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Teenagers don't typically face the stress of rent, utilities and car payments, which makes these years of relative financial freedom a great time to learn how to plan a budget. Teens who master financial planning early can begin saving, understanding how to make a budget and planning for the future. This can save them the stress and hardship of later credit problems and budgeting difficulties.
Parents and Teens
Teenagers are increasingly independent and are often fiercely resistant to any sort of parental control. Parents should offer teens help with planning their budgets, but should neither dictate the contents of the budget nor require that teens accept their help. If your teen is uninterested in your help, try giving her a budgeting book instead or showing her a rough sketch of how to make a general budget.
Regular Expenses
Teens should include regular, recurring expenses in their budgets. Required expenses, such as gas, should be listed first. Deducting the sum of these expenses from monthly income is the amount left over for discretionary expenses and savings. List regular discretionary expenses such as clothing and entertainment.
The teen years are a great time to begin saving. Teens don't have to pay many of the living expenses adults do, which frees up more money for savings. After a teen leaves home, a savings account can be a real boon, particularly during the first few months that a young adult struggles to make ends meet. Teens should try to save at least 10 percent of what they make each month. Teens may need their parents to co-sign for savings accounts.
Adjusting the Budget
Teens who find they're regularly going over their budget need to adjust their budgets. Hidden expenses such as a daily cup of coffee or a bag of chips at the gas station can greatly increase monthly expenses. Cutting back on discretionary expenses comes first. If money still is lacking, teens may need to take another job or work more hours. Teen can also reduce expenses by changing their cellphone plan, driving less frequently and taking other cost-saving measures.
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- USAA. "Youth Checking." Accessed Nov. 1, 2020.
- Young Americans Center for Financial Education. "Savings Accounts + CDs." Accessed Nov. 1, 2020.
- Young Americans Center for Financial Education. "Checking Accounts." Accessed Nov. 1, 2020.
- Union Bank. "Teen Savings," Page 3. Accessed Nov. 1, 2020.
- Union Bank. "Youth Banking Accounts." Accessed Nov. 1, 2020.
Writer Bio
Van Thompson is an attorney and writer. A former martial arts instructor, he holds bachelor's degrees in music and computer science from Westchester University, and a juris doctor from Georgia State University. He is the recipient of numerous writing awards, including a 2009 CALI Legal Writing Award.


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I hated math as a child, so my parents bought me a computer game to help me enjoy math. It was called Super Solvers: Outnumbered! This game took me from hating math to fearing math.
It is sadly the norm for kids in the United States to hate math. It's especially true for girls. So, I grew up in an environment that normalized the idea of me hating math. I hated it so much, though, that my intense dislike raised enough flags for my teachers to call home and ask my parents what was up. Mostly because I kept writing "I hate math" on my schoolbooks. That's frowned upon.
To clarify, I was not bad at math. I just hated it. Somehow, I was also good at it, although I didn't realize that until years later when I finally stopped refusing to do math. Why did I hate math so much, for so long? I still don't know.
I do know that Super Solvers: Outnumbered used fear to fuel the flames of my hatred into a bonfire.
The Learning Company put out Super Solvers: Outnumbered in 1990, the year after Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue, the first in the Super Solvers series. Both games star a sleuth who cuts a far-from-stealthy profile in a bright red cap and shoes, a neon green windbreaker, and yellow shorts.
As a kid playing this game, I thought I was a fool for finding it scary. As an adult, I can see all the hallmarks of horror here. Sure, the sleuth wears a garish outfit, but the game still has low lighting, creepy music, and angry enemies. I think Outnumbered wanted to make math feel like a noir thriller, but instead, the game crept too far into the darkness.
The opening moments of Outnumbered treat the player to show-don't-tell environmental storytelling that puts Super Metroid to shame. Just kidding! The game throws two full screens of expository text at the player about the Master of Mischief, who has taken over a local TV station for no stated reason and has "cleverly placed" several math problems that, if solved, guide our hero to his secret hideout. Also, the TV station has been overrun with the Master of Mischief's evil robot henchmen.
As the sleuth walks up the starlit path to the front entrance of the television station, a beam surges out from the TV tower. This beam strikes the sleuth's handheld remote, turning it into a zapper that can kill or disorient enemies. You'll need a weapon in here, because these evil robots are going to try to hurt you, force you to do math, or both (in that order).
First, though, the sleuth runs into a disaffected TV station worker who must have let the Master of Mischief inside and couldn't care less. This employee also can't be bothered to turn on most of the lights in the building, or turn off the ominous chiptune rendition of Mozart's 40th Symphony that plays in every hallway. The song's minor key, as well as its too-fast, too-precise pacing, underscores Outnumbered's unnerving vibe.
As an adult, I don't find the game's TV-shaped robot to be scary. The reaction time required to hit the robot before it hits you feels easy, now, much like all those math problems turned out to be. But I can't blame my elementary school self for finding this alienating.
If the hallway robot does hit you, the sleuth hits the ground in visible pain, complete with yellow stars floating over that iconic red hat. It's like, all the stress of getting called on in math class, except instead, it's a robot beating the shit out of you. Once you manage to hit the robot, you get to do simple arithmetic problems. 12 - 9 = fill in the bank. The faster you answer, the higher your score. Fun!!
Even as a child, though, I could handle this robot. My biggest fear in Outnumbered was the LiveWire.
The sleuth has to solve math problems inside each room at the TV station. The more you solve, the more clues you collect about the Master of Mischief's location, and the faster you can catch him and kill him—well, obliterate him into a fine powder with your zapper. You have to go in and out of a lot of rooms to beat this game.
Sometimes, when the sleuth walks into a room, the LiveWire is in there, waiting. The LiveWire is an extension cord that whirls along the floor to attack you.
Other times, you walk into a room and it appears empty. It might really be empty, or it might not. You won't know until after you solve the room's math problem, after which, the LiveWire could show up and attack you. So, punishment for solving a math problem! Why is Outnumbered like this?!
As an adult, I realize that the LiveWire moves slowly, in spite of its appearance and sound effects. It's easy to use my zapper to kill him before he even gets to me. But as a kid, I was too terrified to even go into rooms.
I never beat the game as a kid. I now have as an adult. This past weekend, I solved problems, outsmarted robots, obliterated every LiveWire, and beat Outnumbered. I murdered the Master of Mischief. I exorcised this game from my nightmares.
Once you beat Outnumbered, the game gives you the option to put in multiplication and division problems which are harder and also seem more effective at teaching math skills than the original word problems on the game's "Junior" mode. I had no idea this was an option. As a child, I couldn't beat the game on "Junior" mode, so I never knew about this.
I remember my parents encouraging me to play Outnumbered, realizing how scared I got, and then, telling me I didn't have to keep playing it. I asked my parents if they remembered the game, but they didn't until I showed them a video of it. "My memory of this game was that you wouldn't play it," my dad told me. "Not much more than that."
My mom affirmed that they "got it so you could hopefully enjoy the math part." After watching a video, she agreed that "it's not a very good game. It's just word problems or quick drill math facts with nothing clever to go along with it, as far as I can tell... And I agree that the 'LiveWire' is scary for a little kid!"
Soon, the conversation devolved into memories of the educational games that had actually been a hit for our family, from Oregon Trail to Number Munchers. My mom asked me to look into the current landscape of educational games, theorizing that they'd all be much better now. Sadly, the edutainment genre dropped off significantly after 1999. One contemporary math game that I did enjoy is The Counting Kingdom, an indie game for iOS where you count monsters. It's not scary, despite the monster theme. It's cute enough that perhaps it could have softened my childhood disdain for math.
Instead, sadly, I got saddled with Outnumbered, a game that haunted me for decades. I'll say this much for The Learning Company, though. That team took some big risks. It had to be tough to sell a game that made math feel so isolating and confrontational. Outnumbered's influence can still be felt today, such as in Resident Evil's piano puzzle, or Silent Hill 2's coin puzzle. It's too bad that all of Outnumbered's math problems cluttered up what otherwise serves as an early benchmark in the horror genre.

