The first stage is about his first trip leaving New York to get to San Francisco to meet his friend Dean Moriarty. ... After staying a couple of days in Denver, he leaves to San Francisco to live with his prep school friend and later he moves to Los Angeles, his last stop, and finally he returns to New York. ... He is always asking her aunt to send him money, or he gets very insignificant jobs, like when he lives in San Francisco with his friend Remi Boncoeur, they work as guards in the barracks they live in and they steal food. ... Also, nothing has really changed, Sal still wants to go with...

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As the 2008 holiday season approached, Denny Brown, vice-president and chief information officer (CIO) of Pinnacle West, wondered how he would navigate his organization through a tumultuous economy in the coming year. The year had begun very well for Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW), a compan...

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To the San Francisco Bay area, as well as the rest of California, the late "60's and early "70's represented terror, fear, and death. ... A few days later, a letter, in the form of a cryptogram, was delivered to the San Francisco Chronicle. ... One of the most interesting of the Zodiac killings took place on September 27th, 1969, at Lake Berryessa, near the San Francisco Bay area. ...

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Strauss Location: San Francisco, California Date: 1933 - 1937 Building Type: Suspension Bridge Construction System: Steel FrameCables Climate: Temperate/Urban Context: Structural Modern with some Art Deco details Fact: One of the longest bridges in the world, It is a powerful human structure beautiful in it's natural location. Notes: The Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco with Marin County in absolute splendor. ... The concrete poured to cement the bridge into the stormy waters below could have also been used to pave a five-foot sidew...

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The waters of San Francisco bay are given a blue-green tinge. ... The camera circles around the both of them, and as it does so, images of San Juan Batista emerge from behind them, as if to indicate that the past has caught up with the present, and later will engulf them to a powerfully emotional and tragic end. ... As an audience, we are drawn into Scottie's narrow view of the world, conceiving our vision of a 1950s San Francisco through Scottie's eyes. ...

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To introduce it, we will describe the Baroque style, the importance of the mathematics in the Baroque architecture, and the characteristics of the Borromini;s church named san Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638-1641, Rome). ... Following this, I will intricately explore/investigate all the relevant details of Borromini's "San Carlo alle Quattro" , a famous church from the period, from it's facade, to is plan forms, right up to it's dome roof and intricate painting and sculpture. ... Buildings of the period are composed of great curving forms with undulating facades, ground pl...

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After this Manson was again caught and sent to jail for many different violations, too many to name until the age of 32 when he was released from prison and given transportation to San Francisco. ... Manson was poorly prepared for life on the outside, but he was able to blend in to the hippie scene of San Francisco with his guitar. ... By the spring of 1968, Manson had formed a stable but small group of followers and they left San Francisco in an old school bus and just went around. ...

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Case Study: Southwest Airlines Introduction History Southwest Airlines began service June 18, 1971 with flights to Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. ... He doodled a triangle on the napkin, labeled the points Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas. ... *To further challenge Southwest, United also created a shuttle-type operation out of San Francisco -- called United Shuttle -- to compete on Southwest routes out of San Francisco. ...

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His work has been published in many academic journals as well as in The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and other newspapers. ... Trained as a Political Scientist in India and England, she was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley and has taught at the New College of San Francisco and Dominican College of San Rafael. ...

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About Cosima Niehaus Cosima Niehaus, in one term is, 324B21. In the series Orphan Black, Niehaus is a clone, a part of an experiment to study genetic identicals. Despite her genetics being a blueprint, Niehaus has developed her own life and own personality compared to that of her genetic sisters. Sh...

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One of the most noted turning points in American History is the Civil Rights Movement. Almost every aspect of this country today, would not be the same if it was not for the African American leaders that stood up in their communities during the mid 1900's and preached words of a United States that was free from oppression against people of color. These leaders were fearless, dedicated, well-spoken men who advocated African American strength and pride, as well as the unthinkable acts that were made against people of color during their time. Two main groups of the Civil Rights movement were...

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Chronic Absenteeism Jamaal Southern Illinois University ____________________________________________________________ HCM 450 Management Problems in Health Care Industry Spring 2002 Assignment #2 Abstract Chronic absenteeism is one of many significant problems that health care mangers must learn to confront. Interaction with employees and motivation plays a major role in combating absenteeism. Healthcare managers can always relate to many health care management theories, concepts and practices for guidance....

