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Piter Fattouche Piter Fattouche (born 1974 in Zahle, Lebanon), is an American actor who played CIA agent Raza Michaels in the popular 2004 miniseries, "The Grid." Piter grew up in East Meadow, New York, and is the youngest of three sons.
Pitfall (game show) Pitfall was an originally Canadian game show, hosted by Alex Trebek and announced by John Barton, that was syndicated for both American and Canadian audiences by Catalena Productions. The show was filmed at Panorama Studios in Vancouver and it ran for one season, from September 1981 until September 1982.
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a video game released in 1994 for the Super NES and Mega Drive/Genesis by Activision. It was ported to the Sega Mega-CD (1994), Sega 32X (1995), the Atari Jaguar (1995), PC (1995), and the Game Boy Advance (2001), with the last one ported by Majesco.
Pith and substance Pith and substanceOriginally the analysis was simply referred to as "in relation to" is a legal doctrine in Canadian constitutional interpretation used to determine under which head of power a given piece of legislation falls. The doctrine is primarily used when a law is challenged on the basis that one level of government (be it provincial or federal) has encroached upon the exclusive jurisdiction of another level of government.
Pith helmet The pith helmet (also known as the sun helmet, topee, solar topee, salacot or topi) is a lightweight helmet made of cork or pith, typically from the sola or a similar plant with a cloth cover, designed to shade the wearer's head from the sun]. It was formerly much worn by Westerners in the [[tropics; today it is most frequently used in Vietnam.
Pithampur Pithampur is an industrial estate eight kilometres from Mhow, which falls in the adjoining Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Pithampur is a hub for the automobile manufacturing industry and in addition to units like Eicher Motors,Kinetic Honda, Hindustan Motors and Bajaj Tempo Ltd.
Pithecometra principle The Pithecometra principle or Pithecometra thesis (German: Pithecometra-Satz) describes the evolution of mankind; the pithecometra law is analogous to the concept that "man evolved from apes" or "man descended from apes" as advocated by Thomas Henry Huxley.
Pithing Pithing is a slaughtering technique in which the brain of the animal is scrambled with a tool inserted through the hole in the skull created by captive bolt stunning. Pithing further immobilizes the animal after stunning and before exsanguination.
Pithoragarh District Pithoragarh (Hindi: पिथौरागढ़) is the easternmost Himalayan district in the state of Uttarakhand , India. It is naturally landscaped with high Himalayan mountains, snow capped peaks, passes, valleys, alpine meadows, forests, waterfalls, perennial rivers, glaciers and springs.
Pithos Pithos (plural pithoi) is the ancient Greek word (πίθος, πίθοι) for a large storage jar of a characteristic shape. Originally used by western classical archaeologists to mean the jars uncovered by excavation in Crete and Greece, it has now been taken into the English language as a general word for a storage jar from any cutural horizonThe word is to be found in Webster's Third International Dictionary.
Pitch (filmmaking) A pitch is a concise verbal (and sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a film, generally made by a screenwriter or director to a producer or studio executive in the hope of attracting development finance to pay for a screenplay to be written. Pitches are usually made in person, although they can be made over the phone or, occasionally, pre-recorded on audio or videotape.
Pitch (movie) Pitch is a Canadian documentary in which two young filmmakers, Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice attend the Toronto Film Festival and pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film idea, titled The Dawn, concerns a Mafia don who goes for a hernia operation but gets a sex change instead.
Pitch (music) Pitch is the perceived fundamental frequency of a sound. While the actual fundamental frequency can be precisely determined through physical measurement, it may differ from the perceived pitch because of overtones, or partials, in the sound.
Pitch (vertical space) In rock climbing and ice climbing, a pitch is a steep section of a route that requires a rope between two belays, as part of a climbing system. Standard climbing ropes are between 45 and 60 metres long, so a pitch is always shorter, between two convenient ledges if possible; longer routes are multi-pitch, requiring the re-use of the rope each time.
