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Release Date: June 14
Platforms available on: PS3
Developer: Naughty Dog
Genre: Action adventure
The Last of Us is the latest title from the makers of Uncharted, a studio that has become one of Sony's brightest lights during a PS3 era that's drawing to a close. Needless to say, expectations are at an all-time high.
Fortunately, with a gorgeous art style and beautiful game world, an emotive and compelling story, a cast of diverse and believable characters, as well as some dangerous and downright scary monsters, The Last of Us is another must-have release from the team at Naughty Dog.
The Last of Us takes place 20 years after a fungal virus has turned most of humankind into savage killers.
Players assume the role of a smuggler named Joel, whose latest job involves transporting a teenage girl named Ellie out of a military zone and into the hands of a rebel group known as the Fireflies.
The Fireflies believe that there is a cure to the affliction, but their numbers are dwindling after years of clashes with the military.
Despite his reluctance to choose a side, Joel eventually agrees to take the job and so begins a journey that takes the duo across a post-pandemic America.
Central to the narrative is the relationship between Joel and Ellie, two survivors who couldn't be more different.
- The narrative is complemented by the game's hauntingly beautiful landscape. While most post-apocalyptic games are dirty, grey and bleak, post-pandemic America is lush and green, but ripe with danger.
Ellie was born after the pandemic and has never left the military zone, while Joel has lived on both sides of the outbreak and experienced his fair share of loss.
Their differences are summed up perfectly during an early exchange in which an awestruck Ellie remarks about the beauty of an overgrown skyscraper, while Joel is only concerned about the dangers that lie within.
While most of the game's important and powerful moments are told through cutscenes, it's the conversations between Joel and Ellie that prove the most poignant, and make you feel closer to the characters.
It's not only your relationship with Joel and Ellie that benefit from these exchanges, but also with the numerous other survivors that join your party along the way.
The payoff, of course, is that when you do experience loss, betrayal and hardships, it hits you twice as hard. It's this combination of casual chatter and dramatic cutscene that makes The Last of Us such a compelling game from start to finish.
The narrative is complemented by the game's hauntingly beautiful landscape. While most post-apocalyptic games are dirty, grey and bleak, post-pandemic America is lush and green, but ripe with danger.
Taking place over multiple seasons, players are able to view this new and formidable world not only in scorching sunlight, but also under a thick layer of snow and brown autumn leaves. Seeing Mother Nature reclaim the land really is quite stunning.
The beauty of the outdoors is offset by murky underground sewers and subway stations, as well as decaying skyscrapers and abandoned town houses. And while you're never safe in The Last of Us, it's within these interiors that you feel most vulnerable.
Clickers, which have mutated from years of fungal growth within the brain, are the most common threat, and also the most deadly. Known for the clicking sound they make, they have the ability to locate their victims through movement and sound.
While they can be avoided altogether, seeing a Clicker on the charge is sure to set the heart racing. One particularly terrifying scene sees Joel attempt to pry a door open without alerting a college dorm packed with Bloaters (an overgrown variant).
Stalkers, meanwhile, are highly aggressive, infected and run at victims in packs. They're not as deadly as Clickers, but much harder to avoid and more difficult to shoot.
Players can fight them hand-to-hand, with guns or by using stealth tactics, such as choke holds or throwing diversionary objects. If a Stalker spots you, however, you're really going to struggle without a molotov or nail bomb.
With supplies hard to come by, The Last of Us is a challenging game, even on the easiest setting. Without exercising caution and using bullets wisely, players are sure to die a lot.
In this respect, The Last of Us feels a lot like a survival horror game. Not only does the lack of bullets ramp up the tension, but it also encourages strategical experimentation, which leads to a more varied experience.
Unfortunately for Joel and Ellie, Clickers and Stalkers are only half of the problem. Scavengers and military personnel also pose a threat, and are much more likely to open fire and engage in gunfights.
While the gun combat is my least favourite part of the game, there are very few sections that actively require the use of firearms over stealth, save for a few genuinely exciting set-pieces involving sniper rifles, booby traps and hordes of infected.
There are also times when Ellie must provide cover fire, unlock doors and spring Joel from traps.
Though not quite as useful as Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite, Ellie can hold her own which ensures The Last of Us doesn't succumb to the same pitfalls that have plagued past escort missions.
On the downside, the game could do with a few more puzzles - most involve powering generators or simply finding makeshift ladders - while the lack of weapon holsters seems like an unnecessary inconvenience. These are very small criticisms, however, in an otherwise excellent game.
Outside of the 12-hour campaign, The Last of Us contains an online multiplayer mode in which players must side with either the Fireflies or Hunters in 12 in-game weeks worth of deathmatches to grow your clan and survive until extraction.
Supply Raid is a traditional team-deathmatch in which two teams attempt to score the most points by wiping out the opposition and gathering supplies, while Survival gives you a single life in a best-of-seven series.
The actual in-game action is nothing extraordinary, in fact, it's a little on the basic side.
Searching for supplies and hunting down opposition is fun, especially when games go to sudden death, but maps aren't particularly interactive, and there are few objectives beyond killing and scavenging.
- Though not quite as useful as Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite, Ellie can hold her own, ensuring that The Last of Us doesn't succumb to the same pitfalls that have plagued past escort missions.
More interesting is the context in which games take place. Winning games and gathering supplies adds more survivors to your ranks.
If your numbers fall to zero, you're forced to start again from week one. Considering that each deathmatch represents one day in the calendar, and clans can be lost in an instant, the stakes are incredibly high.
The game also introduces cataclysmic events, such as hostage situations, which force players to train in specific disciplines to avoid losing members of the clan.
If you perform three executions, for example, you might only lose 10% of your clan, six results in losses of 5%, while nine keeps the entire clan alive.
It certainly goes some way towards making up for a lack of team-based and dynamic objectives, and is a very clever way of encouraging players to try different character classes and master new skills.
While we would have liked some additional modes, dynamic maps, and interaction with the clan outside of status updates and stats, keeping the numbers above zero is surprisingly compulsive, especially when you close in on that 12-week goal.
With a hauntingly beautiful game world, stunning visuals, and a wide variety of ways in which players can approach combat, The Last of Us is another exceptional game from the team at Naughty Dog.
However, it's the studio's ability to make this past-pandemic world and its contrasting cast of characters feel so believable and credible that really makes The Last of Us stand out from its peers.

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SMITH'S STATION, Ala. (AP) - Lee County Coroner Bill Harris says Joshua Adam Picard was killed when his motorcycle crossed the center line and collided with a small SUV Friday night.
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Another new drive-through coronavirus testing facility is opening in Kent as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to increase testing.
The site at Manston Airport Car Park in Ramsgate is in addition to sites already operating in Ashford and Ebbsfleet, plus mobile testing units deployed more locally around the county including Dover, Canterbury, Folkestone, Medway, Maidstone, and Sittingbourne.
Testing at the Manston Airport site will start on Tuesday 7 July, with more appointments available each day. Testing is available for everyone, including vulnerable groups and people with disabilities.
Anyone with coronavirus symptoms, however mild, can get a free swab test that takes less than a minute. Tests should be booked or ordered as soon as symptoms begin at nhs.uk/coronavirus or by calling 119.
The site is part of the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities created in British history, including 70 drive-through sites, 11 walk-through sites, 125 mobile units, home testing and satellite kits and three mega laboratories.
Anyone testing positive for the virus in England will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace to help them track their contacts. This will help people to identify who they may have been in close contact with, protecting others from further transmission.
Close contacts of those testing positive will also hear from NHS Test and Trace, advising them to stay at home for 14 days to prevent them from unknowingly spreading the virus. They will be advised to also book a test if they develop symptoms.
