California drought: Why farmers are ’exporting water’ to China By Alastair Leithead BBC News‚ Los Angeles While historic winter storms have battered much of the US‚ California is suffering its worst drought on record. So why is America’s most valuable farming state using billions of gallons of water to grow hay - specifically alfalfa - which is then shipped to China? The reservoirs of California are just a fraction of capacity amid the worst drought in the state’s history. "This should be like
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n The California Condor is a New World vulture‚ the largest North American land bird. Currently‚ this condor inhabits only the Grand Canyon area‚ Zion National Park‚ and coastal mountains of central and southern California and northern Baja California. Although other fossil members are known‚ it is the only surviving member of the genus It is black with patches of white on the underside of the wings and a largely bald head‚ with skin color ranging from yellowish to a bright red depending on the
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different natural elements are used in oncology such as Gold‚ Platinum‚ Silver‚ Iridium‚ and Ruthenium. Gold is one of the most useful elements in oncology. Gold is used to bind drugs and deliver them‚ it reduces tumor mass‚ and is not dangerous to ingest. First of all‚ gold is used to bind drugs‚ and deliver them. Gold nanoparticles are non-toxic which allows for them to be safely ingested. You can bind drugs‚ or treatments for cancer onto these gold nanoparticles that you would ingest. This would help
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Kristyn Mullins Media Report #4 11 Nov 2015 Social Problems California Drought “How historic California drought affects the rest of nation‚ often for the Worse” New CNN: Michael Martinez and Alexandra Meeks State‚ National Coverage the drought is more than just one state internal problem. California drought hurts the rest of the nation‚ because California is a breadbasket of the nation. California is growing more than a third of its vegetables and nearly two-thirds of its fruit and nuts. They had
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Should Social Climber/Gold Diggers be Frowned Upon? Why? Gold diggers have been around since the beginning of time. There is the misconception that only women can be gold diggers‚ but this is one hundred percent untrue. They come in all different types‚ gender‚ races‚ ages‚ etc. Most people look down on the thought of gold diggers‚ but some people disagree. There are valid points to both sides of the argument. Obviously‚ there is not a definite right or wrong answer. I believe gold diggers should not
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Water consumption has become a growing issue in the state of California. The state has been hit with a terrible drought. The drought has personally affect they way in which I use water. Conserving water has now become a priority. "The average American shower uses 17.2 gallons every 8.2 minutes‚ with a flow rate of 2.1 gallons per minute"(HomeWaterworks). Shorter showers are necessary to conserve water. I limit my showers to a maximum of 5 minutes. A number of people even take showers in greater
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States was the California Gold Rush that started in 1848. In 1848‚ word of a bounty of gold to be found in California caught the attention of many easterners. They had dreams of becoming rich. So in the year 1849‚ many men left their families and homes for the California wilds to make their fortune. They figured that a year away from home was worth the riches they would return with. These men were referred to as “forty-niners” as they left in the year 1849. As hundreds of gold seekers flooded
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In the pursuit of gold much damage was done to California’s ecosystem. Traditional mining practices‚ such as placer mining and rocker/ cradle mining by individuals and small groups of miners in California did damage the environment in small ways‚ but the real damage began to occur when big groups and conglomerates started diverting rivers to dig the stream bed and using Hydraulic mining equipment. These larger operations with more capital were able to use more mechanized and expensive equipment
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then looked up hope as a keyword and over two-hundred results popped up; there were mostly fiction books for children grades three to six. One book that I clicked on is called Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild; it’s "a diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild’s life in 1849." Her mother has just
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“I came to Australia in the Gold Rush” Ever wondered what life was like for Chinese people in the Gold Rush? Read Jiang’s story to find out! My name is Jiang. I am now eighty-two years old‚ but I came to Australia when I was only 19. The reason I came to Australia was to take part in the Gold Rush‚ so I could look after my family. The Gold Rush started in 1851‚ but the news about it did not reach China until 1853. I wanted to come here the moment I found out about it‚ but my financial conditions
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