The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a powerful earthquake that shook mainly the city of San Francisco (USA) the morning of April 18‚ 1906. The earthquake was of magnitude between 7.9 and 8.6 degrees Mw1 and its epicenter was according to the experts of the United States Geological Survey‚ on the coast of Daly City and southwest of San Francisco. The main tremors began at 05:12 in the morning along the San Andrés fault. It was felt on the Pacific coast from Oregon to Los Angeles and inland
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The History of Mission San Francisco de Asis On June 27th‚ 1776 Father Palon and Pedro Cambon‚ ten Christian Indians driving pack mules‚ and almost 300 head of cattle arrived at the Arroyode los Dolores which Anza and Father Font had selected for a mission site. They put up a camp‚ erected an arbor (gazebo) as a temporary chapel and on June 29th‚ 1776 Font celebrated mass. This was the beginning of California’s sixth mission. Missions were settlements where padres (priests) from the Catholic Church
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San Francisco is located in northern California‚ a hilly city at the tip of a peninsula‚ surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. The city has a fairly large population of 400‚000 people‚ however‚ it wasn’t always large. The California Gold Rush of 1848 turned a small population into what it is now. It became America’s largest city west of the Mississippi River until 1920 when it lost its title to Los Angeles. All that changed when the 1906 earthquake struck. On April 18‚
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Francisco Goya Artists frequently respond to the world around them and this is highly evident with the Romanists artist Francisco Goya in his painting Colossus (panic) c. 1808‚ through his unique visual language; The language of his unique painting style‚ through his use of personal symbols for example the Colossus figure and the gesture of the face of the Colossus and its fist. Goya’s painting technique is using long brush strokes especially in the sky with exaggeration of the sky on the dawn
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The artwork ‘The Dog’ by Francisco de Goya Lucientes was very enigmatic from right from the first glance. From the lingering shadow‚ to the dog’s expression‚ there were many ambiguous and vague details which left a lot to the interpretation of the viewer themselves. The painting was called many things by different viewers and artists‚ such as “The Drowning Dog” or “The Sinking Dog”‚ which just shows the many different ways the audience interpreted this scene. Many viewed this scene as as a dog finding
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Austin Linacre Chapter Summaries Mr. Pachankis Prologue “In the prologue‚ the author displays his work in the country of New Guinea. The people that lived in New Guinea questioned him about why the “whites” always seemed more dominant. They felt as though the whites were gloating about their advanced capabilities. The author thoroughly explained how the people who lived in New Guinea are just as intelligent as the modern people.” Chapter 1 “In Chapter 1‚ multiple extinctions happened around
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Spring 2013 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY Course Syllabus Course: ACCT 508- Federal Tax Accounting I Prerequisite: ACCT 301 with grade of C or better‚ or ACCT 303 with grade of C- or better. Professor: Tim Hurley‚ M.B.A.‚ J.D.‚ LL.M. Office: SCI 355 Office Hours: M 3:00-4:00‚ W 5:00-7:00‚ TH 6:00-7:00; by appointment Office Phone: E-mail: thurley@sfsu.edu Required Text: Hoffman & Smith
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Would Francisco Pizarro be considered a war criminal today? Francisco Pizarro‚ born c. 1471-1478 in Trujillo‚ Spain‚ was a Spanish conquistador. He is known as the conqueror of the Inca Empire‚ and founder of Lima‚ the capital of Peru. Not only did he participate in the Vasco Nunez de Balboa expedition to Panama that discovered the Pacific Ocean‚ but he also claimed most of South America for Spain and opened the way for Spanish culture and religion to dominate South America. In doing so‚ Pizarro
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SAN FRANCISCO COFFEE HOUSE: AN AMERICAN STYLE FRANCHISE IN CROATIA By Ionut Georgescu‚ Cohort 13‚ Ionut.georgescu@global-‐innovation.com.ro 1. Should Tensek and Pacek consider franchising over organic growth? In a certain moment‚ YES. “Franchising is the practice of leasing for a prescribed period of time the right to use a
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The "Gentleman" in Ivan Bunin’s‚ "The Gentleman from San Francisco"‚ believes that he deserves his happiness because “…first he was rich‚ and second‚ despite his fifty-eight years‚ he was just about to enter the stream of life’s pleasures” (Bunin‚ pg. 447). This man represents the archetype of a Western Capitalist and leads a shallow life investing his entire life into accumulating a comfortable wealth and establishing a family. The gentleman feels this entitlement because he has followed this ‘poshlost’
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