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    BE PREPARED FOR AN EARTHQUAKE Earthquakes in Los Angeles‚ California can be devastating to people‚ cities‚ and the landscape. Earthquakes can cause millions if not billions of dollars of damage in only a matter of a few minutes. The more populated the area where the earthquake strikes or the earthquakes epicenter‚ the more the disaster can occur. Buildings are constructed to an earthquake code‚ but that does not mean there can be no damage to them. Brick faces can fall‚ windows can shatter‚

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    those events was the Los Angeles riots. The L.A. riots changed America and gave a new name to “protest.” Twenty-four years later people still remember the horrific incident. April 1992‚ four white police officers were acquitted of a savage beating on a man named Rodney King. This act of aggression was called a “lynching on video‚” and because of this‚ Los Angeles was a giant mosh pit. The infamous video of Rodney King being beaten set off six days of rioting in Los Angeles and surrounding cities

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    METHOD OF TEST FOR ABRASION OF COARSE AGGREGATE BY USE OF THE LOS ANGELES MACHINE S C O P E This test method which is a modification of IRC Designation‚ is used to determine the resistance of coarse aggregate to impact in a rotating cylinder containing metallic spheres. This test is known as the Los Angeles Rattler Test. . APPARATUS 1. Los Angeles Machine. The Los Angeles Abrasion Testing Machine shall conform to the essential design characteristics in Figure 1 and the narrative

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    Urban Planning: Gangs in Los Angeles Yvonne Perry Everest Online Urban Planning: Gangs in Los Angeles For this assignment I spoke with my daughter’s friend who is a gang member in LA to get a little insight into how one becomes drawn to life in a gang. I felt that I could not plan anything for urban Los Angeles without knowing how a young man or women gets involved in gangs. The following is the interview that was conducted on 5/16/2013 between Juan Martinez known on the streets as Lil Hatchet

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    people of different social backgrounds lead increasingly separate‚ parallel lives. Los Angeles is a manifestation of Park and Merkel’s commentaries‚ where people from all walks of life share micro-spaces. Even though they may cross paths and share certain spaces on a consistent basis‚ it does not mean they live identical lives. Furthermore‚ difference matters in the places and spaces of the contemporary Los Angeles region and the nature of interaction that occur in such micro-spaces.

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    Los Angeles Gangs and the American Dream The inner city neighborhoods of Los Angeles are mostly lived in by African-Americans and Hispanics. Since 1970‚ street gangs have controlled these urban areas of Los Angeles‚ moving quickly to create illicit economies based on drug trafficking and other illegal activities. Sociologists like William Julius have labeled the denizens of the American ghetto as “the truly disadvantaged” due to the extremely limited opportunities available to them in neighborhoods

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    Gangs in South Central Los Angeles Gangs run the streets in South Central Los Angeles. They are respected‚ dangerous‚ and feared by all who are not involved in gang activity. Two major Los Angeles gangs are the “Bloodz” and the “Crips”. These two gangs are professionals at what they do such as murder‚ drug trafficking‚ and avoiding law enforcement. Protecting their territory and fellow gang members resulted in one hundred twenty eight homicides in South Central Los Angeles (Tamara). Gangs run all

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    Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles Outline Topic: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943: What caused them‚ what happened‚ and what were the effects? Introduction Causes for the riots in 1943 History of racism Stylish dress seen as un-American during wartime. Stage set for riots Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the Zoot Suit riots Effects of riots Cultural repression Political activism in Mexican American community Series of reforms in the Los Angeles Police Department Causes Mexican Revolution‚

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    were to take a random inhabitant of Los Angeles and ask them about the Los Angeles River‚ they would give you a confused look saying “what river?” Meanwhile‚ others will say “Oh‚ you mean the place with the shopping carts.” This is because most of the river has been blocked off over the centuries as more projects cover the river and more recently has become a haven for the homeless. The river has played a large role in the shaping and the history of Los Angeles‚ as the water that flowed from it played

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    Manohla Dargis wrote a review on the film The Grey Zone in the Los Angeles Times. She is one of the chief film critics for The New York Times and formerly a film writer at The Village Voice‚ the film critic for the Los Angeles Times‚ and the editor of the film section at LA Weekly. She has written for a variety of publications‚ including Film Comment and Sight and Sound. In her review‚ Manohla compares The Grey Zone to Schindler’s List saying: “Steven Spielberg’s decision to show water rather than

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