...To whom it may concern, I have known Mr. Kang from a very young age. I met Bikram at the age of six, back in 1996. Since then, we have grown to be very good family friends. I would see Bikram every few months as our families regularly stayed in touch, attended each other’s family functions, parties and get togethers. When I was sophomore in high school (2004), I would go over to Bikram’s residence about once a month at 5985 Corte Arboles, Pleasanton and play basketball with him at the park next to his house. The summer of 2007, me and Bikram took a religious studies class, “ Media and Religion” - class number RSOC 119, together at Santa Clara University. I had just gotten accepted as a freshman in 2007 to Santa Clara University and decided to take classes the summer session before my first quarter started as a way of getting ahead. Bikram was already enrolled at Santa Clara during that time and provided me much guidance and helped me plan out my classes and schedule every quarter as me. Bikram was also the TA for another class that I took during Spring of 2008, OMIS 30 - Structured Programming. He ran all of our weekly lab sessions and was always available to help answer any questions either me or the other students had. Bikram also helped tutor me for various other classes throughout my undergraduate as well. Winter of 2007, I began to workout with Bikram at the gym. I signed up for my membership at 24 hour fitness and worked out with him daily up till the...
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...largest Banks in North America, has considered relocating in New York City for many reasons. Relocating in New York City will help the firm succeed by attracting a talented, motivated work force. Relocating In New York City means that UBS employees would have to perform their job duties by physical contact rather than by telecommuting with their clients. Instagram's location in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay area helped Mr. Systrom find investors and also some of the best technicians in the area. Locating in Silicon Valley also gave Mr. Systrom the opportunity to meet Marc Andreessen, a venture capitalist who wrote him a check for $250,000 and also helped him form connections with people of enormous expertise. The geographic location of UBS has affected its profitability because the bank has had difficulty in recruiting professionals to perform high skilled work. For that reason UBS considered moving its headquarters to New York where it would be easier for them to attract more clients. One of Instagram’s advantages is the density of its environment. It is located in an area where many...
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...the Judge of the Superior Court in Stanislaus County, California issued a warrant for the arrest of Scott Lee Peterson. The court found that the District Attorney’s office did, in fact, have probable cause to bring Scott Peterson in. The Judge specifically addressed bail in the warrant. No bail was granted. April 18, 2003, Scott Peterson was arrested at the Torrey Pines Golf Course, in Sand Diego County, California. At the time of his arrest, Peterson had colored his hair blonde, grown a beard and mustache, and was carrying $15,000.00 in cash. During his arrest police also discovered that Peterson’s car was full of camping and survival equipment. Peterson was arrested less than 20 minutes from the Mexican border. Peterson waived booking in San Mateo County, California, and was transferred back to Stanislaus County, California, where he was formally booked by the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. Scott Peterson had his preliminary hearing on April 17, 2003. Superior Court Judge Al Girolami ordered Scott Peterson to stand trial on two counts of murder. Peterson’s arraignment quickly followed. Peterson was arraigned on April 21, 2003. The Prosecution charged him with the following: Count I: On or about and between December 23, 2002 and December 24, 2002, the defendant did commit a felony, Murder, violation of Section 187 of the California Penal Code; the defendant did willfully,...
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...responsibility. It was never my intention to break the law. In retrospect, I believe the situation resulted from my temporary job reassignment out of Sacramento area last year. I had been commuting from Sacramento to the Bay area regularly and at times staying with family in the area. It was never my intention to permanently relocate. Unfortunately, my company lost all contracts in the Sacramento area so I ended up accepting a permanent position in the Bay area. Although, I still commute back to Sacramento regularly, I eventually moved my address. With all these circumstances surrounding my job reassignment, regular commuting, my reluctant relocation and neglectful record keeping, I was not able to keep up to my personal and professional commitments. While this is by no means an excuse for what happened, knowing the cause will help me guard against future mistakes. I will exercise better organization to ensure that I am more punctual. I’ll also make sure to keep the board up to date on my status in case I encounter any unforeseen difficulties. I am sincerely and humbly apologizing for my unprofessional and neglectful conduct and further apologize to the hard working board members who fairly administers and enforces the PT Practice Act in the state. Hopefully, this letter, and the attached letter from my Area Manager will explain any...
