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    Aimee Semple Mcpherson

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    Eventually, her ministry was booming and she was being called to many places to lead revival/evangelistic meetings. She then moved to Los Angeles, which in due time built the church now called Angelus Temple. Aimee continued in her evangelistic mission and continued to preach all over the world. She had even set up a radio broadcasting and a magazine that she ministered to people through

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    Saving the Ballona Wetlands Essay

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    Before development exploded in California, the state contained about 5 million acres of wetland habitat. Unfortunately, over the years California has been willing to part with 91 percent of its wetlands, Southern California having lost 95 percent. Los Angeles County has only one wetland remaining. This being the Ballona Wetlands located between Marina del Rey and the Westchester bluffs, it was once a major part of California’s natural wetland systems. Before development, Ballona wetlands natural

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    Original Big Wheel” (Jakks Pacific, 2018). JAKKS Pacific, Inc is now in the top five manufacturers in the United States and worldwide. (“Jakks”, 2018). Furthermore, JAKKS Pacific manufacturing headquarters is located in Santa Monica, California. In addition to the California location are other areas of United States, Asia, and Mexico (“Jakks”, 2018). JAKKS Pacific is a prominent multi-line, multi-brand toy manufacture that breaks barriers for their stylist models, merchandise, animal toys, durable

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    Chinatown Movie Analysis

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    Chinatown is a drama mystery thriller, set in Los Angeles California in the 1930’s focuses on private investigator Jake Gittes, played by Jack Nicholson who was hired by a women posing as Mrs. Evelyn Mulwray the wife of Mr. Hollis Mulwray, Chief Engineer for the Los Angeles Water Department claiming her husband was cheating. As the movie progresses, Gittes takes photos of Mr. Mulwray meeting with a young female which ended up in the newspaper creating a scandal. As a result, the real Ms. Evelyn Mulwray

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    Chinese Immigrants in Los Angeles The Chinese immigrant is one of the largest group in the United States. Looking back the history of U.S., most people believe that the first Chinese immigrants came to California during the Gold Rush period. Also, the Chinese community is one of the largest and oldest ethnic group of Asian Americans. Some researchers consider the history of ethnic Chinese in Southern California relates to three periods. In my opinion, I would like to say that there are four major

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    her life in China and the United States, with plenty of space describes the life of Chinese immigrants and her mentality, and appearing the homesick theme of the novel. This article focus on China 's Shanghai, Angel Island in United States and Los Angeles, those three places for basic point. And show the protagonist pearl and May as the representative of Chinese immigrants, they were forced to flee from China, then to the full of hopeful and expectation to America. The author use theme layers forward

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    Chinatown is an ethnic neighborhood in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles, California. The grand opening of Chinatown took place on June 25, 1938 in Central Plaza, which would later become well-known for its dynamic Chinese American community. However, the original Chinatown, now referred to as “Old Chinatown”, developed around 1870. With the migration and settlement of Chinese in Los Angeles throughout the late 19th century, a recognizable neighborhood (“Chinatown”) was established on Calle de

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    noir include Basic Instinct, Chinatown, Double Indemnity and Se7ev. The following analysis will draw a focus towards the 1974 American neo-noir mystery film, Chinatown, and reveal a comprehensive insight of its plot, protagonist, setting, conflict, stakes, antagonist and the theme - the controlling idea. This Robert Evans production was a Paramount Pictures release directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay written by Robert Towne, Chinatown was inspired by the California Water Wars in the early 20th

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    Chinatown Movie Themes

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    Chinatown The screenplay, “Chinatown” takes place in Los Angeles, California during the year 1937, also during the time of the Great Depression. This was a historical event in the United States that resulted in deep economic downturn. During the Great Depression there were certain parts of cities that were affected more than others. Chinatown, Los Angeles was among these cities affected, becoming a town for the extreme poverty level Asian population. The town was said to become corrupt and it became

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    Japantowns

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    businesses      d. rural Japantowns relatively small populations limited community facilities       e. historic japantowns (1) community halls (2) language schools (3)bathhouse (4)Buddhist temple (5)Christian churches (6) markets (7) nurseries f. California (1) urban or suburban towns Sacramento San Mateo (2)agricultural communities Cortez and Guadalupe Japanese farm laborers or truck farmers (3) coastal towns (a) Monterey and Terminal Island (b) Issei worked as fishermen or in fishing canneries

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