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    its season. So what is this game? Football, America’s favorite pastime. But what many beloved spectators didn’t know about the game, the movie Concussion brought to the silver screen in 2015. The movie Concussion, takes place in modern day time in Pittsburg, PA. Little did we know that an estimated 300,000 sport-related traumatic brain injuries, mainly concussions, occur annually in the United States. Statists’ list motor vehicle as the leading cause of traumatic brain…

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    He really loved it there growing to be a leader. He led the pickets charge also read by the name Pickett. But he did not lead the attack. It was led by Robert E lee. Against Gorge Meade unions position. The battles he fought in were at New Berne, Pittsburg, Five forks. Peninsular campaign Battle of Gettysburg Pickets Charge Battle of Petersburg.…

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    George Washington lived from 1732 -1791, he was commander in chief and national hero during the Revolutionary War. He stood 6’2” with broad shoulders, a calm, dignified, expression. He was an expert horseman, and his strategies on the battlefield saved his frail troops to survive another day. Washington’s experience in battle, his ability to be persuasive, and his role model all contributed to why he was such a strong leader. George Washington’s experience in battle led him to make the mistakes…

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    Willa Cather was one of the most prominent American writers of the early 20th century. Writing novels, essays, and short stories, Cather relied on her youth in Nebraska for inspiration. Though, Nebraska lacked many of Cather’s longings like the arts. By moving to Pittsburgh and New York after college, Cather would find the indulgences she desired. In two of Willa Cather’s short stories, “Paul’s Case” and “A Wagner Matinee,” Cather demonstrates how the arts allow people to temporarily escape…

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    and “Adapted Screenplay” for her hit movie “Fences” starring Denzel Washington. The film Fences, which was directed by Denzel Washington was adapted from the 1983 play by August Washington, focuses in on the experiences of Troy and Rose Maxon in Pittsburg during the 1950’s. "Thank you to the Academy for recognizing this extraordinary, important film and my work in it," Davis tweeted excitedly after the nominees were announced. "Thank you Denzel for being at the helm!". Davis is not a stranger…

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    I have focused my concentrated in college to helping other and have been working with the community by giving back to others in the community by volunteering at local hospital Via Christy in Pittsburg Kansas. I am a person that tends to stay focused on completing a task or assignments. Because of this, I see the importance of being present for not only for my job but also for people that may depend on me, because of this I take my work seriously…

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    Chapter 5 1) Emancipation decentralized the Negro population to Newark, Boston, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York, Albany and Border states. 2) They imposed taxes and various literacy tests on blacks. Furthermore they used the method of segregation to disenfranchise during the period of Reconstruction. Chapter 6 1) Sharecropping badly effected on black slaves because on the small farms there were not enough people to sing songs along like the big farms. So, the tradition of singing songs…

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    We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their grim fate for having taken form so far below ourselves and it is there where we do err. With egotistical judgement and lack of humanity, declarations of incompetence and claims of privilege and superiority imbed into social norms and circulate the media. Only to be explained by the circle of life and dire appetite for once living flesh, domesticated farm animals are slaughtered and labelled as food for humans to indulge in. Their deaths are…

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    faced. After the death of one of the major rebel leaders, a large rebel force of around 5,000 to 7,000 gathered near Pittsburgh and began to drill. On Aug. 1 a rebel group marched to Pittsburg, where they were met by a reception committee who was there to prevent any violence. The thought of having a large army near Pittsburg terrified the Washington administration and they soon realized that they would have to make a…

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    The Shiloh National Military Park was established on the 27th of December in 1894 to commemorate the battle that occurred around the Shiloh Church dating from April 6th to April 7th of 1862 consisting of more than a total of 23,000 casualties making it the largest battle in the Mississippi Valley campaign during the Civil War. In early 1862, US forces won victories in regions of Kentucky and Tennessee which paved a path for invasion to disassemble Confederate rail communications along important…

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