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Q: suddenly no service, except ssh is accessible from wan I recently did install the GNOME Desktop and Graphical Administration Tools package groups to my remote host, for remote desktop connection. After the installation of nearly 550 dependencies was done, I could not connect to my personal website which is also hosted on that server.
Interesting stuff is, that I have no log entry in the access log of the web server, even though the web server (nginx) is running.
After being shocked by the results of my update, I checked other ports too, but I can't access on any port, but 22.
I did almost exactly the same as described in this tutorial about setting up the gnome gui on centos 7.
Since i have no entry in /var/log/nginx/access.log neither in /var/log/messages which would explain this behaviour, i have no idea where to start.
Did anyone have a similar issue? Where should I start to fix the problem?

A: It looks like either a firewall problem or a services problem. Could you check your firewall status?
firewall-cmd --list-services

It should return ssh as you can use it for connection and also http or https if access to your webserver is granted.

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Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Insomnia: Quetiapine vs Alprazolam
Amir Mirmohammadsadeghi 1
Iman Nariman 2
Ahmad Chitsaz 2
1 Cardiovascular Surgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Isfahan, IR Iran.
2 Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Isfahan, IR Iran.
Background: Given that insomnia is common and not always easily handled after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), this study was conducted to compare the efficacy of quetiapine and alprazolam in post-CABG insomnia.
Methods: In this clinical trial, 90 patients undergoing CABG were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups of 45 patients. The first group received 12.5 mg of oral quetiapine and the second group received 0.5 mg of alprazolam before bedtime (at 10 PM). The patients' insomnia was evaluated and compared using the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) questionnaire on 3 occasions: 1 month before surgery and then 3 days and 14 days after surgery.
Results: The mean score of insomnia 1 month before surgery and 3 days after surgery had no statistically significant difference in both groups (P =0.89 and P =0.55, respectively). The mean score of insomnia on the 14th postoperative day, which was at the end of the 10-day treatment period, was 15.33 ± 3.87 in the alprazolam group and 13.33 ± 4.71 in the quetiapine group (P >0.05 and P =0.043, respectively). In the quetiapine group, 2 patients experienced drowsiness on the following day and 1 patient developed pruritus; none of them experienced restless leg syndrome or dystonia. Nine patients in the quetiapine group and 3 patients in the alprazolam group had drug noncompliance.
Conclusions: Despite more drug noncompliance, very low-dose quetiapine was more effective than alprazolam in improving the sleep quality of our early postoperative CABG patients. (Iranian Heart Journal 2021; 22(3): 74-80)
Coronary artery bypass
Antipsychotic agents
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Mirmohammadsadeghi, A., Nariman, I., & Chitsaz, A. (2021). Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Insomnia: Quetiapine vs Alprazolam. Iranian Heart Journal, 22(3), 74-80.
Amir Mirmohammadsadeghi; Iman Nariman; Ahmad Chitsaz. "Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Insomnia: Quetiapine vs Alprazolam". Iranian Heart Journal, 22, 3, 2021, 74-80.
Mirmohammadsadeghi, A., Nariman, I., Chitsaz, A. (2021). 'Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Insomnia: Quetiapine vs Alprazolam', Iranian Heart Journal, 22(3), pp. 74-80.
Mirmohammadsadeghi, A., Nariman, I., Chitsaz, A. Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Insomnia: Quetiapine vs Alprazolam. Iranian Heart Journal, 2021; 22(3): 74-80.

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Vocalist extraordinaire Judy Collins will perform in Grand Junction on Friday, and she'll be welcomed to the city with a Grammy nod. A local member of the Recording Academy has already cast his vote for Collins in this year's Grammy race.
Gary Smith, of GRS West Music in Grand Junction, a voting member of the Recording Academy, will be in attendance at Friday's show at the Avalon Theatre in downtown Grand Junction.
Judy Collins is up for an award at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Folk Album category. Of the five finalists, Smith considered her album to be the best. He has already cast his vote for Collins.
Make plans to see Judy Collins in concert this Friday at the Avalon Theatre. For that matter, be sure to watch the Grammys this Sunday night on CBS. Better yet, do both. In the event Collins wins in her category, you can say you saw her in concert just before she won the Grammy.


