Essays on Bay Area

Introduction

An ecosystem is defined as the interaction of the organism and other nonliving factors in a certain community. The living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and other organisms, can be classified as the biotic component of the ecosystem, whereas the environmental conditions such as water amount, humidity, soil nourishment, temperature, and the like are termed as the abiotic factors. In an ecosystem, both the existing biotic and abiotic factors determine what kind of species live there. For example, turtles, which require a large amount of water to live in cannot possibly hope to survive in arid ...

Summary of the PG&E case

First of all, it is essential to refer to the background of the disaster, which has taken its place in 2010 (Sept. 9) – when fatal natural gas pipeline explosion occurred in the Bay Area city of San Bruno. While the disaster has occurred in the evening (6:11 pm PDT), the major part of local population has already arrived to their residences and were engaged into the home routine actions. The steel natural gas pipeline of the following size parameters (76 cm in diameter), which belonged to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has exploded into flames. Initial considerations of people, inhabiting ...

Executive Project Summary – Malawi Wind Farm

Market Summary Malawi has an electricity production of 2,180 MWh and a consumption of 2,027 MWh. The 95% of the electricity generation comes from hydroelectric sources giving to the high country risks of supply shortages in adverse weather conditions when the water level of the hydroelectric plants is below the technical specifications of the turbines. The country has no other important source of energy having the country the necessity to develop new energy sources different to the hydroelectricity. The surroundings of the Malawi Lake develop winds over the 10 m/s average per year, opening the opportunity to ...

Point Lobos is an area in Monterey County, California, which encompasses Point Lobos Natural Reserve, Point Lobos State Marine Reserve, and Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area (). It is currently used as a marine protected area, a recreational scuba diving destination, and for hiking by tourists, but the area has a long cultural history. The coastal area was inhabited by tribes of indigenous people that are known collectively as the Ohlone, who lived in the area until the first European explorers arrived in 1602 (). Since then, Point Lobos has been inhabited by a number of different people until it ...

Modern day streets in our urban settings are named after historical figures, and they bear immense significance. One of such streets is Clement Street in the Richmond District of San Francisco, California. San Francisco is the smallest county in the state of California. It covers an area of under 50 square miles, with a population of more than 200, 000 people. Part of California City is the Richmond District. The focus of this paper, Clement Street is at the heart of Richmond District. In the 1800s, Adolph Sutro moved into an arid area filled with shrubs and sand dunes. ...

Consumers are increasing demanding rapid services and delivery of consumer goods on the same day. The driving force of the same-day delivery is viewed as been driven by the consumers. It is not true. The same-day delivery has its backing from the inherent competition within the producers and the marketers. The same-day delivery takes various forms in different retailing websites and networks. For example, in San Francisco Bay Area, Google uses a fleet of 50 priuses. At the same time, eBay use Shutl that it acquired from the UK. Amazon has the most revolution of them all. It uses drones ...

Introduction

Pacific National Bank has been known for its great business acumen. The Banking industry has been known to offer a lot of competition. Therefore there is a great need for the Bank to create a competitive advantage in the market. The Bank is looking for great ways in which it can have a strategic advantage so that it can improve on its profit margin. The company has been known to use automatic teller machines but these machines are normally provided by a separate provider. The Bank has noticed that there are many disadvantages that come from having an independent provider. Therefore to meet the ...

Abstract

Modern theories of motivation based on the results of psychological research proves that the true motivations of the employee are extremely complex and diverse. According to some scholars, human action is determined by its needs. Another position based on the fact that human behavior is also a function of perceptions and expectations. Motivation of staff in the absence of NetApp provides daily reports and other stress factors as such, but in the end the employee must demonstrate the most important thing - the result. Staff motivation increases when everything is open (Energy.gov, 2015). NetApp achieves this as follows: the ...

World War II made a deep impact on the USA. Although no direct battles took place on the American soil, all phases of American life were affected by the war. The USA took extraordinary efforts to match tactics and strategy with the allies and waged war against the Axis powers consisting of Germany, Japan, and Italy. Within a matter of few years, the country turned into an "arsenal of democracy" producing and supplying the weapons used in the war. The country experienced a total overhaul of social and economic patterns that set a new trend of life in the USA (Unger and Tomes ...

Chesapeake Bay is one of the busiest areas in the United States because it covers an area that is surrounded by some of the busiest cities in the United States. Unfortunately, the only way to take advantage of the strategic location that is the Chesapeake Bay is to build a bridge connecting the different landmasses surrounding the bay area. That way, transportation both of commodities and of passengers commuting to different communities and work areas can be faster, more efficient, and most importantly, more convenient. After all, transportation is one of the most important driving forces of an economy. ...

