Kristyn Mullins Media Report #4 11 Nov 2015 Social Problems California Drought “How historic California drought affects the rest of nation‚ often for the Worse” New CNN: Michael Martinez and Alexandra Meeks State‚ National Coverage the drought is more than just one state internal problem. California drought hurts the rest of the nation‚ because California is a breadbasket of the nation. California is growing more than a third of its vegetables and nearly two-thirds of its fruit and nuts. They had
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Like many states‚ California allows youth offenders as young as 14 to be transferred from the juvenile system to adult courts. In 1996 based on the Frontline Texas study found that juveniles sentenced in adult court did receive longer terms than they would have received in juvenile court. Some people don’t know what they are doing until something bad happens‚ they think parents will always be there to solve the problem. A lot of people go through things that they can’t help and it makes them
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Robinson v. California‚ 1962 “11721 of the California Health and Safety Code states: “No person shall use‚ or be under the influence of‚ or be addicted to the use of narcotics‚ except when administered by or under the direction of a person licensed by the State to prescribe and administer narcotics. Any person convicted of violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to serve a term of not less than 90 days nor more than one year in the county jail” (law
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Quercus agrifolia also known as Coast live oak comes from the family of Fagaceae. Comprised largely of non-native trees like the ficus‚ magnolia‚ eucalyptus‚ and the iconic palm.Before the first human set foot here: the sycamore‚ the California bay laurel‚ the walnut‚ the oak. Of these‚ the oak tree especially has been a powerful force in shaping the region’s human history. Oakwood became an integral part of many communities’ material cultures‚ and‚ more importantly‚ acorns gathered from oak trees
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Currently‚ the water in California is being distributed by a series of tunnels running from the north to the south. These tunnels include the Central Valley Project (CVP)‚ a Federal Government managed project‚ and California’s own State Water Project (SWP). The two make up “vast interconnected hydraulic machines that push melted snow from dams in the Sierras‚ through the Delta‚ to massive pumps that fill the aqueducts traversing the state‚” to become what is essentially the southern region of the
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To begin‚ the quote from "Lives on the Boundary‚" by Mike Rose reads "More often than we admit a failed education is social more than intellectual in origin." To me when Rose states this he gives examples of people like Caroline and Thuy Anh. They came from two different social backgrounds and their in the same class for the same reason. It’s not because they don’t have the intellectual knowledge to read and write. It’s because of there childhood. They had to put other things first rather than they’re
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least in some parts of the world one can hear it from the media every day. Democracy by definition means the government by people. That means that all the people should be able to have their say in one way another in everything that affects their lives. Dictionaries usually say that this right can either be exercised directly (by every member of a community having the possibility to enter personally‚ without mediators‚ his position on a particular issue into the decision making process - modern technology
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soft drinks‚ and low intakes of fiber‚ fruits‚ and vegetables. As a result‚ First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a new menu lunch mandating a maximum calories of 650 for elementary; 700‚ middle school; and 850‚ high school. However‚ the current California lunch policy reflecting the recommendation of the first lady turns out to be a flop in altering student’s perspective nutrition and health. In fact‚ the new lunch program is inferior to its predecessor. The obtrusive limitation of the current lunch
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Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California" Presented much like a spontaneous journal or diary entry‚ Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California" is a complex and multifaceted poem that stands as an indictment against American government and culture. The opening lines of the poem forward the aforementioned journal-like quality and also present the central focal point of tension in the poem as a whole. The opening line specifically expresses a tone of wistfulness or even sadness: "What
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STOLEN LIVES “ELHAM MAHDI AL ASSI WAS A YOUNG GIRL WITH GREAT PLANS FOR HER FUTURE. THOSE PLANS CAME TO A CRUEL END WHEN SHE MARRIED A MAN WHO WOULD LATER BECOME HER MURDERER. ONE DAY AFTER HER MARRIAGE‚ ELHAM WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL DUE TO EXCESSIVE BLEEDING. THE DOCTOR WHO EXAMINED HER SAW THAT HER INTERNAL CANAL WAS RIPPED AND ASKED FOR HER TO BE ADMITTED. HER HUSBAND REFUSED TO ADHERE TO THE DOCTOR’S ADVICE AND INSISTED IN TAKING HIS WIFE HOME. TWO DAYS LATER HE BROUGHT A MOTIONLESS ELHAM BACK
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