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Tag Archives: Elizabeth Edwards
"something in common?" edwards and madoff
Posted on December 11, 2010 by hugmamma
Children is what they had in common, Elizabeth Edwards and Bernie Madoff. Beyond that, very little it would seem. Edwards, a mom who couldn't give enough of herself to her offspring; Madoff, whose son Mark hung himself with a dog's leash today, his young son sleeping nearby. Edwards, whose children "led the way;" Madoff, whose sons "trailed behind." Edwards, who would have crawled into Wade's grave offering maternal comfort; Madoff, alive, his needs met, his son dangling lifeless, no parent offering comfort.
When I hear of children's lives gone awry, I always imagine them as "clean slates" upon which we adults pen the first pages. It's hard for me to fathom the responsibility. We don't come to the task empty-handed. We bring an arsenal of "tools," gathered in our own journey from childhood to adulthood. What manner of "tools" these are, is dependent upon the words that were inscribed upon our "slates." "Unless you walk in someonelse's shoes…" is another image that readily comes to mind, stopping me short of passing judgment.
Rather than dwelling upon Madoff and his sins against his fellow-man, not the least of whom are his wife and sons, I prefer to focus upon Elizabeth Edwards and the legacy she has left. She showed us how to make "lemonade" of the "lemons" she was served, a son who died at 16, an unfaithful husband who fathered his mistress's child, and a disease that stole her from her 3 remaining children. Praise for this selfless mother as she was laid to rest today, diminished any news of Wall Street tycoon, Bernie Madoff, except for word of his son's suicide.
As she ended the eulogy to her mom, Kate Edwards, the eldest daughter, spoke of the children's running "game" of one upsmanship with Elizabeth. Back and forth, they assured one another "I love you more." And as would be expected, their mom always had the last say. So in conclusion, Kate said to Elizabeth "I'm proud to be able to say, I love you more, mom," which, of course, brought me to tears, as I'm sure it did the attending congregation.
Perhaps Elizabeth Edwards was on hand to comfort Mark Madoff, when he passed from this life.
a lesson for all…hugmamma.
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when to "cease and desist,"parenting
Sometimes parenting a daughter who is legally an adult at 24, is like "walking on eggshells," like "walking a tightrope," like jumping from a plane hoping my parachute will open. Until a few years ago, her life was still within the realm of our control; it still is to some degree, because we continue to offer financial support. But having lived on her own since she was 19, it's not easy to reel her in at this stage. Not that reeling her in is necessary. But I'm sure all parents agree that there are times we are impatient to substitute our substantial years of experience, for their paltry few. My husband has no problem restraining himself. I, on the other hand, am usually chomping at the bit. This is not surprising, if you've been a regular reader of my blog.
Deciding to give an opinion, in the form of advice, is a slippery slope. Fortunately, I have a huge inventory of words at my disposal to wend my way in and out of a tricky conversation. It's like fencing, or a game of chess. I move; she moves. I act; she reacts; I react, and so on, and so forth. What usually begins as opposing viewpoints, evolves into an understanding of sorts. She sees my perspective as a concerned mom, and I realize her life is hers to live. And that's the best I can hope for, an understanding that there are 2 sides to every story. But ultimately this is my daughter's story, not mine. Wouldn't we all like to write a happily-ever-after for our children?
Living in an apartment together while my daughter trained as a ballerina, gave us 2 1/2 years to bond, and then separate. I knew it was time to leave her, when the time came. Weaning her from total dependence upon my husband and I, was our daughter's rite-of-passage. And she was ready to take the reins, even though her future, personally and professionally, was far from certain. In the ensuing years, she has weathered her share of challenges, managing the repair work when her bathroom ceiling fell in, minor car accidents, the end of a long relationship, auditioning for a dance job, career politics, and health issues. We were always available, on the other end of the telephone.
Children grow up, despite our hovering. What my daughter and I have always shared, and continue to share, is a two-way conversation. We've never turned our backs on communication, because we know we love each other unconditionally. There are tears and raised voices, for sure, but there are calming words and soothing hugs as well.
So I continue to hover, and will probably do so until I draw my last breath. My daughter will always know where I stand. What she does with that knowledge is her decision as an adult. I can't live her life, I can only cherish it. So while I won't cease and desist, I will step back, knowing that my daughter is well equipped to determine the course of her life. I'll be here when her life takes a "detour." She will probably seek advice, and I'll be happy to oblige. As Elizabeth Edwards told Wolf Blitzer of CNN in an interview, "There's no mother who doesn't want to put her two cents in."
for staying involved, hugs…hugmamma.
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crazy horse, a "sioux christ?"
Posted on December 9, 2010 by hugmamma
What would convince me to read Crazy Horse – A Life by Larry McMurtry, author of Lonesome Dove? A thin paperback, only 148 pages, I was intrigued. I knew the Indian leader was famous, but why? I had no clue. Might he have been the "Sioux Christ" as indicated by Oglala and Brule Sioux historian, George E. Hyde,
…a man not easily swept off his feet by even the most potent myth, confessed his puzzlement with the Crazy Horse legend in words that are neither unfair nor inaccurate: "They depict Crazy Horse as a kind of being never seen on earth: a genius at war yet a lover of peace; a statesman who apparently never thought of the interest of any human being outside his own camp; a dreamer, a mystic, and a kind of Sioux Christ, who was betrayed in the end by his own disciples–Little Big Man, Touch-the Clouds and the rest.
Reading the first few pages, I was reminded of a TV documentary I'd seen. Rising majestically over Pa Sapa, the Black Hills of South Dakota, Crazy Horse again takes his rightful place as one of the Sioux's most famous and heroic warrior. Fifty years ago sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began to carve the Indian leader's likeness out of what once was Thunderhead Mountain. Within the last half-century the artist, his wife, and children have moved "millions of tons of rock…as they attempt to create what will be the world's largest sculpture; but the man who is emerging from stone and dirt is as yet only a suggestion, a shape, which those who journey to Custer, South Dakota, … must complete in their own imaginations."
Crazy Horse remained isolated from the encroachment of white civilization for as long as he was able. He seemed an enigma among Indians. Even his own people didn't understand him.
Crazy Horse, from the first, was indifferent to tribal norms. He had no interest, early or late, in the annual sundance rite, and didn't bother with any of the ordeals of purification that many young Sioux men underwent, rituals that have been well recorded by George Catlin and others. Crazy Horse took his manhood as a given, and proved it in battle from an early age. His people may have thought him strange, but nonetheless he was let alone, allowed to walk in his own way.
His prominence today, as a symbol of Sioux resistance, owes much to his character, of course, but it also is in part a matter of historical timing. He fought his best in the last great battles–the Rosebud and the Little Bighorn–and then died young, in the last moments when the Sioux could think of themselves as free. By an accident of fate, the man and the way of life died together: little wonder that he came to be a symbol of Sioux freedom, Sioux courage, and Sioux dignity.
Several reasons loomed large in my desire to learn more about Crazy Horse. Biographies intrigue me, historical ones only if there's a personal story behind the facts. People interest me, not the retelling of history. That's my husband's passion. That the Sioux leader was a native American, and I am a native Hawaiian, piqued my curiosity. My desire to eventually see the mammoth memorial in his honor clinched my decision to purchase, and read the slim volume.
An avid fan of old movies, one of my favorites is "They Died With Their Boots On," starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, filmed in 1941. Of course Crazy Horse was not listed among the credits in the film, although he was there, during the real battle, that is. Watching Errol Flynn portray General George Armstrong Custer, I subscribed to everyone's belief that he was the hero who sacrified his life at Little Bighorn, the day his regiment was massacred. It would be un-American to think that the Indians were fighting for the survival of their nation, and were, in fact, the real heroes. In the author's words,
Though Crazy Horse was able to live many months and sometimes even years in the traditional Sioux way, raiding and hunting in turn, the way of life to which he had been born was dying even while he was a boy. By the time of his birth the whites were already moving in considerable numbers along the Holy Road (what we call the Oregon Trail); at first the pressure of white intrusion may have been subtle and slight, but it was present, and would be present throughout his entire life. The buffalo were there in their millions when he was born but were mostly gone by the time he died. Crazy Horse would have been a boy of five or six when Francis Parkman camped in a Sioux village whose leader was Old Smoke;…Parkman was well aware that the way of life he was witnessing that summer–vividly described in "The Oregon Trail"–was a way of life that would soon be changing; indeed, would soon end…With such an abundance of game both north and south of the Platte River, it may be thought that tribal life could have gone on with little change. But the lives of hunting people are never that secure. There was, to be sure, a lot of game; but it didn't meekly present itself …(it) still had to be found and killed…animals were quick to shift away from places where they were heavily hunted. From the standpoint of the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Pawnee hunters who lived by what they killed, the white invasion was almost immediately destructive.
General Custer, "the most aggressive general in the American army," was an "erratic egoist." Not prone toward patience nor heeding the advice of others, Custer determined that the Indians were fleeing from him, rather than standing firm in opposition.
On the morning of the battle, when most of the Sioux and Cheyennes were happily and securely going about their domestic business, never supposing that any soldiers would be foolish enough to attack them, Crazy Horse, it is said, marked, in red pigment, a Bloody Hand on both of his horse's hips, and drew an arrow and a bloody red hand on both sides of his horse's neck. Oglala scouts had been keeping watch on Custer, following his movements closely. Crazy Horse either knew or sensed that the fatal day had come.
