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 Third of May 1808 (also known as El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid‚ or Los fusilamientos de la montana del Prìncipe Pìo‚ or Los fusilamientos atled tres de mayo) is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish depicter Francisco Goya‚ now in the Museo del Prado‚ Madrid. In the work‚ Goya sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s armies during the possession of 1808 in the Peninsular War. Along with its coadjutor fact of the same largeness‚ The Second of May 1808 (or The Charge of
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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 1906 San Francisco earthquake is widely believed to be the most significant earthquake of all time with regards to destruction‚ loss of life‚ and subsequent learnings. On the 110th anniversary of the April 18th‚ 1906 earthquake‚ we delve into how our understanding of earthquakes has developed and how this particular earthquake helped further our understanding. In 1906 San Francisco was a thriving city of 400‚000 and an important economic and trading center of the U.S. west coast. On April 18th
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Case 2: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Preserves Expertise with Better Knowledge Management 1. What are the business goals of SFPUC? How is knowledge management related to those goals? SFPUC is a department of the city and county of San Francisco that provides water‚ wastewater‚ and municipal power services to the city. SFPUC’s Power division provides electricity to the city and county of San Francisco‚ including power used to operate electric streetcars and buses; the Regional
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Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas Antonio Banderas‚ one of Spain’s most famous faces who was a soccer player until he broke his foot at age 14‚ is now a Hispanic film star best known as Zorro. He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10‚ 1960‚ in Málaga‚ Andalusia‚ Spain. His father‚ Jose Dominguez‚ was a policeman in the Spanish civil guards. His mother‚ Dona Ana Banderas‚ was a school teacher. Young Banderas was brought up a Roman Catholic‚ but eventually had freed himself
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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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GERALDINE FERRARO Geraldine Ferraro was born on August 26‚1935 in Brooklyn‚ New York and was an attorney‚ a Democratic Party politician‚ and a member of the United States House of Representatives. She was the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party. This is the beginning of how Geraldine Ferraro became the first female vice presidential candidate. Geraldine grew up in Newburgh‚ New York. She was the daughter of Antonetta L
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Who is Dillon Francis? Dillon Francis is an American DJ and record producer. People know him as the pioneer of moombahton and moombahcore music. In addition‚ his debut album ‘Money Sucks‚ Friends Rule’ reached number two on the US Dance chart. Dillon Francis’s Early Life‚ Childhood‚ and Education Francis was born in Los Angeles‚ California on October 5‚ 1987. According to him‚ his father‚ Robert Drew Francis‚ is an "alternative medicines doctor.". Additionally‚ he was very sheltered growing up‚
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1. Francisco Partners was founded by Dave Stanton and he had a vision to create a leading buyout fund which was focused on the technology sector. He previously worked at Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and handled the investments in the technology sector. He started Francisco Partners by assembling a strong team with experienced people in the technology sector. TPG was a generalist buyout firm and they were on track to raise a technology specific fund‚ and when that did not go through‚ Dave Stanton decided
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