by neither citizen nor the New York highest court. According to a nationwide poll by Rasmussen Reports‚ only 19 percent of adults support the soda ban‚ and the highest court rejected the Sugary Drinks Portion Cap rule in 2014‚ saying it was “exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority” (Eugene). In my opinion‚ the soda ban is an effective
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Ray Dalio‚ who runs the hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater Associates‚ is speaking at the Bloomberg Markets Most Influential Summit with former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg TV’s Stephanie Ruhle is the panel moderator. Both CEOs are talking about the intense focus on transparency at both of their firms. Dalio is also one of those closely followed macro fund managers. He is also known for ’round-the-clock surveillance at his firm. Everything is recorded. Dalio said that
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Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) A November 2012 Congressional Research Service report found that‚ as of 2009‚ there were approximately 310 million firearms in the United States‚ 110 million being rifles. (Peters) So what exactly makes a rifle an assault rifle or assault gun magazine? An Assault Weapon is most commonly defined as a semi automatic firearm possessing certain cosmetic features. Most assault rifles such as an AR-15 fires a 5.56mm round. The bullet tends not to penetrate walls in close quarters
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Ray Bradbury is an amazing author that not many people know exists. He was born in Waukegan‚ Illinois on August 22nd‚ 1920. His parents were Esther Bradbury and Leonard Spaulding. As a child‚ Ray liked to paint using watercolors along with oil. He enjoyed gathering Mexican artifacts during his childhood. In his childhood‚ Ray’s family moved to Los Angeles‚ California. His wife was Marguerite Susan McClure. He died at the age of 91 years old on June 5th‚ 2012. Ray Bradbury was an excellent author
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agree with the idling engine ban? A few years ago‚ the Environmental Protection Department proposed to legislate the idling engine ban‚ under which all vehicles must switch off their engines. I totally disagree with the idling engine ban‚ for I think that this policy not only cannot bring benefits to pedestrians in air quality‚ but instead brings harm to drivers and passengers. To start with‚ the idling engine ban brings inconvenience to drivers. As the idling engine ban proposes that a driver has
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Smoking in Public: Smoking Ban The argument on Smoking tobacco and other method of smoking use in public should be ban. The use of smoking tobacco has number one concerns to nonsmokers have health effects on people who choose to smoke in a public place or private places. The study argues that Americans died every year from harmful effects and other diseases related to smoking. This habit of smoking indicates that smoking cigarette disturb non-smokers or secondhand smoking. Also‚ contributes
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Ban On Assault Weapons & High Capacity Magazines By: Ashlee Holt What is a high capacity magazine exactly? It is any magazine for a semi-automatic weapon that can hold more than 10 bullets. Pennsylvania voters want stricter laws on guns‚ including background checks on all purchases and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Democrats controlled both the House and Senate‚ and the nation’s crime rate was a major concern. The assault weapons ban was part of an extensive crime
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[Obama ’s Gun Ban] The reasons I am against Obama’s gun ban is as follows. The Second Amendment states that the people have the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. When the government steps in and starts deciding what kind of arms we can and cannot keep‚ or what we cannot bear that is an infringement on our rights I will cover several reasons why are gun rights should not be infringed upon by Obama’s gun ban His ban targets the wrong weapon to begin with‚ most weapons used
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French Hijab Ban: Cover Up… But Not Religiously In 2004‚ the government in France took a vote and the results were 494 to 36‚ in favor of banning the wearing of the Islamic hijab‚ headscarf‚ in public. Since then‚ many Muslims have been fined for wearing their religious clothing in public‚ riots have started‚ and legal measures have been taken. Not only has this religious intolerance occurred in France‚ but bans on steeples on mosques in Switzerland have been put in effect and government officials
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Should Pit Bulls as a breed be banned? How would you feel if your dog that you love more than anything in the world couldn’t go with you when you moved homes because of ban laws and you had to euthanize your best friend? Over 1‚500 pit bulls get euthanized each year because of these ban laws. “Aggression” is why these ban laws have been made and it’s not the dogs fault it’s the behavioral decisions of the owners. Humane society’s get 1‚500 to 1‚600 pit bulls every year and only 2 out of 10
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