The state of California in the united States & one of its most famous representative body

5. Introduction
Where? On the west coast of the USA & it is bordered, on the east by the
state of Nevada, on the North: the state of Oregon & on the South: the state of
Arizona & Mexico (the country)
 Capital: Sacramento (618 km from Los Angeles → about 6 hours by car)
 Governor: Jerry Brown (elected the 2nd November 2010 but started on
January, 4th 2011)
 Entrance into the Union: 9th September 1850 (31st country)
 Size: 423 970 km² (the 3rd biggest country in USA)
 Population (2010): 37 253 956 inhabitants (the most populated state in USA :
12,5% of the American population)
 Ethnic groups: White people (≈40,9%), Hispanic/Latin-American (≈35,5%),
Asiatic (≈ 12,4%), people from Hawaii or other islands from the Pacific (≈16,4)
Black people (≈ 6,%), American Indian & Inuit (≈0,7%),
 Main sources of revenue: agriculture (peaches, apricots), viticulture (Napa
Valley, tourism: parks (Disneyland in Anaheim, Sea World in San Diego,
Universal Studio), landscapes (Yosemite National Park, Death Valley, Kings
Canyon, etc…), museums (L.A County Museum of Art, etc…), mineral
resources (natural gas, petroleum, gold, silver), Golden Gate Bridge (San
Francisco), Kings Canyon

6. “Bear flag” created in 1846 by a group of American colonists who were
appalled by the Mexican laws. In 1906, it was destroyed during some
fires & in 1911, it officially became the flag of California.

7. This is the seal of the state of California
representing the bear (Bear Flag), gold &
EUREKA which is the Californian motto

8. Why California?
 part of the USA & that is where I went (2006)
 not far from Polynesia, very close to the Pacific Ocean
 it is famous: Hollywood (famous actresses), Universal
Studio, Disneyland, Silicon Valley (“Bay Area” in San
Francisco) where no less than 30 head offices of well-
known firms are established (Facebook, Apple, Google,
Yahoo, etc…), the Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco),
shopping
 many people dream about going there (ex: my brother
has always dreamt about going to California & even some
old people I met want to go to the USA & especially in Los
Angeles or Las Vegas (in the state of Nevada)

10. Yosemite National Park : a
Wonderful place
 situated among the mounts of the Sierra Nevada (the assembly line) where
the highest mountain of USA culminated at 4421m: the Mont Whitney
 An area of about 3000 km² but 94% of the park is set as “wild areas”
→ the Yosemite Wilderness. As for the tourists, they just visit 36km² which
correspond to only 1% of the whole area.
 more than a simple site where people come & go, it is a very bonus for the
Californian economy → more than 3,5 millions visitors every year
 1984: recognized as a Worldwide Patrimony of Humanity by the UNESCO
 Half Dome (Diapositive 12)
_ emblem of the Park
_ a huge block of granite. Its surface grows up to 2700m & many
climbers go there (better to be a professional & not to fear sheer drops )

11.  climate: it depends of the altitude:
_ in the Yosemite Valley (Diapositive 12) -3 to 32°C
_ at Wanona Entrance (1887m of altitude): 2,2 to 19,4°C
_ at Tuolumne Meadows (Diapositive 12) -3,9 to 11,5°C
very large ecosystem: rich in flora (dominant forests, giant sequoias, different
kind of pine trees, wild flowers, etc…), fauna (around 250 species of
vertebrates, 80 species of mammals, 39 species of rodents, 135 species of
birds, 12 species of amphibious animals, 22 species of reptiles but not too many
fish), landscapes (about 10 water falls ex: Yosemite Falls , valleys: Yosemite
Valley, etc…)
it offers plenty of open-air activities such as rafting, go hiking, fishing,
mountaineering, etc…) & 18 camping houses are at the tourists’ disposal
the cost of the entrance is set to 20$ per car for the length of a whole week
knowing that the Yosemite Valley is well-provided (post office, supermarket,
cash dispensers, “museums”, people selling maps, food, books, etc…)
 If you were to go to California, please go there & maybe send me some
postcards.

12. The granitic cliffs
People
climbing up
the Half
Dome
1903:
President
Roosevelt
(left) & John
Muir (right)
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13. FAUNA & FLORA in Yosemite Park
Black bear →
Brown bear (Grand-Duc d’Amérique)
Reddish-brown squirrel
Sequoia
tree (carouge à épaulettes)
firs

15. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
 an actress, an American singer & a model
 born: on June, 1st 1926 & died on August, 5th 1962
 father: unknown (because Marilyn’s mother had a lot of affairs)
 mother: Marilyn, Gladys Pearl Monroe (27 May 1902 – 11 March 1984)
 siblings: a half-brother named Robert Kermit “Jack” & a half-sister named
Berniece Inez Gladys (she met when their mother was committed for
schizophrenia)
 her real name: Norma Jeane Mortenson ( from Martin Edward Mortenson) &
Norma Jeane Baker (from John Newton “Jasper” Baker as indicated on her
baptism certificate)
 Marilyn: from the actress Marilyn Miller & Monroe from her mother
→ Marilyn Monroe = her given name for the screen
 Her childhood:
_ she was against the idea that her father was Mortenson because she
did not at all remember his face & even not Baker
_ as Marilyn mother suffered from schizophrenia, she could not take
care of her Marilyn so she was sent to many host families. As a result, Marilyn
neglected her mother & even said that she was dead!
_ in her host families, Marilyn suffered a lot from sexual abuses &
according to a psychoanalyst, these are the reasons why she stammers

16.  Her youth:
_ 1942 (19th June) → she got married with James “Jim” Dougherty & one
year later, she worked in her husband factory & that’s where she was noticed by
some photographers.
_ 1946: divorced from James
 Her life & career:
_ 1945: her first movie test which consisted in promoting the swimsuits
_ 1946 (26th July): signed her first contract with 20th Century Fox
_ 1948: signed another contract with Columbia & had some roles in
musical movies such as (Ladies of the Chorus) but it was such a failure that her
contract was not renewed
_ she met Johnny Hyde – agent –who became her lover & thanks to him,
she also obtains a role in The Asphalt Jungle by John Huston
_ 1950: signed a seven year contract with 20th Century Fox
_ 1951: went to the College in L.A to study literature & art
_ 1950’s: became a Star of Hollywood & a sex-symbol since she
accepted to pose nude for calendars (Tom Kelly, the photographer) but it affects a
lot her career
_ 1954 (14th, January): got married with Joe DiMaggio Diapositive 18 &
they divorced on November of the same year
_ 1955: she went to N-Y & studied comedy
_ 1956 (June, 2nd): got married with Arthur Miller-a playwright

17. _ 1957: miscarriage (lost her child)
_ 1958: stopped her activity as an actress & devoted herself to her
husband
_ 1958 ( December): another miscarriage
 about 1958-59, he suffered from heath problems (cause she took drugs) & saw
a psychoanalyst
 1961 (January) divorced from Miller
 5th March 1962: nominated as the Star of the World as far as movie is
concerned
 her wealth got worst & she died on 1st June 1962 (the reason of her death is
unknown, maybe a suicide)
 1999: the American Film Institute designated her as the 6th greatest & most
famous American of all time
 2012: Marilyn Monroe is considered as the most lucrative feminine icon in the
world since her wage is estimated to 27 $ millions
 As a well-known actress, model & especially woman, Marilyn Monroe, for me, is
not the real model to follow but she was a great Lady & I pay all my respects to
her.

18.  Her movies:
_ 1947: she is Evie in Dangerous Years by Arthur Pierson
_ 1948: - she is Betty in Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! by Hugh Herbert
- she is Peggy Martin in Ladies of the Chorus by Phil Karlson
_ 1949: - she is Grunion’s Client in Love Happy by David Miller
_ 1950: - she is Clara in A Ticket to Tomahawk by Richard Sale
- she is Dusky Ledoux in Right Cross by John Sturges
- she is Polly in The Fireball by Tay Garnett
- she is Angela Phinlay in The Asphalt Jungle by John Huston
_ 1951: - she is Joyce in Let’s Make It Legal by Richard Sale
- she is Harriet in As Young as You Feel by Harmon Jones
- she is Roberta “Bobbie” Stevens in Love Nest by Joseph
M.Newman
_ 1952: - she is Lois Laurel in Monkey Business by Howard Hawks
- she is Anabel Norris in We’re Not Married! by Edmund
Goulding
- she is Nell Forbes in Don’t Bother to Knock by Roy Ward
Baker
_ 1953: - she is Rose Loomis in Niagara by Henry Hathaway
- she is Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Howard
Hawks
- she is Pola Debevoise in How to Marry a Millionaire by Jean
Negulesco

19. _ 1954: - she is Kay Weston in River of No Return by Otto Preminger
_ 1955: - she is the daughter in The Seven Year Itch by Billy Wilder
_ 1956: - she is Cherie in Bus Stop by Joshua Logan
_ 1957: - she is Elsie Marina in The Prince and the Showgirl by
Laurence Olivier
_ 1959: - she is Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in Some Like It Hot by Billy
Wilder
_ 1960: - she is Amanda Dell in Let’s Make Love by George Cukor
_ 1961: - she is Roslyn Taber in The misfits by John Huston
_ 1962: - she is Ellen Wagstaff Arden in Something’s Got to Give (not
achieved)

21. Conclusion
• So many things to say about California
but just note down that California = host
country
• very entertaining state
• a state to visit

22. In a nutshell,
this is the state
of California …
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY !! ^_^