KCC Director of Public Health, Andrew Scott-Clark said: “In order to play our full part in reducing the spread of the virus we are ensuring that Kent and Medway have scaled up our capacity to test people for Covid-19.
“We fully support the opening of regional test sites for Ashford and Thanet in addition to Ebbsfleet. We remain concerned about the number of positive test results in these areas and therefore we welcome anything that helps to reduce the community infection rate. It is important that people help to ‘Protect Kent and Medway’ by continuing to follow national guidance if they develop symptoms of COVID-19 and access tests in their local area as quickly as possible and take the right action to recover or quickly get treatment.”
Health Minister Lord Bethell said: “The Government continues to scale up testing capacity for coronavirus, to protect the vulnerable, support our NHS, and ultimately save lives. This is supported by our NHS Test and Trace service, which will contact you if you test positive or if you have been in close contact with someone who has the virus.
“I urge anyone with symptoms to book a test today, and anyone contacted by NHS Test and Trace to follow their advice to protect those around them from the virus.”
Professor John Newton, National Coordinator for the UK Coronavirus Testing Strategy, said: “This is another opportunity to make testing easily available to anyone who needs it. Sites like this allow people who develop symptoms to quickly get a test and find out whether they need to stay at home with their household or can safely return to work or a more normal life.
“This whole programme has been a great example of collaboration between industries, business and the public sector, working together to build the capability needed to protect the population from coronavirus.”
The testing centre is being operated in partnership with Mitie and will offer self-administered tests.
Simon Venn, Chief Government & Strategy Officer, Mitie, said: “Our priority during the pandemic is to support the nation’s efforts to fight COVID-19 and help keep the country running. Testing is a critical part of the UK’s strategy to combat coronavirus and we’re proud to support the Government with this vital task. A big thank you to all the NHS staff, Mitie employees and other frontline heroes in Ramsgate, who are working tirelessly to keep us all safe.”
In addition to the regional test sites, 125 mobile testing units operated by the Armed Forces are traveling the UK to offer coronavirus testing. They respond to need, setting up test sites at care homes, police stations and prisons.
The Government has set up a home-testing service, supported by Amazon’s logistics network and other commercial partners. Home test kits can be delivered to someone’s door so they can test themselves and their family without leaving the house.
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VAIL, Colo. — A jury will decide if Vail Resorts properly closed an expert ski run where a teenager was killed in an avalanche.
District Judge Fred Gannett ruled Friday that jurors must decide if signs on the run called Prima Cornice were sufficient when 13-year-old Taft Conlin was swept away in January 2012.
The upper gate on the run was closed, but the lower gate was left open.
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Lemosho Route 8 Days
Lemosho Route 8 Days - Climbing Kilimanjaro
This wonderful tour via the Lemosho Route 8 Days will enable you climb up to Uhuru Peak, the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Climbing to the summit is a wonderful experience and it is one of the most remarkable achievements that will bring joy to anyone who thinks about it.
With our exceptional team of experts who are here to give you the best tips and advice along the way. Although climbing to summit of Kilimanjaro is extremely challenging, if you do it with Kilimanjaro Bound it will seem easy. We have made hundreds of successful summit attempts and we are waiting for you to book with us.
If you want to ask us anything at all after reading this itinerary for Lemosho Route 8 Days, you can contact us online and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
After completing the Lemosho Route 8 Days you will have the choice of booking an incredible Safari of the National Parks of Tanzania, checking out the culture with some of our short tours or taking a well earned rest on the island of Zanzibar.
Kilimanjaro Bound will take care of you and your party and organise everything you need for the trip of a lifetime.
- High summit success rate. Good for acclimatization, especially on the longer itineraries
- Remote and spectacular, dramatic gorges and views of west Kilimanjaro
- Converges with Machame on day 4 at Baranco
- Shira offers higher start point compared to Lemosho and poorer acclimatisation
- Fully catered camping only
The Lemosho route approaches Kilimanjaro from the west. Rather than simply intersecting Shira Plateau (like Machame), Lemosho crosses it from Shira Ridge to Shira 2 Camp, in a pleasant hike. Climbers encounter low traffic until the route joins the Machame route. Afterwards, Lemosho follows the same route through Lava Tower, Barranco and Barafu, known as the southern circuit. There are several options to complete the trek over 6, 7, or 8 days based on experience.
Itinerary for Lemosho Route 8 Days
Kilimanjaro Climbing, Lemosho route approaches Kilimanjaro through forest and moorland from the west, crossing the caldera of Shira volcano and exploring the rock formations of the plateau, before traversing beneath the Southern icefields of Kibo.
We make our final ascent by the Barafu route. There are often stunning views of Kibo in the sharp light of morning and early evening.
The eight-day itinerary gives the absolute maximum possible acclimatization and also gives us an unusual view of the montane forest on Kilimanjaro. Lemosho is a little-used approach route and there is time to enjoy the unspoiled wilderness, and the breathtaking scenery, on Shira Plateau before the convergence with other routes in the later stages of the trip. Our Kilimanjaro trekking trip begins and ends at Moshi.
This is our first choice when choosing the Lemosho Route. It takes 8 days climbing Kilimanjaro and the climb begins and ends in Moshi.
Arriving any time at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), there will be a private transfer waiting at the Airport to pickup you to the hotel in Moshi where is noted for overnight stay.
We will gather in the hotel for a pre-climb briefing and an equipment check.
We will also check and confirm you have the appropriate mandatory medical coverage and travel insurance.
After breakfast at the lodge transfer straight to the gate and after completing the necessary registration formalities at Londorossi National Park gate, we drive through varied farmland with open views over the plains to reach the Lemosho road head.
We often have our lunch in the glades before starting to walk. It is an easy day of walking up a small path through a beautiful and lush forest. This area has a variety of game, including buffalo.
We camp at Lemosho Forest camp (2,650 m/ 9,000 ft).
[2-3 hours walking, Distance 6 km/4 miles, Habitat – Rain forest zone].
We soon leave the forest behind and enter the moorland zone of giant heather. The trail climbs steadily with wide views to reach the rim of the Shira Plateau. There is a tangible sense of wilderness, especially if afternoon mists come in!
We camp in the centre of the plateau at “Shira One” (3,550 m/ 11,500 ft).
[6-7 hours walking, Distance 8 km/5 miles, Habitat – Heather and moorland zone].
An easy day to help acclimatization, and to explore the volcanic rock formations of Shira Plateau. We walk to the summit of Shira Cathedral before reaching the next camp at Shira Hut (3,840 m/ 12600 ft).
This campsite has stunning views, close to the glaciated dome of Kibo and the jagged rim of Shira Plateau. The views from here of Mt. Meru floating on the clouds are simply unforgettable.
[4-5 hours walking, Distance 8 km/ 5 miles, Habitat – Heather and moorland zone].
A morning of gentle ascent and panoramic views, leaving the moorland plateau behind to walk on lava ridges beneath the glaciers of the Western Breach.
After lunch near the Lava Tower junction (4,550 m/ 15,200 ft) we descend to the bottom of the Great Barranco valley (3,900 m/ 13,000 ft.), sheltered by towering cliffs and with extensive views of the plains far below.
[5-7 hours walking, Distance 11 km/6 miles, Habitat – Alpine desert].
A steep climb up the Barranco Wall leads us to an undulating trail on the south-eastern flank of Kibo, with superb vistas of the Southern Ice fields.
The terrain changes to scree, with pockets of lush vegetation in sheltered hollows, and there is only a short distance to our camp at Karanga (4,000 m/ 13,100 ft), the last water point on the approach to Barafu, in a narrow valley.
There is plenty of time to rest, or for a short optional acclimatization walk in the afternoon up the valley above the camp.
[4-5 hours walking, Distance 5 km/3 miles, Habitat – Alpine desert]
A short but steep climb out of Karanga, on compacted scree with wide views. We then climb steadily to reach the Barafu campsite (4,600 m/ 15,300 ft).
