piece‚ novelist and journalist Jack London offers an extraordinary first-person account of the fiery aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. London’s report originally appeared in Collier’s Weekly‚ May 5‚ 1906. After you have finished reading London’s narrative (a classic example of creative nonfiction)‚ visit our Reading Quiz on "The San Francisco Earthquake." And then compare London’s account of the disaster with the one offered by William James in his essay "On Some Mental Effects of
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Data analytics is not only confined to marketing or business‚ now a days it is used in many fields. Sports is one such area‚ here are two examples in sports were data analytics was used very extensively and proved its worth. The San Francisco Giants are one of the oldest U.S baseball teams‚ and one of the most successful as well. They have won the most games by any team in the history of American baseball and any North American professional sports team. The giants have captured 23 National League
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San Francisco Bay Consulting (SF Bay Consulting)‚ as described in the Harvard Business School case by Baker and Monsler (1995)‚ is a leading business consultancy and litigation support group following the goal of providing “practical application of economic theory to business problems” (p. 1). In order to manipulate and analyze data‚ high-end software and computers are used to serve clients’ needs. The company faces serious internal problems regarding the relationship between their consultants and
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Hola! I am Francisco Pizarro! You may know me as the explorer to destroy the Inca empire and found Peru’s capital‚ Lima. I was born in 1476 in Trujillo‚ Spain to a poor family. My parents did not pay much attention to me‚ and I had an incomplete education because I spent most of the time herding pigs! I didn’t even know how to read! Now that I think about it‚ I had a horrible childhood. But I was a curious boy‚ hearing stories of the new world. In 1510‚ I decided to go on an adventure. I joined Alonzo
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of power under a single-party dictatorship. Fascist dictators maintain authority through strict socioeconomic controls‚ suppression of the masses through censorship and terrorism‚ and policies of aggressive nationalism and racism (“Fascism”). Francisco Franco first implemented this government policy in Spain after witnessing its achievements in Germany and Italy. Franco’s strong nationalistic and military upbringing was the basis for his fascist dictatorship. What made Franco the “ultimate fascist
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The Spanish conquistador‚ Francisco Pizarro (Pizarro) once argued‚ “There lies Peru with its riches; here‚ Panama and its poverty. Choose‚ each man‚ what best becomes a brave Castilian.” Reports of Peru ’s riches and the heroic stories of other conquistador’s success against the Aztec Empire in Mexico tantalized all of Spain. This influenced Pizarro to plead with the Spanish king‚ Charles V‚ for permission to undertake an expedition to claim Peru‚ the home of the Inca Empire‚ in the name of the Spain
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the city of San Francisco. The name itself brings to mind its many sociocultural icons. The Golden Gate Bridge‚ cable cars‚ Fisherman’s Wharf‚ Chinatown‚ and Alcatraz Island are unique to San Francisco yet do not define the city. From a tiny missionary village to wild west frontier town to love-ins and gay pride to world-class city characterize San Francisco as a distinctive metropolis. Environmentally‚ San Francisco is far from ideal. At the tip of the peninsula on San Francisco Bay‚ surrounded
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SEA LEVEL RISE: San Francisco Bay Area MUD 692 l Kevin Kellogg l FALL 2012 l Utkarsh Kumar The Theory: Coastal cities need preservation and restoration‚ not development to tackle the issues of Sea Level Rise. “We basically have three choices: mitigation‚ adaptation‚ and suffering‚” said John Holdren‚ the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an energy and climate expert at Harvard. “We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is
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Period 4 15 September 2011 1906 S.F. Earthquake Essay The 1906 Great San Francisco earthquake is one of the worst earthquake’s to happen yet. The magnitude was believed to be about a 7.8 on the Richter scale. What made it so destructive wasn’t just the magnitude of the earthquake but the fact that the fires were uncontrollable. These factors led to the San Francisco quake to be know as a tragedy. San Francisco was a large city of a population of about four hundred thousand. Therefore because
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Giants Win World Series 2012: Buster Posey‚ Matt Cain Finish Off Sweep Of Detroit Tigers The San Francisco Giants reached the 2012 World Series thanks to their uncanny success in the back-to-the-wall "If Necessary" games of the National League playoffs. Switching gears from resilient to dominant‚ the Giants then won the World Series without Games 5 through 7 ever being needed. The Giants capped a 4-0 sweep of the Tigers with a thrilling‚ extra-inning 4-3 win in Game 4 at a rain-dappled Comerica
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