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According to a recent study from 2020, over 100 million households across the world chose to watch at least one anime on Netflix showing a growth of 50% over just one year. Whilst anime may have been a niche that only weebs or otakus watched just a few years back, it’s now a huge medium that attracts people from all over the world.

The term anime is often one that is met with either fondness or repulsion due to the variety of content that comes from this genre. Just like any sort of medium, there are mind-blowing works that just completely leave you spellbound and others that are just tasteless and tacky.

Today, every American citizen dreams about becoming a millionaire. Unfortunately, not everybody’s chances are the same, mainly because the playing field is not even. Getting to at least one million dollars in net worth is a difficult goal to achieve.

The Number of Millionaires Living in the United States

Spectrem Group tried to estimate the number of millionaires in the country. In their market insights report, they revealed the following facts:

When deciding to use cloud storage to give your enterprise applications the flexibility and scalability they need, your company will face the choice of a particular cloud storage system. We suggest using a short tutorial to help you decide which type of cloud storage is best for your projects. Game Insider also advises on how to combine different types of storage to improve system functionality and save money.

There are three types of cloud storage today: block storage, object storage, and file storage. If we look at the features of such storage in the context of real tasks, we will see their advantages and disadvantages.

Do you consider buying a car but have insufficient funds in your bank account? Well, there is a solution to your problem. At https://www.instantcashtime.com/bad-credit-loans-guaranteed-approval/, you can find a bunch of funding companies who issue bad credit loans with guaranteed approval the same day. This is exactly what most Americans do in the financial challenging situations. The federal government supports these online initiatives, even though not all of them are on the customer’s side.

George Sun from Forbes analyzes the future of merchant payment processors. Due to some objective reasons (Covid pandemic and raising financial problems of the USA citizens) the companies are likely to switch from small businesses to personal clients with smaller demands. 

Before the pandemic, more than half of small businesses were obliged to demand financial aid. And they did not get the sufficient funds they needed. This situation made the loan company flourish. During the pandemic, the number of small businesses in the USA decreased, as well as their financial capabilities. 

How likely is it for you to enjoy a CBD-infused smoothie on a Sunday morning? Well, you are not alone. Almost half of the population, 17 years old and above, of the United States accepts to consume Cannabis once in their life. However, there is a new player in the market, Kratom.

The native of Southeast is a well-known herb. It soon became so popular in the US that now people want to mix Kratom powder with CBD oil. It is known as synergy. A term used to explain the cooperation or interaction between two or more compounds to produce a more substantial power than their potential.

Did you know that Black Friday actually got its start in the 1930s? It’s true - President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday in November back in 1939, lengthening the holiday shopping season and allowing retailers to begin advertising earlier. The rest is history; every year, shoppers around the world flock to retail outlets and websites on the fourth Friday of each November, desperate to find the best deals around. There’s an art to doing so, however, so if you want to be a savvy shopper this year, read on to find out our top 10 Black Friday shopping tips.

Do you want to buy CBD vape juice but have no idea how to get started? We've got all the answers you need. CBD or cannabidiol offers numerous benefits, such as soothing your anxiety, calming your mood, and helping you relax. Furthermore, CBD is rich in medicinal properties as well.

How then should you buy the right comfort medication? What are some factors that you need to consider? Continue reading to learn more about CBD vape juice and its benefits.

What exactly is CBD? And what benefits does it provide?

The cannabidiol or CBD molecule is a non-psychoactive substance found in hemp and marijuana. You will not get high from consuming CBD because it lacks intoxicating properties. CBD is a powerful antioxidant and provides numerous health benefits, including managing anxiety, insomnia, and chronic pain.

The pandemic and the following lockdowns have slowed down the economic developments in many countries all over the world. The United States hasn’t become an exception. The national government is currently dealing with a surplus. Meanwhile, average people and small businesses have to struggle with their financial challenges. As a result, some urgent measures had to be taken.

US banks have decided to ease payday loans online standards. This has become a direct reaction to the recent events in the country. Terms and conditions have become loosened within short timeframes as funders struggled to keep up with new realities.

Bank lending standards were changed quickly in the second quarter to make more monetary policy more convenient and affordable and support the continuing economic recovery. Almost 25% of the market has supported this initiative immediately. Some financial institutions required more time and resources to adjust their policies to the new standards.

Could you imagine anything more romantic than a huge yellow Pikachu standing next to you as you exchange your vows? Imagine saying ‘I do’ as your guests are battling with each other on Pokemon Go. You don't have to imagine too hard if you are a Pokémon fan living in Japan.

