Due to the local naval bases and the strong maritime trade‚ the San Francisco Bay Area became one of the leading centers for the development of radio and radar. Bell Labs was back east‚ in New York and New Jersey‚ but around the San Francisco Bay was perhaps the highest concentration of amateur or “ham” radio operators anywhere in the world. These amateur enthusiasts were constantly figuring out better ways to send or receive a radio signal. Around 1920‚ there were many local‚ mostly young‚
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The third of May 1808 is a painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The painting portrays an execution of masses of Spanish men by French soldiers. The six Napoleon’s troops are firing at a close range at a group of Spanish civilians. Between the narrow space of the soldiers and the Spanish men‚ there is a square lantern creating a dramatic light effect on the Spanish men. The painting is centered around an adult Spanish man kneeling with his arms outstretched at a gunpoint. He is wearing
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parents ever keep a secret from you? In the book Mama’s Bank Account‚ by her daughter Kathryn Forbes‚ Mama keeps a secret from her children all throughout their childhood. She raises her poor‚ struggling Norwegian immigrant family‚ residing in San Francisco in the early 1900’s. Throughout Katrin’s childhood‚ they encounter numerous challenges‚ and through it all‚ Mama’s secret Bank Account keeps them going. Mama’s Bank Account is a fiction that she creates so that her children do not have to worry
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The author of the article “Klondike Gold Rush” starts his story from when the gold rush started and how it started. In the article it says that it all started when two ships docked in San Francisco and Seattle carrying miners with bags of gold. When the word got out to the press then everyone wanted gold. A lot of different people went to the gold fields. Some were big and some were small. These miners were called stampeders. Within 6 month about 100‚000 gold seekers started there journey to the
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San Andreas Fault Zone The San Andreas Fault Zone is located in San Francisco‚ California and is more than 800 miles long and at least 10 miles deep. The San Andreas Fault is the drifting boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It splits California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego‚ Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco‚ Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate. There was an earthquake along
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It is known that the “San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta” is one of the biggest “estuary on the West Coast of the U.S.”. Therefore‚ will be expanding on this topic. As I go in detail in the situations that the “Delta”. In addition‚ to the objectives that have been recognized through the years. Furthermore‚ the projects that have come about‚ in order to be able to solve the crisis of the “Delta”. Then know if the problem can really be solved or what should be done. How the “delta”
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greed for gold turned even San Francisco into a ghost town. In Monterey‚ one Walter Colton even remarked‚ “The blacksmith dropped his hammer‚ the carpenter his plane‚ the mason his trowel‚ the baker his loaf‚ the tapster his bottle. All were off to the mines‚ some on horses‚ some in carts‚ some went on crutches‚ and one went in a litter.” The gold rush even influenced soldiers into abandoning their posts in pursuit of wealth. In their towns of Monterey and San Francisco‚ soldiers watched others get
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as on food‚ clothes‚ or selling equipment for gold seekers. One of them was Mr. Brannan who bought almost every store near the working mills and sold mining tools creating a monopoly. He would eventually become the first millionaire. In 1853 in San Francisco‚ Levi Strauss introduced his new denim pants‚ which he called Levi’s‚ to the gold seekers and cowboys. These pants soon gained well-known recognition since they were tear resistant and could be washed. To provide food for hungry miners‚ agriculture
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The reason for this is that in San Francisco‚ the urban community has recognized all of the city’s problems‚ packaged them together‚ slapped a new name on it and found the group of people whom they will be putting at fault. Sound familiar at? We as a society are allowing for the expansion
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The Gold Rush began in May of 1848 when the words‚ "Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!" were shouted by Sam Brennan in San Francisco. The discovery ignited the flames of desire across the country and everyone was infected with gold fever. The topic of the California Gold Rush is a home run in terms of this years theme. We chose this event because of its significance in the foundation of our country and the impact it had on so many lives. People from all over the world traveled to the west
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