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Leaders such as Francisco I. ... Francisco I. ... Madero fled to San Antonio, Texas and began the preparations to overthrow diaz. So, he prepared the document that started the Mexican Revolution which would be known as "Plan of San Luis Poto­, dated October 1910 " (HTM 113). ...

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To enforce his new regime, Santa Anna sent an expedition north to Texas, where a small American militia captured and drove back Mexican troops in San Antonio. Under the leadership of Sam Houston, American Texans routed the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto and captured Santa Anna, who was forced to sign an agreement recognizing Texan sovereignty and independence. ... Meanwhile, Walker opened recruitment offices in San Francisco to bring in more mercenaries to strengthen his position in Nicaragua. ...

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In response to these statistics regarding Mexican-Americans, the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000 stated that, "`They do all the menial jobs, here. ... In 1986, the Los Angeles Times cited the San Diego school district as an example of a Mexican-American community hampered by many students" decisions to quit school. Of over 15,000 Mexican-Americans in the San Diego schools, 25.2 percent dropped out, compared to 14.1 percent of 51,998 white students in the area. ...

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In that same year, labor politicians in San Francisco began to organize "Anti-Coolie Clubs"; five years later there was one in every ward of the city. ... In July of 1870, a number of anti-Chinese demonstrations and mass meetings had been held in San Francisco with marchers carrying signs and slogans. ... The man who actually shot Thompson escaped punishment, and only a few of the guilty members were imprisoned at San Quentin for a short period"(Smith 14). ...

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Proposition 54 Ward Connerly, a leader in the passage of Proposition 209 to end affirmative action, now has gathered enough signatures to put another proposition on the October recall ballot. Proposition 54, the Classification by Race, Ethnicity, Color, or National Origin (CRECNO) Initiative wi...

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For the past thirty years in the State of California, bilingual education has been undertaken by all the public schools of the state. Under such system, children of non-American ethnic have had a special treatment in their early academic career. Children of minority groups have been thought various subjects in their native tongues. Such subjects are Math, History and some Science classes. The bilingual program presented the student a scholastic curriculum that simultaneously instructed students all the required classes while teaching them the English language. ...

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Market Strategy: Oasis Computers Inc. has scheduled to announce its new and innovative tennis software/personal computer, which tracks the player's records from the cradle to the grave. It allows the player to transfer their records to various tennis organizations from junior to pro. The tenni...

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History of AIDS 3 AIDS: A growing epidemic What is the first thing you think about when you hear the word AIDS? Most people think of a deadly virus that is transmitted by sex, needles, or blood transfusions. Then there are those who believe that one can get AIDS by hugging someone. Many of these people don't realize the severity of this modern plague. 665,357 people have AIDS in the United States alone by 1998, and 401,028 people have died from AIDS. Every hour, two teenagers contract the AIDS virus (Franks, 1999). ...

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Imagine a world in which college tuition was nonexistent, and the only prerequisite to entering college was getting good grades. With this stipulation, people who wish to attain a higher education will have a better chance to do so. They can solely base the college that they wish to attend by considering the social, academic, and extracurricular aspects of the college. However, in the United States, the hard work put into trying to attend your dream school may not matter due to the high costs of college tuition. Now, students who wish to go to a particular school may not have the chance to do...

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In Lewis' rendition of Till We Have Faces he presents the reader with a new and refreshing perspective of the ancient Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche. However, this interesting tale is much more than a myth retold. Lewis' central theme in this book is obsessive love. The sick and twisted love that Orual has for Psyche clearly depicts the obsession she had with Psyche, which is mirrored in her vindictive and manipulative schemes to hold her captive to her. Lewis draws a parallel of this type of love and explains it more in his book The Four Loves. ...

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The Legalization of Marijuana for All Purposes Drugs are major problem in our society today. Although the Canadian government has taken measures against drugs, in stiffening laws concerning the cultivation and trafficking of drugs and various media awareness programs, the problem continues to get worse. The government is exercising many options to control the problem or even solve the problem. It seems as if the "war on drugs" is a futile war or at least next to impossible to win. The government should consider using different options than ones they have used in the past. ...

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If that bridge were to be taken out by terrorists, it not only would financially disrupt San Francisco temporarily, but it would scar its inhabitants just like it did in New York two years ago when the two towers fell. ...

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Cult activity has been on the rise over the past few decades. With it there has been an increase in the fear surrounding it. From this fear, society has learned much about cults, how they get members and what to look out for as far as cult recruiters go. Society as a whole has also learned what can ...

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