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...Dog Hotdogs Project Proposal Proj592 Professor Grover Siriporn Sarah Goodwin C: 707-334-9089 E: ssbgoodwin@yahoo.com Executive Summary Due to the lack of fast food hotdog restaurants nearby college campuses in San Jose and San Francisco, this project aims to fill that void and succeed in attracting customers who seek fast, unique, authentic, and high quality affordable sausages to choose from. The project will be executed by acquiring a small building approximately 700 Sq. Ft within walking distance from San Jose State University and San Francisco State University. The restaurant will be open from 11am to 2am on most nights except Sunday with the business will be closed. The restaurant location and hours open are design to accommodate college students. The milestones of the project include: * Research Phase * Procurement Phase * Renovation & Styling * Advertising * Staff * Grand Opening Project Scope Statement Product or Service Description The scope of the project is to plan the launch of another Top Dog franchise nearby college campuses in San Francisco and San Jose. This will be beneficial for the company as it will generate more revenue and profits amongst college students and tourists. Top Dog started out in Berkeley, CA and has already created a brand for themselves within the East Bay with locations throughout Oakland and Berkeley. With the expansion of its franchise, it will give the company more opportunities to show what...
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...different services. My first priority was to stay far from excessively popular large organizations and bring to light a less popular one. I looked up the meaning and functions of ‘non-profit organization’ which is defined as “an incorporated organization which exists for educational or charitable reasons, and from which its shareholders or trustees do not benefit financially.” After carefully considering many exemplary organizations, and knowing of what exactly a non-profit organization is, and how the said organization should operate I selected the Expand Your Horizons non-profit organization. The Organization began in 1974, as a Math and Science Network with an informal group made up of women scientists, and educators, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The concerned with the low female participation in math and science courses initiated them to plan and coordinate programs to strengthen girls in these topics. A two year grant from the Carnegie Corporation in 1978 was awarded to the small Network to help establish it as a formal organization and soon the organization operated at the Mills College campus in Oakland, California. The mission of this organization is to “encourage young teenage girls in middle and high school to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Careers.” With a fun hands-on activities approach and STEM role models to guide the girls, the goal of this Network is to motivate girls into becoming “innovative and creative thinkers ready...
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...Last year on my 22nd birthday I got the best surprise in one of my favorite cities San Francisco, California. It all started with waking up to Taylor Swift’s song “I’m feeling 22” and happily dancing and singing along to the music. The weekend was already special because my younger sister was visiting from the Bay area and my Grandmother and Grandfather were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. My sister Sarah, my longtime boyfriend TJ and I started off our Sunday adventure around 7 o’clock in the morning, right after we got Starbucks of course. We were making our way from Antelope, which is in the Greater Sacramento area, to San Francisco to enjoy a day of adventuring. The journey there was full of laughter and music, along with site seeing all the beautiful scenery around. I am a frequent visitor to the City so we decided to go to the beach where we always do, right off of Ocean Beach by the Cliff House restaurant. Like we had done many times before we hiked down the cliff and walked around the old building foundations. The old structure filled with water so we walk on the cement beams around and across careful not to fall in the water with all the seagulls and seaweed. So that part is always fun and almost dangerous at the same time! We finally make our way across after helping one another on the more difficult spots but still having a great time. The next part of our journey was to a cave that ended at the ocean with rocks and waves. In the middle of the cave there...
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...California is very diverse, it has all kinds of landscapes, climates, and people. In some places, it snows and is mountainous, in other places it’s a desert, and is flat, there’s even the in-between, with mild winters, hot summers, and rolling hills. The diversity of California makes it exciting, there’s always so many interesting places to visit without having to go too far from home. The mild winters in Danville are great, it never gets too cold, and the rain keeps everything lush and green. Also, because of the diverse climate, if you ever want to go to the snow during the winter, it’s only 3 hours away. In the summer, it never takes more than a few hours to get to a beach. It’s the perfect way to cool off in California’s hot summers. You...
