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Angel Island, where my great-great grandfather had to pass through in order to immigrate to America. As a result, it holds deep significance to my family and me, as well as a large amount of Asian-Americans living in the Bay Area. Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay just east of Tiburon. There are hiking trails around its mountain, Mount Caroline Livermore, as well as beaches and a variety of natural plants. In order to reach the island, one needs to take a ferry from San…

me. Since I am a disabled veteran it is easier for me to stay local to Veteran Service facilities. The main reason is that I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and I already know that’s not where I want to work or raise my family. My wife and I are fully invested into our house. My father sold his house from San Francisco Bay Area to move closer to us since my wife and I will be starting a family soon. In addition, my in-laws live close to us. I also have done my own research in San…

influences of Greek and Roman design (Architectural Styles, 2017). It is a classic theme throughout the planning and architectural history to be influenced by classical Greek and Roman styles. This particular style lends a regal and iconic facade to the Bay Area waterfront and demonstrated the rise of San Francisco as a booming city. The Ferry Building first opened in 1898 and soon became the…

plan for the future (Crawford, n.d.). Programs like these are essential for the survival of coastal regions like the Bay Area. For that reason, it is important that more funding be given to these programs in order for them to further their operations and provide better strategies to combat the sea level…

On a cool october day at lambeau field you can hear a loud roar from the fans after brett Favre went down with a concussion. William Joseph drove Brett Favre into the ground when Favre got up he thought it was a little cloudy. The doctors did not want to put him back in the game with the fear of him having a concussion. One of the touchdowns in the game he could not even remember. Some people think that the NFL is spending too much money on concussion research. But many people still don't think…

San Francisco Bay Area Military Housing Area Boundaries The San Francisco Bay Area is home to the most competitive job and housing markets in the nation. Coast Guard personnel based on Yerba Buena Island (YBI) are receiving an improper Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rate. San Francisco and Oakland are separated by a toll bridge and are less than ten miles apart, yet are considered to be two different military housing areas (MHA). The two MHA’s have significantly different BAH rates. There…

established during the meeting. With the expansion of population within the Bay area due to post war migration, new solutions needed to be established in order to deal with the growing concerns of congested roads. In order to address these growing concerns, the state legislature created a 26 person San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Commission in 1951. The commission was composed of members from nine of the counties surrounding the Bay Area. They were responsible for conducting a study in…

Henry David Thoreau once said, “disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” In Rob Reiner’s film “A Few Good Men,” two obedient marines were inaccurately convicted of conduct unbecoming of a United States Marine. In the middle of the night, Harold Dawson and Louden Downey, entered the barracks of William Santiago. Dawson and Downey issued a code red to Santiago, exacerbating a condition and causing him to die of Lactic Acidosis (A Few Good Men). Dawson and…

Guantanamo bay is a prison camp built by the United States to hold and interrogate suspected terrorists, extremists and prisoners of war from other countries, with these interrogations we have received valuable information that has helped us prevent and stop terrorist attacks that would have taken many innocent lives, this is why i believe it would be a mistake to shut down guantanamo bay or change the interrogation methods that we have used over the years to gather the valuable information we…

desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. He has been a political lightning rod since he was exchanged in May 2014 in a prisoner swap approved by the White House in which five Taliban officials were released from the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and kept under supervised watch in Qatar. The decision was made by Gen. Robert Abrams, the four-star commander of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, N.C. It came after Bergdahl broke his…