This week’s reading topic is about California secession. In the New York article “ Is California Really Going to Secede” by Ed Kilgore‚ it talks about the the Yes California campaign‚ or Calexit‚ which discusses about secession in the state of California. The whole Calexit movement is an act of defiance against the new president of the United States‚ Donald Trump. The arguments for Calexit are simple‚ which are drifting further away from the rest of the country in cultural attitudes and public policies
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Reyna Macias English 103 7 November 2011 California Dream Act: Rewarding an Illegal Act Born and raised here in the U.S. many students‚ and parents for that matter‚ are currently struggling with the bills‚ loans‚ and the stress of trying to stabilize a healthy future for themselves by pursuing an education. When a law like the California Dream Act is passed‚ it makes those who have done nothing but follow the rules of our legal system‚ feel as if the right as a legal citizen is being pushed
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Case: Mountain Man Brewing Company 1. What has made the Mountain Man Brewing Company successful? What is distinctive about MMBC’s product‚ customers and brand equity? Reasons why MMBC has been successful: * MMBC used their history and status as an independent family owned brewery to enhance the feeling of authenticity of their brand‚ which resonates with its core drinkers – blue collar‚ middle to low income men over the age of 45. * MMBC has very high brand awareness – in a recent
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As habitat fragmentation in southern California split land‚ the integrity of the land changes. Habitat fragments that each has a decrease in area will have an increase in the total perimeter distance collectively (Morrison et al.‚ 2006). This increased area around the habitat exposes more of the internal habitat to the elements‚ reduces the habitat buffer‚ and in turn creates less optimal habitat for species in the fragment (Morrison et al.‚ 2006). This process‚ called edge effect‚ decreases the
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An interstate bridge in the California desert collapsed recently as heavy rains scoured away the land the depleted bridge was anchored to.The bridge for years has been a major throughway between the cities of Los Angeles and Phoenix as many cars use the bridge to get to there destination.Which caused the collapse was ‚water hurrying through an ordinarily dry desert chasm disintegrating the area around the bridge‚ bringing about one side of the eastward interstate to fall and causing the closure
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California by Edan Lepucki is an okay dystopian/apocalyptic novel. It gets the elements right that it needs to succeed: its main characters (Frida and Cal)‚ the apocalyptic situation (a series of natural disasters)‚ and a promising start (the two need to survive in this world against the odds). Unfortunately‚ it falls short in other important areas. The other characters are pretty bland‚ the world isn’t very interesting (as apocalypses should be)‚ and the story fails to be engaging. Frida and Cal
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Hello have any of you thought through on how California is experiencing a serious drought and the state will be challenged to meet its water needs in the upcoming year? 2013 was the driest year in recorded history for many areas of California‚ and current conditions suggest no change is in sight for 2014.Water is always important in California‚ but this year no one in California can afford to waste any water. What is a Drought? If you say the word “drought‚” most people think hot‚ dry weather
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There have been many articles in which focus the issues and problems surrounding in the California education system. These articles focus on problems such as the importance of the parents’ involvement in their child’s education‚ the racial problems that children of colors are facing in the society and the school‚ and the budget deficit within the school district and their community. In addition‚ one or two class text is going to be used mainly focus on the relevance of teaching‚ parents being involved
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Karima Hilliard Ms. Leith English 111‚ Section 026 20 October 2012 Analysis of Supermarket in California Allen Ginsberg portrays alienation as a lonely walk to the supermarket. In the poem “A Supermarket in California” he displays this idea through the images of people in the supermarket‚ his use of the word “penumbras” and the use of the word “enumerations”. Allen Ginsberg is alienated thus causes him to use his imagination for company. In the poem Ginsberg states that there was whole families
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the Journal “Impacts of “three Strikes and You’re Out” on Crime Trends in California and Throughout the United States” shows that the Three Strikes law may not have such a large impact on the reduction of crime. In fact‚ the effects of this policy may not even come from the incarceration of third strikers‚ but from its deterrent effect. Statistics gathered in the years shortly after the law was implemented showed that California had a “20.2% total crime drop and the 13.8% decline in violent crime from
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