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...American Association of Independent Music Conference San Francisco, California August 2015 The American Association of Independent Music would like to welcome you to San Francisco, California. The following information packet will be your guide to our August 2015 convention to celebrate independent music producers and up and coming names in the industry. We thank you for choosing to attend our conference and are excited to meet you in San Francisco! CVB: San Francisco Travel The San Francisco Travel Association, which acts as the city’s Convention & Visitors Bureau, was originally founded as the San Francisco Convention and Tourist League in 1909. After an extremely destructive earthquake and fire in 1906, the non-profit local business association was created to “reclaim the City’s position as a world-class destination” (San Francisco Travel). Today, the mission of the Association is “to enhance the local economy by marketing San Francisco and the Bay Area as a premier destination for conventions, meetings, events, and leisure travel” (San Francisco Travel). They are a private, not-for-profit, membership organization that is led by a Board of Directors made up of 45 business leaders of various companies, elected by the membership. In 2003 the Association set up a charitable foundation with the goal of raising scholarship money for students enrolled in local hospitality management programs and to produce more educational programs. The association’s executive team is...
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...Use the theory of comparative advantage to explain the way in which Logitech has configured its global operations. Why does the company manufacture in China and Taiwan, undertake basic R&D in California and Switzerland, design products in Ireland, and coordinate marketing and operations from California? According to Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage, nations will invest all their resources to produce what they can produce most effectively. They should focus on the product which they can produce most effectively even if they were able to produce a certain product more effectively than other countries. This theory is applied as follows. Regarding China, it is cost effective to assemble and manufacture there. China is the most populous country, and it is important for the Chinese government to provide work environments for its people to earn their living. So a plant for high-volume manufacturing is a good way of employing many people. Even now there are a lot of semi-literature people in China. This resource can manufacture products which need semi-skilled labour most efficiently because of their low wage. Thus, Logitech uses China to manufacture mice. While Taiwan, it is giving land in their industrial parks at very nominal rates. Taiwan’s IT industry is also expanding and the quality is high level. So Taiwan had developed a strong supply base for computer parts, it has skillful people. Logitech is taking advantage of the facilities. As regards California, it is...
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...cola beverages fortified with nutrients. The firm commenced operations in the San Francisco Bay area in 2008, and was an unqualified success. Karma Cola expanded its operations to cover the entire state of California in 2010. The firm currently has two bottling plants: San Carlos and Inglewood. The colas are dispatched from the bottling plants to four distribution centers: Emeryville, Anaheim, Fresno, and Redding, which then serve their allocated markets in California. June Hwang, CEO of Karma Cola, had been looking at the recent sales figures. She realized that the firm would soon run out of capacity. She sent for Jeff Horen, VP of Supply Chain Operations. "Jeff," she said, "It seems to me that our bottling plants are running close to capacity. We will have to add capacity at our existing plants a couple of years down the road. Why don't you get back to me with forecasts of demand for the next five years?" Jeff was back a week later. "I can tell you what karma has in store for us, June," he said. "I expect demand to grow rapidly for the next four years, and then level off after that. I've given the matter some thought. Rather than expanding capacity at our existing plants, I suggest that we consider opening a new plant at a third location. Our existing plants in San Carlos and Inglewood can focus on our major markets in the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. A third plant in, say, Roseville or Turlock could cater to the other California...
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...015 Schedule: Record: 28-10 J total: 494 pts, 185 reb, 105 ast J stats: 14.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.2 apg J 3s: 33/101 = 32.7% _________________________________________ Team Total: 1412 pts - 1006 ppg :Opponent Total Team Stats: 40.3 ppg - 28.7 ppg Team Points O Stats: Bay Transiton wForeFit ASA Prime l24-30 14 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast Elk Grove l12-34 3 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast Scrimage: w--- 18 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast ASA Prime w29-11 8 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast Team Esface w26-20 7 pts, 7 reb, 3 ast Orangemen w54-21 17 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast Antioch Heat w45-27 12 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast APT Elite w42-18 12 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast KBA w46-20 10 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast Berkley l37-49 12 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast Scrimmage w-- 9 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast NorthCal Preps w54-12 15 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast KBA w61-28 21 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast North Bay w61-14 26 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast Sacramento l22-32 3 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast Metro Mirage w50-35 16 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast MoTown l31-34 14 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast Scrimmage w-- 14 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast Celtics...
