Losi MA, Betocchi S, Barbati G, Parisi V, Tocchetti CG, Pastore F, et al. Prognostic significance of left atrial volume dilatation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009;22:76–81. There are 841 museums and art galleries in Los Angeles County, [201] more museums per capita than any other city in the U.S. [201] Some of the notable museums are the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (the largest art museum in the Western United States [202]), the Getty Center (part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's wealthiest art institution [203]), the Petersen Automotive Museum, [204] the Huntington Library, [205] the Natural History Museum, [206] the Battleship Iowa, [207] The Broad, which houses over 2,000 works of contemporary art [208] and the Museum of Contemporary Art. [209] A significant number of art galleries are on Gallery Row, and tens of thousands attend the monthly Downtown Art Walk there. [210] Libraries Los Angeles Central Library In early 1984, the city surpassed Chicago in population, thus becoming the second largest city in the United States. The giant crocodile was kept in an enclosure in the Bunawan Ecopark and Wildlife Reservation Center in Barangay Consuelo located 8km from town. The exhibit was opened to the public on 17 September 2011, after permission was received from the Palawan Wildlife and Conservation Center. The Bunawan Municipal Council subsequently passed an ordinance regulating and imposing fees on gate entrance, parking, and other fees at the ecopark where the celebrity giant crocodile resided in captivity. [ citation needed] Callaghan J, Power S. 2011. Variability and decline in the number of severe tropical cyclones making land-fall over eastern Australia since the late nineteenth century. Clim Dyn, 37, 647–662

National Museum, Agusan execs agree to preserve Lolong's remains". The Philippine Star . Retrieved 22 September 2019. and 2011–12 La Niña events An analysis of the La Niña life cycle and the impacts and significance of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 La Niña events in Australia

Monitoring La Niña

The smog season lasts from approximately May to October. [121] While other large cities rely on rain to clear smog, Los Angeles gets only 15 inches (380mm) of rain each year: pollution accumulates over many consecutive days. Issues of air quality in Los Angeles and other major cities led to the passage of early national environmental legislation, including the Clean Air Act. When the act was passed, California was unable to create a State Implementation Plan that would enable it to meet the new air quality standards, largely because of the level of pollution in Los Angeles generated by older vehicles. [122] More recently, the state of California has led the nation in working to limit pollution by mandating low-emission vehicles. Smog is expected to continue to drop in the coming years because of aggressive steps to reduce it, which include electric and hybrid cars, improvements in mass transit, and other measures. Lolong" holds world record as largest croc in the world". Biodiversity Management Bureau. 17 November 2011 . Retrieved 8 January 2016. Surrounding the city are much higher mountains. Immediately to the north lie the San Gabriel Mountains, which is a popular recreation area for Angelenos. Its high point is Mount San Antonio, locally known as Mount Baldy, which reaches 10,064 feet (3,068m). Further afield, the highest point in southern California is San Gorgonio Mountain, 81 miles (130km) east of downtown Los Angeles, [82] with a height of 11,503 feet (3,506m). The warming of ocean temperatures in the western Pacific means the area becomes more favourable for rising air, cloud development and rainfall. As a result, heavy rainfall can occur to the north of Australia. Conversely, over the eastern and central tropical Pacific, air descends over the cooler waters, meaning the region is less favourable for cloud and rain. The air rising in the west and descending in the east enhances an atmospheric circulation – called the Walker circulation – which can result in changes to the climate felt across the globe.

In a judgement delivered by Justice Elfaida Williams-Dawodu, the appeal court upheld the tribunal’s verdict, saying the votes cast for the PDP candidate were unlawful. Vasquez N, Ostrander BT, Lu DY, Ventoulis I, Haileselassie B, Goyal S, et al. Low left atrial strain is associated with adverse outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019;32(593–603):e1. Harrigan CJ, Peters DC, Gibson CM, Maron BJ, Manning WJ, Maron MS, et al. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: quantification of late gadolinium enhancement with contrast-enhanced cardiovascular MR imaging. Radiology. 2011;258:128–33.