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Trump backers: Keep names of Antrim County 'investigators' secret
A Michigan attorney is seeking to conceal the names of "forensic investigators" who helped create a report at the center of unproven election fraud claims pushed by supporters of President Donald Trump.
On Dec. 14, attorney Matthew DePerno and his client, Antrim County resident William Bailey, successfully urged Judge Kevin Elsenheimer to allow the release of a 23-page analysis of voting machines in the county. Michigan officials called the report inaccurate and misleading, but Trump, who lost the state by 154,000 votes, said it showed "massive fraud."
Last week, as the legal fight over Antrim County's election continued, DePerno formally asked Elsenheimer to issue a protective order, barring the Secretary of State's Office and Attorney General's Office from disclosing the names of the "forensic team" involved in the analysis.
The Attorney General's Office, which is representing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in the case, had sought correspondence and notes from the investigators and their resumes.
In his motion for a protective order, DePerno said the individuals "fear for their safety and the safety of their families in this hyper-political climate." Threats had already been made against DePerno, he wrote.
"Plaintiff and the forensic team have significant concerns that their personal and business information may be released to the general public in order to cause them and their families harm," DePerno added.
"It is imperative that such information is kept confidential," he continued.
However, Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, and her staff countered that the investigators in question had "knowingly accepted a role" in the case. There is "simply no such thing as an anonymous expert," they wrote in opposing the protective order request.
"Plaintiff now seeks to withhold from the public information that would be useful (if not essential) for them to evaluate the credibility and merits of that report," they wrote. "Plaintiff — having already eaten his cake — wants to have it, too.
"He wants the public to be able to read the report, but not to know who was responsible for creating it," they wrote of DePerno. "But the public should be allowed to know upon whose word plaintiff bases his claims and whom he asks the public to believe."
Benson is willing to agree to a protective order that keeps the investigators' home addresses, home phone numbers and email addresses confidential, but not their names, the state attorneys wrote.
A hearing on the protective order motion is set for Jan. 11, according to 13th Circuit Court records.
Antrim County, which is reliably Republican, has been in the spotlight because its initial results on election night showed President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat, ahead of Trump by 3,200 votes. Election officials later determined there were problems in the tabulation of the results, and Trump ended up winning the county by more than 3,700 votes in the final tally, which was later confirmed by an audit.
But supporters of the president jumped on the initial error and have used it in their attempt to discredit the results in multiple battleground states that voted for Biden.
Bailey and DePerno have alleged fraud occurred and previously obtained a court order permitting them to have forensic investigators examine Antrim County's voting machines. On Dec. 14, Elsenheimer allowed them to release their preliminary analysis, which was drafted by an organization called Allied Security Operations Group.
The report, which referenced a "forensics team," made a variety of murky claims, including alleging that Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology used by Antrim County and in 28 states, "is intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results." It's unclear how Allied Security Operations Group reached this conclusion, which is countered by the audit of the county's vote.
DePerno told Newsmax that he hoped the report would help Trump continue to contest election results, according to the conservative outlet's reporting.
But John Poulos, CEO of Dominion Voting Systems, told Michigan lawmakers on Dec. 15 that there were no "switched or deleted votes" involving his company's machines.
"A series of human errors" is why people are talking about Antrim County, Poulos told lawmakers. In October, county election officials had to add a contest to three of 18 tabulators, he told lawmakers. But officials failed to update all of the tabulator memory cards. Officials also forgot to conduct testing on their final system, he said. Then, a programmer took steps to ensure that the original ballots that were created before the contest was added could still be used in tabulators, Poulos said.
"If all of the tabulators had been updated as per procedure, there wouldn't have been any error in the unofficial reporting," the Dominion CEO said. "If public logic and accuracy testing had taken place, the error would've been caught when it should have been caught, prior to the election.
"If steps weren't specifically taken to salvage the already printed ballots, the system would not have allowed election officials to upload memory cards, and the reporting error never would have occurred."
Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy, a Republican, has said she was saddened by the efforts to discredit the voting equipment.
"I did read the report and find that there are many misleading statements that are simply not accurate," Guy said.


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Saga LNG strikes midsize LNG carrier deal with Venerable LNG
David Wu's Saga LNG Shipping has entered into a memorandum of understanding with India's Venerable LNG (VLNG) to provide mid-size LNG carriers to VLNG's projects in the Eastern part of India.
Under the MOU, Saga LNG will be chartering one or more 45,000 cu m LNT45-S design newbuild LNG carriers to VLNG for operations in a terminal and infrastructure project under development by VLNG in the Bay of Bengal.
"Now that Saga Dawn is successfully trading, we redouble our efforts on developing new projects to grow our fleet of small to midsized vessels. We believe the market needs more innovative projects like the one VLNG is developing and we are very pleased to contribute to this exciting project by providing an optimized shipping solution," said David Wu, Founder and CEO of Saga LNG Shipping.
"We at VLNG have a strong belief that tapping into the regions latent gas demand needs innovation in terms of strategy and implementation. We are excited to see the progress of Saga LNG in providing custom made supply solutions to draft limited ports, a necessity in order to access the distributed demand centers without dependence on third party infrastructure. We look forward to jointly working with them to open up newer geographies for LNG supply," said Mayank Garg, managing director of VLNG.
Saga LNG's first vessel, the 45,000 cu m Saga Dawn, was built at China Merchants Heavy Industry and joined the company's fleet last year.


