Author: Max Smith
Have your feelings about money affected your relationships or caused you to put off important money tasks? If so, a recent study from Coast Capital suggests you too may be stuck in a cycle of financial shame. You could be among more than a third (36%) of Canadians who are.But it doesn't have to be that way. Here, what it means to deal with financial shame and experts suggest how to get out of it.When financial shame becomes part of your identityFinancial trauma researcher and educator Chantelle Chapman describes financial shame as a “huge emotion” associated with money that becomes…
After my mother turned off the bedroom light, I snuggled under a warm blanket. The only thing that provided any kind of light was the light from the Game Boy. When I turned it on and loaded up Pokémon Ruby, I was greeted by a familiar 32-bit song that accompanied each area I encountered. I grew up as an only child, so movies and video games were the only things I could rely on for company. I miss them so much because these characters and stories made me feel less alone. Toward the end of high school in 2014, I…
Video games will likely be Hollywood's biggest source of story inspiration, producer and director Jonathan Nolan said Monday, days before the film adaptation of the apocalyptic role-playing game “Fallout.” .“Fallout,” available starting Thursday, is set 200 years after a nuclear war and follows the descendants of those who hid in bomb shelters as they are forced to return to an irradiated surface plagued by violence, anarchy, and mutants. I have no choice but to do it.The series was developed by Nolan and his wife Lisa Joy, who co-created the acclaimed series Westworld, which won the Critics' Choice Award for Most…
John Calipari needed an off-ramp for a fresh start.Arkansas needed boldness and the excitement that came with it.Kentucky needed a way out of the program's stale coaching contract.College basketball coaching appointments rarely satisfy all parties, but Calipari's move from Lexington to Fayetteville may have satisfied that in some way.win. win. win.Now, Coach Cal better go win. The same goes for the guy chasing him in Big Blue, especially in March (and April).Let's start with this. Why did John Calipari leave his vaunted Kentucky for Arkansas? Traditionally speaking, this is a demotion, a reversal of fortune. In fact, this went the…
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OREM, Utah — Utah Valley University undergraduate group wins second place in international competition cyber- 9/12 Strategic Challenge in Washington DC With this, the UVU Cyber Security Team “W0LV3R1NES” proved they can compete with the best teams in the country. The Wolverines were the only team made up entirely of undergraduate students. They defeated teams from Columbia University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and several other top schools out of the 43 teams they played. In a release from UVU, the team's coach, Brandon Amacher, called the team “gross.”The amateur is also the director U.V.U.Advanced Technology Policy…
However, the biggest revision to the sonic identity of this series is fallout 3Licensed soundtrack. Expanded to include 20 of his songs from the 30s, 40s, and 50s that are played on the in-game radio station.From the moment Bethesda dropped the now legendary game fallout 3 In 2007, a teaser trailer featuring The Ink Spots' “I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire” was released, and the song captured the imagination of millions of gamers and became the series' de facto mainstay. It became a theme. continue, Fallout: New VegasDeveloped by Obsidian Entertainment, the game added new songs to…
team 1The new campaign will debut during National Financial Literacy Month with an all-new broadcast spot and social content series targeting Southern California.LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2024 (Globe Newswire) — This National Financial Literacy Month, nonprofit organizations Junior Achievement of Southern California (JA SoCal) is launching a new marketing campaign aimed at highlighting the importance of financial literacy education for Southern California youth and inspiring action.The campaign debuts with two all-new broadcast spots and a seven-part social content series created by Team 1. New creative highlights how financial habits are the result of learned behaviors shaped directly by the environment,…
of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released report Last week, we discussed the inadequate consumer protections that video game manufacturers provide their players, particularly against fraud and account theft. The agency also warned of data collection practices that it said publishers could use to “exploit players' proclivities to induce more spending.”The department said in its report: 2019 Papers We analyzed 13 patents related to in-game purchases. According to the paper, the systems studied “optimize offers to encourage continued spending” and potentially lure vulnerable players, such as adolescents and problem gamers, without promising them the right to a refund. It was discovered…
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has announced a policy that will only allow athletes whose biological sex is female to participate in women's sports.by Eric Olson AP Sports WriterApril 8, 2024, 1:58 PM ET• 2 minute readOn Monday, the National Intercollegiate Athletics Association, which governs mostly small universities, announced a policy that would effectively ban transgender athletes from women's sports.The NAIA Council of Presidents approved the policy on Monday in a 20-0 vote, according to CBS Sports. The NAIA, which oversees about 83,000 athletes at schools nationwide, is believed to be the first collegiate sports organization to take such a…