Just Like California is a song by the band‚ Old 97’s‚ a band created in the year‚ 1993. This song‚ on the album Too Far To Care‚ best represents me as a person because I don’t like to do things half-hearted. To me‚ the lyrics‚ “halfway there just wouldn’t be fair‚ so I’m going all the way tonight‚” mean that doing a half-hearted job of something wouldn’t be the right way to do it‚ so I’m going to do it all the way. I do a lot of things that require commitment‚ such as homework and sports. When
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In John Steinbeck’s “Chrysanthemums” he hauntingly weaves a tale of repression. He explores creative‚ sexual and feminine repression that are all felt poignantly by his main character Elisa Allen. Although Elisa is described as strong we learn that she appears to be quite the opposite and spends her days feeling vulnerable and frustrated. As the story opens Elisa is working in her flower garden‚ tending her beloved chrysanthemums. Elisa encounters an old man in a dilapidated spring wagon who comes
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“Hotel California” “Hotel California”‚ released in 1977‚ is a very famous and awarded song by the Eagles from the album with the same name. Band members‚ Glenn Frey‚ Don Henley‚ Bernie Leadon‚ Randy Meisner and Don Felder‚ were interviewed several times in order to enlighten the mysteries surrounding the lyrics of the song. Most conjectures coincide on the fact that Hotel California refers to the American Dream‚ its darkest side‚ excess‚ materialism and the loss of innocence‚ among others. We can
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| My Experience at the Oakland Museum of California | | Ma’Cherris Johnson | 3/13/2013 | | I experienced this wonderful space for the first time‚ as my fiancé [Calvin] and I chaperoned my eight year old sister [Amya] and my seven year old cousin [Ta’mari] on a Sunday afternoon. We went this first Sunday for Free First Sundays. It didn’t take very long to get tickets and start viewing everything the museum had to offer. We rode the BART from El Cerrito Del Norte (Richmond/Fremont
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population in California between 1769 and 1848. As well as discussing the historical origins‚ social organizations‚ material conditions‚ and world-view of the California Indians prior to 1769‚ this paper will explain the impact of New Spain’s Mission System on the Alta California Indian population between 1769 to 1821 and the response of its system by the Indians. Before the Americans and the Spanish there were many indigenous Indian tribes living and thriving with structure and culture in California. The
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Relations Between Ethnoecology and Ecosemiotics The kosmos/syntactics in Salinas Grandes is represented by people’s beliefs‚ the structure of nature‚ and its classification‚ as seen in Table 1 and Figure 1. All perceived signs‚ such as the occurrence of climatic events‚ soil characteristics‚ water quality‚ plants and animals‚ environments have a meaning in people’s life‚ as we have seen‚ and these meanings are set in the corpus/semantics. For example‚ grass scarcity and the animals’ sanity‚ act
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California Coastal Experience I am sure it happened as easily as this: We were sitting around the garage shooting the bull during a cold winter snap. Thoughts turned to motorcycle rides and things spring and summer. For once‚ it wasn’t me. Mrs. K was the one to mention going to California. We hadn’t taken a trip the summer before‚ and she said‚ “We ought to ride to California and take the PCH along the coast.” Probably‚ no one jumped up and started packing‚ but several certainly starting
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From January 24‚ 1848 to about 1851 the California Gold Rush changed California forever. The discovery of gold by James Marshal in a stream near Sutter’s Mill Fort sparked the beginning of this historic event. The results forever changed California. The towns‚ population‚ and economic changes before‚ during‚ and after the Gold Rush proves the impact of this historical event. Life before the Gold Rush in California was simple. San Francisco was a small and unused town with very little excitement
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When Lennie and George are walking along the Salinas River to get to the ranch‚ “Lennie’s lip quivered and tears started in his eyes. Aw‚ Lennie!’ George put his hand on Lennie’s shoulder. ‘I ain’t takin’ it away jus’ for meanness. That mouse ain’t fresh‚ Lennie; and besides‚ you’ve broke it pettin’
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however‚ is not true. You will hear testimony that he did indeed know the difference between right and wrong‚ life and death. Our two witnesses‚ Crooks and Candy will testify to this effect. When Lennie entered the barn on that ranch in the Salinas River Valley that beautiful autumn afternoon‚ he had no intention of killing anyone. He did not plan to hurt anyone‚ run away from a crime‚ or get in any kind of trouble. He went in the barn simply to be with his new puppy. When Lennie and Curley’s
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