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Noah's Ark Restaurant and Bakery
- Address: 783 East Barstow Avenue C, Fresno, CA 93710
- Phone: (559) 225-1045
Classic Mediterranean fare populates a menu filled with Noah's Ark references in basic diner digs.
Fresno County is located in Central California. It boasts approximately 300 days of sunshine a year. It is the only metropolitan hub in California centered between three national parks--with Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia only a 90-minute drive from Fresno and Clovis. Known for its agricultural bounty, it is home to 1.88 million acres of the world's most productive farmland. Fresno County has more than 10,000 hotel rooms and many state-of-the-art sporting and meeting venues.Request Visitors Guide View Digital Guide
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Vintage 1960's Ampeg 18 Woofer for Portaflex model B-18. Private label manufactured for Ampeg by Cletron / Cleveland. This driver has been professionally re-coned by the Master Bill Legall of Millersound in Lansdale Pennsylvania. Rare as hens teeth folks - this one's Show ready! Get it while you can.
The item "VINTAGE AMPEG PORTAFLEX B-18, B-18X 18 CLEVELAND CLETRON SPEAKER" is in sale since Thursday, December 5, 2019. This item is in the category "Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Guitar Amplifiers". The seller is "sonic_liquidators" and is located in North Wales, Pennsylvania.
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As the project is on progress a Project Quality Audit is being performed to make sure that we meet our customer's demand and requirements. A robust verification is implied on site to review every stage of the project before proceeding to the next stage.
"Prevention is better than cure", we at PLD Construction imposed a systematic process for defect prevention. Necessary data are gathered through on site walk-through. Data collected are used to identify the root cause of defects and prevent them for happening.
Defect Prevention does not just reduce the cost but enhances the quality of work as well.
1.Define the PROBLEM
2.Collect Data
- Proofs that the problem existed.
- How long does the problem existed?
- What are the impacts of the problem?
3.Identify possible casual factors
- What are the sequence of events that lead to the problem?
- What are the conditions that allow the problem to occur?
4.Identify the root cause
5.Recommend & Implement Solution


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The Student Conservation Association's Online Community
This optional 14-week self-directed Conservation Leadership Curriculum includes activities focused around leadership, reflection, conservation career exploration, conservation ethics, and building a relationship between interns and host site partners.
Designed as 14 self-guided "way points", you'll work through the way points in order, starting #1 the week before you set out for your SCA service and finishing #14 the week after you return home. Other than that, it's all at your own pace.
Each way point comes with something to read, something to reflect on, and something to do. Give everything a try!
The adventure begins!
Find something to read in SCA's Conservation Book Group. Muse on what it means to be a conservation leader. Step away from the chaos of planning, packing, and travel to map out what you want your SCA service to look like. Get tips for your first day.
You've arrived...
Brush up on the history of the conservation movement. Learn how to start a strong mentor/mentee relationship with your supervisor. Take our self-assessment to focus your goals. Use a training plan to take ownership of your learning from day one.
Getting to work...
Start a plan for setting and achieving your goals. Find inspiration in the possibilities of conservation careers. Learn more about land management agencies. Find joy in networking -- really!
Find out your personal leadership style with the Leadership Compass. Start your Tracks project to explore dream jobs. Take a break with some videos about the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Learn to communicate like a pro. Take a reading break with the Conservation Book Group. Return to the overlook to think about how it's all going. Check in on your goals plan.
You're halfway there...
Read about the transition from college to work. See what SCA alumni are doing now. Try the self-transformation experiment. Make time for a mid-season goals check-in.
Explore Leave No Trace. Explore conservation career resources. Revise your goals plan. Make time for conservation career conservations.
Check out careers for idealists. Prep for your job search with an elevator speech about the type of job you're looking for and the skills you bring. Calculate your eco-footprint.
Tips on mastering the job search. Check in with the Conservation Book Group. Reflect on what it means to be in a place. Make time for another conservation career conservation.
Starting to wrap up...
Maximize social media for your job search. Reflect on what it'll take to end well. Plan for transferring your skills for problem solving back home.
Explore career resources at USA Jobs. Synthesize your dream jobs with the last steps of the Tracks Exercise. Plan for an end-of-season goals check-in. Reflect on what you're grateful for.
Reflect on how your SCA experiences has changed the way you live in the natural world. Make time for an end-of-season goals check-in. Access free career webinars through AmeriCorps Alums.
Heading home...
Take another look at our conservation career resources. Share how you plan to be a conservation leader after SCA. Reflect on what it means to transfer all of what you've learned and experienced to your next adventure.
Continuing on...
Video on opportunities with SCA. Remember the art of thank-you notes. Take one last stop at the overlook to reflect on all you've done and what's next.
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Mumbai: Pravin Randive was supposed to join his colleagues at Dapoli agriculture university when they set out for week-end picnic at Mahabaleshwar this morning.
He could not join them as he was not well, but kept checking a WhatsApp group where others were posting updates.
Then suddenly there was silence in the group. Around 12.30 PM, he learnt that the bus carrying his colleagues had fallen into a gorge off Ambenali ghat near Poladpur, 180 km from here.
Of the 34 people in the bus, all but one died.
"The last message came around 9.30am. They were supposed to stop for breakfast.
"We were going to leave at 6.30 AM. But when they called me I said I can not make it because I am not well," Randive told reporters.
His colleagues kept posting pictures of scenery along the route on the WhatsApp group.
"The last message came around 9.30am. They were supposed to stop for breakfast.bWhen I messaged later, there was no response. We came to know about the accident around 12.30 PM," he said.
All those who died were in the age group of 30-45 years and some of them were unmarried, Randive said.
The only one to survive was Prakash Sawant.
Speaking to reporters in Poladpur, Sawant said mud and loose stones on this stretch of the ghat road caused the bus tyres to skid.
"The bus veered to the left and fell into the gorge before we could understand what was happening. Trees arrested the fall someway down. I had managed to jump out in time. I climbed my way up somehow," he said.
When he reached the road, he saw a crowd of people.
"One of them gave me a mobile phone. I called up the police control room and informed them," he said.
Originally, 40 people were supposed to join the trip to Mahabaleshwar, the famous hill station town in Western Maharashtra, but some of them opted out at the last moment because the bus was small and there was no space, he said.


