It is widely known that the mainstream media is well supported by the pharmaceutical industry (and its allies) when it comes to advertising income and so we should not be too surprised when that same media is so quick to jump on the bandwagon to attack anything natural or non-pharmaceutical that might actually improve our health.
A couple of months ago there were loads of headlines saying that vitamins were a waste of money and this week, and according to just ONE study, now "vitamin D pills have little impact on health".
Just when people were at last beginning to realize the importance of boosting their vitamin D levels, particularly in the colder winter months, along comes such a report to undo all the good work of the past few years by the Vitamin D Council and other organizations such as GrassRoots. They must be tearing their hair out.
Raising Vitamin D levels have been found beneficial to our health in so many ways – it is not called the "feel good hormone" for nothing – and yet these same researchers have concluded that the vitamin D capsules did not reduce the heart attacks, strokes, cancers or bone fractures in the general population by more than 15% and so it gets dismissed.
I find it ironic that the hundreds of studies that have been carried out and published as to all the great results achieved (by increasing vitamin D levels) fail for the most part to excite mainstream media.
Sufficient or high levels of vitamin D boost our immune systems so much that Vitamin D is becoming the first and most important recommendation made by health care professionals for strengthening such immune systems against colds and flu. During the winter months, 2,000 – 4,000 IUs are recommended per day for women, 3,000 – 5,000 IUs per day for men and a teaspoon of liquid vitamin D daily for children.
Adequate amounts of Vitamin D have been shown to deactivate the flu virus in human subjects by three different independent research groups.
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have determined that children who had lower levels of vitamin D are more likely to have multiple food allergies. They found that Australian children (with parents who were vitamin D deficient) were over 11 times more likely to have peanut allergens and nearly 4 times more likely to have allergies when compared to those who had healthy levels of vitamin D. In addition, babies who were vitamin D deficient were over 10 times more likely to have multiple food allergies (that is allergic to more than 2 foods), concluding that vitamin D sufficiency plays an important role as a protective factor for food allergy in the first year of a child's life.
There are more than 70 diseases now associated with vitamin D deficiency. You can find out more about these here.
In closing this post on vitamin D, there is one word of warning. If you're taking high dose vitamin D supplements, you also need to take vitamin K2 or the forgotten vitamin. This helps to move calcium into the correct areas in your body – for example the bones and teeth – while removing it from no go areas such as the arteries and soft tissues.
Although it is difficult to have too much vitamin D, it is a vitamin K2 deficiency that can actually result in any symptoms of vitamin D toxicity such as inappropriate calcification – even leading to hardening of the arteries. When taking supplemental vitamin D3, there is an increased demand for K2.
Combined, these two nutrients help strengthen your bones and improve your heart health.
Many thanks for adding this extra information.


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Red carpet round-up: 10/02/18
The Grammy Awards and more brought the stars to the red carpet in all their finest. Singer Lana Del Rey looked stunning in a draped white gown with glittering embellishments and Samara Weaving turned heads in a hot pink silky number. But Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus stole the show in dramatic gowns with sweeping trains and classic hairstyles.
View our favourite looks in the celebrity gallery below.
60th Annual Grammy Awards, Miley Cyrus.
60th Annual Grammy Awards – Arrivals,– Katie Holmes.
Actor Priyanka Chopra attends the 2018 Pre-GRAMMY Gala
60th Annual Grammy Awards –Arrivals,– Singer Rita Ora.
60th Annual Grammy Awards –Arrivals, Camila Cabello.
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60th Annual Grammy Awards –Arrivals,– Anna Kendrick.
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Zoe Saldana at a photo call of "The Legend of Red Hand" in Milan, Italy
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Saoirse Ronan poses at the 70th Annual DGA Awards in Beverly Hills, California
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David Jones is coming to Auckland
A huge shopping complex coming to Newmarket, Auckland will see the city's first David Jones department store open. The store will be part of a newly-developed Westfield mall, with 230 specialty stores, an Event Cinemas and a rooftop dining precinct.
David Thomas, CEO of David Jones, said: "We know New Zealanders are well-travelled and fashion savvy with an appetite for international brands and world-class shopping experience. We are focused on exceeding these expectations when we open our first Auckland store as part of the exciting new Westfield Newmarket redevelopment. Our store will combine the best of New Zealand and international brands curated specifically for the discerning local market with our range of premium instore services, delivering an unparalleled experience to the region".
A statement released by Scentre Group said the development aims to provide "Newmarket's local community and the wider Auckland population with an exceptional leisure and hospitality experience".
The complex is due to be opened late 2019 and is expected to look like the below image.
David Jones to Open in Auckland Late November
Auckland's very first store will open in just a matter of weeks...
Gucci Makeup is Coming to Auckland
Gucci's sought after beauty line is touching down in New Zealand very soon...

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Aren't they a cool plant? We have a banana tree outside our building that is just about ready to harvest. Melody, our property manager, says she likes to cut them down and then offer them to the guests. Hope we're still here when that happens.
The first Hawaiians brought them from their home islands and found they grow easily here. It takes a couple years for a plant to produce its first bunch, then one or more bunches each year thereafter. There are about 100 varieties on Hawaii alone.
My favorite banana dish in the whole world is (drum roll here) … Leoda's banana cream pie. Make sure you stop by their place at 820 Olowalu Village Road if you're in the area for delicious, delicious food. And pie!
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When I'm writing a Word document while viewing Web pages in Internet Explorer, I like to place the two programs side-by-side on my screen. Unfortunately, this means that the text lines in Word extend past the right-hand limit of the screen, so I have to scroll sideways to see them. What can I do to make the text readable?
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If you'd rather not use Wrap to window, the next easiest trick is to lower the zoom level by clicking the Zoom field on the standard toolbar and typing a smaller percentage. Or you can click the Down Arrow beside the Zoom field and select a percentage. Other options include getting rid of the Ruler (View | Ruler), to give yourself more room on the left, and getting rid of the vertical scroll bar (Tools | Options | View, and uncheck Vertical scroll bar), which gives you more room on the right. You can also lower the font size, but this will obviously change the document format itself.