Although prepared to do battle, Crazy Horse, unlike Custer, preferred the peace of his life in isolation.
He would have preferred, I imagine, simply to avoid them and go on living a traditional Sioux life, raiding, hunting, dreaming; but the option of avoidance was not available to him for very long. The whites were too many, and they weren't satisfied with the Holy Road. They weren't satisfied with any one place or one road; they wanted everything. So he fought: on the Bozeman, on the Powder River, on the Yellowstone, in the Black Hills, on the Tongue and the Rosebud, at the Little Bighorn…He didn't win the war. What is hard to judge is how long he really expected to, if he ever expected to …he went his own way, traveled his own road, until it dead-ended at Fort Robinson in September of 1877. Looked back on from the perspective of one hundred and twenty years, his doom seems Sophoclean, inevitable; but perhaps all dooms do, once the roads taken and not taken deliver the character to his fate.
His fateful death seemed preordained, both because of the unending encroachment of the white empire, and Crazy Horse own destiny to lead his people. In a dream, interpreted by his father, Worm, "a healer, a shaman, a holy man, and an accomplished interpreter of dreams" the Sioux warrior learned that he "was to dress simply, put a small stone behind his ear, and, most important, he was not to keep anything for himself. Instead, he was to be a man of charity, doing his best to feed the poor and helpless members of his tribe. His duty to the poor was a duty that Crazy Horse took seriously all his life–it may have been because he doubted his ability to feed the many hungry people who were following him that he decided to bring the band into Fort Robinson in 1877."
Crazy Horse resisted the dominance of the whites, while other Indian leaders were acclimating, bringing their people to live within close proximity to military forts. Those whose lives were toppled, resented the resistance of those who held fast to their diminishing lifestyles. Because of the unusually hard winter of 1876-77, Crazy Horse decided to succumb to the demands of his pursuers, knowing that the 900 he led would otherwise not survive.
By the end of what was in some ways a year of glory, 1876, Crazy Horse had come to a desperate pass. It was a terrible winter, with subzero temperatures day after day. The Indians were ragged and hungry; the soldiers who opposed them were warmly clothed and well equipped. The victories of the previous summer were, to the Sioux and the Cheyennes, now just memories. They had little ammunition and were hard pressed to find game enough to feed themselves. …
It was a surrender, of a sort, but only of a sort…it was not a full or normal surrender, and neither the agency Indians…nor the generals nor, probably, Crazy Horse himself ever quite believed that a true surrender had taken place. They may all have intuited an essential truth, which was that Crazy Horse was not tamable, not a man of politics. He could only assist his people as warrior and hunter–a bureaucrat he was not. Had there not been those nine hundred people looking to him for help, he might have elected to do what Geronimo did for so long: take a few warriors and a few women and stay out. He might have gone deep into the hills with a few men and fought as guerilla until someone betrayed him or at least outshot him. But it was true that these nine hundred people depended on him, so he brought them in and sat down, for the first time, in council with the white men.
From the time that Crazy Horse handed over his rifle and his horses to the white officers at Fort Robinson until his death just four months later, he was a confused, stressed, off-balance, and, finally, desperate man. For almost the first time in his life he had done something he really didn't believe in, something that went directly against his nature. Even though he knew he had done it for the right reason–the welfare of the people–it did not feel right. The adjustments required of him if he was to live as an agency Indian were not adjustments he was able to make. From his personal point of view probably the best thing that came out of this move was that Dr. (later Agent) Valentine McGillycuddy offered to treat Black Shawl, his wife, for her tuberculosis, and did treat her with some success.
The following death bed statement was supposedly spoken by Crazy Horse to agent Jesse Lee who had brought the Indian chief to Fort Robinson, according to Peter Nabokov's "Native American Testimony." Evidently Lee was tortured over his unwitting involvement in the dastardly deed. Even General George Crook seems to have had regrets about not meeting with the Sioux leader as promised, saying " 'I ought to have gone to that council…I never start any place but that I get there.' "
My friend, I do not blame you for this. Had I listened to you this trouble would not have happened to me. I was not hostile to the white man. Sometimes my young men would attack the Indians who were their enemies and took their ponies. They did it in return.
We had buffalo for food, and their hides for clothing, and our tipis. We preferred hunting to a life of idleness on the reservations, where we were driven against our will. At times we did not get enough to eat, and we were not allowed to leave the reservation to hunt.
We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government then. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. Soldiers were sent out in the winter, who destroyed our villages. Then "Long Hair" came in the same way. They say we massacred him but he would have done the same to us had we not defended ourselves and fought to the last. Our first impulse was to escape with our squaws and papooses, but we were so hemmed in we had to fight.
After that I went up on Tongue River with a few of my people and lived in peace. But the government would not let me alone. Finally, I came back to the Red Cloud agency…I came here with the agent to talk to the Big White Chief, but was not given a chance. They tried to confine me, I tried to escape, and a soldier ran his bayonet into me.
I have spoken.
Another element of the dream in which Crazy Horse shouldered leadership of his people, foretold that he "could be injured only if one of his own people held his arms." "Before Crazy Horse was even in the ground, Little Big Man and a delegation of the Sioux leaders were in Washington to discuss the relocation issue. There exists a curious artifact, a medal presumably given Little Big Man for his bravery in subduing Crazy Horse."
This post has been in the draft stage since September. Elizabeth Edward's death reminded me why I'd decided to write about Crazy Horse. Both were individuals who lived their lives out of the spotlight, until circumstances beyond their control placed them, front and center. While they would have preferred to return to their private lives, without fanfare, concern for their loved ones made it impossible. So a mom and an Indian chief did what was required, remaining true to themselves until the end of their lives.
Sometimes you don't realize who your role models are, until they are. It's for sure neither Elizabeth Edwards nor Crazy Horse thought their lives would make a difference to those who never knew them, like me. Rather than seeking to know acclaimed celebrities, I would've preferred being a "fly on the wall" in the lives of these two reluctant heroes. What made them laugh? Who did they trust with their deepest thoughts? If they could reset their lives, would they do anything differently?
So when I visit Crazy Horse's sculpted likeness, and if I visit Edward's grave, I'm sure to be moved by 2 simple people, whose legacies are gargantuan.
in awe…hugmamma.
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elizabeth edwards, a mom
One of my earliest posts was of Elizabeth Edwards, who lost her battle with cancer today, dying at age 61. Exactly my age, I had nothing in common with her, yet I had everything in common with her, everything that mattered, that is. She was a mom who cherished her children, as much as I cherish my daughter. That made us sisters in faith. Birthing and nurturing a child is primal. When that invisible cord is severed by the death of an offspring, a mother who has invested, carries that loss forever. Edwards seemed to return her dead son's memory to the womb from whence he came. There he remained in safe-keeping, until she could be with him again. I would do the same, if I lived longer than my child.
So while the media rehashes Elizabeth Edwards' life, mainly its tragedies, including the disease which finally claimed her life, and the public scandal of her husband John's infidelity, and the resulting birth of his mistress' baby, I remember Edwards' legacy as a mom, just a mom like me. She willingly enabled the lives of those she loved, helping them be the best they could be. All she wanted in return, was their love, and support. That's all I want. Even when life takes a detour, and Edwards' life took many detours, as has mine, we adjust for the good of those we love, and our own good.
"Resilience," authored by Elizabeth Edwards, read as a love story, that special narrative between mother and child. In that instance, "blood is thicker than water," even in the case of adoptions. Moms always give their life's blood to their children. It's part and parcel of maternal love. I may not agree with the manner in which Angelina Jolie garnered a father for her children, but I grant that she genuinely loves them.
Moms lives are "messy," things never happening exactly as planned. But their maternal love is steadfast, as much as it is possible within the framework of their own personal "baggage." I don't think they set out to be bad moms; life happens. So while Edwards' life seemed wrought with discord, loss of a son, loss of her marriage, loss of her life; her soul was like the eye of a hurricane, calm and steady, knowing that the storm always passes. Elizabeth Edward's cyclonic life has finally brought her to the serene shores of eternal salvation, with her beloved son, Wade.
for a mom who weathered life's storm… with love and courage… huge hugs…hugmamma.
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facing death, and living
Posted on August 9, 2010 by hugmamma
A thin paperback, only 237 pages, Elizabeth Edwards' "Resilience" was not a book I could breeze through easily. It was written as though she were talking to me, but not seeing me. I might have been a tape recorder capturing her innermost thoughts and feelings, as if their release might ease her chronic pain, more emotional and mental than physical.
Chapters 1 through 6 explored the anguish she endured from the loss of her 16-year-old son Wade to a car accident, whose cause might have been considered "an act of God." "Wade was driving to the beach when he died. The invisible wind crossed the eastern North Carolina fields and pushed his car off the road, and he could not right it and it flipped and, crushed, it fell in upon Wade, and he died. The invisible wind. The hand of God? The hand of Satan that God has loosened on Job? Is his death a response to his or our failings, or is it a test of God? How can I lean on a God who had taken this righteous boy, or even on one who had allowed him to be taken?" After much soul-searching, Edwards decides that the God about whom she was taught is not the God of whom she has now gained a better understanding.
