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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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    California Water Drought The State of California is in its worst water drought to date‚ many are affected by the water shortage including farm crops‚ and small cities. The management of the states water resources are not up to standards; however; their efforts of water conservation are improving. The state of California has issued state-wide regulations for water use‚ but many cities are taking it a step further. The City of Fresno is in a stage two storage contingency plan‚ which regulates outdoor

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    Katie Waddle English 12‚ 3 Mr. Decker April 5‚ 2013 "A Supermarket in California" by Alan Ginsberg addresses Walt Whitman‚ who as it becomes evident throughout the poem‚ is Alan Ginsberg’s poetic hero. Ginsberg looked up to Whitman for many reasons. Ginsberg was a bisexual or homosexual Jewish man‚ and Whitman was also thought to have been bisexual or homosexual. Ginsberg portrays Whitman’s style and his legacy of writing by continuing Whitman’s poetic assault to industrialized society and

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    California is in a drought and farmers believe our only option is to take water from under the ground. But‚ groundwater depletion is causing a lot of bad things to happen. It is making the layer of clay above collapse‚ when the clay collapses the dirt above gives way and sinks. This sinking causes sinkholes and is very dangerous. The sinking also damages pipes‚ buckles walls of irrigation canals‚ and cracks homes. Although the sinking is already a big enough threat the water in general could

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    CALIFORNIA HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME: The walk of fame is located in Hollywood‚ California. This was created by: M. Stuart‚ who served in 1953 as the volunteer president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The 4 categories to be in you could be involved in to get star: motion picture‚ television‚ recording and radio Made of pink terrazzo and brass- are the stars To get nominated to the Walk of Fame the sponsor of that person who wants to get the star must fill an application out for him or her

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    separation of California. It is important to recognize the situation of people and environment as a whole in order to overview the driving forces and comprehend the barriers that Oxy faced to implement the mentioned change. Senior management foresaw the future of the company as a two separate companies by allocating the experienced personal and focusing in the area of expertise by building trust and commitment as a crucial adaptation for change (Mullins 2010). Oxy was founded in 1920 in California and the

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    California Dream Essay

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    In "California: A People‚ a Place‚ a Dream‚" James J. Rawls states that the California dream is a dialect in which a synthesis or new dream is formed from a paradox and promise. These two things are joined together to form the new dream. The promise for a better life and the paradoxes of expectation‚ growth‚ and plenty are at the center of the dream. The dialectic helps the paradoxes‚ a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory; find a resolution by creating a new dream that has the

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