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What do Kraft mac & cheese, Campbell's chicken noodle soup, M&M's and Panera have in common?
Scan the store shelves or even restaurant marketing information and you'll find increasing claims to be free from GMOs (genetically modified organisms), high-fructose corn syrup, preservatives, artificial flavors, artificial colors, growth hormones, trans fat, common allergens and more.
According to research from Mintel's Free-from Food Trends US 2015 report, consumers perceive foods with any free-from claim to be healthier and less processed. Consumers also appear to equate genetic modification, artificial and unhealthy as essentially the same thing. Sixty-two percent of Millennials and 61 percent of Gen Xers believe that the fewer ingredients a product has, the healthier it is.
Mintel research indicates "real food" is particularly important to Millennials and households with children. Half of Millennial moms who purchase foods with a free-from claim say they do so to avoid unnecessary ingredients and 46 percent want their children to eat less of these kinds of ingredients.
It seems there is a fairly high level of distrust of food products and a strong desire for transparency. According to Mintel research, 71 percent said there are probably more harmful or excess ingredients than manufacturers are telling us, and 69 percent said they wanted to see more transparency in food product ingredients.
An example of a company seeking to meet consumer preferences is seen in what Kraft referred to as "the world's largest blind taste test." The company quietly removed artificial preservatives, flavors and dyes from its blue box mac & cheese in December 2015. The idea behind the marketing campaign surrounding this change was that Kraft maintained its iconic look, taste and texture without anyone noticing anything different.
Kraft isn't the only company removing ingredients from iconic food products. More and more companies are making similar moves to keep up with consumer demands.
Mars, Inc. announced it is removing artificial colors from M&Ms, Skittles, Starburst and more. This change will take up to five years.
This trend is popping up not only in foods purchased at the grocery store, but also at restaurants. For example, Panera has a No No List of the artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors and colors it is removing from its food by the end of 2016. The extensive list includes a variety of controversial ingredients that many consumers want to avoid, such as autolyzed yeast extract, BHT, FD&C colors, propylene glycol and sodium benzoate.
Beyond consumers trying to limit or avoid certain ingredients, "foods with a function" are also trending, according to the recently released Google Food Trends Report. For the most part, these are foods that are known to have particular health benefits. Some of these foods include turmeric, apple cider vinegar, Manuka honey, kefir, coconut milk, bone broth and cauliflower rice.
Of course, not all trending foods are healthy, but it is clear that, overall, American consumers are increasingly demanding options for clean eating and food without certain controversial/unnecessary ingredients.
Price matters – According to Mintel research, the majority of consumers do not want to pay extra for a free-from claim or at least have a price point they won't go past. Brands that can formulate clean recipes with fewer additives without raising the price will likely rise to the top.
Transparency is key – Consumers are increasingly educating themselves about the foods they eat and demanding ingredient transparency from brands. Honest labeling is important.
Look for this trend to continue – Consumers have an increased awareness of potential risks of controversial ingredients, and it seems likely that clean eating will remain popular. Exactly what forms that takes may change, but look for consumers to continue to seek out foods that they perceive as healthy.
What about you? Are there certain ingredients you try to avoid in the foods you eat? Is clean eating a priority for you?
Anna Keagy is an Insights Specialist and regular contributor to the Mitchell blog. Click here for more consumer insights and trendspotting from Anna.


Located on the banks of the Cowan Creek in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Bobbin Head is a historic recreation area utilised today by picnickers, families, walkers, boating and canoe enthusiasts.
It is believed that Bobbin Head derived its name from a rock located within the vicinity of the Marina, which, when partially submerged, appeared to bob up and down.
A diverse range of vegetation, from dry sclerophyll and remnant rainforests to the waterways mangroves provides homes for a variety of plants and animals, including the spotted-tailed quoll and the southern brown bandicoot. During a visit, it is not uncommon for students to be surprised and thrilled by an encounter with a large goanna or swamp wallaby.
The Bobbin Head/Kalkari area provides an insight into the cultural history of the area, providing a diverse range of significant Aboriginal heritage sites, including traditional rock engravings, midden caves and sites of Aboriginal axe grinding.
Kalkari / Birrawanna Track – see Wildwalks and National Parks and Wildlife Service sites for track details. Please note we walk in one direction from Kalkari to Bobbin Head. The bus will need to pick-up from Bobbin Head if you have chosen to walk the Birrawanna Track.
Gibberagong Track – we only walk a short section of this track from Bobbin Head to the rainforest. See Wildwalks or National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Muogamarra is a place of unique beauty and scientific value located on the northern edge of Sydney, between Cowan and the Hawkesbury River.
Muogamarra, pronounced Moo-o-ga-marra, is an Aboriginal word meaning of the Awabagal. It means 'preserve the future' which indicates the purpose this area has been dedicated.
The reserve covers approximately 2,500 ha of pristine bushland and other important environments and is currently managed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife.
Together with the interesting geological formations, the area also provides an insight into the human history of the area through the interesting Aboriginal engraving sites and early European heritage sites, including evidence of a convict road and associated school.
See the National Parks and Wildlife Service for further details.
West Head is situated at the northern tip of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, providing spectacular views of the Pittwater area.
The area showcases a rich diversity of significant Aboriginal sites including rock engravings at the Basin Track, the Red Hands Cave and the Aboriginal cave shelter site.
Schools can choose from a variety of trails and programs that are offered within the West Head area. The common tracks used are the Red Hands Cave Track, Resolute Track, and The Basin walk to the engravings.
For more information about the history of West Head including some fantastic videos, click here.
Manly Warringah War Memorial Park is a 375 hectare bushland providing an important habitat for plants and animals and visitors alike. The area is home to over 300 species of identified plants within six vegetation communities. This provides habitat to a diversity of native animals, with over 80 species of birds calling the area home.
We visit a number of different areas so be sure to check the meeting point and areas that we will visit.
Call us to discuss the possibility of exploring and uncovering the wonders of your local school environment. You may be amazed at what you find.


