On April 18‚ 1906 an earthquake hit San Francisco. Jack London a local reporter opened the world’s eyes as to what happened to not only the city but the people affected. In detail Jack London observed and witnessed the tragic events of the earthquake that resulted in the city of San Francisco crumbling and burning into the ground. London used very descriptive use of words to give the reader a real sense of the dramatic reality of the destruction of San Francisco. Jack London was the first on the
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exists in the city of San Francisco. The name itself brings to mind its many sociocultural icons. The Golden Gate Bridge‚ cable cars‚ Fisherman’s Wharf‚ Chinatown‚ and Alcatraz Island are unique to San Francisco yet do not define the city. From a tiny missionary village to wild west frontier town to love-ins and gay pride to world-class city characterize San Francisco as a distinctive metropolis. Environmentally‚ San Francisco is far from ideal. At the tip of the peninsula on San Francisco Bay‚ surrounded
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Data analytics is not only confined to marketing or business‚ now a days it is used in many fields. Sports is one such area‚ here are two examples in sports were data analytics was used very extensively and proved its worth. The San Francisco Giants are one of the oldest U.S baseball teams‚ and one of the most successful as well. They have won the most games by any team in the history of American baseball and any North American professional sports team. The giants have captured 23 National League
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crack in the ground called the San Andreas Fault. What is the science behind this fault? why should people fear it? and what could be the result of another devastating earthquake? The San Andreas Fault is a place where two massive tectonic plates‚ specifically the North American and Pacific plates. The small split in the ground extends more than 800 miles and is roughly ten miles deep. The SAF is located in Northern California‚ and extends to Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains. The SAF was
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The Archipelago of San Blas is a natural landscape composed of approximately three hundred and seventy-eight islands‚ of which less than fifty islands are inhabited. This archipelago is located off the north coast of the Isthmus of Panama‚ at the east side of the Panama Canal. San Blas islands are home for one of the most important Panamanian indigenous groups: The Kunas. An enriched cultural group lives in this area‚ still preserving some of their traditions‚ making this zone very attractive to
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Geology‚ Period 4 15 September 2011 1906 S.F. Earthquake Essay The 1906 Great San Francisco earthquake is one of the worst earthquake’s to happen yet. The magnitude was believed to be about a 7.8 on the Richter scale. What made it so destructive wasn’t just the magnitude of the earthquake but the fact that the fires were uncontrollable. These factors led to the San Francisco quake to be know as a tragedy. San Francisco was a large city of a population of about four hundred thousand. Therefore
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San Francisco Bay Consulting (SF Bay Consulting)‚ as described in the Harvard Business School case by Baker and Monsler (1995)‚ is a leading business consultancy and litigation support group following the goal of providing “practical application of economic theory to business problems” (p. 1). In order to manipulate and analyze data‚ high-end software and computers are used to serve clients’ needs. The company faces serious internal problems regarding the relationship between their consultants and
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The San Andreas Fault is a fault that goes about 800 miles through California. The fault is named after the San Andreas Lake which is a lake that formed in the middle of the Fault. A fault is a break in the earth’s surface where two tectonic plates meet. The San Andreas Fault forms the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The San Andreas Fault is the most famous fault in the world. It is about ten miles deep. The San Andreas Fault caused the 1906 San Francisco
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The Economic Disaster of a 7.8+ Earthquake on The San Francisco Bay Area Christina Sotelo Geology 6 – Jefferis- Nilsen November 21‚ 2012 Over the many decades the economic standing of the United States‚ specifically California‚ had fluctuated due to many unforeseen factors. One huge factor that cannot be anticipated‚ and often causes drastic effects on the economy‚ are geologic disasters. The state of California is notorious for having earthquakes that shake up the state quite often and leave
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The San Francisco Earthquake In 1906 the world’s most deadly earthquake that ever happened‚ happened in San Francisco‚ Northern California on April 18th at 5: 12 am. The San Francisco earthquake caused problems for many of the people in the community; it caused lots of devastations throughout the whole city. The earthquake happened by a temblor that had a 7.7-7‚ 9 magnitude‚ which had lasted for about a minute and was the result of breaking the northernmost 296 miles of the 800-mile San Andreas
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