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I was awestruck when I first passed through the gates. It may have been a mix of the emotions and sadness from the reason I first visited, but I was genuinely amazed. Allegheny Cemetery had me gasping at the intricate, unique beauty of each stone and massive size of the land. I don’t mean to be morbid, but Allegheny Cemetery is my place of choice for this essay. The cemetery was incorporated in 1844 and is the sixth oldest rural cemetery in America. It encompasses 300 acres of luscious Allegheny…

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father, English-born soap and candle maker Josiah Franklin, had seven children with first wife, Anne Child, and 10 more with second wife, Abiah Folger. Ben was his 15th child and youngest son. Ben learned to read at an early age, and despite his success at the Boston Latin School, he stopped his formal schooling at 10 to work full-time in his cash-strapped father’s candle and…

As amazing as it may seem cotton candy was invented by four men – Josef Delarose Lascaux, Thomas Patton, William Morrison, and John C. Wharton. Both Wharton and Morrison patented the first electric cotton candy machine back in 1899. Cotton candy was first introduced to the public at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. However it was 50 years later when in 1949 a cotton candy machine with a spring base was introduced that it became easier to process cotton candy. Today cotton candy continues to…

In episode 2 of the series The Men That Built America the main business man was Andrew Carnegie. The episode pertained to Andrew’s life and how he became wealthy and powerful. In the episode Andrew was shown to be mentored by Scott. Scott took an interest in Andrew and mentored him until eventually Andrew took over Scott's business. Then one of Andrew's first challenge was to build a railroad bridge stretching over the Mississippi river from St. Louis toward Illinois. When Confronted with task…

The hit the road project was a great experience. I got to visit the Athletes building. We got to speak to Ross he works in the athlete department. His interview was great. During the in interview I got the vive like I was in the in a professional football player interview his words was pronounced clear and pronounce. While in his interview he had some good answers. One of the question we asked him was “can you describe a time when you felt “lost” in the process of defining your life and…

What is grit? Grit to me seems like perseverance. The lady from the TED talk describe it as ‘sticking with things over the very long term until you master them.” So I would say that my definition of grit is a good definition for the term. So the next question is where does grit come from? Can it be taught or is it something a person is born with? After looking through articles on the subject and re-watching the TED talk I believe that it can possible for both to happen. I believe that grit is…

council reviewed our City’s financials and requested to enter into Act 47, which is the Municipalities financial Recovery act, Act of 1987, P.L. 246, No. 47. Under Act 47, the Department of Community and Economic Development was asked to assist Pennsylvania municipalities experiencing severe to devastating financial difficulties. The City of Pittsburgh has been in economic recovery since the decline in 2003. At that time the City has to lay off over 440 employees and their credit rating had…

During the early 20th century, many exciting things were going on in Philadelphia, such as the construction of steel and concrete skyscrapers, the wiring of buildings for electricity, the founding of the city’s first commercial radio station, and the construction of the first subway. All of these things created jobs for many people in the city, but there was more opportunity than just this. There was also a Ford manufacturing plant in the city. Ford manufacturing plants were a great place to…

During my senior year, my Nursing Fundamentals teacher introduced me and my class to a book called, The Pact. She informed us that the book could really impact our outlook on our futures and maybe our careers. She was exactly right, at least in my case. The Pact, is written by three best friends who made a pact at seventeen years old and promised each other they would go to college, graduate and become doctors. These three men did entirely just that, and remain friends till today. Dr. Sampson…

I am applying to Hofstra because of my passion toward the field of Journalism. In addition to that I am really interested in living near my dream city of New York and the atmosphere of Long Island. I have long been interested in the New England area, and learning that the journalism and communications programs at Hofstra are accelerated has been very enlightening. I’m pursuing Hofstra in order to make my larger dreams of becoming an influential journalist come true. The additional information…