board serves as the agent of the state legislature and the representatives of the community by providing a high-quality education for the students of the school district. A school board has an extremely important role for the school district in Pennsylvania‚ focusing on a few major responsibilities. It could be argued that two of the most important roles the school board carries is to hire a superintendent to run the school district. School boards are also responsible for recruiting‚ hiring and evaluating
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a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 5 July 2012 Received in revised form 1 August 2013 Accepted 8 August 2013 a b s t r a c t This study examined a two-year period in which natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania
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nicknames given to them by their inhabitants‚ based on what makes those specific cities special. New Castle‚ Pennsylvania‚ the county seat‚ is known as “The Fireworks Capital of America.” This is because Lawrence County was once the largest producer of fireworks in the world‚ thanks to two large fireworks companies that began here. In 1893‚ Antonio Zambelli travelled from Italy to Western Pennsylvania to start his business. He quickly became successful‚ and today‚ Zambelli Fireworks Internationale is still
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bachelor’s degree in Philosophy at Princeton University in 1964. Martin Seligman was offered scholarships to study at Oxford University‚ and the University of Pennsylvania but declined to attend the University of Pennsylvania and study Psychology. Three years later‚ Seligman received his Ph. D in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and before long became an assistant professor at Cornell University. Later returning back to the University
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Amber Doll Diaz 11-21-11 English WRT 101 Word Count: 1‚411 Mr. Kaiser A Grant Proposal in Honor of the late Professor of Anthropology and History of Science at the University of Pennsylvania‚ Loren Eiseley Introduction and Executive Summary As a current full-time student with an incessant thirst for knowledge of all things existential and transcendental‚ as an advocate of reflective literacy in all people‚ and as a compassionate
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of health care professional namely Nurse Practitioners that works in the state of Pennsylvania. Patient’s health care and their safety are significantly important throughout this entire paper. All things related to NP’s were taken into consideration; such as‚ the rules‚ regulation and standards that is required by law. However‚ regulations of nursing practices does vary from one state to another but in Pennsylvania; the state Board of Medicine (BOM) and the Board of Nursing (BON) controls registration
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Amish. In the early 18th century‚ many Amish and Mennonites immigrated to Pennsylvania for a variety of reasons. The Amish originally came to America in search of religious freedom‚ fleeing severe persecution in Germany‚ Switzerland‚ and Alsace (an area of France bordering Germany and Switzerland in which a German dialect is spoken). The first Amish families arrived in 1737 and settled in Lancaster County‚ Pennsylvania. Another wave of immigration followed between 1815 and 1860‚ and the Amish
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congressional district representative is Charles Dent. His full name is Charles Wieder Dent‚ and he is a member of the Republican Party. Dent’s decisions affect our family a lot‚ because we live in the 15th district of Pennsylvania. Charles Dent was born on May 24‚ 1960 in Allentown‚ Pennsylvania. The son of Marjorie L. (Wieder) and Walter R. Dent‚ Charles Dent showed to be a very bright student from a young age. In 1978‚ he graduated from William Allen High School in Allentown. Four years later‚ Dent
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(Schaffer‚ n.d.) Pennsylvania Prisons The state of Pennsylvania is a leader when it comes to prisons‚ whether state or federally operated. At the current time‚ Pennsylvania has 9 Federal Prisons with 3 more proposed‚ ranking it #2 in the U.S. Pennsylvania is also home to 28 State Prisons‚ 2 that are new since 2003. Another prison was built‚ but is still not operating due to lack of funds. (Prisons in PA‚ 2004) Why is the building of prisons on the rise in Pennsylvania? Overcrowding is the
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Pennsylvania was the last colony to become established in the seventeenth century. The owner‚ William Penn‚ hoped to create it as a place where those who were facing persecution because of their religious beliefs‚ could practice religious freedom. William Penn was a supporter for religious freedom and a dedicated member of the Society of Friends or also known as Quakers. The Quakers followed their inner belief instead of following others. His religious views separated him from other people and he
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