Karen Rusli Rusli 1 HIST 338 Dr. Bryan Lamkin 24 May 2013 California During the Great Depression The 1930s was not the best time period for California‚ the U.S.‚ or the world. When the stock market crashed in 1929 in the United States‚ it set off the most severe economic depression in the Western world. On top of all of that‚ a severe drought hit the Southern and Midwestern plains in 1931 just two years after the stock market crashed. This became known as the Dust Bowl. In the Dust Bowl‚ crops
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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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2014 Drought of California Water is a life resource for everyone. A situation between a drought and our resources being in danger with shortages of water in the region‚ is something that should not be trifled with. The state of California plunged into its third year of being affected by a record breaking drought. (Global Risk Insight) The Sacramento region was in desperate need of water this winter‚ with the high record of 52 winter days without rain (Sacramento Bee: Weather Report). Generally
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products using a) Will’s old costing method; b) The new costing method. 1 1a) Based on Will’s old costing method (Volume Based Costing): • California Creamery has a budgeted manufacturing overhead of $600‚000 and a budgeted direct labour cost of $300‚000 • Overhead rate per direct labour cost => $600‚000/$300‚000 = $2 From Exhibit 2 CALIFORNIA CREAMERY‚ INC. Two Product Examples (2004 Data) Polynesian Fantasy • Direct labour $1.20/gallon Overhead assigned to: Vanilla $1.20/gallon
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very dry years‚ such as 2014 which was the third driest year on record. According to the California Department of Water Resources‚ “[a drought] can best be thought of as a condition of water shortage for a particular user in a location.” California has been experiencing water shortages for quite some time now. State Governor‚ Jerry Brown‚ declared a drought state of emergency on January 17‚ 2014 (California Drought). Since that time‚ the situation has only become worse as nobody is making a change
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provide minimum requirements within the generally accepted levels of safety‚ health and ecological considerations. Variations‚ however‚ are also possible as may be based on some specific regional‚ cultural and economic setting‚ e.g.‚ building materials‚ space requirement and usage. These minimum design standards encourage the use of duly accredited indigenous materials and technology such as innovative design and systems‚ modular systems and components among others. The parameters used in formulating these
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The Space and Time of Ulises In a socio-cultural context of global information technology‚ which is nonetheless full of dichotomies‚ young artists are making efforts to better understand the relationships between real/virtual everyday experience and the historical context of an organised global network operative since the 1960s that has irreversibly fertilised ideas and initiatives. In this they are not alone. A parallel can be seen in the growing contingent of historians and theorists engaged
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California High Speed Rail Michael Kimbrell English 1 Ms. Irwin August 21‚ 2011 California High Speed Rail Looking at the California high speed rail project truly has shocked the public and makes them wonder if this is a great plan for California’s environment. “The current plan will connect San Francisco with Los Angeles cutting a six hour car ride down to two hours and forty minutes”(Souza‚ 2011). The train running through Kings County will take out many dairies and cut even more in
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pitchers in the minds of most. In California‚ if you are familiar with the legal system‚ “three strikes‚ you’re out” will likely give you a vision of thousands of inmates dressed in orange‚ sleeping on bunk beds inside overcrowded gyms. In November 1994‚ California legislators and voters made a major change to the California sentencing laws with Proposition 184. This proposition better known as the “3 Strikes Law” has long been a controversial topic in California. It has spurred debates as to whether
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California teenagers continue to have rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STI) that would be considered a crisis in many countries. In fact‚ teen birth rates for California are higher than those for every other Western democracy in the world.1 This raises the question of whether the state’s public schools are adequately educating young people about their sexual health. High schools and middle schools need to teach younger students to prevent any type of diseases or
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