Pitch accent Pitch accent is a kind of accent system employed in many languages around the world. In a pitch-accented language, there is one tone-accented syllable or mora in a word, the position of which determines the tonal pattern of the whole word.
Pitch class space In music theory, pitch class space is the circular space that results when we ignore the difference between octave-related pitches. Mathematically, it is a quotient space that results from identifying or "gluing together" pitches sharing the same pitch class.
Pitch control A variable speed pitch control (or vari-speed) is a control on an audio device such as a turntable, reel-to-reel, tape deck or CD player that allows the operator to deviate from a standard speed (such as 33⅓ or 45 rpm in the case of a turntable). The latter term "vari-speed" is more commonly used for tape decks, particularly in the UK.
Pitch correction Pitch correction is the process of correcting the intonation of an audio signal without affecting other aspects of its sound. Pitch correction first detects the pitch of an audio signal by looking for a periodic repeating waveform and then calculating the time difference from these periodic waveforms.
Pitch detection algorithm A pitch detection algorithm (PDA) is an algorithm designed to estimate the pitch or fundamental frequency of a quasiperiodic or virtually periodic signal, usually a digital recording of speech or a musical note or tone. This can be done in the time domain or the frequency domain.
Pitch drop experiment The pitch drop experiment is a long-term experiment which measures the flow of a piece of pitch over many years. Pitch is the name for any of a number of highly viscous liquids which appear solid, most commonly bitumen.
Pitch in for Baseball Pitch in for Baseball (PIFB) is a non-profit, 501c3 charity which focuses on the collection and distribution of new and gently used baseball and softball equipment. The collected equipment is then given to youth leagues in underserved communties around the world.
Pitch shifter (audio processor) A pitch shifter is an audio processor that changes the pitch of an audio signal. Originally marketed by Eventide as the Harmonizer effects processor, advances in digital signal processors soon made higher-quality pitch shifting and harmonic pitch shifting possible.
Pitch space In music theory, pitch spaces model relationships between pitches. These models typically use distance to model the degree of relatedness, with closely related pitches placed near one another, and less closely related pitches placed farther apart.
Pitch Yarn Of Matter Pitch Yarn Of Matter (PYM) is a synth pop project by Brazilian electronic musician Marcelo Gallo that released two studio albums in the 1990s as well as a number of tracks that found their way onto electronic music compilations.
Pitchblende (band) Pitchblende was a four-piece art-punk band from Washington, DC, featuring Justin Chearno on guitar, Scott DeSimon on bass, Patrick Gough on drums, and Treiops Treyfid on guitar. Between 1991 and 1995, the group recorded three full-length albums and several singles for independent labels Cargo, Jade Tree, Matador, and Simple Machines.
Pitchcapping Pitchcapping refers to a form of torture devised by British forces in 18th century Ireland which was widely used against suspected rebels during the period of the 1798 Rebellion, most famously on Anthony Perry, one of the leaders of the Wexford rebels.
Pitched battle A pitched battle is a battle where both sides choose to fight at a chosen location and time and where either side has the option to disengage either before the battle starts, or shortly after the first armed exchanges.
Pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1.
Pitcher plant Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. It has been widely assumed that the various sorts of pitfall trap evolved from rolled leaves, with selection pressure favouring more deeply cupped leaves over evolutionary time.
Pitchers of record "Pitcher of record" is a baseball term that refers to a pitcher who is credited with the win or charged with the loss in a particular game. These pitchers are known respectively as the winning and losing pitchers and collectively as the pitchers of record; thus, there are always two pitchers of record in a baseball game.
Pitchfork A pitchfork is a tool with a long handle and long, thin, widely separated pointed tines (also called prongs) used to lift and throw loose material, such as hay, leaves, grapes, or other agricultural products. Pitchforks typically have from 2 to 6 tines and have different lengths and spacing depending on purpose.
