initiation is “jumping in” or getting beaten by all the gang members and/or committing acts of theft or violence. In 2011 the National Gang Intelligence Center of the Federal Bureau of Investigation asserted that "There are approximately 1.4 million active street‚ prison‚ and outlaw gang members comprising more than 33‚500 gangs in the United States." In this paper you will read about gang types and gang structure‚ why people join gangs‚ typical gang activities‚ gang violence‚ and how gang members identify
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Context I was commissioned to create a piece of street furniture for the Kelvin Grove Urban Village. My fountain design‚ called ‘My Cup Spilleth Over’‚ represents East meeting West‚ which reflects the Brisbane’s social demographic and cultural fusion. The fountain features a ‘U’ shaped arc which cascades water down a series of large assembled Chinese teacups. These cups are hand painted in red and green‚ as these colours traditionally symbolise good luck in Asian culture. Planning 1.1
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INT. GORDON GEKKO’S OFFICE (BUD’S POV) - DAY Furnishings in hypermodern gray and black lacquer‚ Modern Art ranging from black field paintings by Ad Reinhardt to the smashed dishes of Julian Schnabel. Nautilus equipment‚ hi-tech gadgets are in evidence‚ including a splendid Howard Miller World Time Clock‚ and a world map... Three of Gekko’s people‚ young MBA’s dressed for success‚ are scattered about the room‚ on phones‚ calculators‚ coming in and out. GORDON GEKKO aka Gekko the Great as
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solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics convert light into electric current using the photoelectric effect. A Street light‚ lamppost‚ street lamp‚ light standard‚ or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or walkway‚ which is turned on or lit at a certain time every night. Modern lamps may also have light-sensitive photocells to turn them on at dusk
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still remains fresh in my memory. I remember going to the shopping mall with my aunty in the early hours on a Saturday to do some shopping. Fortunately for us‚ we were able to secure a parking space on that busy Saturday morning because we left the house early. The shopping mall was so busy that people were engrossed with their shopping that they could not take note of anything unusual in and around the vicinity. Shortly before mid-day‚ we had just finished shopping and about to head to the car
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Riots on the streets. Gas‚ blinding gas that brings tears to your eyes and makes you feel as if you are slowly suffocating. You attempt to stand defiant before the black clothed oppressors‚ but the gas is simply too overpowering. You cough and splutter‚ trying to remain upright in the surge of the crowd as the world spins slowly around you. Then the clash occurs. Bodies slam back‚ elbows pinching into ribs and legs braced in defiance against the ever approaching black soldiers. The shields come up
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the “American Dream” is sought after by many all around the world. The “American Dream” is what minorities view as the ideal life. The difficulty and problems that can can occur while trying to obtain this goal were highlighted in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. It highlights the many issues that face minorities while trying to obtain the “American Dream” such as discrimination‚ poor education‚ and lack of money as well as many other obstacles they have to overcome to obtain their goals
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better. Usually people think of heroes as people who fight crime in movies or comic books‚ but those people don’t exist in the real world. In our world‚ anybody can be a hero like police officers‚ firefighters‚ doctors‚ or people you walk by on the streets. A hero is not someone that hurts another person or does bad things‚ but they help people. A hero doesn’t always fight crime or always have an opposition. They don’t even have to work with people; they could be designing a product that helps many
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In the novel‚ The House on Mango Street‚ Sandra Cisneros‚ shows the importance of education through the different characters in the book the reason education is so important is because you need it so you can have a good job and the second reason is esperanza knows the importance of education and reason three is you need to strive for success. You need an education so u can have a good job and the character Alicia knows this because ¨she does not want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind
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Ever since I was a teenager I can remember going downtown to Five Points before going to work at Turner Field. As soon as I would exit the front of station from Peachtree Street‚ I would be greeted by three or four tables line along Peachtree Street with street vendors trying to sell you everything from: candy‚ gum‚ honey buns‚ fruit‚ sodas‚ juices‚ Atlanta t-shits‚ caps and more. Don’t let it be raining outside‚ they’ll be out there trying to hustle dozens of umbrellas and rain jackets in their
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