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Photo: @ColdRushHockey
A few dozen kids attending a hockey camp at Ashburn Ice House in Virginia got a big surprise today when they ran into Capitals defenseman Connor Carrick.
Carrick was skating at Ashburn for a change of scenery in his summer training schedule. As he was leaving, a bunch of kids preparing to take the ice for a Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp noticed him and asked for autographs, so he stuck around.
"It was a solid 20-35 kids," Carrick told RMNB. "I don't know how many there were because they kept going back to find more stuff for me to sign. The one kid knew dead who I was. Didn't even ask. I was impressed."
"One kid had me sign his jersey twice," Carrick said. "One kid begged I follow him on Instagram so I did."
Some truly dedicated fans to know who I am! I was flattered, thanks for some good work this morning @ColdRushHockey https://t.co/1NX5gRxHMY
— Connor Carrick (@connorcarrick) July 16, 2015
Though Carrick was surprised young fans would know who he is, it's no surprise to anyone who has followed the Caps for the last few years. He spent all of last season playing for the Hershey Bears in the AHL, where he tallied eight goals and 34 assists in 73 games. But he notched a goal and five assists in 34 games on the Caps blue line in 2013-2014, earning himself lots of admirers in the fan base.
And it looks like he earned at least one new admirer today.
Connor Carrick❤💙 pic.twitter.com/Tvmbhq0igJ — Emilie Limoges (@emilielimoges) July 16, 2015
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Another year has come and gone. 2015 was very much an inspiring year for me, opening my eyes to the world.
My love of travel has ignited into a healthy fire. My awareness of mind and body has been awakened and I feel fully in control of my life. My dreams are limitless: I can and will do anything and everything I want.
Highlights of 2015.
In February and March, I backpacked Central America by myself. I spent five weeks exploring Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. It was then I fell in love with solo travel, the nomadic lifestyle, and foreign places. The people I met along the way were fascinating and inspiring. Their stories of years of continuous travel opened my eyes. Anything was possible.
Not to mention I swam with sharks, sea turtles, and sting rays, climbed and camped on a volcano, and went bungee jumping.
When I returned, I moved to Pacific Beach and finally began to feel at home in San Diego. I started a new job at a rooftop, beachfront restaurant, and made solid friends. Summertime in San Diego was a blast: while I worked long nights, 6 days a week, I also spent much time exploring the city: paddleboarding Mission Bay, cycling 130 miles up to Los Angeles, and adventuring the many beaches and hiking trails of Southern California. I worked hard and played hard. And all while saving.
I was able to party in Las Vegas for my 24th Birthday! And then reunited with my 4K for Cancer team in Baltimore before returning to my Philadelphia roots for a week.
After living in San Diego only a year, I was ready for more adventure. In the fall, I set my sights on SouthEast Asia, researching and talking to friends about it. I was inspired by long-term travel, reading blog after blog about round-the-world trips and traveling for a living. With nothing holding me back, and huge dreams, I booked a one way ticket to Thailand.
I've spent the end of 2015 backpacking Thailand, with sights set on Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. So far, I've played with elephants, played in waterfalls, and experienced the beautiful culture of Thailand.
What I've learned…
Anything is possible. Never did I think I could quit my job, sell my possessions, and travel freely. Never did I think I was strong enough to let go of everything I knew and create a life of travel. But reading books and blogs and listening to other travelers' stories opened my eyes. I took a leap of faith, believed in myself, and am now flying high.
We are in control of our own happiness. As I've been introduced to Buddhism and meditation, I've reached a sort of awakening. Life is all about perspective. We can't control other people or events, but we can control how we respond to them. We can choose to wallow in self-pity, or we can use every negative experience as a chance to grow, as a learning experience. There's always a positive in every negative, we just need to choose to see it. So no matter what life throws my way, it's always a positive, a chance to appreciate and learn.
Life is about love. This past year has seen even more hatred: mass shootings across the United States, Donald Trump, the surge of ISIS, and more. There's no doubt we live in a scary world. But what if we chose to counter each act of violence and hatred with just as much love, or more. Why not try to understand others instead of judging them and deeming their beliefs or lifestyle wrong? Love must win, love always wins.
And here I am, looking back at 2015. I'm 2 months into my travels with the whole world in front of me. My head spinning with possibilities for 2016; I'm already planning 6 months from now, where I'll be next. India? Australia? Europe? All I know is that I'm ready to experience the world.
Cheers to 2015: the good, the bad, and the chance to live it.
Here's to 2016: peace, love, and an adventurous spirit.


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Some students in my Writer and The Brain class turned me on to The Storytelling Animal by Johnathan Gottschall, which I am halfway through and am loving.
Here's a great quote:
"From Science, I argue, can help us make sense of storytelling. But some say that science is a grand story (albeit with hypothesis testing) that emerges from our need to make sense of the world. The storylike character of science is most obvious when it deals with origins: of the universe. . ."
And this is what I am trying to say with The Poet and the Mind-Brain :
Theoretical branches of science, found mostly in the unification problem in physics and the hard problem in neuroscience seek to tell two of the most fundamental stories humans need to hear, how did it all begin, and who am I?
This is why writers are like scientists.
These are the two stories that impel us to write, albeit articulated differently according to the writer.
Instead of wondering how the universe began, the poet might wonder why does my heart feel so bad? Or why does the school bus stopping on the corner under the oak tree make me want to cry?
I would argue poetic details are microcosms of the two fundamental stories we seek to understand.
Poets matter, because we seek to know the unknowable, and we will never stop until we find that ineffable elegant equation that says it all.


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Gianluigi Donnarumma has officially rejected the renewal offer presented by AC Milan, valued at around €5m per year.
After the meeting ended between Marco Fassone and Mino Raiola just a few minute ago, Milan announced Donnarumma's decision live on Facebook and on their channel MilanTV. Fassone confirmed that Donnarumma's decision to not renew is definitive, meaning Milan will need to sign a goalkeeper this summer.
"Donnarumma has decided to not renew his contract with us, which was communicated by Mino Raiola during our meeting. The decision by Donnarumma and Raiola is definitive.
"This is, of course, a sad decision, but Milan will go on."
More updates on where Donnarumma will play next season are expected soon, but the feeling is he won't be doing it at the San Siro in front of Curva Sud. Real Madrid are interested in Gigio and they could reportedly offer him a salary of €6m per year.


