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    California‚ population (total 37‚ 691‚912) For many years‚ Southern California was America’s “Promised Land”‚ an ideal fuelled by the warm sunshine‚ golden beaches‚ and the mystery‚ glamour and romance of the film industry. Now it seems that the state is cursed by natural disasters‚ and Los Angeles‚ with its 13 million inhabitants‚ has become known as ‘hazard city’. The summary diagram has explained the interrelationships between the hazards which threaten Los Angeles‚ but it is necessary to

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    Riley v. California

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    Angela jackson Ap government 9 September 2014 Riley v. California In the case of Riley v California the defendant and petitioner David Leon Riley was arrested August 22‚ 2009‚ after a traffic stop which resulted in the finding of loaded guns in car. The officer stopped riley searched him and took hold of his phone and then searched through messages‚ contacts‚ and photos. The officer charged Riley with an unrelated shooting that had taken place

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    Miller v. California

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    Professor Ballone 14 February 2014 Obscenity in Miller v. California Today in our criminal justice system there exists a policy known as “The Miller Test”. The purpose of this test is to determine whether or not a given substance is obscene or not. It is a test that is frequently used today by police‚ and its significance is clearly obvious. The “Miller Test” is a direct result from the outcome of the U.S Supreme Court decision‚ Miller v. California. In this case‚ a local business owner who specialized

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    Sexy Spending in California

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    Sexy Spending In California Is The Most Expensive Prison System In The U.S Truly Working? I am writing about the prison system in California. I am going to investigate how California became a state that spends the most money on prisons in the United States. I also am going to research if our prisons are the most effective. I will also be comparing our system with other prison systems from around the world. I am going to take an in depth look at where all the money is spent relating to the prison

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    California Water Shortage

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    California’s Water Shortage Currently California is facing a water shortage. The issue has been addressed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in February. He called for all state agencies to find the way to help in the statewide water shortage. This is California’s third consecutive year of drought and last spring and summer was the worst of the season because it had the lowest amount of water recorded and California’s reservoirs were at their lowest point as well which did not help in the water

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    current residents or California took over a vast majority of California was once blanketed by towering trees and they seemed to be endless from what most people saw. But as most of us Californians see it now we have cut down a majority of trees and instead of the natural trees we once had covering California we have replaced them with concrete trees‚ and these trees are all the skyscrapers‚ business‚ stores‚ and homes. This is a growing problem since the population in California seems to keep getting

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    heard this statement most people worldwide can tell you the same. Nowhere in the country is this more obvious than in the state of California‚ the nation’s most diverse state. It should be no surprise to most people that Japanese immigrants have a long history in California due to their visible presence there. My argument is that the Japanese are an integral part of California and also our country and have been instrumental in its development. During the 19th and 20th century‚ the Japanese made up one

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    California History Vocabulary July 1769: Spanish Gov. chose to settle in California in San Diego 1542 official welcoming for Spanish to California October 12‚1492: Columbus’ expedition to find treasure for queen Isabella 1517 Spanish created civilization where the Native Americans were 1519 Cortez comes to shore at the FIRST Spanish city Vera Cruz Aztec- Montezuma was the god there at the time Cortes came to America -Montezuma sent 13‚000 pounds of gold to Cortes to leave his land.

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    As many people know‚ California has been experienced drought for more than 5 years. However‚ most of people don’t realize California drought is a big environment disaster. The drought affects the agriculture directly‚ so that a lot of famers experience the loss of their products. According to the BBC news‚ California drought has already made more than 50‚000 people turn into unemployment‚ and the California drought also cause the economic loss accumulated to 2 billion Dollars. Other than that‚ the

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    California Standard Test

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    2008 2003 2008 2003 2004 2006 2005 2008 2007 2003 2005 2006 2008 2005 2007 2004 2008 2005 2003 2003 2006 2007 — 27 — This is a sample of California Standards Test questions. This is NOT an operational test form. Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2009 California Department of Education. C A L I F O R N I A S TA N DA R D S T E S T Chemistry Released Test Questions Question Number 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

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