While both the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake of Northern California‚ and the 2010 earthquake that devastated Port au Prince‚ and surrounding areas in Haiti‚ were very similar in magnitude (6.9 California‚ and 7.0 in Haiti)‚ there is great contrast in the number of lives lost due to these natural disasters‚ with 63 dead in Santa Cruz county‚ and an estimated 220‚000 lives lost in Haiti. From a geographical standpoint‚ the town of Léogâne was at the epicenter‚ of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake‚ the United Nations
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destroys hurricanes‚ tornados‚ tropical storms‚ and earthquakes. The great state of California is no stranger to its part of natural destroyers. Many cities in the state have had its share having earthquakes. Earthquakes are produced by abrupt motion along a fault when friction that resists such motion is overcome by stress. Cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles have been known to have earthquake as well. California sits along the San Andreas Fault and there is more than just this one that has
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RESOURCES CALIFORNIA has various natural resources today i’m gonna explain their use and importance on the state of california.WATER is the most important of california resources . One of state’s greatest assets and its greatest problem. Indians and missions and early settlers located near water since it does not fall from sky on regular basis like out east. Now we irrigate over 8 million acres of land & support some of world’s largest urban complexes in an arid climate. California. normally has
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all make LTL shipments to Roanoke on a daily basis. It typically takes 6 days for the LTL shipments to go from Roanoke to California and vice versa. Crouse Hinds also ships 3‚200 LTL shipments annually to California distributors from Roanoke. The LTL shipments come with a considerable amount of variability‚ and often take longer than 6 days to ship from Virginia to California. From this variability comes uncertainty‚ which caused Thorpe to have a high holding cost of 24% in the Roanoke‚ Virginia
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The Golden Gate Bridge (California) The Golden Gate Bridge was named one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World" by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 1937 to connect the city of San Francisco to Marin County across the Golden Gate Strait. Chicago (Illinois) Welcome to Chicago‚ America’s third largest city and one of its best tourist destinations! Chicago’s skyline is quite impressive. Indeed‚ the city is famous for its architecture. Atlantic
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Los Angeles‚ the largest city in California‚ was founded in 1781 and plays an important role in building the great‚ famous state of California. Many of the things that are associated with the idea of California are centered in Los Angeles. In some ways‚ Los Angeles is California. Los Angeles is an awesome city and one of the best places in the world to live. Despite the traffic which consumes hours of an Angelino’s daily life‚ it is an amazing place. When we talk about Los Angeles‚ we must start
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Chronicle. His first published essay appeared in the Philippine Graphic and his first poem in Poetry in 1934. A Rockefeller Foundation fellowship‚ awarded to Gonzalez in 1948‚ allowed the aspiring author to travel to Stanford University in Palo Alto‚ California and Columbia University in New York City. While at Stanford‚ Gonzalez attended lectures and classes from many prominent writers‚ Wallace Stegner and Katherine Anne Porter amongst them. After Gonzalez returned to the Philippines in 1950‚ he began
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Steve Martin. Steve Martin was born in Texas on 1945‚ but lived most of his life in California. Steve Martin is a comedian and acts in comedy movies‚ such as “Cheaper by the Dozen”‚ “The Pink Panther”‚ and many more films. Steve Martin attended California State University majoring in Philosophy and then attending at UCLA to major in theater. 2. The selection first appeared in Steve Martin’s rose garden in California. This publication is about Steve Martin sharing that writing is easy to him and explains
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making my major water source the Tuolumne River. As a farmer‚ many of you may not realize that my crops feed people all over the state of California. On our behalf‚ if the Raker Act is signed into a law‚ a big portion of the water will be diverted to the city of San Francisco‚ creating multiple reasons affecting us‚ the farmers‚ but also the people of California as well. The farmers of San Joaquin Valley need approximately 257‚000 acres of farmland‚ which means we need about 3‚600 acre-feet of water
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Administration Program Internship took place at California Common Cause. I began as a volunteer in February of 2006‚ which quickly turned into an internship‚ followed by a fellowship. I have now been working at California Common Cause as its Northern California Organizer since January 2007. California Common Cause is a non-profit‚ non-partisan citizens’ lobby organization working to hold public officials and public institutions accountable to the people. California Common Cause’s current focuses include
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