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    My California Reality California is best known as the sunshine state‚ although most people would disagree with this statement. Most people dream of coming here to visit. I was lucky enough to be born and raised here in California. The beaches and the lakes are just the beginning of California; there are so much other things that California has to offer. For example my home town is known for their many dairies‚ which produces cheese for a major cheese plant. There are a couple of things that California

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    I- SUMMARY The state of California for a long time has been facing enormous problems due to the growing number of people with mental health issues. Almost every family is touched by the issue of mental health. In California‚ either someone from the family suffers from mental health issues‚ or someone very close to family does. The state of California therefore has to overcome tremendous spending to bear with the consequences of this growing number of mental health issues. As a result‚ the state

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    Mission Australia is a non-denominational Christian charity that help individuals to find safe and affordable housing‚ support disadvantaged children and families‚ empower troubled youth‚ assist people with mental illness and disability and much more. The majority of services delivered by the organisation is government funded where other services are relied on partners and the public. The goal of this charity is to reduce homelessness and strengthen communities across Australia through the inspiration

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    Hugo Orosco Mr. Gomez SSCI-110 4 April 2010 “The Wonderful Carmel Mission” Driving down Highway one on a weekend vacation‚ my wife and I arrive at a little town by the name of Carmel. We decide to stop and drive around this beautiful town. We stop at the beach for a while and enjoy the beautiful day. After enjoying the day we leave the beach and drive a different way than when we came in to the town earlier that day; we get lost. As we are trying to get back to Highway one we turn on Rio Road

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    California River Report The Colorado River has been become the main source of fresh water to the south west. It is what has turned the desert of the south west into a fertile farming area. It has brought life to Nevada and California when before it was impossible. The Colorado River is now being over utilized and if there were some unseen disaster this would put millions of people out of fresh water. They use the River as a plumbing system meaning that they channel the water and divert it all

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    California Shoshone are a Native American tribe that lived in central California‚ along the eastern border‚ at the base of the Sierra Nevadas. Their location dictated their lifestyle. Their houses were made in a cone shape using slabs of bark or brush. They also had sweathouses that they used to keep their skin clean. The main foods of the California Shoshone were pine nuts. They occasionally hunted buffalo‚ but relied more on salmon fishing‚ deer‚ and small game. as well as roots gathered by

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    2.2. California context in 1821 Mexico won their independence‚ that meant that they had instant command of California‚ by they only started to exert control in 1825. José María de Echeandía was the name of the new governor‚ representing the republicans he liberated the mestizo to the frontier. But that does not meant that United States ( California ) was happy with it‚ actually they had a lot of ambition on getting back their territory. The spanish and their culture did not last a lot at

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    Okay my current event is on the california bullet train. This train will go from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The state senate just recently gave 8 billion dollars for the first part of the 130 miles of track and also a couple other local transit upgrades. It was a tough win for democratic leaders because they got the bare minimum of 21 votes which were all democratic votes. This was a victory for Governor Jerry Brown and the Obama administration who have been pushing for this. It would also be

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    The Mission Chapel

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    May 15‚ 2012 La Purisima A.) The mission chapel is beautiful. The beauty of this chapel can compare to the Santa Barbara one. They both are bright in color. When in the chapels I get a warm feeling. Old artwork. Kind of built like an ancient style building. Candles light up the room. B.) The natives daily duties consisted of mixing mud with straws to make adobe bricks to build. The Spanish soldiers lived a more foreign like lifestyle because the mission and their teachings were rather new to

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    The California Gold Rush

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    con Cánada y Estados Unidos Julia M. Essay: The California Gold Rush Until 1849‚ California always used to be a sleepy‚ little-known backwater. However‚ with the California Gold Rush suddenly everything changed. The city‚ people‚ culture‚ infrastructure as well as the economy. In no time the California Gold Rush transformed the isolated island of tranquility to an unruly emporium of business and bedlam. When we think about the California Gold Rush today‚ many of us only know about the good

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