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Blending Cultures is the Key to Frisco's Greatness Cultural activities and events abound in the great city of San Francisco. There are even plenty of museums that not only promote awareness of the diverse cultures of this great city but also celebrate the contributions of these people to what this city has become. If you are planning to visit San Francisco, you will be robbing yourself of a real treat if you fail to visit some of the museums devoted to the cultural history of this city. Below…

The California gold rush is a historic period of time from (1848-1857) that caused a massive migration of people all around the world. Consequently the immense amount of gold found In California made many people rich, but also made many people live in poverty. With one lucky day you could be a millionaire overnight. Not many as many people struck it rich while searching for gold, and many of the millionaires didn't even have to search for gold to become wealthy, many of them had businesses that…

The Gold Rush of 1849 led to the transformation and conversion of California from a calm, sleepy society to a violent, unruly and wild society. The Gold Rush in California started in 1848 after the discovery of gold in California. Reportedly 300,000 people rushed to California for gold seeking. The gold attracted people from Latin America, Australia, Asia and Europe. Some of the gold seekers had to endure hardships to get to California, but they did not seem to mind. Initially, it was easy to…

One of the most well known of all prisons in America is Alcatraz. Located 121 feet above sea level, in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, this prison sits on only 22 acres of land. Alcatraz was nicknamed “the rock.” The Rock held some of the most notorious criminals, murderers, and gangsters in the United States. Some of these people include Al Capone, Robert “the Bird man of Alcatraz” Stroud, and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. Alcatraz is such a famous prison in America’s history because of its…

“China Staking $5.2B Methanol Venture in State.” “A Chinese backed joint venture is planning to invest $5.2 billion in Washington State to develop plants that would convert large volumes of natural gas into methanol at the ports of Kalama, Cowlitz County, and Tacoma.” They are spending so much money on making it, while not saying how much it will give us. They haven’t said how it will help our economy, and if it is reliable. Another detail that supports my answer is from “Proposed Methanol Plant…

Alcatraz Mia Valle Alcatraz was once called one of the “Supermax Prison,” this was because it was a big place but not a lot of inmates there that lived or served a lifetime, because it was for the people who were really dangerous. When all the deaths were happening there at Alcatraz people were starting to wonder about the safety there at Alcatraz. They also had to shut down Alcatraz, which wasn't open for a very long time and hasn't opened since but they do tours. But people say, “To this…

To What Extent Is Gentrification Detrimental to Ethnic and Indigenous Groups? Gentrification has been used to renovate and improve localities so that it assimilates or conforms to middle-class modernization. Gentrification can be held accountable for increased investments, economic expansion, increased attraction of business and lower crime rates. Gentrification can also lead to population migration. This renewal and rebuilding is followed by an influx of affluent people into deteriorating…

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…

will have stops in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. The vision is to offer an alternative transportation solution to ultimately promote a car and care-free South Florida, and it is partnering with Miami Dade County Transit (Brightline, 2016). The transit system in Miami Dade County is the fifteenth largest in public transit system in the United States of America, and the largest in Florida (Barrow, 2016). The goal is to connect the Metrorail with the Tri-Rail in Broward and Palm Beach…

persists at the rate that is being predicted by scientists, many Bay Area communities will be affected. It is estimated that by 2100, the oceans will rise over 5 feet (Crawford, n.d.). This will lead to devastating effects across the globe and in Marin County and will ultimately leave over 30,000 people without homes and over $6 million in damages (Surging Seas, n.d.). Without a plan of action by groups like C-SMART or OCOF in the Bay Area, no changes will be made to adapt to the new growing…