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About the Report
Difficulties in accessing external financing and attracting investment can prevent EU SMEs from benefiting from the opportunities triggered by the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and the signature of the EU-Japan Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure. If on the one hand, finance remains one of the biggest obstacles to SMEs internationalisation beyond the EU; on the other hand, EU SMEs are highly unaware of available financing support schemes. Striving to fill this gap, the current report draws on desk review and participatory interviews to nearly 60 stakeholders in view of providing an overview on the availability of financing opportunities for EU SMEs internationalisation in Japan.
Please go to the EU-Japan website, to get the access to this report. A recorded podcast session is also available.
The report has been released within Minerva Fellowship framework managed by the EU-Japan Centre.
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Garlic-Herb Hash Browns
Need a budget friendly brunch? Have extra potatoes laying around? Looking for a way to switch up breakfast? Get ready for sophisticated hash browns. These are flavorful without being loaded with salt, and they're baked rather than fried in a lot of oil. Serve them up with some scrambled or fried eggs and fruit.
Garlic-Herb Hash Browns
8 potatoes (medium sized)
2 generous pinches salt
1½ tsp finely chopped rosemary or thyme
1 large/2 medium cloves garlic (about 1 tsp finely chopped)
olive oil
Peel potatoes while waiting for a pot of water to come to a boil
Boil potatoes for 5 minutes then allow to cool enough to be able to touch them
Grate potatoes (a food processor expedites this process quite nicely)
Spread grated potatoes onto baking sheet
Chop garlic and herbs and, using your hands, combine with salt, pepper, olive oil and potatoes.
Bake at 425° F for 15-20 minutes or until the bottom is browned
Flip the potatoes over and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes


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Sputnik: How justified are apprehensions that Trump's pressure on the EU could doom the NATO alliance?
Anneke de Laaf: I don't think there's any real chance of NATO falling apart. I don't think the apprehensions are justified. However, without a doubt, there is some strife between the EU and Washington right now in how they look at things.
But when you look at recent statements by Mr. Juncker for example, he has indicated that the EU will increase defense spending by 22 times. So this seems to indicate to me that the EU is willing to meet the president at least halfway.
Anneke de Laaf: I think the chance of a US withdrawal is absolutely zero. It's not going to happen. The people who have to deal with Trump in these negotiations know that this is not going to happen. In fact, we see the exact opposite of a withdrawal. We see that more troops are being shipped to Europe, not just to the borders with Russia, but other places as well. We see a lot of US weapons coming in; they're being sold all around Europe. So no, I don't think a withdrawal is in the offing anytime soon.
Sputnik: What do you think are the areas where Putin and Trump may potentially agree in their upcoming meeting in Helsinki?
Anneke de Laaf: I can understand that it is a little difficult to see how to move forward. I think the most important thing is that they start taking steps to normalize the relationship, which has been soured to an incredible degree by Mr. Obama and the previous administration.
So the most important and the first priority must be to establish at least normal relations. I think that would be the biggest outcome if they manage to take steps in that direction.
As for cooperation, militarily they have very different views. But we would hope that the kind of cooperation they had before the Obama period would be able to return; [if that were to happen] there would be more coordination. I'm certain that Mr. Putin will try to get more coordination on the front of fighting terrorists, and on Syria. I think that might be one area where Mr. Trump will be happy to find some common ground.
Sputnik: What are your thoughts about Nord Stream 2? We've seen the pictures this morning with President Trump voicing his concerns over Germany's supposed over-reliance on Russian energy. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government faces some intense pressure that the US administration is bringing to bear on the country. What do you think the outcome is going to be for Nord Stream 2? Does the project have a future?
Anneke de Laaf: I think it can, but it will very much depend on how strong Mrs. Merkel is, and I don't think she is particularly strong when it comes to pressure from Washington. We've seen it in the past. She's kind of caught between a rock and a hard place, because German industry demands that Nord Stream 2 goes ahead. They need it in order to be able to thrive and to grow.
So I see some trouble ahead for this project, and some continued problems also for the EU-Washington relationship, especially for Germany, which seems to be taking a lead in the Nord Stream 2 project.
Anneke de Laaf is a Dutch political activist, journalist and political observer specializing in European politics. The views expressed by Ms. de Laaf are those of the observer and do not necessarily reflect those of Sputnik.


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Firefighters from Germany, Romania, Greece and beyond were on the ground to help France battle the fire in the region - home to Bordeaux wine - as well as on other fronts, including in Brittany in the northwest.
The German crew from Bonn Fire Brigade, wearing their local uniforms and using their own fire engine, assisted French firefighters by digging fire breaks and hosing charred meadows in Belin-Beliet, in the southwestern Gironde region.
German brigade officer Martin Haselbauer, who also leads the German-EU Forest Fighting team, said it is a natural response to help his French colleagues.
"We work close, shoulder on shoulder with other EU teams, like teams from Poland, from Romania, the Austrian team, and from our point of view that's European solidarity at its best," he said.
High temperatures and a worsening drought brought a high risk of new fires breaking out in southwestern France, officials said on Friday, even after an overnight reprieve held a monster wildfire that has been raging for days in check.
The ongoing heatwave - officially France's third this summer - was set to ebb on Aug. 13 and end on Aug. 14 with storms, France's official weather forecast Meteo France said.


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Betty Tisel was an attendee of our 2019 Talk Climate Institute.
My name is Betty Tisel, and I'm from Minneapolis.
Here's a short climate story, from the future.
It is 10:30 p.m.
A young woman enters the train station alone. As she steps along, small path lights come on to illuminate the area. Behind her, the lights blink off as she gets farther away from them. She moves freely and without fear.
A train rolls quietly up, and a real voice announces its destinations.
The woman touches a button on the nearest doors and walks onto the train.
She takes a seat. The doors softly close and the train rolls away.
The last few station path lights blink off.
The end.
After 9/11, reports faulted our "failure of imagination" for our lack of preparedness. Well, what if imagination is needed not just to prepare for the worst we can expect, but also to build real global security – food security, housing security, freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and freedom from extinction? What if we need to find the way ahead by envisioning it, in detail?
We can write stories about the future that are neither dystopias nor utopias. We can imagine scenarios in which a young woman can use free public transportation at any time of the day or night. These imaginings can light our path.


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4 hour diet before after pictures; By and large, the eating routine likely will assist you with losing some weight. Be that as it may, it doesn't show you anything how to keep weight off long haul. It additionally discards a few basic nutrition classes, which could prompt dietary insufficiencies.
The 4-hour body program was made by Timothy Ferriss, a financial specialist and New York Times top of the line creator who additionally composed The 4-Hour Workweek (four hours is by all accounts a subject). The book professes to contain "the aggregate knowledge" of tip top competitors and esteemed doctors, in addition to many long periods of experimentation.
How It Works
When following the 4-hour body program, you'll eat for the most part protein, vegetables, and non-dull vegetables—frequently similar suppers again and again. You'll likewise get one "cheat" day out of each week when you're urged to eat anything you desire in whatever amounts you want. 4 hour diet before after pictures.
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The eating regimen plan suggests devouring four dinners for each day, all made up of the main permitted nourishments and dispersed around four hours separated. Eat your first feast inside an hour of enlivening. Following that supper, you ought to eat during the early evening, a littler second lunch in early night, and afterward supper in the late night.
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There's definitely no calorie depending on the eating regimen—truth be told, you're permitted (and energized) to eat as a lot of protein and vegetables at eating times as you wish. The program disheartens nibbling, saying that in case you're eager, you should include protein and vegetables during your normal suppers. Notwithstanding, on the off chance that you do need a bite, you're permitted to have a couple of nuts or a bunch of carrot sticks.