"R" went through some severe hardships in life. It was particularly these difficulties that led her to turn to Christ.
She lost her son, whom she loved very much, but the experience prepared her and her husband to bring hope to many other children.
My name is R_____. I come from a family that believed strongly in Buddhism. When I was still young, my family sent me to a Christian school. I didn't know much about God or Christianity. However, being in the Christian school, I began to hear the name of Jesus. During school we had worship time and prayer time. I did not understand or know much about Christianity, but every time I went to the chapel I would see this scripture saying, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). The best part of the school that I enjoyed so much was Christmas, when we had drama and performances and cookies and candies.
When I was in grade four, I moved to the government school. In the government school I seemed to forget everything about Christ and about Christianity until I was about 20 years old. My normal family life did not have anything to do with Christianity at all.
Then I married a man who worked for a Christian University. This was the second time I began to hear about Christianity. My husband began to tell me about Jesus Christ. At first he invited me to visit his work place where there are some people who wanted to teach me about Christ. At the time he took me, to a local church, a Thai church. This was where I met the first pastor in my life. Going to that church, I did not know much about Christianity, but I began to remember some of the scripture verses like, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart" and, "God so loved the world" (John 3:16). I had a lot of questions still in my heart until I began to experience the love of God from Christians. Hearing about God and his love, about Jesus Christ in the church, I began to have a lot of questions in my heart like, "Does the God my husband mentioned, does he really exist?" --these kind of questions. I began to experience the love of Christ through Christians. One of the questions in my heart was if this God could do any miracles in real life? The first miracle I experienced was the changing of my husband's heart. Before coming to Christ, my husband was smoking and drinking and loved a life of pleasure. After coming to Christ, God changed all these things--he stopped smoking and drinking. It seemed as if God had empowered him to change his life style. That's what he said, -- he wanted to honor God with his body.
During my second pregnancy, it was strange. I was pregnant with twins. The doctors said this pregnancy might turn out to be a miscarriage. When the doctors said this, at that time they didn't know if the baby was alive and well, so they wanted to do an ultrasound in order to prepare for an abortion. They did the ultrasound and found it was twins and the babies were alive. About six and a half months later the babies were prematurely delivered. The babies were not healthy. They put them in the nursery for about two months. The first baby died within five days. The second one stayed there for two months and then came home with us. This pregnancy was an exciting one. The firstborn was a girl, and the second one was a boy. Even though we lost one baby, we still had the second one, the boy.
After two weeks at home, however, the baby could not breathe and we needed to take him back to the hospital. We found out that there were more complications. In trying to save his life when he was first born, the hospital had used too much oxygen and it caused something to go wrong with the nerves for sight and hearing. It had been a very difficult time because we had to take him back to the hospital for two days. We then decided to take him to Bangkok for more diagnosis. The doctors said he was totally blind and deaf. We did not want to hear that our boy was deaf and blind! I had a lot of questions because of this. "Why did this happen to us?" My husband said that we should not blame God and that we should thank Him for everything. So I kneeled down and said to God, "Thank you for the blindness and the deafness."
I did not know what was going to happen, so I decided to just trust God. We kept our hope in God and after looking at the baby, there seemed to be no hope. We still were happy and had peace in our heart and expected that maybe God would do something miraculously. It seemed impossible to see a miracle during that time, but it seemed like the boy was there to unite us as husband and wife, and we experienced love in our family. We had peace of mind and faith to stand strong because back then we were living with parents who were not Christians, and they tried to encourage us to try superstitious things and black power. They wanted us to try anything to save the baby, but we kept believing in God. We took care of the boy until he was 3 years old. We had happiness and peace in our family and we enjoyed him very much. He then died at 3 years old and God took him home.
Looking from outside it might have seemed like it had been a time of great unhappiness, but we knew in our family that it was a time of happiness. After that I decided to fully follow Christ and decided to go forward and be baptized.
I then started to have some problems with my mother. My mother asked if I could just continue as I was because she wanted me to remain a silent Christian without water baptism. I challenged my mother by saying, "Please let me follow Christ and be baptized and from now watch my life and see if there is anything worse, or whether following Christ will make my life better." So my mother remained quiet and watched me.
After that time we had started to work at an orphanage with orphans and under-privileged children. Looking back I can see how Christ prepared me to do this kind of work from an early time. We had no idea what to do in the orphanage, but the Lord had prepared us by allowing us to have an unhealthy boy so that we can learn to love unconditionally. Working with the orphanage we have to work with children without parents and many were not lovely. But with God's unconditional love we learned to love them. I have been here for 16 years and now have over 130 children. It is a replacement for the children we lost earlier. Coming out from the heart of the city we moved here in the rural area and now we are not only involved with orphans, but also started a church here and have seen other lives changed. From a very small background, we never imagined that we would be doing this work or that we would be leaders and doing these things for God. I want to thank God for everything that has happened in our lives, and the best thing is to know the love of God, which is still with us today. Another great thing is that my mother, after ten years of watching my life, decided to follow Christ as well.
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just running some chores and looking for interesting stuff.
We had some nice lunch first.
You really should try a Schnitzel there!
The meat is much better than the typical Schnitzel meat in Germany.
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Ssangyong Motors Bankrupt Again
South Korea's fourth largest automaker fell into bankruptcy a decade after the last restructuring.
Published 5 May 2021 1 min read
Photo: Tivoli, Ssangyong Motors' SUV. Credit: Website of Ssangyong Motors.
Ssangyong Motor Company 쌍용자동차, South Korea's fourth largest automaker with a long history of financial troubles, once again entered the court-supervised restructuring process ten years after its last restructuring. Until 1997, Ssangyong was a strong niche carmaker that introduced sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to the Korean market, with popular models like Korando 코란도 and Musso 무쏘. But the company's parent chaebolSsangyong Group 쌍용그룹 disintegrated in the face of the 1997 East Asian Financial Crisis, selling the automotive division to Daewoo Group 대우그룹 which in turn evaporated in 1999.
Spun off from Daewoo Group's bankrupt estate, Ssangyong Motors was sold to China's Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (known today as SAIC Motor Corporation) in 2005, then to India's Mahindra & Mahindra Limited in 2010, while continuing to lose money. Novelist Gong Ji-yeong 공지영's 2012 bestseller Musical Chairs 의자놀이 chronicles the harrowing journey of Ssangyong Motors' laborers, who faced mass layoffs, brutal strike-breaking crackdown and a wave of suicides as their company went adrift in this period. Although the company appeared to turn the corner in the mid-2010s by making profit, other Korean carmakers began introducing their own lineup of SUVs, pushing Ssangyong into loss once again. With the restructuring, Ssangyong Motors barely avoided getting its shares de-listed from the Korea Exchange 한국거래소 as it seeks to revive the business.
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Please call 780-723-4800 or 1-800-665-6030 for more information on Yellowhead County road bans.
In the spring, Road Bans are imposed to protect County roads. Weight restrictions on all gravel/dirt and oiled roads will be 75 percent unless specified otherwise. Companies or individuals can apply for a road bond agreement to take overweight vehicles on County roads. The bondholder shall accept full responsibility for all damages to the road and shall post a bond with the County.
All industrial subdivisions within the County will remain ban free during road ban season. Currently, the two industrial subdivisions exempted from the road ban are the Simms Industrial Subdivision on Rodeo Road and the Mizera Industrial Subdivision east of Edson. One hundred percent of legal axle weight will be permitted on these roads.
Information regarding road bans on the Alberta Transportation website.


Today I have a review of the Maybelline Superstay Better Skin foundation. It is a liquid foundation that is oil free with SPF 15 (titanium dioxide) and actyl C. It claims to be a skin-transforming foundation that improves skin's look in 3 weeks by reducing the appearance of spots, bump, dullness, and redness. While I can't say that it has done all of that, I can say that I really like this foundation. I bought the shade 15 ivory which was a little too light for my skin. This summer was the first in a few years that I got enough color to change my foundation shade so out of habit I bought the shade that was closest to what my skin usually is. My first impression was that it didn't blend easily with a flat foundation brush but it was better when I used my fingers (I haven't tried it with a buffing foundation brush) and that it had a nice satiny finish with medium coverage. It evened out my skin tone and hid blemishes and the redness on my nose and cheeks without covering my freckles, which I liked. By midday it hadn't started breaking down and I really liked how it was wearing on my face after a few hours. Around 6:00 when I was going out for the evening it had started breaking down around my nose and on my chin but overall it still looked pretty nice.
The website has 12 different shades, ladies with deeper skin tones, this might not be one for you, but the Target I bought this had like 5 shades, this was probably due to shades selling out but be aware that availability might be limited.
Overall I really liked this foundation, the coverage wasn't buildable, apply more than one layer and it starts looking cakey, but one layer provided nice coverage and the finish is really nice. I would give this 4 stars out of 5.
I haven't used a beauty blender with it yet, I'll have to try that!


