List of California politicians - Board of Supervisors. Scott Haggerty Gail Steele Alice Lai-Bitker Nate Miley Keith Carson List of California politicians - Politicians. Alameda [1] Mayor: Beverly Johnson Council: Tony Daysog, Marie Gilmore, Doug Dehaan, Frank Matarrese Albany [2] Council: Jewel Okawachi, Robert Lieber, Robert H. Good, Farid Javandel, A ...

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Linda Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona to a father of Mexican and German ancestry and a mother of Dutch Jewish-English descent. While she was a student at the University of Arizona, she met guitarist Bob Kimmel. The duo moved to Los Angeles, where guitarist/songwriter Kenny Edwards joined the pair. Calling themselves the Stone Poneys, the group became a leading attraction on California's folk circuit, recording their first album in 1967. She scored her first hit single in 1967, as singer for the Stone Poneys, with the song Different Drum, ...

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Individuals are grouped by nationality, except in cases where the vast majority of their influence was felt elsewhere. List of Buddhists - Indian. The Buddha Shakyamuni, Siddhartha Gautama Ananda, Siddhartha's cousin and one of his chief disciples Aryadeva foremost disciple of Nagarjuna, continued the philosophical school of Madhyamika Asanga founder of the Yogachara school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher (with Nagarjuna) Atisha holder of ...

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George Moscone - Background. In 1977 Moscone, Freitas and Hongisto all easily survived a recall election pushed by defeated Moscone opponent John Barbagelata and big business interests. That year also marked the passage of the district election system by San Francisco voters. The city's first district elections for Board of Supervisors took place in November of 1977. Among those elected were the city's first openly gay Supervisor, Harvey Milk, single mother and attorney Carol Ruth Silver, Chinese-American Gordon ...

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During Brand's childhood, his father worried that school was not stimulating Stewart to independent, creative thinking. His parents' response was to send him to Phillips Exeter Academy. From there, he went on to study biology at Stanford University, graduating in 1960. In the U.S. Army, he was a parachutist and taught infantry skills; he was later to express that his experience in the military fostered his competence in organizing. A civilian again, in the year 1962 he studied design at San Francisco Art Institute, photography at San Francisco State College, and was a participant in a legitimate s ...

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Biafra has been a prominent member of the Californian punk rock scene and, while a member of the Dead Kennedys, was one of the founding members of the San Francisco hardcore punk scene. The Dead Kennedys was one of the first U.S. punk bands to write politically themed songs (possibly inspired by Black Flag, another major Californian punk rock band of the era). The lyrics Biafra wrote with the Dead Kennedys helped popularize the use of humorous lyrics in punk rock. Many later punk rock bands would cite the Dead Kennedys as a major influence.^{See also:}

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A short list of original albums only; for a detailed list including compilations, singles, EPs, videos and more, see the Jello Biafra discography. Studio albums with the Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - September 1980 Plastic Surgery Disasters - November 1982 Frankenchrist - October 1985 Bedtime for Democracy - November 1986 Spoken word: No More Cocoons - 1987 High Priest of Harmful ...

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List of California-related topics - Parks. National parks Cabrillo National Monument Carrizo Plain National Monument California National Historic Trail Channel Islands National Park Death Valley National Park Devils Postpile National Monument Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site Golden Gate National Recreation Area Alcatraz Island Fort Point National Historic Site Muir Woods National Monument Presidi ...

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The Howard Stern Show debuted on Sirius, on January 9, 2006. The "Howard 100 Heartbeat" broke away to Also Sprach Zarathustra tunefully performed with flatulence. Howard's theme music, "Great American Nightmare," played a few bars before George Takei introduced himself as the show's new announcer. Callers were soon invited to call into the show using their new toll-free line, 1-888-9-ASSHOLE. During the show, Stern revealed that there were 180,000 Sirius receivers activated the day before his inaugural broadcast. He also reveal ...

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Biafra claims to be an anarchist in his personal dealings with people, though does not advocate the replacement of current governments with an anarchic system. He claims that mankind is not yet ready for anarchy, and still needs government to control the order of human life for the safety and progression of human events.[16] In speeches, he has advised people to partake in civil disobedience, political pranks, and hacktivism. Some such acts that he has ...

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Jello Biafra, Jello Biafra - Biography, Jello Biafra - Early years and the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra - After the disbandment of the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra - Music, Jello Biafra - Political beliefs, Jello Biafra - Discography, Jello Biafra - Filmography, Jello Biafra - Notes

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There are several ways that flat tax implementation has been proposed, and very rarely has the proposition ammounted to a "true" flat tax where everyone pays exactly the same rate across their taxable income. Flat tax - Flat tax with deductions. The most common flat tax implementation proposition, and the type that has been proposed in the United States by Steve Forbes in his presidential campaign and by Dick Armey to congress, calls for base deductions for people and dependents. For example, the Armey pro ...

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On October 6, 2004, Stern announced on his show that he signed a five-year, $500 million deal with the satellite radio service Sirius. The deal, which took effect on January 1, 2006, enabled Stern to broadcast his show without the content restrictions imposed by the FCC. Stern's move to satellite radio has been compared with Milton Berle's move to television in 1948 - both Stern and Berle are/were the leading radio personalities of their times (Related: Mil ...

