California is known for its earthquakes. There are approximately 10,000 earthquakes in California every year. Most of them are so small that they are not felt. Only a few hindered are big enough to cause a scare. These earthquakes are a normal occurrence for Californians. In 2016 and 2017 California suffered a crazy drought, which ultimately leads to a massive amount of large Wildfires. In the Year of 2017, there were a total of 9,133 fires burned in California alone. This caused many short and long-term
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In the 1991 American hood drama film, Boyz N the Hood, many global and urban planning issues are exemplified through the urban neighborhood, also referred to as the hood, in South Central Los Angeles. The film puts into perspective the effect gun violence, gentrification and role model relationships in an urban slum. The creation of these urban slums comes directly from a term known as gentrification. Gentrification is the process of shifting an urban community towards a wealthier one by removing
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The symbiosis with which the blockbuster and the independent film have coexisted for the past fifty years is the result of taking advantage of each other’s success to survive. Hollywood’s blockbuster era is traditionally held to have begun with Stephan Spielberg’s 1975 film Jaws however without the George Lucas helmed success that was Star Wars two years later, it is unclear how long it would have taken studio execs to figure out the formula for blockbuster success. The formula thus devised continues
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Gangs are a problem oticable in every country. In Canada specifically, there are around 434 gangs with a total of about 7071 members altogether. Those members are responsible for violent acts, drug offences, and many other terrible things; however, one must keep in mind that each of those members are people who joined for their own reasons. For those who have nowhere else to turn, the gang life may seem like a great escape, but is a terrible route to take. Now, there are many reasons for one to
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California is the third largest state in the U.S. with an area of 163,707 square miles, and it’s the largest state by population with just under 40 million residents. Four of the top 15 largest cities in the U.S. by population are in California including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. To the west is the Pacific Ocean, which provides California with the third longest coastline in the U.S. at 840 miles long. Oregon is to the north, and Nevada and Arizona are to the east. The Colorado
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Gangs Gangs have existed since before the start of the twentieth century. They usually consist of young men between the ages of ten and twenty-five. Most gangs exist in poor and high crime area, however in the last twenty years more gangs have been started in suburban and affluent neighborhoods. Throughout the years many criminologists, psychiatrists and sociologists have studied the potential causes of kids joining gangs. They do this because they seek to understand the willingness of youths to
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Disney movies are typically made to be viewed by children for their entertainment pleasure. These movies are generally sweet, basic and innocent, thus having children as their primary audience. Movies such as Snow White, Tinker Bell and Cinderella are all great examples of children’s movies that fit these generalizations. The movie Dumbo on the other hand does not fit these simplistic ideas for Disney movies. From an outsider looking in, this movie may seem sweet, basic and innocent but it is not
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Richard I. Fukumoto, the county's chief forensic pathologist. Such seizures rarely lead to death, medical experts noted. In Griffith Joyner's case, the seizure apparently caused her to be suffocated by her bedding. For the Record Los Angeles Times Tuesday October 27, 1998 Home Edition Sports Part D Page 2 Sports Desk 2 inches; 52 words Type of Material: Correction Olympics--Florence Griffith Joyner, who died last month, was one of two women to have won four medals in track and field
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Supported by the texts “The Way to Rainy Mountain”-N. Scott Momaday, “Chief Joseph Speaks”- Chief Joseph, “American Progress”-John Gast, I believe that there is no true history to westward expansion. In John Gast’s picture called the “American Progress” there are so many different things happening in it. Showing that he nor anyone knows really the true history of westward expansion. We’ve all gone off what we have heard about history, but what we’ve heard are all people’s opinions about it. Therefore
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goes un-noticed. He mentions the Rodney King verdict, and how it triggered the worst outbreak of violence since the Watts riots of 1965. The Rodney King riot started because Rodney King, an African American, was badly beaten by some officers of the Los Angeles Police Department. Rodney soon became a focal point showing how bad racial issues are. The public got angry about police brutality and racism, and some went around starting fires, damaging and breaking into businesses and stealing merchandise
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