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obtain detailed information on past earthquakes, scientists have learned that the rate of large earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay region was high in the late 1800’s but dropped after the 1906 earthquake that occurred in San Francisco along the San Andreas Fault (Earthquake Outlook for the San Francisco Bay Region 2014-2043, 4). This drop in rate was due to the fact that the slide…

meeting in western California. The boundary between them is a zone of faults, the principal one being the San Andreas fault. The San Andreas fault is a strike slip fault. The Pacific Plate which is on the west, slides horizontally northwestward relative to the North American Plate located on the east. This causes earthquakes along the San Andreas and its associated faults. The San Andreas fault is a transform plate boundary; it accommodates horizontal relative motions. The 1906 earthquake…

going to happen and all we can do is prepare. The “Big One”, aka the San Andreas Fault in California, is one of the most famous landmarks of the United States today. It is the longest, most active fault line in the world. Scientist have been predicting a major quake to rupture from it and its due for its deadly rupture. This Earthquake could happen at any time, so you Californians…be ready. Image by www.pixgood.com The San Andreas Fault is a major fault line along the western part of California.…

In Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece, “Pan’s Labyrinth”, he explores the important connection of a person and their imagination within everyday reality. Based on a fairy tale, Princess Moanna whose father is king of the underworld visits the human world where she is blinded by sunlight, which then erases her memory and becomes mortal. The setting is in Spain 1944, during the country’s Civil War. The film follows Ofelia; a young girl whose father died in the war and her pregnant mother married…

Sicario, a thriller starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin, opened in theaters nationwide this week to warm reviews, as well as controversy. Sicario finds Kate Macer (Blunt), a straight-laced F.B.I. agent thrown into a world of high-intensity, life-or-death scenarions, as she ahs been recruited into a cartel-busting task force led by Matt Graver (Brolin), and associate Alejandro (Del Toro), who are at the opposite end of the personality spectrum from Macer; they are unorthodox…

We are to watch the movie, “A Girl with a Pearl Earrings”, by the director Peter Weber, that was filmed in 2003. The movie is based on Johannes Vermeer, the famous artist’s life and what is the story behind his painting of the girl with the pearl earrings. The movie is quit modest with the way it presented that period of time with the way they dressed to the way they spoke. It also focused of how art was important, precious and a luxury to attain. It addresses the tough life of people that…

The Klamath River Basin has been fraught environmental resource management issues that have been both highly politicized and publicized in the American West. The problems of water allocation in this region have been the result of conflicting interests between fishermen, tribes, wildlife, and farmers, which rely on scarce water resources for their livelihoods. Doremus and Tarlock(2008) refer to the Klamath Basin as a “problemshed” because its social and ecological problems pervade all of its…

Figure 1: Francisco Goya (1814). The Executions of May 3, 1808 (Goya, 1814). The Executions of May 3, 1808 Introduction Artwork analysis involves a thorough scrutiny on how the Elements of Art and Principles of Composition have been applied in a given piece of art. The purpose of the analysis is to determine whether the artwork meets the threshold both in composition principles and in the use of elements of art. Francisco Goya’s The Executions of May 3, 1808 is an impressive artwork whose style…

Pan’s Labyrinth Analysis The fantasy in Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s labyrinth transforms between a frightening fairytale perception and reality to create a film that expresses the value of imagination when displaying Ofelia’s vicious enemies, we live in a world where choice and defiance are necessary in order to survive and defend ourselves. The relationship between Ofelia’s desire to go against the autocracy of Vidal and The Faun connects and shows the non-stop human desire for power in the…

The film Pan’s Labyrinth, by the very famous and talented Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, has transcended and surpassed many records in the film industry. The film contains many peculiar aspects that pertain to realism and to fantasy that make it so the film is distinct from other films. The protagonist of the Ofelia displays certain characteristics and other aspects that in turn gives the film that sort of special charm that differentiates this film from other films. The main character…