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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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    one’s sweat with the soil. The east-most land, California, was reached at last and fortunes were made. Interestingly, Los Angeles, located in southern California, the last step of the Frontier Dream, became one of the most prosperous city in the United States by the modern time. Through close examination of three perspectives – nature, social organization, and cultural ideas – we can unravel how Los Angeles came to be the one we see today. The nature of Los Angeles can be divided into two categories

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    with me by my side to help me solve situations, I would be solving most situations on my own since I will be an adult. The colleges I have visited were; University of California Los Angeles, East Los Angeles Community College, California State Los Angeles, Western University of Health Sciences, Pepperdine University, and California State Dominguez Hills. I would like to visit University

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    According to “Immigrants in California,” by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Hans P. Johnson, California has the most immigration than any other state, where “more than 30% of the population of seven California counties” are foreign born. A large contributor to these statistics are Hispanic immigrants that migrate to the United States in hope of achieving the “American Dream.” Los Angeles has become the most popular destination for these immigrants as this city alone contains 4.9 million Hispanics, making

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    organization in Los Angeles, California? In the midst of a heavy racially political environment in Los Angeles, the factors related to setting a solid foundation towards success can be directly linked to the importance in understanding the historical context behind such politics, in combination with paying close attention to the different ways the issues of class, race, citizenship, gender and sexuality share representation within previous organizations like the Black Panther Party, the East Winds, KIWA

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    that Los Angeles is one of the largest populated areas in the United States, representing over 25% of California’s residents living within a 4,057 square mile radius. The healthcare systems in Los Angeles are measurements of the county’s commitment to retain only the best standards of living, through the use of patient centered networks, utilizing the top healthcare providers in medical research, health care and its community amenities. The general health stats for the entire County of Los Angeles

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    To demonstrate, the Spanish migration to California was not beneficial to its native Indians inhabitants of the region. Prior to Spanish contact, native Indians lived and settled in vast regions across California. California Indians themselves are also considered migrants to the Americas. A scientific theory suggested that all native people began in Africa, then spread widely across to the Far East of Asia and came across the Bering Strait during the Ice Age. As the Ice Age cleared, they began to

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    The 18th Street Gang

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    The 18th Street Gang is a street gang that originated around 18th Street and Union Avenue in the Rampart District of Las Angeles during the 1960s (unitedgangs, 2017). The exact location of the gangs origination is debated however, most academic sources accepts this general area. The people who made up the gang were mostly second-generation Hispanic immigrants (unitedganga, 2017). This gang was originally part of the Clanton 14 but some members wanted to separate in order to form their own gang

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