The remainder of the day is spent resting in preparation for the final ascent before an early night.
[3-4 hours walking, Distance 4 km/2 miles, Habitat – Alpine desert].
We will start our ascent by torchlight at about 12 am, so that we can be up on the Crater rim by sunrise. The steep climb over loose volcanic scree has some well-graded zig-zags and a slow but steady pace will take us to Stella Point (5,735 m/ 18900 ft), in about five or six hours.
We will rest there for a short time to enjoy the sunrise over Mawenzi. Those who are still feeling strong can make the two hour round trip from here along the crater rim to Uhuru Peak (5,895 m/ 19,340 ft), passing close to the spectacular glaciers and ice cliffs that still occupy most of the summit area.
The descent to Barafu is surprisingly fast, and after some refreshment, we continue to descend to reach our final campsite (3,100 m/ 10,100 ft) at the edge of Mweka Forest.
[11-15 hours walking, Distance 13 km/8 miles, Habitat – summit zone]
A sustained descent through lovely forest with lush undergrowth takes us to the National Park gate at Mweka (1,650 m/5,500 ft) and on through coffee and banana farms to Mweka village.
[4-6 hours walking, Distance 10 km/6 miles, Habitat – Rain forest].
After singing out at Mweka Gate drive back to Moshi and overnight at Moshi.
Transfer back to Kilimanjaro airport and fly back home or join our safari.
Important Information About Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
- Accommodations the night before and the night after the trek two nights in Moshi
- Quality, waterproof, four-season private mountain sleeping tents
- Professional, experienced, mountain guides
- All Park fees
- Entry fees, Rescue fees, camping fees or hut fees
- All meals while on the Mountain
- Arrival and Departure transfers
- Guides, Porters, cook salaries and park fees
- Quality Mess tents with table and chairs
- Transport to the gate on starting day and after the trek
- Clean, purified drinking water
- Private, portable chemical flush toilets
- Fair and ethical treatment of porters
- Portable Summit Emergency Oxygen
- Kilimanjaro National park certificate for successful summit attempt
- Flying Doctor Service
- Tanzania Visa: $50 per person on arrival
- Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
- Meals not listed above
- Optional Tours (short safari before or after your climb, marangu village day tour, day trip to lake challa, etc)
- Tips and any items of personal nature
- Health requirements (Yellow Fever – only compulsory if you travel to Tanzania via a Yellow Fever infected country, Meningitis & Hepatitis A remains optional, but comes recommended)
our customers love us
“Fantastic experience! Really well looked after by our porters and our guides Leonard and Aggrey.”
“On summit day, our guides ended up carrying our day bags and motivated us, to make sure we would make it. Can only recommend these guys!”
“Leonard and Aggrey were so knowledgable about everything, that they even made the walking feel easy!! It’s definitely safe to say I would have never reached the summit without the help of my team, I would recommend these guys to anyone, every day of the week.”
“Aggrey & William are real professionals and heroes in guiding us to the top.”


It’s setting up to be a pretty epic 2016 for local rockers Moon Taxi. They released an incredible new album, Daybreaker, at the end of 2015, and announced a tour with dates at rising fests like Firefly, Forecastle, and Hang Out this summer. You’ll also remember us telling you about their upcoming, now sold out, show at The Ryman on April 1. Those of you that didn’t score tickets to that show will likely have to settle for the new tour inspired video for the breakout single “All Day All Night” below. The video features some familiar venues around Music City, but it also follows the band as they wow crowds at growing venues across the country.
Check it out below, and, while you watch, just think about when they played The East Room for East Nashville Underground just three years ago. Crazy, right?


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Etiketten CARINI receives “klima aktiv” award from Austrian Environment Ministry!
As part of the Austrian government’s klima aktiv campaign, Etiketten CARINI was singled out by the Austrian energy agency as an energy-efficient company.
Etiketten CARINI was one of 46 companies across Austria to receive this award from Dr. Martina Schuster from the Austrian Ministry in Vienna at the end of 2016. By replacing the old cooling system with two new smaller ones, we manage to generate annual savings of 126,500 kWh. The replacement system is not any ordinary system; it is a free-cooling facility which is capable of generating enormous energy savings.
In keeping with the principle “We are only keeping the world in trust for our children!”, it is important to CARINI to protect the environment, uncover new potential and save costs.


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Solange Knowles knows how to keep the people guessing. The build up to her highly anticipated second album When I Get Home (which was delivered as of midnight on Friday!) was full of trippy futuristic visuals and innovative marketing schemes, like releasing what turned out to be Mike Jones' phone number from the song "Back Then" where fans could hear snippets of the album.The most head-turning maneuver around the new album rollout, however, was creating a page on the website BlackPlanet, a Myspace-like forum popular amongst young Black people in the early 2000s. When she directed fans to her page, calling it the “new world wide web” in an Instagram post, Twitter immediately joked about a mass exodus to the cyber Wakanda.
In reviving BlackPlanet, a site that was very much the OG Black Twitter, Solange seems to be honoring the black community she grew up on. BlackPlanet was a futuristic project created by Stanford grad Omar Wasow in 1999, and was one of the earliest places people could creatively express their blackness online. It shocked the tech world, getting millions of African Americans hyper-engaged with the platform, until Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter took over the online world. Now, as some thought-leaders are trying to give black content creators their due, Knowles’ shoutout is directing attention back to what exactly the website was, how it influenced the internet today, and why it became obsolete.
The site was originally created as a platform for friends, dating, and eventually professional networking. When you logged on you would see who else was online, who was active recently, and you could sign a guest book if you visited someone’s page.“It was focused on being social from the beginning. And then some of the stuff like finding a job got layered on top as it took off,” Wasow told VICE.It was one of the first sites to give people an easy way to customize their own profiles with photos, about sections, and, or course, hella gifs. The site earned a line in Kanye West’s song “Get Em High” off College Dropout: "You know how girls on BlackPlanet be when they get bubbly." And Kevin Durant fans got a laugh when some savvy internet users found his high school profile in 2016, unearthing an amazing about me line that reads, “IM ON DIS JOINT CHILLEN, LOOKIN 4 YOUNGINS TO CHILL WIT OR JUS BE FRIENDS. SO IF YOU FEELIN ME GET AT UR BOY.“
So, what was BlackPlanet and what does its revival do for the culture?
“In the early days of the web the idea was that [the internet] was going to be a giant library. On most sites you were going through a series of web pages that were static. Making the internet social was still pretty unusual,” Wasow explained. “We went to great lengths to make the site feel like there are other people there.”
“In 1999 almost every story that talked about black people on the internet was focused on the digital divide, how black people were lagging behind in their use of technology,” Wasow explained. “So when we launched people were pretty skeptical that there was even a market for it.” But through creating a user-friendly site that harnessed the social culture of the black community, BlackPlanet was able to gain nearly a million users in its first year and close to five million by the end of 2005, which was a lot by pre-Facebook standards.With all the customizable options, building fire pages still took some effort, which taught people how to bend the internet to their whims. “One of the things I’m most proud of is that people weren’t just consumers of the internet but we were showing them how to build their own internet,” Wasow said. “The most important thing is that there are lots of people who became expert social media users on BlackPlanet and they were able to go thrive in different domains like black twitter.”
How did it play a role in black people becoming internet culture creators?
Depending on how deep you wanted to get you could even code your own page, which some have reflected on recently as the start of their tech careers. Black Twitter users with huge followings still shout out the site for helping them develop early tech expertise. Activist Johnetta Elzie, who has over 200,000 followers on the site, tweeted in 2017, “blackplanet had me feeling like I was an executive web designer in hs.”"Black Twitter can trace a clear lineage from BlackPlanet," says Andre Brock author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures. "It was a pioneer in encouraging users to bring their best design chops and sparked a culture of creativity centered around Black cultural artifacts."
