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    Windshield Survey Patricia L. Flores NUR/405 Health Communities: Theory and Practice University of Phoenix January 11, 2010 Sue Judlin Windshield Survey The community I have chosen is the city of Rowland Heights California, where I reside. This city is located in Los Angeles Country but borders Orange and San Bernardino Counties. Rowland Heights is in the Pacific Time Zone and sits at 525-feet above sea level. The city is 9.02 square miles with 5,380.70 residents per square mile.

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    drop out his junior year due to a measles attack which temporarily affected his eyesight. Dana wanted to tour Europe but was unable to afford it. Instead, he decided to sign on as a seaman at nineteen years old, and sailed around Cape Horn to California. When trying to recall his motives for becoming a seaman he wasn't sure if it was his "desire to cure my eyes, my love of adventure and the attraction of the novelty of a life before the mast, or anxiety to escape from the depressing situation

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    Steinbeck creates a colorful array of characters struggling to understand their own unique places in the world.   The story is set in the early 20th century, immediately following the Depression and World War II. The characters live in Monterey, California amid the jumble of the sardine fisheries, the "Palace Flophouses", Lee Chong's grocery, Dora's whorehouse, and Doc's Biological Lab. Throughout the book, Steinbeck has the uncanny ability to combine his characters'

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    John Steinbeck’s, East of Eden, is set in the Salinas Valley, a secluded area of Northern California. The Salinas River runs through this beautiful, yet unforgiving land and provides fertility to the dry land. While the valley has a rich geographical history spanning from sea, to forest, and then to the present day valley, it is a difficult destination to find prosperity. Two dramatic mountain ranges form the landscape of the valley that the author uses to exemplify the idea of good and evil. This

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    To my fellow community and all present here today, we are faced with a problem bigger than we thought it would be, either to go charter or not! What does charter mean to you? To me it means being isolated in a prison ruled by selfish stubborn officials that don’t take our education and our future seriously! Some of us might take it lightly while on others it has a huge impact. I, as a fellow student will not stand for this. I demand for my voice to be heard; not only for myself, but for others too

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    California Screamin I stepped into a line with like a million people in it and I knew it was going to be a long wait because we were in the line of California Screamin in Disneyland. After a few minutes a idea came to my mind and it was to play tennis with my Cousin and Uncle which were in line with me. Smack the first hit made my hand red but it wasn’t over my Uncle wanted to vs me to. I waited a few minutes to let my hand rest then I decided to vs Chris. “Ouch!” I yell. “Haha” my Uncle laughs

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    Aimee Semple Mcpherson

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    Aimee Book Report Percentage of reading: 100% Aimee Semple McPherson is the founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and also known as the Foursquare Denomination. She was born in Canada on a small farm and had an encounter with the Lord that changed her life forever. She was born and raised in a Christian family, but at a young age had an encounter with the Lord that had her desiring to be as intimate as possible in a relationship with Him. From

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    Stember Palshaw English IV 1 Oct. 2016 Becoming a California State Lifeguard Becoming a lifeguard has been an interest of mine for many years. Leading a healthy active lifestyle and helping others is a great profession. Being able to live and work in beautiful California State Park Lands, educating people about water safety, rescuing victims from rip currents, and training the youth to be competent in the water are all great reasons to be a California State Lifeguard. Also, along with many responsibilities

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    titled, Monterey Bay from Santa Cruz Pogonip. The artist who created this piece is Tom Killion, and its creation came to be in 2002. The piece is a wood stamp press, these presses are hand carved into wood and linoleum blocks. Each variety of color that is present in the piece, a new block has to be created to ensure that the color doesn’t blend in ways the artist would not want it too. In the framed final piece, the stamp is separated into two different frames to gives focus to the the, Monterey Bay

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    Tom Killian Essay

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    can make an impact with how they convey their work. An artist who conveys his work with elegance, is Tom Killian. He is a local artist from California, and went to the University of Santa Cruz California. Living in California was going to shape his perspective on the world forever, specifically on how he depicted his work. In a work of art of his itled, Monterey Bay from Santa Cruz Pogonip. The work of arts creation came to be in 2002. The process in creating this piece was intricate, it was created

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