San Antonio Water Solution Proposal Since the early years of the 1700’s‚ San Antonio water supply came from its fresh sources; such as‚ the Olmos Creek and from one of the most famous river in Texas‚ the San Antonio River. But in nowadays‚ new sources of fresh drinkable water had to be found or build‚ mainly because the rapid growth it’s population and San Antonio as a whole. At the present moment San Antonio gets its fresh water supply from eight different sorceries and one the most important
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I have chosen to do my public field site on the Mission of San Gabriel for my research paper. The Mission of San Gabriel connects to historical events‚ starting with the Native Americans who lived in Los Angeles area‚ who were known as Gabrielino after the mission of San Gabriel. In 1774‚ Juan Bautista de Anna arrived and established a route from Mexico City to California. In 1779‚ the building of the San Gabriel Mission was build. By 1805 the building of the Mission was completed‚ however a tragedy
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The San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert A well-known foraging community in the southwest region of Africa is the San Bushmen. These hunting and gathering bands have lived in the Kalahari Desert region for thousands of years. The men of these communities are the primary hunters‚ who provide about 20 percent of the diet from the animals they kill. The women collect a various nuts‚ tubers‚ melons‚ and berries that provide the other 80 percent of the San diet (Nowak & Laird‚ 2010). The
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Mission San Juan Capistrano was named in honor of Saint John of Capestrano. He was born in Italy and after becoming a priest in 1416‚ he was sent by Roman Catholic Church officials to preach throughout Europe. When he was 70 years old‚ he led a Christian army to the Holy Lands in a war against the Turks. His army won the battle the following year. In 1724‚ John of Capestrano was named a saint‚ an honor given by the Catholics to those who have devoted their lives to God by doing good works. Mission
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Mission in San Antonio also known as Mission San Antonio de Valero is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in San Antonio‚ Texas. In 1716‚ the Spanish government established several Roman Catholic missions in East Texas. The nearest Spanish settlement‚ San Juan Bautista‚ Coahuila was approximately over 400 miles away thus making it difficult to keep them adequately provisioned to assist the missionaries. It was then declared that San Antonio de Valero would be served as a new mission. Father Antonio de San Buenaventura
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The movie‚ San Andres‚ is an exciting movie about major earthquakes devastating California. While there are some scientific truths in the film‚ there are many more scientific fallacies. All of the fallacies in the film are done out of ignorance‚ as a plot device. In this paper‚ both the truths and fallacies will be addressed. To give the film some credit‚ we will first address what was portrayed accurately. In the opening scene a young woman is driving on a winding hillside road‚ when she gets taken
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The Hospice (Asylum) of San Michele in Rome held boys under the age of 20 (Roth‚ 2011). San Michele was built in 1704 and is considered the first institution for juvenile offenders. The earliest child-saving institution was the House of Refuge constructed in 1824 in New York (Roth‚ 2011). The House of Refuge was the first institution that jailed children separate from adults. They held children that were destitute and neglected as well as those sentenced for criminal activity (Roth‚ 2011). According
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San Donato‚ a cute little town one hour outside of Rome has an annual feast to celebrate the patron saint‚ Donatus of Arezzo usually during August 29th to September 8th. During this feast‚ there are carnival rides and sometimes booths set up with prizes to win‚ there are also a very big flea market containing a variety of things such as clothes‚ cheesy souvenirs that say Italy all over them‚ you know the kind I am talking about‚ food and vegetables. Since the town of San Donato is so small almost
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structures‚ and monuments which make the city what it is today but none can compare to the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge was opened May 27‚ 1937 which marked its start as becoming one of the most internationally recognized symbols in San Francisco and the United States as a whole. The American Society of Civil engineering acknowledged the Golden Gate Bridge as one of the Wonders of the Modern World due to its beauty and popularity among photographers‚ tourists‚ and civil engineering
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For this project‚ I decided to go to San Juan Capistrano to do my observation. San Juan Capistrano is a small town located in Orange County‚ two hour north of where I live. It’s also my boyfriend Colin’s hometown. Going to San Juan was a random and hasty decision because I didn’t have any real connection to or interest in the town and‚ in fact‚ I hadn’t even known that it existed two months ago. Colin convinced me that San Juan would be perfect to write about because I would get to see things that
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