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Robinson turned into the first ever African-American to play in Major League Baseball. The most youthful of five youngsters, Robinson was brought up in relative destitution by a single parent. He went to John Muir High School and after he attended Pasadena Junior College, where he showed his skills playing four sports: baseball, track, football, and basketball. In 1938 he was named the area's Most Valuable Player in baseball. Robinson's oldest sibling, Matthew Robinson, inspired Jackie to seek…

Judy Garland Life in the spotlight is not always as glamorous as it appears to be. Judy Garland, who is most recognized as Dorothy, spent nearly her whole life in the show business. Her appearance made it seem that she had her whole life together, but she had more problems than most realized. She had tons of men, kids, and an outstanding career; what more could a girl want? All of the critiques of show business pushed her in ways she would never imagine. Judy Garland was born on June 10, 1922.…

Introduction Every company has a different method in training their employee to become more productive and work efficiently. The main objectives of this case study report is to analyze the method used by the assigned company which is the Red-Gate company. The company is being analyzed on the method they used in making their employee more productive in their field of work. There are two methods that are being chosen and analyzed which are motivation and job satisfaction. This case study report…

Before Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson, and all of the other African American baseball stars, every ball player had one thing in common: they were all white. But it wasn’t till 1947, when one player stood up for his rights and changed the world of sports forever. His name was Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson was born into a poor family on January 31, 1919. His hometown was Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children and was raised by a single mother. Six months after…

consider it art. However, once you learn about his intentions, you hopefully will see the beauty and determination hidden behind the plain displays. James Turrell was born on May 6, 1943. He lived in Los Angeles for most of his life and went to Pasadena High School and graduated in 1961. He attended Pomona College and received a B.A. in Psychology in 1965. He went onto the University of California for Art graduate studies. He also attended Irvine and Claremont Graduate School and earned…

An Influential Culinary Figure: Julia Child Julia Carolyn McWilliams was born in Pasadena California on August 15th 1912 and was the eldest of three children. Julia’s father John McWilliams Jr. was a Princeton graduate, class of 1901 and her mother, Julia Carolyn (Weston) McWilliams, of Smith College class of 1900, a paper company heiress whose father Byron Curtis Weston, served as a lieutenant governor and was the founder of Weston Paper Co. Julia’s father had a successful career in the field…

A discourse community is a group people who communicate about a particular field or issue they 're involved in. Within in this community, there are six characteristics that define it, according to John Swales. In such communities, public goals are commonly set. In education it 's universal goal is to improve its scholars proficiency from kindergarten to senior year. They have mechanisms of intercommunication among their members. We all have ways of verbal and nonverbal ways to talk to our…

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Ooh, black and yellow! Let's shake it up a little. Barry! Breakfast is ready! Ooming! with power washers and M-80s! One-eighth a stick of dynamite! She saved…

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” -Abraham Lincoln According to Abraham Lincoln, former president of the United States of America and the issuer of the Emancipation Proclamation, we as humans must learn to rise with new occasions. In other words, we as humans must learn to adapt and grow given different situations. The…

The world population increases every day, and so does the need for energy. The only problem is that much of the energy society uses is non-renewable, meaning once a source is diminished it can no longer be used again. The solution is to use the most abundant energy source that burns bright in the sky every day, the sun. The energy given off by the sun can be harnessed to create electricity, and that electricity can be stored for later use. According to the website Altenergy, “The average star,…