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...On an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean was a special prison. This prison is where all prisoners in the world now are now located. At best estimate the island was 125 by 150 miles long. In the middle of the island was a concrete building. This building was shaped like a circle with a tower running through it. The circle had a diameter of 200 feet. The tower was circle pole sticking about 400 feet. The circle building was about 350 feet tall. The pole through the middle was an elevator and a watch tower. The elevator in the tower was a break room and went up and down. The building had 35 floors and a garage underground. The garage had trucks, jeeps, and ATVs in it. The way to get out was by ramp. Around the complex was a concrete wall with barb wire at the top. In basic training all the guards learned this. Up in the tower sat 32 guards. 6 spot lights went around the court yard. Two guards manned each one leaving 4 to run communications. 6 guards were snipers and 6 were spotters. 2 guards sat by radio and checked ground patrols. The last two guarded the only entrance to the room. The two guards by the entrance had M16 rifles, Berretta M9s, a can of pepper spray, a Taser, a radio, some hand grenades of various kinds, and 9 inch blade. The official uniform was all black and bullet proof vest and masks. The only time you had a mask on was outside and in the prison. The two guards had dog tags and name tags on, the first guards name tag said Sergeant Christopher Scott Dean...
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...Club IT is a newest nightclub in Northern California; tit is located in the bay area of the city. Club IT seems to be the hottest spot for visitors to check out in L.A. according to the local event magazines. The owners’ intention is to provide a comfortable, friendly atmosphere that keeps customers coming back on a regular basis. Remodeling the 6,000 square into a nightclub by creating a spacious nightclub with “high ceilings and high tech lightning to create an illuminating and energetic ambience. Lisa and Ruben hoped with this extensive remodeling they would transform the downtown scene into an attractive and happening nightclub. Dancing to the beats of the hip-hop, techno, electronic and the top hits from today’s artist. The club is owned and operated by Reuben Keys and Lisa Tejada, who were working musicians. Not only using their musical experience they also studied and earned a degree a degree in Business Administration in 2005.With that knowledge Ruben and Lisa decided to open the club of their dreams. Having an extensive background in Business Administration and music industry; it gives them advantage to utilize in the venture and over their competitors. Although Ruben and Lisa are enjoying their new business they face the pressures many other business face. Just like any other new business it is in need of information technology resources to boost sales, marketing and data management so, Club IT will be efficient and be a successful organization. Therefore they thought...
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...Overpaid Recipients Persuasive Essay The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system plays a crucial role in the Bay Area’s economy, carrying more than 400,000 commuters to their destinations on a daily basis. As a result, BART employees are generously paid with exceptional compensation at the expense of taxpayers. In addition, they only have to pay a small amount of money for health coverage. They have reached the apex of being best paid in the nation, when compared to other transit agencies and employees. Therefore, BART employees are overpaid welfare recipients. After enduring wage stagnation during the recession and not receiving a raise for nearly 5 years, BART employees deserve a larger paycheck. This sacrifice by no means, justifies a substantial wage increase that BART employees demand since they already have free pensions and health benefits. Unlike the majority of Bay Area union workers, BART employees are not obligated to make contributions towards their pension plan. As a result, BART wasted 57.9% of its operating budget on compensations, pensions and retiree health benefits in 2012 in order to reimburse the employees for “being innovative”(RF). Furthermore, these overprivileged BART employees relentlessly plea for a 15% raise in 3 years, countering BART’s proposal 9% raise in the next 4 years. Consequently, taxpayers paid about $17 million covering what employees were supposed to be contributing to their pensions for the BART system (RF). Assuming...
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