On April 18‚ 1906‚ the citizens of San Francisco got struck with a tremendous earthquake‚ and a huge fire‚ towers fell and much of San Francisco was destroyed‚ as a result‚ it led to many people’s deaths and made people homeless. Buildings in damage and millions of dollars lost About 28‚000 buildings destroyed and more than $480‚000‚000 lost because of the fire and earthquake. “ Louise Herrick Wall observed for miles‚ his way lay among those who had just lost their homes and had burned‚ but then
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Case 2: San Francisco Bay Consulting The problem in this case is the identification of the role of Computer Service and its relationship between it and other departments. The three solutions all have advantages and disadvantages. I think if we still keep the current system‚ the role of CS department remains unclear. If the staff are not clear about their role‚ they would behave nor too conservative nor too risky. So whey still lack can-do attitude on occasions‚ because they
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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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The San Andreas Fault is a major fracture of the Earth’s crust on the western coast of North America. The fault trends northwestward for more than 800 miles from the northern end of the Gulf of California through western California‚ passing seaward into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of San Francisco. Tectonic movement along the fault has been associated with occasional large earthquakes originating near the surface along its path‚ including a disastrous quake in San Francisco in 1906‚ a less
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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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closely followed and well documented and we are able to examine what teams have done in the past to establish dominance. The San Francisco 49ers football team from 1980-1990‚ won five NFL championship. The team was led by Hall of Famers: Joe Montana‚ Jerry Rice‚ Ronnie Lott‚ Steve Young‚ and coach Bill Walsh(football Hall of Fame). With five Super Bowl wins‚ the 49ers are tied with the Dallas Cowboys for the second-most Super Bowl wins. Joe Montana threw for 3‚521 yards and 26 touchdowns‚ with
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The Successful State of San Francisco’s Tourism Industry Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….3 Exploring San Francisco…………………………………………………………………….4 Dining ………………………………………………………………………………...4 Nightlife & the Arts ………………………………………………………………….6 Outdoors & Sports …………………………………………………………………...7 Shopping …………………………………………………………………………….. 8 Accommodations ……………………………………………………………………. 8 Statistics ………………………………………………………………………………………8 Tourist Industry Setbacks …………………………………………………………………
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University of Michigan Wolverines to an Orange Bowl championship. Tom claims he loved the sport of football more and wanted to get an education which baseball did not offer. Growing up Tom Brady admired Joe Montana. Tom lived in an area that supported the 49ers. Decades before‚ Joe Montana was born June 11th 1956 in New Eagle Pennsylvania. Joe attended high school in Monongahela‚ Pennsylvania were at the time he was eligible for both a football and basketball scholarships. Like Tom he chose to play college
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announced‚ many people don’t know many of the specifics about his early childhood‚ his athletic career and most importantly about the famous murder trial. Orenthal James Simpson was born on July 9‚ 1947 in San Francisco‚ California. He lived in a very low-income neighborhood outside of San Francisco. His parents were Eunice and James Lee Simpson. At two years old‚ Simpson contracted rickets‚ leaving his legs skinny‚ pigeon-toed. He had to wear a pair of shoes connected by an iron bar for a few hours
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