The next big social network for black people after BlackPlanet was Myspace which launched in 2003. Wasow told Complex that MySpace creators used BlackPlanet as an early model for their site.“We made it really easy for people to build a page that has a lot of options to customize it and when Myspace launched that was their model,” Wasow said. Though it’s hard to draw any exact correlations, early Facebook and Myspace features, like listing your top friends on your page or seeing who visited your profile, were similar to the guest book on BlackPlanet.
How did it influence Myspace and Facebook?
Ironically, the question of why BlackPlanet couldn’t become its own black Twitter is now the topic of a Twitter thread. The general consensus is that the site was starting to look too outdated by the early-mid 2000s when Myspace and Facebook were taking off. “It would’ve required rebuilding the site which was a big challenge,” Wasow said. Media conglomerate Radio One bought BlackPlanet’s parent company, Community Connect, in 2008 and then decided against rebuilding it from scratch. That inevitably meant it didn’t translate well to mobile devices as social media use shifted amongst young people. “That transition from web to mobile was one that BlackPlanet largely missed,” Wasow said.
Why wasn’t it able to compete with other social media sites?
Now that Solange's album has dropped, her BlackPlanet page functions as many things: She has a visual Tumblr-esque mood board, a page for her live tour dates, and a place to sign up for a newsletter, and a link to her store (which is currently selling A Seat at The Table anniversary vinyls). The site itself has finally changed its look from the original days, and it launched a mobile app (though some are saying the app could use an upgrade). As her shout-out generates new users and renewed attention to the site’s history though, Solange made a number of people who’ve anxiously watched its downslide feel reassured.“She’s doing something that’s on the one hand futuristic and creative and forward looking. But it also taps a well of nostalgia in the black community that I’m not even sure people remembered they had,” Wasow said. “BlackPlanet went from something everyone had in college to something no one was talking about, but people spent a lot of time on that site and for a generation of African Americans it was a formative part of their internet experience.”Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of VICE delivered to your inbox daily.Follow Taylor Hosking on Twitter and Instagram.


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Pheasant Holstein Recipe18/02/2022
We paired up with chef and food writer, Valentine Warner and we ‘went wild’ to bring beer and food together in a way that's never been explored! This Pheasant Holstein recipes is ones of his absolute go-to dishes for pheasant.
Juicy, tender, crispy, buttery, sharp and salty, it’s a small island of crispy-ness to swoop down upon on those days when you can see your breath in the cold air.
Eat with a glass of wondrous Liripip – its crisp finish, light bitterness, and tight bubbly carbonation cuts through the rich buttery breadcrumbs. Its slight acidity blends with the capers and pickled walnuts, further adding to the dish. The similar flavour intensity of both the dish and the beer makes them the perfect pairing.
Ingredients (Serves 2)
• 3 tbsp plain flour
|• 2 tbsp baby capers rinsed and
• 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and
very, very finely chopped
• 6 salted anchovies from oil
• Zest of half a small unwaxed lemon
• Juice from half a small unwaxed
• 6 thin slices of pickled walnut (optional)
• 2 tbsp of parsley
1. Take each pheasant breast and beat them out evenly with a
rolling pin between two pieces of baking parchment. Flatten
to just over ½ to ¾ of a cm.
2. Empty the flour onto a plate and add in the salt and mix.
3. In a bowl beat together the mustard with two of the eggs.
4. Empty the breadcrumbs into a small oven tray.
5. Dredge the breasts in the seasoned flour and pat off
6. Dip and submerge each breast thoroughly in the egg bath and
then take to the breadcrumb tray to cover well on both sides
leaving no gaps in what will be your crispy coating.
7. Get your parsley, garlic, and capers ready.
8. Melt the olive oil and 25g of the butter over a medium heat until
foaming and then place the breasts in the pan. Cook on both
sides until each is golden brown. 2-3 minutes per side.
9. Take great care not to burn the butter and oil, adjusting the
heat when needs be.
10. When the pheasant has been turned to fry on its other side, in
a separate pan fry two eggs in some olive oil that they will be
ready at the same time as the meat.
11. Take the pheasant breasts to two warm plates and crown each
with an egg.
12. Working quickly, melt the remaining butter in the pan you used
for the pheasant and when foaming stir in the anchovies and
capers. Grate in the lemon zest.
13. Slice the pickled walnuts on a board while the anchovies melt.
14. When the anchovies have collapsed, stir in the garlic, and cook
for 30 seconds or so. Squeeze the lemon juice into the pan and
cook a little longer while you lay a few slices of walnut over
the meat and eggs and go over all with a good grind of black
15. Stir the parsley into the butter and then spoon the contents of
the pan all over the crispy pheasant, egg and pickled walnuts.
16. Enjoy with a can or Liripip

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Personal loans in Wyoming come from online lenders, banks, and credit unions. Each of those types has its pros and cons, and its approval criteria based on your requirements. Personal loans in Wyoming offer up to $100,000 amount and cap their APR at 35.99%. We researched more than 100 online lenders, 48 banks, and 34 credit unions. We evaluated their pros, cons, amount, APR, terms, credit score, and their overall performance in Wyoming. We put the best below.
|Lender:||Loan Amount:||APR:||Min. Credit Score:||Best For:
|Upstart||$1,000 – $50,000||3.09% – 35.99%||300||Low credit scores, high DTI ratios|
|ZippyLoan||$100 – $15,000||12.00% – 35.99%||0||Bad or no credit|
|PersonalLoans||$1,000 – $35,000||5.99% – 35.99%||580||Short and long-term personal loans|
|Prosper||$2,000 – $40,000||7.95% – 35.99%||640||Obtaining multiple personal loans|
|Happy Money||$5,000 – $40,000||5.99% – 24.99%||550||A stable credit history|
|Wells Fargo||$3,000 – $100,000||5.74% – 19.99%||660||Wells Fargo customers|
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Our team constantly compares terms, rates, APRs, and fees from leading lenders, providing only the most up-to-date information on our publication. Only reputable companies have a chance of being featured (goodbye, payday loans, and other predatory lenders!)
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Best Personal Lenders in Wyoming of November 2022
Here are the best lenders in November 2022. As mentioned, our personal lender reviews evaluate lenders based on strength of APR, loan amounts, favorable terms , and online reviews.
Upstart is an excellent choice for Wyoming residents with no to limited credit looking for low APRs (5.6% to 35.99%) and long repayment terms of three to five years.
To qualify for an Upstart loan, borrowers must be at least 18 years of age, be U.S. residents, and have a minimum credit score of 300. Borrowers must also have a DTI ratio not exceeding 50% (except rent/mortgage), no history of bankruptcy filing, and up to six credit inquiries within the past six months.
Ready to apply for an Upstart loan? All you need to do is complete a short form, answering basic questions about yourself, such as full name, contact information, income, employment status, and amount of money you have in savings. Once submitted, Upstart will initiate a soft pull, which does not affect your credit.
Other verification items needed include a picture I.D., pay stubs, bank statement, copy of college transcripts, and your most recent tax returns.
Upstart will immediately present your rates, terms, and conditions upon approval. Once approved, all funds are dispersed in as little as one business day.
- Flexible Terms
- Soft Credit Checks
- Attractive to Limited Credit History Borrowers
- High Origination Fee
- Higher Low-End Rates
The impact of COVID-19:
If you need to pause your loan payments because of the pandemic or due to other financial difficulties, you can submit an online request through Upstart’s website. In addition, you can also call the lender at 1-855-451-6753.