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The Ruts formed in 1977 are a Punk Rock band from London. Combining straightforward beefy Punk tracks, such as Babylon is Burning and In A Rut with Dub Reggae classics like Give Youth A Chance and Jah War, they were most similar to The Clash in terms of stance and influence, walking the walk and talking the talk.
After meeting at the Deeply Vale Free Festival, The Ruts were formed on 18 August 1977, the band consisted of Malcolm Owen (vocals), Paul Fox (guitar), John "Segs" Jennings (bass) and Dave Ruffy (drums). As part of the Misty in Roots People Unite collective based in Southall, west London, the band were active in anti-racist causes and played a number of benefits for Rock Against Racism.
After a 27 year break the band reformed and are currently (2015) still giging, most recently support The Levellers whom will play at venues throughout late 2015.
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Charles Taylor v. Ariss Buckner & Bernard H. Buckner. Summons of William Hewitt
Summons of William Hewitt
Cranch, William, 1769-1855
Hewitt, William
District of Columbia,
Alexandria County, to wit.
To the Marshal of the District of Columbia, Greeting.
You are hereby commanded to summon William Hewitt (Washington) to appear before the Honorable the United States' Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the County of Alexandria, at the court-house in the town of Alexandria, on the second day of court, which commences on the Monday in June next, to testify and the truth to say on behalf of B. H. & A. Buckner in a certain matter of controversy, still pending and undetermined, between Charles Taylor & als: & them and they shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of $333 33: and have then there this writ.
Witness the Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge of our said Court, this 22d day of May 1835.
Buckners
Taylor & als:
Spas:
Summoned,
Marshal Dist. Cal.


I found it personally helpful as a "spiritual" litmus test this morning – as examining each area, allowed me to repent and pray for my heart. The marketplace is a battlefield and it is a difficult, sometimes hostile, place to live out our faith. We want to continue to pray for those of us, if not all of us struggling in the work place. We are praying. Please let us know if this has been helpful. Let's continue press on friends.


1. Writing a list is deeply satisfying to me. Any kind of list. This will definitely do.
3. Madly, madly, madly, madly!
4. I won't say I dislike poetry—I find a lot of things to be poetic but, I wish I was more moved by poetry itself, you know? I really hate medleys.
5. I really like awnings, all kinds of lettuce—but I think the ubiquitous iceberg lettuce is woefully under appreciated—and I like my job, and J Lo movies. C'mon someone has to!
8. "Look, rather than do an interview with me, which would be fascinating, by the way, because of the interesting word usements I structure ..." Steve Martin in L.A Story. I love him. I want him to buy some of my artwork. He is a very big art collector.
9. Once someone who bought one of my paintings sent an email explaining how at first she had to sleep with a flashlight so she could periodically wake up in the night and look at the painting. I can't say what the message means to me (inadequate words!) but I can tell you that I have copies of this email all over the place.
10. I admire adults who have a thing for sweets like an 8 year old kid. Perhaps the wine I drink supplies me with all the sugar I need now, but when I was a kid I anxiously anticipated the time when I would have a regular paycheck, all of which I planned to spend on candy bars. Now, I crave the naptime I had no appreciation for back then.
12. I really regret that I don't send more cards. Especially birthday cards. Especially birthday cards to the kids in my family. The thing is it's always on my mind to do so, for crying out loud!
15. I love my dogs so much—their ears smell like cookies—but I wish they were a little better behaved and enjoyed going places more. I wish the same about myself though.
16. I don't really believe in certainties and if there were such things, how dull.
17. If I'm in any kind of hurry the John Denver song, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" gets stuck in my head, and I bump into things. I only know, like, two lines of the song. It can be horrible.
18. In general I'm rather ungraceful, physically and socially.
19. I'm also absent-minded, easily distracted, and somewhat suggestible, but I'm not half the worrier I used to be.
20. Recently I've lost several valuable things (earrings, sunglasses, bank card). See no. 19? No, am thinking we might have a very clever frog in our house. (Frog, vernacular for somebody who secretly lives in your attic and comes down to eat your food and take your things while you're away from home.) But I'm trying not to worry about it.
22. Once Eric and I and some friends arrived at a Paris restaurant for a late night supper and didn't leave until sunrise. That's the closest to Hemingway chic I've ever been.
23. I was born to water ski. Have only done it once but remain utterly convinced.
23. Am horribly sentimental. Tone deaf. Can't drink coffee like I used to could. Bunion on my left foot. Abstractly organized. Conflicted carnivore. Nervous talker. Neurotic about constant access to good moisturizing lotion. Nice through and through. No favorite color—you'd think I'd have one, huh? Chronically late, but only by a little. Complaining about my cat is how I express my love for her. I know this is more than 25 already but there really is so, so much to tell you.
24. Actually the truth is, several times here I had to remind myself that this isn't supposed to be a list of alarming confessions. Random things, random things. Though I will confess, the mental list of things "inappropriate" to post has somewhat increased the fond feelings I have for myself.
25. Will share some of the "inappropriate" things for a little buttery popcorn.


Ireland, in the mighty Name of Jesus we bless you that you might prosper under the mighty hand of God. We bless you that justice and righteousness might take their proper place within your boundaries and you would know a healing of your wounds. We bless you that the favour and mercy of the Lord might rest upon you and give you peace.
Ireland, we bless you that the Father's compassion might fall upon your people, we bless them with health and wholeness. We bless relationships in every household that there would be love, peace, healing and understanding flowing between everyone. We bless your poor and needy that they might be lifted up. We bless your schools and colleges that they may be secure, safe places for teachers and pupils alike and we bless your children's capacity to learn and to develop good healthy relationships.
Ireland, we bless your governments, police forces and health and social services that they may serve with compassion, diligence and integrity. We bless your businesses and enterprises that they may prosper and be successful; giving much back into the community. We bless your land and fields to be fruitful. We bless the people of God in Ireland that they might rise up with servant authority and become a people of blessing.
We bless the churches in Ireland, may the Holy Spirit and the Word of God flow out through them in power and may they serve in love and humility with a heart for unity.
Ireland, we bless you that the knowledge of Jesus might come amongst the people of your land like a flood, may His presence and His Kingdom fall upon them. Ireland, we bless you that the joy of the Lord might be your strength. Amen.


