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We had traveled in the minivan for 5 hours, for a group of 13 year old boys this trip felt like eternity. However, our excitement kept us all jaunting to each other about silly middle school shenanigans, who can dougie better, and how we were all going to “murk” this tryout. Johnny Evans, Malik Chatman, Gavin Rose, Ronnie Fountain, and I were all selected to try-out for the 14u Team South football team. This team would represent all the best players in the southeast and clash them against other regions

Last time SPQ spoke with actor and Pittsburgh native Carl Clemons, he was part of HBO’s awarding winning series “The Wire.” Since the show’s conclusion, Carl has kept himself busy with the continued development of his craft through multiple acting roles. “I have learned a lot these past few years through my own trails & tribulations working in the film business,” he shared. One such test of patience, strength and endurance happened during the filming of “South Paw” here in Pittsburgh, produced

Rationale After reviewing the fourth grade DDM data, it was evident that our students struggle with close reading and comprehending texts on a deeper level. They were able to answer a majority of comprehension questions that were stated in the text, however, 89% of students scored 60% or below on inferential and higher order thinking questions. It is because of this data that I propose we implement literature circles into our reading routine. In literature circles, small groups of students gather

As RMS has indicated before, based on our observations and more importantly on the review of assets during our weekly calls with Altisource, RMS believes on many of these assets, the condition or location of the property is a primary driver behind not only the large reduction in list price, but ultimately a sales price that will be well below the initial list price, all of which contribute to extended days on market and an increase in carrying costs incurred by the Trust. We believe a contributor

PART 2 CIRCULAR ECONOMY ‘Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing’ Oscar Wilde, 1890 Again, my concern started with a personal experience. In 2014, I was working as an Experience Designer for Universal Pictures NBC International Ltd. . The film industry has a huge budget to spend on the building of visual artefacts. However, I was quite shocked by the squandering of resources I witnessed. There was no care or awareness of sustainability. Also, I expected designers

The Note 7 Fiasco At a lunch event in Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York on August 2, Samsung announced the note 7 with much fanfare from loyal customers and journalist alike. Samsung note 7 was released on the 19th of August 2016 to its customers, a couple of weeks later there was news circulating on the internet it is exploding in charge. Due to this issue airlines and passengers were advised to refrain from using their note 7 in flight to avoid explosion and possibly plane

Hijab (head scarf) Hijab is a piece of material that mostly Muslim women wear on their heads to hide their hair and “beauty” from the public. the wearing of head scarf varies from person to person, it can be as extreme as hide all of the hair, face, eyes forehead, ears, neck and upper part of the breasts, or as casual as just cover the back of the head or as people say in Kurdistan “they are just hiding their hair clip”. Within the Muslim society there are two sides on the wearing of Hijab. The

residential customers, they focus on the average house owner whenever where they live (Lafferty, 2014). The products of company are designed base on customers’ requirements so their design always suitable for all gender, age and their life style. Before starting design, they spend time to understand the consumers, therefore, the products not only express the personality of the customer but also express the high standard in their designs. Besides, the latest brands, which are in the cities, are the main

ike a lot of people knew who prince was, like me, I couldn't quite come to terms with prince passing. Prince was an American institution, I think that I always felt that he would defy something to a human such as death. Prince was a whimsical alien that has mastered multiple of instruments and yet he could maintain an incomparable sense of humor that could sometimes be lacking in a definitive genius like himself. Since I personally didn’t know who Prince was I started doing a researcher on him

PESTLE ANALYSIS: 2015 VW Emissions Scandal Political: Environmental: After the defeat device had run its course and vehicles hit the roads of the U.S, nitrogen oxide emissions and pollutants were up to 40 times above what is considered acceptable in the U.S (Hotten, 2015). This, in turn, will negatively affect the environment and ultimately create environmental issues such as air pollution. Social: Deceiving the public like Volkswagen (VW) did not only diminishes the company’s reputation, but also