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    Marian Anderson was born on February 27‚ 1897 in Philadelphia. She was the daughter of John Berkley Anderson and Annie Delilah Rucker. Her father sold ice and coal at the reading terminal in down town Philadelphia and eventually had a small liquor business too. Her mother prior to her marriage was attending Virginia seminary and College in Lynchburg‚ and also worked as a school teacher in Virginia. Anderson was the eldest of three children‚ Alice (which later changed the spelling of her name to Alyse)

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    Kelsey L. Joniec Kelsey.joniec@temple.edu 12049 Sewell Rd. | Philadelphia | PA | 19116 | tel: 215.370.5952 EDUCATION: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY‚ Fox School of Business‚ Philadelphia‚ PA Bachelor of Business Administration‚ Graduation: December 2013 Major: Accounting | Total expected credits: 126 GPA: 3.30 | Dean’s List: Spring 2012 Anticipated Graduate Program: Master of Accountancy Program‚ August 2015 ACTIVITIES & AWARDS: Beta Alpha Psi‚ Fall 2012-present

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    History of the Stock Market

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    1790‚ the first real stock exchange begun in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania in 1790. This was a simple finical market in which traders needed to have their offices close to the stock exchange so that messengers could keep the brokers up to date with current information. Many cities had their own finical markets because of how slow information traveled. The first major innovation of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange was a signal-system between Philadelphia and New York. This system brought news of current

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    Carolinas & Georgia) Few headed to New England‚ where land was limited in extent and under Puritan control English- Numbers were relatively small among others because fewer problems at home. Germans- Settled chiefly on the rich farmlands west of Philadelphia. Maintained their German language‚ customs‚ and religion. Showed little interest in English politics. By 1775 Germans comprised 6% of Colonial population. Scotch-Irish- Had little respect for the British Government‚ which had pressured them into

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    ELL Assessments Crystalanne Duncan-Holmes Grand Canyon University: ESL-223N 3 November 2012 Whitney Johnson The following essay will briefly discuss the procedures that are being utilized in order to identify ELLs at the Philadelphia public school District. Included in this discussion will be what informal and formal assessments are being conducted to determine ELL student’s language proficiency and how English language development is monitored over time. How Educators are informed of

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    Baby Essay

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    PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (Philadelphia‚ PA) July 1‚ 2003‚ n.p. © 2003‚ KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS. Distributed by KNIGHT-RIDDER/TRIBUNE Information Services. Create a World Where Babies Aren’t Abandoned By Jane Eisner Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) Stories of infants abandoned by their mothers have haunted us ever since Yocheved placed her baby in a basket on the River Nile to escape a royal decree that the little boy be killed. We wish every baby Moses would be so generously

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    Francis “Frank” Johnson Johnson was born on June 16‚ 1792 in Martinique in the West Indies and immigrated to Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania in 1809 by the age of 17. He directed military bands and society dance orchestras‚ taught music‚ and performed on the violin and keyed bugle. His early career consisted of performing for balls‚ parades‚ and dancing schools. He first became widely known in 1818 when George Willig published Johnson’s Collection of New Cotillions. His career flourished in the 1820s

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    Article Rebuttal BCOM/275 Article Rebuttal In January‚ the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the United States government stated that in December‚ 2012 “The number of unemployed‚ 12.2 million‚ was little changed‚ and the 7.8 percent unemployment rate has been at‚ or near‚ that level since September [2012]”. (Loyd‚ 2013) I have always found these statistics somewhat suspect and misleading as they do not take into consideration those that stopped looking for jobs‚ fell off the unemployment

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    The Warriors And The NBA

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    Which basketball team has been with the NBA since it’s birth and has broken many records? In Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ James Naismith in 1891. The first baskets were peach baskets while the backboards were just wires. The NBA was founded on June 6‚ 1946 as the Basketball Association‚ BAA‚ but it became the NBA‚ or National Basketball Association on August 3‚ 1949 after merging with the National Basketball League‚ NBL. Which team made all the records? The Warriors! They are the four time Finals

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    differences between the First and Second Continental Congress. pg 27-32‚ lo 2.1 The First Continental Congress means meeting held in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26‚ 1774‚ in which fifty-six delegates(from every colony except Georgia )adopted a resolution in opposition to the Coercive Act. Second Continental Congress means meeting that convened in Philadelphia on May 10‚ 1775‚ at which it was decided that an army should be raised and George Washington of Virginia was named commander in chief

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