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    Jackie Robinson made a big impact on all sports especially baseball. He broke the sport's color barrier in 1947. He played for the dodgers for 10 years. On 1947 April ,15 Jackie made his debut for the Brooklyn dodgers. He batted 0-2 with 1 walk and 2 stolen bases. Jackie Robinson was a big impact on sports. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. He was the youngest of all 5 of his siblings. When he was 6 months old his father left. His mom , Millie raised all her…

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    his father, was sharecroppers that brought in just enough money to feed his five children. Mallie, his mother, worked as a house keeper for a plantation owner. Jackie’s parents eventually separated and his mother raised his siblings and him in Pasadena, California. Jackie Robinson grew up in a large single family after his parents…

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    San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc. http://www.movinglivesforward.org 1. The type of prevention is: Secondary Prevention a. This agency provides secondary prevention to its cliental because it primarily focuses on a high-risk population: people with serious emotional disorders, severe and persistent mental illness. 2. The main functions of this agency are to: ease clients into everyday life by helping them reach their highest potential, offer individualized and…

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    Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier There were many men and women who stepped up during the Civil Rights Movement, but there was one man in particular that really took a stand in the world of sports. Jackie Robinson was mostly known for breaking the color barrier not only in Professional Baseball, but in all sports. He was one of the only men who took a stand for what he believed in. On January 31, 1919 Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia (Robinson 3) to Mallie and Jerry Robinson…

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    He was born January 31, in Cairo, Georgia, to Jerry and Mallie Robinson. He was the youngest of five children. His mother raised him, his three brothers, and one sister after his dad left. .About a year after he was born, Jackie’s family moved to Pasadena, California. Army life Robinson was drafted into the war when World War II started. From 1942 to 1944, he served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. In 1944 in Fort Hood, Texas, he was arrested after refusing to give up his seat,…

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    Artwork I chose for this project is the San Francisco Westside Ridge. It was made at 2001 by Wayne Thiebaud,the now 94-year-old artist who spent 76 years of his life making 120 drawings,etchings,prints, and paintings. All of his 120 artworks are at Pasadena Museum of California’s Art, including the San Francisco Westside Ridge. The San Francisco Westside Ridge is a 36 x 36 in(91.4 x 91.4 cm) oil on canvas with the painting being a view of California,San Francisco in a bird’s eye view. In the…

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    he was the youngest of three brothers and one sister. Jackie 's father left the family shortly after he was born and his mother , Mallie Robinson, was left to raise Jackie alone. Within a year after Jackie 's birth, the family departed Georgia for Pasadena, California. As the only black family on their block, the prejudice the Robinson family encountered only strengthened…

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    The Strawberry Festival is an annual carnival gathering in Pasadena, Texas. It has been a Texan tradition for many years mainly because of the large business the sweet strawberries have brought to Pasadena. I had been to the Strawberry Festival before but this one specific year in particular was different for me. On May 17, 2014, I met my best friend and future boyfriend. My family took my friend, Jaylen, and I to the festival. There were many things to do at the Strawberry Festival such as…

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    Alex Canawati Case Essay

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    stated he was given medication from the hospital for depression. I recovered two different medications that were prescribed to Canawati, Quetiapine Fumerate, 400mg pills, and Bupropion HCL, 300mg pills. Both medications were later given to the Pasadena Jail Staff to keep with Canawati’s property. Quetiapine Fumerate is also known as Seroquel and is prescribed for bi-polar disorder. Bupropion HCL, also known as Wellbutrin, is prescribed as an anti-depressant medication. Due to the…

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    Essay On California

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    California California has lots of beaches and fun boardwalks to walk down. It is a great place to vacation or live. It is a tourist destination making it very packed full of people in most cities. According to Don DeLillo “California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of lifestyle. This alone warrants their doom.” This quote pretty much sums up California. Some even consider California a lifestyle, because of the adventure you’ll find, and the dreams you deem impossible…

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