The San Marco bowl is a Byzantine vessel made of purple and red glass embellished with bright polychrome and enamel paint. It is seventeen centimeters high and deep‚ and 33 centimeters wide. The bowl became the property of the Treasury of San Marco after the Fourth Crusade from the Venetian booty of Constantinople and is one of the most prized glass objects of the Byzantine period (The MET). Although despite its significance to Byzantine fine art‚ the bowl’s origins‚ significance‚ and date of creation
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10/4/2010 The West Side Community Collaborative The west side of Buffalo‚ NY has had a bad reputation for a long time now‚ but it hasn’t always been that way. Many years ago the area known as the west side was a popular and extravagant place to live. Through years of economic hardships however‚ the west side took a wrong turn somewhere. It is now viewed by many people as “a lost cause.” The crime rates have skyrocketed and the standard of living has plummeted. Gangs are a huge issue in the
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The program that I chose to implement into my hometown is “How to Build a Cooler City.” “From 1878 to 2005‚ Los Angeles temperatures rose 4 degrees on average‚ climbing from around 62 degrees to 66 degrees.” Urban areas such as Downtown Los Angeles are likely to rise 4 to 4.5 degrees within the next 10 years. My goal is to cut the cost of electric energy and make the city of Los Angeles a much cooler place. The first challenge I will have is to go to city council and try to get them to back up my
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A cat‚ large‚ gray and devilish‚ a Machiavellian glint in his yellow-irised eyes‚ and a mouse‚ small‚ brown‚ cherubic yet cheeky‚ chase each other around a kitchen‚ demolishing the ice box‚ ironing board‚ plate rail‚ a whole sink full of dishes and littering the floor with egg shells‚ dripping yolks and oozing jam. The kitchen battle wages on‚ its final outcome unknown to the participants. But to the people watching in the warm darkness of the theater‚ there is little doubt as to the identity of
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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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Chicago Gangs‚ Then and Now with Solutions Nick Crot Marist High School Abstract This paper deals with gang violence in the city of Chicago since the beginning of time. It takes a deep look into the history of Chicago gangs and how they interact today. Also the past problems the City of Chicago made when dealing with gangs and the problems that gangs today have and how Chicago has the worst gang problem in the country. Also how gangs have turned themselves into big‚ and lucrative enterprises
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Development Journal. 2005 All rights reserved. For permissions‚ please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org doi:10.1093/cdj/bsi097 Advance Access Publication 13 September 2005 Community banking and economic development: Lessons from Los Angeles Greg Andranovich‚ Ali Modarres and Gerry Riposa Abstract Among the changes in the field of community development is the growing importance of microfinance‚ both to provide access to credit and as a vehicle for empowerment. Community banks are
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In 1988 a motion pictured titled: The Accused‚ was released. The movie was directed by Johnathon Kaplan and the lead character‚ Sarah Tobias‚ was played by Jody Foster. Ms. Tobias was a uneducated‚ poor white female that lived in trailer in New Bradford‚ Massachusetts. This was one of Hollywood’s first movies to include rape‚ let alone gang-rape‚ in a direct manner. The occurrence happened in Big Dan’s Bar‚ while the sexual assault was occurring the crowd within the bar was cheering the rapists
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The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez also known as "The Night Stalker" was a notorious serial killer who tormented the lives of Los Angeles residents by raping‚ sodomizing‚ murdering‚ and torturing random citizens of the community. Ramirez was addicted to cocaine and was a Satan worshiper. His rain of torture throughout 1985 included over 29 victims. He has already outlived some of the victims that survived his attacks. In 1985 Ramirez was captured by an angry mob of citizens. Ramirez was
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Some did not find the spots to be funny and even thought that they were a bit unsavory. Writing in the Los Angeles Times‚ ad critic Denise Gellene observed‚ ‘‘In these spots‚ aimed at sports fans and cable programmers alike‚ The Rick comes off as a genuine sportsaholic. But his obsession lacks the zany quality of sports fanatics depicted in ads for other ESPN
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