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    Throughout the 1800’s in the United States‚ the steel business was revolutionized by an American business icon‚ Andrew Carnegie. After growing up in a poor family‚ he used his self-taught knowledge to build wealth using investments to build a foundation of wealth. After coming from a humble background‚ Carnegie established himself as one of the wealthiest businessmen of his time period‚ and one of the most generous philanthropists of history. Carnegie was born on November 25‚ 1835‚ in Scotland.

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    August Wilson‚ whose real name is Frederick August Kittel‚ was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania on April 27‚ 1945. He died on October 2nd‚ 2005. His mother‚ Daisy Wilson was African American; while his father‚ Frederick Kittel was a German Immigrant. When he was just 4 years old‚ his mother taught him how to read. He was eager to learn more and to get his library card a year later. When his parents got divorced‚ it forced his mother and his siblings to move to a white suburb in Oakland. He bounced

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    Having the title of a designer‚ film director‚ painter‚ photographer‚ stylist and writer made Andrew Warhola into the prince of Pop Art. Born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania on August 6th‚ 1928‚ Andy Warhol was focused on all his talents at an early age. He studied commercial art at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh‚ now known as Carnegie Mellon University. After graduating with a degree in fine arts‚ Warhol decided to start his new life in New York City. He was

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    so did the Quakers (Schmalleger‚ 2011‚ Chapter 13). Minimally contact between staff and inmates was also a key factor (Schmalleger‚ 2011‚ Chapter 13).The penitentiary that was opened in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania back in 1826 correlates back to the Philadelphia model (Schmalleger‚ 2011‚ Chapter 13). The Pittsburgh model was highly favored and seen as the ideal prison because it was humane and provided the correct amount of displine towards punishment yet having the opportunity for offenders to focus

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    whatever the victims have lost. The death penalty instills fear not to commit crimes. Supporters claim that performing the death penalty will result in the lower crime rate. However‚ according to a “study of criminal minds” at the University of Pittsburgh‚ punishing criminals with the death penalty does not result in a lower rate of crime (Lawrence 268). Furthermore‚ studies showed an inflation of crime in states that executed their prisoners when compared to states which do not. The saying‚ “once

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    illustrate the emotion-based ritual experiences of fans of a US football team. She chose fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. IR theory provides and way to understand emotion and ritual behaviors of fans and the meaning behind it. Cottingham goes on to use Collin’s theory and modified it to fit how it can be applied to sports fans settings and situations. She analyzes fans from Heinz Field and in Pittsburgh sports bars. She wanted to see how the fans rituals and symbols differed in locations and situations

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    The pittsburgh penguins (pens) and team canada both have one player that stands out the most from anyone else‚ captain for the pens and when he plays also captain for team canada. When he plays he is always trying to do better and he does he in my opinion he is the best player in the world. Sidney crosby has scored 382 goals and has 645 assists. Sidney is a game changer sitting at 1‚027 points in his whole career when he has the puck he makes plays that some people don’t even know it happened which

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    like this..We met whenever Danielle was in eighth grade and Corey was in tenth. After 10 plus years of friendship‚ Corey asked Danielle out. At the time‚ Corey was working in Kansas City‚ MO and Danielle was in graduate school in Pittsburgh‚ PA. Then Corey moved to Pittsburgh‚ PA for graduate school and Danielle moved to Washington‚ D.C. for work. Are you still with us? As time has gone by‚ we’ve become best friends‚ travel companions‚ and true loves. You see‚ we haven’t always been great at being

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    Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin (OPV) WHAT : Invented/Created the Polio vaccination. WHEN : 1955 WHERE : Virus Research Lab at The University of Pittsburgh. WHY : The country had to live with daily fear of the Polio disease. In 1955‚ nearly 30‚000 cases of Polio‚ but in 1957‚ the number dropped to a little less than 6‚000. HOW : Salk‚ his wife and their three sons were a sample group. After the sample

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    DEFINITIONS OF COMMON RESEARCH-RELATED TERMS Abuse-liable: Pharmacological substances that have the potential for creating abusive dependency. Abuse-liable substances can include both illicit drugs (e.g.‚ heroine) and licit drugs (e.g. methamphetamines). Adverse Effect: An undesirable and unintended‚ although not necessarily unexpected‚ result of therapy or other intervention. Anonymity: Anonymity exists when there are no identifiers on project materials that could link the data with individual subjects

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