Pitchfork bifurcation In bifurcation theory, a field within mathematics, a pitchfork bifurcation is a particular type of local bifurcation. Pitchfork bifurcations, like Hopf bifurcations have two types - supercritical or subcritical.
Pitchfork Media Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork and occasionally shortened to P4K or pfork, is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its central focus lies with independent music, including indie rock.
Pitching moment The pitching moment of an airfoil, in aerodynamics, is a moment produced by a vertical force applied at a distance forward or aft from the aerodynamic center of the airfoil, causing the aircraft to pitch up or down
Pitchout In baseball, a pitchout is a ball that is intentionally thrown high and outside of the strike zone with the purpose of preventing a stolen base or thwarting a hit and run. The pitcher delivers the ball in such a manner for it to be unhittable and in a position where the catcher can quickly leap to his feet to catch it.
Pitchshifted In music, pitchshifted vocals are vocals that have been altered by a Pitch shifter to be higher or lower than their original pitch, sometimes to the extent that they fall outside the range the human voice box is capable of producing. The term is most commonly applied to Death metal or Grindcore growls, artificially lowered in pitch in an apparent attempt to create a more foreboding sound.
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital is a hospital in Paris. Salpêtrière was originally a gunpowder factory ("Saltpeter" being a constituent of gunpowder), but was converted to a dumping ground for the poor of Paris.
Pitiguaras Pitiguaras or Potiguara (Potyguara) is a nation of indigenous people, who had lived in Brazil's costal areas. They are also called potiguaras by their enemies, which means eater of shrimp, from poty and uara; it accorded José de Alencar.
Pitiscus (crater) Pitiscus is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern part of the Moon's near side, just to the northwest of the larger Hommel crater. The crater is worn, but still forms a prominent feature upon the surface.
Pitjantjatjara Pitjantjatjara is the name of both an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert, and their language (for which see Pitjantjatjara language). They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra, and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible (all of them are varieties of the Western Desert Language).
Pitjantjatjara (linguistics) Pitjantjatjara is a dialect of the Western Desert language traditionally spoken by the Pitjantjatjara people of Central Australia. It is mutually intelligible with other varieties of the Western Desert language and is particularly closely related to Yankunytjatjara.
Pitkin Tunnel The Pitkin Tunnel or Pitkin Street Tunnel is a below-ground-level, roofed but not entirely enclosed roadway, in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It accommodates simultaneous motor vehicle traffic in both directions.
Pitkow Jim Pitkow was CEO and Chairman of Moreover Technologies, where he successfully restructured the company through acquisition by VeriSign in October of 2005. Before Moreover, Jim was the President and Chairman of Outride Inc.
Pitlochry fish ladder Pitlochry fish ladder is a fish ladder next to the Pitlochry Power Station on the River Tummel near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland that allows salmon to travel upstream during the breeding season. It was completed in 1951 alongside the dam for the hydro-electric power station as part of the Tummel Hydro-Electric Power Scheme.
Pitman (Game Boy) Pitman, also known as Catrap, is a video game released by Asmik for the Nintendo Game Boy in 1990. The word 'Catrap' refers to the frequent amount of times the player is trapped and needs to reverse his movements and the two anthropomorphic cats the player can maneuver to advance through the levels.
Pitman Shorthand Pitman Shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language developed by Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), who first presented it in 1837. Like most systems of shorthand, it is a phonetic system; the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds, and words are, for the most part, written as they are spoken.
Pitmedden Pitmedden is a rural village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated midway between Ellon and Oldmeldrum, and approximately 16 miles distant from Aberdeen. In addition to local shops and primary school the village is visited by with tourists attracted to the National Trust for Scotland's Pitmedden Gardens.
Pito Salas Pito Salas is a Cambridge software developer. While working with the Lotus Advanced Technology Group in 1986, Pito Salas invented a next generation spreadsheet concept which later became the basis for Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel.