ZippyLoan is an excellent choice for comparing quotes from hundreds of lenders on one platform. Affiliate lenders offer loans ranging from $100 to $15,000 with varying APRs and repayment terms from six to 72 months. It’s best for borrowers with low credit scores who need funds deposited to their accounts in as little as one business day.
As a middleman, ZippyLoan has no input on origination fees, funding speeds, or credit checks. All of that is determined by each lender on the platform.
Applying for a ZippyLoan is easy. First, complete its online application asking for your name, address, annual income, and employment information. All ZippyLoan borrowers must have a regular income source with no minimum credit score required.
From there, ZippyLoan will return a list of compatible lenders. Upon agreeing to loan terms, borrowers are prompted to e-sign the loan agreement with all deposited funds available in as little as one business day.
- Soft credit inquiry
- No maximum credit score required
- Funds in as little as one business day
- No assistance with loan payments
- Limited transparency on upfront APRs
The impact of COVID-19:
Although ZippyLoan doesn’t have any specific programs related to the coronavirus pandemic, you can apply for a hardship exemption. To do so, please contact a representative at 1-844-379-8621 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org.
PersonalLoans.com is best for Wyoming residents looking to compare multiple lenders across all loan types, such as installment, peer-to-peer, and bank loans. Unlike Zippy, the addition of peer-to-peer and personal installment loans allows for greater flexibility with repayment.
PersonalLoans.com requires borrowers to have a minimum income of $2000 per month (peer-to-peer and personal installment loans) and higher ($3,000 per month) for bank loans. Loan terms and credit scores required vary by lender, so we appreciate the flexibility in choosing lenders based on credit requirements.
Other lending requirements for PersonalLoans.com borrowers include being at least 18 years of age with a checking account and a minimum credit score of 580 or higher for peer-to-peer/installment loans. In addition, required credit scores for banks may be much higher.
Loan amounts offered by PersonalLoans.com lenders range from as little as $1000 to $35,000, with repayment periods between 90 days and 72 months. As for origination fees, prepayment penalties, and late payment fees, all vary by lender.
Expect APRs on loans using PersonalLoans.com to vary between 5.99% to 35.99%. Some lenders may charge even higher rates, with all disclosures available at the time of application.
We appreciate PersonalLoans.com over others on the list thanks to solid low-range APRs (5.99%) available and various loans. However, only some lenders connect you with peer-to-peer lenders, which offer legit funding opportunities from verified individual investors.
- Wide variety of loan types
- Availability of low APR peer-to-peer loans
- Low-income requirement ($2,000 per month)
- Some lenders have APRs higher than 35.99%
- Hard credit score pull at the time of loan approval
- Lack of transparency with fees until loan offer received
The impact of COVID-19:
Since PersonalLoans is a comparison site, it doesn’t issue loans directly. Moreover, the lenders on PersonalLoans platform determine their deferral and forbearance policies independently. As a result, you need to contact your lender directly to determine the available options.
Like Zippy and PersonalLoans, Prosper appeals to Wyoming residents with fair and good credit borrowers with an intuitive peer-to-peer lending platform. However, it p[airs borrowers with lenders differently by using a proprietary rating system m to assign borrowers a score, which investors use to determine eligibility.
All Prosper borrowers must have a minimum credit score of 560 or higher. There is no minimum annual income requirement, but your max debt-to-income ratio must not exceed 50%.
Prosper offers eligible borrowers loan amounts of $2,000 to $50,000 with repayment terms of two to five years. APRs range from 6.99% – 35.99%. There are origination fees from 1 to 5% and late payment fees equally $15 or 5% of the monthly payment, whichever is higher. Insufficient funds will also see a small $15 fee.
For perspective, the average Prosper borrower has an average credit score of 685 with an average annual income of $86.000. The average loan amount and APRs are $10,445 and 18.9%, respectively.
One of the best things about Prosper is its quick funding, with all funds deposited to your account within one to three business days after loan approval. Another good thing about Prosper is its joint loan option, which allows two borrowers to apply for the same loan as joint applicants. This set helps increase your chances of obtaining a loan with more favorable APRs.
To be eligible for Prosper loans, you must be a U.S. citizen 18 years or older with a bank account and social security number.
Overall, Prosper is an excellent choice for people who want to take advantage of lower-than-average APRs and joint loan options with co-borrowers for greater borrowing power.
- Soft credit inquiry
- Joint loan option
- Funding in one to three business days
- Generous loan range ($2,000 to $50,000)
- Origination fees of up to 5%
- Small pay-by-mail fee ($5)
- No discounts for enrolling in autopay
With more than $3 billion in personal loans awarded to date, HappyMoney is best for those interested in fixed-rate personal loans to consolidate credit card debt. In addition, combining all monthly credit card payments into a single monthly payment takes advantage of a lower annual percentage rate than each credit card, helping you save on interest fees.
Unlike ZippyLoans, HappyMoney has higher loan limits ($5000 to $40,000). APRs offered range from 7.99% – 29.99% with a 0 to 5% in origination fees and repayment terms of two to five years. Once your application is approved, funds are wired to your account in one to two business days.
One of our favorite benefits with HappyMoney is free monthly FICO credit scores. It’s an excellent way to monitor progress as you eventually bring your balance down to zero.
To apply for a HappyMoney loan, you need to be at least 18 years old with a valid Social Security number, valid checking account, minimum credit score of 640, max DTI ratio of 55%, and a minimum credit history of three years and two accounts.
Look to HappyMoney if you want to consolidate credit card debt with one fixed interest rate loan at a lower APR than each of your credit cards on their own.
- Soft credit inquiry
- Quick, 1-2 funding time
- Direct payments to creditors
- No secured loan options
- Higher than average origination fees (up to 5%)
The impact of COVID-19:
Happy Money has relief programs that can help borrowers dealing with COVID-19 disruptions or other means of financial hardship. To inquire about the available options, you can call Happy Money at 1-949-346-8740 or send an email to email@example.com.
What Are The Best Banks and Credit Unions for Personal Loans in Wyoming?
Another excellent funding source for good and bad credit Wyoming residents is credit unions. Today, more than 70 local and regional banks and credit unions are in the state, vying to win your business with loans up to $100,000 with generous capped APRs of 18%.
Federally chartered credit unions in Wyoming also offer PALS I and PALs II payday alternative loans, which provide up to $2000 with a minimum of one month and a maximum of a 12-month term.
PenFed – Shoshoni, Casper, and Mills, WY
With more than 2 million members, PenFed Credit Union is an excellent choice for Wyoming residents who prefer low APRs and no origination fees. When providing loans directly to consumers, applicants need a minimum credit score of 600 and be 18 years of age with U.S. citizenship and a social security number.
PenFed Credit Union offers borrowers personal loans of as little as $500 to $50,000 with repayment terms of 12 to 60 months. If you are a stickler for a good reputation, we’re happy to report that PenFed Credit Union has an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau with favorable reviews throughout the Web touting its rate transparency and favorable terms.
One of our favorite things about PenFed Credit Union is its ease of signing up. To open a PenFed account, you only need to add a minimum of $5 to a savings account.
Other services PenFed Credit Union offers are joint and secured loan options using co-borrowers. Adding a co-borrower with a higher income/credit score will allow you to qualify for lower rate deals. In addition, you would share responsibility for paying back the loan. You can also use your PenFed share account to secure your loan, an excellent fallback if you cannot repay your loan.
In short, look to PenFed Credit Union if you are a Wyoming resident with good credit looking for favorable rates with more straightforward terms than the average credit union (e.g., no original or prepayment fees).
- Easy to sign up
- Generous loan amount range
- Favorable debt-to-income ratio (below 55%)
- Hard credit pull
- No option to co-sign
- Requires two-year minimum credit history
UniWyo – Laramie, WY
The third largest credit union in Wyoming, Laramie-based UniWyo Credit Union is an excellent choice for those looking for competitively low loan rates for debt consolidation. Lending rates for UniWyo personal loans start at 10.49% APR with lower rates available for auto loans (5.49% and fixed home equity (5.49%).
