Californication: The Process of Adapting to Californian Ways Cultures and habits surround us everywhere‚ but there is a certain culture in California in which newcomers tend to adapt to. The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ hit song Californication describes a story of young girls dreaming of stardom and migrating to California to follow an acting dream. She gets to California and learns quickly that the state can have a dark side as well. The Red Hot Chili Peppers display that Californication is the act
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not cross the mountains with a mixed company of aged people‚ women‚ and little children‚ so late in the season without much suffering‚ sickness‚ and death.” The Oregon Trail caused very unhealthy conditions for settlers coming to the West. The cold weather‚ scarcity of food‚ and fatigue from overexertion‚ soon produced things like dysentery and later on‚ death. In Lucy Henderson Deady’s Diary from 1850‚ (document E)‚ she goes into details about what her and her family experienced when they used the
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he movie Gangs Of New York is filled with racism‚ war‚ and political corruption. The movie takes place between the years of 1846 -1862. The movie focuses on the issues between Irish immigrants that are enter New York and the Americans citizen who call themselves the Native Americans. Amsterdam Vallon returns to five points 16 years after his father was murdered by William “Bill the Butcher “Cutting the leader of The Native Americans. When Amsterdam is getting of the ship you see politicians handing
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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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During the time after the Reconstruction for the West‚ they were helped by the federal government with their economical development in farming‚ mining and other things that brought in money for them. Some of the most important ways that profit come in to the West was the Gold and Silver Rush out there and also railroads began to be built around this time too. By having the railroads‚ the mining and the farming beginning the economic stability for the West‚ the federal government placed some important
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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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In the 1800 brave pioneers moved westward. People moved to the west for a number of reasons there was many Fears‚ Benefits‚ and Hazards of moving west.One of the reasons was they wanted land. If the family worked wanted a piece of land they would have to work there for five years‚ then they could own that piece of land. That one of the biggest reasons that people wanted to move to the west. They had to work hard so that they could have the land all to themselves. Benefit means advantage and in
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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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