For thousands of years‚ Native Indians called the California coast home. Despite the vast varieties of tribes and bands‚ they adapted well to the region and lived peaceful lives. However‚ that changed with the arrival of the Spanish‚ who held an air or superiority over the Indigenous people. With drastically different cultural and social beliefs‚ as well as customs‚ the Spanish held a contempt over the Native population. Prior to the Spanish arrival the estimated native population was in the millions
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The California English Language Development Test‚ better known as CELDT is a language proficiency test developed for the California Department of Education (http://www.colorincolorado.org/glossary) .The CELDT is administered as an initial assessment to newly enrolled students from grades k-12 whose primary or home language is not English. This is indicated by the student’s Home Language Survey or if the child has no prior record of English Language Testing. The CELDT tests the areas of listening
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this case study is to describe and analyse the features of the management control system (MCS) of University of Southern California (USC). Before commencing the analysis a brief background of USC is provided. The USC‚ located in Los Angeles‚ was established in 1880 as a private research institution. The university’s academic and administrative programs are led by the president’s cabinet‚ which is comprised of a provost and senior vice president for academic affairs‚
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In the article written by Benjamin Madley on the California Yuki Indians‚ he talks about how a mass population of the Yuki Indians in 1854 and was rapidly banished due to a war by the Missourians. Madley further emphasise on how the declined population of the Yuki tribe was so destructive. And how a vast majority on California’s natives were soon disappearing as he refers the article to “Defining Genocide in American History”. He uses many detailed examples to further argue his article. By using
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It was nearly sunset and I was relaxing along the soothing beach in Capitola‚ California. My brother and sister were assembling sand and shells to make a colossal sand city while my parents were in two chairs chatting. As I was ambling down the oceanfront my feet would feel the chilly waves and I could sense the gentle wind blowing my way. I was reminiscing about the exciting activities previously that day‚ including swimming through the waves‚ body surfing‚ and passing around a volleyball with my
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“Badly Burned” I fly out to Southern California every summer to visit my mom who currently lives there. I always get beyond ecstatic to travel on a plane and return to my large escape from a small town world. We always do more than enough fun and exciting things when I’m out there. We’ve traveled to Hollywood‚ Universal Studios‚ the San Diego Zoo‚ and many more exciting places full of adventure and experience. Although all of those tourist attractions are fun to visit‚ there is one destination that
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have to defend your principles regardless of how they are seen. I have lost contact with them due to the circumstances that they are in‚ I wish I could tell them how I really feel‚ how I am writing a college application to the best universities in California‚ how through experience I have learned to appreciate the actual community where I am present. In 2009‚ a tedious legal process of guardianship had the some regulations met that qualified me to go live with my legal mother; my surroundings were
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Water is an essential factor for survival for all species and the number one ingredient to sustain life‚ without water nothing would survive. As Californians already know – or should know by now – California is in a severe drought as of 2012 and has been in a drought for the past 100 years and so on. California has a “Mediterranean” climate where it has a concentrated rainy season followed by a long dry season. For the fourth year in a row the rainy period has not begun‚ and as Griffin and Anchukaitis
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Medical marijuana: and Its positive and negative effects on California and Its government. Marijuana has been in use for thousands of years. The first known reference dates all the way back to China in 2900 b.c. It was “noted as a very popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang.” From then on till the 1960’s marijuana was used in almost every culture to help cure peoples ailments. Medical marijuana is now illegal in many countries. Medical cannabis has many benefits‚ but it also has many
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piece of metal changed the course of history. Sadly‚ the California tragic side of the Gold Rush left nothing but destruction‚ even though a little bit of prosperity came from this time‚ greed‚ death and much more terror. The news of gold in California spread like fire‚ once men across the nation heard of making a fortune‚ they left their families‚ jobs and old life to make the hard trek. Most men who even could afford the trip to California were exposed to new smells‚ sounds‚ tastes‚ and of course
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