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Andreas Fault System Where exactly is the San Andreas Fault System (SAFS)? The SAFS is located in California, mainly towards the West coast. B) What is the dominant type of fault within the system? The dominant fault within the SAFS is a right lateral strike slip fault. C) Where exactly is the SAFS in California? The SAFS begins in Cape Mendocino (Northern California) and ends in Salton Sea (Southern California). D) Dimensions of the fault? How long? How wide? How deep into the crust? The SAFS…

pacific ocean, swimming between San Pedro to Catalina Island. All the events during this play revolve around this infamous race, and Margarita in particular, which identifies her as the star of the show. “The little Cuban swimmer from Long Beach, California, nineteen-year-old Margarita Suarez. The unknown a bundle of tenacity, battling her way through the choppy, murky waters of the cold Pacific to reach the Island of Romance…. Santa Catalina ... where should she be the first to arrive, two…

Once upon a time a young girl, influenced through several Disney princesses, realized that she was never going to have the happily ever after she always dreamed of. She’ll never have the guy who treats her right, instead she gets the guy who hits her while he’s drunk, and a mother fighting for her life in a hospital bed. Yet she continues to pray for her happy ending day after day, year after year. She begins to hate the stories that made her dream that made her feel special. Every day she falls…

Disaster Mitigation California is facing its fifth year in drought. (Center, 2016) The drought is estimated to cost the state of California $600 million dollars and 4,700 jobs this year. This is better compared to last year’s cost but still a significant amount. What could help California during this time and in the future would be to incorporate disaster mitigation strategies during recovery phase and to find methods to help reduce the impact or occurrences of droughts. Mitigation includes risk…

To end the war between Mexico and the United States the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was established. Article X conducted that any territory that previously belonged to Mexico, now within the limits of the U.S. would be respected as valid, to the same extent of the land grants would be valid. Basically meaning that all land grants that had originally been made by the Mexican government would continue to be valid. It seemed as if the U.S. government could see that these lands that were continuing…

Hispanics are a significant part of the United States. Through their traditions and culture, they have been easily differentiated. Hispanics include the Mexicans, Cubans, South or Central American as well as Puerto Rican. More clearly understood, Hispanics are people with links to the Spanish culture and heritage. These people are often linked with the colonization in United States under the Spanish empire (Carrasquillo, 1991). The issue focused here is the Hispanic culture, their tradition…

Introduction The San Francisco BART is an important rapid transit system that connects San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo. It is open 365 days a year and operates between 4 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, Saturdays from 6 a.m. to midnight and Sundays from 8 a.m. to midnight. In 2015, BART had about 126 million annual passengers and a weekday average of 423,120 passengers. Saturdays see an average of 207,539 users and Sundays have an average daily ridership of 151.562 people. The…

BOTANICAL GARDENS Photograph 1: Giant Sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, (Lindl.) J.Buchh. (sequoiadendron giganteum, 2017) The giant Sequoia is the world’s largest tree it is native to California, when the tree is mature its bark is a red/ brownish colour. The physical characteristics of the giant Sequoia include, its ability to resist forest fires due to its extraordinarily thick bark which can grow to 6 meters wide, fire is a huge reason young giant Sequoia trees die. The bark of the tree…

Running Fence is a piece of Land Art made by two New York artists, Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The temporary Earthwork was installed along the coastlines of California in September of 1976, where is stayed up for fourteen days, as documented by Albert and David Maysles in 1978 the film, Running Fence. This film took viewers through the process of installing and fighting for the legal permits needed to install the piece, which was very controversial. Many locals in the town did not believe that…

Our Vacation This essay is about my family’s awesome vacation. We went to Arizona and California. We did a bunch of fun things like Universal Studios, and Griffith Observatory. It was really awesome and i’m going to tell you about it. It was June 5 2015, wich was my birthday. We got out of school and got on an airplane at the Idaho Falls airport. It was my first time on an airplane and it was my birthday so, the pilot let me sit in the cockpit. I videoed the take off on my Ipod and loved the…