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    San Francisco used to be a city defined by sunlight and the cool ocean breeze. However‚ the sunlight in the city by the bay is now over shadowed by skyscrapers‚ and the breeze comes not from the sea‚ but the speed of people evicted from their homes. The radical transformation that San Francisco underwent in the 1990s was the result of rapid gentrification. At one point in time gentrification was equated to “urban rebirth” or “urban pioneers that pushed for “moving back into the city” (Lees 2000)

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    Captain Francisco Pizarro formed a partnership in Panama with Diego de Almagro and the priest Hernando de Luque in order to explore the Pacific coast‚ looking for a Biru tribe that became the name Peru. His first expedition began in November 1524 with eighty men and four horses; but they suffered starvation‚ and Almagro lost an eye fighting natives. In 1526 they took two ships and captured a balsa raft with rich ornaments of silver and gold. Pizarro kept three captured natives to learn Spanish and

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    Francisco Pizarro Spanish Class Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo‚ Extremadura‚ Spain‚ in 1475 and passed away on June 26‚ 1541. He was a conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire and founded the city of Lima‚ Peru. This is why he was best known as the Spaniard who conquered the Incas. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro Rodríguez de Aguilar (senior) who as colonel of infantry. His mother was Francisca González Mateos‚ a poor woman from Trujillo. His parents never got married; he was brought

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    piece‚ novelist and journalist Jack London offers an extraordinary first-person account of the fiery aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. London’s report originally appeared in Collier’s Weekly‚ May 5‚ 1906. After you have finished reading London’s narrative (a classic example of creative nonfiction)‚ visit our Reading Quiz on "The San Francisco Earthquake." And then compare London’s account of the disaster with the one offered by William James in his essay "On Some Mental Effects of

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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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    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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    Hola! I am Francisco Pizarro! You may know me as the explorer to destroy the Inca empire and found Peru’s capital‚ Lima. I was born in 1476 in Trujillo‚ Spain to a poor family. My parents did not pay much attention to me‚ and I had an incomplete education because I spent most of the time herding pigs! I didn’t even know how to read! Now that I think about it‚ I had a horrible childhood. But I was a curious boy‚ hearing stories of the new world. In 1510‚ I decided to go on an adventure. I joined Alonzo

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    of power under a single-party dictatorship. Fascist dictators maintain authority through strict socioeconomic controls‚ suppression of the masses through censorship and terrorism‚ and policies of aggressive nationalism and racism (“Fascism”). Francisco Franco first implemented this government policy in Spain after witnessing its achievements in Germany and Italy. Franco’s strong nationalistic and military upbringing was the basis for his fascist dictatorship. What made Franco the “ultimate fascist

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    The Spanish conquistador‚ Francisco Pizarro (Pizarro) once argued‚ “There lies Peru with its riches; here‚ Panama and its poverty. Choose‚ each man‚ what best becomes a brave Castilian.” Reports of Peru ’s riches and the heroic stories of other conquistador’s success against the Aztec Empire in Mexico tantalized all of Spain. This influenced Pizarro to plead with the Spanish king‚ Charles V‚ for permission to undertake an expedition to claim Peru‚ the home of the Inca Empire‚ in the name of the Spain

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    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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