| | | Front Page | | World | | UK | | UK Politics | | Business | | Sci/Tech | | Health | | Education | | Sport | | Entertainment | | Talking Point | | | | | On Air Feedback Low Graphics Help | | | | | Thursday‚ January 29‚ 1998 Published at 19:05 GMT World The life and death of Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: 1869 - 1948 | | Eyewitness account of Gandhi’s assassination by Robert Stimson for the BBC on Jan 30‚ 1948 (3’15")
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California River Report The Colorado River has been become the main source of fresh water to the south west. It is what has turned the desert of the south west into a fertile farming area. It has brought life to Nevada and California when before it was impossible. The Colorado River is now being over utilized and if there were some unseen disaster this would put millions of people out of fresh water. They use the River as a plumbing system meaning that they channel the water and divert it all
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America’s population made a huge shift and people scattered west in the year of 1848. Why? The California gold rush was responsible for the population change. James Marshall was the person who found the pea-sized nugget of gold‚ which started the rush. In the January of 1848 he was walking along the banks of the American River and he found the chunk. He tried smashing it between two rocks‚ for he knew gold would dent but not break. The nugget didn’t break‚ but it did dent. This was not a test that
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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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California Shoshone are a Native American tribe that lived in central California‚ along the eastern border‚ at the base of the Sierra Nevadas. Their location dictated their lifestyle. Their houses were made in a cone shape using slabs of bark or brush. They also had sweathouses that they used to keep their skin clean. The main foods of the California Shoshone were pine nuts. They occasionally hunted buffalo‚ but relied more on salmon fishing‚ deer‚ and small game. as well as roots gathered by
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was arrested on weapon charges. The Riley v. California case was argued April 29‚ 2014 and decided on June 25‚ 2014.The main issue in this case was how the police officer searched his phone without a warrant then arrested him and if this action violated the fourth amendment. The fourth amendment clearly states that “The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures…”.
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that contribute to both the expansion and development of the United States is the California gold rush. Before the gold rush‚ California was mostly unfamiliar to the rest of the United States. When gold was discovered in 1849‚ mostly men left their homes and started traveling across the country to discover the newfound riches. New towns began to pop up along the routes that travelers were taking to get to California. Populations growths were abundant in the new areas of the United States were there
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2.2. California context in 1821 Mexico won their independence‚ that meant that they had instant command of California‚ by they only started to exert control in 1825. José María de Echeandía was the name of the new governor‚ representing the republicans he liberated the mestizo to the frontier. But that does not meant that United States ( California ) was happy with it‚ actually they had a lot of ambition on getting back their territory. The spanish and their culture did not last a lot at
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Migrant mother‚ Nipomo‚ California 1936 is a great picture captured by Dorothea Lange. The picture in black & white and the woman about like thirty years old with her three children. Black & white is showing countless artwork and showing past phase. The woman with her three children; the two children with both arms by turned their face showing they are starved. Other children on her lap it is a baby and he/she do not know about anything. The mother looks tense and waiting for somebody such as happiness
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Partly because of the most congested urban areas Californian has one of the worst air qualities. Accorind to California High Speed Rail Authority website in 2010 alone green house gas emissions in the U.S. totaled 6‚821.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). Central Valley residents in particular have seen increase in aspiratory ailments. The State Legislature passed Global Worming Solutions Act in 2006‚ which is aimed to reduce statewide emissions by 2020 to 1990 level (17 %). High-Speed
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