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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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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SAN is called Storage Area Network also called Server area Network. A storage area network (SAN) is a high-speed special-purpose network (or subnetwork) that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated data servers on behalf of a larger network of users. Typically‚ a storage area network is part of the overall network of computing resources for an enterprise. A storage area network is usually clustered in close proximity to other computing resources but may also extend
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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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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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The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a powerful earthquake that shook mainly the city of San Francisco (USA) the morning of April 18‚ 1906. The earthquake was of magnitude between 7.9 and 8.6 degrees Mw1 and its epicenter was according to the experts of the United States Geological Survey‚ on the coast of Daly City and southwest of San Francisco. The main tremors began at 05:12 in the morning along the San Andrés fault. It was felt on the Pacific coast from Oregon to Los Angeles and inland
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The artwork that is titled “Clouds Over San Francisco No.2”was created by Dina Budginas. She was born in Lithuania and soon migrated to Germany‚that is where she discovered her love for art. Dina is a self taught artist who picked up great nurturing skills along the way while attending art schools. She attended three art schools‚one that was located in Boston and the other two in Los Angeles by the names of Otis Art Institute and El Camino College. Her art life was put on hold due to raising four
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walked up the sloped concrete. I knew it was going to be a long time before we found the car‚ and once we did find it‚ that we were going to be exhausted. My family and I woke up at 7:00 am and began to get ready to go back from San Francisco. Although we stayed in San Francisco for three days‚ i felt like we didn’t have time to do everything we wanted. Almost as if the day went by faster than usual. I guess it’s true that time does fly when you’re having fun. We packed our back and started to load them
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that it echoed throughout my house as we first chatted. Out of all the attributes that make up Francisco‚ the one that will forever be stuck in my brain will be that of his enormous smile. Francisco always figures out a way to keep his big bright smile on his face‚ despite the situation he is facing. Francisco San Miguel’s dedication and hard work are two things that have led him towards his success Francisco was born to immigrant parents in 1985 in a rural part of Denton‚ Texas. They lived in a 2 bedroom
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The History of Mission San Francisco de Asis On June 27th‚ 1776 Father Palon and Pedro Cambon‚ ten Christian Indians driving pack mules‚ and almost 300 head of cattle arrived at the Arroyode los Dolores which Anza and Father Font had selected for a mission site. They put up a camp‚ erected an arbor (gazebo) as a temporary chapel and on June 29th‚ 1776 Font celebrated mass. This was the beginning of California’s sixth mission. Missions were settlements where padres (priests) from the Catholic Church
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