San Jose, California Essays

  • Rejuvenating Escapade in California with Holidays in San Jose

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    San Jose Overview Locally known as the capital city of Silicon Valley and among the highly recommended holiday destination in the region, San Jose is a tremendous metropolis of California featured with a variety of culture, lifestyle, museums and sites catering voyagers from across the world from decades. The auspicious climate and remarkable sightseeing wealth makes this fabulous town one of the most desired holiday destination among Londoners and rest of the Europeans. Weather When to Visit San

  • Homicide Rates in San Jose, California

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    Looking back at the number of homicides in the city of San Jose, CA for the year 2000 it was 20, then there was an average increase of 8 murders per year for the next 8 years. Then in 2010, despite a population increase of over one hundred thousand people, there were only 20 murders in the city of San Jose. Now in 2011, up to the month of July, there have been 26 homicides, which means based upon the current rate San Jose is on track to have more than 50 homicides in 2011, which would theoretically

  • Calpine and Cisco Debate Over Coyote Valley

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    Throughout the years the technology industry has been growing with incredible speed expanding all over California. San Jose is known as the capital of Silicon Valley where major technology companies and start-ups call home. With fast spreading companies it is necessary to have enough power in San Jose to supply the increase in energy demand. Recently there was a plan proposed to the City of San Jose by Calpine Corporation to build a power plant in Coyote Valley. Nearby residents and several other organizations

  • End Human Trafficking Intervention Plan Paper

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    and the elderly. Human trafficking is defined as, “ the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat of use of force or other forms of coercion, or abduction,” (Lightfoot, p.1, 2013). According to the San José Police Department there are approximately 600,000 to 800,000 people that are trafficked across international borders each year. Out those 800,000 people it is estimated that 18,000 to 20,000 people are trafficked into the United States. The full

  • Environmental History of The Bay Area

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    always lived in the Bay Area until now, when I recently moved to Chico. Pleasanton, Ca is a suburb in the East Bay where I have lived the longest in the Bay Area. However I have also lived for other short periods of time in the cities San Jose, Union City, Fremont, and San Francisco. This is not the case with some of my other family members. My mother, and her side of the family, where born on the Island of Pico. Pico is located in the Azores, which is a chain of islands right off the coast of Portugal

  • Sunnyvale Case Study

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    Situated in the north end of the Santa Clara Valley, Sunnyvale is one of the cities that make up Silicon Valley, which is home to some of America's most famous tech companies. Combined with a Mediterranean climate that offers mild winters and comfortable summers, the city's location makes it a wonderful place to live, particularly since it comes with all of the amenities needed to accommodate a wide range of residents. As a result, those who are interested in living somewhere with superb access to

  • America's Search for a Cultural Center

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    leaders of San Jose seem most intent on protecting. Our city has experienced profound growing pains as we've made the transition from agricultural area, to bedroom community and finally to the bustling metropolis known as Silicon Valley. How cherry orchards birthed Pentium chips is a story for another day . . . but in the process they have brought disparate social classes together in a way that leaves everyone struggling for some sort of cultural base. In the 90's we've seen downtown San Jose develop

  • A Descriptive View Of A San Francisco Neighborhood

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    Phase 4: (50 pts) Students write a descriptive “view” of a San Francisco neighborhood as an extended metaphor of their self-description and history, including the good, the bad, and everything else. This is the most difficult and important part of this project. You are to use the information you gathered in Phases 1-3 to put together a descriptive guide to this neighborhood. Your guide can be in a similar vein to the SFGate descriptions, with a personal touch. Step 1: Answer the following questions:

  • Jack Aaron Hotchner Research Paper

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    Jack Aaron Hotchner didn't have the most talk able childhood. Born in 1984 to Aaron and Haley Hotchner. Jack was the pride and joy of the Hotchner family. Doted on by many. He was his fathers mini me as Aaron called him behind closed doors. Jack admired his father, he loved that his father was out there protecting people. Jack was only 4 years old when he went through the biggest shock of his life. His father lying in a hospital bed after he had gotten attacked by George Foyet. It was something

  • Sales and Sponsorship for the Golden State Warriors

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    Hello Class, For this discussion, I have chosen the sports property of the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors play in the NBA within the Pacific Division and have a large local and regional fan base in the city of Oakland and state of California. Even though the Warriors have a large fan following, there are several ways of extending the Warriors brand reach beyond the basketball court with conventional sports minded consumers and non-sports fans. In order to accomplish this, the Warriors must

