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    University of California-Merced is the tenth addition to the UC system, making it the youngest at 13 years old. The campus is in Merced, California located in the San Joaquin Valley on the west coast. Merced is a relatively small quiet town surrounded by farmland and animals. Being located on the west coast, Merced receives annual highs of 76.1℉ and annual lows at 48.3℉, averaging a temperature of 62.2℉. The distance between UC Merced and Delano is 137 miles, or about a 2 hour drive. After considerable

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    one part which made my research unique and interesting for me, because people don’t really care about the weather, as long as it isn't too terrifying as a hurricane, so no one cares. To be honest, the weather in Merced is weird and unpredictable. One of the reason is that the land of Merced city is flat and grassy.

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    In 1979 Stephen Shore, "Merced River, Yosemite National Park,” 1930 Walker Evans, "Factory street in Amsterdam, New York,” and in 1941 Dorothea Lange, "Road on the Great White Plains,” these three photographers transformed their landscape photographs into their own distinctive significance through the expression of realism, a movement in modern photography. Shore transforms a common place to an escape, Evans documents the effects of one of the most important historical periods in American social

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    Merced Urban Environment

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    To begin, Merced, a part of the San Joaquin Valley, sits in the center of California. Its six cities; Atwater, Livingston, Los Banos, Gustine, Dos Palos, and the city of Merced create a medium-sized mainly rural area that is vacant of much industrial life. As of 2015, it has a reported population of 268,455 residents (Data USA, 2017). Most of the population is from Hispanic or Latino origin. The population is then followed by White and Asian groups as the second largest population group, followed

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    Information about University Of Merced is the room and board cost on campus is 15,923. Also if you are off campus the room and board cost is 7,987. The University Of Merced could best be described as a friendly school. Also can best be described as an great school where kids are doing great at. The school is in the University Of California. In this school there are 6,815 total undergrads. Also, there are 2,049 seeking freshmen. The address to this school is 5200 N Lake Road Merced 95343. The phone number

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    November 4, 2015 at approximately 0800 PST a UC Merced California college student wielding a knife caused harm and fear during morning classes. Ultimately the attacker wounded four people before police arrived and were forced to use deadly force to stop the attacker. The attacker later died from the wounds sustained. The quick police response was a result of the college having its own police officers on campus. As a result of the incident UC Merced will have counselors available to help with all

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    software applications development had become more costly because of the RISC/UNIX volume base and the need to port software to each UNIX version. Considering the above factors, HP joined with Intel in development of IA-64 architecture. Merced is the code name for the IA-64 architecture and was designed to perform an Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing or EPIC. It was designed to bridge between RISC and CISC.HP believed that customers who watched Intel technologies become pervasive

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    The Central Valley is occupied by many beautiful places and sceneries that many people do not realize how this came to be. One of the most astonishing places in the Central Valley is Yosemite Valley where the rise of the Sierra Nevada occurred. The preservation of Yosemite Valley is one of the reasons why this astounding scenic view still exists today. The formation of Yosemite Valley took place many years ago and not a lot has changed since this formation in recent years. Many people saw how beautiful

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    At Yosemite National Park I got a chance to truly experience the nature and wildlife around me. The Merced River ran through the valley, and I could hear the sound of the rushing water from far away. I could hear the whistle of the wind and the birds chirping from high up in the trees. The vivid colors of the flowers there were incredible. On top of Pride Rock, there was a splendid view of famous landmarks including the Half Dome. From OMG Point the view of the valley below was absolutely breathtaking

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    manager at Merced. I had to choose between moving to a different city and starting a new life by myself, or quitting to become a full-time student in college. Saying yes or no to the position in Merced was very difficult because I thought about other job opportunities I could receive if I finish school. What also worried me was the colleges I was going to work with. Family was an issue too because I rely on my parent a lot. So it was hard for me. I never thought choosing between moving to Merced to become

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