A historic moment in history was the Los Angeles River flood that lasted five days. During this flood‚ there was five days of continuous rainfall and the erosion controls that were in place could not hold the high level of water from coming down the mountains. (Hung 1) This was a flood that was unlike anything the city of Los Angeles had ever seen before. This resulted in the flooding of three area rivers and their tributaries; these were the Los Angeles‚ Santa Ana‚ and San Gabriel. The rain and
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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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Essay: Compare and 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
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Textual Analysis of “What is Dreaming and What Does It Tell Us About Memory” This article was published in Scientific American on July 18‚ 2014. In this article Penelope A. Lewis doesn’t just talk about dreaming. Lewis goes way deeper in scientific detail about dreaming and what it says about our memory. Lewis talks about the issues of recalling dreams and the facts that “not remembering dreams” is a false statement. Content The main point emphasized throughout the article is about dreaming and
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the skull‚ and the skull is then placed on an altar or a grave‚ to honor the return of a spirit. An important food item for this holiday is called pan de muerto ‘bread of the dead‚’ and it is also put on the altars to celebrate dead spirits. Dia de los Muertos is a wonderful way for people to honor their deceased loved ones‚ and celebrate their
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Maria Eva Duarte Perón was born in Los Toldos‚ Argentina on May 7‚ 1919. Her parents were Juana and Juan Duarte‚ and she had four siblings. Her father made money by managing ranches and farms for wealthy landowners. He left Juana and her five children when Eva was a year old. From then on‚ the family lived in poverty. They moved to a town called Junin‚ which was larger than Los Todos in order to have more opportunities. When Eva was 16‚ she quit school and moved to Buenos Aires‚ Argentina
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El Dia de los Muertos in Mexico is quite a spectacle‚ dating back 2‚500 to 3‚000 years a long time before the Spaniards got to Mexico. This holiday coincides with Dia de los Santos or “All Saints Day”. Indigenous people of Mexico believe that the soul can travel back and forth from our world to the next. Mexicans believe that the souls of their dead ancestors will come back to visit them. Day of the Dead traditions can change between towns. The way that The Day of the Dead is celebrated today is
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La Routa de los Cenotes The Yucatan Peninsula is famous for its abundance of cenotes‚ which are spectacular sinkholes and caves formed over millennia among the striking karst and limestone landscape. Although cenotes are found in every nook and cranny of this peninsula‚ the local government has gone to much effort to establish and advertise a bona-fie ‘Cenotes Route’ which guides visitors along a route which stretches over 300kms between Puerto Morelos (about half way between Playa and Cancun)‚
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Manasi Vaidya Mr. Michael Wilson IB English A Lang & Lit HL 18 November 2014 Text 1 vs Text 2 The two texts‚ “Cranes” and “To a Waterfowl” compare and contrast each other. Cranes by Jennifer Ackerman is published in National Geographic‚ an informative and journalistic magazine article discussing the approach of humans teaching cranes their migration routes. On the contrary‚ “To a Waterfowl” by William Cullen Bryant is a lyric poem talking about the narrator’s appreciation for bird migration. Both
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It’s easy for someone to say that they’re going to run a marathon‚ but the hard part is actually going through with it. Since my freshmen year I told myself that I would join SRLA‚ also known as Students Run Los Angeles. This was a club that trained you for the Los Angeles Marathon which is 26.2 miles. Every year I put it off whether it was because of sports or programs I was part of because I felt that I wouldn’t have time. It was until my senior year I realized that this was my last year to be
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