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Cheltenham Festival

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The Cheltenham Festival is the biggest betting meeting of the season. There are 28 competitive races over four days in March. The track is the home of jumps racing and the crowds are huge for the meeting that matters most. Bookmakers publish ante post betting for the major championship races at the Cheltenham Festival months in advance. However, betting on races up to a year before they take place is fraught with danger. If a horse is withdrawn up to the day of the race standard betting rules means all stakes are lost. Bookmakers offer two concessions in the weeks leading up to the Cheltenham Festival and on race days and these are described below.

Cheltenham Festival Non-Runner/No Bet

There are four championship races at the Cheltenham Festival with one staged on each day of the meeting. The daily highlights are the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers’ Hurdle and the Gold Cup. Betting is often introduced for these races not long after the Cheltenham Festival of the previous year. Obviously, a great deal can happen in racing over 12 months and injury and loss of form can prevent a horse taking part. In line with bookmaker’s rules if a horse is declared a non-runner all ante post bets are lost. However, from about February some bookmakers introduce non-runner/no bet for the four feature races or all races at the Cheltenham Festival. This concession means that if a horse is withdrawn from a race it is declared a non-runner for betting purposes. Stakes are returned for all antepost bets and this concession encourages betting on future races at the Cheltenham Festival. This concession is a good example of how competition can create a better deal for punters who like to place ante post bets on major upcoming races.

Cheltenham Festival Best Odds Guaranteed

One of the most common concessions amongst the UK online betting brands is Best Odds Guaranteed. In most cases this applies to horse racing in the UK and Ireland, but a few bookmakers have extended the guarantee to include greyhound racing. BOG will be available on all four days of the Cheltenham Festival. Customers who take a board price or early price will have bets settled on the bigger of this price or the Starting Price and this rule will be in force during the Cheltenham Festival. There are often market moves on race day which means the SP is shorter than the board price. Some horses running at the Cheltenham Festival drift in the betting, so the SP is bigger than the early price. Bookmakers offer the best odds in these circumstances and this guarantee will be in place on each day of the Cheltenham Festival. Bookmakers are competing for new customers and the business of existing customers on normal race days. The level and intensity of the competition goes up several notches during the Cheltenham Festival and BOG is part of that process. It’s another offer that enhances the betting experience for new and existing customers.

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How to break into financial trading

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If you’re interested in becoming a trader, there are several ways in which you can go about it. The first thing you need to understand is that it’s a profession, and to compete with the best you’ll have to get your skills up to a professional level, however, that doesn’t mean you need to follow a formal route. Part of what makes trading attractive is that there are options that can work for you regardless of your wider situation and at any stage in your life.

Education and skills

Whatever route you choose, you can’t go into trading without a certain amount of study. If you’re not prepared to put in the work required to learn your craft, you shouldn’t expect to be successful. That said, some kinds of trading require more education than others. For stock or commodities trading, it helps to have some in-depth knowledge of particular sectors, and the property market is similar. For any form of international trading you will need a good knowledge of history and current affairs. Forex, however, takes mere days to get to grips with, and you can learn the basics about CFDs equally quickly.

Working for an investment company

Traditionally, anyone who wanted a career in investment would go to work for an investment company. If you can get a good degree in a relevant subject it is still the best way to move quickly into a position where you can be confident of earning good money. The best route is usually through an internship with one of the major investment banks, but it’s also possible to work your way up from a lower level sales position. Doing some independent trading is a good way to demonstrate your skills and edge out the competition for these highly sought-after roles.

Setting up alone

Thanks to the internet, independent trading is now easier than ever. Two things are essential: having the right equipment and finding the right broker. A fast, well-maintained computer and a reliable broadband internet connection are essential. You’ll need to find a broker who is properly regulated, has a good reputation and offers trading platforms that you find easy and intuitive to use (something that’s different for each individual trader). You’ll also need diligence, good discipline and a commitment to continuing to learn as you go.

Trading as part of a team

If you can’t get or don’t fancy a company position but you’re not confident about going it alone, there’s also the option of connecting with a group of other traders and pooling resources: money, time spent on research and actual trading skill. Of course, you’ll have to share your profits, but you’ll also be splitting your losses, and as a beginner the chances are that good teamwork will allow you to do better than you could on your own. Trading forums are a great place to network to find the right group.

Whichever route into trading you take, you’ll have to be willing to make an effort – money won’t emerge from nowhere. With the right approach, however, you could achieve success regardless of your starting point.

