Los Angeles Lakers is a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles‚ California. It is not only the successful NBA basketball team but also one of the earliest team joined NBA league. The Lakers is the reigning NBA champions after defeating the Boston Celtics in the 2010 NBA Finals 4 – 3. The Finals victory gave the franchise their 16th championship‚ placing them second in NBA history behind the Celtics’ 17. The Lakers also hold the record for NBA’s longest winning streak (33)
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Beloved‚ loathed‚ and prestigious; what do all these three words have in common? They all describe one of the most highly-marketed and globalized franchises in sports history‚ the Los Angeles Lakers. The glamorous team with sixteen championships to its name has had its head flushed down the toilet for the majority of this decade; ironically enough‚ this team was the one that looked most promising at the decade’s start‚ as those Lakers were coming off back to back titles. These Lakers have one sole
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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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Los Angeles Dodgers Bankruptcy: Frank McCourt v. Major League Baseball Frank McCourt was very well one of the most hated people in Los Angeles in 2011. Fans of the popular baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers were in utter shock and dismay when the Major League Baseball team owner filed for bankruptcy just days before payroll was due. Since 2010‚ when McCourt and his wife Jamie McCourt filed for divorce‚ the MLB and commissioner Bud Selig have been keeping very close watch on the handling
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Case 2: The Case of the Riverside County Town Objective: To use the statistical data/analysis provided by Fliege & Associates‚ to make an informed decision in determining which type of property (business) I should have built on recently inherited land in Riverside County California. I will use the descriptive statistical analysis report given on the demographical information for the county‚ in regards to its population of residents; to compare and contrast to a recent case study involving a similar
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Plan of Investigation It is through Gangsta Rap subgenre of Hip-Hop‚ that the question: “What were the underlying cultural reasons for the Los Angeles Riots of 1992?” can be answered. This paper will examine rap lyrics from prominent Los Angeles Hip-Hop acts in order to investigate the deteriorating rapport between the city’s oft-biased police department and the city’s increasingly restless black urban youth‚ from the perspective of the latter group. These lyrics will be juxtaposed with statements
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Two Months ago the Blue Cut Fire took place in my county. During the fire‚ my grandma‚ my family‚ and I was very scared. It was a huge fire that took place in San Bernardino county and 15 freeways. The fire lasted many days on end. This had to be the biggest fire I’ve ever seen. First‚ the fire was a tiny brush fire. But after less than 6 hours it had burned many acres of land. The San Bernardino Mountains soon lit up in flames. The burning caused my dad to not be able to come home. The firefighters
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Crime-Based Economic and City Development Los Angeles is one of the biggest and most populated metropolises around the world. It was founded by governor Filipe de Neve‚ a Spanish governor of Las California‚ in September 4‚ 1781. Los Angeles started as a small city with population of 11‚500 people and continued steadily growing. At the beginning 20th century‚ the discovery of oil brought a lot of attention‚ and it shaped the economy‚ politics and social growth of the city. As population grows
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Smog in Los Angeles Smog has been a major problem in megacities all over the world since the creation of the automobile. There are many factors that contribute to smog over Los Angeles‚ California‚ but I will focus on the automobile emissions. The word smog is a combination of the words smoke and fog. According to dictionary.com the definition is “smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.” (dictionary.com). Through out this paper I will
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The government subsidized Jordan Downs Housing Projects in the Watts district of Los Angeles consist of 700 units that are home to some of the poorest residents in the entire state of California. Recently a measure was unanimously passed by the LA City Council that calls for the demolition and redevelopment of the projects‚ leaving a gravely uncertain future for the nearly 2400 low income residents that currently occupy Jordan Downs. The poor condition and high crime rate have caused nearly unanimous
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