Military members are also eligible for a 0.25% APR discount on all new loans.
To qualify for a UniWyo Credit Union personal loan, you must have a minimum 580 credit score and be a U.S. citizen at least 18 years of age or older with a regular income.
- Generous minimum credit score
- Low rates (starts at 10.49% APR)
- Easy to open a PenFed account
- Hard inquiry
- No APR discounts for non-military members
One of the largest banks in the country, Wells Fargo personal loans are best for those with good to excellent credit who need a high loan amount.
Wells Fargo offers loan amounts as high as $100,000 with competitive APRs starting at 5.99%. Repayment periods go from 12 to 60 months. We love that they do not charge any origination or early payoff fees. However, its funding lead time is a bit higher than online lenders, with deposits to your account taking up to four business days.
Although Wells Fargo does not directly disclose the required minimum credit score, expect the best rates if you have a credit score greater than 660.
One of the best parts about Wells Fargo personal loans is its 0.25% relationship discount, awaited to existing customers who enroll their consumer checking accounts in autopay.
To be eligible for a Wells Fargo personal loan, you must be 18 or older and a U.S. citizen/permanent resident with a social security number. It takes up to three business days to learn if you are approved for a loan or not, but many approvals occur within minutes.
- Excellent APR range (5.99% – 19.99%)
- No origination or early repayment fees
- 0.25% “relationship discount” for checking account/autopay customers
- Hard credit pull
- Higher than average $39 late fee
- Questionable customer service
The impact of COVID-19:
Wells Fargo offered payment deferrals to qualifying credit card, line of credit, auto, and personal loan borrowers. If you still need assistance, you can apply by calling Wells Fargo at 1-866-828-5047.
Best Personal Online Installment Loan Rates for Good Credit in Wyoming of November 2022
Here are our picks for the best personal loans for good credit in Wyoming:
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Best Personal Online Installment Loan Rates for Bad Credit in Wyoming of November 2022
Bad credit loans are offered to Wyoming residents with no or low credit scores. Unlike good credit loans, bad credit loans usually go towards the cost of repairs, medical bills, debt consolidation, and other unexpected expenses.
Although bad credit lenders have become more flexible in recent years, expect stricter monthly payment terms and longer loan approval wait times.
Here are our picks for the best personal loans for bad credit in Wyoming:
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Best Debt Consolidation Loan Rates in Wyoming of November 2022
Wyoming residents can apply for good credit loans with credit scores of 690 or higher. Good credit borrowers enjoy low APRs, high loan amounts, and additional perks such as autopay discounts and co-borrower compatibility.
Here are our picks for the best debt consolidation loans in Wyoming:
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The Best Secured Loans in Wyoming
Secured loans are an excellent way to enjoy lower APRs, as low as 2%, and higher loan amounts of up to $2 million. This is because secured loans require putting up collateral, which lenders use to lower your risk profile.
Best Secured Loan Rates in Wyoming of November 2022
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How to Find The Best Loans in Wyoming
Whether you are looking to consolidate debt, make a large purchase, or finance a home project, personal loans in Wyoming are an excellent way to get the funding you need.
Personal loans usually come in three types: payday, credit cards, and personal loans.
Payday loans offer outrageously high-interest rates upwards of 400% and often employ predatory practices. Plus, money is generally due within two weeks, with lenders reserving the right to withdraw funds directly from your bank accounts. In turn, credit cards have an average interest rate of 16%, whereas the average rate for a two-year personal loans clocks in around 9%.
Thanks to predatory practices by payday lenders, ElitePersonalFinance recommends avoiding them altogether. All providers listed on our website are legitimate personal loan companies.
Here are all the steps you should take to find the best personal loan in Wyoming.
Do the Math. Calculate all upfront costs early. For example, learn your lender’s origination fee, which is withdrawn from the amount you borrow. Also, find out what your monthly payment would be using a loan calculator. Good loan calculators allow you to simulate your payback periods in weeks or months.
Learn your Credit Score. On the low end, personal lenders look for a minimum credit score of 580. Then, visit a site like annualcreditreport.com to access a full credit report from the three major credit reporting bureaus – TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax.
Pulling your credit scores will allow you to check for discrepancies and escalate them if necessary. For example, even a simple contest of a charge could raise your score by 100 points or more.
Evaluate your Options. Use a site like ours to evaluate personal loans based on required or not required cosigners, secured versus unsecured, and who you want to borrow from. Do you prefer a traditional credit union or an online lender?
You can use our website to evaluate a minimum of five lenders and write down interest rates and repayment periods.
Shop for Lenders. Shopping around for different lenders allows you to compare lenders and interest rates. Compare traditional loans, credit unions, and online banks. Your current bank may work with you towards expedited applications, quick approval, and favorable rates and terms.
Our website provides Wyoming residents with hundreds of reputable lenders, complete with loan amount/APR ranges, minimum credit scores, and who it’s best for.
For example, Wyoming residents looking for the best installment loans with bad credit will discover Upstart offers loans from $1,000 to $59,000 with APRs ranging anywhere from 5.60% to 35.99%. Others, like Lending Club, TD Bank, and Happy Money, offer comparable loan amounts with slightly lower APRs (5.99% to 36%) with a required 600 minimum credit score.
Outside of these key metrics, our website also provides approval turnaround times, terms, fees, qualification criteria, average borrower profile, and pros/cons for each lender.
How to Qualify For The Best Loans in Wyoming
Qualifying for the best loans in Wyoming is relatively simple to understand.
Baseline requirements from all lenders require being 18 years of age or older with U.S. citizenship/permanent residency and a social security number.
Each lender sets its borrower requirements, which may be easy or difficult to achieve. For example, PenFed loans require PenFed membership (needing as little as $5 for a savings account) and a minimum credit history of two years with a debt-to-income ratio 55% or lower.
Remember, some loans are more challenging to get than others. For example, some lenders require a minimum annual income and minimum credit score of 660 for unsecured personal loans and lower credit scores for secured personal loans, which use collateral to reduce lender risk.
To learn how to qualify for the best loans in Wyoming, we encourage you to review our reviews, which state all lending requirements by provider.
How to Apply for the Best Loans in Wyoming
For an online lender, bank, or credit union, expect a straightforward process when applying for the best loans in Wyoming.
For starters, shop around and gather quotes from multiple lenders. Be sure to jot down loan amounts, APRs, monthly payments, loan terms, and any fees and penalties. Confirm if your interest rates are fixed versus variable and the loan is unsecured or secured.
Once you’ve shopped around for a loan, gather all of your documentation. Each loan provider will ask for one or more of a combination of proof of identity, income, and address.
From there, seek pre-qualification or pre-approval. Pre-qualification usually requires prospective borrowers to complete a short online form asking for their name, address, annual income, and desired loan amount.
Once you have completed the pre-qualification process, you should expect to receive a pre-approval letter which may request additional supporting documentation, such as pay stubs, W-2 forms, and housing costs.
Once all supporting documentation is submitted, expect to close your loan in anywhere from one to seven business days, depending on the lender. Typical approval times for banks, credit unions, and online direct lenders are also one to seven business days.
Average Credit Score in Wyoming
According to Experian’s 2020 Consumer Credit Review, the average FICO score in Wyoming was 719 in 2020 and 722 in 2021.
The +3 increase in credit scores from 2021 to 2021 in Wyoming follows a nationwide trend of steadily rising credit scores, with the average U.S. credit score hitting a record high of 714. However, the average U.S. debt balance ($96,371) saw a 3.9% increase over the prior year, accounting for auto, mortgage, personal, and student loan balances.