  • The Jack Pine Tom Thomson Analysis

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    The Jack Pine is an oil painting by Canadian artist Tom Thomson in 1917. Tom Thomson was born on August 5th, 1877 near Claremont, Ontario, northeast of Toronto. He died between July 8th and July 16th in 1917 due to drowning in Canoe Lake (Huff). This painting clearly represents the pine species in Canada. The pine is placed in the centre of the canvas, with its branches bowed, it extends to nearly the full length of the canvas. It rises from a rocky foreground, and it is silhouetted against the water

  • Architecture Of The California Missions

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    History of the California Missions (1769-1823) You may already know that there are 21 missions today in the state of California. Starting in San Diego all the way past San Francisco, the missions remind us of an earlier time when the Spanish were colonizing Alta California. The California missions were started because the Spanish king wanted to create permanent settlements in the area of the New World called Alta California. The decision to create Spanish missions in California was political

  • California Roll Informative Speech

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    Thanh La Topic: How to make a California Roll General Purpose: To inform Specific purpose: To inform the audience on the history of sushi and the process of how to make a California Roll Thesis Statement (Central Idea): Knowing the history behind sushi will allow you to appreciate sushi. Also, understanding how a basic California Roll is made further let you enjoy and understand other sushi rolls. Introduction Attention getter: (Holding a plate with a traditional Tuna Maki

  • Dallas Postman Murder Case

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    One might not normally think of a mailman’s job as particularly dangerous. Unfortunately for a Dallas postman, it proved to be fatal. On Monday, a United States Postal Service worker, Tony Mosby, 58, was going about his daily route in Dallas, Texas when he was apparently shot in the head in his mail truck. His body was found shortly after in the truck which was parked “along a busy highway” around 2:30 A.M. Nearby residents heard the gunshot which helped police find the federal employee in a timely

  • Middle-Class Precarity: Edge of Homelessness in California

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    You see people scattered all over California with nowhere to go except the streets on a day to day basis. Many middle-class citizens living in the Bay Area today survive paycheck to paycheck. Many of them live in the Bay Area with no emergency expenses in their savings account, which may leave them short and unable to complete full bill payments. This can lead to middle-class families and hardworking citizens to get evicted out of their homes. A big proportion of their check goes solely to rent and

  • Tech Museum Of Innovation Essay

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    Valley: the heart of computers and technologies in the world." I live in San Jose, the capital of Silicon Valley (The City of San Jose, 1999, p. 1). San Jose is surrounded by a great number of hardware and software computer companies. There are a lot of job opportunities offered in this region. San Jose, thus, is called, the land of the Silicon Rush, which has replaced California's Gold Rush, which occurred fifty-two years ago (San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2000, p. 4).

  • Case Study: The Nashville Predator

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    Minnesota Wild, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks, Edmonton Oilers, and Calgary Flames. The Blackhawks have already secured their spot as the conference's no. 1 seed. I'm never one to compliment the Blackhawks, though, so we'll just offer a quick "congrats" to them and move on.

  • Damian Wyatt's Dream: The San Jose Earthquakes

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    Damian Wyatt would always remember this day. The day when the San Jose Earthquakes chose him, a rookie, over all star Robbie Keane. As a first round pick, he had an immense amount of pressure on his shoulders. As he walked into the press room after getting drafted, the alternating blue and green tiles popped out at him. The blue tiles had the SJ logo inscribed on it while the green tiles had the MLS logo on it. All of those tiled were on the wall behind him though. As he turned around, his heart

  • St Lucy Research Paper

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    A Saint Lucy student not only lives by the Catholic Christian values, but also understands the value of integrity, communicates effectively, and yearns to learn. The welcoming atmosphere has always drawn me towards Saint Lucy. The bright smiling teachers and loving community is not one to be forgotten but remembered. The long-lasting sense of community and support for all student growth is an important attribute of Saint Lucy School. The bonds between teachers and students, best friends, and students

  • A Comparison Of The Venezuela's Fight For Independence

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    in which these two countries fought for their independence but there are also some differences in how they fought. Some of the leaders who were involved in the Venezuela’s fight for independence were Simon Bolivar, Francisco de Miranda and Antonio José de Sucre. The Venezuelan fight for independence against the Spanish empire began in 1811 and finally ended in 1823. The Venezuelan war was done in different phases, which began with Francisco de Miranda. That is when Simon Bolivar ran to New Granada