The LA riots were the main theme for this week’s reading. Needless to say‚ it was a mortifying past for both the African Americans and the people of LA. The emotion explosion that accounted for thousands of injuries and billions of dollar worth of damage originated from the discriminatory decision of a court case. Rodney King‚ a middle-aged African American man‚ was pulled over on a highway for drunk speeding. He was brutally beaten by four police officers for no apparent reasons‚ and someone recorded
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Las vegas is located in America in the desert state of Nevada. Although‚ you will think what is so special in a city in the desert‚it is like any other city. As I have been there I know the beauty of it. It looks as if it is a shimmering‚ sparkling star in the sky. Las vegas is a tourist spot. People from all over the world come here to see its beauty or gamble. Our trip was planned for seven days. I traveled there with my Uncle‚Aunt and grandparents. First‚ when I was told about visiting Las
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In the article LA Times‚ it introduces and a story about a forgotten victim from Florence and Normandie‚ that suffered a tragic tragedy during and LA riot‚ twenty years ago. Fidel Lopez was brutally beaten by a mob in 1992. Steve Lopez who is the writer‚ informs us with actual facts of how violence is still an issue. It reminds us that there is still hate and makes us ask ourselves‚ why were just finding out about this victim and no one took control? The article “The forgotten victim” tells us how
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The la riots were one of the biggest events to happen in history which took place in Los Angeles California. People were angry about the Rodney king trial. Rodney king‚ born on April 2 1965 born in Sacramento California was in a high-speed chase on march 3‚ 1991 . When he finally stopped‚ and was pulled over the police men pulled him out of the car and started beating him really badly when he was finally caught by a Los Angeles police. He got a brutal beating while a nearby amateur camera man by the
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La Brea Tar Pits Introduction The La Brea tar pits have been well-known for over a century. Before the rise of European settlers‚ local Indian tribes used the tar to caulk canoes and waterproof tents. As the Industrial Revolution took off the early 1900s‚ the tar pits attracted oil men‚ as asphaltum is often associated with petroleum. Then‚ [w]hen W. W. Orcutt‚ the original organizer of the geological department of Union Oil of California‚ reexamined the area in 1901‚ he discovered "a vast
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Summary: * 8+ years of experience in systems Analysis‚ design and development of complex software systems for various domains. * Good exposure of Software Development Life Cycle methods (waterfall etc.). * Extensive experience in Design‚ Development‚ and Enhancement and Maintaining applications in Oracle 9i/10g/11g using SQL‚ PL/SQL in Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP and UNIX environments. * In-depth Knowledge of Oracle Architecture‚ Data Dictionary and DBMS Packages. * Performed a major
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Thoughtful laughter could be described as something that immediately amuses the reader‚ and simultaneously makes them think about the ideas being presented by the author. In both Candide and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas‚ the authors use obvious satire to further develop the themes that they wanted to address. In Candide‚ Voltaire portrays him as an overly naive character who believes that he’s in the best of all worlds regardless of the countless horrors that he and the people he love must witness
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3. CULTURE AND RITUAL AS A COMMUNICATIVE MATRIX Culture‚ could be defined as all that characterizes a people from their nomenclature‚ thought patterns‚ belief systems and ritual life (see Maliknowski 1957). Culture is a concept and a reality that is complex to describe‚ quantify and account for especially in its day to day communicative valence. One does better to live it than to define and describe it. Very significant elements of a people’s culture are ritualized and not thematised in clear-cut
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La Civilisation Ma Mère La Civilisation ma mère‚ écrit par Driss Chraïbi‚ explore un seul personnage‚ la mère. Mais le roman‚ n’est pas une étude de caractère ; c’est plutôt une étude d’un pays. Le style et ton de Chraïbi varient partout dans le roman‚ mais la texte reste toujours plein des métaphores et sarcasme. Il y a des temps quand l’intrigue vire complètement hors de réalité‚ mais d’autres fois ou les circonstances sont vraiment plausibles. Chraïbi approfondie a la fois l’évolution de la
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¿Cómo alinear la estructura organizacional con la estrategia de desarrollo? Toda organización‚ pública o privada‚ tiene unos objetivos y unas metas que alcanzar‚ para lo cual es necesario hacer una planeación en donde la estructura organizacional y la estrategia de desarrollo se encuentren alineadas. Adicionalmente‚ las organizaciones están en constante cambio con el fin de mantenerse competitivas. No necesariamente se cambian todos sus elementos al mismo tiempo‚ pero todos están interrelacionados
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