"God…does not promise us protection and intervention. He promises only salvation and enlightenment. This is our world, a gift from God, and we make it what it is. If it is unjust, we have made it so. If there is boundless misery, we have permitted it. If there is suffering, it came from man's own action or inaction. Cain killed Abel; God did not. Wade's death didn't belong to God. It belonged to this earth. I could still pray for Wade's eternal soul because I no longer had to blame that same God to whom I prayed unsuccessfully for his return to life."
While she continues to reference her son's death through the remainder of the book, Edwards also speaks at length of her bout with incurable breast cancer. In the midst of John Edwards 2004 vice presidential campaign, Elizabeth learned she had breast cancer. It seemed that in 2005 she'd been cured. But 2007 saw its return. Among other things, she discusses her struggle in coming to terms with death. On one hand it is not totally unacceptable, for "Death looks different to someone who has placed a child in the ground. It is not as frightening. In fact, it is in some way buried deep within you almost a relief. The splendid author Mark Helprin wrote, in the introduction to "Almost Spring" by Gordon Livingston, 'If you were on a ship battered by immense waves (and, believe me you are) that swept your child from your arms would you not (given that you had no others for whom to remain) throw yourself into the deep, hoping for the chance that in the vast black ocean you might grab onto him? Comforted just to know that you would suffer the same fate? And if you had to remain, to protect others, would you not dream all your life of the day when, your responsibilities over, you would finally get to the sea?' It is not a death wish. It is an appreciation that there might be in death some relief that life itself could never offer." But Edwards concludes that her son's death is a reminder not to take the gift of life for granted.
"I knew that I have to get ready to die. There is still no prognosis on which I can rely. All I know is that it will be at my door more quickly than I want. I don't think, as it comes, I will have my father's grace. Now, despite my words that I have a reason why death would not be so terrible, I want to live. I admit that I spend a great deal of time pretending that I would be fantastically lucky to live a decade, that I would be happy to have another decade when I know I want much more. But just as there is more than a decade, there is also less. There are moments when I believe death is only a whisper away. I try to get the teeter-totter to balance somewhere in the middle; it is rarely possible. When my mind teeters to death, I push off as hard as I can, trying to land on life. Mostly I can do that."
Elizabeth Edwards comes to terms with her life, as it is. She has adopted lines from "Anthem," a song by Leonard Cohen, as her anthem. She has had them inscribed high up on her kitchen wall as "…a reminder that the pain, the loneliness, the fear are all part of the living. There is no such thing as perfection, and we have a choice about how we integrate the imperfect into our lives." Her anthem reads "Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
A stranger who happened to be in the audience during Edward's speech at the Cleveland City Club in March, 2007, inspired her to work harder in her efforts to bring affordable health care to the unlucky among us who go without. After the luncheon speech, the stranger whispered in Elizabeth's ear "…I am afraid for my children. I have a lump in my breast, but I cannot get it checked. I have no insurance." When she went in search of someone who could help, the stranger disappeared into the crowd. And so it was that Elizabeth felt the woman believed "…that we live in a country where things can change if we just whisper in the right person's ear."
I share "Resilience" with you because there might be a lesson in it for all of us, for we begin to die the minute we are born. Facing imminent death, Elizabeth Edward focuses on living…
a new day always dawns…hugmamma.
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Our daughter was born after my husband and I were married for 16 years. She was our "miracle baby" for we thought we'd never be parents. Had she not happened, we might have adopted. I did not want to endure testing to learn why we were not blest with a child before her, nor did I want to subject myself to methodical, medical procedures to become pregnant. Before she was born, I can remember sitting in our tiny, 100-year-old, New England, church during a Mass where 8 year olds made their First Holy Communion as Catholics. Tears welled in my eyes for I wished one day that my child would be among the communicants. From my lips to God's ears, for my prayer was answered. I have always felt that our daughter was a gift that He placed in our care. She is ours to nurture and love, but she is not our possession, she is God's gift. And "what he giveth, he can taketh away." So I cherish our daughter more than life itself, and I never take one day with her for granted.
"Resilience" is written by Elizabeth Edwards, infamously known as the woman with incurable breast cancer, whose husband had an affair during his bid for the 2008 presidential campaign. They are now divorced since efforts to heal their marriage were unsuccessful. Elizabeth has borne these crosses publicly, but she has carried another in the privacy of her own heart, the untimely death of her teenage son. How can any mother, or parent, recover from such loss? Elizabeth shares her thoughts, on her own journey towards rebound.
Wade was 16 when he died. On April 4th, 1996, the wind blew across a North Carolina field and pushed his car slightly off the road. Slightly but not enough. When he tried to bring it back on, the car flipped. The air bag came out, the seat belt held, but the roof collapsed on him. The other boy walked away. Some dishes he was taking to the beach for us were unbroken. Our boy was killed instantly. It wasn't speed, it wasn't inattention, it was a straight road on a clear afternoon, and it simply was.
And what that wind took at Easter was a cherished boy, a remarkable child with the character of a man. I try to find, in this narrow place, a way to explain his virtues. He was a loving son and brother; holding our hands, hugging us, no matter who was around to see. He was a loyal friend, always there when his friends needed him, but never succumbing to peer pressure. He never drank or smoked. When a parent who came on the accident asked if drinking was involved, the boys there all answered, "Wade Edwards? No way." He usually drove home those who did drink. He was intelligent and determined. His conversation in the car that day was about how he wanted to be a lawyer; but he didn't want to take anything from his parents, he wanted to do it all himself, like his father had. He was humble and shunned the spotlight. During the week before he died, his English class studied "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway. He participated in four days of discussion but never mentioned once that he had climbed Kilimanjaro with his father the previous summer. How many among us could have sat quietly? He went to Washington as one of ten national winners of an essay contest two weeks before he died. He did not even tell his closest friends, who only later saw him on television. He was fair-minded. When asked on Martin Luther King Day how we could make the world a better place, he answered, "Look at the inside of people, not the outside." He was seven years old when he wrote that. Though he had many gifts, he never thought of himself as the tiniest bit better than anyone else. And he chastised those who treated others poorly.
I have tried to think about the nature of the bond between us. I guess the fact of "bond" assumes we are two people, such as would need a bond to hold them together. And I never really felt that degree of separateness that lets you describe the existence of a bond between two different things. His joys were my joys, his pains were multiplied to be my pains. I woke to him and slept only after his lips grazed mine. As private as he held some details of his life, protecting those he cared about from my judgment, his broader life was open, bare before me. I was the witness to all things he valued, most of which were intangible. His weakness, his strength, his vulnerability (which had worried me so), his sense of who he was and what this living business was all about, he laid that open. The truth of life, I would have guessed, could not be found out in sixteen years, and we would be fortunate to have a glimpse in sixty. Somehow, this child knew. Knew that we all fought too much over foolishness, that our vanity and our insecurities kept us from truly helping one another, that true love and friendship were marked by humility and loyalty that disregarded self-interest. And he more than knew these things, he lived his way. His mark will endure, because only these truths of life do endure. The good we do really is eternal, as we had told him, and now that axiom is a charge to us–not just to keep his memory, but to live his life message.
We know that we can never make sense of his loss. He had done it all right. Of all he wanted, he wanted most to be a father someday. And what an unbelievable father he could have been with his compassion, his warmth, his patience. He was a rare gift.
He wrote in a journal during Outward Bound when he was 15: "More than any other goal that I have set for myself I want to show my love and appreciation to my family for all that they have done for me. I know that I don't deserve all that I get but I hope that I will someday be able to say that I deserve it. I really want to do something great with my life. I want to start a family when I grow up. I am going to be as good a parent to my kids as my parents are to me. But more than anything, when I die, I want to be able to say that I had a great life. So far I have had a wonderful life and I hope it keeps up." Well, it didn't keep up as long as it should have, but we are thankful for what he left us. And he left everyone he touched the better for knowing him. We stand a little straighter in his shadow.
Our daughter has blessed our lives in EXACTLY the same way that Wade blessed the lives of the Edwards family. She has always been singular in her demeanor. She leads, without pressure. She's seen, without being showy. She's considerate of others, without their knowing. She gives, without expectations. She laughs, cries, worries, endures pain, gets sick, has self doubts. She is, as a choreographer recently told her, "genuine." Our daughter is that, on and off the stage. Who you see is exactly who you get. She is a melding of my husband and I, but there's a quality, an innate God-given sense that she is but an instrument of his handiwork. While proud of her accomplishments for one so young, our daughter is humbled when she sees others as accomplished as her. She easily relinquishes "center stage", professionally and personally, giving others their moment in the "spotlight." She has never been about herself, she has always been about others, even as a child.
I am a better person for knowing her…hugmamma
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El Parc Nacional del Sud del Luangwa, a l'est de Zàmbia, el més meridional dels tres parcs nacionals de la vall del riu Luangwa, és un refugi de fauna salvatge de renom mundial. Les concentracions de caça al llarg del meandres del riu Luangwa i les seves llacunes es troben entre les més intenses de l'Àfrica. El riu té hipopòtams i cocodrils i ofereix una línia de vida per a una de les majors diversitats d'hàbitats i vida salvatge, donant suport a més de 60 espècies de mamífers i més de 400 espècies d'aus.

