 100 years old‚ Soda Pop Organics Inc. is a relatively young company in the soft drink industry. Established in 2001 as a local produce stand‚ Soda Pop Organics‚ Inc. quickly evolved into a self-sustaining cyclical co-op that reinvented the soft drink industry‚ by providing healthy plant based soft drinks with ingredients derived from sustainable farming activities. Local farmers would equally share in the production‚ bottling costs and revenue of the then small
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Go to any major American financial hub and ask a businessman‚ “what is Singapore famous for?” the answer would most probably be‚ “oh from what I heard‚ Singapore is famous for it’s great variety of food‚ and for it’s coined version of English‚ Singlish.” Singapore’s growth from a remote fishing village‚ to a booming metropolis of the 21st century‚ is a miracle in itself considering that we have no natural resources‚ and we are but a little red dot on the world map. Is the usage of Singlish
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Response to Schoolsville My first thoughts after reading Schoolsville‚ by Billy Collins‚ as a whole‚ were of the movie {proof}. {proof} is about a mathematician who‚ as he grew older‚ slowly lost his mind. After reading the first few stanzas I thought either the person in the poem is Schizophrenic or simply reminiscing. However‚ when I came upon the second to last stanza‚ I understood the story. The second to last stanza reads; Needless to say‚ I am the mayor. I live in the white colonial
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Hi Russsel‚ First and foremost‚ I apologize for the tardy response. I’m swamped in work and have little to no time for myself these days. Right now‚ I’m about to finish a few chapters on Differential Equations and probably Dynamics‚ if time allows. The entire spring break I labored doing mostly course work‚ spending sleepless nights trying to catch up on topics that I didn’t quite fully understand. Things got even worst upon returning back to campus a week after‚ a departmental advisor related to
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A Response to The Short Story "Sonny’s Blues" by James Baldwin Sonny’s Blues is a short story written by James Baldwin. In this story‚ Baldwin helps us understand the different ways people experience pain and suffering. It is a story about two brothers and the way they cope with pain and suffering in dissimilar ways. The narrator and his brother Sonny lives in a poor black dominant community in Harlem‚ where everyone struggles to survive. As the story begins‚ Sonny is arrested for using heroin
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Pit Bull Ban Pit bulls are wonderful dogs‚ which really can bring no harm to people and other dogs. It’s the owners that train them to be this way‚ and now these loving dogs are being punished for their owner’s mistakes. Over the past years Pit bull‚ and Pit Bull breeds have attacked many people‚ and now the government is taking actions. The only problem is that Pit Bulls are being destroyed. Pit Bulls can be gentle and smart dogs. A good example is “Chess”‚ owned by Catherine
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of the country. But one law that the Canadian government has yet to pass on could be the law that could save the most lives‚ that law is banning the production of cigarettes to the Canadian public. I strongly feel that the Canadian Government should ban cigarettes because of the fact that it’s harmful to the economy‚ to the Canadian people‚ and the environment. First and foremost the government should illegalize production of cigarettes because it’s harmful to the people who smoke and the ones around
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towards immigrants. Especially some that come from Mexican states and Islamic based countries. After President Trump’s inauguration‚ a travel ban had been enforced on the Islamic countries. Because of this action‚ many American citizens have opposed this ban; Which spurred a lot of controversy. The following articles explain Trump’s immigration policy and travel ban. According to the first article‚ titled “Trump and U.S. immigration policy”‚ Trump is planning to build a 2‚000 mile wall over the Mexican
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come from poor‚ rough backgrounds. The three brothers are handed an unfortunate situation in life where they are completely on their own to go about life‚ as long as they stay out of trouble. Response and Analysis: This sentence gives the reader an insight into the origin of the struggles Ponyboy‚ Soda‚ and Darry deal with. This traumatic event caused the three brothers to mature rapidly. This turning point in their lives sparked the outstanding relationship the three brothers have with each
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