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In the late 1930’s, three young men, Frank Malina, Jack Parsons, and Ed Forman formed a group on the Caltech campus in Pasadena, California known by students as the Suicide Squad, for their crazy and often life-threatening engineering antics; but as tensions heated up in Europe, the men’s experiments began to seem less wild to the US government: in 1939, they were awarded $1,000 to conduct research into the development of a rocket plane for use in combat. With the money, the men hired two of their

The Funding and How It Would Be Used Measure J on the Sonoma County ballot would have funded Sonoma County parks in Unincorporated parts of Sonoma County. A successful vote for Measure J would have generated nearly $100 million over the next 10 years, providing funds to make significant improvements to the county’s parks in the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County. There are more than 50 parks, trails and beaches in our county and they are entirely under-funded. The last budget increase for our

California’s Gas Prices Overpriced California since the gold rush has been known as the “Golden State” where it’s flooded with multicultural richness from the beaches to the mountains. California today is the most densely populated state with 38.8 million residents and is still rising, however, not only is the population ever increasing so are gas prices. Allysia Finley an editorial writer from The Wall Street Journal states, “The national average is $2.76 a gallon, while the Golden State drivers

applications. During this quarter, LLU partnered with Molina Healthcare (Molina), a managed care company to provide enrollment services at their clinics throughout San Bernardino. LLU continues its regular outreach events at the Mexican Consulate, and the California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) Reentry Initiative Orientation. LLU’s relationships with other organizations and participation in a variety of community events remain a vital part of San Bernardino’s outreach strategy and effort. Enrollment

In 2014, the Colorado state legislature passed House Bill 17-1002 - the Child Care Expenses Tax Credit. This bill was aimed at alleviating the exuberant costs of child care in the state by providing a small, flat-dollar tax credit to low-income, working families. Families must meet several qualifications to receive the credit in its current form: they must be making less than $60,000 per year, they must have at least one child receiving child care services from a licensed provider in the state of

War I. Importance of the setting: Salinas Valley is paralleled to the biblical Garden of Eden, which is necessary for . Plot: The story starts in the late nineteenth century with a description of Salinas Valley, California and an introduction to two families: the Hamiltons of California and the Trasks of Connecticut. We meet Cathy Ames, who manipulates her way out of her hometown, into a brothel, and ends up with brothers Adam and Charles Trask. Adam falls in love with her and they move to Salinas

Kieslowski’s masterpiece is a trilogy known as Three Colors, named after the stripes of the French flag. According to Kieslowski himself all of the films center on individuals who sense something that is not articulated in dialogue. This is telling of a director who is constantly trying to reconcile a new Pan-European identity in a world that had yet to develop a language to articulate it. The color Blue (1993) is about a woman who secretly writes the music that made her husband a famous composer

CATERPILLAR INC: BACKGROUND, INTRODUCTION, HOST COUNTRY OPERATION Before there was Caterpillar, a man by the name of Benjamin Holt would build his first combined harvester in Stockton, California in 1886. In the 1890’s, Holt would finish building his first steam traction engine tractor, working for the Holt Manufacturing Company. In 1910, the Holt Manufacturing Company registers “Caterpillar” as a trademark because of the way these track machines crawled around with their track type maneuverability

it is salt water, frozen, or in some way unattainable (Santa Clara Valley Water District, 2016). Humans have found many different ways to obtain this 1 percent of fresh water they need, but the techniques vary depending on location. In San Jose, California the fresh water is obtained through 3 major sources: groundwater, imported surface water, and local mountain surface water. These 3 sources contribute different amounts of water to the San Jose community but their contribution can vary due to factors

Chicanos in the United States have had similar experiences as a culture and as a people when it comes to the space around them. For many Chicanos during the 1820s, the creation of Olvera St. shaped their homes and lives around it while Chicanos in the post-war era have seen the effects of urban renewal and the freeway systems as it has slithered through and around their built environment. The tourist attraction Olvera St. not only produced economic benefits, but it as well brought an oppressive theme