Looking at the Balance of Duality in Los Angeles From an architecturally prominent downtown to the surf and sand of Venice Beach‚ Los Angeles is vastly diverse and culturally rich. Life in the City of Angels is like nowhere else. Where else can you spend an afternoon seeing iconic attractions in Hollywood and then visit cultural landmarks like the Getty Museum in the evening? From a unique network of living areas to the world-famous dining venues‚ Los Angeles has always demonstrated a melting pot
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The government subsidized Jordan Downs Housing Projects in the Watts district of Los Angeles consist of 700 units that are home to some of the poorest residents in the entire state of California. Recently a measure was unanimously passed by the LA City Council that calls for the demolition and redevelopment of the projects‚ leaving a gravely uncertain future for the nearly 2400 low income residents that currently occupy Jordan Downs. The poor condition and high crime rate have caused nearly unanimous
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The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles‚ California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center‚ which they share with their local NBA rival‚ the Los Angeles Clippers‚ the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL‚ and the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.[1] The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA‚ and have won 16 championships
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E Ghetto Star is a neighborhood “celebrity” known for actions such as gangbanging and dealing drugs (Shakur‚ Sanyika). For the past four decades gangs have populated the streets of Los Angeles; growing from 18 to 60 from 1972 to 1978‚ and from 155 to 270 gangs from 1982 to 1996. The bloods and crips in Los Angeles are predominately African Americans; with the exceptions of about four gangs which reside in Long Beach‚ Carson‚ Compton‚ and Inglewood and they consist of Samoan and members from Tongan
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Traffic problems in Los Angeles have been a topic of discussion for many years and there are many causes for this occurring problem. Have you ever been sitting in your car in bumper to bumper traffic wondering why traffic isn’t moving? Since Los Angeles is one of the biggest cities in the nation‚ it is natural that there are many people traveling to and from daily which causes heavy amounts of traffic in the morning and evening times each day. A drive that is only a few miles can sometimes take upwards
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the Defense be able to make against the Prosecution? The Rodney King beating of 1991 was the breaking point for the African Americans and minorities of South Central Los Angeles and all over the country. Because this notorious‚ yet historical beating was caught on camera‚ it paved the way for an improved reformation of the Los Angeles Police Department or the LAPD. It also showed the unfair treatment of minorities‚ not only by police‚ but by regular people. Rodney Glen King was born in Sacramento
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Alex Hitchens is a professional "date doctor"‚ or consultant as Hitch terms himself‚ who coaches other men in the art of having the perfect date with the woman of their dreams. While coaching one of his clients‚ Albert Brennaman‚ who is obsessed with celebrity Allegra Cole‚ Hitch finds himself falling for Sara‚ a gossip columnist who is determined to expose and ruin the so-called date doctor after one of his "clients" (whom Hitch refused to work with) had a one-night stand with her best friend
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Assignment Hitch Interpersonal Conflict in Film: Hitch Rachel Loveless COM200: Interpersonal Communication Lauren Higgins July 2‚ 2012 Hitch Interpersonal conflict in film is just the same as in real life. Conflict is personal and it might be defined as angry disagreement. “When conflict erupts‚ emotions are involved‚ and the relationship can be threatened if the conflict is not resolved amicably” (Sole 2011). In the movie Hitch there was interpersonal conflict
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K’awaika Senior Center Intergenerational Project Proposed Collaboration with the Laguna Department of Education ORAL HISTORY EXCHANGE Project Purpose: To expand the historical knowledge of Laguna students‚ while also expanding Laguna elder’s social network through an exchange project between the Laguna Department of Education and the K’awaika Senior Center. Project Summary: The Laguna Rainbow Corporation proposes a joint project that would engage the historical knowledge of elders as a
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Effectively Handling Interpersonal Conflicts Ashley Beltinck COM200 Interpersonal Communication Nicole Coy May 13‚ 2013 Effectively Handling Interpersonal Conflicts Have you ever been involved in an interpersonal conflict that was not necessarily handled in the most effective manner? During that occurrence did you notice that you and the other individual seemed to be on different pages after the fact? Being able to handle an interpersonal conflict in the most effective manner could potentially
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