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    would be appealing to any Disney enthusiast, one needs to look at the similarities and differences to decide which is best for her family. Disneyland Resort, located in Anaheim, California, was designed by Walt Disney as a park where families could enjoy spending time together. Walt Disney created Disneyland in 1955 and…

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    new year, RAM will be celebrating their 50th year of art and appreciation. Some of their past projects included and integration of science and math into fine arts. This allows young people learn from an educational standpoint. Their continuous management of this historic building helped to collect artwork from locals of all ages. When first entering the museum, the feeling of the environment seems very like a missionary building, more specifically a missionary church. Also, once…

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    this lead the community to strive for self expression. This idea was most popular amongst the students as they intensified it to whole new level. The strategy used by the students were dubbed ‘walkouts’ since the students would literally walk out from class to join the…

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    OurLANZA In the suburb community of Riverside, California which is part of the Inland Empire, directly inland from Los Angles. In the southwest area of Riverside there is small sub-community. It historically was Camp Anza a World War II Army military base, the area was later decommissioned and remade into houses in 1940s as part of postwar suburbanization. Soon after an Airplane part manufacturing factory was built directly in the center of Arlanza and was in high production up…

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    and has no toll booth while the eastern span of the bay bridge connects the island to Oakland and has a toll booth the makes for heavy traffic during morning commute hours. At the most congested times the commute can take well over an hour to travel from Alameda to YBI which is less than a ten mile drive. Members stationed at Air Station San Francisco are collecting the BAH rate for the San Francisco MHA even though they are based in San Mateo County due to the fact that the city of San…

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    do this proposition because we both remembered being interested in it. We both agreed that it should have passed in more states. We both mentioned remembering from 2014 when a girl named Brittany Maynard shared her story of having inoperable brain cancer. It was on the news a few times and was even on the Today show. She lived in California (where physician-assisted suicide is illegal) and had to move to Oregon (where it is legal) so she could choose "Death with Dignity". Whenever it was on the…

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    Alcatraz Research Paper

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    Island has a rather distinct past. Even though Alcatraz sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the island seems distant, as if it were miles out of sea. The appeal to Alcatraz is uninviting, since it had played an important role in the history of California. Imagine being imprisoned in one of the world’s most disreputable prisons. However, not only is the island well known as the prison, but it was much more than a prison going back in time. Alcatraz was a prison for the worst criminals in…

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    Bay from the Golden Gate Bridge or Twin Peaks. As many people view San Francisco as one of the most expensive and difficult cities to live in, I like to think of it as my home away from home. It is a city of seekers and adventurers. I am a city girl and I love everything about what an urban environment can offer me. I got lost within the crowds, found small hidden spots, interacted with others around me and I was able to forget about reality at those times. In the midst of all the stress from…

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    Crooks and Curley’s wife don’t have people to make a connection with, while the other characters have people to make a connection but are detached from the connections in one way or another. George and Lennie have each other for company and have a connection, but they a disconnected intellectually. George is like a father for Lennie, with a parent and child relationship the parent is not able to share…

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    Summary Of Ball Don T Lie

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    The setting of the novel, Ball Don’t Lie, by Matt de la Pena, is set in Venice, California. Venice is near the large city of Los Angeles. The time period was around the 1990’s. This novel has a lot of sad feelings. First off Sticky’s mom died when he was a young boy, she died of cancer. After that all the way to the age of 17 he jumped from foster home to foster home. This character once said “‘ It’s the best place in L.A. to ball… one court houses the homeless and the other accommodates…

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