body with distress and depression? Joan Didion’s masterfully composed essay‚ Los Angeles Notebook‚ conveys her view on the Santa Ana winds. Didion argues that a gentle touch of the wind will rapidly have one fall into a coma of distress and despair. Entering the season of Santa Ana winds‚ local residents brace themselves. Citizens become cautious and fearful with their lives when facing “something uneasy in the Los Angeles air…some unnatural stillness‚ some tension.” When the winds make their stealthy
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Another Note - The Los Angeles BB murder files When Beyond Birthday committed his third murder‚ he attempted an experiment. Namely‚ to see if it were possible for a human being to die of internal hemorrhaging without rupturing any organs. Specifically‚ he drugged his victim so they fell unconscious; tied them up‚ and proceeded to beat their left arm thoroughly‚ being careful not to break the skin. He was hoping to bring about enough hemorrhaging to cause death from loss of blood‚ but this attempt
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This case study involved William Robertson‚ who served as Director of Street Services for the city of Los Angeles from 2003 to 2011. Robertson utilized “multiple tools in his efforts to manage relationships with his stakeholders (Cooper and Bryer 2007).” Robertson never ran from interacting with the community and its citizens always showing them that he had a general concern for their issues and was working to solve their problems. Robertson felt it was important to attend neighborhood council
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Moreover‚ Ulin found himself that he has lost the capability to find a certain quiet space for reading. “We possess the books we read‚ animating the waiting stillness of their language‚ but they possess us also‚ filling us with thoughts and observations‚ asking us to make them part of ourselves. This is what Conroy was hinting at in his account of adolescence‚ the way books enlarge us by giving direct access to experiences not our own. In order for this to work‚ however‚ we need a certain type of
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In Didion’s essay‚ "Los Angeles Notebook‚" she characterizes the Santa Ana winds as motivation for evil. Didion expresses this view through her imagery and diction. Didion also justifies her characterization through the structure and tone of her essay. She attributes the acts of individuals all over the world on the effects of wind. She claims that certain winds trigger a mechanistic switch that causes humans to act irrationally. Didion connects a natural phenomenon with the cause of an unconscious
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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 began with the landmark
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Mary‚ an ordinary mom of three from Los Angeles‚ CA is the perfect example of a smart consumer that bypassed the health risks and thousands of dollars of using Botox to erase her wrinkles and "reverse the clock" on life.Like most Americans‚ Mary makes an average salary and doesn’t have the extra cash to try every celebrity endorsed Anti-Aging miracle cream out there‚ let alone splurge on expensive medical procedures. At one time she considered taking out loans for injecting Botox and even contemplated
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Some did not find the spots to be funny and even thought that they were a bit unsavory. Writing in the Los Angeles Times‚ ad critic Denise Gellene observed‚ ‘‘In these spots‚ aimed at sports fans and cable programmers alike‚ The Rick comes off as a genuine sportsaholic. But his obsession lacks the zany quality of sports fanatics depicted in ads for other ESPN
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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 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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