Vt. House panel advances penny-an-ounce soda tax MONTPELIER‚ Vt. (AP) — A Vermont House committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation calling for a penny-an-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The House Health Care Committee voted 7-2‚ with two members absent‚ for the tax bill that would raise an estimated $27 million to support state health programs. Supporters say it will also discourage consumption of products that are big contributors to obesity. "We have an obesity epidemic and the
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to grow 25% annually‚ driven by changing lifestyles‚ strong income growth and favorable demographic patterns. 4.2 Company selection with background study. Reliance Fresh was the first foray into retailing by the $25 billion behemoth known as Reliance Industries Limited. There were three basic reasons for Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) choosing foods and vegetables for entering into retailing. It wanted to go after the very core of the great Indian retail opportunity. Food accounted
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How It Feels to Be Colored Me Analysis Essay 4) How do you respond to the conception of race which Hurston ends her essay? Does it agree with how you understand race? As we know‚ much of the American culture is based upon slavery‚ and how African Americans as well as other individuals with a dark complexion have been persecuted and segregated throughout American history until the 1960’s. Fortunately‚ Zora Neale Hurston‚ the author of the passage “How It Feels to Be Colored Me‚” explains
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Many people like soda but its not good to drink soda all of time.There are alot of other good tasting drinks.like tea or coffee or even diet soda.Soda isnt good for people that have sugar diabetes.Soda doesnt really wake people up either it just makes you even more thirsty durning the day and all you want is to drink soda.Instead of drinking all of that soda start drinking water. Drinking alot of soda and not enough water.Could lead to obesity and you can get dehyodrated.People dont realize how
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The Sword in the Stone Text only version “It’s just not fair‚” grumbled the youth to himself as he stomped through the undergrowth in the woodland. “I am just as good as Kay‚ even if he is a knight and a year older. Why should I have to be his squire? Why can’t I be a knight and fight too? Hmmph! Bet I’d beat him - I usually do.” That thought made his eyes sparkle in his handsome young face. Unseen‚ an odd looking old man smiled into his long white beard‚ as he hid nearby. “It’s definitely
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Analysis of Soda Ash and Volumetric Analysis of a Carbonate-Bicarbonate Mixture Belardo‚ Pia Jobelle J. Department of Chemical Engineering‚ Faculty of Engineering University of Santo Tomas España‚ Manila February 27‚ 2013 Abstract The analyte used is the soda ash which is titrated with an HCl titrant‚ standardized by Na2CO3. The indicators used are phenolphthalein for basicity and methyl orange for acidity. The two volumes of the titrant are then used to calculate percent composition of
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Bake the Right Way: Baking seems like a relatively easy task. After all‚ you only have to buy a box of cake mix‚ blend in some extra ingredients‚ put the batter in a pan and throw it in the oven for a couple minutes then‚ voilà; you have a cake‚ right? Wrong. Baking is not something to be done by just any mother making a treat for their child’s school bake sale. It is an exact science that if done wrong‚ could potentially produce a burnt‚ tasteless‚ ugly‚ disastrous excuse for a cake that is as
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RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is an Indian conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra‚ India. Reliance owns businesses across India engaged in energy‚ petrochemicals‚ textiles‚ natural resources‚ retail‚ and telecommunications. Reliance is the third most profitable company in India‚ the second-largest publicly traded company in India by market capitalization‚ and the second largest company in India as measured by revenue after the government-controlled
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In the third article “Australian State Bans Cosmetic Surgery For Teens”‚ written by Dan Childs. The text is pretty clear about its opinion on cosmetic surgery on teens. It wants to ban cosmetic surgery because teens are not able to make such a big decision‚ when there body is still changing. Further on there are also many risks that comes with these surgeries‚ for example death or a heart attack. There are also people who think that cosmetic surgery on teens shouldn’t be banned‚ because the government
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Detrimental Reliance Detrimental Reliance occurs when someone takes action or fails to take action because of what appeared to be a promise made by another individual‚ without knowing if true or untrue. It is very similar to Promissory Estoppel in that the other party is "estopped" or legally prevented from denying liability‚ even though no formal contract was formed‚ because of its promise. An estoppel by representation [of fact] will arise between A and B if the following elements are made
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