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Since the days of the Gold Rush, San Francisco has been an important financial center. Located halfway between London and Tokyo as well as between Seattle and San Diego, San Francisco is at the center of global business. The city’s marketing theme is, “Never the same. Always San Francisco.” San Francisco being of Northern California has a very awesome view of the Pacific Ocean and the thriving community of San Francisco has a diverse array of neighborhoods, each with its own culture and…

Mad Max: Fury Road is a spectacular film, and while it may not seem to be the most thought-provoking movie, there is a lot of hidden depth that can be discovered. Performing more than just a cursory viewing allows one to see the hidden themes and ideals presented in a seemingly vacuous movie, and looking past the dust and explosions allows one to see the characters develop along with the setting and landscape. The most prolific use of imagery in this movie is not even in the visual effects,…

me the turn was coming up. I instantly slammed on my breaks and turned into the entrance. Little did I know, there was a huge pot hole on the entryway of the station that I had seemed to miss. Hitting the large depression of the road produced the axles of my car make an awful screeching noise, grind the undercarriage of my vehicle to the ground, and spring everyone in the car, including my golf clubs, raise into the air. The event resulted in Lainey and Ellis rapidly burst into laughter. While I…

Escaping Uncle Sam’s Devil Island The Federal prison known as Alcatraz, is in the chilly waters of California’s San Francisco Bay. It housed some of America’s most difficult and dangerous criminals during the years 1934 to 1963. For over thirty years Alcatraz Island was the main destinations for the nation’s most violent criminals. Criminals like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Robert Stroud, also known as The birdman of Alcatraz. With ninety guards working round the clock, including…

Over the summer of 2015, I worked for Total Lawn Care, a lawn mowing business out of Little Falls, Minnesota. My job consisted of mowing and trimming our customers’ lawn, as well as blowing off their sidewalk and driveway after. While working, I learned how to deal with various types of people with different attitudes toward their lawn. Some have a good attitude, while others do not, making my job easier at times and harder during others. There are four different types of lawn owners: Nice Old…

I try to live my life by a rule. That rule is Never do tomorrow what you can do today. Life is a funny thing in most cases, you live it generally never thinking that it could possibly end. You make plans far off in the future, and some of us even dream of never dying and living forever. I am guilty like everyone on earth by one time or another, just like everyone else fancying myself invincible and I have more reasons than most not to be that way. One of the things that I have always…

But, in 1965, consumer protection activist Ralph Nader book came out about the car as “unsafe at any speed.” The book pointed out the vehicle had an “unstable axle suspension design.” That led to a huge drop in sales “from 220,000” to barely “15000 cars sold in 1968.” Thus, because of his book prompted the signing of the “National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966.” http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/7-biggest-automotive-scandals-time-article-1…

In Beloved, Toni Morrison creates a profound comparison between a pathetic rooster, Mister, and a slave, Paul D Garner. The traditional roles between chicken and human are reversed as Paul D envies Mister’s freedom. Initially, this paradox suggests that slaves are worse off than humans, but upon a closer look, it is really a comparison of a naturally domestic animal and an animal that needs to be domesticated. While chickens have evolved to exhibit less aggressive and more domestic behaviors,…

¬¬ Hybrid is a term that is used to describe a combination of two or more exclusive things, aiming to complete an objective. A vehicle that is a hybrid has two motors in the engine bay; one is an electric motor and the other gasoline powered motor. The reason that the two motors are combined is because it uses reducing deficiencies and strengths. The electric motor is used when it’s driven at a low speed, while the gas motor performs better at high speeds. It generates extra power for…

THE NONES OF SEPTEMBER had arrived, and so began the fortnight of games known to all citizens as the Ludi Romani. The four factions of Alexandria gathered at the Lageum amidst the massing throngs that swarmed in the hippodrome, all intent on a day spent in revelry and of racing, all intent on seeing Rubio of the Reds continue his winning ways. The placards and advertisements had heralded the Germani lad as the circus favorite, him reputedly having the finest quadriga of Libyans ever yoked and…