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Flora Vista militia leader sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison
FARMINGTON — A Flora Vista man who identified himself as a leader of a group of armed volunteer border patrollers was sentenced to nearly two years in prison on a federal firearms conviction.
Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 70, also known as Johnny Horton Jr. was given a year and nine months prison sentence on April 15 during a hearing in Albuquerque federal court, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release.
Hopkins plead guilty on Jan. 2 to being a felon in possession of a firearm and faced up to 10 years in a federal prison.
He has previously identified himself as the national commander of the United Constitutional Patriots, a group described by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas as armed vigilantes.
The armed members of the group detained undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States near the Mexican border.
Hopkins' conviction stems from a November 2017 visit to his Flora Vista residence by two FBI agents, as he showed the agents at least nine weapons and ammunition.
He was arrested on April 20, 2019, by the FBI and Sunland Park police then indicted four days later.
Hopkins said in the plea agreement he possessed firearms including handguns, rifles and a shotgun along with ammunition for the weapons.
He also admitted to convictions including impersonation of a peace officer and failure to pay legal child support.


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The Omega Man is an extremely literate science-fiction drama starring Charlton Heston as the only survivor of a worldwide bacteriological war, circa 1975. Thrust of the well-written story [adapted from Richard Matheson's novel] is Heston's running battle with deranged survivors headed by Anthony Zerbe.
The deserted streets of LA through which Heston drives by day while Zerbe's eye-sensitive mutations hide until nightfall, provide low-key but powerful emphasis on what can and does happen when the machinery of civilized society grinds to a halt.
An Oriental missile war has caused a worldwide plague. Zerbe, formerly a TV newscaster, has become the leader of the mutations, whose extreme reaction to the science which caused the disaster has led to wanton destruction of cultural and scientific objects. Rosalind Cash provides romantic interest for Heston as a member of another band of rural survivors not yet under Zerbe's control.


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The dancing deserves headlines in 'Newsies'
Choreographer Tamara Kangas Erickson's razzle-dazzle dances inject a dose of extra — Extra! — pizazz into director Michael Brindisi's neat production of this musical about striking news hawkers in late 19th-century New York. The movement, plus the strong lead performances by Aleks Knezevich, Ruthanne Heyward and Kersten Rodau, help the show to overcome some ho-hum material based on a 1992 dud of a movie.ROHAN PRESTON
Ends Sept. 29. Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Chanhassen. $50-$89, chanhassendt.com
A gigantic outdoor art installation featuring 23-foot-high bunnies by Australia's Amanda Parer will be the focal point of this year's Flint Hills Family Festival. The two-day event has 80-plus free outdoor performances by more than 450 local artists representing cultures from around the world. DJ Kool Akiem spins for a lunchtime dance party on Saturday. Activities include dance lessons, juggling and henna tattoos. Inside the Ordway, check out $8 performances from Lightwire Theater and others.
5-9 p.m. Fri.; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sat. Ordway, St. Paul, ordway.org
Nick Swardson has a lot in common with '80s hair bands, most notably a mission to serve up loud, irreverent, stupid fun. So it's not a stretch for the Minnesota native to perform at First Avenue and Palace Theatre, two music venues. Swardson, who cut his teeth with local improv troupes and open mic nights at Acme Comedy, starts shooting "The Buddy Games" flick, with Dan Bakkedahl and director Josh Duhamel.
7:30 p.m. Thu. DECC Auditorium, Duluth, $26-$273; 7 p.m. Fri., First Avenue, Mpls., $39.50; 7 p.m. Sat., Palace Theatre, St. Paul, $39.50. nickswardson.net
After making big noise playing just bass and drums with Kitten Forever in recent years, ex-Baby Guts wunderkind Laura Larson has returned to singer/guitarist mode in a new all-star Minneapolis punk quartet charmingly named Scrunchies, with members of Bruise Violet, Tony Peachka and Sass. High expectations are met on their high-adrenaline, lo-fi debut album, "Stunner," with echoes of '80s blasters such as the Slits and Minutemen along with a little '90s grunge.
9:30 p.m. Fri. 7th Street Entry, Mpls., $10, etix.com
Too bad it was nearly impossible to become a successful female composer in the 19th century. Otherwise, the gifted Fanny Mendelssohn might easily have become as well-known as her brother Felix. The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra plays music by both siblings, including Fanny's Piano Trio and Felix's String Quartet No. 6. Associate concertmaster Ruggero Allifranchini leads a program that also includes Brahms' beloved Clarinet Quintet.
8 p.m. Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, $15, thespco.org
A musician-turned-artist-turned-gallery co-owner, Ryan Fontaine is having his own solo show at his gallery. An eclectic artist whose background is not that of an art school snob, he messes with a wide range of materials in this show featuring 14 new paintings and two kinetic sculptures. Fontaine is interested in traversing and breaking down formal definitions of each medium.
Ends July 31. Hair and Nails Contemporary Art Gallery, Mpls., hairandnailsart.com
On this month's "Wide Awake" album with producer Danger Mouse, New York's modern-day punks Parquet Courts have branched out. Their palette is broader, with influences ranging from the Beastie Boys to the Specials. The energy and vibe are definitely different on much of PC's sixth album. Love the funky, edgy title track, the urgent "NYC Observation," the fast, jangly "Extinction" and the Green Day-ish "Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience."
8 p.m. Thu. Fine Line, Mpls., $18-$20, etix.com
William Walton's "Belshazzar's Feast" is one of the more dramatic pieces in English choral music, telling the story of the Old Testament king who literally saw the writing on the wall. The Minnesota Orchestra teams up with the Minnesota Chorale for a performance led by former Sommerfest artistic director Andrew Litton, an outstanding Walton conductor. Also featured are Litton's favorites by Leonard Bernstein: "Chichester Psalms" and "Fancy Free."
8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Orchestra Hall, Mpls.; $12-$96, minnesotaorchestra.org
It's hard to get a handle these days on popular-in-the-Twin-Cities folk-rockers the Head and the Heart because charismatic frontman Josiah Johnson is on a solo tour after taking a hiatus for addiction treatment. That means Jonathan Russell has stepped forward on lead vocals for the "Lost in My Mind" and "All We Ever Knew" hitmakers, along with newcomer Matt Gervais, husband of the group's Twin Cities-bred violinist Charity Rose Thielen.
8 p.m. Wed. The Armory, Mpls., $42, ticketmaster.com


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Audio problem: In the beginning, when Murtaugh's daughter comes downstairs in the black dress the dialog is dubbed in. After the spin, she's talking but she doesn't move her mouth (even before the spin she isn't in sync). Her little sister replies and doesn't move her mouth either.
Audio problem: Right after Riggs handcuffs the suicidal man, the next shot shows Murtaugh saying "oh no" but his lips don't move.