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Saddam, back in court, accuses US of torture
"I have been hit by the Americans and tortured," told Saddam
Posted On diciembre 22, 2005 0 Comment
«Yes, I've been beaten on every place of my body and the signs are all over my body,» he added.
«We were beaten by the Americans and we were tortured, everyone of us,» he said, pointing to his seven co-accused in the dock who are being tried for the murder of some 140 Shiites killed in reprisal for an assassination attempt on the former dictator in 1982 in the town of Dujail.
Saddam has been detained by US forces since his capture two years ago.
The chief prosecutor immediately suggested that, if this were the case, he would ask US forces to hand over the defendants to the Iraqi authorities.
«Our enemy is not the American people. Our enemy is the American government which is destroying Iraq,» Saddam also said.
Saddam also described insurgents as «brave men», adding that they were doing «good work».
A senior US diplomat at the embassy in Baghdad, Christopher Reid, told CNN television the claims were «bogus».
«The claims are absolutely bogus,» he said.
«It's a strategic move. A move that has nothing to do with reality or the truth,» he added, saying the claims came after two prosecution witnesses had spoken of how they and their relatives were beaten and tortured after being arrested in Dujail in the wake of the 1982 assassination bid.
Saddam, 68, who defiantly boycotted the last hearing two weeks ago after denouncing the legality of the tribunal and telling the judge to «go to hell», also sought to lecture the court on how the country was being «humiliated» by the judicial proceedings against him.
The trial resumed on Wednesday after a two-week break allowing for a general election to elect the first full-term government since Saddam's repressive Baathist regime was toppled from power by the 2003 US-led invasion.
«They tortured me with electricity and I wished I could die,» said one witness who testified from behind curtains to preserve his anonymity.
During one torture session Saddam's half-brother Barzan Tikriti, who was in charge of the secret police, «was there eating grapes and I was screaming,» said the man who was arrested, along with his family, a day after the assassination bid on Saddam.
The secret witness said he was tortured while being held for 17 days at the Dujail intelligence centre where he identified the bodies of two of his sons whom police alleged were involved in the assassination plot.
The witness and his family were later transferred to Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad where they spent 14 months before being exiled to a desert area.
During his detention in Abu Ghraib, prison guards repeatedly abused the prisoners, beating them, the witness said.
Another witness, who testified earlier in full view of the cameras and witnesses, said he could not describe the torture he witnessed at the time.
«They would take one of us away and he would return in a sheet, dripping in blood,» said witness Ali Mohammed Hussein al-Haydari, who was 14 at the time.
Testifying just a couple of feet away from a bespectacled Saddam, who sat calmly taking notes, Haydari said he was locked up with hundreds of others in the local intelligence headquarters after the regime's clampdown.
Saddam and his co-defendants have all pleaded not guilty to charges including murder and torture but face the death penalty if convicted.
Haydari said he recognized Barzan, who at the time was in charge of the secret police and who, he said, was involved in interrogating detainees.
At one stage as he was lying down because of sickness, «Tikriti came by and asked what was wrong with me».
«He then kicked me on the leg and told guards not to treat me, adding that none in my family was worth being kept alive,» he said.
Barzan angrily denied being involved in torture and accused the witness of lying.
«I will call my own witness whose shoe is more honourable than you and your tribe. You dog!,» he shouted at the witness.
Barzan, who said his hands were «as clean as those of Moses», also denounced the Kurdish presiding judge Rizkar Mohammed Amin, saying: «If you were a real Iraqi you would be here with us in the dock.»
Earlier, the Qatari lawyer on Saddam's defence team once again complained about lack of security for the attorneys.
«We cannot continue with this case if there is deficiency in security,» Naji al-Nuaimi said.
«We were threatened at the airport and later put up in a house with no door to the lavatory,» he complained.
Two defence lawyers were assassinated shortly after the start of the trial on October 19.
Liable to be hanged if found guilty, Saddam, who once embodied Arab defiance of the West, is the first Middle East head of state to be tried by his own people.
The trial, however, is not expected to extend past Thursday when it is likely to be adjourned again until mid-January because of the announcement of Iraq's election results, holidays and the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
In court, Saddam demanded in vain that the trial be adjourned to allow him to say his prayers.
He then turned in his chair, facing towards Mecca, and prayed for about 10 minutes while the prosecution witness countinued to testify.
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Q: printing URL parameters of a HTTP request using Python + Nginx + uWSGI I have used this link and successfully run a python script using uWSGI. Although i just followed the doc line by line.
I have a GPS device which is sending data to a remote server. Document of the same device say that it connect to server using TCP which therefore would be http as simple device like a GPS device would not be able to do https (i hope i am right here.) Now as i have configure my Nginx server to forward all incoming HTTP request to python script for processing via uWSGI.
What i want to do is to simply print the url or query string on the HTML page. As i don't have control on the device side (i can only configure device to send data on a IP + Port), i have no clue how data is coming. Below is my access log
[23/Jan/2016:01:50:32 +0530] "(009591810720BP05000009591810720160122A1254.6449N07738.5244E000.0202007129.7200000000L00000008)" 400 172 "-" "-" "-"

Now i have look at this link on how to get the url parameters values, but i don't have a clue that what is the parameter here.
I tried to modified my wsgi.py file as
import requests
r = requests.get("http://localhost.com/")
# or r = requests.get("http://localhost.com/?") as i am directly routing incoming http request to python script and incoming HTTP request might not have #any parameter, just data #
text1 = r.status_code

def application(environ, start_response):
    start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/html')])
    return ["<h1 style='color:blue'>Hello There shailendra! %s </h1>" %(text1)]

but when i restarted nginx, i get internal server error. Can some one help me to understand wrong i am doing here (literally i have no clue about the parameters of the application function. Tried to read this link, but what i get from here is that environ argument take care of many CGI environment variables.)
Can some one please help me to figure out what wrong am i doing and guide me to even a doc or resource.
Thanks.

A: why are you using localhost ".com" ?
Since you are running the webserver on the same machine,
you should change the line to
 r = requests.get("http://localhost/")

Also move below lines from wsgi.py and put them in testServerConnection.py
 import requests
 r = requests.get("http://localhost/")
 # or r = requests.get("http://localhost.com/?") as i am directly routing           incoming http request to python script and incoming HTTP request might not have      #any parameter, just data #
 text1 = r.status_code

Start NGINX
and you also might have to run (i am not sure uwsgi set up on nginx)
    uwsgi --socket 0.0.0.0:8080 --protocol=http -w wsgi

run testConnection.py to send a test request to localhost webserver and print the response

A: i got the answer for my question. Basically to process a TCP request, you need to open a socket and accept the TCP request on a specific port (as you specified on the hardware)
import SocketServer

class MyTCPHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
    def handle(self):
        # self.request is the TCP socket connected to the client
        self.data = self.request.recv(1024).strip()
        print "{} wrote:".format(self.client_address[0])
        #data which is received
        print self.data

if __name__ == "__main__":
    #replace IP by your server IP
    HOST, PORT = <IP of the server>, 8000

    # Create the server, binding to localhost on port 9999
    server = SocketServer.TCPServer((HOST, PORT), MyTCPHandler)

    # Activate the server; this will keep running until you
    # interrupt the program with Ctrl-C
    server.serve_forever()

After you get the data, you can do any thing with the data. As my data format was shared in the GPS datasheet, i was able to parse the string and get the Lat and long out of it.


Most people today find themselves nursing back injuries that could be caused by mild falls, accidents or even having poor body posture. If you find yourself in such a situation, it is advisable that you seek medical help from a reputable chiropractic clinic. Have yourself examined by the chiropractor to identify your problem and find a solution. One can also choose to have acupuncture treatment administered on their ailing body part for an effective solution. Acupuncture has been used since early years as it is beneficial to the human body. With acupuncture, you do not have to worry about delaying results since it is quite effective. Outline are the benefits of visiting a chiropractic clinic for acupuncture treatment and care.
Acupuncture is great when it comes to curing various body problems. The needles placed on the body are used in the release of healing and pain-relieving chemicals. The chemicals then flow to the brain, body muscles as well as the spinal cord. This helps in the improvement of blood flow to the entire body since the blood vessels become more relaxed. The chemicals also aid in levelling up the amount of nitric oxide in the body. Once your body blood flow increases, it becomes easier for oxygen and other vital nutrients to get the body tissues and organs which is good for a stronger and healthier body.
If you are suffering pain, no more need for you to continue lamenting. Once you experience back pain, rush to the chiro clinic for examination and diagnosis. The health practitioner will examine you and come up with the best strategy to treat you. People suffering from back pains are advised to try chiro care for better results. They may opt to administer acupuncture treatment instead where they will have needled placed in the area with excruciating pain. This, in turn, will lead to the production of natural endorphins which help in eliminating the pain. Headaches that are associated with posture problems are treatable through acupuncture. This is through the administering of the spine adjustment treatment which aids in improving poor posture and eliminating any cases of experiencing body stiffness.
Most people prefer to choose acupuncture treatment when they need to recover from an injury. Acupuncture is renowned for enabling the body to recover from any pain and fatigue. The treatment helps the body to recover the muscle and tissue joints that might have been injured during vigorous sports. If you have been having sleeping issues, you need to embrace acupuncture. Sleep is associated with the ample recovery and rebuilding of body tissues which comes after administering of the acupuncture treatment.


