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    Interpersonal Conflict

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    and passed out to his buddies so they could come and rob them. Sandra Bullock’s character was very upset because she and her husband had just been held up at gunpoint and their vehicle stolen from them. Her husband was the district attorney of Los Angeles in this movie. Sandra Bullock’s character was upset with her husband for not showing concern over her feelings about wanting the locks changed again in the morning since they were currently being changed. He told her she was over reacting. She told

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    Gangs, and Deviance

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    You think of a group of hoodlums who tote guns‚ sell drugs‚ and ruin neighborhoods as thugs‚ and gang members. These are things not tolerated or seen as good in society so it’s considered a violation of social norms. A street gang is group of people that form an allegiance based on various social needs and engage in acts that can cause harm to public health and safety. Members of street gangs engage in‚ or have engaged in gang-focused criminal activity either individually or as a group‚ they create

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    The Battle of San Pasqual

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    cooperation" (Johns 2). The two men and their followers met at a ranch near San Luis Obispo to agree on an opposition towards the American forces. The lack of trust within one another led the two armies to march in separate units to Los Angeles. Upon the troops arrival in Los Angeles Castro wrote a letter to Commodore Robert F. Stockton demanding to discuss a way of preventing war. Stockton wrote back concluding that the men must allow American forces to raise an American flag in California.

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    Smog

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    Smog Facts The word "smog" is a combination of the words "smoke" and "fog." It originally referred strictly to a combination of exactly those two things. Nowadays‚ however‚ the word "smog" refers more loosely to any mixture of air pollutants‚ including gas and fine particles that congregate in the air‚ usually around populated areas. Smog can cause health problems and is a serious environmental issue. Causes Traditionally smog came from the smoke produced by burning coal in factories

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    gangs; she was also John Hagedorn’s mentor. No scholar is as widely cited as is Dr. Joan Moore in this field. Her most notable books are Homeboy: Gangs‚ Drugs and Prison in the Barrios of Los Angeles (1979). She won the Sidney Spivack Award in 1980 for this groundbreaking study examining gang activities in East Los Angeles and Going Down to the Barrio (1991) are widely respected for their insights into Mexican American gangs. Her recent study "Drug Posses‚ Gangs and the Underclass in Milwaukee" focuses

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    stereotypical gangsters‚ from the Mafia to street criminals. Persons who often have a negative attitude toward youth see gangs. Often individuals form gangs out of fear and for the protection of their members whether they are the Bloods and Crips of Los Angeles or the Sharks and the Jets of "West Side Story." Gangs may not possess a set of formal written rules‚ but all of them have their own sets of customs or conditions. Gangs may or may not be facilitated in a branch of higher and lower members‚ mimicking

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    a guide. He is also known for being an Indian Agent and a soldier. As he grew older while on his big adventure‚ he was getting tired and just want to go home to his wife. Kit Carson’s name is actually Christopher Carson. He was born in Madison County‚ Kentucky‚ on Christmas Eve of 1809. It is told that his father‚ Lindsey Carson‚ fought in the American Revolution‚ which was from 1775-1783‚ a war which the American colonies fought

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    the warm sunshine‚ golden beaches‚ and the mystery‚ glamour and romance of the film industry. Now it seems that the state is cursed by natural disasters‚ and Los Angeles‚ with its 13 million inhabitants‚ has become known as ‘hazard city’. The summary diagram has explained the interrelationships between the hazards which threaten Los Angeles‚ but it is necessary to give some more detail about how they affect the daily life of the residents of LA. All communities - urban or rural - are vulnerable

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    American Me

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    illustrates thirty years of Chicano street gang life starting in 1959 in East Los Angeles. American Me came to theaters on March 13‚ 1992. This marked the directorial debut of Edward James Olmos. The protagonist is Montoya Santana whose character is based on Rodolfo Cadena and played by Edward James Olmos. Santana along with his childhood friends J.D. and Munda founded one of the most powerful street gangs in Los Angeles. Montoya Santana ran the Mexican Mafia commonly referred to as La Eme inside

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    Physical Education

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    1.) Latest definition of Physical education Physical Education - is the process by which changes in the individual are bought about through movements experiences. Physical Education aims not only at physical development but is also concerned with education of the whole person through physical activities. -instruction in the development and care of the body ranging from simple calisthenic exercises to a course of study providing training in hygiene‚ gymnastics‚ and the performance and management

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