Contra Costa County, California

A possible getaway location is Sequoia or Kings Canyon national park in California. For instance, on the National Parks Service website, the text states that “In the spring, the colorful mix of wildflowers along the ridge trail and near Redwood Creek will delight hikers as much as the giant sequoias. In the fall, the dogwood shrubs turn a deep red color, and the fall light provides good photo opportunities.” campers can hike underneath towering trees that can get as tall as 378 feet and these…

Our purposed public artwork location was decided on to be located in front of the Rogue Ales Gallery and Restaurant in the Bay front area of Newport, Oregon. Our artwork will be a sculpture in the round, giant beer mug that says “Oregon Micro Brews,” in moss, on the mug. The mug itself will be made out of concrete to utilize the porosity of the medium. The artwork will be sitting on a pedestal of sorts with a plaque that lists all the microbreweries in Oregon. The function of the piece is to…

Baker County is a rural county located in Eastern Oregon. It’s total population size is around 16,000 people and is 3,000 square miles. A majority of the county’s land is considered farmland. Farming attributes to a large number of Baker County’s employment. Due to recessions and the advancement of technology we have seen fluctuations and shifts throughout Oregon and especially Baker County. These fluctuations and shifts are seen in population, employment, job industry’s, and housing. I…

Mark Twain’s setting in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County” , a folktale story he wrote illustrated as “Angel’s Camp” a gold mining community in the mid-19th century. The story takes place in a mining town in the west where it is populated primarily by men, many of them looking for their own fortune. A gambler, “Jim Smiley” a man who tricks people in bets for money; however, wins every bet he makes. One day Smiley gets out-tricked for the first time when he makes a bet with a…

Role Model gone bad? Kesha, aged 28, also known as Kesha Rose Sebert is an American singer, rapper and songwriter from LA, California who was a chart-topping A listed for a few years. Kesha signed when she was only 18 years old to a producer called Dr.Luke’s record label, Kemosabe Entertainment and publishing company. You may think of Kesha as the best role model in the world for her fabulous fashion and her glamorous glittery eyes but behind all of those wild dance moves and top chart music…

Pearsall, Shelly. (2006). All of the above. New York, NY: Little Brown and Company. Four inner city students are going through the journey of building the world’s largest tetrahedron. The engaging and suspenseful story intertwines personal stories of the teachers, students, and the community. This book, which is inspired by actual events, is filled with unexpected humor and distressing characters. All of the Above makes math alive, while at the same time teaches friendship and diversity in…

Bowling for Clues For my detective assignment I elected to research object D-12, a small ceramic bowl with multiple cracks. I estimate the diameter of the bowl to be about 18 to 20cm and the width about 35cm with a height of 8cm. It is beautiful piece portraying a polo player surrounded by flower and sun motifs. The polo player appears to be female and is dressed in a gorgeous and complex gown. The vegetal themes are complimented by the use of the neutral shades brown and tan and a luster…

There was a young kid I once knew by the name of Ochocinco. He was a very dark, and plump child. HE was not a smart child though. He was actually rather slow. one day his mother was washing his clothes and found his pockets of his pants full of dirt. The next day Ochocinco's mother looked outside the window one day, and saw her son outside playing in the dirt. She did not suspect anything of it. Ohocinco was at school and when it was time for recess he went to the back of the playground. He sat…

both my personal research and the basis for this primary source analysis. Created in June of 2015, No Mas Bebes is a brilliant documentary that not only exposes the truth behind the sterilization abuse that was taking place within the Los Angeles County General Hospital in the 60s and 70s, but it also provides an in-depth analysis into the racist, anti-immigrant discourse and the intersections of gender and race that allowed for this injustice to unfold. Using a variety of interviews from the…

The objective of this report is to provide a concise comparison of the different demographic profiles for a geographic location at three different geographic scales. The report consist of brief analysis of general population and housing characteristics at three different geographic scales. The demographic profile data used for the report was extracted and compiled from the 2010 Census tract. The smallest scale of geographic location I picked is 7600 212th St SW, Edmonds, WA 98026. This is…