Filmmaking is the most popular department of show business. It is the world of colors, fantasy, joy, and magic. It brings a lot of entertainment material for us. We have been watching movies and dramas since our childhood. They show us all kinds of content of our interest like cartoons in childhood, fantasy fairy tales for teenage girls, social dramas, and movies that we watch in our adult age. Movies are important components of our society that describe our culture, tradition, and religion. 

Sleeping is one of the most important things your body needs to re-charge and re-set the status of your physical and mental well-being. How important is sleep? Well, read this article (check it out) and find out why. Did you notice how they highlighted diseases such as Diabetes, Stroke, and Cardiac Arrest? That’s because not getting enough sleep can cause these sicknesses to take root in your body!

Not only that, but cutting back on some snooze can cloud your judgment for the day, give you chronic headaches, and worst of all, cause mental disturbances that lead to mental illnesses like schizophrenia. Yikes! What is there to do when you’re plagued by insomnia after you lay on your bed? Read on to find out how CBD and its potential to make you sleep soundly can help.

Why Do We Need Sleep So Badly?

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Who doesn’t love a good horror flick, or a good horror tale, every once in a while?

One of the main attractions in fiction and fantasy, horror movies take every opportunity to portray the dark sides of life as a means to scary onlookers. Such tactics include:

The Critical Blast awards have all been announced, but we saved the best for last: the Bombshell of the Year for 2020, based on our readers votes of all twelve of our Bombshell of the Month nominees for the prior year. And while we wanted to announce this earlier this year (we knew the results as of February 1st), we wanted to wait on this one until our Bombshell had her award in-hand, and that meant waiting for order to be taken and to arrive -- which was slightly more complicated this year due to Covid's impact on many trophy shops, many of which rely on intramural high school sports for their income. (This year's trophies came from Icon Trophies and Designs.)

Cosplay has been around for some years and it begins to gain more and more momentum. There are cosplay events that are organized around the world and not only. Dressing up as a character from your favorite book, movie, tv shows, or video game can seem to some people as an activity that does not come with any benefits. But there are many schools, especially from the Philippines that organize school events where students perform and present their costumes. Cosplay is a nice hobby students can have and organizing this kind of event not only in high schools but also in college could be a nice and relaxing activity. But why do some public high schools support cosplay as a hobby for students?

Over thousands of years of history, language has been essential to the world’s progression forwards into the next generation. As time has passed, it has evolved and changed to suit different circumstances. Technology in part has accelerated this process and has in itself contributed to further evolution and shift in culture. This is giving rise to different social groups such as geeks who each, in turn, have their own slang - here’s where it all comes from.

On the same day Critical Blast announced that Gina Carano had been selected by our readers as the Best Series Actor for 2020 based on her work in the Disney Plus streaming series, The Mandalorian, came the shocking capitulation from Lucasfilm to social media outrage over postings by the actress. The postings addressed historical methods of the government dividing people by turning friends and neighbors on each other before moving in themselves to take over the process.

Streaming services once again dominated the voting for the category of Best Series Actor of 2020, with not a single traditional broadcast medium making a statistical showing.

Hulu's The Great saw leads Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult both achieve 3% of all votes cast, in a three-way tie with DC Universe's Stargirl's Luke Wilson, while the superhero lead for the aforementioned Stargirl, Brec Bassinger, pulled in 4%.

DC Universe also saw Doom Patrol's April Bowlby stretch past the pack to nab 9% of the ballots, but Anya Taylor-Joy doubled that with 18% for her work on Netflix's The Queen's Gambit.

Every year, Critical Blast opens up the polls to our readers to select the best of everything entetainment, in multiple categories. And while some categories slimmed down this year due to the spread of coronavirus forcing people to stay home, the comic book business has seen a boom, thanks largely to a number of independent creators who have turned away from the traditional publishing market and toward crowdfunding to get their four-color fantasies fit to print and into the hands of readers.

It's February -- the month of hearts and flowers, stuffed bears and romantic greeting cards, and all in the name of love.

One of the things we here at Critical Blast love is cosplay, which is why every month our staff combs the cosplay community for up-and-coming cosplayers who deserve to have a broader audience for their work, taking into account not only costuming skills and spirit, but also how they use that ability in service to others. Through this, we've not only met some talented cosplayers, but also some fine human beings.

Which brings us to Steffany, who uses the nomme-du-cosplay New Moon. So let's dive right in and get to know her better! Critical Blast is proud to introduce you one and all to the...