principle place of business in California. Mary a proprietor of a small business in Vermont specializes in the manufacture and sale of ski equipment. She signs a contract with Froogle‚ Inc. that allows Mary’s business to advertise on Froogle’s internet search engine. Froogle Inc. complains that Mary has violated the agreement between the parties Froogle Inc. files a lawsuit against Mary in Superior Court for the County of Monterey in Salinas‚ California. Mary claims that California court has no jurisdiction
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The California Dream There are multiple interpretations and visions of the California Dream‚ each with their own variations and ideals that suit the individual. The dust bowl era brought numerous Southwestern migrants to California in search of their dream of prosperity as well as opportunity‚ while white middle class families saw their California Dream as living in harmony and peace in suburbia‚ in their modest homes‚ with manicured yards. The books American Exodus by James Gregory and Holy Land
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In Hurtado’s Intimate Frontiers‚ the author argues that‚ by the late 1800s‚ an Anglo-American presence in California had dominated the region‚ and Anglos in that territory had risen to the top of the social hierarchy. There were many draws to California for the migrating Anglos‚ and numerous reasons for braving the often dangerous journey‚ just as the means of establishing an “Anglo hegemony” were numerous as well. Hurtado analyzes the period through the lens of gender-relations and sex‚ and through
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According to Morgan (1964) he led the first overland party from the east to California and was the first to cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains going east. He discovered South Pass from the east and was the first to bring wagons through it to the west encouraging the Oregon Trail wagons to follow his exploit. [pic] Smith covered southern route
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many years people always called southern California Americas Promised Land because of its beautiful weather‚ beaches and its film industry. Now with 13 million habitants it’s been looked at as hazard city. “Not only does the San Andreas Fault‚ marking the conservative margin between the Pacific and North American plates‚ cross Southern California‚ but LA was built across a myriad of transform faults” ("Case Study For Multiple Hazards; Los Angeles‚ California‚ Usa."‚ 1999). These include the Santa Monica
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amazing beauty of glaciers‚ mountain ranges‚ sequoia trees‚ and the granite. Yosemite is located in the west coast of the United States and in the east of California near Sierra Nevada. West of the park are the major cities of San Francisco and Sacramento‚ California. Southeast of the park is Las Vegas‚ Nevada. South of the park is Los Angeles‚ California. Yosemite National Park is famed for its giant‚ ancient sequoia trees‚ tunnel view‚ the iconic vista of towering Bridalveil fall and the granite cliffs
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Driving a car and obtaining a valid driver ’s license is something every teenager longs for. Their parents are the ones who decide whether or not they are responsible enough to own one because owning a driver ’s license is a privilege‚ not a right. Unfortunately‚ illegal immigrants feel that obtaining a driver ’s license should be their right for working in the United States illegally and that each member of their family should own a car as well. There are already 8.7 to 12 million illegal immigrants
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About the author (2006) Gary Soto was born April 12‚ 1952‚ and raised in Fresno California. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and attended Fresno City College‚ graduating in 1974 with an English degree. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines‚ including The Nation‚ Plouqhshares‚ The Iowa Review‚ Ontario Review and Poetry‚ which has honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award and by featuring him in Poets in Person. He is one of the youngest poets to appear in The
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The San Andreas Fault is a major fracture of the Earth’s crust on the western coast of North America. The fault trends northwestward for more than 800 miles from the northern end of the Gulf of California through western California‚ passing seaward into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of San Francisco. Tectonic movement along the fault has been associated with occasional large earthquakes originating near the surface along its path‚ including a disastrous quake in San Francisco in 1906‚ a less
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Mexican-American Culture and Mental Illness in the Inland Empire The area of California known as the Inland Empire‚ is comprised of Riverside‚ Ontario‚ and San Bernadino Counties‚ and is home to one of the largest‚ most concentrated populations of Mexican-Americans in the United States. As a result‚ the area has its own culture‚ its own style of music‚ dancing‚ art‚ and celebration. Ultimately‚ the culture of the Inland Empire is an American translation of cultural traditions that immigrants
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