very dry years‚ such as 2014 which was the third driest year on record. According to the California Department of Water Resources‚ “[a drought] can best be thought of as a condition of water shortage for a particular user in a location.” California has been experiencing water shortages for quite some time now. State Governor‚ Jerry Brown‚ declared a drought state of emergency on January 17‚ 2014 (California Drought). Since that time‚ the situation has only become worse as nobody is making a change
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California High Speed Rail Michael Kimbrell English 1 Ms. Irwin August 21‚ 2011 California High Speed Rail Looking at the California high speed rail project truly has shocked the public and makes them wonder if this is a great plan for California’s environment. “The current plan will connect San Francisco with Los Angeles cutting a six hour car ride down to two hours and forty minutes”(Souza‚ 2011). The train running through Kings County will take out many dairies and cut even more in
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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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The California Gold Rush Research Paper There are few events that inspire mass movement the way the prospect of wealth does. The California Gold Rush was a mass movement sparked by the spontaneous discovery of gold nuggets at Sutter’s Mill. The news of communal gold caused men and women nationwide to flock to the West Coast. Different ethnicities‚ religions‚ and social classes were drawn to the prospect of becoming successful in California. Though mining skills were not hard to develop‚ the work
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pitchers in the minds of most. In California‚ if you are familiar with the legal system‚ “three strikes‚ you’re out” will likely give you a vision of thousands of inmates dressed in orange‚ sleeping on bunk beds inside overcrowded gyms. In November 1994‚ California legislators and voters made a major change to the California sentencing laws with Proposition 184. This proposition better known as the “3 Strikes Law” has long been a controversial topic in California. It has spurred debates as to whether
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California teenagers continue to have rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STI) that would be considered a crisis in many countries. In fact‚ teen birth rates for California are higher than those for every other Western democracy in the world.1 This raises the question of whether the state’s public schools are adequately educating young people about their sexual health. High schools and middle schools need to teach younger students to prevent any type of diseases or
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1990 census figures to 33‚871‚648 people. California adds over 550‚000 people annually‚ which is roughly equivalent to adding the entire population of the state of Vermont every year. Why is California so over populated and what are the potential long-term effects of this overcrowding? First of all‚ let’s look at some of the reasons why California is so overcrowded. Probably the single biggest reason people live in California is the weather. California is‚ meteorologically speaking‚ a very desirable
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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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Water is essential for life and for California the future isn’t bright. The current water drought in California has been inclining within every day. Understanding a water drought is when we can not supply the demand necessary providing water. There are many causes that lead to drought. With all of that comes consequences and problems in which effects the state and world within. There are ways in which we can better the current situation but it includes all the citizens to put in effort on bettering
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Hanoof AlMusaiteer 428201654 Dr. Haifa AlFaisal ENG. 461 4 April 2013 New Historicism Analysis Approach Hotel California by the American rock band‚ the Eagles was and still a hit song since it was first released back in 1977. This song won the 1977 Grammy Award for record of the year and has become perhaps the band’s quintessential song. Hotel California was written by three of the band members Glenn Frey who was born in the 6th of November 1948 in a middle class family who cared to shape
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