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    Mary‚ an ordinary mom of three from Los Angeles‚ CA is the perfect example of a smart consumer that bypassed the health risks and thousands of dollars of using Botox to erase her wrinkles and "reverse the clock" on life.Like most Americans‚ Mary makes an average salary and doesn’t have the extra cash to try every celebrity endorsed Anti-Aging miracle cream out there‚ let alone splurge on expensive medical procedures. At one time she considered taking out loans for injecting Botox and even contemplated

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    What a legacy left by Martin Luther in writing his powerful hymn‚ “A Mighty Fortress‚” that has stretched across time and linguistic barriers‚ ministering to listeners and readers from numerous generations‚ past to present. I understood Martin Luther to be a priest‚ professor‚ monk and reformer‚ but remained unfamiliar with his work as a composer until today. I have memories of singing this hymn with my schoolmates in Catholic mass as a young girl‚ however I have not previously been educated in the

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    Case Analysis: LAFD The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is still plagued with a culture of hazing‚ even though hazing was officially prohibited in the 1940’s; as the department became more diverse the pattern of hazing became stronger towards minorities and women. LAFD officials tried to change such culture by increasing diversity and trying specially to recruit more women‚ but their approach to recruiting and retaining more diverse recruits was also troubling and later led to ethically wrong

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    1. Introduction 3 2. The Teenage Movie 3 3. The City and City Theories 4 4. Urban Spaces and Teenage Movies 5 4.1. The Public Bedroom 6 4.2. The Threatening Public Space 7 4.3. Public Space made Private 9 6. Conclusion 11 Bibliography 12 1. Introduction This essay will discuss the use of urban spaces with respect to female (lead) characters in the so called teenage movies. The focus lies on film because it has the potential to influence people on how they perceive the outside world

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    Abstract This paper looks at the history of the Los Angeles Police Department as it relates to police culture and several major incidents leading up to the Rampart Scandal. The police culture of a young LAPD ultimately seemed to linger and affect the LAPD of today. The lack of supervision and positive community interaction seemed to solidify the primitive police culture. The History of Police Culture Leading to the Rampart Scandal The Los Angeles Police Department is one of the biggest and most

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    Militarization of the Arctic The fight for the Arctic area among some countries has become more and more serious‚ but this area is not any country’s own property. And the anti-militarization of Arctic has something to do with the interest of every country in the world. On one hand‚ the Arctic plays an indispensable role in regulating global climate. On the other hand‚ the anti-militarization has an important impact on the peace and stability of the world. The arctic‚ like the

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    ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN LOS ANGELES‚ CALIFORNIA Purpose of Study Estimates state that over 1.2 million people immigrate to the United States each year‚ thereby thrusting the issue of illegal immigration to the forefront of today news headlines. From an economic standpoint‚ the effort to absorb illegal immigrants often negatively impacts cities as well as the entire country. This paper addresses the negative economic outcome of illegal immigration in the city of Los Angeles‚ California through

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    The Los Angeles City Fire Department employs over 3‚300 people in order to provide quality public service to the residents of Los Angeles. With the recent economic turndown that began in late 2007 and the budget crises within the City of Los Angeles‚ an Early Retirement Incentive Program (“ERIP”) was introduced and approved by the City Council and Mayor on October 30‚ 2009. The purpose of this program was to reduce annual ongoing City payroll costs by providing incentives for eligible Los Angeles

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    A historic moment in history was the Los Angeles River flood that lasted five days. During this flood‚ there was five days of continuous rainfall and the erosion controls that were in place could not hold the high level of water from coming down the mountains. (Hung 1) This was a flood that was unlike anything the city of Los Angeles had ever seen before. This resulted in the flooding of three area rivers and their tributaries; these were the Los Angeles‚ Santa Ana‚ and San Gabriel. The rain and

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    neighborhoods where wrongdoing rates are high. For instance‚ South Central Los Angeles is infamous for it possess‚ and high wrongdoing rate. The more an individual endeavors into South Central‚ the more probable they

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