Admet grans poblacions de girafa de Thornicroft, i ramats d'elefants i búfals del cap sovint de diversos centenars de caps. És un dels parcs nacionals més coneguts a Àfrica per fer safaris a peu. Fundat com a reserva de caça el 1938, es va convertir en parc nacional el 1972 i ara abasta 9.050 km².

El Parc no està fitat i està vorejat a l'oest per un escarpament abrupte i a l'est pel riu Luangwa. La vall de Luangwa es troba a l'extrem de la cua del sistema de valls del Gran Rift africà, que s'estén 4.000 km des de la mar Roja fins a la desembocadura del riu Pungwe, a Moçambic.

L'Escarpament de Muchinga a les províncies del nord i central forma el límit occidental o nord-oest del parc, que baixa des d'allí fins al riu, que es troba principalment a la riba occidental. La riba oriental del riu es troba a la província oriental i, com que l'accés al parc només és des d'aquest costat, se sol pensar que es troba totalment a la província oriental.

Història
El conservacionista britànic Norman Carr va influir en la creació del parc nacional del sud de Luangwa. Un home avançat al seu temps, Norman Carr va trencar el motlle del safari de pistes i caça i va crear un turisme basat en la conservació.

Als anys cinquanta, va convèncer el cap de Paramount que deixés de banda una part de la terra tribal com a reserva de caça i va construir el primer camp d'exhibició d'animals de caça obert al públic a Rhodèsia del Nord (actual Zàmbia). Els convidats disparaven amb càmeres i no rifles; així, Luangwa del Sud es va convertir en la llar del safari fotogràfic i recorregut a peu. Els beneficis d'aquest remot i verge camp fotogràfic es van tornar a invertir en la comunitat i va néixer l'ecoturisme a l'Àfrica. Norman Carr Safaris segueix el seu llegat a tota Zàmbia apoderant la comunitat local.

Antecedents
El parc té dues ecoregions, ambdues sabanes boscoses, distingides per l'arbre dominant: la Sabana arbrada de miombo meridional cobreix els vessants més alts de la vall, mentre que la Sabana arbrada de mopane del Zambezi cobreix el fons de la vall. L'arbre de Mopane tolera les temperatures més altes i les precipitacions més baixes que es troben a les elevacions més baixes que els arbres miombo es troben a l'altiplà més alt. Dins d'aquestes sabanes boscoses hi ha grans extensions de pastures, de manera que es poden trobar herbívors com la zebra i els menjadors de fulles, com la girafa, a les mateixes zones. A la vora del riu es troben hàbitats de praderies inundades (planes inundables), sobre els quals pasturen els hipopòtams durant la nit. El seu fang alliberat al riu fertilitza les seves aigües i sosté la població de peixos que, al seu torn, sosté els cocodrils.

La vall de Luangwa, continuada a l'oest per la vall del riu Lunsemfwa, conté algunes varietats d'animals com ara el wildebeest de Cookson i la zebra de Crawshay, que són endèmiques o gairebé endèmiques a la vall. També representa una barrera natural per a la migració i el transport humà, cap carretera la travessa i això ha ajudat a conservar la seva vida salvatge.Tot i que el parc està generalment ben protegit contra la caça furtiva, els rinoceronts negres del parc van ser esborrats el 1987 i la població d'elefants ha estat en algunes ocasions amb una forta pressió.

L'assentament principal del parc es troba realment fora de la seva frontera oriental a Mfuwe, seu d'un aeroport internacional amb vols a Lusaka, el Baix Zambezi i Lilongwe a Malawi.

Des de 2005, l'espai protegit és considerat com una unitat de conservació del lleó juntament amb el parc nacional del nord de Luangwa.

Referències

Ecoregions d'Àfrica
Parcs nacionals d'Àfrica

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With Blank Park Zoo, as well as numerous parks, pools, and playgrounds, Des Moines is a great place to be a kid in the summer. But a dark cloud hangs over our city's past in terms of child safety. It was in the summer of 1982 that 12-year-old Johnny Gosch disappeared while delivering The Des Moines Register on his paper route. He was never seen again. Just two years later, in the summer of 1984, another paperboy, 13-year-old Eugene Martin, disappeared under similar circumstances. Both cases remain unsolved.
Summer is a time when kids should be free to have fun and just be kids. At the same time, children need adult supervision as they take part in typical summer activities, like riding their bikes, swimming, playing sports, etc. Thankfully, the likelihood of stranger abduction is extremely low for Iowa's children.
What's more likely to harm a child during the summer months? Drowning. If your kids are going swimming at a pool or lake, make sure a qualified lifeguard is present. If they are at a private pool, make sure they are being supervised by an adult who can swim. If the kids are boating, canoeing, or using personal watercraft, make sure they're wearing life jackets that are appropriate for their height and weight.
With so many summer activities involving fire, it's not surprising that burns are another common cause of injury to youth during the season. Never leave children unattended around a barbecue or campfire. It only takes a second for a child to receive a severe, possibly disfiguring, burn. Fireworks are another frequent cause of burns. In Iowa, most fireworks are illegal without a permit, and can only be used by qualified professionals. Sparklers are legal but can also cause severe burns. Once again, make sure your children only use sparklers under adult supervision.
Climbing a tree is almost a rite of passage for American children, but falls are another leading cause of summer injuries to kids. They can also get hurt by falling from playground equipment or off of bicycles, skateboards, or scooters. Make sure your kids wear helmets when riding bikes and skateboards, and always insist they have adult supervision when using playground equipment.
As is the case throughout the rest of the year, traffic accidents are always major cause of child injury and death during the summer. Make sure your children know how to safely cross streets and use traffic signals. When they are riding in a motor vehicle, make sure they are wearing seatbelts and harnesses at all times.
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Also check the settings under Preferences > Code Style > General (affects all languages):

A: I found this worked for me for the auto format wrapping issue:
Preferences > Editor > Code Style > HTML
From there, change the Wrap Attributes dropdown select to Do not wrap and I also unchecked the box Wrap Text. See below:

