About the author (2006) Gary Soto was born April 12‚ 1952‚ and raised in Fresno California. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and attended Fresno City College‚ graduating in 1974 with an English degree. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines‚ including The Nation‚ Plouqhshares‚ The Iowa Review‚ Ontario Review and Poetry‚ which has honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award and by featuring him in Poets in Person. He is one of the youngest poets to appear in The
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The San Andreas Fault is a major fracture of the Earth’s crust on the western coast of North America. The fault trends northwestward for more than 800 miles from the northern end of the Gulf of California through western California‚ passing seaward into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of San Francisco. Tectonic movement along the fault has been associated with occasional large earthquakes originating near the surface along its path‚ including a disastrous quake in San Francisco in 1906‚ a less
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Mexican-American Culture and Mental Illness in the Inland Empire The area of California known as the Inland Empire‚ is comprised of Riverside‚ Ontario‚ and San Bernadino Counties‚ and is home to one of the largest‚ most concentrated populations of Mexican-Americans in the United States. As a result‚ the area has its own culture‚ its own style of music‚ dancing‚ art‚ and celebration. Ultimately‚ the culture of the Inland Empire is an American translation of cultural traditions that immigrants
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The first rail line in the United States is set to be built in California (the most populous state.) In 2008 residents of the state voted for the nation’s first bullet train to be built. Since the building of the train got approved there has been many questions regarding the cost‚ the route and the disadvantages of the train. The residents in California are aware that the train will help the state in many ways‚ but also bring some problems. Many people will benefit from this project‚ but there are
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opening of the San Francisco bay into the Pacific Ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937‚ and has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco‚ California‚ and of the United States‚ San Francisco’s city engineer estimated the cost at $100 million‚ impractical for the time‚ and fielded the question to bridge engineers of whether it could be built for less. One who responded‚ Joseph Strauss‚ was ambitious
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2008 IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM: ENVIRONMENT‚ DISASTER AND RACE AFTER KATRINA‚ Pastor‚ M.‚ R. Bullard‚ J. Boyce‚ A. Fothergill‚ R. Morello-Frosch‚ and B. Wright.‚ 2006 ESTIMATING RISK TO CALIFORNIA ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FROM PROJECTED CLIMATE CHANGE THE IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON THE CALIFORNIA COAST. California Climate Change Center‚ 2009 BAYLANDS ECOSYSTEM – HABITATS AND GOALS‚ the San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project‚ March 1999 [ 8 ]. Sathaye et al. (2012) [ 9 ] [ 11 ]. New
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The Twin Tunnels‚ proposed by the Governor of California jerry Brown‚ are two tunnels that would run from the delta to Southern California. The project would make two tunnels‚ each about 20-40 feet in wide and around 35 miles long‚ that would be 150 feet beneath the Delta. The Twin Tunnels will be extremely expensive especially to taxpayers and very destructive to the Delta’s ecosystems. Much of California opposes them. The goal of the Twin Tunnels is to divert water from the Sacramento
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These two issues of oil and water have figured largely in California history‚ since they have been the main reason for landgrabs such as what we see in The Ford. The Ford makes us root for the farmers and want them to organize against their landlord and the corporate interests that are attacking California’s natural resources. It is a book in support of nature and rural farmers‚
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recommends courses that focus on business law‚ management‚ economics‚ finance‚ or accounting to be the most relevant courses in the field. Some universities offer business concentrations for entertainment management‚ such as California State University of Fullerton‚ and University of California‚ Los Angeles. The concentrations typically possess core courses‚ such as Entertainment Money Management‚ Entertainment Business‚ Entertainment Law‚ Entertainment Operations‚ and Tourism Management (Fraser & Tarantino
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Algeria ‚ Armenia ‚ Azerbaijan ‚ Iran ‚ India ‚ Pakistan ‚ Syria ‚ Turkey ‚ the drier parts of southeast Asia ‚ Peninsular Malaysia ‚ the East Indies ‚ and tropical Africa . Introduced into Latin America and California by Spanish settlers in 1769‚ pomegranate is now cultivated in parts of California and Arizona for juice production. Pomegranate is a colorful fruit that is gaining attention from food manufacturers. According to Productscan Online‚ 190 new pomegranate-flavored foods and beverages were
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