Have you ever stumbled upon a scam website presenting a secret slot strategy which will make you a lot of money? Don't expect anything like that in this article. Slots can't be defeated in the long run.
Although slots are theoretically unbeatable, there were some cases of players able to legally or illegally take advantage of their weaknesses and make money. You can read more about them in my article How to beat slots.
Every player looks for something else, so there is no ideal strategy that fits everyone. I will show you my strategies, each suitable for a different kind of players. Finding out which of them fits you best is up to you.
You'll more likely understand how my strategies work when you have already understood the concepts of slots RTP and variance.
At first glance it seems online slot machines are a 100% game of chance. And they really are, at least in the terms of a single game round. However, that doesn't mean that you can't influence your chances by using the right betting strategy and choosing the right game to play.
In the rest of this article I'll teach you how to use the choices above to play slots more effectively.
While slot RTP and volatility apply to a single game round, the RTP and volatility of betting strategy apply to the whole game session or casino visit. The following article describes in detail what I mean by a betting strategy.
All casino games, including slots, are disadvantageous for a player. Their RTP is lower than 100 % and they favor the casino. That means that you need luck to win, which is exactly why higher volatility is generally better for you.
Let me explain… In low-volatility games, the results over time tend to stay closer to the expected return, which is lower than 100 %. On the contrary, in high-volatility games, you are still losing money in the long run, however, you have a chance to win a big sum of money, thanks to the high volatility.
That's why the majority of my slot tricks and strategies are based on increasing volatility, while also considering the game's RTP.
The majority of online slots have the same RTP for all kinds of bets. However, some slots derived from land-based slot games add significant disadvantage to certain bets. In this case you should always choose the bet type without the disadvantage. I will use two examples to demonstrate this fact.
Bet on all 3 winlines costs 2 cents and bet on 1 winline costs 1 cent. It's quite obvious that bet on 1 line has a huge disadvantage and its RTP will be extremely low. Therefore, it is always beneficial to choose the bet of 2 cents.
Example 2: Full bets unlock bonus features that double your win on three joker symbols. The game without this feature probably won't have very attractive RTP. So either choose another slot or play the full bet with highest RTP.
The double up feature (red/black) gives you the option to double your win with a 50% chance. In some games (like slots from Novomatic) you can do this multiple times in a row (13 I think).
This feature dramatically increases the volatility of the game. From a long-term perspective, you exchange a lot of smaller wins for proportionally fewer wins of higher value.
For example, without using the double up feature, you could win 40 times, winning $1 each time. However, if you used the double up feature up to 3 times, you could win 5 times, winning $8 each time. The long-term expected value is the same, but the individual wins are bigger.
If your goal is to win big, then double up feature is exactly what you need. It's predictable and easy to simulate, I use it in some of my recommended slot strategies.
Note: Be careful about using the double up feature when playing with bonus money, as it might be forbidden by the bonus terms and conditions. This applies also when playing with free spins no deposit bonuses, where your choice is also limited by the game for which you've received the free spins.
Did you know that if you set the game to 1 winline instead of 10, you'll most likely get 5 to 10 times higher game volatility?
When you bet $2 on one line, your average win will be much higher (and less frequent) as when you bet $0.20 on 10 lines. When you bet on 10 lines at the same time, the wins in the paytable are 10 times smaller. In most slots you usually hit a winning combination only on a small number of the 10 lines, so your average wins are also lower.
Note that this trick usually can't be used by high rollers, as the maximum bet per line is usually restricted. But there are also slots which are an exception – like Cleopatra from IGT.
However, if you are a player who doesn't bet more than $2 in a single round, this trick is a must-have.
The simple answer to this question is – you have to risk big to win big. However, if you want to win big with highest possible odds, you have to push the volatility of your strategy up to the sky.
Controversially, the most effective way to WIN BIG is to try to lose as fast as possible. That doesn't make sense, does it? Let me explain.
Statistically (in the long run), you lose money with every bet you place. That is how the RTP works. To lose less in the long run, you have to minimize the total sum of your bets. To minimize the total sum of your bets, you have to try to lose your budget with as little betting as possible. If you do so and RTP remains the same, the principles of statistics reward you with a better chance for a big win.
Now for my favorite part of the Casino.guru website. Slot math is really my passion and some of the strategies below were invented by me independently from strategies published on other websites. I tested each of them with my own simulation software using reverse-engineered slot games. Any sharing is appreciated :).
Smart Gambler is my favorite slot betting strategy. I derived the name from the "gamble button" that gives you chance to double your win with a 50 % chance.
You spin with very small bets. When you hit a winning combination, you start doubling up the win using the gamble button. You keep doubling up until you either miss and lose, or until you win that high amount that you can happily withdraw and leave.
The Smart Gambler strategy is almost ideal. It has very high RTP, while it also allows you to choose the size of win and how long you will be able to play with your budget.
Choose a slot which has a gamble feature.
Decide how long you would like to play. Divide this time by the average game round time and you'll get the approximate number of game rounds.
You want to play for 1 hour = 60 x 60 = 3600 seconds. If one round takes around 4 seconds, then you actually want to play 3600 / 4 = 900 game rounds.
Check your budget and divide it by the number of rounds you calculated in the previous step. If your budget is $100, then $100 / 900 = $0.11. Your starting bet for each round will be $0.10.
Decide the sum of money you want to win. Remember this number or write it down.
Start spinning with the calculated starting bet ($0.10 in this case).
You win enough. Cash out, leave and celebrate.
The game doesn't allow you to double up anymore.
Take the whole win and place it as a bet on roulette. Choose a type of bet that secures you the desired sum of money if you win.
Take the whole win and play one spin with a big bet. If you win, go back the point 6 (double up until satisfied).
If your selected game has restricted maximal number of double-ups, then I recommend you increase the game's volatility by configuring just one winline (with the same total bet). With this strategy, you will avoid the low initial wins that you can't double up to your desired win.
If your budget is very low, you can even play on one winline for 1 cent. With my Smart Gambler strategy and an adequate amount of luck, you can still win big.
Playing slots is not a race. You can play faster with a lower initial bet or enjoy one spin a little longer with higher initial bets. It's up to you.
Now you probably wonder, how this strategy is doing in terms of betting system RTP.
"The RTP of my Smart Gambler betting system is (in an ideal scenario) equal to RTP of the selected slot game."
Note that this betting system still doesn't guarantee you will win, but gives you a fair chance.
The following tables show the results of a million player simulations using my Smart Gambler strategy. The simulation was completed on a slot with 96 % RTP. The variables were the desired win and the maximum number of allowed double ups.
If the win was lower than expected, then the whole win was placed on roulette. A budget of $100 with a $0.10 initial bet gives you 1000 rounds – around 60 to 90 minutes of playing.
Simulations prove that RTP of this betting strategy is very high. RTP increases with higher number of allowed double ups, as no additional roulette bets are required. For unlimited number of double-ups, the RTP is equal to the game's RTP (small differences in measured RTP occur due to extreme volatility in this strategy).
Simulations show the Smart Gambler strategy keeps fair chances even when aiming for a giant win (500x the entire budget). However, the chances of such a big win are proportionally low. Be very careful and don't fall in to the "I'll once win my money back" loop. A healthy target is something around 5x-20x your daily budget.
For all the reasons mentioned I consider this to be THE BEST SLOTS STRATEGY (apart from not playing at all).
This is the craziest and the most volatile strategy I could figure out amongst all casino games. It's similar to betting "All in" on a number in roulette… just MORE volatile.
Some slots made by IGT allow you to make a huge bet on a single winline. If you first decrease the number of winlines to one, then the game allows you to increase the bet on that line up to the total maximum allowed bet. In some slots this can be up to $100.
With a $100 bet on a single line at Diamond Queen slot, your potential wins range from $500 to $100k.
As a result, you either lose everything in just a few spins or win an amount in the range from nice to legendary.
You remember, right? The less you bet in total, the higher is the RTP of your betting strategy. That's how this strategy works. If you go all in and leave with a win, then the RTP of your betting strategy equals to the RTP of the game. In the case of Diamond Queen, it's (according to the game's paytable) between 92.97% and 96.08%. In case of Cleopatra, it's around 95%.