Edit: I should add that I have the PhpStorm version 2018.2

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Last weekend the British Team concluded a busy few weeks of racing, in Oberjoch, Germany.
At the end of January, Jasmin Taylor took two podiums in Krvavec, Slovenia – bronze in the Parallel Sprint followed by another bronze medal two days later in the Sprint. Jasmin commented, "I qualified in 3rd position, paired against my most regular Norwegian opponent, Mathilde Ilebrekke, in the first round. I won the dual and moved forward to meet Switzerland's Amelie Reymond but lost out which meant meeting Argeline Tan Bouquet from France in the small final".
Louis Hatchwell finished in a highly creditable 9th position in the Parallel Sprint after coming up against Switzerland's Gaetan Procureur and Nicolas Michel. And achieved a personal best in the Sprint, finishing 16th.
The races in Krvavec were televised for the first time on the Olympic Channel's Facebook Page and with over 2.1 million people tuning in – the races were deemed a huge success! The new Olympic Channel also provides us with an excellent opportunity to reach much larger audiences than we've been able to reach in the past.
Due to the lack of snow in Germany the organisers took the decision to run two Parallel Sprints instead of one Sprint and one Parallel. In the first, Jasmin qualified in 4th and raced Argeline Tan Bouquet from France, finishing just outside the medals in 4th position. Louis finished in 17th place after racing France's Elie Nabot. Colin Dixon qualified for his first World Cup Parallel Sprint but unfortunately came up against the winner, Tobias Mueller.
The team now enjoy a well deserved rest before heading to Norway for the next round of the FIS Telemark World Cup!
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Where will the future of mobility take us?
At this year's World Economic Forum meeting from Davos, Scott Corwin, Managing Director, Future of Mobility Leader, Deloitte U.S., Michael Ableson, Chief Strategy Officer, General Motors, Sandy Pentland, Professor, MIT Media Labs, and Alan Murray, Editor-in-Chief of Fortune, explored the implications of tomorrow's mobility ecosystem and how to succeed in it.
Imagine a world where vehicles hardly crash, traffic jams are rare, and trip costs plummet. The emergence of autonomous vehicles and car- and ride-sharing will affect almost everyone—forcing business leaders in most industries to start asking tough questions about the future of mobility.
The sharing economy is approaching and disruptive technologies inspire the emergence of new business models and set the course for a new era of (future) mobility. Car sharing is a key aspect thereof and the market is committed to offering personal convenience and social improvement. Learn more here.
Frictionless, automated, personalized travel on demand—that's the dream of the future of mobility. And the extended auto ecosystem's various elements are coalescing to realize that dream sooner than expected, which means that incumbents and disruptors need to move at top speed to get on board. Read more here.
Will technological advances and shifts in social attitudes lead to our no longer owning or driving vehicles? The global auto industry's transformation has far-reaching implications for how we move from point A to point B and, in turn, affects carmakers, energy companies, insurers, health care, government funding, and more. Value shifts as a new ecosystem of mobility emerges. Learn more about the future of mobility.
Deloitte is pleased to announce that ALM Intelligence has named it as a global leader in Mobility Consulting. In the report entitled Global Mobility Consulting 2016, ALM Intelligence notes, "As technology improves global connectivity, employers are recognizing the value that can be derived from an increasingly mobile workforce." Read the full release here.
Companies need a global workforce and global mobility, now more than ever. They are sending an increasing number of people abroad, in a wider variety of roles, for many reasons: to prepare for and respond to opportunities in global production; to promote research, development, and innovation; and to improve customer sales, service, and growth. At the same time, global market uncertainty is putting companies under tremendous cost pressure. That makes it imperative for leaders to carefully manage their global mobility investments — and to realize an appropriate return on them. Learn more here.
If people stop driving, what will auto insurers, well, insure? The rise of ridesharing and autonomous cars—as part of the new mobility ecosystem—means that the insurance industry should reconsider its time-honored business model. While some revenue streams will likely dry up, new ones will begin flowing. Explore more of Insuring the future of mobility.
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How will tomorrow's car salesman sell customers on ridesharing and autonomous vehicles? As the future of mobility arrives, automakers and dealerships may need to rethink their traditional operations to appeal to customers looking for customization and connectedness. Read more on the Future of auto retailing.
For decades, many governments have tried to develop solutions to address traffic congestion, yet commute times continue to lengthen in most of America's urban centers. It's time for a new approach. Learn more about Smart mobility.
The movement of people and goods is changing fast. To stay ahead, our Automotive practice continues its ongoing collaboration with Automotive News to bring you the latest thinking on the mobility ecosystem. In this latest effort, we preview Deloitte Review issue 20, through short articles around the future of mobility, autonomous driving, smarter cities, and mobility as a service. With the insights gained from these articles, you can race ahead toward success.


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Tackling the emergency
© Lianne de Mello
Society is finally waking up to the seriousness of climate change and biodiversity collapse, but will we act fast enough to turn this environmental emergency into a positive future?
The third UK State of Nature report released this month adds further evidence that the majority of our wildlife is in long term decline. Most worrying of all are the collapses in insect numbers along with the perilous state of our marine environment, rivers and soils. Intensive farming, development, habitat fragmentation and pollution are having devastating impacts on all of our ecosystems. This matters to us humans as we depend entirely on nature for our health and prosperity. As the fabric of life unravels, so does our future. Tackling the biodiversity crisis together with the climate crisis is most important challenge of our time.
With farming being the majority land use, a new approach to agriculture has the greatest potential to turn around the ecological crisis. Now is a time of huge change for the sector – the prevailing model of subsidies, inputs and cheap consumer goods is unsustainable and today there is real opportunity and appetite for transforming and reimagining how we use land, produce food and create wider environmental and societal benefits.
A radical overhaul of agricultural policy is needed, and there are proposals that could move us in the right direction, with potential models that reward public goods rather than public commodities. Paying farmers to move towards regenerative farming systems, as well as take areas out of production to reforest or even better re-wild, will build soil fertility, reduce pollution and increase carbon sequestration. Healthy soils can hold twice as much carbon as trees, and soils' potential to tackle the climate crisis is enhanced further if plant biodiversity is increased through wilding initiatives. Importantly, this approach would also help create the space and habitat that wildlife needs to recover.
Talking to many farmers, there is however a sense of anger and frustration in some. With the rise in public awareness comes an increase in blame culture and polarisation of views. Some farmers are feeling under attack and others are simply dismissive. This worries me. We have to work together to solve the crisis.
Within my Wildlife Trust and through our consultancy Arcadian, we have a long history of working positively and constructively with farmers and landowners across our counties. Working together we've seen 15% of Hampshire's farmland improved for nature and 40% of the Isle of Wight. We have seen populations of farmland birds, butterflies, rare arable wildflowers, bees and other pollinators increase across these farms. We have seen hundreds of thousands of trees planted, hedges left to grow thicker and wildflower meadows created. We have seen the use of pesticides and fertilisers reduced, river quality improve and soil health recover. I am exceptionally proud that my Principal Farm Advisor, Alison Cross, recently won the prestigious Farmers Weekly Arable Farmer of the Year Award having been nominated by the farmers she works with.
I'd like to see much more of this collaboration across our counties and across the UK. No one person is to blame for the environmental emergency, it is system change we need. Finding solutions at the field level is vital; telling positive stories to the public is important too. But more than this we must get the government to put in place a policy framework that drives nature's recovery, helps wildlife return and builds healthier farming systems.
Debbie Tann
Hampshire & IOW Wildlife Trust
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"That night I saw Jesus in a dream. First, Jesus touched my forehead with his finger. And after touching me, He said, 'You belong to me,'" Ali recalled.
"And then He touched me above my heart," he continued. "'You have been saved, follow me. You belong to me,' he said."
Ali's story in Mecca was told and dramatized in a DVD called More Than Dreams.
"I decided I'm not going to finish the Hajj, the pilgrimage. Whatever it takes, I'm going to follow that voice," he explained.
The film documents and dramatizes Ali's story and several other Muslims who came to faith in Jesus through a dream or vision.
"We're seeing that all around. We're hearing about people that have never even thought about Jesus as savior," said an anonymous Middle East expert. "They're content Muslims and they're having dreams over and over."
"I think our God is a fair God, that He's righteous and just, and people are seeking and they don't know where to go," our anonymous source said.
"Maybe they don't have a Bible, maybe there's no missionary in the village," he said. "He'll get the message to them somehow."
The phenomenon of dreams and visions has surfaced throughout the Muslim world, from Indonesia to Morocco.
"In the church if you ask how many people came to Christ, 80 percent will say, 'I saw Him in a dream,'" one woman in central Asia told CBN News. Her identity is being protected for security reasons.
A Christian friend challenged her to ask God to speak to her personally.
"So I decided to ask Him," she said. "The next day ... in my dream I saw Jesus ... I decided to come to Him."
Hazem Farraj hosts Reflections, a satellite program for Muslims. He said he often gets feedback about dreams and visions.
"I had one lady write me ... she said, 'I turned on the television and there you were ... the words that were coming out of your mouth were so peaceful I fell asleep,'" Farraj recalled.
"She said, 'When I fell asleep I ended up having a vision of Jesus and I saw the Lord,'" he continued. "She said, 'As soon as I looked over I knew that Christ was the sacrifice, the son of the God."
Our anonymous source said the dream or vision is usually the start, not the end, of a Muslim's conversion.
"Nobody goes to sleep a Muslim and wakes up a Christian, but it knocks down the false barriers that are inherent in Islam," our source explained.
According to our anonymous expert, beneath the current revolution in the Middle East, there's a spiritual earthquake.
"As things heat up politically and spiritually within Islam, man, the Holy Spirit is moving even more powerfully," Joanna said.
"This is the time when hearts are open, people are desperate, governments are changing," her husband added. "Everybody's foundation has massive cracks in it and Jesus is the answer that can come in and fill that need."
Many veteran missionaries to the Muslim world say dreams and visions, along with satellite television, are introducing Muslims to Jesus in unprecedented numbers.
They add that more Muslims are coming to Jesus than at any other time in the 1,400-year history of Islam.
"Not everybody is going to go the Middle East. But they can pray," our source said.
"And no government, no leader can block intercession around the world," he said. "So we need to pray as believers that God would continue to push the gospel out to the ends of the earth."