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Celebrating the Life of Ron Rubin
Thursday, Jun 10, 2021
Celebrating the Life of Ron Rubin
Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 7 pm ET
This online tribute event was held via Zoom.
Please consider making a gift to the Ron Rubin Memorial Fund at NMAJH
About the event
On June 10, 2021, the public was invited to celebrate Ron Rubin, a remarkable lifelong Philadelphian who loved his city, the Jewish community, this Museum, and was beloved in return. Ron would have turned 90 this May.
Ron was a longtime Trustee of, and critical force behind the creation of the new National Museum of American Jewish History which opened in 2010 on Historic Independence Mall in Philadelphia, PA.
In this tribute, distinguished Philadelphians, longtime friends, business partners, and family, speak to Ron's remarkable contributions to the city he helped to transform, and the importance of relationships.
All are welcome to upload a short tribute video, photographs, and kind words for the family. Please drag and drop your file(s) into the box below, or click "select files from your computer" to upload them.
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Tribute Committee
Steve Cozen
Lyn Ross
Lindy Snider
Joe Zuritsky
David Adelman
Dean Adler
Leonard Klehr
Lynne and Leonard Barrack
John Binswanger
Eddie Bruce
Fran Cassidy
David Cohen
Suzanne and Norman Cohn
Sandy Cozen
Pat Croce
Bill Cunningham
Walter D'Alessio
Andrea and Paul de Botton
Roberta and Carl Dranoff
Anne Ewers
Gwen Goodman
Rosemarie Greco
Richard J Green
William Hankowsky
Michael Heller
Dolores and Richard Hicks
Alan Hoffman
Drew Katz
Caroline and Sidney Kimmel
Susan Kline Klehr
Susanna Lachs Adler
Tom Leonard
Carrie Rickey and Paul Levy
Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer
Denis O'Brien
Governor Edward G. Rendell
Mimi and Allan Schneirov
William Schwartz
Fred Stein
Judee von Seldeneck
The Honorable Constance Williams
Roy Zuckerberg
And the family of Ron Rubin
(list in formation)
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Adventure Paddle Tours with Naples Kayak Adventures!
Naples Kayak Adventures plans all of their adventure paddle tours around the tides to give you an amazing experience! Read on below:
---Did you know it's extremely important to plan kayaking around the tides? It's not just for ease in paddling but, also for safety, especially in the ocean where tidal movements can be extremely strong in some areas. Also, different tidal movements yield different experiences. It's literally like being on a different ocean when the tide changes because, marine life behaves differently with tidal movements. For instance, have you ever heard fisherman say slack tide is dead tide, that's because many do not like to fish a slack tide. The water is stagnet and not alot of action is happening in the water. There is actually so many dynamics that go along with the tidal movements, such as water depth, visibility etc. These affect the way marine life including birds behave and eat. This is why we do not run our tours at the same time everyday. We want to ensure that you experience a tidal movement that coincides with your kayaking experience. Now with that said, each tour offers its own unique experience. Some kayak tours are planned around the sunsets or shelling or snorkeling or mangrove safari experiences. So, some tours are better during different tidal movements therefore; we may explore rising tides or lowering tides whichever is best based on the experience you have booked. We actually study the tides for each and every day of the year and hand pick special tidal days for each kayak experience. We have also created charts on marine life activity in the area based on water depths, tidal movements, and habitats to ensure we visit all the best spots at the best times for your tour. Let me tell ya, it's alot of work and we have had some endless days putting schedules together... but like I've said before we care about you all and we are looking out for you. That's why we do not launch tours at nine and one everyday. Your counting on us and we care enough about you to give it all we got! I am pretty sure that's why we are the only ones that do this. Because, we really really want to make sure that we try to do everything in our power to plan a great adventure for you. From our hearts to yours ---- we love meeting you all and contributing to making great memories for you!
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Lanes reopen after accident jammed traffic on I-95N near I-295 split
Jeff Neiburg
Delaware News Journal
All lanes have reopened after an apparent accident had traffic on I-95 northbound jammed at the 295 split Monday evening.
DelDOT traffic cameras showed traffic backed up on 95 northbound between the accident site and Route 7 in Christiana.
A DelDOT traffic camera near the accident showed all traffic being diverted onto the 295 exit, with one lane squeezing back onto I-95.
The accident occurred around 5 p.m. and all lanes reopened shortly after 6 p.m.
3 Rehoboth Beach lifeguards test positive as state records highest case count since May
Pike Creek Shopping Center plans redesign; part of former Kmart will be demolished
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BLAAKYUM Line Of Fear – (92/100)
We've come a long way from the competent but uninteresting 'Lord of the Night'. Where the debut draws heavily from every outside influence, 'Line of Fear' draws inspiration from within, meaning Lebanese history, culture, and mythos. Where the traditional percussion of the 'derbakke' was mostly filler in the debut, it is now a major contributor to the overall mood of 'Line of Fear'. The overall mood is now enhanced manifold, not just due to the addition of this oriental instrument, but by the perfected alchemy of all instruments with the vocals, providing a solid structure and form, fused with meaningful folk lyrics. Continue reading


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Stunning Factual Statements About Trick Taking Games Android Told By A Specialist
Some of the newest functionalities and features supplied by the Android platform for software improvement have included Cloud based service integration. Cloud computing has helped out different corporations to efficiently handle IT and also make the very best use of the utilities and promotion of their very own providers. There have been many popular Android apps which has taken advantage of the Location primarily based function provided by Google which is principally an extension of the Google map feature. This feature has facilitated many apps which might monitor down the placement of the client through GPS and now have gone a step further in giving out related information about the place.
This recreation can be preferred by those who have curiosity in solving puzzles. This sport is created by Disney and is among the "best android games" out there. The game consists of greater than 200 puzzles. There are two alligators a great and a nasty one. And the concept is to cease the dangerous alligator from restricting the water supply for the nice one.
Nesoid provides numerous choices to play.
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Simply Trial Extreme 3 is a racing recreation with plenty of action since you use trial bike on your trip. You will play being a motocross rider and have to beat your challenger using your skill. One of several greatest issues for this game is that you can compete along with your pal simply to find who has the top talent in dirtbike driving. Play head to head alongside with your Fb friend or compete with one other participant within the multiplayer mode. In the beginning it is not simple to master your bike and you'll crash many occasions before you get used to it and in a position to compete, even so the tutorial will be able that will help you to grasp the track.
So lets see what games we have on our record.
Not solely does the producer of this phone produce a sequence of handsets that are all basically the same (the Galaxy S line), but numerous different OEMs are cranking away on hardware for the platform. Useless to say, the Nexus S is a decidedly varied telephone altogether. Selecting up precisely the place the company's Nexus One left off, the S continues Google's legacy of generating standalone, "pure Android" telephone experiences, seemingly aimed less on the mainstream and extra towards developers.
In technical terminology, such type of enterprise mannequin is termed as freemium model and is a widespread hit among the gaming fanatics. Cellular improvement corporations desire offering such kind of service because it enhances their probabilities of conversions as compared to fully paid faucet fish games amongst others.
You have most likely heard the fuss over this, however sure, the show and entrance glass from the system have a minor, concave curve which sits properly when nuzzled against your take care of. It's not a dramatic distinction, nevertheless it offers the phone a fairly distinctive look.


