The government subsidized Jordan Downs Housing Projects in the Watts district of Los Angeles consist of 700 units that are home to some of the poorest residents in the entire state of California. Recently a measure was unanimously passed by the LA City Council that calls for the demolition and redevelopment of the projects‚ leaving a gravely uncertain future for the nearly 2400 low income residents that currently occupy Jordan Downs. The poor condition and high crime rate have caused nearly unanimous
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The El Paso Pigeon The first time I saw one of those “El Paso Pigeons” was the summer of 2012. My brother-in-law and I were standing in the backyard when he pointed up in the air and said‚ “Look‚ there is an El Paso pigeon.” In the beginning‚ I did not know what he meant by that because I was looking at the sky‚ searching for any kind of bird‚ but I could not see anything. “Right there in the tree‚” he said‚ and pointed at a plastic bag that was stuck in a tree. At that moment‚ I did not spend
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would the Defense be able to make against the Prosecution? The Rodney King beating of 1991 was the breaking point for the African Americans and minorities of South Central Los Angeles and all over the country. Because this notorious‚ yet historical beating was caught on camera‚ it paved the way for an improved reformation of the Los Angeles Police Department or the LAPD. It also showed the unfair treatment of minorities‚ not only by police‚ but by regular people. Rodney Glen King was born in Sacramento
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champions‚ with Canek and Wagner Jr. becoming the first tag team champions. The duo would hold the title until El Canek left CMLL in November 1994. CMLL held a 32-team tournament from November 11 to December 16‚ 1994. In the finals "Los Cowboys" (Silver King and El Texano) defeated El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. to become the second ever CMLL World Tag Team Champions. Six months later Los Cowboys would lose the title to their longtime rivals The Headhunters.
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El Cantar del Mio Cid is the oldest preserved Spanish cantar de gesta. Formerly‚ it was transmitted only orally‚ but in 1142 it was written down by a certain Per Abbat. This copy is held as part of a 14th century codex in the Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library) in Madrid. However‚ it is incomplete. The first page and two others in the middle are missing. It is written in medieval Spanish‚ the ancestor of modern Spanish. Its current title is a modern invention by Ramón Menéndez Pidal;
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El otono del patriarca Publicada en 1980 y ambientada en un supuesto pais situado a orillas del Caribe‚ El Otono del patriarca relata la vida de un dictador que muere viejisimo‚ llegando a conserver el poder durante mas de cien anos. A treves de sus recuerdos‚ el lector se entera de que es hijo de una mujer del pueblo‚ Bendicion Alvarado‚ unica persona a quien quiso de verdad; que no supo quien fue su padre; que su primera infancia transcurrio en la miseria y que llego a dictador‚ despues de
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The Confesion de los Moriscos is a surprisingly remarkable text. It was composed during the first years of the seventeenth century‚ around the time‚ 1609‚ when the Moriscos were expelled from Spain. It is found in one extant Manuscript copy‚ dating from the second decade of the century‚ in a volume of Quevedo’s works that once belonged to Salazar y Castro. Astrana believed that the manuscript is autograph‚ thus positively attributing the Confesion to Quevedo. Crosby‚ on his part‚ questioned the
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“CONCEPTO DE CONTABILIDAD DE ACUERDO A LAS NORMAS DE INFORMACIÓN FINANCIERA” INTRODUCCIÓN La profesión de Contador Público es indispensable en el mundo actual de los negocios‚ puede ser practicada desde diferentes puntos de los sectores de la economía y en distintas funciones dentro de las organizaciones‚ tanto públicas como privadas. Su indispensabilidad surge a partir de las necesidades de obtener información precisa de las operaciones financieras de un ente; del impacto de la globalización
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CICLO DE VIDA DE UN PRODUCTO El ciclo de vida del producto es la evolución de las ventas de un artículo durante el tiempo que permanece en el mercado. Los productos no generan un volumen máximo de ventas inmediatamente después de introducirse en el mercado‚ ni mantienen su crecimiento indefinidamente. El concepto de «ciclo de vida de un producto» es una herramienta de mercadotecnia o marketing. Las condiciones bajo las que un producto se vende cambian a lo largo del tiempo; así‚ las ventas varían
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of Looking at the Balance of Duality in Los Angeles From an architecturally prominent downtown to the surf and sand of Venice Beach‚ Los Angeles is vastly diverse and culturally rich. Life in the City of Angels is like nowhere else. Where else can you spend an afternoon seeing iconic attractions in Hollywood and then visit cultural landmarks like the Getty Museum in the evening? From a unique network of living areas to the world-famous dining venues‚ Los Angeles has always demonstrated a melting
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