Translation party
You take a common English phrase then translate it over and over in Japanese. You get funny results.
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Horse tramples car in Israel
The driver of this car had a lucky escape after a horse galloped over his vehicle, smashing the windshield with its hooves and denting the bonnet and roof.
The dramatic footage was taken in northern Israel by tourists who had been filming a group of horses galloping along a highway, when one plowed into an oncoming vehicle.
The driver of the car escaped with minor cuts and the horse only suffered light injuries in the head-on collision, according to a local newspaper.
The car had slowed almost to a stop when the collision occurred, lessening the impact.
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Kids are expensive
It’s no secret that raising children can be expensive, but how about a quarter of a million dollars expensive? A government report released Tuesday says a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about $221,000 raising that child through age 17.
The report by the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion identified housing as the largest single expense, followed by food and child care/education costs. The $221,000 in expenses rises to about $292,000 when adjusted for inflation. USDA economist Mark Lino, who co-authored the report with Andrea Carlson, often hears people say children cost a lot when the annual findings are issued. “I tell them children also have many benefits, so you have to keep that in mind,” he said.
Families with more income spend more on child-related costs, the report said. A family that earns less than $57,000 annually will spend about $160,000 on a child from birth through high school. Those with an income between $57,000 and $99,000 spend about $221,000 and those with higher incomes are expected to spend roughly $367,000 through age 17.
