stereotypes‚ and prejudices these three topics are some things that we deal with daily in current day America. All though these are issues that we all deal with daily‚ they are also issues that we typically do not discuss. Crash is a movie that is based in Los Angels‚ California with not only an all-star cast‚ but an even better storyline. Crash introduces us to several stories and several characters from different facets of life‚ each with his or her unique cultural background‚ and throughout the course
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The Gangs All Here A gang is defined in the dictionary as a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely‚ often exclusively‚ for social reasons‚ especially such a group engaging in delinquent behavior. According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ there are over “1.4 million active street‚ prison‚ and OMG (Outlaw Motorcycle Gang) members comprising more than 33‚000 gangs in the United States” ("Fbi.gov"). These gangs
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Martin Lawag Roger Hall Hist 119 May 15‚ 2012 La Purisima A.) The mission chapel is beautiful. The beauty of this chapel can compare to the Santa Barbara one. They both are bright in color. When in the chapels I get a warm feeling. Old artwork. Kind of built like an ancient style building. Candles light up the room. B.) The natives daily duties consisted of mixing mud with straws to make adobe bricks to build. The Spanish soldiers lived a more foreign like lifestyle because the mission
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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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for the american dream compa. Because I’m just a poor boy from a poor family Compadre.- porque fregados me habla en inglés. Compa Pedro.- Because I’m practicing my English to look like American. Compadre.- ta gueno cuidese wey lo quiero‚ no me olvide. Pedro.- who are you compa? Jajaja I’m just kidding take care see you. An so it begins Pedro’s journey to the united states in search of the
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Abstracts As I went to our local library‚ I notice a group of young people dressed with bandannas and dark clothing. I later understood this group to be a gang‚ which sparked the curiosity for the research of this paper. Gangs in the United States are a problem‚ although there has been a decrease in certain areas. This paper will outline the social and psychological problems of youth and prison gangs. The study will speak to the current issues and present suggestions for the future.
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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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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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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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the heart of the city. And in Los Angeles the downtown area can be described as such. But just like a human being with a serious case of a Cardiovascular disease is the same fate of Downtown Los Angeles. Here in this case‚ instead of cholesterol clogging up the arteries and veins‚ we have homeless people and rundown building clogging up the streets of Downtown Los Angeles. However‚ just like a heart patient that requires an open heart surgery‚ so is Downtown Los Angeles whose version of this is called
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