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    California has been at an ongoing war with its self for many years on water regulations for several years. California has been in a drought for about 8 years and the state is starting to regulate water but the people have a different idea. If California decides to keeps these strict water regulations there economy will suffer. Water regulations will make the economy suffer because the amount of jobs farmers provide would shrink horrendously. Pete Belluomini the vice-president of Farming for

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    This week’s lecture focused on issues that arose due to the California Gold Rush. Peggy O’Day explained that during this time many people were pouring into California with the hope of gaining wealth through the mining of gold. The state greatly encouraged mining because it soon became the basis for their economy. Therefore‚ California passed many mining laws‚ such as one that gave hydraulic miners rights as prospectors. Hydraulic mining uses high-pressure water to move rock materials in order to

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    California Pizza Kitchen Case California Pizza Kitchen has been operating since 1985 predominantly in California. As of June 2007‚ they had 213 retail locations in the US and abroad. Analysts have put estimates on the potential of 500 full service locations. CPK ’s strategy includes the opening of 16 to 18 new locations this year including the closing of one location. In the second quarter of 2007‚ revenue increased 16% while comparable restaurant sales grew by 5%. Performing comparatively well against

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    California is home to many great landmarks and tourist attractions‚ Disneyland‚ Universal Studios‚ many great sports teams like the Lakers and The 49ers‚ the Golden Gate bridge‚ and Alcatraz. However‚ one of the biggest states in the country is in danger of mass destruction from a huge crack in the ground called the San Andreas Fault. What is the science behind this fault? why should people fear it? and what could be the result of another devastating earthquake? The San Andreas Fault is a place

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    How Does California Exist

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    California is the most populous state in the United States. California is a state next to the Pacific Ocean in the south west of the USA. California is famous for its long beaches‚ thong bikinis‚ gangs and graffiti‚ it has California pizza‚ sunshine‚ movie stars‚ Hollywood‚ wine and movie stars. However‚ how do we know‚ that that all exist? The answer is not very easy. Everyone of us knows something about California. Maybe he has heard of California on the radio‚ has watched films about it on TV

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    Kevin Rohde Professor Calvo Music 122 06 November 2012 Orange County’s Own Wave of Ska Throughout history‚ many musical cultures have affected others. Whether it be by new governmental forces coming into power‚ or through migrations of populations into a different areas‚ music travels just as well as the humans that produce it do. In the mid 1990 ’s‚ the relaxed beach towns of Orange County rose to be one of the major hotspots of the 3rd wave Ska generation in the United States‚ being the hometown

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    California and other stated that have considerable drought need to promote reasonable water use. The PPIC recommends changes in the following areas: (1) reduce urban landscape irrigation; (2) improve conservation pricing in cities; (3) strengthen water markets; (4) diversify urban supplies; (5) manage groundwater; and (6) prevent waste and unreasonable use (PPIC 2016‚ 6). As stated earlier‚ the PPIC recommend the modernization of environmental drought management. State and federal wildlife agencies

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    Ban on Underwater Dredging in California Steven R. Neubauer BIS/275 Ban on Underwater Dredging in California This great state of California was founded as a result of the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in January 1848. The modern day prospector is under attack by various environmentalist groups that have declared war on suction dredges. A suction dredge is a mechanical underwater vacuum cleaner that sucks up gravel‚ sand from the bottom of river ways‚ and passes these items through

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    A California wildfire killed one person and destroyed more homes on September 19th. A fire started Saturday in California’s Carmel Valley. Two communities are under evacuation. “So far the fire has burned 1‚200 acres and only 10% of it is contained‚ according to the state wildfire fighting agency‚ CalFire‚” This weekend another fatality occurred due to the fires in California and another ten homes burned. Three other deaths have occurred this summer due to the large multitude of the wildfires. “The

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    The case Miller v. California (1973) was determined by the Supreme Court‚ which redefined the meaning of obscenity. The word obscene is hard to define and could be seen as “You will know it when you see it.” The Miller case determined if something was obscene‚ the average person‚ applying the standards must find the entire work‚ as obscene‚ the work depicts offensive sexual conduct defined by state law‚ and that the work as a whole lacks literary‚ artistic‚ political‚ or scientific value. Marvin

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