Pitof Pitof is the pseudonym of a French film director and visual effects director whose real name is Jean-Christophe Comar. Most of his work has been in such French language films as La Cité des enfants perdus and Astérix et Obélix contre César, but he has also worked on The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc and as the Visual Effects Supervisor on Alien: Resurrection.
Piton In climbing, a piton (also called a pin or peg) is a steel spike that is driven into a crack or seam in the rock with a hammer, and which acts as an anchor to protect the climber against the consequences of a fall, or to assist progress in aid climbing.
Pitot-static system A Pitot-static system consists of a system of pressure-sensitive instruments and the means by which the appropriate pressures are obtained. A Pitot-static system is generally composed of the pitot-static instruments, a Pitot tube and a static port.
Pitre Pitre is a surname given to Acadian settlers in the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland & Labrador, many of whom later settled in Louisiana. It's pronunciation can vary from (pit) to (peetree) to (pete).
Pitsford Hall weather station Pitsford Hall weather station is an independent climatological station maintained by Northamptonshire Grammar School in the village of Pitsford, Northamptonshire. The station was established in 1998 and maintains a daily weather record using traditional weather instruments as well as a fully automated online automatic weather station.
Pitshanger Village Pitshanger Village is a small area of North Ealing in West London, centred around the shops in Pitshanger Lane. It contains North Ealing Primary School and Pitshanger Park, as well as the Brentham Garden Suburb.
Pitshill Pitshill is a Grade II listed house built in the neo-classical style and is located within the Parish of Tillington a couple of miles west of Petworth. Originally built by the Mitford Family, it is considered to be one of the most important country houses in West Sussex.
Pitstone Windmill Pitstone Windmill stands in the north east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire. It is thought to have been first built circa 1627 as this date is carved on part of the framework.
Pitstop Ploughshares The Pitstop Ploughshares are a group of five pacifist Catholic Worker members who made their way into Shannon Airport and disarmed a US Navy war plane in the early hours of 3 February 2003. Their actions were inspired by the vision of Isaiah 2:4 to "beat swords into ploughshares".
Pitstop.com.my Known as Malaysia's Premier F1 portal, the website encapsulates a Total Resource Center for Formula 1 resources, news and latest updates targeted and exclusively created for all Motorsports enthusiasts around the world.
Pitt & Kantrop Pitt & Kantrop is a children's Television programme produced by Eurovision and is shown on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It follows the journey of a 13 year old boy named Pitt and his pet pterodactyl Kantrop as they adventure through the wilderness of the Stone Age eras, and solve problems in the tribes village.
Pitt Club The University Pitt Club, popularly referred to as the Pitt Club, is a socially exclusive, invitation-only club for male students at the University of Cambridge who, for the most part, attended certain public schools. It was founded in 1835 and named in honour of William Pitt the Younger, who was a student at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Pitt Island (Canada) Pitt Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Hecate Strait, across the Greenville Channel (part of the Inside Passage) from the mainland. The only settlement is a First Nations village, Chino Hat, on the west coast.
Pitt Islands Pitt Islands is a group of small islands lying immediately off the N extremity of Renaud Island, at the N end of the Biscoe Islands. The name "Pitt's Island," for William Pitt, British statesman, was applied by John Biscoe in 1832 to an island which he erroneously charted as lying about 25 mi WNW of these islands.
Pitt River The Pitt River in British Columbia, Canada is an extremely large (by volume, not length) tributary of the Fraser River, entering it a few miles upstream from New Westminster and about 25km ESE of downtown Vancouver. The river, which begins in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains, is in two sections above and below Pitt Lake and is on a more-or-less north-south course.
Pitt Rivers Museum The Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building.
Pitt Stadium Pitt Stadium was a stadium in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that hosted football and track and field events starting in 1925. It was the home of the University of Pittsburgh football team from 1925 to 1999.