Using FICOs own score rating categories, a 680 credit score is considered “fair” relative to higher scoring —740-799 (“very good”) and 800-850 (“exceptional).
The states with the highest credit scores include Vermont, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Oregon.
The states with the lowest credit scores are Louisiana, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, Arkansas, South Carolina, New Mexico, and West Virginia.
Despite Wyoming’s above-average credit score, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s Community Credit Profile report cites one out of every five Wyoming adults with limited credit histories.
Reporting further breaks down percentages by credit file, with roughly 11.2% of Wyoming adults having no credit file, 4.4% with a thin credit file (less than five credit accounts on record, 4.3% with a stale credit file (borrowers lacking recent activity), and 80.1% with a current, active credit file with five or more creditors on record.
Average Personal Loan Debt in Wyoming
Debt states for Wyoming residents vary depending on the type of debt.
According to Experian, Wyoming residents’ average personal loan balance was $24,421 in 2020 and $26,413 for a year-over-year +8.2% change. Only two states saw higher year-over-year percentage changes, the District of Columbia (+17%) and New Mexico (+9.1%), putting Wyoming in dubious territory.
By generation (nationally), Generation Z saw the highest percentage change (+10.9%), followed by Millenials (9%), Generation X (+6.7%), Baby Boomers (+3.4%), and the Silent Generation (1.2%).
Other types of debt to consider are federal and private student loan debts. According to Lending Tree, Wyoming residents have an average federal and private student loan balance of $29,315, significantly lower than the national average of $36,689. This balance places Wyoming squarely in 49th place, with federal private student loan debt the highest (not surprisingly) in the District of Columbia ($52,049).
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I not use my personal loan for in Wyoming?
Generally, personal loans are not tapped for larger purchases, such as real estate, investments, and college tuition. Instead, consider it more of an option for medical emergencies, unplanned vacations, home renovations, and other shorter-term projects and events.
Can I get a Wyoming personal loan with 550?
Yes! Many lenders are willing to offer personal loans in exchange for a subprime 550 credit score. However, they generally come with less flexible terms, such as a required co-signer with a higher income and credit score. However, not all hope is lost if you decide to apply on your own. Secured personal loans are an excellent choice, using collateral to make you less of a risk to the lender.
What is the minimum salary to obtain a personal loan in Wyoming?
Income requirements depend on the lender. Instead of providing an annual income, many lenders ask that you adhere to a debt-to-income ratio of 55% or less. In their eyes, the lower the percentage, the higher the likelihood you will be able to repay the loan back.
How We Pick These Lenders?
To select the best lenders, we perform exhaustive research process, pouring through the fine print from hundreds of online lenders, banks, credit unions, and other funding sources. They are chosen on the strength of APRs, loan amounts, repayment periods, lending structure, and online reviews. No predatory lenders here!
Our lender recommendations also factor in state-specific consumer behavior and average credit scores. For example, Wyoming residents enjoying a higher-than-average credit score (722), so our recommendations also include a nice mix of banks and credit unions which historically have offered lower APRs over online lenders.
The team at ElitePersonalFinance provides only the latest, up-to-date non-biased reviews on highly competitive lending products and services. If you have any feedback or suggestions, we’d love to hear from you!
Send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.org, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Wyoming residents have no shortage of reputable funding sources to secure money for their next project. Whether it is for a home renovation, an impromptu wedding, emergency medical services, or something similar, ElitePersonalFinance is ready to lend a hand in selecting your best Wyoming personal loan options.

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Sally Rees has helpfully combed through all the Welsh legislation and extracted the following information about what it says about co-production and why it matters. Screenshots below, and click this link to download the pdf document.
“Co-production of evidence is a process by which evidence is generated by the equal and reciprocal participation in research activities by academic and other partners. This briefing paper teases out the challenges and opportunities around co-producing evidence appropriate to participatory social policy and practice, and increasing people’s control within communities and services.” The Carnegie Trust’s Evidence into Policy and Practice work explores how jurisdictions, sectors, people and professionals, can work together to produce and use evidence […]
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Carnegie UK, The Welsh Council for Voluntary Action and several other organisations have discussed the benefits of kindness in public policy and how this can translate into stronger and happier communities. Read the full reports: Resilient and empowered communities: A discussion paper: https://www.wcva.org.uk/media/5724839/res_comm_disc_e.pdf Empowering communities: https://www.wcva.org.uk/media/6140277/wcva_empowering_communities_report_final.pdf The place of kindness: https://d1ssu070pg2v9i.cloudfront.net/pex/carnegie_uk_trust/2017/07/LOW-RES-3110-Kindness-Overcoming-Risk-Report.pdf Kindness, emotions and human relationships: The blind spot in public policy: https://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/kindness-emotions-and-human-relationships-the-blind-spot-in-public-policy/ Insights For A Better Way is a collection of stories, ideas and case studies […]
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The guide offers easy to follow, step-by-step guidance and resources to support organisations to use evidence to influence policy and practice. It is for anyone who wants to use evidence to improve policy and practice, regardless of the level of experience they have in doing so. Therefore, it is intended that this guide will also be of value to a wide range of stakeholders, including: practitioners, service managers, funders and commissioners, and policy makers and […]
This plan was developed in response to the Parliamentary Review report (below). It sets out a long term future vision of a “whole system approach to health and social care”, which is focussed on health and wellbeing, and on preventing illness. Find it here: https://gov.wales/topics/health/publications/healthier-wales/?lang=en Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales An expert panel was set up to undertake a review of health and social care, in line with the commitment given by the First […]
Strange bedfellows – or cut from the same cloth? The WGLA commissioned this this ‘think piece’ from Alan Netherwood on the links between the Well-being of Future Generations Act and the Social Services and Well-being Act. This sets out ways in which work to be undertaken for each Act relates to each other, including assessments and timescales etc. (December 2015) Find it here.
Co-production in the Public Sector: Experiences and Challenges, by Mariagrazia Fugini, Enrico Bracci, Mariafrancesca Sicilia This book examines the various ways in which co-production can contribute to the creation, design, and delivery of public services, namely by engaging the expertise of users and their networks, by promoting public services that are better targeted and more responsive to users, by cutting costs against the background of austerity in public finance, by creating a synergy between government and civil society that […]

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While social media was showing images of a distraught and run-down Sochi, our Modis Colleague paints a different picture from the trip of a lifetime! Here’s more from this exciting adventure:
On Thursday, we attended both the Men’s and Women’s Short Track Speed Skating. It is a very different feel than the long track and definitely had you on the edge of your seat. One wrong move by an athlete and they could wipe out, taking other competitors with them. After the speed skating, Bill and I went to the Team USA hockey game against Slovakia. We were in the first row on the glass behind the Team USA bench. Bill and I are season ticket holders for our local NHL team so seeing so many of our favorite players in person was amazing.
On Friday morning we were exhausted, but mustered up the energy to visit the spa in our hotel. Word of advice, learn the word “lighter” in Russian before ever attempting a massage. My therapist ended our session 20 minutes early and I was never so thankful for a massage to end! That afternoon, we attended the first part of a vodka tasting. Thankfully we had to cut it short for our next event, as we tasted 3 samples in the first 15 minutes!
Plus, we were sporting our Team USA hockey jerseys and cheered them on to a win. Later that night, we were able to score tickets to the Canada vs. Norway hockey game. Canada won and seeing how stacked their lineup was, we knew they had a very good chance at gold.
That afternoon, we went to the NBC house, which is connected to the Team USA house. We were sitting on the outside deck when I realized we were right next to a former US Olympian!