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Betting Strategies: Why Is The UK Football Betting Industry Growing?
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By tlw content • 29 Nov 2021, 10:32:00
Football is the first place game all over the world that has the most fans among other sports. Everyone knows about championships, even if they have never been interested in the game when it comes to championships.
Even now, when the COVID pandemic has broken our habits and most sports schedules, football remains the game that attracts UK gamblers.
Why is the UK football betting industry growing?
First, it's the part of UK gambling, which have been skyrocketing during the last 1,5 years. Online casinos and sports booking websites gain new users since most of the entertainment shifted online.
Second, despite all the changes in matches and their schedules, football never stays at the same place. Players are transferred, new matches are held — thousands of football events deserve some attention, and they may be an exciting issue for online betting with sports not on gamstop.
If you want to try football betting too, there are some tips and strategies to make your experience as smooth and profitable as possible. Let's take a look at them here.
Regular betting vs Football Trading Strategy
You may be curious: what is the difference between regular betting and trading in this case?
When we talk about betting, it is a game of chance, first of all. We can analyse the team's score and stake in the winner, considering previous results. But there are only our beliefs underneath it all.
At the same time, the football trading strategy is a mathematically proven system we follow. This approach won't usually give you a one-off gain, but you should win more consistently over the long term. At least, that is the logic behind it.
If you're interested in regular and sustainable profits, you may learn more about it here. But keep in mind that all the trading systems are time-consuming and require a deep understanding of the football and the bookmaker's work.
3 performing football trading strategies
Sure, there are many of them, but we'll take a look at three of them for the beginning. They are not the most efficient but are all good for the beginner to save money and profit. So here we'll explain what they are:
Goliath.
They may seem difficult at first glance. But if you understand the principle, you'll get your winnings. Still, we don't advise you to expect big wins first. In the beginning, you'll just return your bets with a small percentage on top. Still, you can raise your stakes and winnings during the times.
Here, you need two bets. One will define the winner, and the second will cover you if the first one loses. For example, there's a match between Team A and Team B, and there is no clear favourite. So you may use a free bet on a bookie website, claiming Team A will be the winner.
At the same time, you can make a lay stake on sports betting exchange, claiming Team A will not win. By this stake, you'll cover two outcomes:
Team's B victory.
It may be clearer in numbers. For example:
You have 20 GBP as a free bet. 20 GBP * 2.3 = 46 GBP (26 GBP as a clean win, since 20 GBP of free bet do not return to you)
Lay 10 GBP * 2.5 = 25 GBP. Your liability is 15 GBP, the difference between 25 GBP and 10 GBP of the backer's stake.
If your free bet wins, you get 26 GBP as a winning. If it loses, you won't miss a penny of it, but get your 15 GBP profit from a backer's stake.
Arbitrage Betting
It may seem strange and complicated, but arbitrage betting works and gives some benefits if you have enough time to explore bookmakers' odds. Here you may find the best proportion of odds for contrary outcomes, for example:
1.5 for Team A win on the X bookie's website.
3.5 for Team B win on the Y bookie's website.
All it takes to have some profit is to find the bet amount to get a similar result in case of any outcome.
100 GBP * 1.5 = 150 GBP
42.85 GBP * 3.5 = 150 GBP
If the first stake wins you get 150 (100 + 42.85) = 7.15 GBP profit. If the second stake wins, you get the same.
Goliath Bets
Goliath seems to be an accumulator bet. However, it covers 247 possible outcomes of 8 events. Therefore, the total bet amount will be pretty high; for example, if one stake is 1 GBP, the total bet will be 247 GBP. However, two or more correct predictions from 8 will let you get your bet back or even have something on top.
It's still a high-risk strategy, where your football knowledge is a must. However, it may bring your odds of making a profit greatly improved.
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Провалар (, Копсис, до 1928 година Πραβαλάρ, Правалар) е бивше село в Гърция, част от дем Бук на област Източна Македония и Тракия.

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Селото е разположено североизточно от Драма и северно от Козлукьой (Платания).

История
В началото на XX век селото е турско. По време на Балканските войни (1912 – 1913) селото се разпада. Обновено е в 1923 година, когато в селото са заселени няколко гръцки бежански семейства с 21 души. В 1928 година името на селото е сменено.

В 1913 година има 254 жители, а в 1920 година – 157. След изселването на турците в средата на 20-те години по Лозанския договор в селото са заселени десетина гръцки семейства с 30 гърци бежанци, но скоро те го напускат. В 1927 година името на селото е сменено на Сахинис.

