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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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    The initial theory of continental drift was put forward by a German meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1915. This theory did not seem credible until it was connected with the plate tectonic theory in the mid 1960’s. The Tectonic plate theory had an advantage over previous predictions as it could be supported by observed occurrences. One such thing that supports these two theories is that seen from space the continents look as if they might once have been joined together. This possible idea was then

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    Essay: Compare and Contrast the Chicago and Los Angeles Schools of Urbanism. Urban studies aims to develop an understanding the modern city metropolis. As Savage et al. have pointed out‚ the urban encompasses far more than just the physical city itself; understanding the city help us to understand many aspects of modern life (2003‚ pp.4). Many of its features‚ such as mass media and public transport systems have spread throughout society over the past century. Sociological studies of urban life

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    ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN LOS ANGELES‚ CALIFORNIA Purpose of Study Estimates state that over 1.2 million people immigrate to the United States each year‚ thereby thrusting the issue of illegal immigration to the forefront of today news headlines. From an economic standpoint‚ the effort to absorb illegal immigrants often negatively impacts cities as well as the entire country. This paper addresses the negative economic outcome of illegal immigration in the city of Los Angeles‚ California through

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    The Los Angeles City Fire Department employs over 3‚300 people in order to provide quality public service to the residents of Los Angeles. With the recent economic turndown that began in late 2007 and the budget crises within the City of Los Angeles‚ an Early Retirement Incentive Program (“ERIP”) was introduced and approved by the City Council and Mayor on October 30‚ 2009. The purpose of this program was to reduce annual ongoing City payroll costs by providing incentives for eligible Los Angeles

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    We all have faults and that’s including planet Earth‚ though Earths faults lead to be a lot more destruction. Earthquakes are a trembling or shaking of the ground caused by a sudden release of energy stored in rocks beneath earths surface. Earthquakes appear all over the planet‚ and there are many different sizes. Some earthquakes destroy entire cities while others only shake the ground for a moment. Faults are one of the causes of earthquakes‚ which I will tell about soon as well as the hazards

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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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    Abstract This paper looks at the history of the Los Angeles Police Department as it relates to police culture and several major incidents leading up to the Rampart Scandal. The police culture of a young LAPD ultimately seemed to linger and affect the LAPD of today. The lack of supervision and positive community interaction seemed to solidify the primitive police culture. The History of Police Culture Leading to the Rampart Scandal The Los Angeles Police Department is one of the biggest and most

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    The development of the theory of plate tectonics from Continental Drift to the present The theory of continental drift first came to be in 1915 when Alfred Wegener first proposed his belief that 300 billion years ago there was one single supercontinent‚ Pangaea. At the time‚ most did not believe it was true as he had no proof or idea of how the masses of land would move. However‚ new evidence was put forward over time that fit with Wegener’s beliefs. The first key piece of evidence is the shape

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    Abstract Energy is an important part of our everyday lives. Energy can come in many different types‚ and forms it can be used for many different purposes. Energy has many different usages and can be converted from one form of usage to another form of usage depending on what the need is. One form of energy conversion is the use of food to supply people’s bodies with energy. Another form of energy is how coal is converted into electricity. Fuel is another form of energy that can be used

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