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
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Día De Los Muertos‚ also known as Day of the Dead‚ is a holiday that is now celebrated in Mexico and in parts of America‚ but Day of the Dead originates from over 3000 years ago. When the Spanish conquistadors had arrived to central Mexico they saw the Aztec’s had a celebration that they believed had mocked death‚ but in reality it celebrated death. The Aztec’s had believed that life was a dream and when death comes your life is continued. The Spanish had originally tried to put an end to it but
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Title Anna Deveare Smith’s book Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 is a witness-centered‚ composite tale of various experiences of the Rodney King riots. It is an emotional book‚ primarily centered on the attitudes and feelings of the riot’s victims. The purpose of Twilight is to lay bare the damage‚ loss and suffering caused by the violence. The book is not an attempt to make a judgment on the outcome of the King trial‚ as Smith states in the introduction “Twilight is an attempt to explore the shades of
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because it satisfies the definition of art. An individual took the time to write the story which was then turned into a screen play. The plot of the screenplay Crash evinces bits and pieces of racism that takes place on a daily basis in the city of Los Angeles‚ CA. The flick captures racial stereotypes by divulging into the lives of characters all of different race and ethnicities (the screenplay is a low concept film that focuses on the characters to display a point). The motion picture Crash manifests
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fuelled by 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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bronchitis coronary heart disease and much more. Long Beach and Los Angeles port’s suffers 25 new cases of cancer each year because of the diesel pollution from ships‚ trucks and dock equipment. There was a relation between people living near railroads and rail yards. Communities within 20 mile radius around sea ports are dying from exposure to air pollutants to 75 new cases a year. Most of the imports that enter the United States come through Los Angeles and Long Beach California. Combined the two ports
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film 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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The Life and Death of Pimp C Chad Lamont Butler was born on December 29th‚ 1973 in Port Arthur‚ Texas. He is better known by his stage name Pimp C and one of the two founding members of the rap duo Underground Kings also known as UGK. Over the course of his twenty-year career in the music industry he became known for his love of selling and using drugs‚ along with his desire to pimp women which all can be heard in the lyrics of his music. Naturally‚ living such a demoralized lifestyle it caused him
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