So your one-spin "session" would statistically cost you only $5-$7 (in the long run). The rest would be eventually paid out to winners who use the same strategy.
I have found three slots which support this feature: Diamond Queen, Wolf Run and Cleopatra. Cleopatra offers the highest possible win – 10 000 times the bet. However, I would choose Diamond Queen, as it seems more balanced.
IGT slots cap the maximum win to $250k. So, if you bet $100 on single line in Cleopatra, you risk that you'll win $1 million, but only get $250k.
Don't risk a high win in a casino which can't afford to pay it out. Use this strategy only in huge casinos with monthly revenues over $1 million like LeoVegas.
Never exceed your initial budget. Spin and leave when you've reached your budget. Don't use this strategy if you've had any sort of gambling problems in the past.
If you were crazy enough to try this strategy and then managed to hit it big, please let me know. I'll share your story.
P.S.: I plan to reverse engineer Diamond Queen and calculate the chances for different win sizes.
Reverse Martingale is a good betting strategy if your favorite slot doesn't have a double-up feature. Do you know the roulette betting strategy called Martingale? Reverse Martingale does the opposite.
Martingale betting strategy (actually doesn't work) suggests you to double up your bet after each loss. The idea is that once you have to win and then you'll win back all your former bets. In reality, your bets grow exponentially and you risk your whole available bankroll in order to win just the initial bet. If you keep using the Martingale strategy, you'll go bankrupt eventually.
The main idea of Reverse Martingale is to play for small initial bets and bet the entire win in the next round until you win big enough. This strategy is similar to the Smart Gambler strategy, but it uses increased bets instead of the double up feature.
You start with $100 and bet an initial bet of $0.10. After 15 rounds lost, you suddenly win $4.41. The next round you bet the closest possible amount to your win – in this case $4.40. If you lose, then you continue with the initial bet. If you win again – for example $35, then continue with a $35 spin. If you lose, you get back to betting $0.10 each round. Repeat this until you win a satisfying amount or lose your entire budget.
If your win exceeds the maximum bet in the slot which you are currently playing, start placing the maximum bets. Be careful to not spend more than you have won in the previous round. Otherwise you'll lose big part of your budget and significantly shorten your time of play.
The Reverse Martingale has slightly lower volatility and lower overall RTP than Smart Gambler, but its advantage is that you can use any slot that you like, even if it doesn't have the gamble feature.
You can use any slot you like with the Reverse Martingale strategy, unlike with the two aforementioned strategies.
Also, the time of play is predictable and you can easily estimate it from the initial bet and your budget.
The win amount is less predictable than with the Smart Gambler strategy, but more predictable than the Casual Player strategy or the Moonshot strategy.
Reverse martingale strategy doesn't work that well for high rollers, as they'll hit the maximum bet of a slot quite often.
When you hit a win with your initial bet, write down your current balance (before the win is added to it). This will help you to do the proper math and you'll be less likely to exceed the bet which would lead to losing the balance dedicated for the small initial bets.
If possible, configure the slot to only one winline. The increased volatility plays in your favor.
The following tables show the results of a million player simulation using the Reverse Martingale strategy. I made the simulations on a 96 % RTP medium variance slot with a $50 maximum bet per round. Each simulation was a session of 1000 rounds with basic bet + additional rounds, so players either lost the entire budget or won a satisfying amount.
I was experimenting with various parameters for the initial bet (budget) and satisfying wins.
The simulations above illustrate how effective this strategy is when playing with a smaller initial budget. They also illustrate how it becomes ineffective when initial bet gets closer to the slot's maximum bet.
Your chance to win 10x your budget is 4.4% with $100 budget and $0.10 basic bet. With $5000 budget and 5$ bet (same proportion) this chance drops to 1.22% and for $10 000/$10 drops even further to 0.124%. Out of one million high rollers who started with $10 000 and played with $10 initial bet, none of them managed to get over $500 000.
The Reverse Martingale strategy works properly only if the maximum bet is at least 100x-200x higher than the basic bet. That's true for the majority of casual players.True high rollers who desire high RTP and extreme wins should look for a different strategy.
Note that for budgets and basic bets with which this strategy actually works, the average number of rounds played is around 1300. That's 1.3x more than rounds played with initial bets. This explains the 1.3 coefficient in time of play formula above.
The strategy which I call "Casual player" is one of the simplest strategies you can use. You start spinning with a certain bet size and keep spinning with same bet until you lose everything, win enough or decide to stop after certain amount of time.
This strategy is used by many casino players. I have decided to analyze it mainly to illustrate how ineffective it is compared to my strategies.
Let's start by defining "The casual player". I know that many players change the bet size according to their intuition or increase the bet when they are on a lucky streak, but for the sake of simplicity, I'll keep the bet the same during the entire simulation.
For each setup I simulated one million players with the same 96% RTP medium variance slot. Normal gaming session may take 1-2 hours, so I have decided to fix (D) to 1500 rounds (number of rounds after which player leaves regardless of his current bankroll). Then I have experimented with a $100 budget.
Note: Most slots work in a way that a win is always proportional to the bet. So the simulation using a $1 bet, $100 budget and $500 desired win will return the same results as the one with $10 bet, $1000 budget and $5000 desired win. Therefore, I made all the simulations with a $100 budget and I changed only the bet and the satisfying win.
Here are the tables with simulations for $100 budget and max. 1500 rounds. There are 3 tables with satisfying wins of $200, $1000 and $5000 respectively.
The problem is that at the same time you can have only two of those things.
You can bet $10/spin, have nice RTP and aim for very high wins, but your gaming session will likely end within few minutes.
You can bet $0.1/spin, kill time and not spend much money, but your chance to win more than just few dollars is minimal.
Or you can bet $2/spin, aim for medium wins and play for half an hour in average, but you have to accept a low strategy RTP.
The play time with constant bet strategy is unpredictable. The average play time value might look good at first glance, but in reality it's highly biased because of the lucky players who managed to play until the end. Following chart illustrates that for $2/spin and a $1000 satisfying win setup.
You can clearly see that 55% of players ran out of their respective budgets within the first 300 rounds. The chance that you'll lose your budget sooner than you intended is very high. This increases the risk of exceeding your budget, which is one of the signals of pathological gamblers.
The analyzed setup with $2 bets is the one with the most balanced time of play. The setup with a bet of $5 per spin is even more unbalanced with 80% of players losing their budgets within the first 200 rounds.
While unpredictable play time may be considered as clear negative, the unpredictable win size may increase the fun. Following plot displays the distribution of net wins/losses in my million player simulation.
I have intentionally omitted players who lost everything because there would be a huge spike at the beginning of the chart. The distribution reminds me of a "Gauss curve". The spike at $1000 value reminds how important is to know when to stop.
My next chart illustrates the distribution of wins/losses without the satisfying win rule.
This chart resembles "Gauss curve" even more. The "know when to stop" spike is flattened.
The constant bet strategy is the simplest betting strategy there is. You can achieve different results by choosing a different bet size, but you'll never have good results like with the Smart Gambler strategy or the Reverse Martingale strategy. The biggest difference is in the time of play. With constant bet, the time of play is quite short and unpredictable.
Also, if you aim for a giant win, choosing a different strategy is a must. You will almost certainly not get there with the Casual Player strategy.
I can recommend Casual Player strategy only to those players who wish to kill time with low bets, low losses and even lower wins. In that case, I recommend placing one thousandth of your evening budget per spin.
The optimal strategy of playing slots is surprisingly the simplest one. Don't play them at all. I can call this "My mum's strategy", because I knew that if I asked her which strategy she would use to play slots, she would tell me "I wouldn't play slots at all". So I have asked her and she really gave me this answer.
Mathematically, she is right. This is the only strategy with a 100% RTP. I made a computer simulation of million players who went to the casino and haven't played slots. The simulation confirmed that none of the players lost anything so the theoretical RTP of this strategy is really 100%.
The disadvantage of My mum's strategy is absolutely no thrill factor as obviously you can't win anything. Also, zero time of play may be problem in some brick and mortar casinos or gaming venues which require you to play once you are in. The solution for this might be to find some other excitement in your life. Money spared on gambling give you countless options ;).


