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    San Francisco Waste Management

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    San Francisco, California: A Model City for Waste Management The US is the number one producer of garbage all over the world, consuming 30% of the planet’s resources and producing 30% of all its wastes. The number is surprising considering that the US is home to just 4% of the global population. As the world modernizes and the population grows, producing more waste, waste management programs need to improve. Many are pointing to San Francisco because the city achieved an 80% landfill diversion

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    California women and men worked tirelessly to strengthen the women’s suffrage campaign from 1893, when the state legislature passed an amendment permitting women to vote in state elections, through the final passage of the amendment in 1911. The strength of the movements themselves, passionate support overcoming harsh opposition, pushed by the people and the organizations championing for the women’s vote were the main contributing factors which accumulated in the eventual passage of Amendment 8.

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    The number one state in America with the highest rate of homeless people is California with a total population of 113,952 homeless individuals with 71,437 of them being unsheltered (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD], 2014, p. 9). In 2014, San Francisco, CA was in the top-ten major cities with the largest numbers of homeless individuals totaling at 6,408 (HUD, 2014, p.11). The 2015 Homeless San Francisco Point-In-Time Count & Survey was conducted to gain a more comprehensive understanding

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    Great San Francisco Earthquake On April 18, 1906, at 5:12 am over 400 thousand lives were forever changed, due to the San Francisco Earthquake. The 7.7-7.9 magnitude earthquake only lasted for a minute, however, the impact was incredible. The earthquake ignited several fires that spread throughout San Francisco and lasted for three days. Tectonic plates make up the outermost shell of the Earth and have been moving in relation to each other for hundreds of millions of years. Two tectonic plates

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    The San Francisco Bay was stumbled upon by Spanish soldiers in 1769. Upon the time of its discovery, the Bay and the San Francisco Estuary traversed 500 square miles consisting of open water as well as another 850 square miles of fresh and salt water marsh. There was beautiful scenery along with the existence of various species in the beginning of its discovery. Various types of species included sea otters, whales, large salmon, mussels and oysters, large flocks of geese and duck, as well as shorebirds

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    say to the parents of San Francisco to look closer to their daughters, for they know not the many dangers to which they are exposed-know their associates, guard their virtue-and to mildly counsel their sons, for when upon the streets of this gay city they are wandering amid many temptations.”2 –B.E. Lloyd, Lights and Shades in San Francisco,

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    The Disaster In California, That Shook The U.S. A tragedy that struck California that will change history forever, happened the Monday of February 2, 2025. After a major earthquake, approximately 47% of California is now floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is removed from the United States. A week has past since this tragic and horrifying moment happened. About 200,000 people are still left on the now what is called “The Floating Island.” Thousands of lives were lost during this earthquake

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    As everyone knows, Chinese people are all around the world, and they do not like living with local people, so there is a place for them to do everything, such as work, live, and entertainment, its name is Chinatown. There are many Chinatown in this world; Chinatown may be located in London, UK, Chinatown may be located in Australia, also Chinatown may be located in New York. Whereas, today I want to write about the Chinatown of San Francisco, because there are many historic things I can illustrate

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    Research Paper On Uber

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    technology. Recently, it has introduced one new and advanced vehicle as a driverless one which can work even without the driver to direct. In San Francisco, the transportation system of Uber has improved the infrastructure of a driverless vehicle. About the driverless car In the modern world, everything is being changed depends upon the requirement by the people or something else. Similarly, the new invention by the transportation service of Uber named as the driverless vehicle also has changed. It

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    after the california gold rush. The chinese left their country to work in the gold mines, but they also wanted to take over agricultural jobs. They wanted to build railroads in the american west. As the labor grew they became used to their own rights. As soon a more chinese came to america the U.S started to dislike them even more. The americans finally made an exclusion act called the Chinese Exclusion act. The Americans thought if they made this act then it would help limit the Chinese people. And it

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