Forecasting ENSO

ElNiño and LaNiña are not turned on and off like a switch. Rather, ElNiño and LaNiña are a function of the strength of departures from average in NINO3.4 and the SOI. Due to increased cloud cover and hence warmer nights, regions of southern New South Wales and northern Victoria can experience less frost daysduring LaNiña than the historical average 4. Because of Los Angeles's large multi-ethnic population, a wide variety of faiths are practiced, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Baháʼí, various Eastern Orthodox Churches, Sufism, Shintoism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion and countless others. Immigrants from Asia for example, have formed a number of significant Buddhist congregations making the city home to the greatest variety of Buddhists in the world. The first Buddhist joss house was founded in the city in 1875. [154] Atheism and other secular beliefs are also common, as the city is the largest in the Western U.S. Unchurched Belt. Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in the United States. [169] The contiguous ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together comprise the busiest port in the United States by some measures and the fifth busiest port in the world, vital to trade within the Pacific Rim. [169] The combined Port of Los Angeles- Port of Long Beach is the fifth busiest port in the world.

Racial tensions erupted on April 29, 1992, with the acquittal by a Simi Valley jury of four Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers captured on videotape beating Rodney King, culminating in large-scale riots. [71] [72] Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian) . Retrieved 28 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Inner Circle". The cooler than average daytime temperatures during La Niña years is often associated with a decreased frequency of extreme daily high temperatures.Elliott PM, Anastasakis A, Borger MA, Borggrefe M, Cecchi F, Charron P, et al. 2014 ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2014;35:2733–79. The relationship between La Niña strength and rainfall is closely linked. The greater the sea surface temperature and SOI difference from normal, the larger the rainfall response 2. Indeed, the wettest years on record for Australia occurred during the strong 2010–2012 and 1974 La Niña events. The 2010–12 La Niña event was particularly devastating in terms of widespread flooding across Australia, although the influence of the Indian Ocean likely also increased the widespread rainfall effect. Hunted over a period of three weeks, it took around 100 people to bring him onto land. [8] He became aggressive at several points during the capture, and twice broke restraining ropes before eventually being properly secured. [9] He was estimated to be at least 50 years old. [10] As of 2018 [update], Los Angeles is home to three Fortune 500 companies: AECOM, CBRE Group, and Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. [174] Other companies headquartered in Los Angeles and the surrounding metropolitan area include The Aerospace Corporation, California Pizza Kitchen, [175] Capital Group Companies, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Dine Brands Global, DreamWorks Animation, Dollar Shave Club, Fandango Media, Farmers Insurance Group, Forever 21, Hulu, Panda Express, SpaceX, Ubisoft Film & Television, The Walt Disney Company, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Warner Music Group, and Trader Joe's.

The city is divided into many different districts and neighborhoods, [91] [92] some of which were incorporated cities that have merged with Los Angeles. [93] These neighborhoods were developed piecemeal, and are well-defined enough that the city has signage which marks nearly all of them. [94] Overview View of the Downtown Los Angeles skyline from Griffith Park See also: History of Armenian Americans in Los Angeles, History of Central Americans in Los Angeles, History of Chinese Americans in Los Angeles, History of Iranian Americans in Los Angeles, History of the Japanese in Los Angeles, History of the Jews in Los Angeles, History of Palestinians in Los Angeles, Ukrainian Americans in Los Angeles, and History of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles Historical population Census a b "NatGeo team confirms Lolong the croc is world's longest". GMA News. 9 November 2011 . Retrieved 23 June 2012. Gersh BJ, Maron BJ, Bonow RO, Dearani JA, Fifer MA, Link MS, et al. 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: executive summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;58:2703–38.Leng S, Tan RS, Zhao X, Allen JC, Koh AS, Zhong L. Validation of a rapid semi-automated method to assess left atrial longitudinal phasic strains on cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2018;20:71. Activists want 20-foot croc released in Philippines". Arkansas Online. 10 September 2011 . Retrieved 26 April 2021.