Regan Snuffer Dr. Esson US History 1/26/15 Nellie Bly‚ the groundbreaking American journalist “I said I could and I would. And I did.” In one line Nellie Bly captures her entire mentality and lifestyle. Nellie Bly is the pen name of the famous‚ American‚ female journalist‚ Elizabeth Jane Cochrane. Bly was born in May of 1864 and died January of 1922. She is most widely known for her record breaking trip around the world and her gutsy stunt as playing the role of a mad
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view is being used? Charlie‚ the main character‚ is telling to story and first person narrative is being used. 2. What is the setting of the story and how does it affect the story as a whole? The setting of the story is 1991-1992 Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. This affects the story 3. Identify four major characters in the novel and give a brief description of what they look like‚ how they act‚ and a quotation said by or about the character from the novel that supports this
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evil? I offer an indefaticable "yes." In May-June of 1981‚ phantom clowns with pictures of the Devil on the front of their costumes chased children and tried to lure them into vans. Reports were coming in across America‚ from Boston‚ Pittsburgh‚ Omaha‚ and Kansas City. Though the police investigated this extensively‚ they could never capture or find any of the phantom clowns. News Excerpt: "A star clown for one of the nation’s largest traveling circuses is under arrest after being
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Siobhan Vivian is an American screenwriter‚ editor and bestselling American novelist best known for her popular young adult fiction. Siobhan was born in 1979 New York City but her family moved to Rutherford‚ New Jersey soon after‚ which is where she spent much of her childhood. She went o Rutherford High School and credits much of her work to the experiences of her high school and childhood years. She went to the Philadelphia University of the Arts and attained her Television and Film script writing
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Born the son of a weaver‚ Carnegie’s family suffered the effects of the industrial revolution. The mass production of the new steam looms left countless families out of work. To escape the depression of their hometown his family immigrated to Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania in 1848. At the age of thirteen‚ Carnegie began his new life in America as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory. Through a connection from his uncle‚ Carnegie was offered a job as a messenger boy and operator for the Telegraph Office
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Theory of Human Becoming Introduction Rosemarie Rizzo Parse is a noted nursing scholar and prolific author. The humanbecoming school of thought presents an alternative to both the conventional bio-medical approach and the bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach of theories of nursing. The humanbecoming school of thought posits quality of life from each person’s or group’s own perspective as the goal of nursing. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse first published the theory in 1981 as the "Man-living-health"
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Bibliography: 23 Sept. 2012. Lecture. Tomaschewski‚ Werner. American Dreams - The Music of Stephen Collins Foster. 2008. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. Tubb‚ Benjamin Robert Web. 14 Oct. 2012. “Stephen Foster." The Center For American Music at the University of Pittsburgh. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. . [i] Tomaschewski‚ Werner. American Dreams - The Music of Stephen Collins Foster. 2008. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. [ii] King‚ Fredericka 23 Sept. 2012. Lecture. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. [v] Tubb
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Mark Cuban is probably the most recognizable owner in the NBA and maybe all of professional sports. With his cheery‚ enthusiastic attitude‚ he is just one of the fans. Cuban is an enthusiastic NBA owner who‚ instead of being a faceless front-office type‚ is his team’s biggest and most vocal fan. When Mark Cuban purchased the Dallas Mavericks on January 14‚ 2000‚ the face of the organization began to change immediately. Once again Mavericks games had a party atmosphere as Reunion Arena rocked
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma was brung to my attention by a pair of football players that were diagnosed with the disease‚ Kansas City Chiefs elite safety Eric Berry and University of Pittsburgh star running back James Conner. Hodgkin’s lymphoma‚ also known as Hodgkin’s disease‚ is a cancer in part of the immune system‚ and as the cancer progresses‚ it makes it gradually more difficult for the body to fight it. Both of the players afore mentioned have fully recovered from Hodgkin’s lymphoma and are back on
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"Code-Switching" Growing up on the out skirts of Philadelphia and a father with a sensitive job‚ requiring him to pack up and move in a moment ’s notice‚ my family moved in excess of two dozen times. This in itself took an enormous toll on the well-being of the family. Every time another move came about‚ came with it new challenges‚ social challenges that instigated change within myself. Constantly torn between friends‚ family and school life‚ I had evolved to be a routine that I came to learn in
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