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Bolded candidates eventually won their party's nomination. Candidates with an asterisk (*) subsequently won the presidential election. Iowa caucus - Democrats. 2004 - John Kerry (38%) defeated John Edwards (32%), Howard Dean (18%), Richard Gephardt (11%) and Dennis Kucinich (1%) 2000 - Al Gore (63%) defeated Bill Bradley (37%) 1996 - Bill Clinton* (unopposed) 1992 - Tom Harkin (76%) defeated Paul Tsongas (4%), Bill Clinton* (3%), Bob Kerre ...

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This is a hotly debated issue with regards to flat taxes. Broadly, proponents of the flat tax claim it is fairer than progressive taxation, since "everybody pays the same". Opponents point out that for the state to raise the same amount of money under a flat rate tax requires that the rich pay less and the poor pay more than they would under a progressive tax system. Discussing the possible future introduction of flat tax in the UK, the journalist Neil Clark described it as "a far-right wheeze that would leave, according to a Treasury report, up to 30 million Britons worse off and the super-rich even ric ...

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While the Iowa caucus has been the first such caucus each year in the United States for a century, it only came to national attention in 1976, when obscure Georgia governor Jimmy Carter won the most votes at the Democratic caucus. In a major upset, he went on to win his party's nomination and eventually the presidency. Since then, presidential candidates have focused increasingly on achieving a win in Iowa. In 2000, for example, the Iowa caucus results placed Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush far ahead of their rivals. The two would go on to win their ...

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Howard Stern was born into a Jewish family in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York. His father Ben worked at a radio station and Howard developed an interest in broadcasting as a child when he would accompany his father to work. Stern often joked that his parents "abused" him as a child, and the strong possibility of frequent verbal abuse was confirmed when Stern played old family recordings during a 1990 broadcast. Many pieces of those old recordings have become soundbites, with such paternal gems as "I told you not to be stupid, you moron" and "Shut up! Sit down!" being screame ...

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Howard Stern, Howard Stern - Biography, Howard Stern - Terrestrial Radio Show, Howard Stern - 1990s, Howard Stern - 2000s, Howard Stern - The Move to Satellite Radio, Howard Stern - Goodbye to terrestrial radio, Howard Stern - The Sirius Show, Howard Stern - Television shows, Howard Stern - Cast and crew of the Howard Stern show, Howard Stern - Regulars on the Howard Stern show, Howard Stern - Former cast and crew, Howard Stern - Former Regulars and Celebrity Guests, Howard Stern - Celebrity Guests, Howard Stern - Musical Artists Performances, Howard Stern - Frequent Show Games and Bits, Howard Stern - Common Show Sayings and Soundbites

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"Human handling and manipulating of materials and the tools that work them, as well as making and testing your own prototypes, ensures that nothing gets lost or diluted in the translation from thought to thing." "Two or three-dimensional CAD renderings can neither predict nor project complex and often subtle interactions with the actual world. They can help refine an idea, but they cannot innovate or identify opp ...

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Historically, the introduction of flat taxes was considered an improvement over the previous situation, where nobility and the clergy were often (nearly) exempt from paying any taxes at all. This was for instance one of the causes of the French Revolution. During the nineteenth century, flat taxes for all incomes were eventually introduced in most European countries. After World War I, a progressive income tax was introduced in the majority of countries to fund increased government spending for social programmes and, in particular, la ...

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Dellum's son from his first marriage, Michael, was convicted of murdering a man in 1979 over a twenty-dollar bag of marjiuana. He is still in prison. Michael was born during divorce proceedings between Dellums and his first wife, and Dellums has stated that he did not raise Michael. In his memoirs Lying Down With the Lions: A Public Life from the Streets of Oakland to the Halls of Power, Dellums acknowledged all his children ex ...

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Some of the most notable landmarks are the Transamerica Pyramid and Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco California - Contemporary life. In the years following World War II, San Francisco accelerated its transformation into a center of alternative culture and lifestyles. Movements instrumental in this change include the beat generation or beatniks, the San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s, hippie culture, women's liberation, gay civil rights, the Summer of Love in the Haight Ashbury, the rise of a substanti ...

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San Francisco California - Roads and highways. Because of its unique geography —making "beltways" somewhat impractical— and the "Freeway Revolt" of the late 1950s, San Francisco is one of the few cities in the US including Boston and New York City that has opted for European style arterial thoroughfares instead of a large network of major highways. From San Francisco, the Bay Bridge is the only direct automobile link to the East Bay. Similarly, the Golden ...

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The city is served by San Francisco Unified School District, the Archdiocese of San Francisco's dozens of Catholic elementary and high schools, and many other private schools. Despite its limited geographical space, San Francisco is home to a multitude of colleges and universities. Public colleges and universities include: University of California, San Francisco, primarily a graduate level health-sciences school, located north of Forest Hill San Francisco State University located in the southwest corner of ...

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