them with what they needed. Tyrell is the first focus of the chapter and Rios goes into detail on the Ville‚ which is “a low income housing project on 66th Avenue and International‚” (45) known by many to be one of the most crime-ridden areas in Oakland. Tyrell talks about how his father taught him that the police were the good guys and to obey the law. Tyrell later grew up to “look like a man by age twelve‚” (49) which made him a target for criminal suspicions and random checks. To see his father
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Julia Morgan Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco‚ California January 20‚ 1872 but she raised in Oakland‚ California. She received her undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of California‚ Berkeley. She was the only woman to receive the degree in 1894. She was such a great student that her instructors suggested for her to travel to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. However‚ when she arrived in Paris she was refused admission to the school for two years because
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farming even though living in a city. She told her experience of starting to practice her family tradition of farming in the city in order to obtain organic and cheap food source. In addition‚ the city‚ where she currently live right now in West Oakland‚ do not have enough stores to provide groceries and livestock for the city. However‚ before I managed to understand her stories very well‚ I encountered a main difficulty that quite bothering me from reading her novel. The main difficulty is to accept
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When most people think of marijuana‚ they imagine a teenager down in his basement getting high while his friends play video games. What people do not know is that the teenager had just got back from chemotherapy and found that smoking marijuana was the only way to stop himself from feeling nauseous. When people hear stories like this they do not know what to think about medical marijuana. It is therefore very important to look in depth at the effects and potential uses for this trending medicine
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Technology’s Affect on Attendance “I can watch all the games on my flatscreen and buy a sixer of excellent beer for $10. Or I can pay $50+ for tix‚ $35 for parking (at my own risk)‚ and $10 each for 16oz of crummy beer. It’s kind of a no brainer for me1.” The likelihood of traffic jams‚ long lines for overpriced concession‚ misbehaving fans‚ and bad weather in comparison to a comfortable couch‚ high definition TV‚ surround-sound‚ large variety of games and channels are all factors that raise
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After the Storm The night was young‚ and I’m outside roaming the dangerous streets in the Bay Area with my god sister waiting for some excitement to unveil‚ when my default bird chirping ringer goes off. A picture of a fair-skinned woman with nice long straight black hair along with the name Mom appears on my cell phone. Before I could place the phone to my ear I could sense irritation and my mood instantly changed. Utterly confused and upset‚ my mother seeks clarity by asking “Did you leave the
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because he feared that if they were violent at all the outcome of the movement would go downhill. Many individuals of the movement kept going where Dr. King left off. In 1968‚ “ they called in the combined police force of Berkeley‚ Oakland‚ and San Francisco‚ California Highway Patrol and 3‚000 National
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“serial” is something arranged in a series. I adopted this term to describe my family on move number eleven. Yes‚ it took me eleven moves to come up with this catchy title. Move number eleven was one of the strangest moves we did. We were living in Oakland‚ California and my dad was working as a maintenance tech for an apartment complex. We only lived there for about six months before my parents got their ‘moving fever’. This was one of the more scary places I remember living in. The apartments were
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ENG 101 JIMMY BELTRAN SEC E130 3/19/13 Narrative Descriptive-Essay #2 This is a story about the most important decision that I have ever taken in my entire life. I received Jesus in my heart as my Lord and Savior. He is my Redeemer. I did not have a very fortunate upbringing even though my mother had some money to provide for my
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Conspiracy Against The Black Race Kenneth Taylor SOC203: Social Problems Instructor: April Dreeke The issues in this paper are not just a paper; these are questions that I wish I could answer without prejudice. These are questions as a human being living in the United States of America should not exist in the year 2014. Supposedly is that the truth? With the evolution of time
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