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What is now California was first settled byvarious Native American tribes before beingexplored by a number of European expeditionsduring the 16th and 17th centuries. It was thenclaimed by the Spanish Empire as part of AltaCalifornia in the larger territory of New Spain.Alta California became a part of Mexico in 1821following its successful war forindependence, but was ceded to the UnitedStates in 1848 after the Mexican–AmericanWar.The western portion of Alta California wasorganised as the State of California, which wasadmitted as the 31st state on September 9,1850. The California Gold Rush starting in 1848led to dramatic social and demographicchanges..S U M M E R E S C A P A D E SWHERE TO GO THIS SUMMERW R I T T E N B Y A L B E R T F R A N C O

WHERETOTRAVELAccording to Wikipedia, A news articlediscusses current or recent news of eithergeneral interest (i.e. daily newspapers) or of aspecific topic (i.e. political or trade newsmagazines, club newsletters, or technologynews websites).A news article can include accounts ofeyewitnesses to the happening event. It cancontain photographs, accounts, statistics,graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debateson the topic, etc. Headlines can be used tofocus the reader’s attention on a particular (ormain) part of the article. The writer can alsogive facts and detailed information followinganswers to general questions like who, what,when, where, why and how.Quotedreferences can also be helpful. References topeople can also be made through the writtenaccounts of interviews and debatesconfirming the factuality of the writer’sinformation and the reliability of his source.L A B E L L E | P A G E 0 3W R I T T E N B Y W Y L I E P R E S C O T TFor example, phrases like "Continued on page 3”redirect the reader to a page where the article iscontinued.While a good conclusion is animportant ingredient for newspaper articles, theimmediacy of a deadline environment meansthat copy editing often takes the form ofdeleting everything.

By 2002, over 21 million Type 1s had been produced,but by 2003, annual production had dropped to30,000 from a peak of 1.3 million in 1971. VWannounced the end of production in June 2003,citing decreasing demand, and the final original Type1 VW Beetle (No. 21,529,464) rolled off the productionline at Puebla, Mexico, on 30 July 2003.A B I T O F H I S T O R YThe Beetle featured a rear-located, rear-wheel drive,air-cooled four-cylinder, boxer engine in a two-doorbodywork featuring a flat front windscreen,accommodating four passengers and providingluggage storage under the front bonnet and behindthe rear seat – and offering a coefficient of drag of0.41; to this relatively good CD, the also streamlinedrear of car was of help.P E A C E F U L P L A C EPLACESTO VISITW R I T T E N B Y J E F F S T I C K S

THEMALDIVESThe Maldives is a tropical nation in the Indian Oceancomposed of 26 ring-shaped atolls, which are made up ofmore than 1,000 coral islands. It’s known for its beaches,blue lagoons and extensive reefs. The capital, Malé, has abusy fish market, restaurants and shops on the main road,Majeedhee Magu, and 17th-century Hukuru Miskiy (alsoknown as Friday Mosque) made of carved white coral. T H E P A R A D I S E A W A I T S Y O U .TRAVELW H E R E Y O U R J O U R N E Y B E G I N S