Pitt's India Act Pitt's India Act of 1784 was the enactment of the British Parliament to bring the administration of the British East India Company under the control of the British Government. It was made necessary to address the shortcoming of the East India Company Act (also known as the Regulating Act of 1773).
Pittacal Pittacal was the first synthetic dyestuff to be produced commercially. It was accidentally discovered by German chemist Carl Ludwig Reichenbach in 1832, who as also the discoverer of kerosene, phenol, eupion, paraffin and creosote.
Pittance Pittance (through French pitance and from Latin pietas, loving kindness) is a gift to the members of a religious house for masses, consisting usually of an extra allowance of food or wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor's death festivals and other similar occasions. The word was early transferred to a charitable donation and to any small gift of food or money.
Pitted Ware culture The Pitted Ware culture (ca 3200 BC– ca 2300 BC) was a neolithic Hunter-gatherer culture in southern Scandinavia, mainly along the coasts of Svealand, Götaland, Åland, north-eastern Denmark and southern Norway. It was first contemporary and overlapping with the agricultural Funnelbeaker culture, and later with the agricultural Corded Ware culture.
Pitting corrosion Pitting corrosion, or pitting, is a form of extremely localized corrosion that leads to the creation of small holes in the metal. The driving power for pitting corrosion is the lack of oxygen around a small area.
Pittiplatsch Pittiplatsch (short: Pitti) is a German fictional kobold character who was very famous in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), especially as puppet character on children's television. He first appeared in 1962 in the television series Meister Nadelöhr erzählt (Master tailor Needle Eye tells).
Pittman Act The Pittman Act was a United States federal law sponsored by Senator Key Pittman of Nevada and enacted on April 23, 1919. The act authorized the conversion of not exceeding 350,000,000 standard silver dollars into bullion and its sale, or use for subsidiary silver coinage, and directed purchase of domestic silver for recoinage of a like number of dollars.
Pittock Mansion The Pittock Mansion is a French Renaissance château in Portland, Oregon originally built as a private home for The Oregonian publisher Henry Pittock and his wife, Georgiana. It is a 22 room estate situated on 46 acres that is now owned by the City of Portland Parks Department.
Pittosporum Pittosporum is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. The genus is probably Gondwanan in origin; its present range extends from Australasia, Oceania, eastern Asia and some parts of Africa.
Pittosporum resiniferum The petroleum nut, Pittosporum resiniferum, is a tree that grows in the Philippines, particularly in the wilderness surrounding the Mayon Volcano. The petroleum nut derives its name from the resemblance of the fruit's odor to petroleum-based fuels.
Pitts Special The Pitts Special is a light aerobatics biplane designed by Curtis Pitts, which has accumulated more competition wins than any other aircraft since its first flight in 1944. The Pitts Special dominated world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s and, even today, remains a potent competition aircraft in the lower categories.
Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty) Pittsburg, Israel is a Hasidic dynasty lead by Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburg and concentrated in Ashdod, a city on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Israel. It was named in honor of the American city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where this dynasty existed for two generations.
Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad The Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company also known as the Shawmut Line, was a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in central and southwestern Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg State University Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 6,600 students (5,200 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students) located in Pittsburg, Kansas. A large percentage of the student population consists of Kansas residents with the gender proportion relatively equal.
Pittsburg, British Columbia Pittsburg, British Columbia was a planned development in the British Columbia province of Canada. The settlement was extensively planned out and ready for development when apparently land swindlers got the better of it.
Pittsburg, California Pittsburg is a city located in north central Contra Costa County, California. It was founded in 1839 and first called New York Landing, and then Black Diamond before citizens voted on "Pittsburg" on February 11th, 1911, in honor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania due to its relation with the steel building industry first established by the Columbia Steel Company.
Pittsburg, Colorado Pittsburg, Colorado is a settlement in Gunnison County, Colorado, now largely a ghost town with only a few cabins remaining. It was named in honor of the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the local August mine being the town's claim to fame.
