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    Allentown city is located in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. It is third most populous city and 224th largest city in United states. It is the fasted growing city with a population of 118,032. Allentown is located Northwest of Philadelphia and 90 miles northeast of Harrisburg. Allen Town was named a national success story for its downtown development by Urban Land Institute. There are several museums and cultural organizations in Allentown, Pennsylvania. One of them is the America on wheels, which

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    Eligibility Criteria and Beneficiaries The OAA is generally for older adults aged sixty and above. The persons need to be in real need of the services. The person may be as low as age fifty five; Title V provides support for part-time employment for individuals aged fifty five and over that earn a low income and have poor employment possibilities. Individuals included in the Act are American Indians, Native Alaskan Americans, Native Hawaiian Americans, tribal organizations, and persons with disabilities

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    The Liberty Bell, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American bell of great historic significance. The Liberty Bell is perhaps one of the most prominent symbols associated with the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War. It is one of the most familiar symbols of independence, abolition of slavery, nationhood and freedom within the United States, and has been used as an international icon of liberty. [1] Its most famous ringing, on July 8, 1776, summoned citizens of Philadelphia

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    time Europe had very crowded and congested streets. Penn found a way to fix that problem. He built the city on a grid creating streets that intersected, not tangle with each other. Philadelphia was originally founded to be the capital of Pennsylvania. The purpose of Philadelphia was so that the citizens could be able to worship their God the way they wanted to. It was founded on freedom to do what you want when you want. Philadelphia was built to be a place where you could be who you wanted

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    When you hear about Niagara Falls, what’s the first word that comes to your mind? Beautiful? Magnificent? Heaven on earth? Well, that’s three. But what if you look a little deeper? How about driving down the business strip of Niagara Falls towards the landfill? Now what word comes to your mind? If you’re thinking the word disgusting, you’re right. Niagara Falls is an amazing city to live in, but one thing that Bryan Taylor and Tim Storck can’t stand is the smell. According to many articles that

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    In any successful work of non-fiction, authors employ the use of rhetorical analysis to articulate their main points and ideas. Mike Rose’s essay, “Blue Collar Brilliance,” focuses on the fact that looking down on blue-collar workers is a common occurrence in America and people fail to understand how a person can be intelligent if they had dropped out of school. Throughout the essay, he refutes this notion and explains why blue-collar intelligence may be different from the intelligence gained by

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    this paper, you too should agree that all public schools should adopt a school uniform policy. All Public Schools Should Adopt a School Uniform Policy Following the guidance of other cities like California and Las Vegas, in Pennsylvania, Allentown School District adopted a school uniform policy in 2014, and it has made a huge impact on kids. There has been more positive than negative feedback from the kids and families from the surveys that were taken at the end of the 2015 school year

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    but an Independent Living class is not one of them. This needs to change. High School ought to prepare students for the everyday aspect of college and life after school, not just the academic aspect of college. The graduation requirements of the Allentown School district include 4 years of English, 3 years of math and science, and 2 years of foreign language (PROGRAM OF STUDIES 2015-2016 William Allen High School Louis E. Dieruff High School, 7). It does not include any sort of class designed to help

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    requirements, but an Independent Living class is not one of them. This needs to change. High School ought to prepare students for everyday aspect of life after high school, not just the academic aspect of college. The graduation requirements of the Allentown School district includes 4 years of English, 3 years of math and science, and 2 years of foreign language (PROGRAM OF STUDIES 2015-2016 William Allen High School Louis E. Dieruff High School, 7). It does not include any sort of class designed to

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    Mike Rose, research professor and author, argues in his article “Blue-Collar Brilliance” that working-class citizens have often been overlooked in terms of intelligence, but that they hold a great deal of skills and ideas they gain from their respective lines of work. Rose describes several jobs considered to be clue-collar and evaluates and describes the intelligence that is required and also how they apply it. Rose assesses each job and explains to readers why each job holds a level of cognitive

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