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    Discuss the evidence for tectonic plate movement There has been a variety of different evidence for tectonic plate movement but the main evidence was Wegener’s theory which was based on a variety of different evidence from several sciences. Alfred Lothar Weneger was a German polar researcher‚ geophysicist and meteorologist‚ he first thought of this idea by noticing that the different large landmasses of the Earth almost fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. In 1912‚ he proposed his explanation – the

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    The movie “Volcano” was about an active volcano forming into the city of Los Angeles‚ California. The evaporating of harmful gases‚ earthquakes‚ and some evidences from the manhole are the manifestations showed that an underground volcano was forming under the city. This means that there was already lava under the city and the ground cannot take the pressure anymore so it formed a volcano. The physical changes in the movie are the breaking of glasses from buildings‚ breaking of buildings

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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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    The End of Public Space in Los Angeles? I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man‚ and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I do too; have affection for big cities‚ although maybe in a different context than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I enjoy the multiplicity of cities and their way of blending it all together. Until now‚ I have only been to Berlin‚ London and‚ the only American city‚ New York City. Each time I visited

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    positions as the continents. PLATE TECTONIC THEORY Plate tectonics is the theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth’s surface relative to each other‚ like slabs of ice on a lake. There are seven or eight major plates and many minor plates. Where plates meet‚ their relative motion determines the type of boundary: convergent‚ divergent‚ or transform. Earthquakes‚ activity‚ mountain-building‚ and

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    processes were plate tectonics‚ glaciation‚ and weathering & erosion. One example of plate tectonics in CT is the Connecticut River Valley. The Connecticut River Valley was also formed by glaciation but first came the plate tectonics. When the plates divided it created a rift valley‚ (When the land on two sides rises but the middle land lowers or stays the same.) rift valleys can be formed by earthquakes and some other natural forces as well. This is only one example of plate tectonics. Another example

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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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    Los Angeles food policy council handles and runs many food programs and implements several food policies and programs with the integration of many government agencies. Some of them are as described below. 1. Sweat Free Ordinance: This policy to make sure all the goods purchased by the city is not produced by exploitative means. This protects the employees’ rights and forces manufacturers and producers to compensate their employees fairly and provide the safe working environment (http://gsd.lacity

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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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