The Economic Disaster of a 7.8+ Earthquake on The San Francisco Bay Area Christina Sotelo Geology 6 – Jefferis- Nilsen November 21‚ 2012 Over the many decades the economic standing of the United States‚ specifically California‚ had fluctuated due to many unforeseen factors. One huge factor that cannot be anticipated‚ and often causes drastic effects on the economy‚ are geologic disasters. The state of California is notorious for having earthquakes that shake up the state quite often and leave
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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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AUNG SAN SUU KI ABOUT Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election‚ the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had‚ however‚ already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010‚ becoming one of the
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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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Earthquake San Francisco- 1906 On the morning 12 past 5:00 San Francisco suffered a major earthquake that killed 3000 people‚ the earthquake lasted for about 40 seconds and was recorded at 8.3 on the Richter Scale. People ran from there houses and some stayed inside the buildings and were crushed. The people who ran in the streets were killed by toppled buildings falling from above. There fire department was efficient but the water pipes that go down the San Andreas Fault were severed.
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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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The Battle of Stone’s River‚ also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro‚ was fought in Murfreesboro‚ Tennessee‚ and was the eighth costliest battle of the Civil War. The battle took place on December 26th‚ 1862 through January 5th‚ 1863; the Union declared victory on January 5th‚ but the bloodiest parts of the battle took place on December 31st through January 2nd. Although the Confederate Army seemed to have the upper hand in the beginning of the battle because they attacked first‚ inflicting heavy
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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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Several individuals closely tied to the government requested that the trial be held in Winnipeg in July 1885. There are historians who contend that the trial was moved to Regina because of concerns with the possibility of an ethnically mixed and sympathetic jury.[66] Tom Flanagan states that an amendment of the North-West Territories Act (which dropped the provision that trials with crimes punishable by death should be tried in Manitoba) meant that the trial could be convened within the North-West
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Meet the New Boss. Mr. Jones comes back to reclaim his farm. Chaleeya Yeh Dover‚ Kent. Early in October‚ Jones and all of his men‚ with half a dozen from Foxwood and Pinchfield farm‚ laid siege to Animal Farm but they were thwarted. They were armed with various objects‚ such as sticks‚ except for Mr. Jones‚ who proceeded vanguard with a gun in his hand. However‚ the animals anticipated that Mr. Jones would come back and were prepared to defend themselves and keep control of the farm. We
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