Pittsburg, Kansas Pittsburg is a town in Southeast Kansas in Crawford County, Kansas, 27 miles south of Fort Scott, Kansas, 137 miles northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and 96 miles west of Springfield, Missouri. The population was 19,243 at the 2000 census.
Pittsburg, New Mexico Pittsburg, New Mexico is a ghost-town in Colfax County, New Mexico. In 1922 Ray Pittman and his brother Russell Pittman constructed and became proprietors of a grocery store located six miles northwest of Gladstone.
Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad The Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad also known as the Shawmut Line, was a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in central Pennsylvania and western New York. The line was financially troubled for its entire life span and declared bankruptcy after just six years of operation.
Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City Line The Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City Line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area consists of 21 metro stations from Pittsburg to Daly City. It passes through Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Oakland, and San Francisco.
Pittsburg/Bay Point (BART station) Pittsburg/Bay Point is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in the town of Bay Point, California. As the terminal station of the Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City Line, it serves all of northern and eastern Contra Costa County, including the cities of Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood, as well as the Sacramento River Delta.
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway was a railroad in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Wheeling, West Virginia areas. Originally built as the Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway, a Pittsburgh extension of George J.
Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists The Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists (PAPG) is a non-profit organization founded in 1984 to provide a forum for petroleum geologists in the Pittsburgh area to meet socially and discuss technical topics relative to the exploration and development of reserves in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin. PAPG is an affiliated association with AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) and has representation in the House of Delegates.
Pittsburgh Burghers The Pittsburgh Burghers were a baseball team in the Players League, a short-lived Major League that existed only for the 1890 season. The team included a number of plalyers who had jumped from the Pittsburgh Alleghenies, including Hall of Famers Pud Galvin, Ned Hanlon, and Jake Beckley.
Pittsburgh compound B Pittsburgh Compound B is a fluorescent derivative of Thioflavin T, which can be used in positron emission tomography scans to image beta-amyloid plaques in neuronal tissue. Due to this property, Pittsburgh Compound B may have potential uses for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.
Pittsburgh Cable News Channel The Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC) is a 24-hour local news cable channel serving the Pittsburgh area. Owned by Cox Enterprises, the station is aired on Comcast and Adelphia cable systems in Western Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh Catholic The Pittsburgh Catholic is a weekly Catholic newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, published for lay people and priests. It labels itself as the oldest Catholic newspaper in continuous publication.
Pittsburgh Condors The Pittsburgh Condors (previously Pittsburgh Pipers) were a professional basketball team in the original American Basketball Association. The team played their home games in what is now Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education The Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education is a consortium of colleges and universities in the Pittsburgh metro area. The organization exists to allow the schools and their students to take advantage of each others resources and to facilitate the ease of sharing them.
Pittsburgh Crawfords The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally a youth semipro team, the Crawfords were acquired in 1931 by Gus Greenlee, a numbers operator.
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is both a nonprofit arts agency as well as a real estate and economic development catalyst to affect the development of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by creating an arts and entertainment district—the Cultural District.
Pittsburgh drug trials The Pittsburgh drug trials of 1985 were the catalyst for a baseball-related cocaine scandal which resulted in the harshest Major League Baseball penalties since the Black Sox scandal of 1919. Several Pittsburgh Pirates — Dale Berra, Lee Lacy, Lee Mazzilli, John Milner, Dave Parker, and Rod Scurry — and other notable major league players — Willie Mays Aikens, Vida Blue, Enos Cabell, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, Tim Raines, and Lonnie Smith — were called before a Pittsburgh grand jury.
Pittsburgh Field Club Pittsburgh Field Club is a prestigious country club, established in 1882, located six miles (10 km) northeast of downtown Pittsburgh in the suburb of Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania. It hosted the 1937 PGA Championship.
Pittsburgh Flight Training Center The Pittsburgh Flight Training Center (PFTC), located at the Allegheny County Airport just south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offers ground school and flying lessons to those interested in becoming pilots, whether for recreational or professional purposes.

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