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Be prepared for a search of what's on your laptop as you cross into the United States these days.
Two years ago a freelance journalist named Bill Hogan returned home to Virginia from a trip to Germany and had his laptop seized at Dulles International Airport. U.S. Customs agents reportedly told him he'd been selected for a random investigation. The agents went through photos on his digital camera, he said, and impounded the computer for two weeks.
He was especially angry because "they knew I was a reporter," he said at the time. "They did not seem to give a rat's patootie."
One underreported aspect of border security in America since 9/11 is that U.S. Customs and Border Protection sees a laptop as a sort of digital briefcase, to be rifled through without a warrant. And court decisions in recent years have upheld the government's right to prosecute people based on data found on their hard drives.
The latest ruling is by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which declared last month that child pornography found during a warrantless search of Sandeep Verma's laptop at a Houston airport in 2008 was material evidence against him.
Of course, Verma was not charged with possessing child pornography until Customs agents searched his laptop and found it there.
Justices on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made the government's argument for these searches in an earlier case, also involving child pornography: "It should not matter … whether documents and pictures are kept in 'hard copy' form in an executive's briefcase or stored digitally in a computer," the three-judge panel wrote. "The authority of customs officials to search the former should extend equally to searches of the latter."
Child pornography is obviously a crime and so are the terrorist plots that the CBP claims these random searches are meant to intercept. But is a laptop really just a digital briefcase? What about cell phones, digital cameras, USB sticks, PDAs and now iPads? Don't they contain enough personal data to require some sort of warrant to examine?
"These highly intrusive government searches into a traveler's most private information, without any reasonable suspicion, are a threat to the most basic privacy rights guaranteed in the Constitution," argued American Civil Liberties Union attorney Catherine Crump, who led an investigation into the problem.
The ACLU demanded records on laptop seizures under the Freedom of Information Act and found a surprising number of them — 1,500 in nine months — as well as a possible pattern of racial profiling. In mid-2009, the Department of Homeland Security brought out new guidelines, but the upshot was nothing but a limit on the amount of time the relevant agencies could hold a laptop for examination. "DHS' latest policy announcement on border searches is a disappointment," said Crump, "and should not be mistaken for one that restores the constitutional rights of travelers at the border."
Europeans find the policy impossible to understand. One refrain popular with Washington officials is that Europeans are soft and haven't learned what it's like to be threatened by terrorists because Sept. 11 never happened to them.
But Europe lost its innocence about terrorism long ago: Islamists were a problem in the Eastern Hemisphere long before they came to America. France had to contend with Algerian nationalists in the '60s, and Palestinian terrorists brought mayhem to Munich and European airspace before al-Qaeda even existed.
In a Paris airport, in the '90s, I once watched a bomb squad calmly clear spectators away from an unattended luggage cart to a distance of 50 yards, loop wires around a briefcase and blow it open. (It was full of papers.) At the time I remember thinking, "This would never happen in the United States." These days Europeans pass through American airports with the same sense of astonishment.
Founded in late 2007 by philanthropist Sara Miller-McCune, Miller-McCune is a nonprofit print and online magazine harnessing hard data and breaking research to support journalism that focuses on finding solutions to social problems. Supported by a combination of grants and advertising, Miller-McCune rejects any overriding ideology, believing that the best answers can come from anywhere.


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TUI cancels flights to Spanish islands until August 4 and adds extra trips to Greece and Turkey
TUI has announced that it is scrapping flights to the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands until August 4.
It comes after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) updated its guidance just yesterday to ban all but essential travel to mainland Spain and the islands.
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They have already cancelled all holidays to mainland Spain until August 10.
However, the travel company has announced that it will be adding additional flights on August 1, 2 and 3 to popular destinations in Greece and Turkey.
They have added seven new flights this weekend to Crete, Rhodes, Zante and Corfu in Greece and Dalaman and Antalya in Turkey.
TUI has Turkey holidays from £539pp departing this weekend - click here to find out more.
They also have holidays in Greece starting from £514pp this weekend - click here to find out more.
Customers due to travel to all Spanish destinations between July 26 and August 9 will be able to receive a full refund or the option to rebook their holiday.
Andrew Flintham, Managing Director of TUI UK and Ireland, said: "Our customers still want to travel aboard this summer, with over 70% of customers with cancelled holidays moving to another destination over the same period or in the coming weeks."
He continued: "Importantly, we also call upon the UK Government to work closely with the travel industry and remove the 'blunt tool' approach to quarantine and consider the rapid introduction of regional Travel Corridors.
"The level of uncertainty and confusion created this week is damaging for business and customer confidence in travel."
The announcement by TUI follows a decision by Jet2 yesterday to cancel all holidays and flights to the Balearic and Canary Islands until August 10, after the quarantine-free air bridge was axed.
On Saturday the UK government announced that people travelling from Spain from July 26 will have to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
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Before, the UK had allowed Brits to travel to the holiday hotspot without needing to self-quarantine on return.
But after a spike in coronavirus cases in Spain, holidaymakers in the country - including Balearic island hotspots like Majorca and Ibiza - will now be forced to quarantine for two weeks upon returning home to the UK.
It is thought more than 600,000 British tourists will be affected by the restrictions as many already on holiday or having booked one face uncertainty as to whether their trip will still go ahead.


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In the five years since he burst onto the London fashion scene, Samuel Ross has emerged as an important voice with his label A-Cold-Wall. A protégé of Virgil Abloh and LVMH prize finalist, the 29-year-old is a part of a new generation of menswear designers who are redefining the parameters of streetwear and high fashion. Beyond bringing a fresh perspective to the luxury space, he's also sparking larger conversations around social consciousness, community, and mentorship in the industry. When other brands struggled to find an appropriate response to protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder back in May, Ross swiftly lent meaningful support, offering grants to independent Black-owned businesses and a donation to Black Lives Matter.
Ross sat down with Good Morning Vogue to talk about the unlikely path he has taken in fashion, the very personal references that inform his work, and what he's doing to help usher in a new wave of young Black British creatives.