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The situation with the Hagel nomination is pretty murky at the moment. A filibuster is underway, and Harry Reid has (a) scheduled a cloture vote for tomorrow morning and (b) admitted he doesn't have the 60 votes for cloture just yet. A lot of what happens seems to be in the hands of John McCain, who has flip-flopped on the appropriateness of a filibuster a couple of times in the last couple of days. The last indication was that he was "satisfied" with the Benghazi information the White House had supplied (his little friend Lindsey Graham's little red wagon) but was still working on Ted Cruz' demands for more info on Hagel's speech income.
Meanwhile, anti-Hagel gabbers are throwing as much fresh chum into the water as they possibly can, including claims that Hagel has ties to apparently imaginary group called Friends of Hamas.
I don't know how this will turn out, but I'm with Greg Sargent: if these bozos go where they seem to be headed, it is time for Harry Reid to revive the specter of actual filibuster reform, not the token measures taken in his agreement with Mitch McConnell. Some think Reid foreclosed the "constitutional option" for unilateral filibuster reform agreement until next year or perhaps 2015. But he needs to pick up the threat for real, shake it at Senate Republicans, and mean it.


AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 31-7-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE TERM "EMERGENCY" WITHIN THE PUBLIC PURCHASING LAWS PURCHASES BY THE STATE PORT AUTHORITY WHEN THE DELAY INCIDENT TO PUBLISHING AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS WOULD ENDANGER PUBLIC SAFETY IN A SPECIFIC MANNER, RESULT IN OR PERPETUATE A SPECIFIC BREACH OF PORT SECURITY OR PREVENT THE STATE PORT AUTHORITY FROM PROVIDING SPECIFIC MARINE TERMINAL SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
(a) "Agency" shall mean any state board, commission, committee, council, university, department or unit thereof created by the Constitution or statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, university, department, unit or the head thereof is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the Constitution or statute, except a legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department or unit thereof.
(c) "Purchasing agent" shall mean any administrator, superintendent, purchase clerk or other chief officer so designated having general or special authority to negotiate for and make private contract for or purchase for any governing authority.
(d) "Public funds" shall mean and include any appropriated funds, special funds, fees or any other emoluments received by an agency or governing authority.
(e) "Commodities" shall mean and include the various commodities, goods, merchandise, furniture, equipment, automotive equipment of every kind, and other personal property purchased by the agencies of the state and governing authorities, but not commodities purchased for resale.
(f) "Office of General Services" shall mean the Department of Finance and Administration. Provided that when purchases are made for the Legislature or functions under its jurisdiction, it shall mean the Legislative Budget Office.
(g) "Equipment" shall be construed to include: automobiles, trucks, tractors, office appliances and all other equipment of every kind and description.
(h) "Furniture" shall be construed to include: desks, chairs, tables, seats, filing cabinets, bookcases and all other items of a similar nature as well as dormitory furniture, appliances, carpets and all other items of personal property generally referred to as home, office or school furniture.
(i) "Emergency" shall mean any circumstances caused by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, epidemic, riot, insurrection or caused by any inherent defect due to defective construction; or when the immediate preservation of order or of public health is necessary by reason of unforeseen emergency; or when the immediate restoration of a condition of usefulness of any public building, equipment, road or bridge appears advisable; or in the case of a public utility, when there is a failure of any machine or other thing used and useful in the generation, production or distribution of electricity, water or natural gas, or in the transportation or treatment of sewage; or when the delay incident to obtaining competitive bids could cause adverse impact upon the governing authorities or agency, its employees or its citizens; or in the case of a public airport, when the delay incident to publishing an advertisement for competitive bids would endanger public safety in a specific (not general) manner, result in or perpetuate a specific breach of airport security, or prevent the airport from providing specific air transportation services; or in the case of the State Port Authority, when the delay incident to publishing an advertisement for competitive bids would endanger public safety in a specific (not general) manner, result in or perpetuate a specific breach of port security or prevent the State Port Authority from providing specific marine terminal services.


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After Nearly Dying At The Hand Of A 'Bernie Bro,' Steve Scalise Attests To Their Violence
By: Kylee Griswold
Steve Scalise deftly shushed Minnesota AG Keith Ellison on Twitter Thursday over Ellison's ignorant Tweet challenging the violent nature of Bernie Bros.
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House Minority Whip Steve Scalise deftly shushed Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Twitter Thursday over Ellison's ignorant tweet challenging the violent nature of the Sen. Bernie Sanders-supporting "Bernie Bros."
"I have never seen @BernieSanders supporters being unusually mean or rude," Ellison tweeted. "Can someone send me an example of a 'Bernie Bro' being bad. Also, are we holding all candidates responsible for the behavior of some of their supporters? Waiting to hear."
Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, fired back, referring to his own personal experience with a Bernie Bro that left him with a severe bullet wound in his hip. "I can think of an example," he said.
I can think of an example. https://t.co/KwuvyYgyGw
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) February 20, 2020
Perhaps the most infamous example of Bernie Bro violence occurred in 2017 in what became known as the congressional baseball shooting, wherein Scalise and three other victims were shot during a practice for the congressional charity baseball game. James T. Hodgkinson, who federal authorities identified as the shooter and who died in a shootout with police, was a staunch Bernie Sanders supporter and fit the Bernie Bro descriptor, which has come to encapsulate the segment of Sanders' insufferable and intolerant far-left supporters, who are mostly young, white males apparently motivated at least in part by racism and sexism.
Hodgkinson's ideology was clear from his Facebook account, where he had posted things such as "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co," and "Republicans are the Taliban of the USA."
The Twitter exchange between Ellison and Scalise comes after 2020 contender Michael Bloomberg tweeted a campaign video this week condemning the "energy" of the Bernie Bros. "We need to unite to defeat Trump in November. This type of 'energy' is not going to get us there," Bloomberg said, while the accompanying video flashed Bernie Bro tweets with threats including, "Vote Bernie or bad things will happen," and "We know where you live, where you work, where you eat. … You made a bad choice. Prepare for hell. Calls won't stop."
We need to unite to defeat Trump in November. This type of "energy" is not going to get us there. https://t.co/bPuUZMs2d6 pic.twitter.com/Tdp6mpWjcX
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) February 17, 2020
Bernie Bros also came up in conversation on "The View" this week, when co-host Meghan McCain confronted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democrat who has campaigned for Sanders, asking what she thinks of the violent supporters.
"One thing that connects women on the left and women on the right … is the abuse that we have all been subjected to by Bernie Bros. It is by far, of anything I've ever done in my entire life, the most violent, the most misogynistic, the most sexist, the most harmful. … [Sanders] has a real problem. And I don't think he's doing enough to tamper it down," McCain said. "How do you feel that he's attached to this deeply misogynistic, and I would go so far to say violent, sector of people?"
"I think that to a certain extent we have to always reject hate, reject vitriol," Ocasio-Cortez replied, before blaming anonymous Twitter users. "We also know the amount of anonymous activity that happens on the internet, and that simply is difficult, it is difficult to control."
Sanders has sought to distance himself from the Bernie Bros, most recently this week in the Las Vegas Democratic debate after both Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg slammed Sanders, saying candidates bear responsibility for their violent supporters.
"If there are a few people who make ugly remarks … I disown those people, they are not part of our movement," Sanders said.
According to RealClearPolitics' latest aggregate of polls, Sanders is leading the pack of 2020 candidates nationally by 10 full points, at 27.8 percent. Former Vice President Joe Biden trails behind him at 17.8 percent. In Nevada, where the next state caucuses will occur Feb. 22, Sanders is the front-runner at 30 percent, leading by 14 points over second-place Biden, who is polling at 16 percent.
Kylee Griswold is the editorial director of The Federalist. She previously worked as the copy editor for the Washington Examiner magazine and as an editor and producer at National Geographic. She holds a B.S. in Communication Arts/Speech and an A.S. in Criminal Justice and writes on topics including feminism and gender issues, religion, and the media. Follow her on Twitter @kyleezempel.
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