tragic volcanic eruptions in history. Another volcanic eruption that altered a society was the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. In the year 79 A.D.‚ The surrounding towns of Pompeii and Hurculaneum were not prepared for what was to come. One morning‚ a giant column of smoke‚ ash and pumice exploded from the top of Mt. Vesuvius‚ startling many of the local townspeople of Pompeii and Herculaneum. From there‚ pyroclastic flows worked their way down the mountainside and blanketed both towns. Townspeople
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On April 18‚ 1906 at 5:12 AM a earthquake and fire developed in San Francisco that only lasted seconds‚ but yet it destroyed ¾ of the city including 300‚000 homes and 38‚000 buildings at the end. Much of the destruction that day was caused by the fire that the earthquake started that is why people today call it “the great Fire of 1906.” During the earthquake the head of the city’s fire department passed away when the chimney of his home collapsed on top of him. In addition to this tragic incident
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teaching us how to create our own and leaving them for us to realize. Biography Harvey Milk‚ was a visionary civil and human rights leader who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Milk’s unprecedented loud and unapologetic proclamation of his authenticity as an openly gay candidate for public office‚ and his subsequent election gave never before experienced hope to Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ and
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César Chávez Weekend of Service and Learning 2010 Sponsorship Packet “It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life." - César E. Chávez HandsOn Bay Area 135 Bluxome Street‚ Second Floor San Francisco‚ CA 94107 www.hoba.org MARCH 27 – 31‚ 2010 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA ¡Sí se puede! PURPOSE In conjunction with California’s designated César Chávez Day of Service and Learning‚ HandsOn Bay Area (HOBA) will engage communities in service in honor of the life and values
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WHY WAS THE GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE? In 1989 an earthquake hit San Francisco‚ on the west coast of USA‚ killing around 63 people. Twelve years later an earthquake hit Gujarat‚ in India. This time it killed approximately 20‚000 people. In this report I will be comparing the two earthquakes‚ giving reasons why the Gujarat earthquake was so much more destructive than the one in San Francisco. An earthquake is a movement or tremor in the earth’s crust
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Attack -Zaynab Hararah As a native San Franciscan‚ my mission growing up was to find the perfect burger. After sixteen years and three months‚ mission accomplished. I call it; well actually the founder and owner named it -- Burger Meister. Burger Meister serves as my occasional comfort food. Burger Meister is featured at the newly remodeled Westlake Shopping Center in Daly City‚ which is about five minutes from San Francisco State University. After this location opened‚ I realized
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Table of Contents http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/27/san_francisco_revises_death_toll_for_1906_earthquake/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/casualties.php http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/social_turmoil/city-reeling.asp http://www.nps.gov/prsf/historyculture/1906-earthquake-relief-efforts-living-accommodations.htm http://1906earthquake.com/damage-effects/ http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html http://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/who17.html
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The wage difference in San Francisco between the technology workers verses workers in other fields has a big impact. According to the Tom Kaneshige‚ a senior online writer at CIO.com that covers BYOD and consumer technology in the enterprise‚ and has been covering business and technology for two decades stated that the minimum wage for those working in the technology industry is roughly $19.00 per hour this year. However‚ the minimum wage for the people working San Francisco as a normal retail companies
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join his brothers Jonas and Louis‚ who had begun a dry goods business in New York City. His mother and two sisters came with him. By 1850‚ Strauss was already calling himself Levi. In 1853‚ Strauss became an American citizen.[3] He moved to San Francisco‚ where the California Gold Rush was still going on. Strauss expected the miners would welcome his buttons‚ scissors‚ thread and bolts of fabric. He also brought along canvas sailcloth‚ intended to make tents and covers for the Conestoga wagons
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” Fire and Fog‚” by Dianne Day‚ she tells a story about San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Dianne Day explains how people suffer during and after the earthquake. Caroline Fremont Jones‚ 23 years old is one of the main characters who survive in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of‚ 1906. Fremont is an independent person‚ helpful citizen and a brave girl. Fremont is an independent person who lives and works as a typist in San Francisco. Her father states‚ “My Dear Caroline stop glad you are
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