Marc Benioff Biography

Marc Russell Benioff is the founder of salesforce.com. Born in 1964, Benioff was raised in a Jewish family in the San Francisco Bay area. He is a self-made billionaire whose company has turned 15 years old this year, achieving a groundbreaking sales record of $5.5 billion. Salesforce.com is the first cloud computing company to have crossed $5 billion mark (Bort 2014). Marc Benioff is one of the most illustrious business leaders of the 21st Century America. He is considered as one of the most successful CEOs of the modern era, in the line of other promising leaders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, ...

Charles Baxter’s What Happens in Hell essay is effectively a progression of sadness and occurrence of an existential crisis for the narrator after being driven from the airport to his hotel, the discussions about hell, and finally the near death experience in a car accident. Alice Munro’s Train short story revolves around the relationship between Jackson, a man who jumped out of a moving train on the Ontario countryside after serving in World War II, and Belle, a woman around 15 years his senior, whom he meets in a small farm just off the tracks. In Train, the personal family life of Belle ...

The Promotion of Mixed Income Neighborhoods in Hollywood, California

Chapter I: Introduction The facts are impossible to ignore: focusing on places, health and walkability requires increased public transit infrastructure, which creates new jobs, enlivens neighborhoods, creates local business opportunities and connects communities, both vulnerable and thriving, to vital amenities and resources. (Raphael &Espiau, 2010, par. 9) Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a neighborhood development plan focusing on easy access to major transit stops. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) defined TOD during the 1990s when undertaking a project consisting of initiatives to promote livable communities: “Transit-oriented communities are characterized by design and development patterns that are conducive to the ...

The incidences of landslides and earthquake in the areas around Washington Bay Area have been on the rise due to the nature of the rocks that make up the structures around these places. The torrential rains and the earthquakes have instilled fear among the residents from the regions within and around the weak fault line areas. It has, therefore, taken the interest of the risk analysts to create awareness on the looming risks that the residents around this place may encounter. Despite the fact that national standards for tracking landslide hazards are non-existent, ABAG has generated local maps that ...

Beth, Mary. "It takes a garden: Cultivating Citizen-subjects in organized garden projects." Geoforum 2008.39 (2006): 1228-1240. Print.

Summary

There have been increases on institutional based activities in the neoliberal state, as well as increased consequences of neo-liberalism since 1980s. Schools, hospitals, jails, hospitals, as well as clinical settings have the populations at most risk. This article hides its meaning over the connotative term known as community garden, and it acts as a link between the history of garden projects with advances concerning the supposedly transformative power of gardening practice for individual change, as well as social transformation. The article evaluates two ...

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Significance of South California Transportation Policy 3 History 4 Objectives of California Shuttle Bus Service 4 Ownership 5 Public transport public utility 6 Population Trends 6 Transportation Policy and Committee findings 6 Transportation Permits 7 Improve traveler service and satisfaction 8 TRANSIT-ORIENTED CORRIDORS: 8 Benefits of California bus service 9 Transportation Policies and Recommendations 11 Conclusion 12

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Introduction The California state is famous for its beautiful and unique for the freeways and increasing number of transportation routes and facilities. But California is facing a lot of the ...

Fighting among men is associated with masculinity. Most of them fight to inflict pain and humiliate their opponents and gain control and power over them, thus enhancing their concept of masculinity. Their opponents receive the painful beating and humiliation as they get beat down harboring feelings of emasculation and humiliation: scars that haunt them for life. This paper will focus on a unique fight club within the San Francisco Bay Area that has different goals as compared to humiliating win-and-lose fights. The Gentlemen’s Fight Club for me is a beneficial part of the San Francisco Bay Area providing an ...

The Cause of Rental Price Increase in San Francisco Bay Area

Rental Price Increase in San Francisco Bay Area Introduction Moving to a new place normally means finding the most comfortable yet the most cost friendly apartment in the neighborhood as near as possible to the place of work. However, the first thing that comes into question in the moving-in process is the price of the rent that one should cut from his monthly paycheck. Cost of rent is a major concern in the San Francisco Bay area due to its staggering price. It became an apparent issue when apartment hunters are faced with over-the-top rental rates in the area. ...

The five dysfunctions of a team

Patrick Lencoini is a president of the Table Group, a San Francisco Bay Area management consulting firm. He is also a speaker invited by many corporations to talk about success of business enterprises; he worked at management consulting firm Bain & company, Oracle Corporation, and Sybase where he worked as a vice president of organizational development. He also works on many advisory boards and National Boards of Directors for the Make-A-wish Foundation of America. He lives in Alamo California with his wife and four sons in San Francisco Bay area. Patrick has written many business books which have helped leaders to improve their businesses. ...