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Oxygen Mask for Running: Pros and Cons

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Oxygen Masks for Running: Pros and Cons

Running is one of the most popular and productive types of physical activity, helping not only to improve the shape but also to prevent the development of a whole mass of health problems. But to achieve the desired result, it is necessary to regularly increase the intensity of the load exerted on the body. Oxygen masks for running will help to diversify, complicate training and get maximum benefits from it – an extremely simple, but very useful device designed to activate the body’s own energy reserves.Continue reading →

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Hippie Style In Clothes For Girls

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Hippie Style In Clothes for Girls

Hippies are a style of clothing that arose due to the subculture of the same name in America in the middle of the last century. Most precisely the idea of movement is expressed by his main slogan: “Make love, not war.” This principle is inspired by the look of the hippie. “Flower Children” created not only their own philosophy but also a unique stylistic direction of its kind. Lovers of all natural come up with a style that can be called the most cheerful of all. Hippie clothes for girls are notable for their democracy, the abundance of specific accessories and ethnic components. In the 21st century, it returns to our lives, although it no longer has a precisely defined framework. Today, hippie style helps a woman to revive her image, to make it more romantic. However, there remain the true adherents of this movement, who use its attributes to express their worldview.Continue reading →

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Lotus Childbirth: The Pros and Cons

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Lotus Childbirth: The Pros and Cons

The birth of a child is a special sacrament that binds forever an unbreakable thread between a mother and a newborn child. Some women in labor prefer to completely trust the doctors, others – rely on the naturalness of the process of birth, and others – find the optimal balance between the two extremes. Anyway, all the features of the course of childbirth completely depend on the will of the future mother, with the exception, perhaps, of special medical indications and threat to life. It is thanks to this that the traditions of natural lotus families have recently been revived, during which the baby is not cut the umbilical cord, allowing this process to end harmoniously and naturally. What are the advantages and disadvantages of lotus childbirth for the infant and young mother, How does the birth process take place and what kind of care does the placenta require before its mummification? Let’s look at these and many other questions in more detail.Continue reading →

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Why there’s no need to panic about building works near your home

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In ares where urban development is on the up, the thought of excessive noise pollution around your property may seem like a cause for concern. But, in reality, there is no need for sleepless nights. If you find yourself living nearby an upcoming project, there are sure to have been some major steps taken to protect the visual and audible impact on the surrounding residential areas. Thanks to the latest developments in acoustic barriers, development works near your home needn’t be the nightmare you’re imagining. So, how effective are noise barriers? And how exactly do they work? Here is all you need to know about the innovative ways these barriers have been created to ensure developments have minimal impact on the surrounding landscape.

Where do you find noise barriers?

Noise barriers are used to block unwanted sound waves. These are most commonly from development works, busy highways and other sources of noise pollution near residential areas. They provide protection by directing sound waves away from their surroundings. By forcing the waves up over a barrier they can’t travel directly from the source to a potential receiver. In its essence it’s a pretty simple idea that has saved thousands from the torment of unwanted noise and unnecessary stress. Take, for example, the M4 motorway in Windsor, Berkshire. The challenge of reducing noise pollution from one of the UK’s busiest highways was made easier thanks to the construction of a steep-sided embankment slope. The soil-reinforced bun installed there dramatically diminishes the sound waves travelling away from traffic towards local properties, allowing them to retain their market value.

What do they look like?

Thanks to innovations and developments in noise barriers, they are having less of a visual impact on the environment than ever before. Depending on their location and what suits the particular needs of the project, barriers can be surfaced with either stone or vegetation. In fact, many noise barriers, especially those covered with turf don’t look like noise barriers at all. Why not take a look around your local area to see if you can spot key locations where they might have been installed? Motorways and around busy building sites are a good place to start.

How do they work?

The effectiveness of a noise barrier is determined by the degree to which it forces the sound waves to bend away from the source. So long as the barrier interrupts the waves, the noise pollution will be reduced, however, the amount by which it is reduced is based on a variety of factors. The height of the barrier is pivotal, as is it’s location between the two points. To increase the noise-reducing effectiveness of a barrier, it’s much better to build it either close to the source or close to the receiver, baring in mind building closer to the source offers greater noise protection for all the surrounding areas. Strangely enough, barriers built mid way between source and receiver are the least effective at reducing unwanted noise. When it comes to the height of the barrier, the rule is – the higher the better. The barrier must at least block the line of sight between receiver and source in order to bend the sounds waves to a significant enough degree. The barrier must also lower sound transmission. The innovative composition of modern noise barriers are specifically designed to reduce the decibels that can penetrate through them adding an extra line of defence against noise pollution.

