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    Life In The Great Plains

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    the culprits of the land that was blown away from locations. This became a frequent site as the conditions of the Dust Bowl headed down the wrong direction (“Dust Bowl Worst Weather of Century”). A settler stated, “Suddenly there appeared on the northern horizon a black blizzard, moving toward them; there was no sound, no wind, nothing but an immense boogery cloud” (Donald Worster). It has been

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    a great start. For this Spring Break, I went on a Road Trip to visit different college campuses on the northern side of California, a place I had never been to. I went with my program called, LACC Upward Bound that included 34 other students. I did not attend this trip alone and this was great because my friends got to come along on this great experience with me. Arriving to Northern California took about 4- 5 hours and during this drive I took this picture. It is so different from Los Angeles, everything

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    Abigail stayed in New York for 5 years. She went to New Testament Christian Church Preschool with only 2 other classmates in her class. Her parents chose to move to Fresno, California because New York was too busy for them. They decided to drive from New York to California for a better environment. When she just moved to Fresno California when she was 5, she started learning how to play the piano. Abigail went to Grace Christian School for 4 years and went to First Church Elementary

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    viewing the original inhabitants of California, as well, as dead ancestors in stark contrast to American invaders who took over California. Repeated language shifts from English to Spanish, revolving between themes of life or death, and reflection of the past to the present allows Cervantes to express California’s ethnographic divide. First, Cervantes uses repeated language shifts from English to Spanish within the poem to convey regional aspects of Los Altos, California. Usage of language shifts from

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    collecting zip codes of where some of my food came from I expected most of the food to be from all over the country. However, I was surprised when a lot of my food came from mainly the East Coast (New York and New Jersey) as well as the West Coast (California). When the zip codes were shown on a map, I noticed that almost none of my food came from the Midwest or the surrounding areas. This was

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    Thesis The initial Spanish settlers were both successful and not successful as well in achieving their American Dream in due to the fact that they had the missions and their control over California as well as lost all of their hold on California and the missions because of the Mexicans that rebelled against the Spanish Crown.12 Origins The Spanish were a group of people from the great country of Spain in Europe. The rulers at the time, Ferdinand the Second of Aragon and Isabella of Castille was

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    Essay On California

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    Carroll p.2 History and facts of California The state capital of California is Sacramento. The state abbreviation code is Calif and the postal code is CA. The state flower is the golden poppy, state tree California redwood, state bird California valley quail, state animal California grizzly bear, state fish the California golden trout, the state colors are blue and gold and the state song is “I Love You California. The state's nickname is The Golden State. California was sighted by Spanish navigator

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    California Drought California is the state located in southwest of the North America and is the third largest state beside Texas and Alaska. California is well known for its sunny and friendly weather. Other than that, abundant job opportunities, great education, and rich culture draw many resettlers not only Americans moving from other states, but also immigrants resettling here from all over the world. Large population will certainly increase the demand of water and food to fulfill the basic human

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    Have you ever imagined picture of California arid and lifeless in the next few years because of the drought? That is likely to come true if we don’t know how to use water wisely. Now in California, The valleys become barren and rivers and lakes are gradually drying up due to lack of water.Because California is in serious shortage of water and the water reserves are being depleted due to the prolonged dry heat and it has been happening for several years and have more negative developments. Since records

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    number of important reasons, so the current drought that’s taking place in California is a big deal. Last year, during an outdoor speech, California governor Jerry Brown made this statement: "Today we are standing on dry grass where there should be five feet of snow. This historic drought demands unprecedented action, therefore, I 'm issuing an executive order mandating substantial water reductions across our state”. California is home to 27 million acres of farmland and 38 million people, so this problem

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