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Raimon Carrasco Azemar, né le  à Barcelone (Catalogne, Espagne) et mort le , est un chef d'entreprise espagnol.

Il préside de façon intérimaire le FC Barcelone entre 1977 et 1978 avant l'arrivée de José Luis Núñez.

Biographie

Raimon Carrasco est le fils de l'homme politique catalaniste Manuel Carrasco i Formiguera, fusillé pendant la guerre d'Espagne, et de Pilar Azemar Puig de la Bellacasa. Raimon Carrasco est forcé à partir en exil en France jusqu'en 1940. Il s'installe ensuite à Madrid où il étudie le droit et travaille pour une compagnie d'assurance. En 1945, il retourne à Barcelone pour travailler à la Compañía Mediterránea de Seguros (assurances).

Il obtient un diplôme à l'Institut d'études supérieures de commerce (IESE) puis débute dans le monde des affaires en 1959 en tant que directeur de la Compañía de Industrias Agrícolas sous la supervision de son oncle.

Il est ensuite vice-président du Banco Industrial de Catalunya (BIC) et de la compagnie chimique Sinorgan, conseiller de la Liga Financiera, de FECSA, de l'entreprise du bâtiment Ribas y Pradell et des assurances Chasyr.

Il est un des instigateurs de la modernisation des chambres du commerce, industrie et navigation en 1966.

Comme son père, Raimon Carrasco milite à l'Union démocratique de Catalogne, bien qu'il n'occupe aucun poste d'importance. Il est un des dirigeants et le dernier à présider la Banca Catalana avant la faillite qui fit scandale. Il a présidé la Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana de 2002 à 2006, et a été membre de la Fondation de l'Université polytechnique de Catalogne (UPC) et secrétaire de l'Institut Guttmann.

FC Barcelone
En 1968, Raimon Carrasco entre au comité directeur du FC Barcelone sous la présidence de Narcís de Carreras. Il est vice-président lors des deux mandats d'Agustí Montal Costa (1969-1977) et responsable de la commission sportive.

À la fin de la présidence de Montal, Raimon Carrasco assume la présidence du club de façon intérimaire le  avec l'objectif de conduire le club aux premières élections pleinement démocratiques après la dictature franquiste. Son mandat s'achève le  avec la victoire électorale de José Luis Núñez.

Pendant son passage à la présidence, le Barça remporte la Coupe d'Espagne. Johan Cruyff et l'entraîneur Rinus Michels quittent le club. Dans les années 2000, le président Joan Laporta le nomme conseiller du comité directeur.

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   Article dans El País sur Raimon Carrasco et l'Affaire Banca Catalana

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Dirigeant espagnol de football
Président du FC Barcelone
Personnalité espagnole du monde des affaires
Naissance en février 1924
Naissance à Barcelone
Décès à 98 ans
Décès en mars 2022

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Sick of having to download apps before you can see what they're like? Google is helping to get rid of much of that hassle by adding a "Try It Now" option beside apps on its Google Play store, which allows you to use stripped-down, web-based versions of the app rather than having to download the whole shebang.
You'll basically be using a website, but to outward appearances it won't look or perform much differently than the app you otherwise would have downloaded.
The feature builds off of Google's "Instant Apps" feature the company first announced to much fanfare at Google IO 2016. Google opened the development of Instant Apps late last May, but today marks the first time the service has been available straight from the Google Play storefront. Up until today, you had to use a specialized app.
Here's what you can try right now
Despite all that lead time, the number of apps that support the feature is almost laughably small. At the time of writing, in fact, we found only eight, including favorites like the New York Times Crossword app or specialized apps for media like BuzzFeed News or Red Bull TV.
Based on these selections, it's probably wise to assume you won't be seeing this feature being used for, say, a 3GB mobile game.
But, the feature certainly has its uses, such as occasions when you might want to buy tickets through an app you'll only use once or twice. With Try It Now, you can make the purchase through the usually slick, intuitive app rather than through the often unreliable and cramped interface you often get on a mobile site.
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Syberia II comes straight back with the perfect, moving atmosphere of the first opus, giving new locations to explore, all at your own pace and without pushing your brains out of your ears. After the outing in Syberia this time around you will be exploring the cold east, the last pieces of civilisation before the cold north. You'll be passing through the great Youkol village before working your way through to the great Syberia...
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