Proposition 8 California Proposition 8 (California Marriage Protection Act) was a state-wide ballot proposition passed in the November 4‚ 2008 state election that made same sex marriage illegal in California. The vote which won by 52% adds exactly 14 words to the California State Constitution‚ "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." To qualify for the ballot‚ Proposition 8 needed 694‚354 valid petition signatures‚ equal to 8% of the total votes cast for
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California Pizza Kitchen Chris Schroeder FI 602: Financial Strategy and Valuation Fang Chen September 21‚ 2012 Introduction In July of 2007‚ California Pizza Kitchen (CPK)‚ a casual dining pizzeria started in California by co-owners Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax‚ was faced with the decision to invest in a stock repurchase program. Led by Chief Financial Officer Susan Collyns‚ the financial team of CPK was reviewing the preliminary results for the second quarter to determine if the stock
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Harvey Milk‚ was assassinated because of a political decision that some thought was a poor one. Milk became a household name in San Francisco‚ but mostly the neighborhood of Castro. He was shot in his office by Dan White because of a “bogus” decision in 1978 (“Official Harvey Milk Bibliography” 3). The assassination of Harvey Milk was unjust because he helped his community a lot‚ while doing nothing wrong in office‚ though some people believed he made a bad political decision. Harvey Milk should
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Breast-feeding is best for both mother and baby. Mother ’s milk is the best food possible for the newborn baby. Breast milk is a perfect combination of nutrients and antibodies for an infant ’s fast growing system. Breast milk made up of fatty acids‚ water‚ lactose‚ and antibodies. The antibodies in breast milk help the baby fight off many illnesses within their environments as well as help them build their own immune systems. It satisfies both hunger and thirst‚ extra water not needed. It also lessens
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Harvey Milk “No matter how hard you try‚ you cannot chip those words off the base of the statue of Liberty and no matter how hard you try‚ you cannot sing the Star-Spangled Banner without those words. That’s what America is. Love it or leave it” proclaimed Harvey Milk. America is about freedom and equal rights‚ but back in the 1970’s there was no such concept as freedom and equal rights for the LGBTQ community. Various people‚ churches‚ communities‚ organizations‚ businesses‚ and more did not want
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Flavored Milk be Banned?? Los Angeles became the nation’s largest school district to stop serving flavored milk. Some of flavored milks that were banned was chocolate and strawberry. LA. School District is the nation’s second-largest school district with about 688‚000 students. LAUSD should have not banned flavored milks in 2011 because kids enjoy the milk better than plain milk and they replace the flavored milk with worst option. LA. School District should have not banned flavored milks in
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upliftment of marginal dairy farmers lay in their own hands through cooperative movement at community level. NDDB‚ along with Department of Electronics‚ Govt. of India conceived a project to introduce Electronic Milk Testers (EMT)‚ for accurate and instant display of fat content in milk. The technology was arranged in collaboration with Danish Organization M/s. N Foss Electric‚ and thus Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited was born in 1981. Encouraged by the success of the
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the article “California: A place‚ A People‚ A Dream‚” James Rawls argues that the California dream consists of five main factors. These factors are Health‚ Romance‚ Opportunity and Success‚ Warmth and Sunshine‚ and Freedom. People come from all over the world to live this dream‚ which sometimes turns into a nightmare instead. Based on texts such as The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ The Republic of East L.A.‚ by Luis J. Rodriguez‚ California travel guides‚ and others‚ the California dream is perceived
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end their life rather than prolonging their suffering they may choose to in designated states‚ a perfect example of this would Brittany Maynard‚ who was a 30year old female from California who was suffering from brain cancer and wanted to end her life rather than suffer with the aid of . Since it was illegal in California for her to do this‚ she moved to Oregon where she ended her life way the method of physician-assisted suicide. In my opinion once the quality of life for an individual has deteriorated
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11/29/2012 California vs. Texas California and Texas are two different states‚ but in many ways have some sorts of comparisons. In school we learn that Texas is one huge state filled with plenty of cities and can take half a day to drive out of. While in California there are plenty of cities as well‚ but at least half the size of Texas. Both states have many cool attractions‚ and very famous ones at that. When people visit these states you are guaranteed to have a fun time. California has very fun
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