Alcatraz Island The island we all know in the San Francisco bay was first explored by a French explorer names Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775." While the exact meaning is still debated‚ Alcatraz is usually defined as meaning "pelican" or "strange bird"(Bop). Instead of being called Alctraces‚ the name conformed and just became known as Alcatraz. The island opened as a federal prison in 1934. It was notorious for being the prison that held most‚ if not all of the United States of America’s most hazardous
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Why did the French army lose the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871? The overwhelming loss of the French army in the Franco-Prussian war can largely be attributed to two main factors; the weaknesses of the French themselves‚ and the reformed military strength of the Prussians. This essay will argue that although France had clear advantages in military experience and weaponry‚ the result of the war came down to logistics and organisation‚ in which the French were severely lacking. Although it would
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teaching us how to create our own and leaving them for us to realize. Biography Harvey Milk‚ was a visionary civil and human rights leader who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Milk’s unprecedented loud and unapologetic proclamation of his authenticity as an openly gay candidate for public office‚ and his subsequent election gave never before experienced hope to Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ and
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FORMS OF COMICS AND THEIR CULTURAL MEANING Comic art is a nice way of visual storytelling and it has been loved by many people all around the world. In this paper‚ I will be focusing on American‚ European and Japanese comic forms and cultures. American Comics The format of American comics are mainly multi page thin periodicals‚ which have coloured graphics. Most common are the weekly periodicals. Popular American comic culture started with Superman in 1938 and the concept of superheros became
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César Chávez Weekend of Service and Learning 2010 Sponsorship Packet “It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life." - César E. Chávez HandsOn Bay Area 135 Bluxome Street‚ Second Floor San Francisco‚ CA 94107 www.hoba.org MARCH 27 – 31‚ 2010 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA ¡Sí se puede! PURPOSE In conjunction with California’s designated César Chávez Day of Service and Learning‚ HandsOn Bay Area (HOBA) will engage communities in service in honor of the life and values
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join his brothers Jonas and Louis‚ who had begun a dry goods business in New York City. His mother and two sisters came with him. By 1850‚ Strauss was already calling himself Levi. In 1853‚ Strauss became an American citizen.[3] He moved to San Francisco‚ where the California Gold Rush was still going on. Strauss expected the miners would welcome his buttons‚ scissors‚ thread and bolts of fabric. He also brought along canvas sailcloth‚ intended to make tents and covers for the Conestoga wagons many
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Table of Contents http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/27/san_francisco_revises_death_toll_for_1906_earthquake/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/casualties.php http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/social_turmoil/city-reeling.asp http://www.nps.gov/prsf/historyculture/1906-earthquake-relief-efforts-living-accommodations.htm http://1906earthquake.com/damage-effects/ http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html http://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/who17.html
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Fire and Fog‚” by Dianne Day‚ she tells a story about San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Dianne Day explains how people suffer during and after the earthquake. Caroline Fremont Jones‚ 23 years old is one of the main characters who survive in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of‚ 1906. Fremont is an independent person‚ helpful citizen and a brave girl. Fremont is an independent person who lives and works as a typist in San Francisco. Her father states‚ “My Dear Caroline stop glad you are safe
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On April 18‚ 1906 at 5:12 AM a earthquake and fire developed in San Francisco that only lasted seconds‚ but yet it destroyed ¾ of the city including 300‚000 homes and 38‚000 buildings at the end. Much of the destruction that day was caused by the fire that the earthquake started that is why people today call it “the great Fire of 1906.” During the earthquake the head of the city’s fire department passed away when the chimney of his home collapsed on top of him. In addition to this tragic incident
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WHY WAS THE GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE? In 1989 an earthquake hit San Francisco‚ on the west coast of USA‚ killing around 63 people. Twelve years later an earthquake hit Gujarat‚ in India. This time it killed approximately 20‚000 people. In this report I will be comparing the two earthquakes‚ giving reasons why the Gujarat earthquake was so much more destructive than the one in San Francisco. An earthquake is a movement or tremor in the earth’s crust.
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