The first electric streetcars in San Francisco began operation in 1892 under the auspices of the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway. At that time‚ it was estimated that it cost twice as much to build and six times as much to operate a line with cable cars as with electric streetcars. By the beginning of 1906 many of San Francisco’s remaining cable cars were under the control of the United Railroads of San Francisco (URR)‚ although Cal Cable and the Geary Street Company remained independent
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Dear Ms. Helen: In response to request for proposal‚ the SF Bay Area Waste Management Consulting company is submitting the enclosed proposal. In your request for proposal you stated that Red Dragon Recycling currently provides a variety of waste and disposal services primarily to residential‚ commercial and Industrial‚ and contractors for waste transfer and recycling. The request for proposal also stated that you are currently performing most if not all of your business management functions
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to have been able to visit different cities all over the world‚ but only two of them have completely captivated me‚ San Francisco‚ California and Miami‚ Florida. Even though these two cities are located in the same country‚ both have many differences such as in the public transportation‚ food-population‚ and lifestyle. Both cities have public transportation‚ but in San Francisco is more convenient and people give more use to it because you can find a stop in every corner‚ and also because there
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December 01‚ 2010 Case Study Analysis # 70 Castlebridge‚ a maker of high-quality outerwear‚ located in London is at a cross roads. Although its headquarters operates from London‚ most of its manufacturing has moved offshore. With the last domestic factory slated to close‚ the firm’s executives struggle to preserve the "Britishness" of the brand. On the other hand‚ the company has to reduce costs to remain profitable. It seems that moving production offshore is inevitable. The executives believe
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based Missions all throughout California was a way for them to maintain ultimate social‚ political‚ and economic control. Spanish explorers arrived on the border of California during the 16th century. The very first Franciscan mission was built in San Diego during 1769. By 1833‚ twenty two Spanish Missions existed from Southern California to Northern California. Native Americans made up about one-third of those who lived and worked at the Missions. There were an estimated 310‚000 Indians living in
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I have heard a lot about the earthquake and I know that it occurred on October 17‚ 1989 at 5:04pm and that it lasted 15 seconds. The earthquake was 6.9 on the Richter scale and was caused by a slip along the San Andreas Fault. People felt the earthquake for miles‚ from north of San Francisco to far below Santa Cruz. The earthquake killed 63 people‚ injured 3757 people‚ left 10‚000 people homeless and caused over $6 billion dollars of damage. It was a big one!! I interviewed my mom for this report
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Reading about the San Francisco State College Strike‚ it became very clear how racist and hypocritical the U.S. educational system was. Students‚ faculty members and community activists had to fight hard for equal access to higher education and a new education curriculum that would include studies of the history and culture of all people including ethnic minorities. As Asian Americans were facing similar systematic discriminations‚ they joined other racial groups to initiate and support the student-led
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The Auditor-An Instructional Novella Jack was the number-one player on the Mountainside golf team when he was a junior in high school. His dream was graduating from high school as a named player and getting scholarship offers from all the big golf schools. But in his early senior year‚ he got into am automobile accident. He has to have surgery on his left leg‚ leaving it a little shorter than his right. He wasn’t able to follow his dream of a golfer after the accident. Jack didn’t start out
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Jack Prelutsky (born September 8‚ 1940) is an American writer of children ’s poetry. He lives in Seattle‚ Washington with his wife‚ Carolynn.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Poetry 3 Personal life 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External links Early life[edit] Jack Prelutsky was born on September 8‚ 1940 in Brooklyn‚ New York to Charles‚ an electrician/plumber and Dorothea‚ a homemaker. While he was still a baby‚ a fire burned his family ’s apartment and he was saved by his Uncle Charlie
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away. It’s first production was basically a failure. No one liked it‚ neither the audience nor the critics. The popularity of the ballet was gained when it came to the United States in 1944. The first production in America was performed by the San Francisco Opera Ballet‚
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