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One of the most surprising things about the trip was how wonderful we were treated by the people of Russia. Many of them spoke English and they often went out of their way to make sure those from other countries felt safe and welcomed in their country. Sochi failed but not in the way it was advertised on social media. Sochi failed in not living up to fear and negative hype. The country was beautiful, the people were warm and inviting, the Olympic Winter Games and venues were top notch and we felt safe and protected. It was truly the trip of a lifetime and something we will tell our grandkids about one day!


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It seems like playing mind games and dating now go hand in hand. People want to appear more desirable or create more intrigue, so they play hard to get. People don't want to seem desperate, so they set x amount of time before responding.
Sure, the psychology behind these things does “work”, but are they really working how you want them to? Are you attracting high quality dates by playing hard to get?
The answer is “no” and here are 5 reasons why:
1 – You have to keep up the challenge to make it work
So you’re making them feel like you’re not readily available to them, so they’d “want you more”, but what happens after they “get” you?
That chase and challenge are gone. So for them to stay interested, you have to create the next game for them to play.
Isn’t that exhausting to keep that up?
This dynamic meant they were only interested in you because of the game playing, not because of who you are.
A high quality partner wants to get to who you are at your core. Playing mind games turns them off.
2 – It creates scarcity but not high value
When you create that “I’m busy living my life to talk to you” scarcity, it makes that person feel like they have to fight with your other priorities for your time.
So what does this say about your readiness to be in a relationship? It says that you’re not ready or a relationship isn’t really a priority for you.
This mind game makes them feel like they don’t matter.
A high quality partner will lose interest in you, and would rather engage with someone else who is willing to spend the time and effort to get to know each other. They want to feel like they matter.
3 – It creates false mystery and intrigue
Yes, curiosity fuels attraction, but make them curious about the things that actually matter! Cultivating false intrigue just attracts the wrong people⏤those who are addicted to this type of drama.
A high quality partner wants to be safe, heard, and understood in the relationship.
When you are genuinely interested in what’s going on in their life, their mind, and their interests, you cultivate better quality intrigue that’s based on what matters versus superficial nothingness that doesn’t matter in the long run.
4 – You're getting the wrong people to prove their worth to you
When you're selective, it means you know what you deserve and won't settle for less.
Sure, this mind game gets people to step up and show you why you should choose them. But if they have to convince you in this manner, then they haven't proven themselves as a high quality partner through what you know about them already and by how they show up as an individual.
You know if someone is a high quality partner by how they show up regularly, regardless if you're there or not. They're not putting up their best versions of themselves only when you're around.
A high quality partner won't need you to validate their own self worth because both you and they know what they'll bring to the table as a desirable partner you'd want to be in a relationship with.
5 – You're protecting your vulnerability in the wrong way
People often play this game because they’re scared of getting hurt. But by putting up this facade, you’re just perpetuating the problem.
Those who play this game with you are carrying same or greater levels of hurt, and most likely, not willing to heal and improve themselves to become a better partner. Plus, game playing just encourages more game playing.
The way you protect your vulnerability is to build more trust and confidence in yourself that you know you can handle whatever comes your way.
A high quality partner wants to know you can be vulnerable with them, so they can be vulnerable with you. That continual trust in each other is what builds a deeper relationship that’ll last.
With the rise of these mind games, dating has become less genuine and more toxic.
People are more on guard, and even more of them are frustrated with the dating process. Hurt people hurt others by playing these games and hyping up the drama, which people confuse with passion, chemistry, or attraction.
If you want a high quality partner, be a high quality partner yourself.
Toss out these mind games. If you want to go on your last first date, choose to show up genuinely and walk away from those who play games as their norm.
Cheers to creating a genuine connection without mind games.
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This year our summer has been exceptional. We’ve had extreme heat, strong winds and lots of rain. Some crops have grown really well and others have struggled. Continue reading August 2018 NH newsletter
6 August 2018
Slowly the weather is changing – the days are getting longer and it’s often warm in the middle of the day. Continue reading 6 August 2018
The edible garden is in full swing with lots of produce coming on.
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Never faced any kind of negativity at Mainland China.
Excellent dishes coupled with professional service.
The type of place for all age groups.
Surprisingly ,even the buffets consistently offer great options !
Nice place, polite staff and service, and the food is decently good! It's not the best in Gurgaon but definitely above Bercos and other Chinese places around it. We've never been disappointed with the food or service here, whether it's a couple or 20 people...More
Visited again after a long time. We went there with family and kids. It was nice comfy dinner. The preparations were well made and the quality of the items has remained good and the last has not altered even after a long time.
Located in main Restaurant Area of Gurgaon is Mainland China restaurant located. It is surrounded by more than fifty other restaurants mainly bar and pubs. Food quality is excellent and service very good. The Spinach Roasted and Crushed starter is very rare and very tasty....More
Visited Mainland China after a long time...had the Sunday brunch.
Must say that the quality of food remains top notch....especially the sea food comprising crabs, fish and the starters all make for a great meal on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
We had visited this outlet of Mainland China for a family lunch over the weekend and the experience was amazing! As we had made prior reservations, the seating was done appropriately to accommodate our large group. The appetisers started as soon as we were seated....More
Food was nice. dimsums had a very good filling. were steamed but had a lot of oil oozing out. Ordered for chicken fried rice but got vegetable fried rice. crispy lamb had a smell. food quality has fallen down since last visit. they need to...More
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Date: 10/22/2010 05:49 AM Title: Chapter 1
Oh god.. The start made me giggle so much, and the photoshoot part were so hot.. I think I would have self combusted, had it been any longer (though I would just love to see the pictures for real :D)..
Date: 08/11/2009 03:26 PM Title: Chapter 1
I would have loved to attend that fotoshoot aswell...
That was one of your "first pieces"? Amazingly good I might say. Can't quite believe it! *lol*
Hope to read even more fun stuff like this!
Date: 07/24/2007 03:54 PM Title: Chapter 1
"It's the gayest thing I've ever done," ...
"Darling, I'm the gayest thing you've ever done,"
Waaahhh I want those photos. Somebody with some art talent need to draw them in their white and black leather.
Author's Response: Thanks. AS I'm a huge fan of your Draco and Harry, I sure appreciate the props. And I am going to try to do some art of this, or my daughter has threatened to draw them as stick figures!
Date: 07/19/2007 08:25 PM Title: Chapter 1
Ok...so, I'm supposed to leave a COHERENT review or something? Sorry, just can't do it. Harry. Draco. Leather. Thrusting. Caressing. Beautiful. Wonderful.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! And you and Minnie have now inspired me to take up my pencil and see if I can't do that last bit justice...anything to prevent my darling daughter from doing it with stick figures!
Date: 07/09/2007 07:28 AM Title: Chapter 1
Well you certainly weren't kidding when you said your next fic was kinder to Draco. I think I just spontaneously combusted.
*Note to self: Must find husband snug black leather trousers*
That was positively delicious.
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DES MOINES, Iowa – The Amber Alert for an abducted 5-year-old boy has been canceled. Iowa Public Safety reports the child has been found safe.
The State of Iowa has issued an Amber Alert for an abducted 5-year-old boy.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety says the abduction was reported around 8:30 pm as happening in Baldwin in Jackson County. According to the Amber Alert, 5-year-old Abel Lee Keil has been taken by Jeremy John Keil and Amy Lynn Burick. It is believed they are traveling in a silver Honda CRV with damage to the driver’s side headlight and are heading to Clinton or Davenport.
Abel Keil is described as 3’6’’ and 40 pounds with blonde hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt with a smiley face, blue shorts with animals, and Batman sandals.
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I have put in the four images that I had uploaded for this challenge in the slide show above. As I have mentioned, this was an exercise in editing fun, both for and not for the challenge. However, this exercise has sparked off ideas in my too fertile brain, and I am putting some of them into action over the next months.
Did I also upload the image below? This is a B&W inverted version. I actually quite like it. I find it almost transparent, and yet not too overdone.
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