Innovation Consortium) www.bayareabasic.org • basic@bayareacouncil.org Bay Area Council Economic Institute www.bayareaeconomy.org • bacei@bayareacouncil.org 201 California Street‚ Suite 1450‚ San Francisco‚ CA 94111 (415) 981-7117 • Fax (415) 981-6408 The Bay Area Innovation System How the San Francisco Bay Area Became the World’s Leading Innovation Hub and What Will Be Necessary to Secure Its Future A Bay Area Science & Innovation Consortium Report produced by the Bay Area Council Economic
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What would you do if over night‚ your neighbor suddenly became a millionaire? Out of nowhere‚ he has a great fortune. No job‚ no inheritances‚ or good explanations. It must be something illegal. It has to be. With the passing of the 18th Amendment‚ the United States government brought forth a time period known as Prohibition. During this time period‚ the sale‚ transportation and consumption of alcohol became illegal. Jay Gatsby‚ a new money man‚ made his fortune selling illegal alcohol out of the
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Chinatown – Racism “Chinatown”‚ one of director Roman Polanski’s finest films‚ contains an underlying deep rooted sense of racism within it. Those who weren’t of white race were constantly in the background of scenes yet rarely ever heard‚ busily tending to their wealthy superiors. The roles they were presented with in the film‚ including that of waiters‚ cleaners‚ housekeepers‚ gardeners held as little as authority as possible‚ yet unfortunately‚ seemed to be realistically representative of those living
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Gracie Poe Comp. 1 Second hour October 30‚ 2014 Colin Kaepernick The starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers‚ Colin Kaepernick‚ had a hard life to be able to get where he is. In Milwaukee on November 3‚ 1987 Colin Kaepernick was born to his mother‚ Heidi Russo‚ a 19 year old girl. Colins Kaepernicks dad soon left and never came back after he found out that Heidi was pregnant. While she was pregnant she thought all the time about giving the soon to be born baby up. When Colin was
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Mr. Ray’s class 4 March‚ 2013 Alex Ayala English 10 4 March‚ 2013 The Zodiac During the span of over 20 years occurring between 1966-1991‚ several unsolved murders were committed in the Southern California area spanning from San Francisco to Napa Valley were committed by the serial killer who called himself "The Zodiac". During these years they were 5 confirmed killings and many other possible cases that were never proved to be him. The first official killing happened to a 18
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most successful team of the modern era (since 1960). They have won 5 Super Bowls and 8 Conference Championships. The Cowboys have more victories (40) on Monday Night Football than any other NFL team; the Miami Dolphins are 2nd with 39 and the San Francisco 49ers are 3rd with 38.[5] They hold NFL records for the most consecutive winning seasons (20‚ from 1966 to 1985) and most seasons with at least 10 wins (24). The team has earned the most postseason appearances (28‚ which includes another league
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announced‚ many people don’t know many of the specifics about his early childhood‚ his athletic career and most importantly about the famous murder trial. Orenthal James Simpson was born on July 9‚ 1947 in San Francisco‚ California. He lived in a very low-income neighborhood outside of San Francisco. His parents were Eunice and James Lee Simpson. At two years old‚ Simpson contracted rickets‚ leaving his legs skinny‚ pigeon-toed. He had to wear a pair of shoes connected by an iron bar for a few hours
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If I hand a ticket in my hand that would open up many windows for things I could do. It is giving me a choice of what I want‚ and what I want to discover. I would choose to go to San Francisco‚ California. I have always wanted to go their and see what the city is like. My favorite team‚ the Giants‚ are there and I would go what them play a baseball game. The Giants ballpark has always been an amazing park. It has such a beautiful field with the bullpens in foul territory. I love the glove and the
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nicknamed Joe Cool[1] and The Comeback Kid‚[2] is an American retired professional American football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.[3] After winning a college national championship at Notre Dame‚ Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with San Francisco‚ where he played for the next 14 seasons.[4] Traded before the 1993 season‚ he spent his final two years in the league with the Kansas City Chiefs. While a member of the
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Alcatraz Introduction I. Picture this. You are trying to get to the mainland from an island about 1.5 miles out in the sea. You must survive the freezing cold waters that could kill you if you are exposed to them for too long. Not to mention how strong the current is that can sweep you out into the middle of the ocean‚ and on top of it all‚ there are man-eating sharks in the water. What is a place like this? Alcatraz. II. Alcatraz was the most feared prison you could be sent to. Body
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