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Spades card games have been popular in the US since the early 1900s. However, it was in the mid-1990s that it became popular across the world . With the introduction of spades online , the popularity of this card game grew manifold. Playing spades games online is now a reality. Standardization of the rules was introduced that made the game easy to understand.   The spades card game is often played with four players as two teams. Partners sit opposite each other. There are two, three, and six-player versions of the spades game too. Playing and dealing is clockwise; though the first dealer is randomly selected. The standard 52-card pack is used. After shuffling, cards are singly dealt with each player; starting from the player to the left of the dealer. The entire pack is dealt with by the players. The goal is to be the first team to reach 200 points. Playing Rules and Guidelines The rules of the spades card game are pretty simple. Players in a team add up their bids. Bidding

                    A word used for the growth and development of those in the range of 10-19 years of age, adolescence is one of the most complicated phases of a person’s life. Normally referred to as the teenage years, it’s a time when one’s emotions are totally out of control because of still trying to figure out who they really are. Being understood during such a critical age can be hard and that is what teens crave.                      Mistakes are a common part of growing up and they’re mostly made during adolescence. But since times have changed and technology has advanced in so many ways, teenagers have one more challenge to deal with – their use of and their portrayal on social media.  Social Media:                    During Covid-19, social media has helped in so many ways. It has not only kept people informed but has also helped keep many companies and services alive. However, past incidents have shown that social media is a double-edged sword. The kind of effects it may

Since most of us are eager to watch our kids enjoy, many were eager to find out if the whole topic is of any relevance to their child. Whether it is cooking a meal with kitchen utensils or building their castle and living like a priest, it all lets their imagination run wild. This thing is definitely required for a child’s growth. It is important for us to not think about all the time that is wasted but the lessons our kid is learning from this activity. Research shows that there is a release of certain hormones like oxytocin, dopamine that help children to bond with each other early on. What impact does it have on our child? ·          As the imaginations run wild during play pretend, children get their creative juices flow which eventually helps them to know more about themselves at an early age. It lets them believe that what they fantasize about is possible. We being adults are not that much fond of dreaming, are we? In childhood, there is no substitute for the imagination that

                 Climate change is real and the fact that glaciers around the world are shrinking due to climate change is known to all of us. The melting of huge icecaps and the creation of glacial lakes around the world are imposing major threats to the environment, to an extent where the possibility of flooding in low lying areas is very much likely to follow.  According to a new study based on satellite data, the number of lakes originated due to the worldwide glacier melt has increased by more than half its limit in 30 years.   Dan Sugar who is a geomorphologist and associate professor at the University of Calgary addressed the issue of rising water levels caused due to glacial lakes. He stated that they had identified that not all the meltwater is making it into the oceans immediately but until now there was "no data to gauge how much of it was being deposited in lakes or groundwater.”  It is also very hard to establish where all that water is going.  These lakes are formi

Happy birthday, United States! Yes, not on July 2, but the actual birthday of the United States of America is September 9. On this same day at 1776, was the day America was officially called the "United States of America." That new term replaced the "United Colonies," which is how the land was referenced in the Declaration of Independence. Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence, in the history of the United States, a document approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and announcing the separation of 13 British colonies of North America from Great Britain.  It explained why the Congress on July 2 had "unanimously" resolved by the votes of 12 colonies (with New York abstaining) that "these United Colonies are and ought to be Free and Independent States." Accordingly, the day on which the final separation was officially voted was July 2, although the fourth day, the day on which the Declaration of Independence was ado

UNESCO declared International Literacy Day on 8 September 1966, in order to remind the international community about the importance of literacy for individuals, communities, and societies and the need for increased efforts towards more educated societies. The topic of literacy is a core component of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Sustainable Development Plan for the United Nations. The UN's Sustainable Development Agenda, adopted in September 2015 by world leaders facilitate equal access to quality education and learning opportunities across human lives. According to recent reports, approximately 775 million adults lack the minimum education needed to be literate, of which 60.7 million are out of school or scarce attendants. South Asia has the lowest regional adult literacy rate, at 58.6 percent, according to UNESCO's 'Global Monitoring Study on Education for All' (2006), and the reasons for this vary from extreme poverty to discrimination ag

In 1985, after 73 years of sleep on the bottom of a deep dark sea, the wreckage of the RMS Titanic was discovered by a US-French rescue team led by Robert Baller. This process was funded by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Titanic hit an iceberg 375 miles south of Newfoundland on 15 April 1912, sinking on its first voyage, resulting in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers and crew, including the ship's captain. It does not have enough lifeboats for everyone on board. Of the 2224 passengers, only 705 escaped from RMS Carpathia . The Titanic was the greatest ship in coasting conditions and had numerous security highlights like waterproof compartments and radios. Sinking in just 2 hours and 40 minutes, not all rafts were topped off and not all could be propelled appropriately due to the posting vessel. Survivors' records of the boat's sinking show that the Titanic had incompletely or totally split in two and that the gigantic boat was thought to have gone