Pennsylvania Dutch

Otherworld was a very captivating book for the second half. In the beginning, it was just complaining. Texas was freezing, and a farmer, Pops Dickey’s cow gets killed. He calls the police when he notices it is a clean cut capable of only being done by a human. The police officer calls a veterinarian to inspect it because it would the most reliable source. Out of nowhere, the veterinarian says that it is the doing of aliens; the officer lets captain Graham Lattimer know. Suddenly, the whole town…

The best known as one of the Founding Fathers of Declaration of Independence and also the Constitution of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston. His father married twice, with his first wife he had seven children and with his second wife he had ten more. Benjamin was his 15th child and he was the youngest son. His father was soap and candle maker. Benjamin learned to read when he was at a young age. Attending to Boston Latin School was a success to him,…

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Firstly, I would like to say about my practicum experience done at the YMCA is that I am enormously grateful for the opportunity. Nearly a decade ago, I decided to pursue my lifelong dream of getting a degree and finding a more meaningful career, one that would complement my pursuit to live a more purposeful life. My route to this point in my education has been an arduous journey at times, however, it has been the most substantial, rewarding, and revealing endeavor that I have commenced thus…

After a night out my friends and I decided to treat ourselves and eat out. We debated about where to go until we finally agreed on Red Lobster. A restaurant whose slogan is “where we see food differently”. Being an establishment that prides itself on serving fresh seafood and excellent service every guest should expect this when choosing them as their dining option. However, upon entering the Erie Red Lobster, you are welcomed by a cliché atmosphere, compiled with service that lacks hospitality,…

successful that Hershey sold Lancaster Caramel Co. for $1 million and turned his attention solely to chocolate. After a wealth of $1 million, Hershey decided to build a town for manufacturing chocolate. Hershey chose his birth place Dairy Church, Pennsylvania for it has clean water, finest dairy products, and plenty of land. The factory was modern with high-tech equipment which eliminated the cost and efforts of production. Around the factory Hershey built an impressive community for his…

growth and development. As data show, there is a gap that affect children’s health in Berks County Pennsylvania. The total number of children in the state of Pennsylvania, under the age of 18 is 2,690,274 (Kids Count Data Center, 2015) where only 258, 455 are enrolled in the CHIP program (KFF.Org, 2015). Exactly, in Berks county, there is a health care need for children from 0-5 years (Pennsylvania Department of Health,…

Andrew Carnegie started working for a railroad in Pittsburgh. He was 12 years old at the time. He met Tom Scott, the company’s President. Scott hired Carnegie as his personal assistant. Carnegie wanted to grow up and go to school. However, his family could not make it without him working because he was the man of the household. When Carnegie took on some of the tasks that he did Scott realized how important this young boy was and quickly moved him up in the ranks of the company. Carnegie became…

difficult to imagine that he would not have had such a strong influence over the events between the colonists and Native Americans. It seems that with his skill set, Montour was an estimable ally for both the Native Americans and the colonists in Pennsylvania. On one occasion, his services were required, along with those of Conrad Weiser, with whom he frequently traveled, as an interpreter between the Quakers and the Six Nations. An interesting aspect of this meeting, and a point that…

his business ands dedicated his time to expanding his philanthropic work. including the establishment of Carnegie mellon University in 1904. And at the age of 13 in 1848 Carnegie came to the United States with his family they settled in Allegheny Pennsylvania and Carnegie went to work in a factory earning $1.20 a week the next year he found…