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    Intro to Corrections CJ102 Alcatraz By: LaShonda Hayes Date: 04-02-14 When it was established In 1775‚ Spanish ‘explorer’ Juan Manuel de Ayala chartered San Francisco Bay. He called the 22 acre rocky island “La Isla de los Alcatraces”‚ meaning “Island of the Pelicans”. With no vegetation or habitation‚ Alcatraz was little more than a desolate islet occupied by the occasional swarm of birds. Under English-speaking influence‚ the name “Alcatraces” became Alcatraz. Alcatraz was turned

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    those words. They also think of the island it’s on in San Francisco Bay‚ the people that have been there like Al Capone and Robert Stroud‚ and also the many escape attempts quite a few prisoners have tried to take a stab at. Always though‚ these attempts failed. There are one-thousand eight hundred twenty-one prisons in the U.S.‚ but none of them were anything compared to Alcatraz. (“Alcatraz Prison”) Alcatraz is placed in San Francisco Bay for many reasons. First of all‚ it is surrounded by

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    hotel where he asks the woman at the desk if Madeline is there and she says that she isn’t. Then he asks if Carlotta is there and she says not now but she has a hotel room. This is when things begin to get suspicious. He follows her to the San Francisco Bay where he witnesses her falling into the water‚ on purpose in my opinion‚ and jumps in after her to save her. He places her in his car and takes her to his house. Then she wakes up and leaves without saying goodbye. Which is the first sign that

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    Chapter 13 Rizal’s Visit to the United States (1888) Introduction April 28‚ 1888 Rizal first saw America Docked at San Francisco America was marred by racial prejudice Discriminatory treatment of the Chinese and the Negroes by the white Americans Took notes of first-hand impressions of America‚ what he had seen and experienced Arrival in San Francisco Arrival in San Francisco Steamer Belgic 643 Chinese coolies American health authorities placed the ship under quarantine False-cholera

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    The name of my mission is “San Francisco de Solano” It is the twenty-first and last mission. It is located in the Sonoma State Historical Park in Sonoma; middle of the Sonoma Valley wine area. The Mission’s address is at 114 E. Spain St.‚ Sonoma‚ CA. PRAYER LIFE IN THE EARLY CALIFORNIA MISSION COMMUNITY The origins of the missions were an instrument of joint Spanish and Catholic policy. The padres were intent on bettering the life of the native Californians by teaching trades and Catholic

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    Alcatraz Island The island we all know in the San Francisco bay was first explored by a French explorer names Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775." While the exact meaning is still debated‚ Alcatraz is usually defined as meaning "pelican" or "strange bird"(Bop). Instead of being called Alctraces‚ the name conformed and just became known as Alcatraz. The island opened as a federal prison in 1934. It was notorious for being the prison that held most‚ if not all of the United States of America’s most hazardous

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    fatalities but causes a substantial interruption of emergency efforts. “On October 17th‚ 1989‚ the Loma Prieta Earthquake hit San Francisco Bay Area with a Richter scale of 6.9 for moment magnitude and 7.1 for surface magnitude” ("Collapse). This quake caused issues to the Oakland Bay Bridge‚ a popular bridge allowing workers to commute from the suburbs into San Francisco. During the earthquake‚ the upper deck collapsed‚ blocking the lower deck. This caused a car to drive off the bridge‚ ending in

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    Monastery of San Francisco is in a natural high platform located in front of the centre of the Fermoselle village --made by the castle and parish church La Asunción remains-- which take up more territory than the surrounding particular workers’ house and farming spaces. It was founded around the year 1730 following the Discalced Franciscans Order‚ it presents the uniqueness of having an own church known as “San Juan” and most famously known as “La Virgen de la Bandera”. It was attached the simple

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    Albany. He adopted the name Lil B‚ and began rapping at age 16 with San Francisco Bay Area based hip hop group The Pack. After two locally successful mixtapes‚ at the peak of the Bay Area’s hyphy movement‚ the group’s song "Vans" became a surprise hit. The song was ranked as the fifth best of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine.[5] The strength of "Vans" led the group to release Skateboards 2 Scrapers‚ featuring a "Vans" remix with Bay Area rappers Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B.. In 2007‚ Lil B and The Pack

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    there are gas leaks and check for faulty electrical wiring. Checking the food supply level for the next couple of days make sure to have enough canned food and snacks especially a lot of water. Implementation Plan I am fully aware that the bay area is at a high potential for having an earthquake at any given moment. Currently some of the items in the steps have been completed‚ but many of the items that are yet to be completed will definitely be done. I have contacted my family members to

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