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Kangaroo Method For Premature Babies

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Kangaroo Method For Premature Babies

Newborns, such tiny and fragile, require special attention and care, careful handling and exceptional accuracy. Even if the baby appeared in a timely manner, its muscular system is not yet developed enough to maintain optimal body position, protecting itself from injuries and injuries. What can we say about premature babies, whose weight sometimes barely reaches the kilogram? Such crumbs need not just careful care – they are nursed in a hospital and the shorter the gestational period, the longer and more through the work of the doctors will be. And although the bulk of the trouble during this period falls on the shoulders of the medical staff, young parents can also help the newborn to quickly adapt to new conditions, get stronger and gain weight. One of the most common methods of nursing premature babies in the first months of their lives is the kangaroo method. What is this technique and what results should we expect from it? Experienced neonatologists will share the secrets of effective nursing newborns that appeared before the due date.Continue reading →

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Beshbarmak: Recipe For Cooking At Home

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Beshbarmak: Recipe For Cooking At Home

Every fan of oriental cuisine at least once tried beshbarmak – surprisingly tasty Kazakh dish of juicy meat and homemade noodles with broth. No celebratory feast and warm hospitality can do without it, and for the Sunday dinner experienced housewives-cooks often serve this fragrant dish. And although in the traditional recipe for making beshbarmak only beef, horsemeat or lamb is used, today we will try to prepare a more affordable version of this hearty meal using pork.Continue reading →

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Seeking The Best Addiction Treatment

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When you realize that you have a problem with drugs and alcohol, the next step is finding the help that you need to live a healthier life. It won’t be easy at first, but with positive encouragement and living in an environment that offers the tools that you need to succeed in life, then you can overcome the addiction that you have one day at a time. As you enter residential treatment in Los Angeles, you’ll notice that many of the facilities have counselors and health care workers who are there to show you how to reach the root of the problems that you face in life while being a support system so that you understand that drugs and alcohol aren’t the right way to deal with the things that plague your life.

There are a few tips on how you can choose a drug rehab program. Keep in mind that your comfort and your safety should be at the forefront when choosing the program that you want to attend. If you don’t feel that the program will be beneficial, then there’s really no point in progressing because you’ll likely end up back in the same position you were in before. One of the things that you can do to find a professional program is to get examined by a doctor. You can also talk to a social worker who deals with drug addiction to get suggestions for programs that would be of benefit to what you’re dealing with in life. The person you talk to should offer multiple options instead of only one or two. This will give you a few different directions to look at so that you can weigh all of the options that are available. Some people need an intensive program while others only need minimal treatment for a short while, especially if they haven’t been addicted to drugs for a long time. Counseling sessions and group meetings are options to consider as well if your doctor doesn’t think that you’ll benefit from an inpatient stay at a rehab center.

Before making a final decision about the facility you want to go to or the program you want to attend, you need to do some research. Look at websites to get a better idea as to what is offered. Talk to people who have been there. Read reviews so that you know what people have to say about the treatment offered. You should also look at the other conditions that are treated aside from addiction, such as depression. Feel free to contact the coordinator of the program directly to get your questions answered if you don’t want to spend a lot of time reading information that might be outdated or that might be staged to increase the number of people who are in the program.

Find out if the program uses medications for treatment or uses more counseling and a holistic approach. Sometimes, medications aren’t always the best thing that can be used to help with addiction because you can become addicted to those products as well. Many programs follow an outline for addiction treatment. There are a few programs that offer detox services. Be careful when going through a detox program, entering into one that is monitored by a doctor and that is performed safely so that you receive the best support that you need and the best medical attention that you deserve.

Try to find a program or a facility that has been in operation for a longer period of time. These programs understand the addiction process and what it takes to defeat addiction. There are usually people who have been through the programs offered and who are now helping others by offering encouragement and support. About five years is the average that you want to look for when considering the length of time that a program has been aiding in addiction. Keep in mind that just because a facility has all of the luxurious appearances and amenities doesn’t mean that it offers everything that you need to deal with your addiction. There could be issues with facilities that are thousands of dollars a month and with those that are affordable for all budgets. This is where your research will be beneficial so that you find a facility or program that is safe and secure for what you desire.