The 7‚000 ft.² Pennsylvania House Museum had many roles‚ once a local tavern‚ a boarding house‚ a general store‚ a doctor’s clinic and secondhand shop before falling into disrepair‚ The daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) decided to restore the dilapidated building‚ to make it into a house museum in 1939. The museum today is setup as a federal style‚ three story house‚ furnished with 19th-century furnishings and artifacts‚ which were discovered in basement excavations‚ and donated by previous
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In the Supreme Court case‚ United States v. Fields‚ Abel Fields is convicted under the Stolen Valor Act for claiming he had received a Purple Heart for bravery. In his first hearing‚ Abel was found guilty and ordered to pay the fine. However‚ the appeals court ruled Fields not guilty. Abel Fields argues that his right to lie is protected by the First Amendment and that his actions do not harm other individuals nor benefit himself. His prosecutors argue that an intentional lie is not protected by
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Dear‚ Mother. Last week I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in the big apple. I wasn’t sure how it was going to be like since it was my first time going there. The museum was enormous with lots of art works from different locations around the world. My main focus was the Japanese arts‚ which was very fascinating. As I explored the room with the Japanese arts‚ I’ve stumbled upon a Buddha like figure sitting right beyond the door of the room. It was called Kaikei‚ Fudo Myoo from the early 13th
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spring break of my junior year. I went on a two-week trip to France with my French class. We traveled all over France‚ from Paris to Mont Saint Michel‚ along the South of France‚ and even to Switzerland! I visited places I usually saw on the television screen. I even climbed 627 steps on the world famous Eiffel Tower. I truly enjoyed visiting the Louvre Museum. It is so big that people say it takes about one whole month to go through the entire museum. That visit was very educational and interesting
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Personal Reflections Field study 1 enables us to experience the actual classroom scenario. We become open to the reality that students have differences and as a teacher we must bridge the gap so we would have an organize‚ peaceful and tranquil learning environment. The first activity which is “School as a Learning Environment”‚ makes us realize that physical environment greatly contributes to the learning of students. Sometimes failure of learning is not only because of teacher factor but because
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and the findings was able to get the pump disabled. He also noticed that all deaths occurred by the broad street pump which later was proven that there had been a cholera outbreak in that part of town. 3. One key way of gathering information in field epidemiology is conducting interviews. What information did John Snow gather through interviews‚ that he could not have obtained any other way? john snow went around to families of deceased persons to collect information on where they got their water
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Salvador Dali paintings outside of Europe‚ the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg should be a museum most people should get to know. The museum was first opened in 1982 and‚ it was rebuild and reopened to the public in January 11‚ 2011. The new museum hold 7 of 18 “masterpieces” created by Dali‚ and the private collection of A. Reynolds and Eleanor R. Morse‚ who became great friends with Salvador and Gala Dali. The path in the museum is mostly predetermined but there is always a way to make it
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Field of Gerontology Deborah Quinn HCS/548 December 1st‚ 2014 Professor Cynthia Hovland-Scafe The field and study of Gerontology The field of gerontology is the systematic study of the health and well-being of the elderly. Study and research in gerontology help us to understand the health of the elderly but also our own. Everyone will benefit from the study of gerontology on social issues. Gerontology helps provide an individual with the opportunity to compose a plan for their future needs as they
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Health Care Hall of Fame Museum Proposal Barbara Addoh HCS/235 October 6‚ 2014 Marc Schnitzer Health Care Museum Proposal Healthcare has existed for centuries. As a society we have gone from primitive treatments like casting spells to revolutionary disease breakthroughs. The United States has held steadfast in the evolution of healthcare delivery causing the delivery of healthcare to increase by magnitude proportions. The 1900’s was a time that changes in healthcare and the delivery of it
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The Museum of Innocence This is a 700 page account of Kamals obsessive love towards Fusun. Pamuk in this masterpiece reveals‚ In current era of speed dating and breakups true romance still has a relevance.Kamal is a wealthy Istanbul playbul who is going to enaged to Sibel and falls for 18 year old Fusun who is a distant relative.Those one and a half months kamal spends with Fusun are described as golden days in his lifetime.Meantime Kamal and Sibel gets engaged and Fusun disappears with her father
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